Ammon shoved Katrina behind cover, drawing his AR and firing.
Lorraine hid behind a corner and prepared her battle rifle in case she needed to take a shot
The Spartan opened comms to the squad âif we can avoid combat we will, no point signalling our locationâ
The convoy began to pass through the hiding marines
Omar stayed hidden, the Grunts passing by. Finally, he emerged. âFair enough. But what can we call you? We know of a ship.â
âAnd weâre going to that ship. You can take your ONI data and shove it up your a*s.â The man spat.
âSir, calm down. We will get you out of here.â Omar assured him.
The Spartan hesitantly nodded examining the man âare you a civilian?â
âYes.â He replied. âAnd I have to get my son out of this d*mn city!â He shouted.
âCome on, letâs get moving to that ship.â Omar said.
âLead the wayâ Ammon replied, keeping his AR at the ready.
The spartan stood up and moved over to the group of marines and they began to push forward
An hour later, the team arrived at a bridge to the outskirts. The Covenant ship was almost perfectly over the center of the city, miles behind them.
âWe have to go through the access tunnels, we wonât be spotted that way while crossing.â Omar said as, unknown to them, Phantoms approached.
The Spartan moved towards the tunnel opening and looked inside âbad place to get trappedâ he slowly turned to look at the group night vision on
âPleaseâŚdonât give me that mental imageâŚâ Katrina replied.
The Spartan slowly moved inside with Gerold close behind
âYeah.â Omar said. He passed through the security doors as he heard a clang farther down in the long tunnel behind them. It was dark, save for the red light dully illuminating them. The tunnel was semi narrow. Omar stopped.
âAre we gonna stop when whateverâs back there could be catching up!?â The civilian said angrily. Omar nodded and continued forward, quickening his pace.
A blue bolt of light can flying through the tunnel from behind, the bolt impacted Gerold sending him to the ground a small hole burnt through his chest
The spartan turned around to see the glow of alien weapons appearing behind them âget this door sealed NOWâ the spartan said as he fired a short burst behind them
Lorraine nodded and began to close the door as quick as she could âgod d*mn hinge headsâ
The civilian took something from the Spartan, and sealed the door with one arm.
âWhat did you just do?â Omar asked.
âHe said seal the d*mn door! Heâs giving us time, arenât you guys the Marines?!â The civilian shouted. Omar looked to the others before nodding and running.
Lorraine stayed close behind the others âso ONI felt like sending one of their pets here⌠guess someone forgot to clean up the place before guests arrivedâ
The civilian pretended to ignore her as they ran as fast as they could.
Lorraine double checked her ammo count âanyone got a spare mag for a BR?â
âI wish I did.â Omar breathed as they finally exited the bridge. But he could see it. The ship. Three hundred yards away, on a landing pad adjacent to the bridge. He noticed purple specks he knew as Phantoms approaching.