The soldier. A Hyper-lethal killing machine, No compassion only a will to do what it is told, Orders drilled in them from conscription. That’s what they thought at least. Of Course; they are wrong, And this ‘battle’ was certainly a prime example of that fact. You will get casualties in every battle and every war, but this, this wasn’t a battle, nor was it a war. It was a massacre. And unfortunately, Fireteam Mammoth was right in the middle of it all.

The warthog was packed Leo didn’t manage to fit in the warthog and so hopped on the a mongoose with a marine [colour=DarkCyan][b]“Let’s run through this objective then DD, ”[/b][/colour] There was a pause before DD activated his Radio; [colour=DarkGreen][b]“Our target is an Elite Zealot by the name of Vula 'Kocamai, he travels on a cruiser called ‘The Clarity of Salvation’. You’ll know him if you see him he’s got silver battle armour and 4 glowing dots on his head, not to mention he carries the mother of all fuel rod cannons.”[/b][/colour] Carly finished checking through her supplies and spoke up [colour=Purple][b]“Sir, We have a problem Radio reports are coming in all over the place the covenant is here in force We need-”[/b][/colour] Her comment was cut short by a wraith’s plasma round in  the air Randall, who was driving managed to miss it barely, “Fireteam mammoth Ready up This is gonna be one hell of a trip.” 

The team dismounted on the road and moved into the forest hoping to avoid further conflicts moving quickly through the forest they heard the distinct hum of a drop ship on their position there was no point hiding at this point. DD shouted to the squad [colour=DarkCyan][b]“Mammoth set up a defensive position, Pope get some heavy ordnance ready take that drop ship out, I do not want our position on the covenant battle-net, Kaylee Take out the grunts, Leo, you’re taking out the elites, and Carly, I want you supporting Leo. Here we go Mammoth, make every shot count."[/b][/colour] The team took cover behind trees and rocks the firefight began.

 As soon as the grunts and elites had jumped out the ship, Randall took out his spartan laser and aimed it directly at the dropship's connection to the troop pod taking it out. As it crashed down it took out half of the elites with it. Leaving one or two commanders and a handful of grunts. Leo took out his shotgun and charged the elites trying to engage their warrior nature to leave their squad so Kaylee could take out the grunts easily. Leo’s shotgun quickly took down the elite’s shields. He quickly hit the butt of the shotgun into the elite’s face making him stagger and then proceeding to shoot him in the face. As he took down the elite Carly had been making short work of the other Elite and Kaylee had annihilated the other  grunts. “We need to move quickly guys They’ll be on us for sure.”

Mammoth moved quickly through the forest. Leo was at the front of the line With DD behind him. And the rest of the squad following shortly behind. They had tried to avoid the contact as much as possible only encountering small patrol units during their journey Only stopping briefly. In order to Re-hydrate and recover. [colour=DarkCyan][b]“You wouldn’t think they’d just run like that, would you? I mean Huge ships like that”[/b][/colour] Aegis Replied instantaneously [colour=Goldenrod][b]“It is the most probable scenario B021. It is better to have the ship then men. It is the standard military strategy.”[/b][/colour] Leo stayed quiet for a moment before hoping for some good news Leo spoke up to Daedalus, [colour=darkgreen][b]“DD Any news on the Other spartan’s, or, at least, our target?”[/b][/colour]  Daedalus took his Helmet off, Exposing his Scar from the augmentations, wiped the visor and put it back on, [colour=DarkGreen][b]“I have no clue Leo, I would like to say that they would've done the same as we did, and started taking an alternate route to their objective. And for ours, I’d think a high-ranking Sangheili would stay to enjoy the executions of his enemy, he is probably at the landing co-ordinates.”[/b][/colour]

Randall spoke up at the back to Carly. [colour=Maroon][b]“You ever been in a situation like this before?”[/b][/colour] Carly had always been a solitary But Randall could probably get Dogs and cats to have a conversation, She paused for a moment not making eye contact still. [colour=purple][b]“Some. But nothing like this. I’m been in a few close shaves with the covenant, But this is more like a stab wound.”[/b][/colour] She paused before coming speaking up again, [colour=Purple][b]“Sir, I've got radar pings to the north directly in our path 500m ahead”[/b][/colour]

They jogged up to the radar pings Each member hiding behind a piece of cover close by Leo went in first Crouching behind some shrubs before taking out his knife. Aegis spoke up once again [colour=Goldenrod][b]“21, I’m not sure if you’re aware but those don’t look like grunts to me, I think you’ve stumbled upon a spartan fireteam board meeting”[/b][/colour]  [colour=darkcyan][b]"Any from Beta company?"[/b][/colour] Leo inquired, [colour=Goldenrod][b]“Just one, and One from Alpha and another from Gamma”[/b][/colour] Leo retreated to DD’s position, [colour=darkcyan][b]“Well turns out It’s not The Covenant, instead, it seems to be Spartans”[/b] [/colour] DD paused for a moment Thinking out his options [colour=darkgreen][b]“We could probably join up We’ll be stronger travelling together”[/b][/colour] Leo moved through first with DD behind and the others moving in from the other angles  Leo held his hands up high [colour=darkcyan][b]“Hold your fire It’s friendlies, I’m Sergeant Leo-B021 This is Sergeant Daedalus-B223, Corporal Carly-B187, Corporal Kaylee-B202, Lance Corporal Randal-B009”[/b][/colour] Carly looked onto Private A199 and ran up to her wound. [colour=purple][b]“Private you’re going to need to sit down, your wound is rather heavy It’s impacted the armour It could be a serious injury.”[/b][/colour]