Nicole managed to catch up to the rest of her squad most of them were by an airlock she above them there was a Covenant Corvette a few kilometers that appeared in a large glass skylight above the colony and drop ships started approaching. "Someone lockdown that window if a shot from one of those dropships hits then we die!" Yelled the CO one of the marines runs over towards the switch and large metal doors went over the large windows sealing the windows and darkening the whole room only the emergency red lights came on.

Nicole looked towards Jamie who she had met a few times before, she made sure her helmet was sealed and loaded a mag into her assault rifle taking cover behind a metal barricade that was set up standing next to one of the marines. "Hold your fire until you see them." The officer said through the radio, just as he said that Nicole could hear a dropship docking into the airlock.

Then sparks started coming out between the sealed doors cracked. "Their breaking through!" Yelled another squad stationed somewhere on the other side of the colony and then gunshots came out and plasma fire sounds.

Then suddenly the air locks blasted open. "Fire, fire open fire!" Yelled the officer Nicole started firing along with the other marines in the room, Nicole managed to take down three grunts before having to reload. Nicole would let a loud groans in pain feeling a plasma pistol shot hitting into her plated shoulder knocking her down and quickly got back on her feet feeling the metal plates on her shoulder melting from the heat ignoring the pain.