Jamie watched the shutters close as a darkness consumed the fortified position manned by Marines and ODST alike. Cole and she nodded to each other as they watched the airlock before them leak blue flames from a cutter. Looking to her left, Jamie saw another ODST. Her HUD IDed the soldier as Nicole. She had the pleasure of working with the ODST in the past. Their squads worked pretty together frequently. 

Eyes trained back on the trail of the sparks, the airlock burst open as plasma fire roared towards them. Acting on trained response, the DMR kicked back against Jamie as she placed her rounds carefully at her targets. The shielding around an elite shimmered as her bullets finally punched through. She smirked in satisfaction as she saw the lizard-like thing clutch at its throat.

Her magazine clipped empty as she ducked behind her position. As she ejected her spent mag and slammed in a fresh one, her stomach churned as she saw the face of a Marine melt away from the plasma. The man screamed, but no sound came out. She looked away as she popped back up. She fell a grunt before she was driven back into cover.

"How many can they fit into one of those things!" Cole ducked down as he ejected clip from his assault rifle. "Too bad we can't lob a grenade over. That'd clear the area."

"Windows."

Cole sighed as he chambered a round. "Precisely why I said, 'no grenades'!"

On the count of two, the two ODST popped up from their barricade, which was bathed in melting, dark, spots from the plasma weapons. The stream of covenant began to die down as the UNSC pushed back the boarding party. Jamie fired as her second clip quickly drained. All around her, bodies of the dead littered the ground. For every covenant that was killed, two Marines laid dead or severely wounded from plasma burn.

As the last grunt fell, she heard her CO's voice cut into her squad chatter. "Cease fire! Secure this section and move to the next sector!"