[IC] ODSTs: Hunters Become Hunted (Datadogie + kalinsovrin)

[datadogie]

Mary takes off, and begins to fly to the Oni building. As they fly, some sort of craft fires at the pelican. "Woah!" Mary quickly maneuvers right, and the shot flies past. "Hot damn. What the fuck was that!?" Another craft comes, and she begins to fire the main gun of the pelican at it. "This is Delta-one-four, I have unknown contacts. They're firing some sort of blue weaponry. Looks like plasma." The craft explodes and falls under the pelican. Sarah groans, feeling a little sick.

[kalinsovrin]

" get this bird on the ground now. we dont stand a chance against this air support they have. we cant afford to lose this pelican or you pilot." the spartan says as he stands and aims his assault rifle out of the back he braces one hand on the bulk head and opens fire on the aircraft that is closing in from behind them. it swerves to the left and moves off.

[datadogie]

"Aye, sir!" Mary says, lowering the pelican down. "I'm gonna... What the hell! Hang on!" She overloads the right jet for a second, and the pelican suddenly jumps to the left, dodging a green shot that exploded in the air next to them. "That was a close one. I can't drop you guys here." Mary brings the pelican around, and dives into a clearing, flaring the landing. "This'll do. Everyone, pile out of my bird! I need to give you guys close air support. I have orders to get you guys to the ONI building safely!" Sarah quickly jumps out.

[kalinsovrin]

james and the spartan were out of the pelican quickly. james looked around and then drew his br. if he needed to fire at an aircraft he wanted to be able to see his target. they moved out of the lz and then started towards the oni building. if the pelican came under heavy fire it was there job to keep it in the air. they would need it to get any oni officers out of the building and back to base.

[datadogie]

Sarah aimed around with her sniper rifle, and the pelican took off again. Mary, who had the gun's camera linked to her helmet, looked around. She saw a cluster of some greyish coloured creatures with some sort of mask on them as well as a tank on their back. "There's some... Things, up ahead. I'm engaging." She began to fire at the cluster of enemies. She saw one that looked like either a bird that walked or a lizard with no tail walk from around a corner. It saw the UNSC forces and clicked on what seemed to be some kind of blue shield. Mary focuses fire on it, and takes it out. On the ground, Sarah opens up with her sniper rifle.

[kalinsovrin]

James and the spartan set up some covering fire with their weapons. They quickly put down the figures in the distance. One of the figures managed to fire a bolt of plasma. It hit the top of james armor and melted the shoulder pad. " we are up against weapons we aren't ready to face just yet." He said quietly.

[datadogie]

"If we weren't ready to face them, they wouldn't be dead." Sarah begins to walk forward, sweeping the area. The ONI building was a kilometer ahead. Inside of the pelican, Mary quickly looks around, rapidly firing at hostiles that were around her. A strange fork shaped ship launches itself toward her at full speed, firing it's weapon. "Ah, shit!" She realized that she had the COM on, but didn't care. She wasn't losing another pelican today. She punched the engine shutdown, and the pelican dropped, a shot of plasma hitting the very rear of the tail. She quickly turned back on the engines and put them to full thrust to stop the falling, then let loose with the main gun, adding in a pair of missiles, too. The hostile craft dropped to the ground and exploded.

[kalinsovrin]

James was about to move out when there was a roar behind them. He spun in place and was created to a shield slamming into his chest. He was sent flying. He was lucky that there was nothing close in the direction he was flung. He landed on his back and was winded. The pair of hunters turned their attention to the pelican and both aimed and fired at it multiple times each time making it harder for the pelican to evade other fire.

[datadogie]

Mary looked down, and let loose with the gun, trying to evade at the same time, pointing the pelican's nose to the targets to show a smaller target herself. Suddenly, something exploded, and the console showed that the pelican had been hit, though in a non-vital place. "Bastard." She hisses lightly, firing a missile at the hunters. She zoomed in with the optics of the gun, and let loose at one of the hunters, who got hit by the missile she launched. Suddenly, a second explosion. The image on the console that had the damage report on it flashed an image of the pelican, two sections highlighted red. Mary didn't even need the console to tell that an engine had been damaged. She could tell that by the fact that the pelican was descending. "Delta-one-four, mayday, mayday!" She called out, "Engine has major damage." She slammed the pelican flat to increase surface area, and put the belly jets on overload. She managed to barely keep the bird in the air. "I'm triple timing it to the ONI building. I need to land." She pointed the rear jets forward, and began to fly there, avoiding shots as she flew.

On the ground, Sarah turned, and began to shoot the remaining hunter with her rifle. "Die!"

[kalinsovrin]

the spartan grabbed sarah and pushed her back towards james " check him i'll handle this punk." he dashed forward and fired a full clip from his assault rifle into its stomach which seemed to be the only point that didn't have armor on it. the hunter quickly brought its shield down to block the bullets. the spartan rolled around to its back and saw another spot were he could hurt it. he drew a grenade and then pulled the pin. if he was right this would be over quickly for this beast. he slammed he fist into the back of the hunter and it sank inside. he let go of the grenade and drew his hand out and turned and ran for it. the hunter had no time to react to this. the grenade exploded and the force ripped the hunter to shreds from the inside out.

james groaned quietly.

[datadogie]

Sarah nods quickly, running to James. She quickly slides onto her knees, grabs one of his med-kits, and tries to figure out what she could do. She hadn't trained to be a medic.

Mary prepares to land on the ONI building.
Well, land was a false statement.
She let loose at some targets on the roof of the building, doing a flyby. She really wished that she had a co-pilot to handle adjustments. As she flew over, she felt the rear of the craft getting a lot of stress due to unrepaired damage. She began to descend onto the building's roof carefully, when more targets came out of the interior of the roof. One was holding a large gun with several rod looking objects that glowed with eerie green light. Mary had no time to maneuver. She rolled out of her chair, and sprinted to the back of the pelican as the front exploded behind her. "Fuck!" She shouts, as she jumps out of the pelican's belly and onto the roof, which was a few meters below her. She hit the ground hard, and blacked out for a few moments. When her eyes began to open up, she realized that she was being dragged somewhere deep inside of the ONI building, as well as two other people, both wearing ONI officer uniforms. Mary immediately thought to struggle, but the other woman did that, and got what looked like a spike into her forehead. Mary gasps lightly, looking up at the aliens. They looked rather like gorillas, and carried crude weapons. One thing worried Mary, though. There was about ten of these things, and they looked like they could beat anything to death with their own hands. Maybe even a Spartan.

A few minutes later, Mary is tossed against the wall with the other man, and is cuffed with some sort of handcuffs that looked to be connected with electricity that flowed between them. Mary tried to pull them off, then immediately started to scream out in pain, bashing her head against the wall as she suffered, accidentally activating her COM. She then leans forward once the shocking was done, and her helmet slides off of her head. Tears of pain drip from her eyes. She could barely see the words 'Sublevel D4' on the wall, or the man who was staring at her's facial details. Her vision was blurred with pain.

[kalinsovrin]

james groans and opens his eyes. he rolls to his side and takes a deep breath. he coughs and then stands up. " okay bastards with shields is that even fair." he hears mary's cries of pain and then growls " this is over im sick of this shit. we move out now and we get mary back and leave the rest of this mess to you jerks." he says pointing to the spartan.

[datadogie]

The aliens look at Mary and the man, then after a moment, turn and bow to an alien that seems to be of the same race wearing what looks like that of an olden days war chieftain. It also had a large hammer. It began to growl things, and one of the aliens grab the man, walking out of the room with most of the other aliens, leaving Mary and three of the aliens to hear the screams of the man. Mary immediately tries to break out of the cuffs again, and screams again, flopping onto her chest as the aliens laugh.

Sarah nods, standing up. "After this, I'm getting laid." She picks her rifle off of the ground, and then flinches, looking through the optics. "Oh, you fuckers can attack the UNSC. You can kill my squad. You can fuck me for all I care. But you do not. Screw. With. My. Rifle!" She grabs the scope of the rifle, which appears to be damaged, and attaches it to her hip. She then grabs a small cable from a pouch in her armour, inserts it into the rifle, and then puts it into the back of her helmet. A small box popped up in the corner of her HUD, acting as a digital scope, though one with considerably less range than the real thing. She then begins to storm in the direction of the ONI building, shooting what she sees.

[kalinsovrin]

the spartan smiles behind his reflective visor and keeps walking. he takes out the pistol he carried and aimed at the back of the group making sure to keep them covered. james sighed and moved forward faster than the rest of the group. his mind raced. he had no way of knowing what to do next.

[datadogie]

Sarah continues to walk, filled with rage. As the group approach the building, a pair of alien dropships swoop in behind them, spilling out masses of troops. Sarah clenches her rifle tighter, staring at them. She then closes her eyes for a moment, then stops, turns, and walks a few steps toward the squads. "Go to the ONI building. Get Mary back. I have something I need to settle with these bastards." Before waiting for a reply, she brings up her rifle, and begins to drain her magazine of it's bullets, making sure every one hits it's intended target.

[kalinsovrin]

the spartan stays with her to make sure she can get away if she needs to. james moves inside with his shot gun ready. he nailed a few of the bird like aliens and one that had energy shields. he kept moving. he found the stairs and ran up them quickly.

[datadogie]

((Mary is downstairs.))

Sarah growls as she fires. She then stops for a moment, and realizes what she is doing just as two more dropships come in. "Fuck. Run." Sarah turns, and runs toward the ONI building, diving inside.

Mary, downstairs at sublevel D4, sits back against the wall, scared of these aliens. The screaming of the man in the other room came to a stop. Mary swallows nervously. She thought the man was dead, until he was dragged back into the room, his wrists looking burnt. He is thrown beside Mary again, and looks at her. "Do not piss them off." He whispers. "Listen, you're a pilot, I can see that. If we manage to get a chance to run, we head to sublevel E2. There's a new pelican design there, and it works. It just needs field testing." Mary nods. "Yes sir." She whispers back.

[kalinsovrin]

(James doesn't know that and he thinks she would be upstairs.)

James is running up the stairs and then calls out on open channels " Mary what floor are you on. I'm just passing floor 6 and heading up." He just hopped she could still answer him.

The spartan slammed a new clip into his assault rifle and mowed down a horde of small creatures that looked like they had masks on and a triangle on their back. He walked backwards quickly and when he got inside he closed the door and took out a small blow torch. He used it to melt the area between the doors so they would form together. He turns and then heads for the stairs.

[datadogie]

Mary heard something from her helmet, and bent down to it. As she did that, one of the large aliens thrust his foot down on it, growling a little. Mary immediately drew her head back, shaking a little in fear of the creatures.

Sarah follows the Spartan, her face filled with a little anger, hidden beneath her helmet. "Squad leader, where are you?" she asks into the COM.

[kalinsovrin]

James saw the indicator light on mary's helmet show up for a second. it was many floors down. " damn it." he cursed as he spun and started down the stairs at a faster pace than he had been going up them. " on my way down to sub level D4. thats the last ping i got from mary's helmet. i can only hope that she is still alive down there."

"James this is spartan 101 Victor. i will be heading down the elevator shaft to try and get to the floor you specified and get a look at what we are dealing with. i will wait at the stairs with you officer till you get back here over." James light his indicator light showing he understood the statement.