User:Grunt Crossing

Part 1 Ewly 'Urguse took cover behind the smoking wreck of a 'Hog. He couldn't see over the top, because of the smoke. The Special Operations Sangheli blindfired around the side, checked the battreys on his Plasma Rifles, and rolled out of the cover, ready to shoot at any Brute he saw. To his suprise, there was nothing. Looking agian, he still didn't see anything. Shrugging, he stepped into a nearby ghost and sped of towards the sounds of a pitched battle in the canyon on his right.

On his right, he saw a bombed-out tunnel. He turned the ghost into it, and readied himself for battle. Halfway through the tunnel, he saw the body of a brute captain slumped agianst the wall. He could tell that it was his human allies, because he saw their bootprints in the sand beside the body, and spent brass about twenty feet after that.

When he came out of the tunnel, he saw a grunt lob a plasma grenade towards a group of marines. The marines jumped out of the way, but it was a very close call. Ewly fired the ghost's plasma cannons towards the grunt, but they were mostly misses. The marines turned, ready to fire at him, but they saw he was helping them, and turned back towards the hostiles.

'Urguse backed up and hopped off the ghost. He hoped that the grunts had not seen him. Ewly used his active camouflage to sneak out, and took up position where he could shoot at the grunts without much problem. He popped his head out for a second to see how many grunts there were, but instinctively pulled back, a Plasma Pistol overcharge just missing his head.

He assessed the situation. There was about five marines, with Battle Rifles and Assault Rifles. There was also around ten grunts, Ewly thought, with needlers and plasma pistols. Just as he was about to pop out and shoot, he saw needler needles streak across the battlefield, hit a marine, and explode. The marine screamed in pain as he lost his hand.

Ewly, now ready to rip the grunts apart, strafed out and went for the grunts. He must have got a couple, because they squealed, fell down, and didn't get back up. He assumed that the marines got the rest, too, until he heard a hornet whooshing in, wing turrets blazing.

Part 2 The Hornet landed behind the marines. The pilot, a tall human, saluted the marine leader and pointed towards the hornet. 'Urgusee didn't know the human language very well, but his translators told him that the human pilot couldn't help anymore, because he was out of ammo for his chainguns. Just then, Ewly walked towards the marines, and said in his rough human language, "I call for air support?". The humans nodded, and Ewly assumed the pilot understood, because he gave the marines a thumbs-up, climbed back in his hornet, and flew away.