User:Impurest Cheese/Halo: Twenty Four

Just a Note

 * This Fan Fic is a companion piece to Halo: Hostilities which is the in-depth story of the effect of the joint Covenant and URF invasion of Harvest. The story although based on the game play of Halo: Hostilities is not the same due to the choices of moral, path etc that the player has in the game. Enjoy Impurest Cheese

Characters (in order of appearance)

 * Oranus
 * Chieftain Lepidus
 * Prophet of Serenity - Hologram

Prologue - 2 Days till Operation LANCER

 * The marines watched in horror as the huge machines advanced on them. Belching fire from the foreword mounted flamethrower the Tanks ignited the concrete barricades the marines were huddling causing the defenders to drop back as Brutes and Jackals leapt over the barricade perusing their prey. Watching from the top of the building a group of marines fired shots from sniper rifles thinning the enemy presence but it was too late as the Covenant reached the survivors they ripped the humans to pieces with their bare hands. A few marines escaped but were obliterated from shots of the huge death machines which continued their march towards the city centre of New Utgard. The squad on the building made up of a sergeant. two privates and a Corpsman watched as the armoured convoy continued foreword as shots rang out from the next barricade that the Marines on the ground had set up.


 * As all hope looked lost the Scorpions of the 5th Armoured Regiment rolled out of a side street and fired at the enemy armor the narrow street preventing the tanks from advancing or escaping their attackers. From behind the barricades a trio of Spartans had arrived and lead the Marines in one final rush meeting the charging Covenant forces head on in close quarters. From the roof the Marine squared cheered as the Covenant forces were killed or surrendered the UNSC had managed to stop the Covenant from retaking Harvest. Suddenly from an opposite building a shot rang out and a foot long nail pierced the chest of one of the rooftop marines. Her fellows responded opening fire killing the Brute with two accurate shots to the chest piercing the beast's Power Armor as he fell to the floor far below. The Corpsman worked using cutting tools to remove the nail from the wounded marine using a mixture of coolant and cutting tools until finally the deadly projectile was removed. Hastily he threw the nail into the air were it detonated in a dirty orange cloud spreading the smell of burnt hair across the battle field.


 * Moving away from the screen the young Brute waited as his pack master explained the weakness of Harvest's defences to him and the danger the mission could cause the Covenant if he failed.


 * "Oranus you are strong and you carry the faith in your heart" the Older Brute questioned, "You know what to do"


 * "Yes High Chieftain Lepidus" the Brute responded, "I will not fail you"


 * Turning the young brute left the darkened chamber and Lepidus turned to the figure projected on the holo pedestal beside him who seemed deep in thought.


 * "Bare in mind Chieftain" the figure said in a cold and calculating voice, “that if the Spartans find out that the battles are distractions only and face us we may not have enough troops to repel them. If that young boy fails you fail and I will place your head on a spike outside my palace."


 * "Yes Prophet I understand" Lepidus replied as the hologram vanished,


 * Alone in his palace Lepidus mused that the old fool would soon get what was coming to him and that it would be his head that would be outside of the Fortress while the vultures picked whatever meat was on the old one's bones. Leaving the chamber Lepidus watched as his enemies headed towards their doom and the destruction of the Sangheili and Humans once and for all.