User:BakerB4KR/Halo: Last Breath

1-Skydiving
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'''"Eli, get over here." A forest and sage colored Spartan III sat at the controls of a Pelican. His battered JFO helmet sat to his right, within arm-reach of his body. The man had a long scar burned into the left side of his hair. He had an HP-HALO chestplate covering the front part of his body, yet it was so beaten up that he wouldn't notice or care if it fell off one day while he was in battle. Another Spartan, this one with his Hazop helmet firmly placed on his head. "Yeah, Jon?" he muttered. Jon was an African-American that led his team through thick and thin. The newest edtiton, Eli, stood next to him.'''

'''Eli-although he was new to this Spartan 'occupation', he was an amazing fighter.....with a giant ego. "You need me?" he questioned.'''

'''"I'm goin' land this over there," Jon pointed to a clearing in an overly-dense forest area. "If we stay in the air any longer, the Covenant will blast us out the sky. Get the others ready for landing."'''

'''Eli nodded. "'Kay, Jon...but....we've been out of contact with the UNSC for weeks now. We can't go on wandering around, looking for an outpost that's still on our control. Have...have we lost this?"'''

'''Jon switched the aircraft to auto-piolet, and stood up. "Eli, you know I'm the one that's straightfoward with things...so imma' be direct with this. The UNSC, I don't think they've lost. Yet. As for us-we would be in a better condition if we were dead. Yes, Eli, our team has lost. But humanity hasn't." Jon grabbed his helmet, which was also the dark green color of his armor. "Now go get the others."'''

'''Eli looked down. "Yes, sir." he replied, and walked away.'''

'''15 minutes later: Jon finally lands the Pelican, and gets his team out. "Alright, team, we're goin' toward that outpost i saw earlier. We need ammo if we are goin' be of any threat to the Covenant." Jon ordered. A slender Spartan in a Military Police helmet that's deep blue visor was cracked in a corner stood up from the tree he was leaning on. "Jon. That's a trap waiting to happen. We also saw a few dropships of Covenant over there. If we run into them, it's over. If we're lucky." The Spartan picked up his DMR and walked over to Jon. "Are you sure?"'''

'''Jon looked at his comrade. "Yeah, I'm sure, Lee. It's our only choice." Lee nodded. The rest of the team stood up-Drake, the edge to the team, his armor covered in dents and scratches, intimidating others by sheer size; and Leo, the sniper of the team, but he ditched sniping a while ago, when his team needed him more in combat than as a sniper.'''

'''"Wait..wouldn't it be a good idea to land farther away? I mean, if Covenant find this Pelican, it wouldn't be hard to find us, considering there's only one outpost around here." Leo suggested. Jon thought for a second. "You're right. Let's get back in, team." The Spartans climbed back into the Pelican. Drake took his rocket launcher(which only had 3 rockets left in it) and laid it down. Leo looked at his feet, which were out of porportion with the rest of his body. The rest of the team just sat down, idly fiddiling with their weapons. Jon got the Pelican just above the trees-not to high-and started heading away from the outpost.'''

'''"We're almost there. Get ready to land!" Jon called. He was flying in fast; ﻿he wanted to land. Quickly.'''

'''"Jon!" Eli yelled. "Covenant!" '''

'''4 Banshees were firing at them, and succedding in destroying the vehicle. Jon knew he couldn't get to the ground in enough time. "Get ready to jump, Spartans!" he ordered, throwing on his helmet. The trees were extremely high, so they were high off the ground. "Try to keep sight of one another!" '''

'''The 5 Spartans lined up, shoulder to shoulder. "On 3!" Jon screamed. The banshees were pounding the Pelican. "1!"'''

One of the wings gave out.

"2!"

'''The Pelican was spiraling out of control. Jon didn't have time to say three. The Pelican exploded, 5 Spartans flying out, still alive, but all severly injured. "Jus-just keep yourself alive!" Jon barely whispered, and his mind went black as he free-fell through the once-peaceful skies.'''