User:Warhead Prime/Operation: END WAR

In Operation: END WAR, a SPARTAN-III team known as “Warhead Prime” was assigned to assassinate the Prophet of War, a religious leader known for his malicious and brutal methods of combat and torture. Warhead Prime had consisted of Major Jack-A396,Gunnery Sergeant Timothy-A317, Lieutenant Kate-B247, Warrant Officer Isidore-A076, and Captain Bailey-A213. They had been ordered to place a time bomb that would wipe out all Covenant forces. “All right, team, Operation: END WAR is a high risk mission, we have to place a 20-megaton nuke in the heart of the Covenant base and get out of there in 10 minutes.” Major Jack-A396 briefed his troops about a mission that would end the reign of terror which the Prophet of War held. 1 hour later they geared up and prepped to go. When they arrived they were confronted by a pair of shade turrets. Isidore-A076 launched rockets at the duo and blew them 50 feet back. “Nahce shootin'!” Timothy-A317 complemented his long time friend. “Thank you!” when the made it to the base Jack ordered them to split up into groups of two and that Bailey-A213 would take up sniper position. He and Kate delivered the bomb while Isidore and Timothy would assassinate the Prophet. Tim and Isidore entered the temple. “Crap, no reception. Can't call the others.” Isidore announced. They reached the throne room and opened the doors, but The Prophet was expecting them and set up 20 bodyguards to stop them. “Izzy, this is it. You go and warn the others. Ah got them.” “But, Tim!” as he charged toward him, Tim shut and locked the door. Isidore cursed repeatedly, then realized he couldn't do any thing more, so he ran to the door so he could call the team. Inside the throne room, Timothy killed the first guard and took his sword, ignited it, then chopped down the next over zealous guard and picked up his sword and duel wielded them. The Prophet came forward and signaled his men not to attack. “Your destruction is the will of the gods.” he informed him. “If your so-called gods are so bent on my destruction, the why am Ah still alive?” “You question the will of the gods?!?” he shouted angrily. “You, heretic, shall burn!” he signaled his men to attack. Timothy smirked and quoted. “But they will not get very far because in case of those men, their folly will be clear to every one.” he charged towards them and whispered “Lord, give me strength.” he fought and killed every bodyguard. He charged toward the Prophet and lunged. But an invisible hand clutched him by the neck while he was still in the air. An Arbiter faded in view. “You WILL burn, heretic!” the Elite stabbed him through the gut. He grunted, smirked, said “We'll see.” and died. Isidore had just warned the team when he saw Timothy's vitals flatline. He yelled a vicious yell and fell to his knee's with tears in his eyes, and began praying, he never had cared much for any religion till now. Bailey had sniped a Brute than was about to smash him with a gravity hammer. He looked up and noticed the Brute fall backward. “Thank you, Bailey!” he said smiling. Then he spied a Jackal sneaking up behind her. “Bailey, behind you!” but it was to late, the Jackal stabbed her with a needle knife. It exploded and she fell. “You piece of... DIE!!!” he shouted as he shot at it with his assault rifle. He missed and the Jackal disappeared over the hill. Isidore began cursing again. Jack and Kate won their fair share of battles and finally got to the power core. “Crap,” Kate said after analyzing the nuke. “Its broken,” “What do you mean, 'broken'?” “I mean the timer's busted.” Jack swore, he didn't want anymore troops to die under his command. Meanwhile, Bailey woke up strapped into some sort of crude torture device. She noticed a burning pain in her lower back, but like all SPARTANs she had learned to push away that kind pain, she also noticed her armor had been taken, leaving her in the black undersuit. When the Prophet entered the room with two Grunts and the Arbiter, he was greeted by this, “All this talk about 'High Tech Torture' and all you got is a machine invented in the 1500s?” the Prophet raised his hand and the two Grunts began turning a wheel with a rope attached to it. She grunted in pain as the ropes tied to her limbs began to tighten, this pain was growing and growing she couldn't push it away. “I wanted you to suffer more than your friend did.” he gestured to the Arbiter who entered with Timothy's lifeless body. “No, please no!” she was shocked to see him dead, she had looked up to him for as long as she could remember, he was muscular even when he was a boy. She turned away. The Prophet gently moved her face to meet his eyes, then slapped her with the back his hand. She brought her face back to his, and spat at it. The blob of saliva made it to his face and it splatted. He wiped it away and chuckled. “You are a valiant one,” he said as he leaned toward his face. “I'll just have to tear it out of you. Prel', make sure she is torn.” “Yes, my lord.” he replied as the Prophet left the room. She looked at him, she new he was responsible for Timothy's death. He felt remorse when she looked in his eyes. “Sir?” one of the two Grunts inquired. “What?” he snapped rudely. “Sh-should we start?” “Yes, go, NOW!” he grew impatient. “Quick before he kill us like he kill the others!” the 1st grunt said to the other on a closed channel so the Arbiter couldn't hear him. The other Grunt slowly nodded and began to pull. She screamed in pain, Prel' Vadumee turned his head. Else where, Isidore was running through the fort, he turned a corner and found a pack of Brutes, 25 Brutes and he pulled out his assault rifle and lit them up, he was able to kill 3, but the Chieftain smashed his rifle into the wall with one arm, and prepared to smash him with the gravity hammer in the other, but Isidore was just a little faster and stabbed the Chieftain with his combat knife, and snatched the gravity hammer out of the air and smashed the Brutes while dodging their spiker rounds. Jack and Kate where fighting off the hordes while defending the bomb. “Cover Fire!” Jack shouted, they turned to run to cover, but Kate got shot in the spine, she screamed in pain. “No, Kate!” he turned to see her crawling to cover, Jack pulled out dual plasma grenades and threw them at the enemies. They expolded he ran to Kate and dropped to his knees then lifted her in his arms. “I'm getting you out of here.” He said as he took off her helmet. “Who-who will detonate the nuke?” He looked over to it, looked back at her, “I will.” the two looked over to see Isidore, who was holding the grav-hammer he took, it was stained in the Brutes blackish blood. “You two take the warthog, Baileys armor is non-responsive, so she's most likely dead. You contact me when your out of range.” he said selflessly, he concluded that since his only friend in the universe died he had nothing to live for. “You don't have to--” Jack began, but Isidore cut him off. “Yes I do...” “It's been an honor.” Kate said as she saluted, Jack looked to Isidore and nodded. “Ditto.” Isidore replied. “Now get yourselves outta here.” he pointed his thumb behind him. Jack carried Kate off to the troop transport hog, placed her in the passenger seat, and drove off. Elsewhere, Bailey, who was strapped to torture device, began crying it hurt so bad. The Arbiter tried to ignore it, but her constant screams of pain scratched at his conscience. He finally coundn't bear it any more and stabbed both the Grunt's and freed Bailey. She could barley stand and fell on Prel' 2 seconds after he freed her, he grabbed her by the shoulders and looked in her eye's. “I am sorry,” he apologized. She just looked at him, and then back to Timothy's dead body. She smiled at him, she realized that Tim had gotten what he wanted, eternal peace. “I forgive you, Prel'.” she accepted. That gave him peace of mind. “Wait,” he realized something. “How do you know my name?” he asked, puzzled. “War said it,” “Oh, well I am getting you out of here.”. Meanwhile, Isidore had been defending the bomb for 15 minutes, finally he received the okay from Jack, and ran and hit detonate. Every thing went dark, then white, then he saw a hand reaching out to him. Meanwhile, Prel' Vadumee and Bailey-A213 were racing the flame in Prel's personal ship to get out of the massive explosion. They where in orbit of the planet within 2 minutes, they looked down on the planet and saw the planet being glassed. She covered her mouth to keep from swearing. Then saw a pelican fly up toward a UNSC frigate and disappear into its hangar. “Don't worry,” Arbiter said to her. “They can't see us, I turned on cloak when we exited the atmosphere, but I can't say the same for them.” he pointed to the to the Covenant flagship. “That MAC gun could punch a clean hole in a capital ship with its shields up. Thats a flagship, and their facing each other head on.” Bailey observed. Prel' tried his best to form a smile, which was exceptionally difficult with his four jaws. Elsewhere, Jack came running off the pelican that Bailey and Prel' saw with Kate in his arms. “Help me!” he called out. “I need a medic! ASAP!” medics raced to Jack with a stretcher. She looked up and smiled at him as he loaded her onto it. “I'll be fine, get up to the bridge, the cap will wanna debrief you.” He took off his helmet and dropped it on the ground, his dark brown eyes looked directly into her green ones, “I won't leave you, that's a promise.” he, like most SPARTANs, viewed a promise as a mission that, if failed, ended in a dishonorable discharge. A ONI officer ran up to Jack, walked beside him, and told him, “SPARTAN-A396?” she asked. “Yes?” he replied, not even turning his head to face her, “You need to come with me, I've been ordered to debrief you, sir.” “Who are you, and what authority do you have over me?” he faced her this time. “I am lieutenant Veronica Dare.” “Well, lieutenant, I am a higher rank than you, and I order you to buzz off.” “Understood sir, but the head of ONI says you HAVE to come with me.” “You can tell the head of ONI he can shove it.” “Duly noted, but Halsey says you have to come with me or ONI will demote you down to a private again, sir.” “I'm a Marine, not Navy personnel..” “Well, Halsey said---” “Didn't I give you an order?” “Yes, but---” “Then go take a hike” “Yes, sir.” she said as she stopped and turned to leave. “Wait.” Jack said. She stopped and ran up beside him. “Yes, sir?” “Tell Halsey I'll give her highly detailed report in 0800 hours at the med bay, room 23.” “Thank you, sir! But why not come with me now? Your not injured.” “I made a promise, and I am going to keep it.” “Yes, sir.”. Elsewhere, Bailey and Prel' Vadumee went into hyperspace to concordances The Prophet of War mentioned in a council between him and the rest of the Prophets. They wound up out side of a ring world orbiting a gas giant that resembled Jupiter. “What's that?” Bailey asked. “Its one of the Sacred Halo Rings.” “And whats that?” she asked him. “Something horrible.” and that is the story of Operation: END WAR and Warhead Prime...