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"Oh, sorry mam, I didn't hear you the first time. We reached nav point Beta a couple of minutes ago, but the others weren't there so we're heading back on the path they would have taken to see what's holding them up. We don't know what they could have run into, but it's better to not just leave them." Drake spotted the form of the downed Pelican in the distance. "Mam, what does that look like to you, because to me that looks like a downed Pelican and I'm pretty sure they would have gone in there to see if anyone was alive."

Alchie walked up to the door. Alchie re-loaded his battle rifle and stood by the door. He put his back to it and typed in a code on the locked door. Nothing. "Crap the power's down, Angel?"

Elsewhere, not far down-ring, the 'reinforcements' were heading out. Logan checked his HUD, making sure his team was near as they entered what appeared as a small forest. He ran over his team roster, noting how each Helljumper was armed. Twelve had the standard BR55's, while four prefered to use the less-accurate M7 SMG . Two of them had brought down their S2 AM Sniper Rifles, and one was able to grab a M19 SSM Rocket Launcher before being deployed. He had arranged them in a simple diamond shape, placing himself at the front with the others spread out behind him and the Rocket Jocky and the Snipers in the center of the group. He had the rest with basic infantry weapons up front, just incase they ran into a little trouble on the way to the rally point.

None of them spoke as they moved through the jungle-like foliage, his armor allowing him to walk through entangled vines as if they were tissue paper. He had to slow himself down to allow his team mates to keep up...and move cautiously incase enemies were nearby. He had hoped that they could get through this without having to deal with the Covenant. Since they had all made the drop down, he figured their luck would hold true. His hopes, however, were erased when one of the ODST's whispered over their secure COM channel, "Contact."

He quickly stopped where he stood, raising his rifle ever so slowly as his eyes darted from tree to tree. The Helljumper who had made the report was only about three Marines away from him. "I saw something move, I know I did", he said quietly over the COM. He checked his motion tracker, noting that no one was moving. He was about to order them to start moving again, not wanting to take too long reaching their objective, when he heard the familiar whine of a plasma pistol charging. One of the nearby Helljumpers was able to scream 'Ambush!' over the COM before taking a plasma bolt to the side, causing him to double over before another smashed into his helmet. The soldier hadn't even hit the ground when almost all of the Marines opened fire, shooting in every direction outward from their formation. Trees were splintered as high calibur rounds tore into them. One Marine even felt the need to toss a Fragmentation grenade at a group of vines and branches, exploding only seconds after and showering the area with dirt and vegetation. After about ten seconds of continuous fire, he ordered them to halt. Everyone was silent, holding their weapons at the ready as they listened, hearing nothing. One Marine kneeled down to check his fallen comrade, the only one who had been hit, and slowly shook his head as he quietly reported "Will's dead...".

He slowly made his way over to where the shots had come from, and was slightly surprised by what he found. He didn't bother checking to see if the Grunt was dead, seeing as how it was covered with holes. He ordered everyone to check the area for others, but knew it was pointless. A single Grunt had caused them far too much panick, and only showed how on-edge they were. He knew it would only get worse from here on out, and tried to ignore the fact that they had only encountered one enemy, rather than a group. One Marine stripped the only human corpse of grenades and extra ammo, another grabing his rifle. He kneeled down and policed two plasma grenades and a pistol from the troublesome Grunt. Logan quickly ordered them back into formation before moving out once more, marking the fallen Marine as KIA in his team roster. They would be more caustious from this point out, but he wouldn't let that keep them from reaching the rally point on time.

He tended to her wounds and made sure the bleeding was at a minumim, he helped her to her feet and made sure she coudl stand on her owna dn looked over at the down pelican and was ready to search it himself. He was low on ammo and need alot of it , but it wasnt his call.