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Logan, This is the Captain. Stand by for more ODST's. I want you to hold the Butte untill they come. More dropships are nearing your position, Enemies are coming form the east, Good luck boys. Captain out.

In the distance, another Dropship could be seen unloading a Platoon of huge bluish rocks, Hunters.

((Lets see if you can get out of a Platoon of Hunters! AHAHAHA! xp ))

The heads of the Covenant began to appear as they started charging up the hill.

This is Echo 112 Inbound onto Beta teams position. Guys, I cant get these guys down untill you clear it up. I'll circle round and find another place.

The huge monsterous Hunters emurged at full charge from the Forest, their sheilds infront of them, but there were only 4 of them.

All fo the sudden, 2 huge green fireballs erupted from the forest, crashing into the butte, only a few meeter's away from where Logan was standing.

The ground shuddered as both of their Anti-Personnel Turrets pivoted and fired, one firing into the forest, shredding trees and vines. The other opened up on the four Hunters attacking from the east, easily tearing through the first one, which hadn't brought it's shield fully into play yet. The one right behind it howled with rage, raised it's weapon, and turned the area around it a sickly green as the powerful weapon began charging. Logan quickly took aim, pulled the trigger, and felt the tube jump as a rocket lanced out straight towards the behemoth. The rocket impacted on the creatures head and easily blew it off, causing the corpse to tople over backwards against his remaining comrades. The SPARTAN quickly fired the other rocket into the mass of armor and slid behind the metal entrance to take cover while he reloaded. The turret firing into the west didn't have a clear target, and was simply firing into the forest. He heard a strange howl, either from rage or agony, before he looked to see one Hunter come charging from the forest, undamaged. He had most likely just lost his companion and was coming to get revenge. He raised his launcher up to take it down, but knew it was too close. He quickly stood, moved away from the entrance, and started back-pedalling away from the monster, trying to get more space between them so he could take it down. Behind him, however, the remaining two Hunters from the east had moved the giant corpse from their view and were waiting for the SPARTAN to come to them. In one last desperate attempt to take this one Hunter down, he jumped up and back before pulling the trigger, the tube jumping once more as the high energy projectile rocketed towards its target. The Hunter didn't have any time to dodge, and was quickly blown to pieces when it impacted on its chest-plate. The human, however, was in the air, jumping towards two murderous creatures. The first of the two didn't fire his Plasma Cannon, which the SPARTAN silently thanked him for. Instead, he lifted up his huge shield-arm as the human was about to land. Logan suddenly felt a wave of pressure against his back before being flung ten meters away from the monsters. His shield had taken most of the blow, but it was drained to zero as he skidded along the metal before coming to a stop not far from the entrance into their temporary base. The Helljumper at the AP Turret now had a clear field of fire without his CO blocking the way, and quickly opened fire. The Hunter that had hit the SPARTAN was in the process of bringing his shield down when the 30mm projectiles tore into the orange flesh of the creatures stomach. The Hunter fell forward, alowing the Hunter behind it, who had been charging his Plasma Cannon, to fire. Logan, was still attempting to clear his vision of black dots when the plasma bolt lanced out over his head and smashed into the ODST at the AP Turret. The Hunter had actually missed the Turret itself, and the human had taken the entire attack. The Marine screamed as the super-heated plasma melted through flesh and bone, before the force of the blow had pushed him into the wall, effectively silencing him. The SPARTAN forced himself to get up, knowing he had to attack now before the weapon could be recharged, and turned to target the beast. He had one rocket left, which was soon fired at the Hunter as it tried to recharge its Plasma Cannon. The rocket impacted on the Hunter's shield arm, which didn't save it from the explosion. He let the smoldering launcher slip from his hands, and stood as straight as he could, still trying to take a deep breath. He didn't want to show his pain around the others, and quickly retreated back to the safety of Alpha Base. There were two Marines checking the only other wounded human, and looked to him before shaking their heads. He quickly marked him, and the Helljumper who had been killed when they took this butte, as KIA. He would accept this victory for now, and thought that things would be quiet for a while.

Alpha Team's new orders

Ok, Alpha team, you have new orders, I want you to head up to the hill of the Silent Cartographer and secure it. Then, stay there for further orders. Its about a 2 mile Hike through forest, and I'll have some men waiting for you when you get there. Those are your standing order's, carry them out. Once you get to the checkpoint, you will recive weapons and some medical attention for Kristi. Captain out.

He looked over to Kristi as the transmission ended. "Well, should we be at it cheif. Its long hike with most likely danger between" he checked his ammo and started to follow Kristi as they started to make their way to the checkpoint. He kept a very close watch on their surrondings as theyw ent threy the forest. There wasn't much to look at, just some plants and trees. They continued till they were about one mile from their checkpoint and heard a rustle in some leaves. He thought it was a bird till he rememberd they were on a artifical planet. He turned and seen a shimer and yelled out "Contact!" a elite charged out and he opened fire from his battle rifle running backwords at the same time. His clip was 3/4 empty when he heard the elite roar and fall. He noticed a grunt come running at him and tryed to hit him with a plasma shot, but he dodge, and shot two burst into its head and watched it drop dead. He droped his clip and could only wounder how many more there was. There was a click as his freash magizine sliped into place, but he would show them hell.