-1 Hour later-

"We're two mikes out from the LZ, You better jump off as soon as we get there just in case the Insurrectionists are watching." The pilot stated

"Agreed, and if so, we'll prioritize the AA first." Reaper replied, cocking his M6C

"Uh, sir?" Vinnie asked, a little concerned

"Yeah?"

"We just lost our signal with HQ. And no back-up channels..... Are we sure they don't know we're coming?" Vinnie told, clearly a little worried

"Not sure at this point, we best keep our eyes open." He replied, holstering his magnum

-Time skip 2 Minutes-

"Alright, move!" The pilot said, before almost immediately flying away

Reaper and Vinnie jump out of the Falcon and scanned the environment

"Alright, keep yours eyes open, we still don't know if it is an ambush." Reaper told

Vinnie nods, before Reaper began to walk ahead into a barracks, Vinnie following close behind, and as he open the door, the two saw Rebel bodies lying everywhere

"What the....?" He began, clearly confused

"Did we have another team come through here?"

"No, it's only us. Wait here."

She nodded, as the spartan walked up to one of the bodies, it turns out one of the Rebels was still alive, coughing up blood, he crouched in front of him

"What happened here?"

"They're here....." The rebel warned, barely conscious

The spartan inspected the wounds, before realizing the cause

"Shit. Vinnie!" The spartan yelled, not taking his eyes off the rebel

Vinnie ran over quickly

"Sir, what's wrong?" She asked, still scanning the environment

"The Covenant are here. We need to go and warn command." The spartan stated, the ODST acknowledging the situation

As the commander began to put the Rebel's arm around his neck, the rebel seemed surprised

"We're gettin' you outta here, just keep your head down." The spartan told the rebel

"Watch your six!" Vinnie yelled, opening fire on an Ultra Elite wielding an energy sword

The spartan pulled out his magnum and shot the elite in the head as soon as his shields were depleted

"Let's get the hell outta here, we gotta warn The UNSC!" The commander yelled

Vinnie began to speak into her comm link, telling the Falcon Pilot to meet them at the EVAC Point immediately

As the trio made their way back outside and to the LZ, they noticed Covenant were in the way, a considerable number of Elites, Jackals, and Grunts. The commander put the Rebel behind cover and opened fire on the Elites, while the ODST does the same to the Jackals and Grunts, quickly killing them, then started to assist the spartan with the Elites, 4 were killed already but the rest were evading too much. The spartan eventually gave up and sprinted into an Ultra with a Concussion Rifle, tackling him and stabbing him in the neck, the other Elites were stunned about what happened, one getting angry and charged the spartan, who quickly jumped behind him and snapped his neck.

Vinnie seemed entertained as she let her Commander take the Elites, who picked up the Concussion Rifle and began to fire at an Officer, he didn't evade fast enough, the first blast knocking him back, the second depleting his shields, then quickly shot two more at him, killing him

The spartan threw the empty Concussion Rifle at a Minor, his shields dropping, when the spartan quickly picked up a Needler and fired multiple needles at him, all landing, he then blew up knocking another Elite to the side, as the Elites kept firing the spartan eventually had to take cover, as he had got hit too much, but as soon as his shields were recharged, he sprinted out, picking up an Energy Sword the Concussion Rifle Elite had and jumped on top of a General, stabbing him in the chest, killing him

"Vinnie, grab our new friend and get him on the Falcon, we can't stay here any longer!" The commander ordered, falling back to their position and moving in front of them to take fire

The ODST quickly helped the Rebel up and moved towards the falcon, the spartan side stepping to keep them covered as he fired his SMG at the other group of Elites

As soon as the ODST and Rebel were in the Falcon, the spartan sat on the left machine gun turret and covered the Falcon's exit, while Vinnie shot from her seat

"Holy shit. This isn't good." The pilot said over the comma

"Thank you..." The rebel said, still barely conscious

The spartan put his hand on the rebels' shoulder and nodded

"Well, that went south quickly. If it's time to get back in action, maybe you'd enjoy doing it in your old helmet?" Vinnie said, looking at the spartan

"I would, but it was damaged extensively, remember?" The spartan replied

"About that. I repaired it in secret, I was gonna give it you on the 20th, but decided to wait." Vinnie replied, taking off her helmet and smiled a bit

"Oh wow. Thank you." The commander replied, a little astonished she managed to fix his busted up ODST helmet

-TRANSMISSION TERMINATED-