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[Halo 2] [Possible Spoilers]A Halo 2 Story Feat. ILB Chars
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 		SOME of the invasion of Earth will take place in the Lost Apiary, but not all of it. The story will end above Earth, with a big "to be continued", but not so abrupt as it was in Halo 2. Let me put it this way, it will end with the introduction of some new (or should I say old?) characters, at least SOME celebration, and the return of a menace we all came to despise (at least a little) by the end of ILB.

However, you can be guaranteed that I won't end it there. I don't have "Series 2" planned yet, but it will begin with the full-out invasion of Earth, a lot of fighting on the planets surface AND above it, probably a return to a lot of places visited in Halo 2 and possibly even the ruins of Halo 04-just because they're so damn cool looking.

I'm glad you're all really liking the idea of the story so far! I have posted the first chapter up on FanFiction.net, but it differs very little from the version I posted up in here. If you do want to read it, however, go to http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2159197/1/
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 		Chapter two is done, much longer than the first, too-which was more like an introduction.

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Chapter 2
Boarding Action

Dan was stuck inside the tram, the flickering power causing a lockdown in the station, and thus the tram doors were sealed shut. He stood by one of the doors, pounding on the glass with his fists.
"It's hopeless, it must be bulletproof glass. Have you had any luck at all overriding the emergency systems?" Dan said, pulling up his sleeve to look at his chatter watch. Aurora appeared in her blue holographic form above it, "No luck. The computer system is in lockdown, too. And there's another AI in the system, a very powerful one. It's sealed up any access I had to the ship schematics or controls-protecting against any possible viruses the Covenant could bring, I bet." She replied, a hopeless look on her face, "I don't know what to do."

Through the glass doors and roof of the tram, Dan could see a huge battle going on just beyond the perimeter of the orbital defense grid. The covenant fleet was tiny compared to what he heard had taken Reach. And considering the sheer number of ships that had just come to Earth, there was no chance the Covenant could win-unless they bought reinforcements from wherever the hell their home world was. He slammed his fist against the glass of the tram angrily when a nearby explosion rocked the station. Dan was thrown from one side of the tram to the other, and the tram started to tilt. Sparks started flying from beneath the tram, making a horrible screeching noise as cables were ripped from the bottom of the tram that were connected to the tracks. Then, the tram fell off its railings about two stories into the room below with a huge crash, the glass of the tram breaking under the sheer pressure of the fall as the tram fell onto its side.

The ripped up cables caused the lighting in the room to go out completely, only the red glow from the warning lights illuminating the large hall. Dan groaned and opened his eyes, slowly getting to his feet. He placed his right hand on the back of his neck and tilted his head from side to side, making loud cracking noises. He pulled off his formal hat and looked it over, it was crushed by the fall. He groaned and threw it aside before looking out the shattered glass. He could hear the sound of flames nearby, probably caused by the sparks from the ripped up cables. With the tram so damaged he easily opened up the heavily damaged doors now above him and climbed out, jumping off the tram to look around. It was quiet, thankfully.
"I suppose it could have been worse, we could have landed in a room swarming with Covenant." He said, looking down at his chatter watch. Aurora was still there, obviously trying to hold back laughter. Dan shook his head and pulled a pistol from his belt, "I need to find a bigger weapon. Where the hell am I?"

Aurora shrugged, "I have no idea, I can't access the station schematics. My bet is one of the park halls, judging by all the trees and stuff."
"Alright. In that case, I should be able to-" Before Dan could finish, a loud hissing noise came from a corner of one of the rooms. Dan looked over his shoulder at the door, the center of it starting to glow white-hot. He looked down at his chatter watch, a worried look on his face.
"Arry?"
"I've been intercepting chatter from around the Cairo. Boarding craft are docking with the station and using plasma cutters and explosives to cut through the steel reinforced doors…"
"Oh, that's just… groups of how many?"
"Security cameras, motion detectors and reports suggest groups of about thirty. Twenty-five grunts, five elites."
Dan almost choked, a group that large was a job for a small group of marines with battle rifles and SMG's, not a single marine wielding a pistol! He stayed calm and sat back against the roof of the destroyed Tram. He ejected the clip from the pistol and looked it over, it was full, so he smacked it back into the pistol and snapped back the slide, a bullet loading into the chamber.
Dan grasped the pistol in both his hands and looked around the tram. Sparks were flying from the centre of the door when suddenly there was a large blast and the door cracked, pieces of metal flying as far as the other side of the hall. The smoke cleared, revealing several covenant. An elite and 7 grunts, two of which were setting up turrets by the door. Dan pulled his head back and rested behind the tram, letting out a sigh, it was a smaller group thankfully, but still more than he could handle alone. Aurora started talking then, whispering as to not alert the group of covenant.
"I managed to contact the AI in the Cairo's system, Cortana. She's got a squad of Marines on the way."
Dan let out a sigh of relief, it would only be a matter of holding out where he was now.
"Wait… you've got movement, something heading towards you." Aurora said, causing all of Dan's hopes to actually survive to seem even further away once again. Then, a yellow-marked grunt scout walked by the downed tram. Dan quickly grabbed the grunt from behind and smacked it over the back of the head with his pistol, knocking it unconscious. Dan picked up the plasma pistol it was carrying and looked it over, he had been trained to use Covenant weapons back on Reach. He checked the charge on the plasma pistol and held it in his left hand while his right hand held his pistol.

He let out a breath of air as he prepared himself to jump out from behind the tram and blast away the covenant when Aurora suddenly stopped him.
"Wait! Marines, up high!" She said, whispering still, pointing to a ledge on the end of the room opposite the group of Covenant, Dan being in easy view of them. Dan could see 4 marines, one of them setting up a turret. Another one holding a sniper rifle gave Dan the thumbs up, causing Dan to smile and nod. Once the turret was down, the marine setting it up manned it and aimed at the Covenant. Suddenly, the room was filled with flashing from the end of the turret; Dan could hear grunts yelling out and the elite barking orders at them. The turret stopped firing as suddenly as it had started, the four marines jumping off the balcony into the garden below. The room was once again filled with weapons fire. The elite ran past the tram to get a better view of the marines in the garden, not noticing Dan crouched behind it. Dan quickly jumped up and blasted a bullet from his pistol into the back of the elites head, just as the marines got its shield down.

The elite fell to the ground with a thud, blood spilling from the back of its head. Dan looked around the corner only to see a large pile of dead grunts with their strange thick, bright blue blood splattered everywhere. He threw down the plasma pistol and walked to the Marines, who were climbing out of the garden and walking to him by now. Dan walked to the one who was obviously the sergeant of the group of marines. He had a frightening look, enough to scare any grunt-or Marine, for that matter. A wound from a bullet on his right cheek saying more about the sergeants past duty than any words probably ever could. Dan held out his hand to the Sergeant as they finally came within a few feet of each other, the Sergeant taking his hand in a tight grip and shaking it once.

"Corporal Gricks, Sergeant. Thanks for the support." Dan said, removing his hand from the Sergeants iron fist.
"Master Sergeant Cyr. Happy to blow away alien scum any day, marine."
"I hate to break up this little exchange of hobbies…" Aurora cut in, appearing in her blue holographic form on Dan's chatter watch once again.
"But we need to get to Habitat Delta, there's a group of Cove-" Aurora continued, but before she could finish a voice came over the speakers throughout the station, "All hands, brace for impact!"
A huge explosion shook the station, almost throwing the group of marines off their feet. Dan looked to Aurora, "What the HELL was that?!"
"It's the Athens… it's been destroyed. That explosion that took the tram off the rails? That was the Malta."
"Holy hell, what by? Their ships aren't in range of the orbital defence grid yet!" One of Sergeant Cyr's marines added. Aurora seemed to be listening to something before turning to the Marine. "By a bomb. The covenant bought a bomb"

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 		Very nice Smile I'm liking it so far.. only a few gripes..

"The ripped up cables caused the lighting in the room to go out completely"

That sentence just doesnt sound right to me, I am no writer so I am not one to judge, but maybe something like: "The ripping of the cables suddenly caused the lights to flicker, then go out completlely"

I dunno, just ideas Smile keep up the good work!
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 		hehe that last line... I could just picture him saying
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a bomb... someone set up us the bomb...


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thebruce wrote:
hehe that last line... I could just picture him saying
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
a bomb... someone set up us the bomb...


Laughing


...Ahem...

*Falls off his chair laughing*

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I have images of an elite saying "You cannot survive save your time." now.

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