Rat-a-tat-tat!
Boom! Boom!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Carter, Emile, George, and Noble Six were speeding ahead in two Warthog reconnaissance vehicles, while little Annie followed behind on her own four-wheeled Mongoose. The five Spartan supersoldiers from Noble Team hadn't even reached the shipbreaking yard when they heard the fierce exchange of gunfire and artillery from within.
There was no doubt about it: the last evacuation point on the continent had also been targeted by the Covenant landing forces. The aliens, who had already planned to wipe out humanity, had no intention of letting humans leave the planet so easily.
This was a genocidal war launched by the Covenant Prophets of Truth, Regret, and Mercy, with the extermination of humanity as its primary goal. They weren't simply trying to occupy Reach!
"We've got gunfire! Pick up the pace!"
"Copy!"
"Annie, can you keep up?"
"Ah! Okay, just pretend I didn't say anything..."
Emile had just started to ask when he spotted the little one steering her bike with both feet, stuffing some kind of food into her mouth and giving him a strange sidelong look. He hurriedly turned his head away, looking sheepish.
It seemed the little one could drive faster and more steadily than he could, even with her feet. Maybe he'd be better off worrying about the UNSC soldiers fighting the Covenant in the shipbreaking yard ahead?
The UNSC soldiers inside were surely doing their best to support the defenders. And the massive Autumn's Fall, undergoing repairs on the shipbreaking platform, looked like a mountain from here. Surely it was helping by blasting the Covenant attackers with everything it had?
"..."
"Look at all the bodies out here. They must've been holding this place for a while."
"Hard to believe they've held out this long..."
"Yeah!"
"Come on, let's go