Your Human And You: Feet First Into Hell

Maelstrom ran through the fields as he heard the Sniper Rifle sound off, and watched as the body of the unknown hit the ground. Seconds later, he and the other ODSTs were closing in on the tram as the second one began to scream.

"Bring it in alive!" Maelstrom ordered.

Icepick and Black Eye broke off from the charge and ran towards the second alien, while Maelstrom and Melt ran for the other sections of the transport.

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The mare screamed when Brick's head exploded in a shower of blood and grey-matter. She could hear the Humans do the same as the unicorn's body fell down to the dirt, a blank expression on his dead face.

"Bring it in alive!" she heard a voice yell.

Meadow tried to flee in terror as the black forms approached her quickly. She found that her hooves were frozen in fear, however, and simply watched as the larger one approached. All she saw was a black creature that resembled a Human before her world went dark.

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Black Eye grabbed the unconscious alien before raising his M7S to scan the area.

"Icepick!" he called.

"Clear all!" she responded.

The ODST lifted the alien onto the tram as several civies began to back away. When he looked up, Black Eye was shocked to see that all of them were naked, and could see a majority of their bones beneath their skin.

"What the fuck..."

"We've got an injured civilian!" Icepick called.

Ice Pick hefted the injured man onto her shoulders and examined the damage. The man had bruising over most of his torso, a few cuts that were bleeding down his sides, and saw that his left arm was twisted unnaturally at the elbow.

"Shit, do we have any medical personnel here!?" she shouted to the civilians.

The group began to back away further into the transport, fear dominant on their features.

"The Hell..."

Black Eye jumped into the transport and kicked the limp form of the alien inside before speaking.

"Everyone relax, we're ODSTs. You're safe now."

Instead of cheers or thanks, however, the ODSTs were still met with silence and fear. Ice Pick gently laid the beaten man onto the floor of the transport before turning towards the section behind it, DMR raised as she spoke over the comms.

"Icepick to Maelstrom, I'm checking the rest of the transport for hostiles, over."

"Copy that," Maelstrom responded, "Melt and I are checking the forward half. See anything, Blind?"

"Negative, we're all clear," Blind reported.

Icepick found a handle to another section of the transport and crouched beside it. She put her hand on the door before counting to three and throwing the door aside before swiftly sweeping her DMR through the darkness. One VISR scan later confirmed that the section was empty.

"Car's empty, moving forward," she spoke over the comms.

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Maelstrom slammed the but of his M7S into the back of the alien's head before watching it fall limply to the ground.

"Tie the fucker up," he ordered.

Melt grabbed the body before taking its scarf off violently and wrapping it around its four legs. As he did, Maelstrom examined the control panel of the transport. Across the board were ancient instruments like needles, heat measurement instruments (judging by the pictures of fire), and massive levers with wooden handles. Above him was a string that was attached to the ceiling and another piece of wood that dangled in the air by his waist.

"This is some ancient tech, huh?" Maelstrom asked.

"Sure... is!" Melt grunted as he tossed the unconscious alien into a compartment before slamming it shut.

Maelstrom raised a hand to the side of his helmet before speaking.

"Cowbell, Blind, Sputnik, get whatever gear you can and set the pods to detonate, we're taking this transport."

"Wait, what!?" Cowbell responded.

"Sir, what's the plan?" Sputnik asked.

"We take this transport, find someplace secluded to hide the civilians, get word out to the UNSC, and bunker down somewhere far away from here. If anything saw our pods crash near here, and news gets out about this, they'll search the area for anything Human and likely kill us all before we can find out where Lost in the Stars is."

"Copy that, sir, we'll clear out the pods now."

Maelstrom examined the control panel for a bit before speaking into the comms again.

"Black Eye, how are the civilians?"

"They're all naked, starved, and terrified. We've also got one heavily wounded, but nothing fatal yet," he responded.

"We'll get medical attention for them once we get this thing moving. Keep them safe."

"Yes, sir."

"Ice Pick here, all cars clear. Repeat, all cars clear. We are good to go, sir."

"Good job. We're waiting for the others to empty the pods before we leave."

"Understood. I'm going back to see if Black Eye needs any help."