A Helljumper ending.

The cell faded into darkness as Rilik fell to sleep, it truly was a welcome embrace for him after the long day's that he had been having. The ponies fed him not to long ago, but it was just an assortment of vegetables, he was forced to search the pouch's on his armor for something else, he found and old M.R.E in one of them, he choked it down since they normally weren't the best and add that it's been sitting in his pouch's for who knows how long.

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"Ten minutes till drop boys!" Rilik yelled over the sound of the Broken Justice's MAC gun firing, the six ODST's in this drop pod bay were preparing their equipment for the landing on the planet below.

"They say it's hell down there boys! Just what we're made for." Rob said as he double checked his MA5 AR,

"Yeah well when we're done the Covenant will be shaking in there armor, begging us to not kill them!" cheered one of the ODST's who was already in his pod.

"Cool it Mickolovitch, we'll be kicking ass in no time boys, there's enough of those ugly bastards to kill as is, we don't need an ODST getting cocky with no kills. Thats just insulting to the squad." Rilik announced as he cocked his shotgun. smirking under his helmet.

"We'll see if any Cov'e bastard gets past me when I'm holding my sniper." announced another ODST, holding a sniper rifle loosely by the barrel.

"Hey easy now, Ril's and my team last time was green as grass, what do you think happened to them? You're an even greener bunch, and can it Alexander you're shot's are wilder than Elmer Fudds!" Rob said, laughs came out among the squad all except for Alexander, she wasn't to happy about it.

"Alright everyone in there pod! Sparza and Bradley that means you to!" Rilik yelled as he entered the small pod, securing his weapons on the holding stations. "Alright command, mind telling me what the mission exactly is?" Rilik asked holding his comm on.

"Your team is going to help spartan team echo evacuate civilians, you are going to provide rear escort and make sure there arn't anymore civies in the surrounding buildings, there are covenant infantry in the surrounding districts so be careful." The command respondant said.

"One last thing, you neglected us any details on where we are also, mind giving us info on the planet?" Rilik asked preparing for the coming drop.

"All there is left to say sergeant is, welcome to Reach." The respondant said as the pods moved into position. The pods lurched out of the dock bay and started to descend the atmospher flaming as they did.

"Sergeant did he say Reach? Last I heard this planet was in a full scale assault from the Covies." Sparza radioed over from his pod.

"Alright guys, every live we save is another that can help us in the future, so we give our lives for these people alright?" Rilik said as he was bombarded with a chorus of "Yes sir". The pod was near the designated city, Manassas. The pod smacked into the ground outside a tall building and refugees were flooding forward, spartans soon herded them down one of three city ways. The pod door exploded off and Rilik made his way out.

"Alright Mickolovitch your with me and Rob, Sparza you take Alex and Bradley down the right alley." Rilik, Rob, and Mickolovitch adavanced down the left alley it's streets littered with trash. The team proceeded into a house making sure no one was in it.

"Bedroom and kitchen are clear." Sounded off Mickolovitch.

"Upstairs is clear." Came Rob's voice.

"Alright the living area and the closet is clear." Rilik said as he made his way out of the building, Rob and Mickolovitch right behind him. As they proceeded out of the building the onslaught began.

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A/N

I'm sorry for the cliffhangar and it being short but this is setting up the next one which will come back to the previous gore and after that the story line. The reasoning behind the sudden flash back will be known in the next chapter so be patient! :)