Fan Fiction Inspired by Halo

Present Horizon Part 1 - What Will Become...
Date: 30 April 2002, 6:32 pm

Sector- Zulu Bravo Niner
Time- 2100 hours 15 minutes
DZ- 5 clicks south enemy structure
Current- 2.5 clicks south of drop zone

"Lock and Load boys, we arn't here for tea" Hommel said to his troops. Master Sargent Lewis Hommel had a task force consisting of the 121st, 156th and the 115th batilions as well as seven Scorpion tanks and eighteen Warthog light ground assult vehicals. The drop ships Nicknamed Pelicans were slowing as they approached the drop zone.
"Thirty seconds until insertion" Lara Jones the lead pilot said over the intercomm on her ship.
"Alright boys I want a two by two formation off the Pelicans, Michell take three and scout the area. Move!" Hommel yelled as the drop ships came to a drop and go hover above the beach.
"Sir, Yes Sir" sounded from the troops in his ship as well as acknowledgement lights in his HUD from the squad commanders aboard the other Pelicans.
Four men jumped to the ground from the forward Pelican, obvioulsey Lt. Joe Michell and his scout team. After fourty seconds they had scouted the area.
"Sir, all clear no activity in the area. Our intell was correct." Michell wispered over the radio.
"Everyone off the Pelicans and Fall in" Hommel Yelled to the troops.
The troops formed six groups, two per batillion groups one through six.
"Groups two and three form up for recon, group two move northeast three move northwest. Report back every three minutes or when the need arises. Now Move" Hommel commanded.
"Sir, Yes Sir" was roared back at him from the two groups as they ran off in their ordered directions not breaking formation.
"Group five take the 'hogs' and head north in a two by two group six will follow up in the Scorpions one at a time. Holds back four 'hogs' and four Scorpions." Hommel called again and the troops took action.
The radio buzzed to life in Hommel's ear "Sir, enemy contact group three repeat group three northwest passage is a no go.... Damnit return fire.. sir too many.. we nee..sistance..Gold eli..too many plea..." The radio went dead.
"Soldier come in!" Hommel yelled back into the radio.
"Sir, what happend?"
"We just lost fifty men... Groups one and four fall in and break out the new weapons." Hommel replied.
The remaining soldiers pulled the cargo neting off of a group of ten crates containg a new form of weapon. Hommel picked up one of the new weapons and held it in his hands, it was considerably lighter than his normal assult rifle. He looked at the lable on the side

MA0B Urban assult rifle, use with extream caution. This weapon has an electro-magnetic particle charger within the barrel so be sure to load the ammunition provided. No user shou..

"Fuck it" Hommel said to himself as he riped the lable from the magazine intake and shoved a clip in.
"Lets go boys, Shot first, shoot again, shoot some more, and then if anyone is alive shot them too." Hommel Yelled to his troops as the took off into the jungle after the tanks and 'hogs' but in a wider spread pattern.
"Sir, Five Leader contact red elietes. No real danger we have them suppresed."
"Alright Soldier keep the fire down and we'll be there in a minute." Hommel said as he came up behind one of the 'hogs'.
"OPEN FIRE" Hommel yelled to his troops. The gunners in the warthogs stop fireing and the troops on foot opened fire into the group of Elietes with the EMPA assult rifles. The bullets pelted the elietes with a blueish ora as they penitrated the shields and inflicted damage on the purple flesh of the elites.
"Seise fire" Hommel yelled as the last of the elites fell dead. Just then a green blast was seen only for a moment as it impacted the forward 'hog' and blasted it over the others to land in the back with its passengers laying where it was dead.
"HUNTER, OPEN FIRE" Hommel yelled as loud as he could.
"Four move to flank, one and five open fire to distract him." Hommel ordered but calmer in tone.
A loud blast was heard and the hunter fell spraying blood from its forhead. A hole was visible through its sheild armor and head.
"What.. where did that come from?"
"What the hell was that?"
"Holly Fuc..."
"Find that sniper, I want him at our RV ten minutes ago" Hommel interupted.
The troops moved out as normal to their RV at the edge of the jungle with a .5 klick run to the sturcture.
"Hogs stay under cover of the trees. Tanks move to the edge we need you to cover our asses. Group one on the hogs, group four second wave." Hommel gave his orders.
"Sir, your sniper" Michell said as he pushed a man forward wearing hand restraints. The man was about six foot and built tough, you could tell he was agile by the was he moved. His right eye had an optics unit over it that appeared to be giving him data even now his body was covered with a type of armor that seemed to change color to match its surroundings.
"We found him with this" Michell said as he handed a odd looking sniper rifle to Hommel.
"Thanks for your help.. But who are you?" Hommel asked.
The man spoke as if he was a prisoner to Hommel "0957382910, James 'Hawk' Gregor UNSC covert ops"
"Well Hawk, I am Master Sargent Lewis Hommel of the UNSC myself so stop with the damned formal shit."
"Well then Master Sargent let me go." Hawk almost ordered.
"Then go. Michell cut him loose" Hommel said as he tossed the rifle bask to Hawk.
Before Michell could cut the restraints Hawk had boken them and cought his rifle, he was almost gone before anyone realized what happend.
"OK.. That was odd" one of the soldiers said.
"Group one onto the 'hogs' and get ready, group four prep yout long range weapons, MOVE" Hommel yelled
"Yes Sir" broke back from the troops.
Hommel was grasping the right roll bar of a 'hog' in his left hand and one of the MA0B's in his right as the fourteen Warthogs burst from the edge of the trees almost at top speed with the guns blazing from the turrets.
"Keep them busy five, one group this is our stop. Every one off" Hommel had said into his Mic as he dove off the 'hog' landing in a forward roll stoping to come up on one knee and fire a burst into the closest grunt patroll.
"One move to the front of the compound now, five mop up the covie forces that flee" Hommel yelled into his mic running toward the front door of the covenent compound. He stoped to see group one slautering a small group of grunts that were now pleading for their lives.
"Siese fire! SEISE FIRE" Hommel yelled as a few final shots were fired into the group. Five remaining grunts stood there on all fours waiting for death, Hommel removed his M6D pistol and aimed it at one of the remaing grunts. He fired and the grunts life support system was ruptured and it fell to its knees grabbing its throat. Hommel took aim at another grunt and fired, its head exploded from the neck Hommel shot two more leaving one trembling.
"I know you understand me you peice of shit, how do we get into the base?"
The grunt replied with a few squeaks and moans.
"Damnit speak English"
"Die Human Scum" the grunt said as it fired a single shot from his plasma pistol Hommel did the same from his pistol blowing the grunts head clear off.
Hommel was hit by the plasma directly in the chest, his armor took most of the hit but it chared his chest.
"MOTHER F...." Hommel swore very loudly.
"Sir, incoming Banshees they'll be in maximum range of fire in thirty seconds" Michell said to him..
"GET IN SIDE NOW, BLOW THE DOORS, LEAVE NOTHING STANDING" Hommel yelled.
The troops blasted the doors open with various explosives and ran inside fireing, a Banshee got off a shot just as the got inside it hit Michell and he flew forward.
"AHHH" He had yelled as he was vaporized.
The Covies inside the base had started running out the back as they were blasted to bits by the gunners on the 'hogs'.
"Six blast them damn banshees out of the ski, they got Michell" Hommel commanded.
"Consider it done sir" Jackson replied.
Various explosions were heard as the Banshees were eliminated.
"Sir, The base is set to go up in five minutes" Marx their Demolitions expert said.
"Lets go boys, time to go home" Hommel yelled as he ran out the back doors.
"Holy shi..." Hommel started before he sliped on a large ammount of purple and blue blood. The rest of his men exited the structure and helped Hommel up and into a 'hog'.
"Back to the beach, this place is gonna blow" Hommel yelled to the driver of the 'hog'.
Groups one, four, five and six retreated to the beach and filed into the pelicans with the already waiting group one.
"Lets go boys" Lara said as she accelerated the pelican with the back hatch remaining open.

A lone golden eliete walked toward a beeping noise being made at the center of the structure.
In their language "What is that noise?" The bomb came into view with the counter reading ten.. nine ect. The eliete quickly kneeled and figured out how tto disarm the bomb.. He laughed and disarmed it, and the counter Stoped at two.
The counter beeped again and it read one.

Hommel watched as the structure exploded in a nuclear blast.
"Mission complete" Hommel wispered
"Rodreguiez get me a list of the KIAs" Hommel ordered
Hommel sat and watched the sea below them on the trip back to HQ.

Present Horizon Part II - Mistakes will be made...
Date: 5 May 2002, 7:47 pm

Sector: Omega Bravo Zero
Time: 0500 hours 17 minutes
Date: 2571
Current: Orbiting Station Alpha, Omega Class (2 MAC guns for defense)

The lights are out and little can be seen around the room. An AI activates in the form of a Marine.
" Sir... Sir... SIR WAKE UP" the AI known as Jaggers called to Hommel. His attempt to awaken the Master Sargent being unsuccessful he activated an electronic impulse.
"Sir.." Jaggers said again as he sent the impulse through Hommel.
".....Ahhahh.. What the, oh Jaggers what now?"
"The Admiral wants you in the ready room now sir"
"Can they not run this operation with out me?"
"Well my information proves that they can run with 97.3 percent ability with out y.."
"Would you shut up and send the Admiral a message I'll be there in fifteen."
"Understoo.."
"And activate the black lights"
"Yes si.."
"And put on some music, Insane Clown Posse from the 21'st century"
"Yes sir."
The room came to life with various black lights shining off of mirror balls and dancing holograms as the Insane Clown Posse song 'Riddle Box' blared out of his many speakers.
"Thats better" Hommel said as he strip himself of his boxers and wife beater as he stepped into his shower.
After five minutes in the shower and three getting dressed in his battle gear he headed up toward the ready room passing various soldiers and at least three ONI guards.
Hommel entered the ready room seeing fifteen high ranking officers and twelve ONI officials looking at him. Hommel saluted his superior officers, and looked at the ONI officials.
"Reporting as ordered" Hommel said.
"Sit down Lewis" Admiral Gram said.
Hommel sat on the right side of the rectangular table by himself. One by one his division leaders showed up.
"Whats this about sir?" Hommel asked the Admiral.
"Well these gentlemen here have some questions about that soldier you met during your mission." The admiral said to him.
"Master Sargent, do you understand that this is an official interrogation and that all of the information given by you must not be falsified in anyway...." The ONI official went on for what seemed like hours. Finally the man finished speaking and Hommel agreed to the terms and began answering their questions.
"Master Sargent does this recording look familiar to you?"
"Yes it does."
"What is it then?"
"This would be the recording from my helmet during my last mission"
"Gordon freeze the recording there."
The recording stopped to show a man catching a sniper rifle and seeming to blend with the trees behind him and then disappearing.
"Master Sargent do you recognize this individual?"
"Yes I do"
"Who is it?"
"He claims to be James Gregor"
"Did he tell you his allification?"
"He said something about UNSC covert ops"
The interrogation continued for almost two hours.
"Well Master Sargent thank you for your information.."
Hommel stood and turned to exit with his division leaders as the only one of the ONI officials that did not speak said something.
"Master Sargent...If you.. see that.. Soldier.. bring him.. to me." The ONI official had now rolled forward in a wheelchair shaking.
"Yes sir" Hommel said.
Hommel left the room with his division leaders. "You guys are dismissed for now, but keep your radios with you. I don't trust those guys"
Hommel left his friends to their business as he returned to his quarters to see it cleaned and the normal lights on with no music.
"Jaggers who was here?" Hommel said
The AI activated from its hidden Projector
"Sir, there were three men here while you were away. They took all of your computer files."
"God Damnit, Jaggers contact Rodreguiez and tell him to get the guys and meet me in the docking bay in thirty minutes."
"Yes sir"
Hommel gathered his hidden disks with his plans and documents he didn't keep in his computer and packed them up with some weapons and ammunition. Hommel ran down the halls seeing the three ONI guards again but this time they didn't move.
"You need to come with us." the biggest guard said holding his pistol up
"Really?" Hommel replied as Jose Rodreguiez appeared behind them with his assault rifle.
"Yes you do, no come ...AAAHHHGGG" the biggest guard had yelled as fifteen stun rounds were fired into him and his 'buddies'.
"Bye.. Thanks Jose"
"Anytime sir, by the way whats going on?" Rodreguiez asked.
"Have you been back to your room yet?"
"Yeah, someone searched it"
"ONI is after us, we know something were not supposed to"
"Hawk?"
"I think so"
"What are we going to do?"
"Were going to get our men out of here and find Hawk"
"All right, ill fill them in"
Rodreguiez ran ahead of Hommel and went to the docking bay.
Hommel had retrieved some weapons from the armory after having to blow the door open and stun twenty soldiers. When Hommel entered the docking bay he saw ONI guards firing at his men.
"What the hell do they want?" Hommel said as he saw his troops dwindle in number.
"GET ON THE PELICANS" Hommel yelled to his men.
"Lara take off.." Hommel started as he saw an ONI guard running from the pelicans hull.
"EVERYONE OFF..." Hommel yelled as he kicked in the door between him and the cockpit and pulled Lara out of the pelican. The pelican exploded before his men could get the rear door down he heard their screams as he used his body to shield Lara's.
"Can you fly that?" Hommel asked Lara as he gestured to a lone Longsword in the forward docking bay.
"Well I can try."
"RODREGUIEZ!" Hommel yelled.
"Yes sir?" Rodreguiez said as he ran with Hommel.
"Get as many people to that Longsword as you can have the rest find another way off."
"Yes sir" Rodreguiez turned around an d ran back to the fighting.
Lara and Hommel ran up the ramp of the Longsword and began launch procedures.
Hommel activated his radio "Jose, how long until your onboard?"
Rodreguiez stepped up behind Hommel and said "Is now soon enough?"
Hommel turned and saw 20 people crammed into the Longsword.
"Lara lets go.." Hommel said as they flew from the docking bay.
"How many people did we leave behind Jose?"
"None Sir this was all that was left."
"WHAT..?" Hommel yelled with pain and anger in his voice.
The radio came to life with the same voice he had heard this morning. It was the ONI official.
"...Lewis..keep going..i'll meet.. you when.. you land..I'm going...to help..you out.."
"Why should I trust you?"
A sound was heard. "Listen here Hommel. I'm not who you think I am."
"What the.."
"All that disabled shit is just a cover, I am a friend of Hawk's with the UNSC covert ops ONI does not know about us."
"Then why are they trying to keep it under wraps?"
"What makes you think that?"
'Their trying to kill us.. and their not doing a bad job of it."
"They think they know about us, but their assumptions are wrong"
"Well then I guess I'll be seeing you."
Hommel cut the transmission and deactivated the radio.
"Lara, you know where to go."
"Yes sir"

Present Horizon Part III - No More Waiting.
Date: 30 May 2002, 9:50 pm

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Sector: Delta Bravo Three
Time: 0800 hours 5 minutes
Date: 2571
Current: Classified

"Lara, whats wrong?" Hommel quickly asked.
"Nothing sir...." Lara had replied as the engins cut out.
"..Well maybe something, but its not too bad.." The engins roared to life again.
"Ok then set 'er down there." Hommel pointed to what seemed to be an underground shaft.
"Yes sir" Lara said.
The ship came to a hault over the shaft's enterance and began desent.
"Where are we supposed to dock this thing?" Rodreguiez asked.
"Right there" Hommel replied as he motioned to a single outstreached platfrom with docking clamps. The Longsword began to dock as hommel jumped from the hatch and turned to watch his twenty friends and troops get off the ship.
"Ok, we need to get ready for some opposition." Hommel said.
"What are you talking about Sir?" Marx asked.
"I dont completely trust that ONI guy" Hommel replied.
"Lara follow me, Rodreguiez take them to the armory"
"Yes Sir" Came back from Rodreguiez.
Hommel and Lara parted ways with Jose and his troops.
"Lewis, whats going on?" Lara asked.
"To tell you the truth I dont know yet"
"Well I hope it happens soon if at all"
"It will.... It will" Hommel said with a sigh.

A group of five pelicans approached the base's access doors.
"How far out are we?" asked Corran the 'ONI official'.
"Sir, we're on top of it now..." The ship directly behind it erupted into a plume of smoke and flame as it plumeted toward the ground.
"... Covenent sir twelve dropships closing in"
"Goddamnit get us inside now" Corran yelled.
"We are inside but the doors arn't closing fast enough.. they're in sir"
The pelicans landed on a newly extened platform and ran toward the enterance.
The blast doors started closeing before they could get through.
"SHIT.. choose a target and fire we can't get in yet" Corran yelled.
Corran activated the radio "Hommel get those doors open now we can't get in, covenent are opening fir...." His radio was hit by a plasma blast burning his hand.
"You sorry sons of bitches.." he yelled as he opened fire with his now drawn M6D pistol.

Red lights flased and klaxons blared in the hallways filling them with an eriee red glow. "What now?" Hommel said changing his pace to a bolting run toward the controll center. Hommel came to a large blast door that was closeing and he saw his troops on the other side. Hommel dove under the door followed by Lara just as it closed.
"Hommel get those doors open now we can't get in, covenent are opening fir...." the transmission died.
"Hello, come in.. do you read me? come in.."
"Lara In here.." Hommel said.
"Why are the blast doors closeing?" Hommel asked Jose as he stepped into the controll center.
"Automatic failsafe.. I think"
"For what?"
"I think something tripped an alram or sensor out there but I still can't get this thing working" Rodreguiez said as he hit the projector for an AI on the side of a console.
The AI sprang to life with a briliant flash of color.
"I am Glitch, Who are you?" asked the human cat mix in front of him.
"Glitch, I'm Lewis. Can you reopen the blast doors that closed?"
"Negative"
"Is there a manual override?"
"Yes but it is dangerous"
"How so"
"Its at the farthest end of this complex's tunnel system and there are traps, I cannot disable them."
"I'll go" Rodreguiez said.
"No you won't, I will"
Hommel quickly gathered the equiptment he would need and put it in pockets and on his belt. He stepped into the maintinance tunnel and looked around using his halogen lights. "Glitch, how far is this switch exactly."
"One point three Kilometers"
"Ok alert me when I approach a dangerous area." Hommel said.
"I'll be rihgt back" Hommel assured the group as he ran forward.
Hommel quickly passed several traps and pitfalls early in his run. At one point a trap door opened beneath him in mid stride to reveal a spiked bottom. Hommel quickly pushed off with his opposite foot and grabed onto the other side of the fifteen foot opening with his fingers. Just as he pulled himself to a sitting position he heard glitch.
"There is a trap door near you, it has a set of steal spikes on the floor."
"Now she tells me"Hommel said to himself. Hommel came to a door at the completeion of his run and saw a keypad.
"Glitch, whats the access code for this door?"
"Searching"
"Well?"
"Searching."
"C'mon girl i need that code.."
"Got it" Glitch said "3-1-5-3-3-6-5-5-4-8"
Hommel typed in the code and waited.
"It's not working the door's not open"
"The door doesn't open sir"
"What do you mean....." Hommel started to ask as the floor beneath him opened and he fell impacting a slick surface as sliding down. He came out to see two doors and a large controll pannel in the middle of the small room. He steped toward the control pannel and began to access the opening proceadure for the blast doors.
As the doors in front of him oppened he saw screens with live feed of Corran and his men still fighting the covenent as they continued to resupply themselves from their dropships.
Hommel hit the keyboard and the blast doors slowly opened.
"HEY GET DOWN" Hommel yelled into a mic.
The blast doors open and five men walking forward wearing heavy assult armor and carrying rocket launcers. The men fired and blew away three covenent dropships and killing some thirty covenent troops elites and jackels.

Corran fired two more shots into the elite as it fell spraying pyrple blood of the grunts behind it. "Damned dropships, they'll never run out of men.."
Then he heard Hommel's voice amplified by 100x "HEY GET DOWN" and then the blast doors behind him and his troops opened to reveal 5 men walking forward with rocket launcers. They fired and three dropships burst into flame and errupted into a fireballs.
"Thanks Hommel" Corran yelled as he ran inside the forward blast door that started to close again. The five rocket launcer toteing troops let another rocket go sending five projectiles of firey death toward the covenent.

Hommel hit the keyboard again to close the forward blast door. He then saw a flashing blue button labled 'Perimiter defense' he punched it hard. The acess shaft doors sealed and four fifty mm auto cannons activated mowing down the remaining covenent and the dropships. Hommel Let out a loud laugh as he ran back toward the control center via the tunnels.

Corran ran down the corridor and burst into the control center to see Jose entering commands into the keyboard infront of him and giving orders to the troops using his communicator. "Where the hell is Lewis?" Corran asked.
Jose and Lara turned to see Corran.
"He should be arriveing any moment now."

Hommel pulled himself from the tunnel access and looked to Corran.
"Explain yourself Now! Why are those sons of Bitches from ONI after us."
"Calm down Lewis, Its a long story. Lets set up for some more truble and then I will tell you..."
Hommel gave his orders and looked to Corran.
"Now tell me"
"This is how it happened..."

Present Horizon by Spook