Spartans Never Die By: AlphaGuardian

Chapter 1: End of the Road

Planet Reach, August 30, 2552, Near Azzod Shipyards.

Carter, S-259, Noble 1, looked out of the viewport of his critically damaged Pelican dropship and saw Covenant assault platform, or Scarab, near where he knew that Nobles 4 and 6 were. He knew they would not be able to outrun it; they had left the Mongoose ATV they were driving behind when they had entered the cave they were in now, and they didn't have the firepower to destroy it, which left only one option.

Noble 4, Emile saw a comm channel open from Carter, "Noble 1 to Nobles 4 and 6, you've got company." "What kind of company?" his last remaining teammate on the ground, Noble Six, said. Emile looked up and saw Scarab bearing down on them. He keyed the comm channel "We can handle it, sir." "Not without my help."

Noble Six was worried. Here he was carrying an unknown AI which Dr. Halsey, the genius behind the SPARTAN program, had called "Humanity's best chance for survival", and he couldn't get it to where it needed to be, the UNSC Pillar of Autumn. He looked at the Scarab, and then saw something out of the corner of his eye; Carter was flying his Pelican on a collision course for the Scarab. He knew Carter would not survive; he had been wounded when a Fuel Rod explosive had detonated in front of the dropship, the detonation had caused a large shard of glass from the viewport to puncture his armor just above his ribcage. He saw the Scarab start to power up its main plasma cannon, and knew he was about to fail his mission.

Six was about to key the comm channel when he heard Carter say, "You're on your own, Noble, Carter out." The dropship hurtled into the Scarab and impacted, the force detonating the fuel reserves in the Pelican as well as the reactor in the Scarab, destroying the dropship and causing the Scarab to collapse and blow up.