Last stand

The Ghost

Jason stands up, dazed from the crash
"Everyone alright?"
One of the spartans stands up
"Yes sir"
"Good, let's get out of this pod"
"I'll try to open the door"
The spartan pulls the panel off the wall, beginning to fiddle with wires, before Lambda appears, and the door slides open
"Already done lieutenant"
"Oh, okay"
"Sorry for stealing your thunder pal"
Everyone leaves the pod, and Jason looks around
"LD, have we got contact with the other pods?"
"No, that energy wave knocked out any kind of long range communication, helmet radios are barely functional, they'll only work for a couple miles"
"How about you, you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, it felt weird, I guess this is what pain feels like to people"
"Now rinse and repeat a billion times and you've got the last thirty years of my life"
"It's technically my life too"
"Yeah yeah"
Jason walks around, finding a small crest in the land, walking up it, he looks around, spotting pieces of old UNSC technology
"This shit must've been here since Reach fell, looks like it's been here for a damn long while"
"And from what I'm reading, it's been in use fairly recently"
"Wait, in use by who?"
"No idea"
Jason's helmet begins to play static, as a transmission from one of his team members plays
"Sir, we've found old UNSC tech scattered around, in use somewhat recently, but whoever used it must be gone"
"Yeah, same thing over here, where are you?"
"Transmitting location now"
Jason receives a set of Coordinates
"LD, can you add the Coordinates to my mini map"
"On it"
A small dot appears on Jason's helmet map, and he begins walking towards it, soon, another transmission comes in
"Sir, someone's here, no idea who, but they must be dangerous, Renton thought she saw someone, walked over and touched them, and it was some kind of hologram, then she went radio silent, you better get here soon"
"On it"
Jason begins running towards the location, once he reaches it, he doesn't see any of his team
"Hello!?"
He gets no response, and begins looking around
"Renton? Callic? Anyone?"
Jason looks into a nearby cave, and sees an unconscious spartan from his team, before hearing footsteps behind him, he pivots on his foot, as a person jumps at him, punching towards him, as Jason crouches, grabbing the person's arm, throwing them over him, as he turns to look at the person, seeing a man in black and red Spartan Mark V armour, that looks weathered and splintered
"Who the hell are you? Where's my squad?"
The man stands up, walking slowly around Jason, not saying a word
"Say something, or I'll fuckin leather you"
The man runs at Jason, trying to punch him, as Jason easily dodges and parries the attacks, throwing him to the ground again
"C'mon mate, your losing, just give up already"
The man tries to run and Jason again, Jason moves back, spin kicking the man in the head, rendering him unconscious, as Jason removes the man's helmet, he examines his face, with deep brown eyes, unkempt brown hair, a dirty untrimmed beard, and one milky white eye
"LD, who is this guy?"
"Checking Spartan ID now"
A hologram appears, displaying the man's name and background
"He is Kent Kerric, leader of a team of specialist spartans called Ghost Squadron, no known whereabouts for any other members, since the fall of Reach they all went missing, Reach was their last known location, so I imagine they're all either here, or dead"
"Or both"
"If they are alive, I hope they're not like him"
"Let's go find the squad"
Jason looks around, finding the members of his squad piled up in a small cave, unconscious
"You're all useless"
Jason drags the unconscious Kent Kerric into the cave, waiting for everyone to wake up