The reds and blues escape from Hargrove's ship alive with some help, though some of their friends may need some help even more.
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One: Hang on tight, this ride may get bumpy.
Simmons: Yeah, we're used to bumpy rides.
Tucker; I'm just ready to get out of this damn Meta armor.
Donut: But it looks good on you.
Tucker: It's useless plus it's tight on the crotch.
One: you're really gonna bitch about that?
Tucker: uh, yeah?
Grif: Don't be surprised about it? This is Tucker we're fucking talking about.
Pelican flies to Crash Site Bravo
One: Okay, we will need you guys to lay low for a bit, my squad and I will try and find any survivors and bring them here. By the way, you guys will have plenty of rations, but ration it out.
Simmons: Got it.
Pelican flies away
Caboose: That was fun flying.
Sarge: Yeah, if you're not in a life or death situation. Ah, who am I kidding, I always have fun flying.
Tucker: Man feels good to be back in my original armor.
Grif: Good. Can you now stop bitching about things being tight in your crotch?
Tucker: Yes.
Donut: I miss that armor.
Grif: Shut up, Donut.
Lopez: (in Spanish): I cannot believe Tucker would be the only one to complain about armor being tight down there.
Caboose: Tucker does love to complain sometimes.
Tucker: (sarcastically) oh, jee. I love being put in the damn spotlight like this. Anyways, the armor is well hidden and i doubt anyone will find it.
Simmons: Why not destroy it?
Tucker: one, its completely useless. Two, we need all ammo we can against Hargrove's loyalists.
Simmons: MY biggest concern is Wash and Carolina. Hopefully they and the others are okay.
Chorus Glaciers
Three members of Viper, Zero, Hydro, and Diesel, go excavating for any tech that could be useful.
Diesel: Not sure why Hargrove wants to send us here is this God forsaken cold climate.
Zero: There may be some tech hidden that could help us bring Chorus back under our control.
Hydro: Anything we find, I can research it and modify it to our benefits. Thats why i have done the scientific work.
Zero: Maybe not speak nerd once in a while.
Hydro: You guys need a scientist here and I fit the role perfectly.
Tech Detector beeps rapidly.
Diesel: Looks like we got something.
The three dig up the abandoned Meta Armor, Tucker leaves behind.
Zero: Well, shit.
Hydro: The replica model of the armor Agent Maine wore. Why would someone leave it behind?
Diesel: Worth a lot of money.
Hydro: or maybe if there is any chance the codes of the destroyed fragments are still there. This could take me a while to decipher this and get this ready for our cause. Call our leader.
Zero: (call activated): Cryo, come in. Hargrove is gonna love what we found. This could guarantee us victory in Chorus and the deaths of the Reds and Blues.
Cryo stands on a mountaintop
Cryo: A suit of armor?
Zero: Not just any suit.
Cryo: I see. Maybe not a waste of my time after all. See you guys in a bit. I got a few things to do first.
Cryo slides down the mountain and eventually reaches the ground. Up ahead is two crashed pelicans.
Wounded Federal Army Soldier: (crawls for pistol) oh god oh god oh god- (Cryo shoots the soldier in the head with a magnum).
Cryo then walks towards the crashed Pelican where Vanessa Kimball lies severely injured from the crash.
Cryo: Vanessa Kimball.
Kimball: You're a fucking site for sore eyes.
Cryo: really dont appreciate the insult. Anyways, you know. If you guys haven't have exposed Charon's activities here on Chorus, none of this would have happened.
Kimball: The civil war would have killed us if not for the Reds and Blues.
Cryo: And you have made it worse for yourselves. Once we kill you guys, we have our own little war with the UNSC to deal with. We are keeping Chorus, or we will destroy it if we have to. And you are not going to live to see it.
Before she makes her shot, an injured Bitters arrives and shoots Cryo, shields from her armor protects her, but stuns her for a bit.
Bitters: Thats, right. You're not killing our general. (Gets shot in the throat, then dies after several seconds)
Kimball: NO!!!!!!!!!!!
Cryo: Where was I? Oh yeah. (Points magnum at Kimball's head, but the magazine is empty) well, you are lucky you dont get quick and painless. Looks like you are getting slow and painful. (Blade comes out of her wrist pads) (Carolina interrupts Cryo's kill attempt on Kimball).
Cryo: Must you interrupt my fun.
(fight occurs between Carolina and Cryo)
Carolina: Grab Kimball.
Jenson: on it.
Polamo: let's get you out of here. Oh no, she lost consciousness.
Washington: we need to hurry!!!!!!
(Zero and Diesel jump in)
Washington: YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!!!!!! I'll hold these two off. GET! HER! OUT OF HERE!!!
Polamo: On it.
Wash tries holding off the two as long as he could, landing some punches on Zero and a kick to Diesel. Zero then goes after Polamo, Jenson, and Kimball.
Wash: OH, SHIT!!! BEHIND YOU!!!!!
Jenson: this can't end like this.
A mongoose comes at Zero, who dodges it.
Smith: I don't I'll be surviving any longer. You guys go now.
Jenson: Not you too.
Smith: GOOO!!!
Jenson and Polamo continue to evacuate Kimball from Chorus Glaciers.
Smith: Come on, you son of a bitch. COME AT ME- (gets impaled by Zero's knife)
Zero: Throwing your life away. Pathetic. (Takes the knife out, Smith bleeds out and dies)
Washington: CAROLINA!!!
Carolina: ON IT!!!! Throws a smokescreen.
Diesel: Where did they go???!!!!!
Zero: (realizes the targets are gone) (comms in) We lost sight of the targets.
Hydro: Damn. At least we have what we came for. Call Hargrove. He will be interested about this.
Cryo: I got it. (comms turns on) Hargrove, come in. We found something that could be of good use to us.
Hargrove: (at his Penthouse) The same Meta armor replica that was initially stolen from me, but recovered? I don't think it will be of good use, but at least I have something back.
Cryo: Hydro did some research on it and said there is a chance that there could be code left from the destroyed Epsilon fragments.
Hargrove: If you are wondering why I have a grudge against those soldiers, they have gotten in my way too many times. If the fragment codes still can be used to power the armor, the tide could turn back our way. You and the other three report back to me.
Cryo: Yes, sir. (comms off) Cannot believe I let a couple freelancer agents, and some others get away. They live for now.
Crash Site Bravo
Grif: I will never get it. Every time something goes Public Domain, filmmakers want to make a horror movie out of it. Why not make an action movie or a comedy.
Donut: How about Romance?
Tucker: Eh.
Grif: That would not work with most of them.
Simmons: sci-fi?
Grif: same thing I said to Donut.
Sarge: How about war flicks?
Grif: why am i not surprised you would say that, Sir?
Lopez: (Spanish) How about Robot flicks?
Simmons: Robot flicks? Love it.
Grif: hate it.
Simmons: Do you have to hate on everything?
Grif: why must our childhoods be ruined by horror-obsessed filmmaking weirdos?
Doc: Bet Wash and Carolina would be in line for them being action flicks. Speaking of them, I am hoping they are ok.
Grif: Don't we all.
Pelican flies
One: Have some survivors from the crash.
Wash, Carolina, and a few other survivors exit
Simmons: Thank god you guys are okay.
Washington: Not really.
Grif: What the hell do you mean, not really?
Carolina: We have several injured here.
Doc: I can set up medical tents.
Carolina: That would be a good idea. We have several other medics on their way here.
Tucker: What about Kimball and some of the others?
Carolina: Kimball is in ER and Bitters and Smith as well as some others are dead.