Tifa & Ezio

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar was a little surprised by Sigma's speed. Being the most recent addition to Onyx Alpha, she'd surprised him with many an amazing feat. Her tech prowess was not one of them, until just seconds ago.
'Good. So am I.'
He looked back down at the ground and waved his hand across the small armoury he'd assembled. Kylar had discarded the BR and AR, and replaced them with the Designated Marksman Rifle, DMR for short. It was basically a single shot BR. His other weapon was a favourite of his; a shotgun. 'Take your pick. Those aliens bastards have hoarded enough weapons here to arm an entire brigade.'

[Tifa Lockhart]

"You know, i think i'm good." Sigma replied with a shrug, stowing away her shotgun before moving over to claim herself a Battle Rifle, she figured that with fatigue beginning to set in, she was better off with a better ranged weapon then her shotgun. "Alright, i'm sweet."

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar nodded, hefting his shotgun. 'Right, let's rock and roll. Main core is one kilometre south-east and five hundred metres down. Satellite scans show a LOT of heat signatures. Sounds like one of Mendez's games.' With a slight chuckle, he headed off at a good speed, always checking for enemies.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Sigma gave a sarcastic whoop and a groan, both of which were made for conversational effect rather than actually voicing any emotion she was feeling. She jogged after him, ignoring the looming fog of exhaustion. That was one of many new things in her life that she wasn't going to get used to any time soon.

[Elario Luminus]

In almost no time at all, Kylar found what he assumed was a barracks-like area. There were hundreds of Covenant, all armed. All of them were facing one direction, and when Kylar saw what was in that direction, he almost gasped.
'Sigma, there's a Prophet here. Run back to the weapons room and grab a sniper rifle before it explodes. Check the timer on the device and forward it to my HUD. Go!'

[Tifa Lockhart]

Sigma didn't need to be ordered more than once. She span on her heels, powering it as fast as she could to the weapons cache they'd set up to detonate. She skidded to a stop in front of the bomb, quickly forwarding the timer on to Kylar so he'd know how long they had left. She then scrambled through the mass of weapons to find a sniper rifle, checking it was loaded before she high-tailed in back to Kylar.
By the time she reached him she was aching all over and having to take quick gasps to recover her breath, but she was quite pleased with her efforts, and the opportunity to kill a Prophet was one NONE of them would want to miss.
"Here." She panted, offering him the weapon.

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar grabbed the rifle and settled down into a crouched position. The timer on his HUD told him he only had a few seconds to do what he needed to do. if he timed it right, he would be able to kill the Prophet at the same time the explosion went off.
'Sigma, form a parameter five metres around me, and watch it so that nothing comes up near us. Silenced weapons, lethal force, minimal impact. Also, inform Command what we've found.'
The timer ticked down to ten seconds, and the Spartan got a bead on the Prophets head. Not that he could hear it, but the way the Prophet was animated Kylar could tell that it wasn't a barracks.

It was a temple.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Sigma keyed the appropriate channel to inform Command that they'd stumbled upon the true purpose of this facility, and what it was Kylar planned to do. As she did this she moved out, securing the appropriate perimeter around Kylar. She knew that this would get VERY sticky very quickly. Covenant didn't tend to like it very much when you stick a large round through the head of one of their prophets. It was kind of like assassinating a world leader in front of the defense force.

She wouldn't say she wasn't UNEASY about what Kylar was doing, she'd much rather be getting out of there, rather than stirring up the hornets nest any more, but she realised that any chance to take out a member of the covenant leadership was a good one.

[Elario Luminus]

The seconds on the timer ticked down, and when it reached three seconds, Kylar crouched deadly still, aiming dead on at the Prophets head. The explosion tore through the facility, causing a deep rumble around. At the same time, Kylar fired, and watched as the bullet collided with the Prophets head, killing it. Satisfied, the Spartan also shouldered the Sniper Rifle and backed off into the shadows.
'Sigma, let's go. We have precious cargo to pick up.'
He turned and slowly made it out of the door, then sprinted down the hallway, DMR at the ready.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Sigma ran after Kylar immediately, constantly reminded herself that this was the last of their massive list of objectives, and soon she would be able to a least take a short nap on whatever bird came to pick them up and ferry them to their next spot.

[Elario Luminus]

Unfortunately, the advance to the core room was halted by a phalanx of Zealot Elites, all of which carried swords. One of them, this one black, stepped forward.
'You have killed a Prophet; OUR Prophet. You have slipped by us every rancid inch of your progress, and your other squad is still fighting its way through the building, killing everything in its path. You have fought bravely, Demon. But now...'
He brought his own sword, this one considerably bigger. And it seemed to harbour more energy than the others.
'You die.'
The Elites sprang at the two, and Kylar threw in a grenade, instantly running after it with Shotgun ready to go.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Sigma hurriedly switched back to her shotgun, knowing it would be more effective in these close-quaters. She backpeddled several steps, making sure to keep an escape route open so she wasn't pinned to the wall by the plasma blades of one of her foe's swords. She fired at one of the aliens, his shield flaring up to protect him from the first shot, though he went down with the second. She kept a close eye on Kylar's position, wary that this could turn sour at any moment.

[Elario Luminus]

Kylar's motion trackers was going nuts. Not only were there red dots when one Elite moved, he himself was also moving, which meant those dots were circling around him. He shot at every last possible second, just as the swords were above to cut him in two. This enabled each shot to overload the shields and kill the owner of said shield. An armed plasma grenade latched itself onto the Spartan, and he quickly went into Armour Lock, propelling the grenade from him into another Elite. While this was active, he was able to get a quick glance at everything in front of him at least.
The crowd WAS thinning, much to his relief, but the black Elite had stepped back behind his warriors.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Sigma was pinned to a wall by an elite who'd managed to slip past her guard thanks to her fatigue. She struggled against the massive hand for a few minutes before she thought of something that would be far more effective. She went slack, the barrel of her shotgun aiming at the floor as if she'd been strangled to death. Then, while the creature was cackling its triumph she blasted it in one of it's two-toed hoofs.
The alien howled angrily as it dropped her, staggering backwards as blood gushed from its wounded foot. She quickly finished it off, despite still being a little short on breath.

[Elario Luminus]

As he came out of Armour Lock, Kylar ran forward towards the black Elite. He was firing his shotgun off in all directions, and when that ran out of ammo in the clip, he switched to the DMR. The Spartan threw a grenade back in the direction he came and shot it when it was at head height for the Elites. He quickly checked they were stunned by the explosion, then continued forward towards his target.

The Elite saw Kylar coming, much to his frustration, and lunged at him with his sword. Kylar ducked to the left of it, then knocked the Covenant warrior's arm out of the way. Whipping out his knife, Kylar aimed a fast kick at the Elites knee, then used the momentum to spin and stab the Elite in the neck. It roared with pain, which turned into a gurgle and eventually nothing.
The gold Elites stopped and turned to face their dead Captain at the feet of a Spartan. Kylar wiped the blade of blood and returned it to its sheath.
'This building is about to explode. If you value your lives, you will flee. Otherwise, join us or die.'