Tifa & Yuffie 3

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

((Halo RP FTW))

"man, this blows, the covenant completely creamed us last mission...and now because we went and alerted all the jackals, captain Parker's dead..." One of his teammates complained, rubbing his eyes with a thumb and forefinger.
"let's hope we do better this next mission, then...we can't afford to lose any more lives in this war" He replied, softly, staring absently out the window at the glowing stars drifting by outside.
"yo, Alex, check who's here!" Maxus, the rookie of the team, pointed out that one of the men from the bridge had arrived and was walking straight towards them.
"Griffyn Squad, you've been ordered to report to the briefing room immediately" The man reported, after walking up to their table.
"understood, sir" Alex saluted the man as he stood, as did the rest of his men...yes...his...at least until they were assigned a new commanding officer, since he was Griffyn 2.

The Griffyn Squad followed the messenger down the hallways to the briefing room, all talking quietly amongst themselves on who they think they'll be assigned. Alex, however, kept quiet...he wasn't a sociable type.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Cass walked briskly through the hallways, headed for her briefing. Marines skirted to the sides of the hall, snapping into crisp salutes as she walked by, murmuring amongst one another once they thought she was out of ear shot. Her kind were few and far between these days, but everyone knew of their existence. It was hard not to after all, what with the Master Chief 117 sticking it to the covenant harder then a plasma grenade stuck to flesh. She was quite proud of her brother-in-arms, though she was definitely jealous that she was stuck here babysitting grunts while he was out taking on the entire covenant armada practically alone.

"Welcome," the debriefer acknowledged as Griffyn squadron arrived. "Take a seat ladies, we'll begin in just a minute."
The authority in question checked with the marine guard by the door to see if Cass had arrived yet, and when he learned she had he turned to the waiting ODSTs.
"Alright so, as you're more then aware, you botched your last mission something fierce. Your commander crumbled in the line of duty and was killed by an unfortunate slip-up," the debriefer's voice quickly became quite firm, "such misshaps CANNOT, and WILL NOT happen again. The UNSCs ranks are growing thin, and if we keep going the way we are, it wont be long until the covenant wins. Now, we've assigned you another commander, one i'm sure you'll both love and hate, but i assure you that they will be able to handle their job with deadly aquity."
He nodded to the marine by the door who opened it to admit a large person clad in the latest Mark VI battle armour.

Cass surveyed the group of ODSTs who sat around the briefing table as she came to stand beside their debriefer. They seemed like an awfully young bunch... but then again, the soldiers were getting younger and younger.
"This is Sergeant Major Foren. SPARTAN 113. They will be your new commanding officer."

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Alex couldn't understand at first why the two oldest in his team frowned noticeably when the man said they would both love and hate their new CO. He did understand, though, when a SPARTAN entered the room. He knew all too well there was bad blood between SPARTANs and ODSTs. He personally admired SPARTANs and had always hoped he would serve with one, but he never thought he actually WOULD.

The two who had inwardly groaned before -Maran and Scarlet- seemed less than thrilled, but they didn't complain and both Maxus and Axel seemed a little awkward but judging by their expressions more shocked and in awe than anything else. Alexis himself was actually quite thrilled and had high hopes for this officer, but he didn't show it.
They all stood as Alex did and saluted their new CO.
"It will be a pleasure serving with you sir, Griffyn Squadron welcomes your command!" Alex said, formal as usual. "Griffyn 2, Alexis Rickman at your command"
"Griffyn 3, Maran Selaph ready for your command, sir" Maran simply said, offering his new officer a strong salute, though he still seemed less than pleased.
"Axel Red, sir, Griffyn 4." Axel spoke, seeming a bit fidgety, he had always been a bit unnerved by those larger than him.
"Griffyn 5, sir, Scarlet Sempl" Scarlet spoke plainly, looking almost suspicious as if she noticed something about the SPARTAN that none of the others did. She seemed to decide she was wrong though and said nothing.
"It's an honour Sergeant Major" Maxus spoke finally, offering a strong salute. "Maxus Semple, Griffyn 6"

The formalities done, they turned back to the debriefer to see if there was anything else he had to say.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Silently the SPARTAN shook each hand in turn, lingering longer as she shook the hands of the members of the squad who seemed less pleased to see her. She was all too familiar with the animosity that ODSTs felt towards her kind, and though it was rarely reciprocated, she could understand it. Before her kind were engineered by ONI they had been the elite of the elite, being replaced never sat well with ANYONE.

"Sergeant Major Foren will be leading you on an important mission at 2200. You'll be dropping into hostile territory on the planet below, and infiltrating a covenant supplies base. We have little intel for you, but we're confident in Griffyn squad's abilities. We trust you will perform admirably and not let any distaste you might have for SPARTANs get in the way."

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Alex and his team nodded and saluted in reply. "we understand, sir, we won't fail you" He paused a moment before he spoke again. "though I might ask, sir, what is our objective once we have infiltrated the base? do we simply secure the area or are we looking for something in particular?"

[Tifa Lockhart]

"You're to capture any new covenant weapons technology you see, and then destroy the facility, SPARTAN 113 is carrying the tactical nuke required to destroy the facility," the debriefer explained, gesturing to Cass as he mentioned her.

The SPARTAN in question shifted slightly, glancing towards the ODST team, absorbing every inch of them, getting to know them without even speaking to them.

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Alex glanced to the SPARTAN, seeming a bit curious when the soldier simply stared at them without saying a word, but he turned his attention back to the debriefer. "understood sir, is there anything else, or shall we go and get prepared for drop?" he asked, always the type to get down to business immediately.

[Tifa Lockhart]

"If there are no more questions then you can go and get ready to drop," the debriefer said, gathering up his papers and tapping them on the desk to arrange them properly.

Cass turned immediately to leave, though she paused by the door to hold it open for her new squad.

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Alex nodded and after the team saluted the man quickly, they turned to leave and get into their armour ready for drop. Alex was surprised when the SPARTAN held the door for them and as he stepped out of the room he paused to wait for the rest of his team and then once all were out of the room he turned to his new CO and gave them a brief bow of thanks before moving to follow the rest of his team to their preparation room, where their armour, weapons and other supplies were kept for when they were about to leave on a mission.

He quickly told everyone to be quick as the drop time was in 15 minutes. They didn't take long to all strap on all their Ballistic Battle Armour and prepare their arms. Whilst most of the team were equipped solely with UNSC weapons, Alex had UNSC guns, but had...'borrowed' covenant plasma grenades strapped to his belt instead. This much made it evident he specialised in covenant weaponry. Once in the field he would likely pilfer a few covenant guns, as was his usual tactic.
Once the team were completely prepared they proceeded down the short hall to the SOEIV hanger, where their Drop Vehicles stood open and prepped for release. Before he and his men took their place in their pods, he turned to them and gave a quick order. "Helmets on, everyone!" The group did as ordered and then proceeded to their individual pods.
"remember the plan, we drop in, shoot our way through the covenant lines and once we're inside we go straight for the armoury. Once we have the weaponry we get out of there fast for extraction by Pelican!" The men all shouted their acknowledgement, then stated the Helljumper creed.
"We go Feet First into Hell!"

[Tifa Lockhart]

Cass stood silently as the youngest of the team spoke. She'd quickly deduced that he had the makings of a leader, and was likely to make her presence largely ceremonial, which she didn't mind so much. She just wanted to get the job done, rather then stand around shouting orders all day. These men were all extremely talented fighters, she didn't need to hold their hands.

She climbed into the her drop pod without a word, strapping herself in and making sure her weapons were tightly secured before keying in the combination that closed the hatch. Then she had nothing to do but wait for the ship to drop them.

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Once all the Griffyn Squadron were in their pods and ready to drop, Alex got into his pod and keyed in the passcode to shut the hatch. Once inside he keyed in the code which told the ship they were ready for drop when the ship is in position.

after only a few moments the bridge came over radio to the drop squad.
"all ODSTs on standby for drop...ready...release"[/i] the locks snapped out of place with loud 'thunks' and the pods dropped from the ship. It wasn't long before they were entering the atmosphere and the bridge came over again. The SOEIV pods would jerk slightly as the drag-chutes ejected to slow the pods and the bridge came again. "prepare for impact in 3"[/i] the brake thrusters fired and the pods would hit the ground, causing nearby grunts and jackals to scatter from the vicinity to a safe place to fire from.

Alex and his crew blew the hatches and leapt from the pods. "Battle formations! they have us on 3 sides!" he shouted, pulling out his SMG and immediately ducking behind a large rock to cover himself from fire whilst aiming for the jackals on the rocks.
"Take this ya' fleabags!!" Maran, as was his way, ran straight into the fray, bashing a grunt over the face and then the back of the head with the butt of his assault rifle. He then did the same to a jackal, hitting it hard enough to twist and snap its thin, fragile neck. The way he bellowed out his taunts made him almost reminiscent of a Brute, as did his formidable size -for a human any, he was still shorter than the brutes.
"One!"
"three!"
"four!" Scarlet and Axel were already counting as they mowed down grunts with their magnums, shooting for their methane-tank or head. They could never stop their obsessive competitiveness. The grunts downed they switched to their assault rifles to finish the job.

Maxus had skittered up the ridge on the covenants flank and had found himself a good place for no-scope sniping at mid-range.
Once the front line of aliens were down, Alex charged, switching to his battle rifle and running in to dodge past the jackals the rest of his team were distracting and start shooting at the grunts on the clifftops. It was then he narrowly dodged a large plasma ball.
"heads up! shades on the ridge!!" he called back to his team, diving behind a rock for cover.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Cass had charged straight out of her pod and begun blasting away with flawless aim at the heads of their foes with her battle rifle. The rifle barked once and an alien fell, and not once did Cass's aim fall short. She kept a close eye on the ODSTs, but they seemed to be doing a well enough job.

Until they had to jump into cover as the Shade on the ridge harried them down into cover with razor hot plasma fire. She leaped for her own rock to hide behind, quickly analysing the situation. She peered around the rock twice, quickly getting a reading of the ridge. She then turned, signalling to get Griffyn 2's attention.

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Alex tried peeking around the rock to see his surroundings, but he was quickly forced to jump back when the shade fired again. "shit! the bastard's got us pinned!" he turned as he was signalled by his commander, signalling that he could see a ridge leading up to the turret from their side.

[Tifa Lockhart]

With well trained and quick fingers, Cass signalled the soldier to stay put, but to draw the plasma cannons fire. She made sure he knew that she didn't want him getting shot, simply distracting the cannon. She then told him that she was going to make a run for the cliff, and take out the gun herself.

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Alex nodded and signalled that he understood and to standby to run. he then waited a moment, grabbing a plasma pistol dropped by a dead grunt and charging it up before standing up from behind the rock to fire at the ground near the cannon and swiftly ducking back down behind the rock. The Shade immediately turned its fire to him, he then gestured for the SPARTAN to go quickly whilst it was distracted. as she would make the run, he would stand again and fire again, to keep the cannon's attentions on him.
"YOU CAN TRY, BUT YOU WON'T HIT ME!!" he cried, at the top of his lungs, as he fired the second shot.