Chapter 5

Daniels was reading a book, the UNSC medicine they had was speeding up the healing process enough so he could move and would be fighting fit within the week

Harvest walked in and sat down, "So what do we do?"

"The pelican's in terrible state, but Young said she could get enough things to make a satellite from there." Daniels closed the book

"And then hope that we get found?"

"That's the best we can do, this planet doesn't have space travel and likely won't in our lifespan" Daniels sighed, "The best tech they have are sewing machines!"

"Good news and bad news" Young entered the room, "I got the supplies, bad news: we don't have enough fuel to get it up there."

"We can salvage enough things to try and make some right?" Daniels asked

"Not nearly enough to get it there." Young answered, "Even then, the odds of being found are pretty slim."

There was a knock on the door

Daniels opened it

"Joseph" Twilight said, she and her friends refused to call them by their rank and last name

"Twilight" Daniels responded

"I wanted to know if you and your friends would want to go to the library" Twilight said, "Pinkie said she wanted you there."

Daniels shrugged, "Young, Harvest, Pinkie Pie wants us at the library."

"Why? We already had our welcome party." Young asked

"We'll find out when we get there" Harvest put his helmet on, "I just don't want to be stuck inside like this all the time."

Daniels reached into the medkit he kept on his thigh, pulling out some stimulant so his wounds wouldn't hurt as he walked

"When did you keep that with you?" Twilight asked

"A few days, just in case."

Young and Harvest exited the house, closing the door behind them

"I think it's because Fluttershy found something" Twilight said as they walked down the path

"Fluttershy found something?" Daniels asked

"It was out by your ship" Twilight explained, "She wouldn't say what it looked like, but she seemed pretty sure it was harmless."

As they walked through town Daniels felt his heart begin to pump a bit faster, his moves coming a bit more fluidly and the ache from his bones melt, adrenaline

Something was wrong, and he could tell the rest of his squad felt it too

The Delta Squadron entered the library, Pinkie Pie was messing around with a small sparking machine

Daniels walked over and hefted the front off the ground, a camera appeared to be struggling to remain online

"What is it?" Twilight asked

"The UNSC Badger" Young answered, "Something use to identify planets."

"So that means you can go home right?" Twilight said, smiling

"Judging by the shape this thing is in, whoever sent this out was getting hit." Harvest put his hands on his hips, "Hard."

The UNSC squad leader looked at the screen, "Private, tell me what we're looking at."

"Hold on..." he turned a nob, and the screen came into focus, "Whoa, isn't that...?"

"The UNSC Delta Squadron." the captain said, looking at Daniels' chest emblem

"Should we extract them?" the squad technician asked

"We'd be in deep if we didn't." the captain sighed, "Fine, set a course."

"It'll take us a while to get there." the pilot said, "We'll have to jump there."

Daniels watched as the camera sparked, and then shut off

"Well, they'll have a hard time following that signal." he noted

"So what now?" Twilight asked

"We prepare for extraction" Harvest suggested, "That way we can get out of here fast."

"I agree" Young said, "The faster we're off this rock the better."

"And if the Covenant find Equestria?" Twilight asked

A silence fell over the room

"Then we have a problem." Daniels simply stated

"Do the Covenant like to party?" Pinkie Pie asked

"No" Daniels said; crossing his arms, "They like to kill all of humanity."

"Oh" Pinkie Pie stopped her bouncing

Daniels ignored her, "So, let's get our stuff together."

Over the course of the next week the Delta Squadron gathered all of their equipment, ammunition and available weaponry. Twilight and her friends were not sure of how they could help so they stayed out of the way.

Daniels had recovered ever so slightly, the bio-foam was working it's magic and he was almost good as new.

Daniels and his team met outside for lunch, using up the last of the MREs

Daniels sat down, a dull ache left in his chest, "So, not that bad of a place to crash land huh?"

Harvest took off his helmet, "Could have been worse, pastel ponies aren't THAT weird right?"

Young laughed, already chewing her food, "Of all things for the Delta Squadron to become famous for finding, ponies."

"I always figured it'd be destroying all of the Covenant" Harvest smiled, "But this place isn't nearly as bad."

Daniels stayed silent

"Hey Joseph" Twilight and Applejack trotted up

"Hey Twilight" Harvest waved

"Applejack and I were wondering" Twilight began, "How did your war start?"

"Well" Daniels said, "It began in the year 2525"

ONE LONG HISTORY LESSON LATER

"So you have no idea why they attacked you?" Twilight asked

"We tried to be diplomatic, but now that the Covenant found Earth." Harvest swallowed, "We may have already lost."

"Twi" Applejack said, "What if they're the last?"

"They can't be, the Badger..." Twilight looked at Daniels

"Judging by the state it was in it had been recently damaged" Daniels shrugged, "We don't know if we're being extracted or not."

Daniels felt his gut drop, he looked into the sky and a flash of purple signified a slip space jump

"Mother of god..." Young stood up

"What do we do Joseph?" Twilight asked

"We're in trouble now" Daniels put his helmet on, "The Covenant have arrived."

A/N: First, thanks for reading my story. Second, tell me what you think. Thirdly, Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to read a story made by me. Leave a review to tell me what you think/make suggestions. Skarfly out.