I highly recommend reading part 1 before this, thanks! After reaching the docks and stocking up on ammo, we went to our individual ships. While I was walking Mikey pulled me over and said, "Onyx, I know this is your first battle as being leader and you are nervous...but let that shit go. Non of it matters. All that matters is bringing these guys home. All right?" I nodded in agreement. He walk back to you ship and I slowly sink on the inside thinking the worst thing...what if we fail? It sits on my mind the entire time. We power up our ships and head into orbit punching the coordinates in for the moon. This was it. When we reached the moon it was quiet. Too quiet. We slowly started off towards the waypoint. Mikey was on point and led us for about 10 minutes before we hit contact with the Fallen. A squad of 4: a Vandal, two Dregs, and one Shank. We took them out no problem. After continuing on for about 30 more minutes we were slowly coming closer towards this waypoint. "How far do we have to go to get to this thing, sir?", said Reese. "We are just about 9 minutes out. Be prepared for anything guys. Got that?" said I. They all said "Yes sir" in unison. After walking for the next five minutes we reached a vantage point overlooking a huge door that led to some place....dark. "What the hell is that?", said John " I don't but that thing is big!", said Reese "Everyone keep their heads cool and come on we are going to take a look.", said I " Sir I don't think that's a--" His words were cut short as the door of the mysterious place opened. Out of it stepped hundreds of Hive soldiers. "What the fu-" when Reese tried to speak bullets started firing in our direction. "SHIT. TOWER! TOWER! THIS IS FIRETEAM SIERRA UNDER HEAVY ENEMY ATTACK REQUESTING REINFORCEMENTS ASAP!", I screamed into my radio. " EVERYONE FIRE AT WILL. KILL ANYTHING SHOOTING BACK!" We were all in a blaze of adrenaline from the firefight. We all put endless rounds into incoming Thralls charging straight at us. Knights loomed over us slowly making their to our position. They kept coming and coming. Endless waves of those bastards. Mikey screamed out, "SIR WE CANNOT STAY HERE WE HAVE TO RETREAT!" I yelled back, "NO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SPEAKER'S ORDERS NO MATTER WHAT THE COST! WE PUSH ON! FIRETEAM SIERRA HOLD YOUR POSITIONS UNTIL WE HAVE AN OPENING!" This was the dumbest choice I have ever made as a Guardian... The fighting continued for 20 minutes before they stopped coming. Hundreds of Hive lay dead all around us. We slowly stand and check all of our surroundings. John begins to speak, "Sir we just killed hundreds of Hive soldiers...this is--" His line is cut short when a bullet passes through his helmet into his skull. It was like in slow motion. I saw him go down slowly. The sound the impact made...God I will never forget it. Back to real time Mikey screams, "Knight!" We all fire on the injured Knight ending it's existence. I run towards John's body holding his lifeless body in my arms. A tear starts to slowly run down my cheek in my helmet. John was one of my best friends now he is gone forever. My Ghost pops out and says, "Onyx...I am so sorry." I slowly put down his body. Mikey asks with some force, "So what now sir do we continue or retreat?" I turn to him and say, "Mikey did not just -blam!-ing die for us to fail! If you want his death to be in vain then you leave! I am moving on to end this -blam!-ing mission!" Mikey slowly nods. So does Reese. We all move forward heading into the gigantic doors that lead to the dark below..... End of part 2.