???: Lieu! Lieu! Wake up!

Y/n groans as he felt his face getting mildly slapped. He opens his eyes and sees Dutch kneeling over him with his helmet off.

Dutch: (exhales in relief) You scared me there, Lieu.

Y/n holds his head and groans.

Y/n: What happened?

Dutch: The slipspace rupture from the carrier knocked our pods off course. I crashed on land, but your pod landed in the bay. Had to swim down and bust you out.

Y/n: I swear to God if you kissed me, I'd rather go back under.

Dutch: (chuckles nervously)

Y/n: (deadpan) Where's my pistol?

Dutch: Oh, grow up, Lieu.

Dutch stands up and helps Y/n to his feet as he then pops his back. Y/n sees that Dutch had grabbed his weapons and they hear jet thrusters overhead.

The troopers look up and see two F-99 Wombats streak across the sky over the park reserve.

Dutch: Good hunting, boys... we're keepin' our boots on the ground.

The pair head up a hill to a clearing where a group of Marines are taking cover near an overturned Warthog, under fire from Covenant infantry. Mortar fire from several Wraith tanks arch overhead as a group of Warthogs engage a unit of Covenant infantry and armor. One of the Marines near the flipped Warthog spots the troopers.

Marine #1: Troopers, over here! Help us secure this vehicle!

Y/n: Copy!

Together they take out the enemy infantry attacking them.

Marine #1: Thanks for the assist, troopers! Get this Warthog movin', our CO needs us to clear this sector.

Dutch: Affirmative.

Dutch, Y/n, and the Marines mount up. Dutch drives as Y/n hops in the passenger seat and the lead Marine takes the turret. The Warthog joins the others and engages the Covenant force which includes a Wraith, Choppers and Ghosts.

Marine #1: Watch that Chopper! Hit it head on, and it'll tear us to pieces.

Y/n reaches behind Dutch's seat and takes his Spartan Laser.

Y/n: Mind if I snag this real quick?

Y/n shoots the first Wraith as another moves up and a Phantom arrives dropping off reinforcements. The Warthogs clear them out and continue through the reserve.

Marine #1: Colonel! Sector's clear, and we found some backup!

Colonel: (COM) Say again, Marine? I got Drones overhead and ONI brass yellin' in my ear!

Y/n: Orbital Drop Shock Troopers Lieutenant Y/n L/n and Corporal Dutch, reporting for duty, sir!

Colonel: (COM) Nice of you to drop in, troopers. Head through the park to my second platoon's location! They're taking heavy casualties, need immediate assistance.

Dutch: Roger that, we're Oscar Mike.

The troopers lead the Warthogs along the bay of the reserve as the Colonel comes back on the COM.

Colonel: (COM) Where's the rest of your team, troopers?

Dutch: Scattered, dead. We don't know.

Colonel: (COM) That's too bad. We're gonna need all the men we can get.

Y/n: Some of them could be alive, sir. Not giving up, yet.

The troopers and Marines move to another section of the park where they come across a hill with a heavy Covenant force present, including several Shade turrets and more Choppers.

Brute: Stand firm! (grunts) Don't let the humans breach our lines!

They advance upwards, eliminating the Covenant forces as they go.

Brute: Warn the Chieftain! The enemy has breached our lines!

A Brute tries to escape on a Ghost.

Marine #1: Kill that Ghost! Before it raises the alarm!

Y/n: Dutch, ram him!

Dutch: I got him!

Dutch swerves right and knocks the Brute into the bay.

Colonel: (COM) Troopers, you're almost at second platoon's location. Give 'em a hand and push to the primary objective!

Dutch: What is the objective, Colonel?

Colonel: (COM) You know the Covenant carrier that slipped away from the city? We need to secure its old LZ. Snatch a Tier One asset.

Y/n: We'll get reinforcements after we help second platoon, and then make our way to you, sir.

The troopers and Marines arrive at second platoon's location. They are under heavy fire from a number of Wraiths, along with other vehicles, Shade turrets and infantry.

Marine #2: Troopers, this is second platoon! See what you can do about those Wraiths!

Dutch: Where's the Colonel?

Marine #2: He's near the Covenant LZ! Once we clear this enemy armor, we can roll across the bridge to his location.

Y/n: Marines, do what you can against the ground infantry, we'll handle the Wraiths.

Dutch drives along the upper ledge and Y/n uses the spartan laser to take out the Wraiths one by one. Dutch drives over the ledge and in midair, Y/n fires at the last Wraith, making it explode.

After mopping up the stragglers, the area was clear.

Marine #2: Troopers, drive toward the space elevator, it'll lead you to the bridge.

Y/n and Dutch lead a convoy of Warthogs across the bridge.

As they cross the bridge, the space elevator, already weakened from the Slipspace rupture, implodes in different sections and collapses, sending debris flying for miles.

Marine #2: Look, the elevator! INCOMING!

A part of the elevator crashes into the building Y/n, Dutch, and the Marines are driving to.

Dutch: What the hell just happened?

Marine #2: Slipspace rupture! Must have weakened the support rings.

Colonel: (COM) All units, (coughs) target assets are...on the move. Everyone clear the area...before more debris comes down. (coughs)

Y/n: Colonel? Colonel, do you copy? Damn it...

Marine #2: Troopers, head up the hill! We gotta find a way outta this park.

The troopers and Marines engage more Covenant infantry and turrets, before advancing up the nearby hill. They soon arrives at the assault carrier's old LZ, where a group of Marines are pinned down by more Covenant troops.

Eventually, all Covenant units in the area are killed, and they move further up the hill. They soon reach the top of the hill, where they encounters one final Wraith, a Brute War Chieftain and a large force of Covenant infantry. Two more Phantoms carrying loads of Engineers leave the area near the Chieftain, one lifting off just as they reach the final group of Covenant near the edge of the wildlife preserve.

War Chieftain: Let no humans escape, to say what they have seen!

Y/n and Dutch engage the group of Covenant. After clearing the hostiles out, they see the Marines waving at them to go.

Marine #2: Found a hole in the wall, troopers! Drive right through it!

Dutch puts the Warthog in 4-wheel and drives off the cliff, into the streets below.

The Warthog flies off the cliff and lands on the streets below, bouncing once, then crashes into a building.

Y/n and Dutch falls out after the bounce, with Dutch's helmet falling off and Y/n skidding to a stop against the wall.

Dutch groans and pushes himself up.

Dutch: Uh, Lord? I didn't train to be a pilot. Tell me I don't have any more flying to do today.

A Drone Fighter crashes into a monument. The optics detaches from the fighter and crashes to the ground.

Dutch gets up, with his helmet in hand. Y/n walks over to him as he looks at the sky.

Dutch: So...was that a yes or a no?

The Warthog Dutch was driving previously explodes behind them.

They turn around to face it.

Dutch: Amen.

Y/n: Come on, this ain't over yet.

The troopers recover their weapons and start making their down the road, further into the city.