Halo Evolutions 23

Covenant carbine rifle from a dead Jackal's grasp. He sighted ghe Elite nearest Jonah, the weapon's aiming reticule drawn directly at the beast's head-the instant he so much as twitched, a hail of radiation would liquefy his brain cavity. Out in the open, the Covenant soldiers still frozen in disbelief, Jonah rose from his crouched position, a severed Elite head gripped tightly in his left hand. Jonah lifted the trophy high in the air, and then spoke for the first time since the encounter began: "Rolle, light 'em up." The lead Elite's head rocked with three successive bursts from Roland's scavenged carbine before its massive body slumped to the ground, lifeless.

Roland finished off two more Elites but then his carbine trigger clicked empty. A third Elite charged Jonah, whose attention was focused on
wrapping up the only other surviving Covenant, a Kig-Yar cowering behind a personal energy gauntlet. As Jonah worked his way around the shield and planted two bullets in the Jackal's side, Roland called a warning, “Jay, seven-o'clock," and peppered the back of the Elite with his submachine gun, whittling away at its shield.

Jonah spun. The Elite barreled toward him, only a few meters away, anger and hatred burning in its eyes. As if he were simply swatting a fly, Jonah tapped the trigger of his magnum twice, putting
a bullet into each of the Elite's kneecaps. The beast fell. Roland sprinted over as Jonah slid a new clip into his pistol. The Elite struggled to lift itself-beaten, yet defiant.-Chpt.7 pgs.179-181