Fall of Reach - Spartan Speed

The other Spartan jumped off the bunker; he flipped end over end, evading the stun rounds that filled the air.

 He threw himself at the farthest guard and they skidded together into the shadows. The guard’s gun strobed once, and then it was dark again. On top of the bunker, John was a blur of slashing motions. A second guard’s exosuit erupted in a fountain of hydraulic fluid and then collapsed under the armor’s weight.

The last guard on the bunker turned to fire at John. Halsey gripped the edge of her chair. “He’s at point blank range! Even stun rounds can kill at that distance!”

As the guard’s gun fired, John sidestepped.

The stun rounds slashed through the air, a clean miss.

John grabbed the weapon’s armature—twisted—and with a screech of stressed metal, wrenched it free of the exoskeleton. He fired directly into the man’s chest and sent him tumbling off the bunker.

- Halo: The Fall of Reach, Chapter 8