Hunter had to back up when the Elite took the first swing at him, he needed to catch it off guard at the right moment, if he had been fighting fit, he would have been in a position to end the scrap within seconds, but he was battered and being held together with foam and patch work which made the fight an entirely different situation. He ducked and jabbed where he could, making sure that any blows he did take were on his arms and shoulders, keeping them away from his chest and legs.<br/><br/>The Elite was powerful, landing painful blows that would have killed a normal human, the Spartan managed to land several punches of his own, but they were lacking in power and soon he would be up against the wall with nowhere to go, so he would have to hurry up and find a way around the Covenants defense.<br/><br/>Rolling his shoulders to stop them from cramping up, Hunter was looking around for something he could use, all he saw was rubble and pockets of fighting still going on between the reinforcements and the remaining Covenant forces, it looked like they had the upper hand and the Covenant were out of their depth, but battles can soon change, he then spotted a pistol on the ground not very far away, if he could get to it, he could shoot the Elite to death instead of having to match it physically. Feinting to the right, the Elite followed, and then at the cost of great pain in his chest and leg, he dived left, landing in a roll that took him to the pistol, which he scooped up and aimed at the Elite, pressing down on the trigger only to find that the pistol was lying discarded for a reason; it was out of ammo.<br/><br/>"Well damn it" Hunter muttered to himself, throwing the useless weapon at the Covenant fighter before he moved out the way of some incoming fire.<br/><br/>Fortunately, he was now in a position where he could get back to the rest of the crew and acquire a new weapon. Dodging and ducking his way back to the nearest point of cover, he saw that the Elite was still after him, sensing that it could easily gain itself a Spartan kill in this fight. Determination was not normally seen this much in the aliens, but Hunter had to admire it all the same. The nearest ODST near him was launching barrages of fire at some nearby grunts that had taken up position opposite where he was positioned, Hunter tapped him on the shoulder, dodged the gun that was aimed at his head and pointed to the Elite.<br/><br/>"Open fire on him and don't stop till he is down"<br/><br/>He then grabbed the grunts pistol from his belt before he could respond and opened fire on the Elite himself, pumping several rounds into the giant alien when he heard the sound of rifle fire right in his ear next to him, knowing that the ODST had followed his command. The Elite went down in a scream of bullets and curses and fell to the floor, landing in a small puddle of its own blood.<br/><br/>"Good work marine"<br/><br/>Hunter sat back for a moment to get his breath back, he opened his comms to see how Shana was doing with Sling<br/><br/>"Shana, report on the situation down there, we have Covenant still crawling all over this place, we could do with your help"