Joshua ejected the ammo clip from his BRR5 Battle Rifle and inserted a new one. He watched as plasma bolts darted past the corner of the building he was hiding behind. Soon, no more plasma bolts or needles flew past the corner. He began to peek around the corner, when a plasma grenade suddenly landed before him. Joshua's eyes widened, then he turned around and dived in the opposite direction of the grenade. Three seconds later, it exploded and blew off the corner of the building. His shields shimmered and became visible for a moment, but disappeared after a few seconds. He went back to what was left of that part of the building and looked directly across from there. He saw an alley way, a means of escape from the birgade of Covenant troops. He grabbed a frag grenade from his grenade belt, pulled the pin, and tossed it around the corner. After he heard it explode, he sprinted across to the other side, hoping they hadn't seen him cross. He peeked around the corner and saw several Grunt and Jackal corpses, but the Elite still lived. He saw the tip of the Elite's head. Due to the grenades explosion, the Elites shields dissapated, but they would soon regenerate. Joshua took advantage of this moment, and took aim at the Elite's head. As soon as the recticle was on the Elite, he pulled the trigger, hoping the bullets would reach him in time before his shields came back. Soon after he pulled the trigger, Joshua saw purple blood spatter everywhere. After that, he heard a loud thump, indicating that the Elite had been killed. Relieved, Joshua activated his COMlink and tried to reach any other UNSC forces. For a few seconds he only heard static, so he talked into his transmitter and said ,"Chief? You there, Sir? This is Spartan 31, requesting backup. Hello, is anyone there? Skull Face? If anyone can here me please respond."