Chapter 7: I've never been good with goodbyes
UNSC Pure of Heart
October 3rd 2728

(Famous last words- My chemical romance)

Anthony slammed his EOD helmet onto his head and pulled out a sword. An energy sword.

Hicks and Fernando readied there guns. Hicks added a clip of modern rounds that usually were used in modern assault rifles but Hicks preferred the MA5B for combat.

"You think I wasn't expecting you?" He pulled out 2 bottles of Brazilian ale that had thermal charges taped to them. "I call them love bombs."

He tossed them at Fernando and Hicks and they exploded into fire and heat. Hicks and Fernando ignored it and opened fire on Anthony. The rounds were reflected by the
MJOLNIR's shields.

Anthony tossed a plasma grenade at a pile of filled bottles of Brazilian ale. The resulting
explosion caused Fernando to go flying and strike a support beam; cracking the visor of his helmet.

"Kick his ass." Fernando tossed him the Spartan laser.

Hicks picked it up. Fernando pointed up to the support beam.

Of course! The armory was held by only a 3 meter thick steel beam. Hicks charged the
powerful weapon and it discharged blowing the beam apart.

"Uh oh." Anthony said.

Hicks grabbed a jetpack and another for Fernando. The armory erupted and flew away from the ship. Shrapnel and debris flew around the void. The portal flickered and died.

The battle raged as the Infinity and the Shining armor fought the oncoming fleet. Plasma
beams, missiles, and 50mm cannons discharged from Each fleet.

(Song end)
(Falling towards the sky- Jeff Williams)

Anthony had grabbed a jetpack and a plasma repeater before the entire armory split off from the Pure of Heart. He flew towards his enemies with his repeater repeating.

Fernando fired his Desert Eagle and Hicks was spraying bullets at the jet-packing Spartan. Anthony's repeater fried and in front of him was a shotgun. He grabbed the shotgun and blasted the soldiers flying towards him.

Hicks spotted a sniper rifle drifting through the debris. He grabbed it and zoomed in on Anthony's head. But he crashed into Hicks and kicked the gun from his hands. He wrapped his hands around Hicks's throat. He must've been high cuz the suit compensates for choking.

(Song end)
(Ready to die- Andrew WK)

Hicks grabbed his M6D sidearm and shot it into Anthony's chest. But Anthony grabbed his sword and stabbed it into Hicks' arm.

"Fuck!"

Fernando came from behind Anthony with his Desert Eagle. He shot it through Anthony's visor. But the his shields were still up. Anthony blasted Fernando in the face with a shotgun.

Fernando's shield bar dropped to nothing and the suit started to beep. He pulled out his energy dagger and tackled Anthony while jet packing. The momentum forced the group back into the Pure of Heart. Right into the airlock.

Fernando then proceeded to stab Anthony in the stomach with his energy knife.

"Agh!"

(Song end)

The room pressurized and Anthony dropped his helmet to the floor. Blood dripped from his face.

"After all we've been through this is how it ends?"

"You chose this fate." Hicks said as he was holding his arm.

"No you did! This would have never happened if you just let me go about my business."

"You had no business doing drugs and drinking while on duty. You didn't have to invoke
rebellion either."

"Just get it over with or are you just gonna let me bleed out?"

"No, I've got a better fate for you."

UNSC Infinity in orbit around Equestria

Anthony was brought to the brig after he was stitched up and stripped of his MJOLNIR armor. He would most likely be sentenced to the Japanese maximum security prison bottom level. Which was not exactly the funnest place on Earth.

Hicks got those twin burn holes in his arm stitched up. Meanwhile the Infinity and Shining armor had mopped up the fleets that followed. Some of the vessels were salvageable. In the battle Azure had captured the Ghost of Reach by boarding it. The rest was plasma flying.

On the surface the invasion force was deflected by Celestia's Arial strike team "The Wonderbolts" the mane six also assisted and did most pf the work but nopony complained.

The rebels were decimated by the Infinity and Shining armor. All hands were lost except the surviving crew of the Pure of Heart who were saved by Hicks, Fernando, and Nacho. After the battle Nacho was moved to Aqua team so he was no longer a lone wolf.

"How are those reports?" Fernando was leaning in the doorway of Hicks's office. "We won the battle and here you are wasting your life away behind a desk. You're a Spartan. The best of the best. The strongest and smartest."

"I know but..."

"No buts. Well maybe a few. Come on let's go to the recreation deck Pinkies throwing a massive successful battle party."

"I really should..."

Fernando grabbed Hicks and took him to the party.