Whisper
She stood in the Forrest, plasma shots and rifle fire filled the air with noise, and yet she stood in the line of fire, waiting.
"Whisper lets go... We have to fall back," Heated plasma flew around her squad leaders head, as he motioned her to follow with this armor covered hoof. The two shared a glance that seemed to freeze time around them. All features of their coat`s were unnoticeable under their armor. His grey and yellow armor hid his grey coat, his helmet, hid his yellow eyes, and yellow mane. The only thing from there body`s that could be seen from either were their horns.
"Whisper?" He asked again, his tone begged for her to come, he wasn't willing to lose her, he didn't want to lose her like he lost Brass. The brave pony had given his life to let Whisper and a small squad of other elite ponies get away.
"I think... I`ll stay" Her voice was soft, determined. Plasma continued to fly and sounds of rifle fire filled her ears, the forest burst to life as other ponies ran towered the palace at the edge of the forest
"Come on Whisper, there`s no more hope left out here." She knew he was right, they had pushed them to far back, the only place left was the Last stand inside the palace, and that would mean they lost the war, she wasn't willing to go in there.
"Not if we abandon the last stand... What if we stay?... What if I stay? I`ll be the Hope, Shield... Let me be the Hope that we may win this yet, just as Brass was for me..."
"Whisper! I`m not losing you to."He knew she wouldn't listen to him, and he knew he was going to lose her. It ached him, but he was running out of time, he either let her stay, or die trying to convince her to come.
"You Won't... You`ll remember me..." Before he could stop her, she ran forward, into the face of fire, into the face of death. He watched her go, he led the other two Spartans into the Palace, to set up a final fight. A tear fell from his face. Spartans didn't cry, they were torn from feeling any emotion when they were trained, but this... this was too much.
Whisper ran, the first enemy she saw was twice her size, her reactions kicked in as soon as she saw him. She raised her rifle with her magic and she fired, pure determination pushed her will forward as she fought. The enemy's shield glowed and after her second shot it died, the last bullet did the trick and the enemy fell to the ground dead. As she turned to her left, an enemy charged her, she side stepped, letting it pass. She leaped onto the creatures back, a purple aura came around her knife as she pulled it from its hilt, she raised it high and with all her strength drove it deep into the creatures exposed neck. The creature collapsed under her but she hopped off before it dragged her down. She picked p a blue energy sword her enemy had dropped when it died, and abandoned her rifle. She ran to a group of the two meter tall creatures and cut them down, but as the first on fell they reacted and fired upon her, her own shields began to drop. The bar on her HUD slowly began to deplete as plasma bounced off her, after two minutes twenty bodies fell to the ground, those were only the ones in her immediate area, there were hundreds more around her, she let her shields recharge and went back into the fight.
She ran head on into the next wave of them, she slice and cut down as many as she could, and as the sweat beaded down her forhead, her motions slowed, she grew tired, but wasn't ready to stop then, her will pushed her forward, but her body was growing weary. Then she saw it, the red and black armored creature aiming a hand held cannon, before it could fire however, she pulled her knife and threw it. She watched as it fly through the air, and impacted her target. It went right through the shields, and plunged deep into the creatures chest, it was thrown back by the blow and fell to ground, its blood poured out almost immediately. By the time she turned back, more of the creatures had come, they fired walls of plasma, explosive needle shards, and metal spikes at her. As she heard the beeping come from her helmet she ran forward at the closest target.
The extreme pain in her side brought her to her knees, and as the pain grew her vision blurred. Her head raced, NO, This is not the end, I will... I will fight, for Equestria... for Brass... For the Hope She fell onto her side pain aching through her, her warm blood poor from her suit, and fill her suit slowly. She lay on the ground as the creatures passed her and entered the palace, all hope that they would win, was destroyed when she fell, now her will was gone, and she felt defeated, the hope that drove her, was now gone...
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An explosion echoed behind her and her shield dropped almost instantly, she felt a sharp pain in her back right ankle as 5 spike round immobilized her. She lay on the floor for minutes, soon one of the creature came up to her, she watched helplessly as it started to bring a sword that glowed blue and melted flesh at the touch, she saw a shadow loom over her, not the creatures, it was from sompony behind her, a shot rang out, and the creature fell. Seconds later somepony pulled her into cover. The orange and black armored pony stared at her,
"Well... there goes my last hope...." She felt cold inside, they were going to lose, there was no stopping it.
"Whisper... What if I told you... that we have a little bit of hope at last... What if I told you we are the hope... you and I... Shield, Swift, and Metal, everyone fighting this war... were all the hope we need... and were not going to lose it here." His horn glowed and an aura enveloped his helmet, it slowly came off revealing his orange coat, and black mane. His blue eyes were dull, worn, and dead... She cared for him though, as the youngest member of the squad, he was like her little brother, she promised she would watch out for him, and now he was watching out for her, he was giving his life for her. She felt him lift her up, and set her down on the back of another trooper. He saw him raise a shotgun up and run around the corner. She felt the pony under her carry her to the fallback point, she saw plasma fly as she looked back, that was the last time she would see him ever again...
She came back to reality, her vision had not changed, her still side ached, and a rim of blackness crawled form the outside of her vision, slowly moving inwards. Her hope`s were crushed, she couldn't go on, but as she looked towards the enemy line, she saw a figure sitting in a floating throne. It was like the others but without the armor, it wore a robe, and a small circlet around its head. The leader, he was watching her squad fight and die inside the palace, she wouldn't let him. With her last bit of strength, she lifted her pistol, and as the darkness came closer and closer, she lined up her shot, she pulled the trigger, and saw him fall forward, and then... the darkness came.