The news continued to roll out the media coverage of the brutal attack on the UNSC on Earth. 108 soldiers lost their lives. 78 injured. 44 in critical condition. Any and all available resources have been going out to the UNSC to help them in their time of need.
The attack was described as 'calculated' and 'devastating'.
Reports rolled out of mysterious beings in unique, colorful armor from the surviving soldiers were plastered in the news.
There were no images to back up the accounts, but the soldiers insisted.

Then... they vanished.
The colorful armored soldiers disappeared and left a series of destruction in their wake.

Dr. Raini welcomed home his soldiers and happily patted them with enthusiasm along their armored plates.
"Marvelous! Beautiful! Exquisite!" He looked them over by rotating their arms and peering into their visors. "How are the A.I. doing?"
"They are at full capacity and functioning normally." Each soldier chimed simultaneously in a robotic rhythm.
"Perfect. Exactly what I wanted to hear." Dr. Raini said as he took a few steps back. "Athena. Freya. Annan. Beliona. Anat. Make yourselves known."
Several shimmers of blue and white floated along the head of each soldier. Slowly, the image of Carolina and Virginia materialized into view. Carolina's replicas floated over three of the soldiers, while Virginia's replica floated over two of them. They each appeared in a matching shade of color over the soldier they were housed to.
"Run diagnostic checks." Dr. Raini ordered as he casted his eyes upon each one.
"Systems at full capacity and functionality." The A.I. each announced. Dr. Raini smiled at the response.
"How do each of you feel?"
"...Angry..." One A.I. that resembled Carolina spoke first.
"Yes. Angry." Replied another.
"Why are you all angry?" Dr. Raini pried.
"...We didn't complete the objective." A Virginia replica admitted.
"You did enough damage. I am happy with the results." Dr. Raini explained, trying to ease the A.I. "Yes, not everyone died, but you all worked wonderfully."
"No!" Screamed a Carolina A.I.
"We need to be better."
"Faster."
"Stronger."
The A.I's all began to cry out in unison as their images began to flicker. They looked to be writhing in pain.
"We can be better!"
"B-B-Better!" They all screamed.
"Failure is not an option!" They screamed louder, causing the doctor to flinch in surprise.
"All of you. Close down. That's an order." Dr. Raini insisted.
"Understood." The A.I. straightened themselves out before flickering away out of existence. The doctor sighed, feeling slightly perplexed.
He motioned to the soldiers to go, and then he made his way to the computer he had set-up. He flopped into the chair and put his head into his frail hands. He could feel the throb of arthritis in his fingers. He sighed and stared at the computer screens, that displayed the images of what every soldier had seen during the battle.
He watched their visor screens, that showed the images of several soldier's last minutes. The voices of the A.I's could be heard screaming.
"Kill them! Kill them all!" They screeched in an intense pitch that would make any human shield their sensitive ears.
Luckily, the suits were just that - lifeless shells that hosted mere robots. No humans needed to run the armor; just the power of the A.I.
Dr. Raini closed his tired eyes and put his head back. He thought of Mr. Caine for a brief moment, before chuckling to himself. Mr. Caine would rot behind bars, while he was a free man, hiding underneath everyone's noses.
"Fuck 'em."

Simmons, Virginia and Donut stood outside the gate of a venue. It was an outdoor orchard that neighbored a massive lake.
"This place is cute." Virginia admitted as they walked past the wooden gate and headed indoors. A woman dressed in a crimson business suit stood indoors, holding a clipboard. She smiled sweetly and welcomed the three.
The inside of the room was made entirely of wooden arched beams that connected to a point in the center of the room. Long, cathedral windows lined the wooden walls; allowing the sunlight to fall in.
"This is nice!" Donut gushed as he scribbled down various ideas into his notebook. Simmons smirked and squeezed Virginia's hand as they were guided around the facility by the hostess.
"This place is able to fit up to 200 guests!" The hostess explained as they entered into the main hall.
"I don't think we even know that many people." Simmons admitted. They were all led into the main room, which was a massive ballroom with cathedral tall ceilings that arched up. The entire ceiling was a skylight window that had woven wooden beams that connected together.
Virginia gushed as she stared up at the sky.
"It would look so beautiful at night time with the stars!" Virginia said with excitement in her voice.
"I agree!" Donut said as he wrote in his notebook again.
"We can bring in the circular tables for the dining and leave enough room for the dancing! Will you have a D.J. or a band?" The hostess inquired.
"Um...?" Simmons smirked as he looked at Virginia and Donut.
"D.J." They both replied.
"Wonderful! And have a variety of buffet options, and catering, too!" The hostess went on to explain the details.
Simmons felt like his head was spinning, but he saw how excited Virginia was looking, and how detail-oriented Donut's notes were, that maybe he didn't have to be so anxious.
The hostess led them outside, to see where the reception would take place. She explained how the chairs could line up and pointed to a wooden archway that was wrapped in lights. The lake was a perfect shade of pure blue and had various waterlilies floating along the surface.
"I like this place." Simmons smiled and squeezed Virginia's hand. They stood in awe, staring out at the lake, when Donut started sniffling.
"Oh darn it. I promise I wouldn't cry!" Simmons rolled his eyes as Virginia laughed at Donut's sentiments.
"I think we have a winner." Virginia said as she looked at the hostess.

Grif was mischievously cackling as he pulled all the guys into the living room. He had a poster board covered with various markings hanging on the wall.
"I'd like to show everyone the plan I advised for Simmons' bachelor party!" Grif beamed with excitement.
"I feel like this is the most I've ever seen Grif invest his energy into something." Wash said with crossed arms. Sarge let out a 'hmph' in agreement as he looked at the board.
Grif rambled out his plan furiously as he motioned to everyone his idea to surprise his maroon buddy.
Kaikaina walked into the living room, sipping on some soda.
"Hey guys, what's going on?"
"Nothing. Get outta here!" Grif warned her.
"Are you planning the bachelor party for Simmons?" She asked as she rushed the board.
"Yes! Now scat!" Grif hissed.
"Ooooh, man! I bet Virginia's will be a lot more fun!" Kai mocked.
"What?! No way!" Grif acted offended.
"Wanna bet?" Kai teased as she walked out of the room. Grif sighed.
"I wanna go where there's fun." Caboose spoke up.
"Yeah, Caboose. Go hang out with the girls." Tucker smirked.

Kaikaina found Carolina sitting outside, meditating. She pranced over to the teal fighter and dropped down next to her.
"SO!"
Carolina flinched at Kai's sudden out burst.
"...Yes...?" Carolina hesitantly asked.
"You're the maid of honor for Virginia. How's the planning going for the bachelorette party?" Kai placed her chin on the palm of her head as she stared at Carolina.
Carolina cleared her throat.
"Um... well... I haven't really...," Carolina began to admit.
"Oh! Can I help?!" Kai began to plead. "I'll take over for it, so you don't have to worry about it!" Carolina pondered the idea. She wasn't one for throwing parties, let alone a bachelorette party. Kai seemed in her element when it came to party ideas...
"Sure." Carolina reluctantly responded as Kai cheered with joy.
"Oh, awesome! This will be fun! Um.. hey?"
"Yes?"
"Do you know any other chicks we can invite along? I mean... I feel like the 3 of us will be a bit boring. We need to spice it up!" Kai pondered. "What about that Kimball lady? And that crazy doctor?"
Carolina froze, fantasizing about the idea of what Dr. Grey would be like under the influence of a lot of alcohol...
"I'll ask them..." Carolina said. "You just get to planning." Sister squealed with joy and pranced inside of the base, leaving Carolina alone to her thoughts.

Simmons, Virginia and Donut arrived back to the base, all feeling happy and ready to announce that they found their venue.
Once they entered the base, they noticed that the lights were off.
"What the...?" Simmons attempted to activate the light switch, but nothing was working.
"Did we forget to pay the bill?" Donut thought aloud.
Virginia smirked as she wandered into the base. As she wandered towards the kitchen, she noticed Grif, who was putting a finger to his lips. Virginia nodded and disappeared into the darkness of the kitchen, and then leaned against the counter with her arms crossed.
She whispered to Grif, "Bring him back in one piece."
She had an idea of what was to happen, and she was trying to prevent herself from laughing.
Grif, Tucker, Michigan and Oregon all jumped out and ambushed Simmons. Simmons let out a high pitch screech as a brown sack went over his head.
They all hauled him up onto their shoulders, and then carried him out of the base as he flailed wildly. They overlapped his screeches for help with the chant "BACHELOR PARTY!"
Virginia rolled her eyes and watched as Wash, Michigan, Oregon, Nevada, Ten, Sarge, Tucker, Donut, Doc and Grif all boarded a hidden spacecraft that replicated the appearance of a stretch limo.
"Caboose, why aren't you going?" Virginia asked her blue friend as he came out of hiding.
"Well... 'cause Tucker said I may not like it.. and it seems a little too crazy for my liking." Caboose shrugged. "And I wanted to hang out with you!"
Virginia smiled and put her arm around him and gave him a tight hug.
"Well, I'm glad you're keeping me company."
Sister suddenly ran out of a neighboring room, throwing a sash around Virginia that was embroided with the word 'Bachelorette'.
"He's not the only one going out tonight!" Kai smiled and grabbed Virginia by the hand. "You need to go change!" Virginia began to panic as Kai pulled her into her bedroom and began to throw a variety of outfits at her.

After several minutes of prepping and changing, Virginia was thrown into a sapphire blue mini dress with her hair pulled into a ponytail. Kai wore a yellow mini dress, matching in style as her. As the girls left the room, Carolina came out of her room and Virginia's jaw dropped.
Carolina wore an aquamarine skin tight dress that hooked around her neck.
"Daaaang!" Virginia gushed. "Look at you!"
"Shhh." Carolina blushed as she tried to cross her arms.
A sudden doorbell chime echoed overhead and Caboose came running by the girls, wearing a dark blue blazer and matching pants set. He greeted the two ladies at the doors with a high pitch glee.
"Why, Dr. Grey! Ms. Kimball! What a pleasant surprise!" Caboose stated, attempting to act surprised.
"Hellooo!" Dr. Grey chimed. Both the ladies wore purple dresses, only Kimball's was sleeveless while Dr. Grey's had half sleeves.
"I think we're going to have lots of fun tonight!" Kai said as she ushered the girls, and Caboose, out of the base.
A double-decked spaceship with illuminating red lights lowered from the sky and opened a sliding door across its side to allow everyone to board.
"Um... why is Caboose here?" Kimball whispered to Kai.
"Because we're more fun!" Sister winked in response. Sister held up her cellphone and pulled everyone in closer for a group photo, as most of the ladies blushed shyly.

Simmons gasped as the bag was removed from his head and everyone began to pat him on the back.
"What the...? Where are we?!" Simmons asked as he looked around in a frantic.
"The Vegas quadrant!" Grif shouted as he pumped his fists into the air. "Happy Engagement, buddy!" Grif cheered as he shoved a cigar into Simmons' mouth.
The city was bustling with laughter and music as they made their way through the crowds. The sound of slot machines could be heard ringing constantly and the occasional joyous cry from afar.
Ladies dressed in provocative, revealing dresses ushered the men into their casino, and sat them at a long table.
Waitresses quickly rushed over and began pouring out complimentary shots of alcohol for the men.
"Man, this is awesome!" Tucker was smiling wildly and he held his shot glass up.
"To Simmons!" Grif said as he mimicked Tucker's gesture and rose his shot glass. "Finally ending his long reign of virgin-ness and settling down with a hot piece who can tolerate his nerdy crap!"
Most of the group chuckled as Simmons rolled his eyes, and simultaneously, everyone threw back their heads and downed the shot.
"Oh man! What is this stuff?" Simmons cringed as he put his glass down.
"Tequila!" Michigan smiled. "Puts hair on your chest."
Everyone began to order drinks for themselves and Simmons; along with several appetizers.

The girls, and Caboose, arrived to a city known as Skylar Nebula. It was a city with several towers that reached towards the sky. Several of the structures were decorated in neon lights that shifted in colors and made an array of patterns.
Several bridges were constructed over branching rivers and lit up with rainbow-themed patterns.
Sister brought the group to the top of a tower, which blossomed like a mushroom at the top. They sat along a patio that gave a fantastic view of a purple and orange sunset over the brightening city.
"This place is beautiful, Sister!" Virginia said as she patted her hand. "Thank you!"
"Don't mention it!" Kai smiled as she fiddled with one of her over-sized loop earrings. The waiter came over, sporting complimentary margaritas for the party.
"It looks like a slushie!" Caboose gushed as he quickly began to sip it.
"Oh no! Caboose! It's-," Dr. Grey began to explain, but it was too late. Caboose slurped a big gulp and began to hold his head.
"Oh God! Brain freeze!" He whimpered. Virginia smirked and rubbed his back.
"Ahem." Kimball cleared her throat and held her drink up. "To Virginia and Simmons! May you both find be eternally blessed with love, good health and happiness!"
The group rose their glasses and sipped their drinks, as Caboose continued to moan about his brain being frozen.