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Memphis Prime.
Magnificent. Opulent. Impregnable. A beacon of civilization and industry to the whole of the planet, the city stood proudly overlooking the sea from it's mighty walls. Whole regiments of guard were dedicated to its defence, no one could scale its walls, no one could defeat its defenders, no one could take this city...

It fell in a single night.
A night of terror, of blood and agony. The skies rained fire as hundreds of drop pods smashed into the city itself. Giant warriors strode through the street, slaughtering all in thier path. These were not the noble warriors of the Adeptus Astartes, these were the Chaos Marines. The faithful cowered in the temples dedicated to thier loving Empreror, the warriors of chaos brought the buildings crashing down, crushing all inside. The guard ran to and fro, leaderless as they were sluaghtered to a man. In this, our darkerst hour, did those loyal to the Emperor help us? No, they died as easily as other men. And the Emperor himself? All night we prayed, every single one of us, as we cowered in our homes, and yet nothing. Nothing as my family was torn apart. Nothing but his damning silence.

And now you come here, Inquisitor, and ask for our aid? We shall not help you. To the warp with you Inquisitor! To the warp with you and this whole cursed galaxy!

Still waiting on next installment.

What?

Will you write any more? I saw this and thought you my edit to be longer or create another "chapter" soon, seeing as how it was only a bit longer than a paragraph as is.

Oh, well...I like short stories. They're great! Mabye TOO short you're saying?

It's fine the way it is. A nice speech, I mean. But I thought it might get an icy rejoinder by the Inquisitor: "Don't cry of your losses to me, citizen. For each life lost on this miserable planet a thousand more beg for swift death for words less bold than your moaning!"

Hey! That response was good manchu!