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Segari leaned back a little in his seat.

Rephosus was wondering why sergeant segari didnt speak a single word maybe he was troubled with something. I took out one of my rations and gave it to the sergeant while muching on another one.

I started talking. ´´You know sergeant you are the first person to have ever taking responsibility over me. Ever since the day i was born i was forced to live on my own. When i was picked up by the astartes and accepted i was put in training camp. My teacher every now and then gave me a bolt shell to the foot to make me tough. Uou see this mechanical eye? By real eye was blown off by shrapnell from on of the frag grenades my teacher threw at me every now and then. To make me prepared. And then i was serving as a scout i never was accepted by my squad mates so i was always acting as a lone wolf. Before the whole squad deployed i was send forward to snipe off enemy patrols. But when they came they shoved me away and just acted like i did nothing. And then came the day that i was chosen to serve as a tactical marine to serve along side the archers of the reyven devastators it was a huge honour. Back then you just saw me as one of those guys that come and go. But that day we got ambushed by the orks it was the first time someone watched out for me i was so happy. And then the grenade accident came i know it was my mistake and i want to apologize after everything you did for me i negated your orders and threw the grenade. Actually i am still ashamed of it until this day. Sergeant segari would you forgive me for disobeying your orders?´´

Aloysus made a trip to collect supplies from the Stormbird. He restocked his ammo and grenades before heading to the tree line to await the mission start. He found Segari talking to Rephosus and settled himself nearby, listening to what they were saying and observing Segari's actions. If there was anything amiss with Segari on this mission he would notice it. He hoped nothing was wrong with Segri as the Apothecaries, Librarians and Chaplians claimed.

Sheathing his sword, Antioch strode toward Aloysus. He sat near to him and said "I see that you are deep in thought, Brother, is something troubling you?

Dreph came up to the rest of the marines under his command. After calming himself and settling down, he heard a eerie whistle. A streamlined fragment of wraithbone came up in the distance.

"Duck!"

A hail of glittering silver razors sliced the air above them. A group of skimmers flew overhead, screaming. Several marines were caught in the crossfire and struck down by the shruikens.

"All is forgiven Rophosus, infact if anything I am proud of your battle prowess and glad to have you as a brother" Segari gave the rookie a good punch in the pauldron.

Suddenly the air screeched overhead, aircraft streaking across their lines.

Segari brought up his heavy bolter. He gave the area in above him a sporadic spray of fire hoping to hit the speeding targets.

"Rophosus light up the sky!"

Following the orders of sergeant segari but slightly disappointed that he didn´t give any answer or explanation or even the smallest bit of interest.

I got one of my frag missiles and shot at the unseen enemy. The frag exploded and the 2 of the skimmers got blown up and descended to the ground like meteorites falling from the stars.

"There is, Antioch. Hectoris and I are worried about Segari. HE hasn't been the same since he was wounded. Its subtle, but there is something....different about him." Aloysus replied.

Just then a whistling sound split the air and several Eldar skimmers flew past, close overhead, spraying the downed Stormbird with fire. The three sergeants were on their feet in an instant, with Rephosus close behind. Segari opened fire on the skimmers, ordering Rephosus to do the same. "Segari, stop!" Aloysus shouted as Rephosus let off a missile. They both stopped and turned to face Aloysus. "Why? These xenos need to die!" exclaimed Rephosus. "Aye, lad, they do, and the Captain will see to that. However, we have our own mission, given to us by the Primarch himself! We cannot afford to attract the attention of the Eldar and risk being wounded or killed. It suits us better to slip away unnoticed. We move back into the forest. We'll meet up with Hectoris and continue with our mission. The Captain will send the Eldar packing."

Marius opened a vox link to Hectoris. "We are taking cover in the forest, the Phoenician's mission takes priority now. We shall meet with you and slip away during the conflict. Keep in touch."

As he ran into the forest with the other 3 marines, he opened vox channels to warn his squad of the incoming Eldar, moments later, Antioch saw the gunship lift off an bring down the third skimmer. He knew the Eldar would press more of an attack soon, and he hoped that their battle brothers were ready. He drew his sword and bolter, and prepared for whatever he might face in the trees ahead.

Dreph fired his bolter, striking several of the pilots dead. He jumped and grabbed one of the skimmers, climbing upon it and cutting the pilot apart with ease.

He moved around with uncanny agility, acting as though the armour he wore was non-existent. He was outspeeding the Xenos by far, able to destroy a craft within a few seconds.

Soon the Eldar fled. Dreph tried to persue them, but he soon collapsed unconscious. He came into a strange area, and ahead of him was a serpentine creature. He tried to escape, but was unable. The creature started talking smoothly...

"Antioch, take over while I don my armour" he had changed out of it when he had entered the Storm Eagle, a small gunship silmilar to a Thunderhawk, only smaller. 2 Racks of anti personnel missiles lined its hull and a Twin Linkled Multimelta rotated in its nose. 4 Lascannons were mounted underi its wings.

Soon he was dressed and armoured for abttle. "Take us down in that clearing, pointing out his intended destination. Sgt Antioch took the ship down and landed. Hectoris strode forcefully into the crew cabin, where Rephosus, Aloysus and Segari were sleeping.

"Rise and shine neophytes! Everyone up in 1 minute or I'll have Captain Kalar forcefeed you your Power Armour!" He keicked the leg of the Devastator Sgt as he passed. "Wake UP!" he roared at the top of his voice, causing Aloysus to spring off his chair and fall on his backside, earning a chuckle from the others. "Comer, we must travel on foot from here. 1 kilometer due north. That is where we must meetthe envoy. WE have 2 hours before it arrives and i want to set upsome crossfires should we be ambushed or the Eldar try to doublecross us. Segari, are you upfor it?" The sergeant nodded. "Let's move out."

Sergeant´s wait up i brought something whit me incase we needed to sneak. I have 4 camo cloaks with me.

´´I handed out the camo cloaks and switched my missile launcher for a sniper rifle.´´ Alright sergeant´s i will scout ahead and report any sightings i wont engage except when im ordered to.

Aloysus stood from the floor. "Call me a Neophyte again, Hectoris, and I'll kick your arse from here to this Eldar we're meeting." Grumbling he prepared his weapons and armour for battle, before donning the camocloak offered to him.

"Right, lets go talk to the xenos scum."

Running outside as the hail of fire strikes the ground, Magnus does his best to asses the situation and find out how to keep his brethren away from the focused Eldar ship fire.

"Damn Eldar making a mess of my camp, why can't those slim ears mind their own damn business."

He say's while hooking his helmet into place.

"Men looks like the Sergeant is going to be out for a while, so lets get our asses in gear and give those slim ear devils a run for their credits, and I know Fulgrim expects no less then perfection!"



EDIT- Have my SS/TH but also carried the Las Cannon on board and the rounds for that in case we needed to bring a Eldar ship burning to the ground.

Antioch stepped into the Storm Eagle, Magnus, Aloysus, Hectoris, Segari, and Rephosus following him. "Feeling a little cramped back there?" he said, as he climbed into the cockpit area. Hectoris stood near the assault ramp, weapons ready, while Magnus and Rephosus took their heavy weapons to the side door. Segari planted his heavy bolter, ready to fire out the rear hatch, while Aloysus manned the upper missle rack. "Children of the Emperor!" he shouted through the vox, "Death to his foes!" the loud replies rang from all aboard. With that, the team took off, ready to take the fight to the Eldar.


EDIT: We will return to our squads once we complete the Primarchs special mission, everyone mention what gear they carry during their turn.

"Alrite lads. The Eldar is late. Typical of these Xenos. No respect. Alrite. Grab some gear." He flung down the case he was carrying and passed out ammo and a few grenades. He lifted a bolter and chucked it to Rephosus with a "Catch!" The devastator caught it nimbly and loaded a clip.
"Keep that handy. That rifle will do no good once we are inside the complex." He passed a spare Melta charge to Aloysus. After that, he checked his blade was secure and grabbed his shield. He threw the case off into the forest.

"Aloysus, you and Segari take the Northeast section of clearing. Hide in the woods untill the Eldar arrives. Rephosus and Antioch, take the south west corner. Do not let let your selves be seen. I will try to convince the envoy I came alone untill I am certain we can trust it. Cover me. Do not move unless told and do not fire unless on of us is fired upon."

They took up their relative positions, Antioch and Rephosus in the south west, Segari and Aloysus in the Notrth east. The clearing was only about a hundred yards across but an Eldar could move with frightning speed. Meaning it could go from one edge to the other and stab someone before a bead was drawn and it was shot. Hectoris took up position in the center, in full view, and began to practice his sword. he was no swordsmaster, but he was a decent duelist. Being a perfectionst like all of the Legon, and their Primarch, he was determined to prove he was perfect at all manners of war. Whther with a Blade, Hammer, Bolter or as a leader.

After several hours he grew weary. The Eldar was taking an age and he had completed every practise he had been taught. He began to ponder if he really was perfect, as he would like to believe. His face had an ugly scar acros it. He got to his position through opression of his lessers He had justified that by saying that only punishment will bring perfection, for pain teaches fear, and fear is something no Astartes should know. By inflict fear, he had taught those Astartes something they could never experiance in battle. He therefore helped to enhance them and himself.

But was perfection, really, that importantt?

His thoughs wre interupted by a small noise to his left. He turned quickly, drawing his blade. On the edge of the clearing stood the Eldar women. She was tall, and would have been attractive had such things not been beyond a Space marine. She wore little, save a black robe that wrapped her body tightly and covered her mouth. An eldar pistol was held raised in her hand, pointing at Caecilis hectoris.

"Lower your weapon whelp!" She spoe with a fierce yet determined voice, and soft as well, as if whispering.

"You speak to Sgt Caecilius Hectoris of the Emperor's Childrwen, the Legion of Fulgrim! You shall not speak to me that way again Xenos filth or I shall slay you without a moment's hesitation." nevertheless, he sheathed his sword. She lowered her gun and strode towards him.

"I am Hera. Tell your men to stand down or I shall leave and you will never find our base."
"I came alone."
The Eldar woman grew impatient. "Do not take me or my race for a fool Sgt Hectoris.You have 4 soldiers with your, one of which is a sniper and the other mans a heavy automatic weapon. Another carries a gun containing a fusion weapon and a high caliber weapon you use as your standard arnament. They are camped in teams of two using primitive cloaking technologies." She cocked her eyebrow at his slightly stunned face. How could she have foiled his plan? Another imperfection. "Now, Sgt," she continued, "let us away with this silly nonsense and get down to buisness. Shall we?"

"Stand down. Come here. keep your weapons loaded but do not fire. Merely a precaution against attack." he cut the vox chanel. When all of the marine were in the clearing, he said "Let's get down to buisness, eh, Hera?"

Antioch strode into the clearing, gazing at the Eldar witch. As he gazed upon the Xenos filth he saw something he had never seen in a Xenos before. He saw perfection. The angled features of the Eldar physique made the perfect outline, a slim but muscular body, faster than any human, living longer, with more potential. He quickly banished these thoughts from his mind. He knew his thoughts to be heretical, yet still he gazed on the beautiful alien, and didn't forget what he saw.

"Boys pick up those weapons and give the Eldar something to suck on"
He says as he points towards the gun cache and guns in the ship, then using what targeting gear he has in his gear, and the skills of a past sniper. Magnus uses the Las Cannon to try and bring down a Eldar ship or two.

The other Terminators not having anything to smash with their Thunder Hammers begin to try and watch for enemies as the Devastators release their rockets into the flight space of the Eldar ships.

Through the firing a well placed Rocket blows the left wing off of a Eldar ship bringing it to the ground with a loud explosion close to camp. The Terminators seeing the down flyer walk over to dish out their own justice to the remains of the flight crew.

With his eye locking down on a Eldar ship he slices a ship in two hitting some sort of power supply and causing it to blow in mid air, sending pieces of ship flying in all directions. The entire time the sounds of Heavy Bolter fire playing its melodic hum in the background of the battle.

With a grin on his face "Take that you space devil" says Magnus as he begins to lock another ship in his sights!

As the Serpentine creature talked, Dreph felt more and more at ease. As he started to relax, the strange creature tried to make a bargain.

"If you follow my every command, I'll give you perfection..." She hissed.

Dreph became more alert.

"I only serve Fulgrim and the Emperor. I shall not bow down to your wishes!"

"Very well."

The serpent let out an ear-piercing scream, and dozens of purple fleshed monstrosities poured out of nowhere.

As they walked through the undergrowth, Hectoris returned to his thoughts of perfection. How importatnt was it? He was not perfect. His only goal was to slay Xenos and carve the Emperor's realm from the starts. He did that well enough now. But could he do it better if he was perfected. Couldn't he?

He was interrupted by the sound of movement in the treeline. The soldiers were instantly alert and had weapons drawn. Hera had her pistol and a long, curved knife in her hand, ready to fight. They stood for several minutes, weapons raised. Nothing happened.
"Aloysus, go check it out" ordered Hectoris, speaking as quietly as he could in the vox. As Aloysus moved towards the direction of the sound, he stopped at a bush. It was rustling. The grouped aimed at bush. Aloysus kicked it. The occupant scurried out with frieghtning speed.

It was a small lizard. Relieved, the marines lowered their guns, but Hera sent a small metal disc after it with her pistol, the projectile's trajectory curving to slice the lizard in half.
"That was a juvenile Tokrok." She said." They seem small but in a few years they become massive carnivorous predators. Their venom can be spat from several meters and even your armour won't protect you." She checked around the area. "They hunt in packs at this point, usually with their parent at this point. You are familiar with them, aren't you?" she asked, looking towards Segari. He nodded. Hera's look of anxiety quickly turned to disappeasement, as she said, " Let's keep movement." Hera shot Segari a nasty look as she took point.

Hectoris noticed Sgt Antioch looking at the Eldar women with a mix of pride and longing. He gave him a good clout around the head.

"Do not forget what you are Sergeant, or what IT is!" With that he stalked off after the group.

"Why are you helping us, witch?" he demanded. he still did not like this women. Not only was she a traitor to her race but she was willing to help someone who she hated destroy her own. A human would be killed for less.

She stopped, and had her blade at his throat in a flash. Luckily he was wearing a helmet. Ther sound of ocked guns came from behind he as the 4 other marines took aim at her.
"Do not call me a witch, Hectoris! i am not! I was here before your beloeved Fulgrim was created. I was here when your Emperor butchered his way through our lost empire. I was there when your primarch slew The Avatar of Almighty Khaine, the The Bloody Handed God of War! To fell creature so mighty, yet so broken at the same time is to kick a wounded lion. I was there when my people's virtues were extinguished and She Who Thirsts awoke to claim our souls! It already hungers for your legion! I won't have it claim anyone ever again!" She hurled another look at Segari, oe that took even the stoic Hectoris aback with the anger it potrayed. She lowered her blade and continued on. Hectoris and his Killteam followed her to a large opening. The other edge of the forest.

With a roar and a crashing of trees, the enormous Tokrok, exploded out of the forest behind them,leading a wave of at least a dozen juveniles. Hera lept nimbly out of the way, already firing at the smaller beasts and slashing the ones who lept at her.
"Segari, open fire! Rephosus, take cover an aim for its eyes with your rifle! Marius, save those Melta rounds, you and Antioch, help the Eldar!"

The great beast swung its tail, aiming to smash Hectoris from his feet. He raised his shield to protect him as the tail impacted, sending him flying into the air. Segari opened fire with his heavy bolter, aiming for the head and torso. Caecilius was up again, srinting for the beast's ankle, hacking with his blue blade. The Tokrok roared in pain and spat a huge splattering of corrosive phlegm at him. he dodged and hacked again. The beast staggered as Rephosus hit its nostril pit with a well placed shot.

"Keep firing!"

As the horrors poured from the various orifices and crannies of the living terrain, Dreph was slowly becoming slowly weakened. Massive claws and talons struck his armoured hide whilst he swept aside creature after creature. As he made his way towards the serpent, he encountered greater resistance. He could feel the warm taste of blood and hear the ear-piercing shrieks of the twisted and mutated servants of the serpent.

In a last act of courage, he made a surge towards the temptress, cutting her down in a rain of gore and fire. He fell through the floor, waking up as the eyes of Markus looked somberly into his. He had returned.

Segari unleashed a torrent of firepower at the creature. It's armour was too thick, easily absorbing the heavy bolters rounds. Then he noticed something strange on the creature. A makeshift spear lodged in its frontal breast plate. He realised this was the monster he had fought before, defending his brothers bodies.

Segari felt a deep pang of hatred for this beast, dropping his weapon he unsheathed his combat blade, charging the animal wildly, he managed to avoid a sweep of it's enourmous tail, jumping onto its back. He climbed the sharp armoured scales finally reaching its head. With an all mighty thrust of his blade he had lodged it into the creatures eye. It thrashed in pain sending him flying into the scrub.

Astonished by the speed and power of sergeant segari's attack i killed the last of the smaller spawn's before yelling to the witch '' Why didn't you tell us that thing was nearby. Do you want us all to get killed. I new we never should have listened to this eldar.''

Antioch ran toward the Xenos, intent on making himself a wall between her and the beasts. When he reached her he turned and aimed to fire his bolter at the monster. That is when hew saw Segari launch himself up the back of the animal, piercing its eye with his combat knife before being thrown off. He fired a burst off in the creatures direction, then he turned and questioned the Eldar woman, "Did you know they were here!?".

As Dreph was brought up, he was weak. He had had to fight off the serpent with every ounce of strength. However, it had now been forced to the material realm, where it could not call upon it's servants. Dreph staggered to the Strombird, hoisting a Plasma Cannon up into his arms. He needed to find the beast and finish it off forever.

Segari felt a tug in his mind. A flood ensued as the entity was temporarily released from it's fleshy cage. Segari was dazed, most of his energy was drained by the exit of the daemon. In his moment of weakness one of the lesser beasts grappled his arm with it's murderous teeth. Another bit into his leg. He was being pulled and torn like a ragdoll.

I took my bolt pistol and shot the smaller monsters off sergeant segari. After that i shot at the heart of the monster i made a near miss but hit his long so he was chocking because of the shortage of air.

The Eldar surged with light in her eyes, as if she detected a presence that no one else fully could, then it had departed. She looked near Segari, and then it seemed she had dismissed the thought she had previously had, though fear lingered in her eyes.

As the Eldar shrieked overhead, Dreph aimed his Plasma Cannon. He wiped out three in a ball of blue flame, before having to take cover again. As they skimmed overhead, he brought down a pilot with his fist and cut him with his lightning claw.

"Markus, we need support! I can't fight forever!"

Segari's armour poured out steam as if he had walked through an inferno. He groaned and rolled over but was too weak to do anything. Purple lightning occasionally moved up and down his body. He was truly spent from the mental ordeal.