Corporal Croppo awoke stiff and in severe discomfort. He could barely move. He and the other surviving prisoners had been crammed into a small cage-like structure to the point where virtually none could move and breathing was hard. The cell stunk of human sweat, excrement and urine.
Four Dark elder warriors came into the dimly lit chamber. One of them kicked open the door. The prisoners then began falling out. The senior warrior of the group then had his troops arrange the human prisoners as though they were live stock at an auction.
"Throne room" he said to one, yanking the guardsmen's hair back
The man destined for the throne room was then kicked forward, roughly
"Arena" said the warrior as he thumped another prisoner roughly
"Arena" he said to another one, performing the same gesture
The warrior then laughed as he came to one of the female prisoners
"Sale yard" he chuckled
"He loves the females, doesn't he" laughed one of the other warriors
"Let her go" shouted Croppo as he lunged at the warrior. The warrior swiftly kicked the NCO to the ground, knocking several teeth from him in the process. The corporal rubbed his aching jaw as the warrior leered over him.
"Tut, tut, wretch" said the warrior, waving his finger as though he was warning a misbehaving child
"Take this one to the lab" said the warrior, kicking Croppo to the dusty, blood stained floor
One of the other warriors grabbed Croppo by upper arm and dragged him away as though he were a bag of refuse.
"The rest of these wretches can go to the arena" said the senior warrior, looking at the prisoners
The female prisoners were then dragged to the chamber, dubbed the 'Sale yard'. Several dark elder troops stood guard over other female prisoners while a figure in ornate and grisly detailed armour examined them as though they were toys. His armour was the same acidic green colour as the warriors but his face covering helmet displayed a shape the human soldiers were familiar with. A 'scorpion tail' decoration was on top of the alien leaders headwear.
The Archon turned to face the new 'toys'. "Welcome ladies" he said, resting a splinter rifle on his right shoulder.
"Easy way or hard way?" he asked them
"Huh?" said one of the women out of confusion and fear
"Show the cave-dweller
what the 'hard' way is" said the archon, turning to an underling
The warrior latched one of the other prisoners hands to a pair of long chains which lifted her up above the ground by her arms that in turn, put enormous pain on her shoulders.
"Aaaaah" screamed the girl
The warrior then roughly cut the girls tattered uniform off with the bayonet of his rifle. After that, he roughly dropped her to the ground and began hacking her long hair off with his bayonet. The girl screamed in agony as he scalp was cut and yanked on.
"Well?" asked the archon in a depraved manner
The new 'toys' begrudgingly removed their uniforms then tried to cover themselves as best they could with their bare hands.
"Arms by your sides, you
" said a female warrior as she forced the prisoners into a line. The hurt girl was then thrown into the line with her unfortunate comrades.
"He's here" said Lhydya as she walked into the room
"Speak of the devil" laughed the Archon
A chaos lord in terminator armour, bearing the colours of Emperors children entered the room. Most of the warriors in the chamber clutched their weapons in readiness; should the heretic decide to draw the large sword hanging from his belt
"DONT touch my toys without asking" said the chaos lord in a childish manner
"Ready to deal or did you come to die?" snarled the archon
"HERE!" snarled the chaos lord as he threw a bound Howling banshee at the Archon's feet.
"You said you'd have more!" growled the Archon
"They were slippery customers" said the chaos lord, feigning shock
The archon closely examined his new prize
"She's quite nice" he said as though he was purchasing a vehicle
"I'll let you have two of the new toys for her" said the archon, standing back up
"Fair enough" shrugged the chaos lord
A warrior then pushed two of the naked prisoners forward
"Come ladies" said the chaos lord, beckoning them with a finger from his power claw
"And....and if we say 'no'?" asked one of the prisoners, struggling to make herself heard from the fear she was feeling
The archon nodded at a warrior and he sliced one of the other prisoners shoulders. He then pushed her to the ground and yanked on her injured arm until it broke off. There was a snap of bones and a gush of blood. The girl screamed and cried in horrible pain.
The warrior then beat the girl savagely with her own severed arm.
The two prisoners begrudgingly followed the chaos lord out of the chamber.
As the chaos lord walked down the grotesque corridor, Croppo spotted the enemy leader and his new slaves as he was being dragged to awaiting heamoncules.
"By the Emperor" cried Croppo
Croppo was then pushed through a pair of double doors that were decorated with assorted skins and faces.
A creature that was naked with the exception of a bloody loin cloth scurried over from a far table on four 'backwards', tiny legs. The hemoncules had experimented on himself as much as he had his victims.
"More meat" said the heamoncules in excitement"
"Urrgh" said Croppo as he looked at the twisted creature
The hemoncules then began yanking on the humans face
"I've often wondered what gallons of acid can do to a humans face....LETS FIND OUT" grinned the hemoncules
"He's all yours" laughed the warrior as he threw the prisoner against the far wall
Croppo landed on the bloodied, boneless remains of one of the twisted scientists more recent 'experiments'. He quickly got off the table and instinctively tried to wipe the victims blood off with his bare hands.
"Urrgh" came a voice from nearby. He looked up and noticed what looked like a man with all the skin from his face, crudely peeled off. The man reached out to Croppo in vain hope but the hemaoncules slapped his victims hands.
"Naughty, naughty" he said
As the hemoncules readied 'tools' for the job, Croppo spoke out
"WAIT" he shouted
"It can talk...how cute" hissed the hemoncules
"You go through men quickly" said Croppo, hoping to find a common ground with the twisted being
"When you love your work" laughed the heamoncules
"What if I can do something for you?" asked Croppo, still shielding his face from the heamoncules
"And what on Commorough could you ever do for me; apart from writh around on the floor in pain" laughed the heamoncules
"What if I keep the other prisoners in line or something; I can throw my weight around" smiled Croppo, nervously
"You....would work for me" smiled the heamoncules
The heamoncules then rolled around on the floor, laughing uncontrollably.
"Oh, the Archon has got to hear this" he smiled
