Shadow of Sin

[hivefleetcollossus]

Lionheart appear only moments after Loricatus. He looked around at saw the horrors that befell his comrades. For a second time stood still. Only when the xeno closed in on his immediate area did he snap out of his dreamlike state. In a flash his Power Sword cut through the attacking enemies torsos as if they were paper. The purestrains were closing in around Loricatus & the others. A swift blow by Lionheart's Storm Shield cracked a Genestealers head wide open. He then pivoted to block a leaping xenos wild attack. The Genestealer hung onto the Storm Shield with uncanny determination. Lionheart was slightly encumbered by the Genestealers weight & awkward movement that he was pulled into another Genestealers striking zone. The Genestealer took advantage and pounced forward with incredible speed. Seconds before the claws would've ripped though his helmet he managed to shoot his arm out and parry aggressively. The locomotion of the Genestealer, coupled with the force of the parry shattered its skull on impact. Lionheart slammed his Storm Shield relentlessly against the broken control panel until the Genestealer that clung to it was reduced to a bloody stain. Afterward he made a large circular strike as he spun to cut down two more. Brother Lionheart helped Loricatus carry the tormented Librarian. "Egress" was all he said.

[mina]

Z is back up moments after they have taken Nomoar. She snarls her rage at the meal she waws about to have being taken away. She bends the remaining genestealers to her will and orders them to attack the fleeing Marine with the Librarian. SHe uses the chaos as a opportunity to drag the very dead Zeph off and change her form to match his. She puts a few cuts and wounds here and there before pulling on bits of his clothes and armor. She looks at the body with pleasure, not as pretty as the face she usually has but it will do. She crawls out holding the hammer and after she is sure there is enough chaos going on she pulls herself up with a howl or rage and begins to attack the nearby genestealers.

[Captain Malachi]

Malachi nodded to the two new arrivals, as way of greeting. Words were unnecessary in situations like these. He covered the other two marines as they carried the librarian out, firing his storm bolter and killing yet more xenos. It didn't need three terminators to carry one, no matter how heavy the armour.

He bent down and picked up the psykers hammer. Something told him it wasn't a good idea to leave such a powerful weapon to the genestealers, and Nomoar would no doubt be glad to have it back when he awoke.

(OOC: Mina, when did Zepherinus get a hammer, or did I miss something? Just wondering)

[hivefleetcollossus]

(OOC: Only Nomoar carries a hammer)

[mina]

ooc( Sorry I am beginning to mix you guys together. All marines look alike to me. She has whatever Poly's old character was wielding, I think it was a power fist.)

She slaps genestealers aside giving them orders to regroup after she is gone and find the Patriarch. She slams them aside after that killing the ones attacking what looks like Zeph. She makes her way slowly toward the rest of the marines covering the ones she can and consoling herself with the fact that they will all die if her plans work out.

[Peepleafity]

In an unexplored part of the abdonned ship 6 genestealers scuttle through some ventilation shafts. They then reach a room with 2 stasis chambers.
They break open the chambers. Hoping to catch "sleeping" imperials off guard.
They were wrong.
As soon as the first stasis chamber was opened a white arm burst out of mist crushing the first genestealer's head.
As the second stasis chamber is opened a terminator falls out slashing with claws at the 2 closest genestealers. Ripping them apart wholesale. He then proceeds to kill 2 more stealers in close succession.
While this is happening, out of the first chamber clunks another terminator. While the last genestealer is preparing to attack the whirling terminator he walks up behind it and rips its head off.


Here starts their story.

Felix speaks "Akiva. Calm down. They are all dead."
"Yes. I suppose so. At least they freed us from our confines." replies Akiva.
"Yes, they did do that. Our ship is infested now. I shall check the computer to see what the status is." After a pause (and a search through the database) Felix continues. "It seems like our ship has crashed and become a space hulk."
"AAhhh great. That is just great. How the hell are we going to get out of this joint"
"I think that some blood angels are trecking through the space hulk wiping out the genestealers that have infested this place."
"Oh fun. Some crazy blood lusting lunatics. You think we can get them on radio?"
"Yes I think we can. Let me get the frequency for you. I need to weapon up. Here you go sending frequency channel to you."
"Ahh thanks. I'll open up a channel now. You go pretty yourself up nice and good Felix."

<This is Akiva Ari speaking. We are Dark Angel Marines from the ship Leonis. We have been in stasis for a while and have just been broken out by some meddlesome genestealers. Please respond. Over>i

[mina]

ooc(Odd, I don't remember your post coming before mine. hmmm... It does seem a bit odd the Zeph would already be registred as dead , they are in the middle of a battle and the Genestealers were attacking her. If your willing to change that'd be nice. SHe is trying to make it seem realistic.)

[Green Triangle]

(OOC: When a marine dies, the information is sent straight from his suit to imperial databases, thats why he showed as KIA. But I'll change it.)

Loricatus heard fighting behind him and saw a Marine, only moments before, he could have sworn to be dead. The armour was in a state beyond repair. He knew no marine could survive so much damage. But this ones faith must have been strong. He still could not believe it. He saw the heraldry on his shoulders and made a speed search in the data library. 'Brother Zepherinus', it said, 'Killed in Action'. Loricatus glanced again at the Terminator. It smashed aside Genestealers in a blood crazed frenzy. The armour must have been damaged so badly that it sent false information to the database.

He watched the marine fighting crazily with its chainfist and Loricatus suspected Black Rage. He kept watching and did not step in to help it kill any of the genestealers. Even after they were all dead, it kept swing the chainfist. Loricatus walked cautiously towards the terminator and grabbed its flailing fist. 'Brother, they are dead. Stop.' The terminator stopped fighting and seemed to calm down a bit. Loricatus was considering sending reports of black rage to the database if it went into another frenzy. He would also have to give the terminator the emporers peace. They could not have a marine with black rage on the loose.

He heard a crackling signal in the comms network and recieved it. It was from Dark Angels! They claimed to have been held in stasis, but did not yet know how long for. Loricatus knew it might be a trap, but it was too good for him not to investigate.

'Brothers, go ahead, take Brother-Librarian Nomoar to the base of operations. He needs to be sorted out by an apothecary.' He walked closer to Mizuchi and told him 'Watch out for this one' he indicated Brother Zepherinus 'He may have been affected with black rage'

With that, he set off towards the coordinates that the Dark Angel had sent him.

[mina]

ooc( Didn't know that but okay still looks fun.)

Z Nods her/his head at the commander. She falls into step behind her other"brothers" She is pleased that only a few genestealer lives had to be sacrificed to get her in with them. She grins as she senses her real brothers nearby. She orders them to find the Patriarch and inform him of the situation. A grin creeps across Zeph's face momentarily and then is replaced by a grimace of pain two arms are still broken and the wounds she gave herself to look like she'd been mauled weren't feeling great either.

[Hellbreaker]

Even though Nomoar had escaped the daemon's grip on him it was still chasing him. He knew that he had to get out of wherever he was or he'd die, his soul eaten by the daemon. But how would be manage to leave?
The daemon was closing in on him, chasing him down long dark corridors. No it was a plain of fire, no outer space. No, it was madness, the daemon was chasing him through madness. He had to get out now.

The ever changing surroundings ate away at Nomoar's sanity, piece by piece.
The daemon suddenly faded away, trying to catch him as it vanished without trace.
"What is this madness?" Nomoar shouted as the world around him faded away, being replaced by a long dark corridor.
He looked around. A Terminator was carrying him, he didn't know who and he didn't care, he just wanted to get back on the ground.
"Brother, it is nice of you to carry me, but I can walk on my own.
But tell me, what happened to the all of the xenos, or more importantly, what happened to me?"

[Scarclaw]

Night awoke from unconsciousness. Her head was spinning. She was lying in a room with bodies of the filth.
"Status.... Report?" She managed to mumble down the radio to Nomoar.
"West sector. Is *Wince* Infested. We still believe that the nest is in the most southern sector."
"What happened?"
"I don't actually know. Just meet up with the rest of the squad. May the Emperor be with you."
"And you brother."
She stood up and headed off blasting anything that moved.

[Alta]

(ooc: In most my posts I will refer to Ta'shtk'la as 'It'.)
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It stalked the corridors blind, tracking the lost terminator. It had sensed it's panicked fluttering heart from miles off. It had been stalking him for a while, occasionally giving him glimpses to further frighten him. But it was now getting bored of teasing him. It sensed him now; round the corner, at the end of the corridor. It rounded the corner and faced him. The terminator turned round. Hands shaking, he aimed his bolter.

It opened it's eyes.

Pouring an untempered, infinite force such as the Hive Mind into a 1300 cm cubed human brain has obvious consequences.

It watched the dead body crumple and ripple in the air before him, until he got bored and once more stalked back into the shadows...

[Scarclaw]

Night reached her squad. There were bodies everywhere. Both space marine and genestealer.
"I WILL AVENGE YOU BROTHERS!" She screamed as she let rip in to the holes in the walls. That was followed by satisfying squelch which you can only get from a body being ripped apart by 5 inch bullets.

[hivefleetcollossus]

Brother Lionheart had a blank expression on his face. He said "I heard the sound of battle." Nomoar was even more confused than Lionheart, so Lionheart continued. "As I had entered the room, I discovered you had been overpowered by a force greater than your own." Nomoar's face was pale, but was steadily gaining color the more he moved. Soon afterward Lionheart was told about the plan to capture one alive. He fell to his knee & prayed the Emperor give him & his fellow Blood Angles the skill to capture the xeno, in order to create a biological weapon as planned.

(OOC: How long was I calling them Blood Ravens? Nobody was going to tell me either? Bah!)

[mina]

Z watches the proceedings with the interest of a lifeform unaccustomed to seeing people care for eachother. SHe watches the Marine carry his fallen brother and the other fall to his knees praying for his lost brethern. She wonders how the could care, what emotion could cause this. Even as she killed he rown broodmates she felt nothing. It simply was as it had always been. She can't stop herself from turning to the closest marine and asking," Why do you care for eachother like this? Why is it not just another dead brother to you?"