Post by ophidianwraith on Jun 23, 2012 22:33:33 GMT
Got bored and wrote this as a sort of Intro to my hive fleet please feel free to comment if you guys like it will continue with more
The all pervasive smell of antiseptic was the first thing that the woman noticed walking into the medicae ward. Though To call it a ward was insulting to any proper medical facility, the rusted prefabs falling apart around the overworked defence force orderlies hurrying about the place .the woman was tall and lithe, athletic in a powerful sort of way and to the injured guardsmen she was striding past thoroughly beautiful with her elegant curves and platinum White hair pulled in a tight bun. Dressed in a smart White uniform of an imperial navy medicae major she ignores the sounds of pleading and screaming as she follows a hassled looking doctor through the rows of cots obviously moving with a purpose towards the door at the back leading to the private observation rooms. As the young PDF medic reaches the door the woman utters the first words she has spoken since presenting her order dataslate to the officer of the watch on arrival. "what is the status of the astropath doctor?" her voice stern, business like but also with a husky velvety quality to it that the man infront of her knows can only add to her charm and bedside manner. "he is hurt bad major" comes the Frank reply "wounds were deep and we are not sure if he will even recover from them but the true problem is his mind it seems to be totally broken we think as a result of the catastrophic tissue damage. It's a possible reaction to that but we are honestly not sure" as professional as the young lieutenant delivers this news it is obvious that it is bothering him to talk of the injured man and how little that can be done for him. staring back into her eyes the medic can't help but think how cold those eyes are on a beautiful and warm seeming medical officer and also how businesslike her reply was "lieutenant thankyou for your report but it is his mind I am here for not his body so hopefully we can glean some good news from the situation for him and for you we shall see." opening the door finally the blind astropath was strapped down to the table though to call it a man anymore was straining the definition, his body was missing the left leg and there was what appeared to be chemical burns destroying most of the side of his lower right side. " the rest of his squad didn't survive ma'am he was the only one we found when we received his message for support no sign of what did this or any remnants of the other 25 men who were with him, he was only out there as an experiment replacing radio operators with astropaths." the sight of the physical damage took even the hardened woman, who thought she had seen most of the horrors the galaxy had to offer a little by surprise but nevertheless she moves to sit down beside the ruined man. "my name is major hartmann I have been sent from the fleet to see if we can help with your mind and rebuilding it. The lieutenant here will look after your body but right now let's forget about that you are important to this imperium so we shall make it all better for you." standing against the back wall the young medic suddenly rethinks his opinion of this supposedly 'cold' officer her manner is totally calm and reassuring having the supposedly mind locked destroyed half man talking instantly, though his voice is Croaky a barely audible whisper "spiders....crawling insects.....snakes.....slithering chattering" looking to him leaning closer major hartmanns voice is soothing and soft "did animals do this to you?" a vicious shake of the head denies this though such a violent manoeuvre has both medics leaning in thinking it a siezure. "no not animal.....monsters, horrors yes evil. They came killed. Then they grow they feed they grow." the medic moves from his place at the wall to come stand beside major hartmann beside the bed "he has been saying that in his sleep it's all he says" smiling at the information given unbidden from the young officer Hartmann moves to the door opening it and holding it open "I need time alone with him now please lieutenant" as the man leaves she sits back beside the astropath smiling to him in that disarming reassuring manner " I understand now tell me about what did this to you and be specific" leaning down closer to him she just rests her hands onto his side gently pulling him closer and embracing him
To her, her closeness causing The broken man to begin to weep softly into her chest as he speaks again this time his voice sounding from further away not just quiet but distant and afraid. "I saw them. In my mind I have sight beyond my eyes but what came was a shadow to my sight it was visible by being not there.....and I could feel it, it felt like nails inside my head scratching and clawing a screetch and then the monster....it spoke...it said it would feed then grow and feed then grow it would devour everything and become the apex of evolution....." the words though stifled through his tears against her chest had become clear and cohesive for the first time he wasn't babbling now. He was repeating and Hartmann had realised this as she held him tighter whispering into his ear "shhh shhh it's ok you have done well you managed to get a message out among all that on your mind it's okay shhhh" her reassuring tone continues as the astropath begins to cough blood, the mist fine spraying on her White uniform and perfect angelic face as she leans back, the look of hurt and surprise on the astropaths face is hard to take as the silenced autopistol in her hand had blown a hole into his chest and lungs, the weapon comes up once more firing three times into his sightless face to stop that look and make sure he was dead. And the last image in his mind are her soft words of comfort before her cold eyes steal it and put paid to the lie of who she really is. Simply wiping her face on an antiseptic wipe from the side dresser she turns from the corpse and strides from the room back along the corridor without even stopping to acknowlege the salute from the desk clerk as she exits the hospital. Undoing her tunic as she moves Into open ground speaking Into the vox bead at her throat the medical helix symbols at the throat of her uniform pulled back to give clear transmission and showing the hint of the inquisitorial rosette hanging there at her throat. " my lord the infestation is confirmed...yes my lord late stages if this wasn't a garden world with them able to hide in the forests open battle would have been waged by now....yes my lord the psyker Said the same mantra we heard on Ophidia this is confirmation the hive fleet has moved subsectors.... Understood ready to move now. Purgatus order confirmed this world can't be saved" as she continues to stride the first alarm is raised by the dead body he left behind, PDF guards moving to detain her just as the concussive boom of her teleport echoes in the treetops, the blinding flash of her disappearance the last thing they see as fire rains from the heavens,fired by the guns of the ordo xenos cruiser in orbit to destroy the world and prevent it's harvesting by the trailing hive fleet Ophidian now known to be targeting it.
The all pervasive smell of antiseptic was the first thing that the woman noticed walking into the medicae ward. Though To call it a ward was insulting to any proper medical facility, the rusted prefabs falling apart around the overworked defence force orderlies hurrying about the place .the woman was tall and lithe, athletic in a powerful sort of way and to the injured guardsmen she was striding past thoroughly beautiful with her elegant curves and platinum White hair pulled in a tight bun. Dressed in a smart White uniform of an imperial navy medicae major she ignores the sounds of pleading and screaming as she follows a hassled looking doctor through the rows of cots obviously moving with a purpose towards the door at the back leading to the private observation rooms. As the young PDF medic reaches the door the woman utters the first words she has spoken since presenting her order dataslate to the officer of the watch on arrival. "what is the status of the astropath doctor?" her voice stern, business like but also with a husky velvety quality to it that the man infront of her knows can only add to her charm and bedside manner. "he is hurt bad major" comes the Frank reply "wounds were deep and we are not sure if he will even recover from them but the true problem is his mind it seems to be totally broken we think as a result of the catastrophic tissue damage. It's a possible reaction to that but we are honestly not sure" as professional as the young lieutenant delivers this news it is obvious that it is bothering him to talk of the injured man and how little that can be done for him. staring back into her eyes the medic can't help but think how cold those eyes are on a beautiful and warm seeming medical officer and also how businesslike her reply was "lieutenant thankyou for your report but it is his mind I am here for not his body so hopefully we can glean some good news from the situation for him and for you we shall see." opening the door finally the blind astropath was strapped down to the table though to call it a man anymore was straining the definition, his body was missing the left leg and there was what appeared to be chemical burns destroying most of the side of his lower right side. " the rest of his squad didn't survive ma'am he was the only one we found when we received his message for support no sign of what did this or any remnants of the other 25 men who were with him, he was only out there as an experiment replacing radio operators with astropaths." the sight of the physical damage took even the hardened woman, who thought she had seen most of the horrors the galaxy had to offer a little by surprise but nevertheless she moves to sit down beside the ruined man. "my name is major hartmann I have been sent from the fleet to see if we can help with your mind and rebuilding it. The lieutenant here will look after your body but right now let's forget about that you are important to this imperium so we shall make it all better for you." standing against the back wall the young medic suddenly rethinks his opinion of this supposedly 'cold' officer her manner is totally calm and reassuring having the supposedly mind locked destroyed half man talking instantly, though his voice is Croaky a barely audible whisper "spiders....crawling insects.....snakes.....slithering chattering" looking to him leaning closer major hartmanns voice is soothing and soft "did animals do this to you?" a vicious shake of the head denies this though such a violent manoeuvre has both medics leaning in thinking it a siezure. "no not animal.....monsters, horrors yes evil. They came killed. Then they grow they feed they grow." the medic moves from his place at the wall to come stand beside major hartmann beside the bed "he has been saying that in his sleep it's all he says" smiling at the information given unbidden from the young officer Hartmann moves to the door opening it and holding it open "I need time alone with him now please lieutenant" as the man leaves she sits back beside the astropath smiling to him in that disarming reassuring manner " I understand now tell me about what did this to you and be specific" leaning down closer to him she just rests her hands onto his side gently pulling him closer and embracing him
To her, her closeness causing The broken man to begin to weep softly into her chest as he speaks again this time his voice sounding from further away not just quiet but distant and afraid. "I saw them. In my mind I have sight beyond my eyes but what came was a shadow to my sight it was visible by being not there.....and I could feel it, it felt like nails inside my head scratching and clawing a screetch and then the monster....it spoke...it said it would feed then grow and feed then grow it would devour everything and become the apex of evolution....." the words though stifled through his tears against her chest had become clear and cohesive for the first time he wasn't babbling now. He was repeating and Hartmann had realised this as she held him tighter whispering into his ear "shhh shhh it's ok you have done well you managed to get a message out among all that on your mind it's okay shhhh" her reassuring tone continues as the astropath begins to cough blood, the mist fine spraying on her White uniform and perfect angelic face as she leans back, the look of hurt and surprise on the astropaths face is hard to take as the silenced autopistol in her hand had blown a hole into his chest and lungs, the weapon comes up once more firing three times into his sightless face to stop that look and make sure he was dead. And the last image in his mind are her soft words of comfort before her cold eyes steal it and put paid to the lie of who she really is. Simply wiping her face on an antiseptic wipe from the side dresser she turns from the corpse and strides from the room back along the corridor without even stopping to acknowlege the salute from the desk clerk as she exits the hospital. Undoing her tunic as she moves Into open ground speaking Into the vox bead at her throat the medical helix symbols at the throat of her uniform pulled back to give clear transmission and showing the hint of the inquisitorial rosette hanging there at her throat. " my lord the infestation is confirmed...yes my lord late stages if this wasn't a garden world with them able to hide in the forests open battle would have been waged by now....yes my lord the psyker Said the same mantra we heard on Ophidia this is confirmation the hive fleet has moved subsectors.... Understood ready to move now. Purgatus order confirmed this world can't be saved" as she continues to stride the first alarm is raised by the dead body he left behind, PDF guards moving to detain her just as the concussive boom of her teleport echoes in the treetops, the blinding flash of her disappearance the last thing they see as fire rains from the heavens,fired by the guns of the ordo xenos cruiser in orbit to destroy the world and prevent it's harvesting by the trailing hive fleet Ophidian now known to be targeting it.