| JUNE |
| Hiss...Hisss...Crack....."got us pinned down, they just wrecked our transport, we can't get out of here"....Hisss....Click. "Sergent, if you surrender that position, I swear on the Emperor's Divine Name I will hunt you down and kill you myself," the Commisar shouted into her commlink. She had her own problems, not least of which was a line of Heretic Terminators advancing on the bunker where the last vestiges of her squad were laying down an ineffective hail of covering fire. The half dozen of ancient ceramite-armoured monstrosities that remained could probably overrun the bunker by themselves. ...And then they dissapeared, engulfed in a haze of lightning blue light. They teleported out. Hiss...ssss.hisss..."Eaters are falling back, I repeat, the World Eaters are falling back" "What?!" the Commisar questioned her commlink incredulously. That didn't make any sense. The World Eaters were known for many things, but falling back was not one of them. The ground shook with a distant explosion as she praised the Emperor for his Divine Intervention. Raising the comm to her ear she switched channels with her thumb. Her confusion grew as she listened on... hisssss...s.ssss..."definitely Eldar manufacture, and we have reports that a Wraithlord spotted on the western flank. It just walked away after massacring an entire squad of Space Wolves. We have sent scouts into the field to search for survivors and attempt to comfirm"...Hiiissss. s.s.s.sssss.... She switched channels again. Hisss...."You heard me, I'm up to my ankles in demon ichor....I don't know...I don't know..."...hisssss. And the the commisar thought to herself: "An alliance between the Heretics and the Aliens. If true, this is very disturbing news. We need more information." She surveyed the now silent and smoldering battle field. What manner of unholy alliance was this? And why had the enemy surrendered the battlefield when victory had been well within their reach? Her mind raced through centuries of military training and experience. Only one word made sense: Diversion. She shuddered, and prayed for guidance. -dls |