"Well... now you know that astartes too are not invincible, Amraphel said with pain in his voice. But I promise you, Steve Wade will curse the day he was born". Amraphel sweated and cursed while his imune system was overcoming the last parts of the poison in his body. Suddenly he felt able to move and walk aggain, but all that was driving him was hate. Wade would pay for his arrogance and heresy. He holstered one of his plasma pistols and unsheathed his sword and a second later, with the humming sound of death, the weapons power field sprung into action. Every nerve in his body urged him to charge here and now but his caution prevailed and he switched to the teams voc channel:"Listen Comrades and Brothers, he said with a loud and dominating voice, quiet different from his usual plain way of speech, In 10 seconds I shall charge strait for Wade and capture him for good. Whoever owns a decent melee weapon and is still able to run, I ask to charge with me. Those who cant can cover us with a furious salvo of death. Whatever you decide to do, I will charge. Without further words Amraphel held his sword high for all to see and started to sprint with superhuman velocity. Was steves end at hand, or had Amraphel made a tragic mistake? The coming seconds would tell.
<Team Alpha> Edd was denied of answer as ganger's brain was splattered all over Ogryn's face, courtesy of his Investigator friend who came in to support him, popping couple of more shots at the gangers and adding to Rocky's fire. Fenix also got in and stood next to Six, who was recovering from her wounds. Amraphel waded in, elegantly cutting remaining gangers with precise strikes of his power sword, blade flashing and drawing blood whenever it fell. He charged Steve Wade, but saw that the Salamander was faster. Feron knocked the pistols out of Wade's hands and grabbed him by the shoulder, however the Gang Lord had one final trick in his sleeve, figuratively and actually. Despite Salamander's quickness, Wade's left arm moved with similar speed (thanks to man's bionic limb) and from the darkness of his sleeve dropped out a small device which Steve held in his hand now, facing the Salamander and not resisting his iron grip. "Listen to me closely now. Beneath my coat and armor, I am strapped with enough explosives to level half of the Underhive. Tell me Space Marine, who sent you?" Steve asked, trying to sound business-like but fear crept in his voice, not from Feron but from something else. <Team Beta> "I see," Rorke eyed the Salamander with suspicion after which he ordered his driver to change the course and gun the chimera towards the marina. It wouldn't take them long now (OOC you are arriving with my next post). <Team Gamma> They walked a bit through the deserted huts before Steinar waved them to slow down and approach with stealth. Around the corner, in the middle of the village, a number of locals were being herded into trucks by uniformed soldiers, Steinar, Dorallius and Sigismund instantly recognizing the markings on the clothing - it was the same one some of the heretics wore during the battle at Sombor. Icelos fixed the trap and moved back, further scanning the column. He saw an officer-looking guy on chimera's hatch and one more on the ground next to the group of captives, but nothing else. He also saw they were all wearing uniforms similarly to PDF force, but Icelos was certain it was not of this world (if he had been there during the 1st mission he would have known what he is dealing with, but alas it happened so that he was alone here). Other than couple of plasma guns and flamers, with a heavy bolter emplacements on both chimera and the rear buggy, nothing special could be seen. But as the hellfire round impacted with the hull of the vehicle and punched through, causing a major explosion which killed the driver and couple of passengers. At the same time, the chimera in the lead hit the trap the Blackshield previously placed which broke its left track and stopped it dead in water. Still unsure where the shots came from, the guards spread out but once the unnatural shriek hit their ears, the nervousness crept into their bones and they had to hit couple of prisoners just too keep them in line, all the while buggy's gunner traced the surroundings but was unable to spot Icelos.
<Feron> "The same one that sees me sent everywhere else in this miserable galaxy of ours: The Emperor. Now either blow us all to hell or submit before we have to get nasty Mr. Wade. " Feron read into the expression guessing either that he was stalling for time or that no matter what he would do those bombs would go off to spare himself the wrath of his captors or masters. "Whoever you're afraid of I can assure you we can protect you against. " Switching to his helmet's internal vox-link he continues. "Target claims to be wired up with high-powered explosives, enough to level the Underhive apparently, more likely just enough to level me. Keep your distance, seems he is just short of panicking. Senses sharp expect reinforcements from the enemy any time now, human or otherwise. Rocky that Needler Pistol is somewhere forty paces behind me if you want to grab it, might still work and give you some much needed punch. " His fingers pushed through against his arms a bit going to get a feel for which limb was the bionic one, finding it trapped beneath his own replacement limb he decided to do nothing further for the moment other than shift his grip a bit so that if Wade activated his mini-jump pack again he wouldn't just tear his own limbs off and fly off with only a torso.
"Steiner you know what to do brother, same to you Volorox, lets get these heretics" Dorallius said as he changed his flamer for gladius and bolt pistol, he dident want the flames eating up innocent bystanders. He then raised the pistol and fired a bolt to blow up the heretec that looked like the person of the highest standing.
Now thouroughly tired from staying awake for so long, as the daylight hours finally came Sigismun ceased scouting and instead dozed off in the saddle, letting the unwavering astartes keep watch for now. As such he was somewhat awake for hereticcal festivities. Spurimg Blanche on the knight drove his stead behind and around the houses for cover until he could just anout flank them. Bellowing ancient warcrys he charged ahead of their vehicle to cut off their escape. None of the Emperor's foes must escape!
Icelos did not make any further movements for several seconds, letting the fear sink in to all of them. After a few minutes, two loud cracks were heard... Icelos decided slowly moving to the back of the column would give him the position he needed. While more exposed, he removed the catalysts to his plan. The officers. Prone to the sludge, almost sinking in it he fired two of the fire rounds into the officers. One was a killshot, aimed directly at the man's chest, near the human prisoners. The other shot was aimed at the exposed arm of the officer in the Chimera. Let his screams fill up the vehicle. Before both of the Bolts met their targets, he moved back to the side of the column, the same that lead to the truck's death. He made sure to make ample noise to draw the attention of heavy gunner. While most would remove such a heavy piece of enemy weaponry, it would actually help more then it would hurt. The Heavy Bolter was a force multiplier, it made up for the lack of men. Yet a man still controlled it, but what if the weapon was completely inoperable or ineffective? It would kill down moral, especially on the ones who thought it to be their ace. Let them fire at shadows, tearing apart nothing but dirt and metal. Let the Bolter fire disbelief around the men. None will see or want to see its failure. Icelos put himself between a sheet of metal and sludge. Laying down in it like a worm, his eyes observing the column from only feet away from him. Hidden in the shadow, the makeshift cover just allowed limited movement, but he reached out to pull one of the guards by his ankle and drag it back. Let their screams foreshadow what is to come to all who stay.
Volorox looked to Doralius "So do you know who these Soldiers belong to?" he asked over the vox as he moved as silently as he could then as the fired began he began moving around the huts as silently as he could then looking at the trucks he raised his bolt pistol aiming for the engine and tires he fired Several time each shot hitting Engines and Tires. while not being aimed for the humans but to disable there escape. He quickly then began to relocate him self by a hut as fire came at him. "Don't want the pray to get away with there prizes" he said over the vox to his brothers.
<Team Alpha> OOC @DaKaptin Like Deran suggested, if you wish you are free to take that needler pistol with Rocky (if you stick with it, it'll end up as your post mission reward ) "You have no idea who you are dealing with here," Steve said as he eyed the road where in the distance, a number of chimera transports were approaching. To both Feron's and Amraphel's enhanced sight, they could see the vehicles carried symbol of Adeptus Arbites. Apparently, Wade somehow saw the same as he quickly turned to face Feron again. "Listen to me...Lord Salamander," the Gang Lord spoke quickly, the knowledge of Space Marine heraldry also known to him, the man was full of surprises, "You are way above your head in here. I wouldn't even be talking to you if it wasn't for those two guys," he nodded towards Rocky and Edd, "Traveling in the company of such creatures is an obvious sign to me that you are definitely not into all of this. So please, before those guys arrive, tell me, who sent you here? The name, give me the name or I'm blowing us up!" despite the urgency in his tone, he somehow kept his composure. <Team Beta> The four chimera's carrying Jean, Draconion and Rorke also entered the "highway" leading into the marina, however half a kilometer in front of them there was an another column of similar transports. "Ah, that is Marshal Xander and his men right there, how did you know where to find them?" Captain asked, bit dumbstruck by this twist of events. <Team Gamma> Dorallius's bolts hit the first officer in sight and the man fell on his knees, struggling to return intestines into his belly. Couple of more fell to ranged fire of Excoriator as Steinar charged forward, reaching the nearest knot of soldiers and hacking them apart. This also made him the prime target for the rest of them as they began pouring lasfire into the Space Wolf, who gritted his teeth and kept going. But then the trucks exploded as their fuel compartments were blown to hell by Volorox's fire, separating the heretic force in two. At the same time, the Knight showed up and cut a bloodied path through the enemy troops at their flank, killing a score of soldiers without actually suffering any serious wound, once more the enemy surprised by the horse and its rider. All the while civilians broke free of their restraints - some of them attacked their captors while women and children ran for the safety of their huts. (OOC lets say 20 heretics left, feel free to deal with them as you see fit). Icelos's first shot found its mark and the officer died immediately after being shot, his blood showering closest prisoner in red. However, since the solders were on guard the officer atop the chimera managed to duck at the last possible second, the bolt round exploding on the hull and partially showering the man in shrapnel, wounding him a bit but not killing him as the hatch was closed behind him. The nearest guard was also gutted by the Blackshield, the human not being able to offer much resistance. On the other hand, the heavy bolter atop the buggy came to life and sprayed the territory all around the convoy, the bolts blowing up parts of the scenery and tossing around worthless junk - Icelos being lucky enough and not suffering a single wound from this. But now the guards began moving in trios away from the convoy, searching for the enemy that could both howl and fire a gun. Whatever it was, it was no mutant. This turned to be a problem as a group approached Icelos's hiding place, but still not able to spot him, which would however change in mere moments. What the Blackshield didn't know is that across the ravine, on the side of the walled encampment, a large gate opened and a number of soldiers came out, answering the convoy's SOS call...
Activating the power field on his axe, the Blackshield cleaved the shins of the trio. Each of them falling down on the floor, eye level with him. With his super humans speed, he rose up and swung two more times, destroying their weapons. Not as if they would be in the right mind to use them... With a wide sharp smile, he sheathed his weapon and grabbed a leg of each heretic and dragged them further up the ravine(sides), the sound clearly heard by the rest of them. Each of their screams ending one after another, for reasons unknown. (Just a question: Do I also have some normal Bolts? Or is the Hellfire the only thing I have?)
<Feron> It wasn't much a concern to share that information with their target, perhaps he was wearing a wire hoping to feed some information to an unseen audience, or perhaps he was still trying for time. "We're clearing out, Rocky pop that smoke grenade and lets start making it back toward Fenix's ship. Lets move!" Turning away from the row of Arbites vehicles he addresses Wade. "Marmaroth. " What followed next was a simple enough gesture, to most it might appear Feron was giving the man a friendly tap on the forehead...with his own, when in reality it was a restrained headbutt meant to put the man out of commission for a time and leave them with one less concern without cratering Steve's skull. Simultaneously he went to rip away the bionic arm with his own, wedging his body between the explosive and owner on the chance it detonated that his body would absorb the worst of it and spare their prisoner, if he really was wired up to take the Hive he had ascertained it was going to happen regardless of what they did.
