Chapter 6.
Nah, soon as you're old enough you're sent to join the regiment. Colonel Stagler don't approve of educated men, says it was educated men that got Krieg bombed to shit in the first place. The colonel says that all a man needs to do is fight and die. That's the Krieg way.
--an unnamed Death Korps soldier, explaining his illiteracy
Sound of metal piercing flesh. That was all Crips Saber heard when she saw somepony flying straight at the charging alien's spear. The attacker stopped abruptly and stared at the body impaled onto his weapon with its soulless eyes. Crisp thought the alien looked baffled, even though only for a millisecond. It studied the seemingly dead body of a gryphon, who Crisp now recognized as her new acquaintance. Steelwing hung from the spear, impaled through the point where his wing met body. The alien discarded the spear and returned its gaze towards the bat pony.
At this point Crisp was almost hyperventilating, tears streaming from her eyes. The hellish steed of the alien rose to its hind legs and let out another ear piercing neigh. That thing was even more horrible than the ugliest changeling she had met and she had met many during the siege of Canterlot. The alien drew a sword and spun it in the air a few times, getting a feel for it. Then it resumed its charge.
Crisp's natural instincts took over and she turned around, rapidly flapping her wings for air. She heard the fast approaching hoof steps behind her while desperately half flying, half running towards the bordering trees. Through bleary eyes she saw the steed from Tartarus beside her.
Then pain. Unspeakable pain on her left shoulder. She felt her leg going numb from the pain and fell on her face, rolling around and stopping onto her side. She turned her head to look at the blood soaked shoulder. She had seen ponies bleed before, but seeing her own blood was far different. She heard strong hoof steps next to her and turned to look, only to see the steed's muscular legs. Crisp could feel the impending shock when the alien's gaze bored through her own eyes. The steed rose to its hind legs, ready to trample the incapacitated bat pony to death.
”Celestia save me...” Crisp whispered, tears flowing through closed eyelids, wishing for a miracle to save her.
Corporal DKSR//3D/32/5 felt no emotion, no compassion towards the xeno before him. Without remorse he pulled the reins, provoking his mount to let the creature out of its misery. His steed rose, ready to bring its hooves down onto the smaller equine, when the Korpsman felt something impact against him, throwing him off his mount.
With a grunt he landed onto his shoulder, feeling the obnoxious, painful result of a dislocated shoulder, his sabre landing a few meters from him. The corporal tried to rise up, only to be punched back down to the ground by a bladed claw. The same gryphon that was impaled onto his lance only minutes ago was now looming over him menacingly. The gryphon had a bleeding wound under its wing, which rendered the appendage useless. The hunting lance had malfunctioned, its explosive charge not exploding.
The xeno raised its armed claw, its eyes glowing with intend of ending the corporal's life. The claw came down, narrowly missing the human who rolled to the side at the last second. The blades stuck to the ground with some torn fabric from the corporal's coat. The gryphon freed his blades from the ground and swiped again at the human, again narrowly missing. He took the opportunity and brought his balled fist down to the gryphon's shoulder, inducing a painful shriek from it.
The corporal dashed for his sabre while his opponent was recovering from his blow. But the amount of time the gryphon needed to recover took him by surprise and once again he was knocked down to ground. The corporal didn't intend to let his assailant get the upper hand. He reached for his las pistol with his good hand, only to be stopped by a claw grasping his arm. The xeno jerked him onto his back and raised its free claw, ready to strike. The Korpsman delivered a kick to the gryphon's chest, flunging it away from him. Reaching for his sabre he stood up and strode by the gryphon when he heard uncomprehended voices near him.
Spinning around the corporal saw another winged equine flying at him with a spear pointed forwards. He tried dodging left, but the pegasus' speed made sure its spear nicked his side, tearing another hole to his hermetic trench coat. The pegasus landed and took a fighting stance. Behind him the corporal saw more xenos coming from the surrounding forest. Two gryphons and one equine. He too took a fighting stance, intending to rid this possible to be Agri World of these xenos.
The pegasus with the spear charged again, but the corporal was ready this time and smacked the spear away with his sword. The pegasus hit him in the chest with the spear's blunt end, his ceramite chestplate absorbing the blow. They exhanged a few blows, none hitting their target. Now the rest of the xenos had gathered around him, cutting off any chance of escape. Not that he would ever do such heathenly thing.
The Korpsman was at a disadvantage, defending from four foes when he heard a familiar stampede of hooves. From the corner of his eye he saw one of his comrades riding at them, spear held low. The xenos dove out of the way of the charger, giving the corporal a chance to recover.
”Corporal, our orders were not to encounter the natives!” His fellow Korpsman yelled to him while fending off the gryphons and equines who didn't seem so sure of themselves anymore.
The corporal glared at the xenos, contemplating whether to attack them or not. Even alone and injured he was fairly sure he could take all of them alone, judging from what little he had learned of them during their little rustle. With his comrade now here, there was no doubt which side would be the one walking away from the clearing. But orders were orders, no matter what his own opinions were. The Korpsmen's opinions held no value, the higher ups gave the orders and that was final. There was no room for questioning orders in the Death Korps.
Grudgingly the corporal sheathed his sword and hopped onto his steed. The gryphon that knocked him off of his mount was now holding his side, clearly in pain. The others were in defensive positions, ready to defend themselves if the humans decided to attack. He looked at where his initial contact now laid, bloody but still conscious. Their eyes locked for a brief moment and the Korpsman could see the fear emanating from its eyes. With a grunt of disgust and discomfort he turned around on his mount and galloped into the forest, his comrade following closely behind.
Cold. So very cold. Crisp Saber felt the cold earth under her, the chilling air in her nostrils. Her cold armor pressing on her and bringing discomfort in the position she was. She felt her blood running over her shoulder, legs and stomach. So warm blood.
She opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry and everything was spinning. She tried to raise her head but it felt like it weighed a ton more than it used to. She wished she had her first aid package right now, even though she was in no condition to do anything with its contents. It would've been comforting at least, knowing there was something somepony could use to help her, to stop the bleeding at least.
Somepony. She saw figures a couple dozen meters away from her. They were fighting. The alien was fighting. But with who? Somepony had come to her aid. To defend her, to bring her to safety. How she wished she was at home right now, away from the murky, cold forest. And not bleeding. She wished her blood wasn't escaping her body, making her feel even colder. She wanted the blood to come back, come back to warm her. Oh, how warm and comforting it felt. The dark red liquid running all over her body...
A piercing roar snapped Crips back to reality. Through bleary eyes she saw now more figures on the clearing. A blow there, dodge here, stab, slash, block. She recognized them as a few of her companions and some of the gryphons who were fighting the alien. The masked stranger seemed injured, the way it held its arm. Still it surely gave the ponies and gryphons a run for their money.
She saw what looked like Steelwing, though she couldn't be sure. She thought he had died when she saw him hanging from the spear and seeing him possibly alive gave her hope. Crips thought it was weird how he cared of a gryphon's life. Not that she wanted anypony to die, but the ponies weren't in the best terms with their northern neighbours.
She was once again cut from her thoughts, this time by somepony running towards the struggle from the other side of the clearing. No, not somepony. It was another alien with a steed from Tartarus. It ran through the combatants, separating them. She heard it shouting something in a strange language. The Equestrians and Griffonians regrouped and took defensive stances while the new alien held them at bay. Then the alien on foot mounted his steed and turned to leave. She couldn't believe it, they looked like they could have easily killed all of the ponies and gryphons. The alien fought without remorse, so why did they just leave? She stared at the alien who's fault it was that she was laying in a puddle of her own blood when the alien returned the stare. There it was again, those soulless eyes bringing fear into her heart. She felt cold again.
Crisp's head came back down to the ground and her eyes grew heavy. She saw somepony before her shouting something, but she couldn't make out the words. She felt being lifted off the ground, surrounded by ponies and gryphons. Then she saw a bright light.
”Celestia...”
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3634774 Now.
No. But I've heard of it, seems like a good game. I eagerly await the next chapter.
ITS ALIVE!!!!
Yay, I missed this story.
<<<
....
Where have you been?
Glad to see that the story isn't dead
If this is a joke...
I'm very happy you're continuing this.
I play wot are you on the eu servers
3700154 Doing... Stuff... And things... And more stuff...
3700660 I do, my username is Sapsi.
3700122 You should try it out!
Chapters need to be way longer. I was flabbergasted (Flabbergasted!) when the chapter ended as soon as I was getting interested.
Yeeeeeees!!!! Poor lancey twas broken without its boom boom
Yep, I play WoT and WT (war thunder), very good games.
I play WOT.
How exiting! A memorable fighting scene
That was good even if it was short, although it seemed odd that the corporal fought at all given his orders. I was expecting the "charge" to go by her as he withdrew, not get dragged into a real fight.
Also, what are the odds this will be updated again before summer?
ah. short but sweet.
WOT? YOU PLAY WOT!
I understand your delay :3
There is an update
EET LIIIVES!!!!
I play WoT on Xbox.
3700108
Just curious how good is WOT...never heard of it. (Or maybe that's due to me playing LOL to much.)
Spelling errors:
Soules
gaxe
You used 'hellish' twice in the same sentence.
Combine these two sentences. Never start a sentence with 'and'.
These two sentences can be combined, and you may wish to change 'feeling the obnoxious pain result' to 'feeling the obnoxious, painful result'.
missing a 'the' in the sentence.
Should be weighed.
Should have 'to stop the bleeding'.
3705110 It's a great game. Its learning curve is quite steep, but once you get the hang of it, it's great fun. And free if you so wish.
3705333 Thank you! Fix'd.
3700755 my name is uwotm8000 I will add you
I play WOT whenever i can, just look out for the name ForsakenFury
The Gryffins will hopefully ask the wounded what happened. She would then explain that she saw the human and he fled, so she chased him and kept getting in front of him, trying to stop him. He then defended himself.
The Gryffins should then refuse to enter the war simply because they would figure it is obvious, judging by the rider's actions, that the humans are avoiding conflict and keep getting attacked unprovoked.
Also, that amount of pain would be shrugged off by even a modern civilian. It'd just make a human angry. They need to either increase the intensity of their training, or stay the hell away from battlefields. Ohhh, owwie! I gots a cut! Woe is me! It isn't even that bad, and the location of the wound would further make it less of an issue.
A tip for avoiding starting a sentence with "and". If using "and" would make sense, use a semicolon instead of "and".
3713586
I know but Guard's enemies are mostly some sort of over powered imortals with 10000 years of battle history and guards are just humans...
3719883
And despite that Guard manages to hold the line. If imperium had wisened up, and organized and supplied their guard regiments better, then Imperium would actually win most wars.
hi my username is Mad_Mandolorian\
3720125 If only you forget that we talk about galaxy size supply runs
3732244
So? I mean it is not like İmperium is lacking in industrial capabilities. Just make sure every sector gets enough number of forge worlds and you are good to go. It is all about efficiency, problem is close minded zealotry and incompetent leadership, (ı am not only talking about military leaders but also governors, religious leaders and other such people) is keeping Imperium from achieving anything. Imperium is fighting at lower than tenth of its possible strength.
3713586
Quite honestly, I am surprised that the Eldar and Imperium are still fighting. It makes you question what leaps of logic the Eldar must take to screw themselves over so badly. I can understand the superiority complex that they possess, but bugger me if they don't just go ahead and ACTIVELY tell the Imperium what is actually going on. I have seen the Imperium being likened to a dam wall by a particularly nice Eldar, were causing disruptions and attracting the attention of the Imperium fixes cracks in the dam, holding back the flood that would inevitably decimate them.
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3739668
Forge worlds technology and most of space marines technologies are lost...
You actually made a good point why Eldar and Imperium shouldn't trust each other XD
3742829
So are you agreeing, or disagreeing with me. I couldn't tell.
3742829
Actually it is not that clear. It is unknown whether Imperium can or can't make new Forge Worlds. Even so, biggest reason for technological stagnation is again, religious zealotry, get rid of that and i think it wouldn't take too much time for Imperium to figure out how it's own tech works.
3743291
Go to the Mars and say that into the face of Mechanicus, I'll watch from a bunker how well that should go
3744344
Let me get Pre-Heresy Mechanicus on my back and we have a deal.
glad the story isint dead
whats the plan for future updates monthly maybe even weekley if possible
3744965
Ask Chaos if they can give you a spare
3748244
Sorry, i don't do tentacles, loss of sanity or mass retardation. I think i will pass. You know, since i actually do like having a SOUL.
3748446
but we have a high turnover and large avenues for "sneef" career growth, also bikes and free music chanels!
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Free choice
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Wait... OH SHI~
3749349
At the far right end, what the heck am i looking at?
P.S= Most of the career choices end with you getting buttraped by daemons. Literally if you are Slaneshi
3749451 Malal is, if I don't have my fluff wrong, the Chaos god who fights Chaos. Like more then the usual bickering, he literally only fights Chaos. I'm not sure if he is canon anymore, apparently the other four gods decided they didn't like him and proceeded to beat his ass in the warp. But if he is its theorized that he is the 'Chaos' god the Alpha legion is backed by, since, ya know, they don't like chaos and fought with Horus to save the- *BLAM*! Heresy!
Terranis holds. Forever.
3749349 Heresy. Go die.
more?
4328887
Look!
3705333 Your point is.... ? It might not be the most grammatically correct, but do you have a better descriptor for how to describe the WH40K-verse and all of its inhabitants?
Chi-Ha is fight
4334991 You're 17 weeks late. Choosing to fix the grammar wouldn't conflict with the story. Believe it or not, the 40k universe can be described without grammatical errors.