Distant blasts of las-fire and bolter rounds exchanging can be heard off in the distance, as Thaddeus, Chosen of the Black Legion, pulled himself to his feet. Broken and beaten the former-Luna Wolf stumbled through rent vehicles and ruins alike towards his transport.
Holding an armoured hand against a vicious gash in his side, the Chaos Space Marine pushed on, crippled he struggled till his optics picked something, a creature that seemed all but alien to the carnage of war, it's pitiful existence gave him new strength. It was none other than the Planetary Governor...crawling on all fours like the wretched flesh-hound bait he is.
A shadow loomed over the once proud Governor Gareth Dalimar. The broken man looked up to see the 8- foot monstrosity. Teeth-like protrusions covered black and golden armour of this hellish figure. A bloody claw from this monument of corruption reached down and grabbed the lithe man without effort.
“Youuuu...” said a voice emanating from this Chosen vox...a voice sounding like a rasping scream of a daemon. “Youuuu are coming with ME!”
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Gareth was hurled with a audible slam into the back of a Chaos Rhino, and strolling behind him was Thaddeus. With the press of a button, the back hatch of the Rhino sealed shut.
“You will do as I say!” screeched the dread marine. “Speak! Tell me, where is the manufactorum? I know you have this knowledge! Reveal your secrets!”
A blank expression was all that can be seen on the Governor’s face, not fear, not hatred, not defiance, just apathy. Infuriated, Thaddeus lunged at the governor, but to his surprise, the Governor dodged him almost effortlessly, whilst drawing a blade out his cane. A sharp pain could be felt in the chosen’s Achilles tendon as a pierce from a needle thin power blade jabbed through the back plate of his armour. Thaddeus slammed backwards landing on top of the governor. As he rolled over he made sure his fingers were tightly wrapped around this governor’s neck.
“You think you could defeat me? My soul is eternally bound to Abaddon’s will! Even if you could somehow best me, I would be back to inflict misery once again...I am always ready for the Eternal War...” Thaddeus’ grip tightened, choking the governor “You ...You can die now!”
As the Governor began chocking, Thaddeus noticed something odd; the governor’s face was shifting... no longer a war-torn elderly man, but a young woman.
Surprised, the chaos chosen loosened his grip for the slightest moment, an opening that this shape-shifter immediately took advantage of. An open palm shot straight at the chosen’s throat, but was dodged, freeing this creature and leaving Thaddeus off balance. Then young woman adopted switched stance and with clenched fist a mercurial liquid manifested itself on her wrist and solidified into a sharp silver punching dagger.
With a single stoke jabbed it into the coughing chaos space marines fore head. His lifeless husk fell to the floor with a large clash...Victim of a Callidus Assassin.
The last thing Thaddeus felt was his soul being devoured by the fragment of a hungry star god.
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