Indominus Crusade- Bad, this was very, very bad…

Daemon's had entered the ship's hull from breaches in sections 37, 865, and 1567-2533, the crew was desperately trying to hold them back with aid from the few beleaguered Ultramarines that were still onboard.

"Captain!" shouts the telemetry officer

Captain Cato Sicarius, Captain of the Ultramarines Second Company, was on the bridge of the Sword-Class Frigate Crucible, and his ship was failing all around him.

"We are above a planet, you must take our emergency Drop Pod and leave!" shouted the telemetry officer.

"I shall not abandon my Battle-Brothers!" growls Sicarius

"Sir!" says Battle-Brother Garon "You must leave, you are too important to the Crusade to fall here!"

As Brother Garon finished the Adamantium door to the bridge began to buckle under the hellish assault it was undergoing.

Captain Sicarius stood motionless for a moment, then he said, "Very Well" and walked over to the hatch to the emergency Drop Pod. The coordinates, near small river at the edge of a large forest, were already programmed in, as he closed the Drop Pod hatch the bridge door finally caved in under a relentless assault, and a massive Greater Daemon of Khorne entered the Bridge, the last thing Sicarius heard before launch was Garon shouting "Bring it down! Bring it…Urk!"

Then the Drop Pod launched.

For any mere human, the rapid descent of a Drop Pod through a planet's atmosphere would turn bones to jelly and muscle to pulp, but Captain Sicarius was no mere human, he was a Space Marine…

The descent took under two minutes, with a large woosh the underslung braking jets fired and slowed the Pod to just under terminal velocity, then a loud Thump! And the Pod landed.

After less than five seconds the hatch swung down, and Captain Sicarius strode into the sunlight of a foreign world, he checked his Bolter and his Talassarian Tempest Blade, made sure both were properly affixed to his armor and then he took stock of his surroundings.

He was in a crater, not surprising as he had just gotten out of a Drop Pod traveling at excess of Mach 15, he quickly stepped over the sides of the crater and looked out.

Forest, Stream, forbidding mountains. Nothing demanding immediate attention. So, he went back into the Pod and made sure that the geo-transmitter was working, he checked its range and saw that it would be able to securely reach the edge of the system at least, nodding in satisfaction he walked back up the crater's inward slope and had to choose a course of action.

He did not know how long he would be on this world, so food would someday become a priority, he decided to check the forest, and see what kinds of wildlife this planet supported.

He began to effortlessly run towards the forest and within ten minutes of landing he was within the canopy, he began to push through the bushes and past the trees, looking for anything like big game that could provide substantial nourishment.

Lothlorien, Caras Galadhon- The fellowship had just arrived and this Galadriel had expected, but she now sensed another presence. One that made her recoil in fear, a mind so strong that it was hardly believable, it had traces of humanity, but only traces, immeasurably old for that race, and clouded in hate and distrust, yet impossibly well organized.

Galadriel waved over three of her best scouts, minus Haldir who was still with the fellowship, and said "A stranger of immense power has entered our realm"

Immediately one of her scouts said, "Do you wish us to end them, my Lady?"

"No" said Galadriel "Invite him to the main Talan alongside the fellowship, I do not want him harmed… though I do sense that the prospect of harming him would be difficult indeed…"

The three scouts, used to cryptic orders from their lady, merely bowed and ran off to gather this stranger…

Lothlorien, Sicarius- So far, no luck.

Not a single animal larger than a squirrel had shown itself, and with his bolter a squirrel would simply explode, not much point in that…

Suddenly his hearing picked up the faint sound of feet nearby, humanoid feet…

Then he picked up a gasp and a sound of a voice saying "Elbereth! What is it?"

Sicarius merely pointed his bolter at the area, and said "Identify yourself! You have five seconds to comply!"

It took less than three, with three figures walked out of the trees with hands held in a supplicating gesture.

"Identify." Said Sicarius

"We are servants of the Lady of the Wood, Queen of the Galadhrim. She has sensed your presence and she asks your presence at Caras Galadhon, the home of our people." Said the lead Elf, still in awe of this stranger.

Multiple thoughts went through Sicarius's head like a well-oiled cogitator, Eldar? Normally it would be 'purge the Xeno's', but they had recently helped resurrect his Primarch, and had occasionally been allies of opportunity with the Imperium. Then of course they said their lady "sensed" him, he knew that many of the Eldar were psychic so this was no great surprise, but still… a psyker. So, taking all of that into account…

"Very well" said Sicarius, lowering his bolter "I shall see your Queen."

One of the Elves let out a breath of relief, and the three beckoned him to follow them.

Lothlorien, Caras Galadhon- After an hour of walking Captain Sicarius found himself at the edge of a massive tree, so large that five dreadnoughts couldn't collectively reach around it, and there the elves stopped.

"We go no further, our queen and others are gathered at the top of the Talan." Said the lead Elf

Captain Sicarius 's head inclined at the Elf then he began the long trek up the stairs…

…damnable stairs, must have been at least twenty minutes of walking! Why do the Eldar never install lifts in their structures?

Finally, however Sicarius hears voices coming from just above him, hopefully meaning that he had reached the summit.

As he rounded the final bend in the great tree he saw something that surprised even him, and instantly told him much of the technology level of the world he was now trapped on…

From behind the fellowship Galadriel glimpsed the figure she had sensed earlier, and he was a sight to behold, at least seven feet tall, as massively built as any troll, and covered head to toe in armor.

The rest of the fellowship didn't even know that Sicarius was there until he said "…Humans and Xenos working together…"

Then the fellowship spun around collectively; reactions were mixed.

Aragorn and Legolas seemed dumbstruck

Merry nearly fainted and Pippin screamed

Boromir whipped out his sword and unslung his shield

Gimli was as awestruck as Legolas and Aragorn

Frodo and Sam just stared…

Sicarius took a step forward and pippin screamed "It moves! Run for your lives!"

Things might have turned very ugly then and there for the fellowship then and there if Galadriel hadn't said, "Our new guest has arrived"

At that the fellowship spun to face her, all with questioning looks on their faces. None more so than Legolas, whom looked as though he felt betrayed and said, still quite stunned, "My Lady, what is it?"

"I am Captain Cato Sicarius" said Sicarius "Captain of the Second company of the Ultramarines"

With that he removed his crested helm, showing a battle-worn, yet undeniably human, face.

"You are a man?" asked Aragorn

Sicarius scowled "I did not escape a daemon to be insulted, I am more than mortal, I am steel, and I am doom."

"I am a Space Marine…"