Atargatis is a thriving world that sits on the outer rims of the Imperium. For hundreds of years the planet was bestowed peace. The government prides itself with knowing that its population is calm and easy to govern. The people do not like to break the rules and usually ignores anything unusual. It has been over two hundred years since the last event, the said event did not even last a week standard time. The people of Atargatis kept feeding themselves lies that nothing would ever happen to them.

The planet has raised a regiment of imperial guardsmen and sent them off to war. As of now the government is creating another regiment. They create it as reassurance to the people that if something does happen that they will have protection.

The PDF of Atargatis are small, not over a hundred men in each major city. The government of Atargatis is convinced that they shall live in peace for eternity, that the Emperor himself has blessed the planet with everlasting peace. It is this false sense of peace that will lead the planet to its death.

Kav is a lean boy with some muscular build. His face is unblemished and shaved. His black hair was cut short and spiked, giving him a gang look. He was at least 5'9 and weighed a healthy 180. Today he had a place to be so he briskly walked through the bustling city of Teris, the city he grew up.

Today was the day that he was going to be inducted into the gang his best friend Miles was part of. He gave off a wicked smile at the thought as he turned down another street closing on the place Miles told him to meet him. He thought of all the cool things he and Miles were going to do while in the gang. Steal things, mug some people, and even break into places. He was going to be so cool he thought to himself.

'Kav!'

His name pierced through his thoughts. He stopped walking, turned around, and watched as girl about his age raced down the street to him. 'Kav wait up!' the girl shouted. When she finally reached where Kav was standing she bent over huffing, out of breath.

'What do you want I'm busy' he said impatiently and waited for a response. The girl finally stood up, red in the face from running. 'I know where you're going I'm begging you please don't go.' A flash of anger flickered in his eyes 'How do you know!' he demanded. 'I found the note Miles gave you on your bed this morning.' His face began to flush red with anger and anger filled his eyes.

'Why were you in my room?' he growled. She hesitated for a moment before replying 'I'm worried about you' she confessed. His eyes lost their anger and his face returned to its normal pinkish color. The pair stood silent for a second before Kav finally spoke up.

'Don't worry about me ill be fine. I've wanted to do this for a while now and you know that.' He said smoothly. The girl did not reply and a single tear rolled down her cheek. He saw this, took a step forward, and wiped the tear away with a finger.

'I'm going to be fine you don't have to worry about me.' Moreover, he embraced the girl for a few seconds before letting her go. 'Go home sis and don't worry about me anymore ill be home before dinner. Make sure you don't tell mom or dad though.' The girl looked into his eyes, nodded before turning around, and started walking back the way she came. Kav watched his sister walk for a few seconds before turning and jogging off to the meeting place.

Kav ran for a few moments and after running down one more street ended up at the opening of an alley. Standing in the middle of the alley was a figure wearing rugged jeans and a blank white t-shirt. Kav waved at the figure 'heya Miles! How are you today?' he shouted and the questioned echoed down the alley. 'Stupid idiot' he hissed under his breath. He then waved back to Kav 'I'm doing okay hurry up!' he shouted. Kav walked into the alley and stopped when he faced his friend. 'I just wanna be sure I'm joining today right.' Kav asked

His friend Miles smiled 'oh you're joining today' he said. Kav's face brightened at this statement though missing the sinuous tone of Mile's voice. The pair walked the alley to its end where they entered an empty lot. At the end of the lot stood a huge storage building that had been deserted for years. Windows boarded up with spare pieces of wood. Some parts of the walls looked like a spare sheet of metal was all the separated the outside from the inside. The pair silently walked through the lot and approached a metal at the side of the large building. When they reached the door Kav went to open the door but Miles smacked his hand away from the doorknob. With a look of disappointment, he looked to his friend.

'When we get in there it's going to smell bad, very bad.' He said smiling 'it's the first test should you pass this test you move onto the next.' Kav took this in and nodded. Miles opened the door and the pair stepped into the building.

The smell that slammed into Kav was horrid. The most vile and putrid odor that he had ever smelled in his lifetime. He started to gag as he and Miles continued into the scarcely lit room. He could not see what was making the repulsive smell and he was sure he did not want to anyways. Suddenly Miles stopped and Kav slammed into his friend's back. Kav went sprawling onto the floor, the smell was even more intense on the floor and finally it overwhelmed him and he vomited onto the floor. Miles turned and looked down at his friend and laughed. 'What's so funny!' he yelled at Miles. He did not reply he just kept laughing. The entire room was then filled with blinding light.

Kav then finally saw what was making that horrid smell. Bodies. Hundreds and hundreds of bodies were pilled into mounds in the large room. All with grotesque wounds, some had no head or was missing a limb. Nausea overcame him again and he vomited again, when he looked back up to make sure that they were really bodies he noticed figures standing among the bodies. Some had green hair, some were bald some had hair dos that he could not have thought of in his entire life. They all had multiple piercings. He shook his head as he thought that they were all blue skinned. He rubbed his eyes and looked at them again and he knew they really did have blue skin. Utterly confused he looked to his friend Miles for an answer to all of this.

His mouth gaped open when he saw his friend was a faint bluish color as well. 'Kav there is someone I want you to meet' and he began to laugh. A roar drowned out the laugh and Kav lurched to his feet. He was in mid spin to flee when he caught sight of what made the deafening roar and it froze him in place.

A huge figure was rushing towards him with frightening speed. The figure was at least four heads taller then him and had four arms that ended in scything talons. It had a maw filled to the brim with pointed teeth. Its entire body was encased in a pale vomit colored carapace expect for the talons that were blood red. The giant thing let out another roar and Kav lost control of his bladder.

Kav finally forced himself to turn and run and ran five steps before he suddenly lost his balance and tumbled onto the ground. He looked to see what had made him fall. His eyes went wide, overwhelmed with terror. His left leg had been sheered off at the knee. He saw his leg a few inches away from him and a few feet away from the dismembered limb was the creature itself.

The creature then lifted its claw to finish him but then stopped and lowered its claw and let out a gurgle of noises. Miles then materialized at the thing's side. 'My master wants me to inform you what this is.' As he spoke, he waved his hand to the surroundings 'we are a genestealer cult that infiltrated this planet five years ago and since then, we have flourished. Your planet seems to overlook anything of the unusual so we could get away with really anything. We killed and killed and nothing happened. No guardsmen were hunting us. No space marines were dropping onto our heads. Just a week ago, we deemed it safe enough for the rest of the fleet to feed. Therefore, the call went out and anytime now the Hive Fleet shall arrive and feed.

He finished the speech with a sinister laugh 'this planet with its abundance of people will easily double the size of our fleet. Since your government has fooled itself to be at ever peace and has no need for military we shall consume this planet within days with minimal losses.'

Miles gurgled something to the huge being. The last thing Kav saw before the Genestealer Patriarch decapitated him with a swipe of its talons was the same smile Miles gave him when he told him he could join the gang.