This is the first chapter of the Imperial Fists story I really hope that you like or at least find a little interest in it.
The Imperial Fists of the VII legion led by Primarch Rogal Dorn were a magnificent sight to see as they prepared to drop on the Greenskin world Ullanor Prime. The Astartes in their yellow and black armor marched into stormbirds readying themselves for the battle to come, they wielded chain swords and bolters and many other weapons all while chanting in a low drone only adding to the awe of the sight.
The Astartes sat down and strapped themselves in waiting for the Primarch's signal for them all to launch down to the surface. A wave of tension spread throughout the Astartes as they waited and captain Tordaval knew this, he then stood among his brothers.
"Do not worry brothers for we are the Imperial fists, the Greenskins will cower at the sight of us, they will realize the mistake in making enemies of the Emperor once the slaughter begins, their ranks will shatter in the first charge and we will cut every single one of them down, and when we enter the field of combat what will we shout"
the captain paused looking amongst the Astartes and for a long minute there was nothing but silence, but it was broken when all one hundred Astartes of the Imperial Fists 5th Legion Breachers cried.
"PRIMARCH-PROGENITOR, TO YOUR GLORY AND THE GLORY OF HIM ON EARTH!"
when they were finished the tension was gone, replaced with a feeling of excitement, the captain smiled and sat down with his brothers waiting for their victory. The minutes seemed like hours while they waited in the stormbird, but eventually the Vox channels came on and the voice of Rogal Dorn was heard
"All stormbirds are to launch immediately to the surface of Ullanor, coordinates will be relayed to each squad individually, and remember that this is for the Emperor"
At Dorn's command every single stormbird in the Phalanx launched out of their bays bolting towards Ullanor
The stormbird shook as it entered the atmosphere, but none of the Astartes were affected by the force of the turbulence, they simply sat there waiting for the craft to land and let them loose upon the world.
The Astartes of the 5th company checked their weapons and armor as they waited, a feeling of exhilaration spread throughout them all as they finished their checks, the most excited of them all was an Astartes toward the rear of the stormbird near the hatch, his name was Eradius and he practically shook with the idea of conquering the Greenskin planet. Eradius was a new Astartes of the VII Legion and had never conquered a planet before, but he had an idea of what it would be like. He imagined it to be glorious and fulfilling, it had to be they were Astartes and they could never lose against such primitive barbarians such as the Greenskins.
While he thought about the joys of warfare the stormbird landed and the hatch started to open, he was brought out of his thoughts by one of his brothers shaking his shoulder
"do you plan on staying in here as we win this war, or do you wish to join us Eradius" his squad mate joked.
He unstrapped himself and gathered his shield and Bolter and stepped out of the stormbird running to join his squad, who were already in formation amongst the other Legion Breacher squads.
The Captain stepped in front of the 5th company
"today my brothers we will kill, conquer, and die as one unit of war, today we test ourselves truly against the largest Greenskin horde ever known to man and we will come out victorious"
As the Captain said these words, they all heard they hordes of Greenskins approaching
"Ere we go, ere we go, ere we go" the chant of the Greenskins could be heard from miles away
The Captain raised his bolter in the air "Do you hear them brothers, these are the voices of your enemies, this is their chant of war, but it holds no meaning compared to ours, let me hear you brothers!"
The Astartes raised their weapons in the air and shouted
"PRIMARCH-PROGENITOR, TO YOUR GLORY AND THE GLORY OF HIM ON EARTH!"
The Captain seemed satisfied with their response and turned toward the incoming horde and uttered a single phrase over the Vox channels of the 5th company "Charge brothers and bring glory to the Emperor"
The 5th company surged forward alongside many other companies of Astartes like a wave. Eradius brought his Bolter up just in time to shoot an Ork boy through the head spraying brains all over the advancing forces though they didn't even bat an eye at the sheer carnage already being laid out among their ranks. Eradius continued to fire at the endless tide, his brothers slowly began to be overwhelmed by the numbers of the Orks, Eradius held the trigger down until he heard the last thing that he wanted to hear in this situation and that was the sound of an empty chamber, Eradius knew what this meant, he was out of ammo, he needed to reload, he needed time to comprehend this bloodbath that was supposed to be a walk in the park, looking around he saw Astartes hacked to bits by axes and blown apart by machine guns. Eradius stepped back allowing one of his Battle-Brothers to take his place as he reloaded, this was not the glorious battle he expected nor was it fulfilling to watch his brothers get hacked to pieces, but this was how true war was really meant to be played out.
Once finished reloading Eradius stepped back into the thick of the battle firing again and again into the never-ending horde. Eradius bellowed as he bashed an Ork with his shield, the Ork fell to the ground and before it could recover Eradius ran it through with his Chain sword twisting and snapping the blade off in its chest. Discarding the now useless sword Eradius raised his Bolter and continued to shoot rounds into the Orks, it continued like this for hours until over the Vox he heard Captain Tordaval
"fall back and let the3rd take over our position, we will resupply and patch up the wounded then we will take over for the 9th".
Eradius looked around the him as his brothers of the 3rd company clashed against the Ork lines and then set his eyes upon a gold and red form on the ground. Eradius ran over and lifted the man to his feet
"Thank you, brother, if you didn't see me there then I would've had to crawl back to the resupply area" he smiled at Eradius and laughed heartily
"It's fine you would've done the same if I were in your position" Eradius replied already knowing that if he had been in this man's position he would've been dead.
Once Eradius arrived at the resupply point Tordaval waved him over "Eradius I need you to take your squad along with two other squads that I have already chosen and make your way up the mountain side to offer support to Horus and the main charge, I've chosen you to lead them to Horus"
Eradius stared back at Tordaval with a bewildered look "My Lord why am I leading these men surely there are others that are more qualified" Eradius shot back with hesitation, Tordaval smiled at Eradius
"There are others more qualified but they're busy leading the legion to victory" Tordaval seemed to listen to something over the Vox and then nodded towards Eradius
"It seems the squads are ready to move, you should move along and meet with them you leave in 20 minutes for the mountains" Tordaval finished and walked towards the command tent leaving Eradius to head towards the rendezvous point.
Once Eradius arrived he was met with the rest of his squad, a squad of scouts, and two hulking Dreadnoughts. The Lieutenant of the scout squad stepped up and saluted
"I am Lieutenant Wyatt, my men and I are ready to move when ready sir"
Eradius nodded and looked to the towering Dreadnoughts, the first to step up wielded a heavy flamer and a set of lightning claws on the opposite hand, the Dreadnought turned it's exterior speakers
"I'm Raine sir, and as long as I'm ordered to serve under you I will gut any and all Orks that come within a five-meter radius of you"
his booming laughter was cut short as the other Dreadnought armed with a Reaper Autocannon and a chain fist stepped forward and lightly punched Raine in the shoulder
"There'll be no need of you as long as I've got ammo" this other Dreadnought laughed heartily and then turned towards Eradius
"I'm sorry I forgot about you, my names Tyrus and I'll be here to make sure you don't die before we make it to Horus"
Tyrus laughed once more. Eradius looked at his new squads and smiled to himself "Alright men we start for the mountain path as soon we are ready, so grab ammo and anything else you'll need before we head off" Eradius finished and went to grab more ammo and repair his shield.
Once they were ready they gathered once more and marched into the mountains, Wyatt and his Scouts went on ahead to scan the area while Eradius and his squad and the two Dreadnoughts stayed behind. Wyatt and his Scouts came back in a rush
"Sir there is a party of eight Ork boyz about a quarter of a mile away" Wyatt said as he came to a stop, Eradius nodded his appreciation and opened the Vox
"Continue onward we will engage when we come within sight" Eradius then hefted his Bolter and signaled for his men to move forward. Surely enough, a quarter of a mile ahead there were eight Orks arguing amongst themselves, they seemed to be so consumed in their conversation that they didn't even notice the thundering steps of the Dreadnoughts
"2nd Lieutenant Eradius, do I have permission to engage the xenos" Tyrus said as he and Raine stopped about thirty meters from the Orks, Eradius smiled to himself
"Permission granted Tyrus, make sure that none survive" Eradius closed the channel and watched as the destruction played out. The first two Orks exploded in a red mist as Tyrus's Reaper Cannon unleashed a volley of devastating shells, the remaining six turned around in time to see the fire erupting from Raine's Heavy Flamer as it washed over them bringing them to their knees as they screamed curses at us,
"Quiet them down, we don't need their screams to attract more Orks" Eradius called to the two Dreadnoughts "aye Sir" Raine said as he stepped forward, with a few precise slashes with his Lightning claws the screams died down, the two Dreadnought turned toward Eradius as if to ask what to do next
"Ok men continue on we need to make it to Horus as fast as we can, no further delays if possible" Eradius ordered, then continued down the path followed by his men.
After a few hours the group started to hear strange sounds around the bend of the path. Eradius looked toward Wyatt and nodded, without any words Wyatt and his Scouts slowly made their way closer towards the sounds eventually disappearing, in a few minutes a quiet voice came over the Vox
"there seems to be another group of Orks of about fifty in number, they seem to be guarding the path to that lead to the capital here"
Eradius pondered over this for a second thinking of the best approach to the situation, he then decided that he needed more information on how the Orks barricade was set up, so he turned the Vox back on
"Lieutenant Wyatt can you give me more information on how the Orks are set up at their little barricade" Eradius let the channel close and waited for Wyatt's report. It had only been a few minutes when Wyatt's voice came over the Vox
"Sir, they have a … what only could be called a wall with ten Orks on top, behind the wall facing towards us there is another ten Orks holed up behind a smaller wall only about a meter high, on the other side of the barricade there are thirty Orks holding the wall there"
Eradius thought for another minute then opened all channels to his men
"First off Wyatt, you'll take your squad and find a spot above this barricade, then Raine and Tyrus will charge this wall and bring it down, once they accomplish this I will lead my squad along with Raine and Tyrus and we will exterminate the Orks on our side of the barricade, now Wyatt once the wall comes down I assume the Orks on the other side of the barricade will rush over to provide support when they do this you and your men will take them out with precision, is this clear"
Eradius waited for confirmation from his men, "yes sir" all the Astartes replied as they began to take position. Once again Wyatt's voice quietly came over the Vox
"We are in position Sir" Eradius signaled to Raine and Tyrus, both Dreadnoughts built up speed as they rounded the corner and came up to the ramshackle wall of the Orks and barreled though it sending the Orks on top flying, once this happened Eradius ordered his squad to charge in behind the Dreadnoughts as sniper rounds rained down on the Orks approaching from the far wall, Tyrus began to hack the Orks apart with his Chainfist and Raine with his Lightning Claws, Eradius and his men charged into the chaos shooting and slicing at the surprised Orks, after what seemed like hours but in reality was only a mere two minutes all fifty Orks were on the ground in pieces and Wyatt and his squad began to make their way back to the main group. Once they were regrouped Eradius ordered his men onward to provide their support to Horus.
So, this is the first chapter I hope you enjoyed it and please leave a review
Also I know the punctuation might suck or the writing itself might be a bit awkward so please just struggle through it, I'll hopefully get better as time goes on