Hey guys it's me, the Author! This is when the story gets exciting, the war and horror aspect are about to take place! Sorry about the first two chapters, they're there to set the plot! Alright ENJOY!

Invasion day one

The minute the loading ramp dropped on the Valkyrie and Marxius stepped onto the planet, shots were fired. Crazed cultists with blood dripping from the eyes charged the offloading guardsmen firing wildly while screaming their foul chaos chants

"Marxius! We need to set up a firing line NOW!" Sgt Tomas wasted no time barking out orders and firing into the horde of cultists with his laspistol.

Marxius and the rest of the squad took cover and fired their lasrifles into the swarm over and over again but it seemed as if the filthy heretic's were endless.

One of the members of Marxius' squad yelled "GODDAMNIT I left my extra powercells back on the VTOL!"

Marxius laughed and shouted "Here take one of mine!"

"Thanks man!"

The fighting intensified; the only smell in the air was a mix of blood, sweat, and ozone. Just then Marxius noticed his lasrifle's powercell was empty. He quickly loaded another and aimed carefully at the head of one of the cultists, he pulled the trigger and the cultist beside him was splattered with the brains of his ally.

"Good shot Marxius, but don't let up!" Vivian shouted

He nodded and went back to firing his lasrifle while all around him he could hear the large roar of the mighty Basilisks firing into the swarm, and the screams of his fellow guardsmen. All of sudden the noises stopped.

"We did it Marxius! The cultists are retreating" Mikel was smiling as he said this.

"Yepp they are but those bastards deserve more than what we gave em. I hope we attack soon."

Marxius noticed Markus had joined the conversation and noticed the battle hungry look in his eyes.

"We will bring the Emperors divine justice upon them Markus don't worry."

Markus roared with laughter at this and replied "Aye, and when we do I'll kill all these filthy heretics."

Marxius decided to leave the conversation and look at the landing zone, dead guardsmen littered the ground and troops from the supply regiments were gathering up all the ammunition and weapons of the dead.

"I guess they don't need them anymore do the." Marxius thought to himself. "Don't worry brothers, we will avenge you."

Sgt Tomas was looking at him "Marxius, move out, our squad has been ordered to partake in the first attack."

Marxius smiled "Aye! Aye! Sir"

Imperial Guard Headquarters

"Sir!" the young lieutenant called out "the men are carrying out your orders and charging forward to attack the cultists."

This made General Arran Petronidik smile. "Good, were there any complaints from the men?" The General already knew the answer but he thought he should ask anyway..

"No sir none at all. They are ready to kill the vile heretics in the name of the Emperor."

"Good. You are dismissed lieutenant."

"Aye sir."

Frontlines

"ALRIGHT GET OUT OF MY FUCKIN APC AND GET INTO THE FIGHT!" The Chimera driver yelled.

Sgt Tomas shouted "Alright men you heard him, CHARGE!"

And down the ramp they went, with their lasrifles firing at the enemy. Marxius noticed that the Chimera had already slaughtered a dozen cultists. Marxius took the time to thank the Emperor for tanks.

Markus was pointing at Marxius "GET YER HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS AND FIRE THAT WEAPON BOY!"

Marxius complied and began to fire into the cultists. But before too long the firefight turned into a gory mess. The cultists had managed to get in close and turned this into a melee.

"Marxius, use your power sword!"

Marxius had completely forgot. He took his sword and charged forward, he parried an attack from a cultist and used his momentum to quickly decapitate the heretic, and turned just in time to stop a cultist from stabbing him in the gut. In return he threw the cultist on the ground and jammed his blade through the gut of the traitor causing the bastards blood to saturate the ground and make it even more hazardous. As he turned to attack another enemy he saw a cultist charging the APC with what seemed to be a krak grenade of some sorts.

"NO! The Chime.."

Before Marxius could finished Markus tackled the cultist into the nearest trench which was followed by an explosion.

"MARKUS!" Marxius roared in anger and rushed towards the trench, only to see the bloody remains of Markus and the dead cultist. The death of his friend brought Marxius' fury to full force. He charged into the mass of cultists and started to hack with his power sword at anything that resembled a heretic. The ground was littered with the bodies and limbs of cultists and guardsmen alike. The rivers of blood and guts forming were beginning to smell, which was only made worse by the added scent of ozone.

"Marxius!" Vivian was shouting his name "Hey Marxius!"

He calmed down at the sight of Vivian "Whatsup?"

"Have you seen Markus?"

Marxius became downcast at the question and looked back at the trench where Markus' mutilated body was.

Vivian realized immediately "I'm sorry Marxius."

He looked at her and smiled "It's okay, I still have you don't I?"

She look shocked at this response but shook it off and smiled "Yeah Marxius, you still have me."

"Alright troopers! Back into the APC we're heading back to take a break." Sgt Tomas roared.

Marxius walked over to Markus' corpse and grabbed his dog tags. "I'll be seein ya old man. You're where you belong, at the Emperor's side."

With that he walked back to the APC

Two hours later back at the base

Marxius yawned it had been a long day, and if this is how the first day of the invasion went then many more are sure to follow.

"Hey Marxius you look exhausted why don't you get some shut eye?" Vivian said while laughing at his plight.

"Wha bout you?" he said stifling another yawn

"Naw you kidding me? I'm wide awake. Get some sleep wuss."

Marxius laughed the insult off and went to sleep.

Marxius

"Who's there?!"

You will bring about their deaths Marxius

"What are you talking about?!"

Suddenly Marxius was floating above the ridge where the Imperial Guard had set up their base camp. But it was different…

"Oh my god"

Now you seeeeee you will bring about their deaths. You will betray them all.

All Marxius could see were the mutilated bodies of his fellow guardsmen. Blood covered the ground and walls of buildings. The cultists had set up sacrificial alters in the center of the camp and on it lay Vivian.

"VIVIAN! Damn you! What are you doing to her?" Marxius was screaming at the voice

Seeee for yourself mortal

On the pedestal lay Vivian bare and exposed to the elements. She was screaming in pain as the Cultists carved heretical runes into her skin.

"Stop this please! I beg of you! Kill me!"

But they didn't stop, they continued to torture her, and when Marxius thought that he could take no more, he saw the cultist carving into her skin…

It was him.

What did you guys think? Chapter four next, it's going to be much more action packed then this one, but as you can see the horror aspect is starting to take effect. ALSO For people with accounts if you review I will begin answering questions before every chapter, and if I like your review or question I will PM you and allow you to create and OC and I'll kill him off in some cool way! Thanks for reading! :D