Chapter 4 in your dreams...

Later Rin went to sleep as well. She felt an experience like falling then saw what looked like a younger version of creed maybe sixteen walk pick up a helmet. The thing was stock green like the armour he always wore except it had a defining white stripe go from one end to the other. A glimpse of him leaving the room. The site of training facility. Vehicles in the distance moving back and forth over dirt roads. Sand bags and camo netting was everywhere and so was everyone wearing the same uniform as Creed. A couple of the soldiers whisper to each other as they saw Creed walk past.

"Hey isn't he the one from the 8th?"

"Yeah I heard they picked him up six years ago from Gallan."

"Didn't that place get blasted to the warp and back by chaos? Turned into a bigger killing ground then tartarus?"

The feelings of a year past flashes of soldiers smiles and jokes blipped by. It was replaced by a scene of a regiment standing at attention for graduation and deployment orders. An officer yelled. His voice had to be amplified by several vox to reach the rows and rows of soldiers standing in square formations. Then nothing.

Moments of nothing passed by then suddenly eyes shot open to reveal a crimson brown sky and smoke clouds looming over head. The sounds of gunfire rung out. A familiar face, one from the flashes was looking down at her.

"Who said you could die? Get up and back in the fight!" lieutenant bridges yelled. She somehow knew this man's name despite his

Rin felt her body pick itself up and grab a nearby riffle from the mud. Only the body wasn't hers. She watched and felt as this soldier moved into cover by some sand bags. The feeling of a heart beat pounded away. The landscape seemed to be mostly barren with mud and craters lying here and there. A quick glance around showed that soldiers were lining up the same against layers of sand bag walls.

"Incoming!" Someone yelled. Several blast shook the ground and launched mud up to fall like rain onto her. The feeling was sickly and disgusting but the armour did well to avoid most of it.

"Hold your ground men here they come!" A familiar voice came from her throat.

Figures popped up insight and grew larger. Blasts from the soldiers along side her began felling the charging figures. She looked down the sights at the figures. To her horror the looked so close to human but so far from at the same time. The twisted creatures marched forward giving off fear full howls. The sort of screaming sound that could drive a man insane. Ones that would keep the toughest of men up at night from the mere memory. Her body began firing. A sound and her head turned to see the soldier next to her spin out and fall in a spur of blood.

Flashes of who the man was. Drinking with him, training with him, pulling him up from a ledge in a forest mission. Him showing a picture of his girl friend and his plans for retirement.

"Medic!" someone yelled a man who more the mark of a healer rush to the body and shook his head. A little pain stabbed her heart but the body shrugged it off and faced forward. Firing again and again. The men were closer now and more solders began to fall around her. The body ducked behind cover as shells rained down again. The rain hit again but this time was different. Blood and body parts fell too. An arm landed next to her. Sweat began to pour down and Rin felt fear grip every fibber of her body. Another solider leaned up against the sand bags next to her. His nam too came to mind as soon as he spoke.

"Boy they're nocking hard." Kell said reloading his las-rifle. Rin found her body doing the same. "Let's answer the door shall we" He grinned and turned to face the enemy. Rin did like wise. Bullets and las-rounds passed overhead or hit the sand bags near her. Then the enemy reached them. Rin got a good look at the blood crazed eyes of one as he leapt over the sand bags. A moment that seemed to last an eternity as she saw his eyes. They locked but she could see no sanity behind them. Nothing but blood lust. He raised his large knife and pistol and ran screaming towards Rin. Her body tried firing it's las rifle but the power cell was depleted. She ejected the clip and fumbled for another. The body crazed man's head suddenly became a cloud of red and purple mist. The body slumped to the ground and spilled yet more fluids into the mud.

"Boom head shot." Bridges joked. He lowered his bolt pistol and pulled Rin up. "How many time's am I going to have to save you this battle really?" He smiled.

More and more like the first man flooded in carrying all kinds of weapons. Some even wearing uniforms similar to her own. The fighting was everywhere. Bullets flew, las guns cracked, knifes and bayonets clashed and bodies hit the floor left right and center. Two came after her stabbing and slashing. She impaled one and shot the other down.

"Their retreating we won!" someone yelled.

Both her and bridges spun round to look over the sand bag wall. True enough the horde of lunatics were running. Everyone began taking parting shots and the numbers thinned as more of the chaos worshipers fell.

"Now is the time to drive them back men!" A deafening voice called out vox casters and speakers amplified it in every direction. The body looked back and saw a decorated man stand up amongst the fortifications. "Move out and cut them down!" He said pointing his sword out at the retreating men.

There was a great cheer from the soldiers but Rin felt the body's heart drop. This wasn't a good plan is what every fibber in the body said. They needed to silence the mortars first before advancing. Too late now. The men raised their rifles and charged out into no mans land. The body moved too and yelled and signalled for it's team to fan out. Then a shell landed and the retreating force rallied. Blurs and bullets passed by as the body was knocked of it's feet by a nearby blast. The wind was knocked right out of her as the body hit the ground. As it picked itself it could see the mess and blood shed elapsing. Something in the sky caught her gaze. The body stared on and Rin tried to understand what the shadows swarming towards her were.

"Deamons! Coming from the sky!" She heard Creed's voice boom out the body's throat. It confirmed her suspicion that she was living through his memories. The shawdows grew closer and winged beasts could be made out. "Squad 133 let's dig in an aim high. Leave the cultist for the others."

Creed's body took cover in a nearby blast crater made by the artillery rounds. He aimed down the sights of his las rifle. Rin could feel the deep breaths and the heart beats pulsing through his body like a storm. He took careful aim at one of the larger demons and tracked where it was going.

Kell's distinctive voice could be heard in the background. "Alright men! You all know the drill. Strict disciplined fire while they're at a distance. Pick up the pace as they get closer. Let's show these wimps what it's like messing with a Cadian!"

There were a couple of cheers from the squad but that was soon drowned out by the sounds of las-gun fire.

The demons were getting closer. With every meter they approached Rin could feel Creed's heart beat pick up more and more. His las-gun let forth round after round into the sky. It landed hit after hit but far too few of the creatures were falling. It wasn't long before the demons descended upon the guardsmen. The battle field soon became a slaughter house. Rin could feel Creeds body grow cold as she saw more flashes of the soldiers who were dying. Then the fight came to him. A larger demon landed before him. It shook the ground with it's impact. The large, winged, minotaur-like creature growled and let out a snarl which Rin could only associate with pleasure.

It swung it's large axe down and carved up a guardsmen before him. Creed's body shouldered it's rifle and stood to face this enemy. His las gun let off round after round as the beast approached. The creature was unfazed by the holes being torn in it's flesh.

Rin couldn't help but feel shear terror in the presence of this creature. She watched as men dropped their weapons and fell to the ground gripping at their heads and screaming.

Creed reloaded his rifle and aimed a shot for a venerable part of the creature's neck. The shot landed and the beast staggered if only for a second before setting it's sights on Creed. "AIM FOR IT'S NECK BRING IT DOWN!" Creed shouted and continued shooting as the creature charged for him. The creature toward a good four feet above him and brought it's spiked and pulsing axe down with all it unholy strength.

Rin felt the wind kick at Creed's body as he step aside from the blow. Creed's body aimed another shot and Rin noticed the flashing low amo icon. Two burst of light made it out before the rifle ran dry. "Shit." Creed's voice let escape as the creature brought down it's axe yet again.

The body had instinctively blocked the blow with it's las gun. The axe cut deep into the rifle destroying any chance it had of firing again. Creed's hands let the rifle go and Rin watched in horror as the creature pulled back it's axe for another attack.

Creed dived out of the way of this one. He drew his pistol and began firing on the creature again. Others in his squad kept up the attacks. The Creature was suddenly riddled with las rounds from all directions. It staggered before collapsing and burring in a warp fuelled fire.

The howl it made as it died shook his very bones and Rin felt her own mind dreading the sound.

There was a surreal silence. Wind was all that could be heard for a second. The silence was interrupted by a single voice. "By the emperor... I can't believe it. We're alive."

The was another pause as the soldiers looked around at each other. The group were covered in mud, dust and blood. The white line on many of the helmets were barely visible.

"Damn straight we're alive." Kell voice echoed. "The emperor didn't pick us for nothing!"

A few soldiers began cheering then it moved and spread to the rest of the platoon.

"Cut that show gloating out." The voice boomed and cut out the rejoicing. Lieutenant bridges yelled from atop a mound of dirt "Get your asses back in the camp before the artillery start up again that's an order now move!" He waved the captain's sword back towards the cover the had come from. There was a mess and scramble as the troops retreated back into their cover.

Creed's body followed the retreat back into their territory. Whilst many of the men celebrated Creed pushed his way to Bridges who was yelling at in Vox. The vox caster was looking rather unpleased as he was standing next to the lieutenant providing the line.

At this moment a sudden realisation blasted away at Rin. Seeing the soldiers face and getting a good look at it out of the battle she realised, they were just teens. Creed's body glanced around. She could see it now they all wore the white striped helmet. The oldest among them looked like they were about sixteen or seventeen, her age. Some looked even younger.

"Frack." Bridges cursed as he hung up the vox.

"Is there a problem?" Creed inquired.

"Command did a strike on the town nearby that was housing the artillery but they've ordered us to scout it out before they send any reinforcements." He said to Creed. The lieutenant sat down and took off his helmet. He wiped some sweat and mud from his fore head. "Frack. We're meant to be the ones supporting the real army not the other way around... Frack." He kicked part of the wall.

"I'm sure they have a plan. What about the captain." Creed asked pointing to the sword sheathed on the lieutenant's back.

"Bleed out." Bridges hung his head and breathed deeply. He sighed and looked up again part of his expression looked broken. "Look I'm going to gather whatever scouts we have left. You're in charge of the fort until I get back."

Hours flashed by. Bridges hadn't checked back in. Command made another call and ordered Creed to go after him and scout the city.

The sun was out in a blistering hight when they arrived near the city.

"No moment sighted. But there are odd constructions near the front of the city. I can't quite make them out from here." A soldier said taking his binoculars from his eyes. "We should move in for a closer look."

"Understood but keep your eyes open this could be a trap." Creed went about orders to have a team on over watch as the others approached the objects with cation. It was when they reached the objects they found out what fate had befallen Lt Bridges and his team. Creed didn't take his eyes off the polls reaching upward even as he heard a couple of his squad drop to their knees and vomit.

Rin stared horrified by what she saw. She wished she could close them close her eyes, close Creeds.

Bridges and the others were strung up cut open and pined to the large steel polls. Their torsos were cracked open to reveal still beating hearts and other moving organs. Bridges eye followed Creed as he approached.

More flashes

Creed raised his pistol and tried not to look at the pained face of his commander.

NO! Rin wanted to scream but no words came out. No there must be some other way. She felt like she was trapped in a dark room trying to escape all that had happened. All that was happening. Like she was bashing at the door trying to beg for something, anything to make this right. To wake up.

Creed's body blinked and Rin felt a single tear run down his face as his heart constricted.

Then the sound of a Las-gun crack.

He opened his eyes to catch what looked faintly like a smile in the mess of what was left of Bridges. He turned. "No sadness or tears to shed on the field." Creed muttered to himself wiping away the trail.

Rin could hear his braking of orders fade as the image turned to black.

More flashes. Time moved past fast, more battles, countless deaths, then lastly, the view of a planet burning from space and a lord inquisitor looking pleased with himself.

Then, at last, her eyes opened.

Rin slowly rose till she was sitting upright. She slowly dragged her legs up and sat there in the dim lighting for a few moments. Then she drifted out of her room and walked out to the balcony.

Creed was leaning off the balcony smoking his cigar in the moonlight. "Can't sleep either huh?" He asked as he peered an eye back at her.

"Yeah..." Rin said quietly nodding her head. "Creed...?" She asked, her eyes never looking up from the floor. She began to choke on her words, "Um how... What?" Rin then backed away from what she was going to say. "What kept you up?"

"Not much just a dream." He replied. His gaze never broke with the spot over the city at which he was staring.

"One about your home?" Rin asked. Her gaze not lifting from the ground.

"One about a girl. One who's bravery knew no bounds when she was young. Determination that lead her to save a friend in face of overpowering odds." He chuckled a little. "One that would talk harshly to a dangerous adult to try ensure her fathers safety. But despite all that the world took everything from her so soon..." Creed felt a hand tug at the back of his shirt. He glanced back at Rin.

"Hey, do... Do you think that when this war is over you'll stay here?" Rin asked her voice quivering slightly.

"Ah..." Creed let out a relaxing sigh and looked up at the moon. "Live on this world, this time. I got to admit that sounds nice." His tone then changed to a more positive one. "But I can't just abandon my men at the front line. It's my duty to serve the emperor."

"Don't you think you've done enough." Rin pushed up against the soldier's back. Tears began trailing down her cheeks. "You've fought enough for one life time. So much killing and loss why, why would you make yourself do it again?"

"To stop other people from suffering the same fate as Gallan." He said, his voice was little too harsh and Rin bit her lip. "The emperor sent me here for a reason. Of that I am sure. What ever happens I must use my wish to destroy the foul infernal beings that live on my home world's door step and make sure no taint soils this holy terra." He cooled the fire in his voice. His foot steps seemed to echo as he turned to walk away. He pause and placed a hand gently on Rin's shoulder. "Thanks for looking out for me Rin. I'm sorry though I have to use my wish for that. Whatever you do with your wish and other means to life are up to you."

** Author ramble here. **

well it looks like links aren't meant to be posted so...

Hey to anyone reading. I'm heading out on an exchange trip soon so I'll be taking a 2 month hiatus until I get back.