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"Oh crap." Those were the only words Vengal could think of saying at this moment. As the nob raised its claw, he closed his eyes and waited for the end to come. It never did however. He heard the sound of metal on metal, and when he opened his eyes he saw a daemon hammer in front of him. Chaplain Sicato had got here just in time to stop the killing blow from falling. The nob roared with rage from the human blocking its deathblow. It raised its claw again only to go flying about 20 feet from a hit to the gut. The sheer impact from the daemon hammer sent him through the air, when he landed Chaplain Sicato wasn't far behind. The marine and ork both gave yells as their weapons collided. Then a duel began between the two titans.

"This can't be good." Said Vengal. He got up to go find his gun when he heard something behind him.

"WAAAAGGGH!" He turned to see an ork behind him with his choppa raised.

"Damn it!" Was all he could manage before he had to dodge the huge axe. He quickly moved to the side before he spoke again.

"Damn, Damn, Damn!" The ork raised its axe again, so Vengal poked it in the eye. It cried out in pain and swung its choppa around. Vengal took out its legs with a kick, and smashed its head into the wall. When the ork hit the wall a small block moved aside to reveal a pistol. Vengal grabbed it and aimed at the ork.

"Eat this you green freak!" Then he fired the gun into it. The ork's head exploded, the round going through it and hitting another block on the wall. This block, a little bigger than the other one, moved aside also to reveal a large black and gold rifle. Vengal didn't notice it; he just fired at the orks with speed. Then he heard one of his men.

"That nob is giving the Chaplain a hard time." Vengal saw it too; the ork was starting to over-power the space marine. The Chaplain was knocked aside by the flat side of the power claw, and hit the wall. A squad of his marines saw this and rushed to his aid.

"For The Emperor!" They yelled as they ran to help their commander. The ork seemed amused by this and slashed out at them with his claw.

"Waaagggh!" When he slashed out with his weapon he killed a marine with each swing. Sicato got back up and hit the ork with his hammer in the back. It flew away from the combat into a hall. He ran after, yelling when saw it get back up.

"Die you Xenos!!" Once again hammer met power claw in a shower of sparks. Vengal then noticed his pistol had been knocked out of his hand by an ork. He dispatched it with his saber, and then saw the rifle on the wall. He ripped it off the wall and aimed. He was aiming at Sicato, but then he fell to the ground disarmed. Vengal soon found himself praying to the unknown, as he got ready to fire.

"May you guide my shots." The nob took one step forward.

"So that I may prevail over evil." It was now over the marine, looking pleased with its victory.

"Defend my home." The ork raised it claw up.

"And fight my enemies in and serve you forever." The nob started bringing down its power claw on the Chaplain.

"Burn the mutant." Vengal spoke as his finger moved towards the trigger.

"Kill the heretic." His finger moved to the front of the trigger.

"Purge the unclean, amen." He didn't notice, but someone else from afar was saying those exact words in his head. When he pulled the trigger he was blown back with such a force, it made a Basilisk look like a gust of wind. He was thrown from his spot into, and through the next four walls behind him. What discharged from the gun was a silver, and black mix colored, plasma looking blob. It hit the nob squared in the chest, and the next thing they he knew, it exploded, was lit aflame, and incinerated all in a few second of when it got hit. Vengal saw the whole thing and said.

"Son of a…" He never finished his words though, because his head came in contact with a nearby wall, and his world went black.

He heard a voice. That was clear enough, but he also heard whirring, like the sound of a machine working. He struggled to open his eyes, but he could only manage a bit. An almost mechanical voice spoke to him.

"It is not yet your time human. You are not ready for the tranquility of death." He felt something put its cold metal fingers on his forehead.

"Sleep for now. We will come when it is time." The last thing he remembered seeing is several pairs of glowing green eyes above him, and a battle staff next to his head.

When he woke up again all was quiet. He sat up and looked around. He was in a normal room, except for the hole in the wall he had come through. He picked up the rifle at his side, and noticed his saber was sheathed. He could have sworn he had it in his hands. Then he heard the sound of movement. He glanced around quickly.

"Whose there?" He asked. He was only answered by more movement. This thing was toying with him, or so it seemed.

"Show yourself or I will be forced to kill you." He yelled. When the creature did show, he wished he had never said those words. He was staring face to face with a black bug with golden outlines, like his rifle. It had two great wings on its back, and very sharp, menacing looking claws on its hands. On its belt it had many knives, swords, and pistols. It also carried a string with skull on it around its back. It looked at him with the gaze that would send Khorne running home to his creator crying like a little baby. Vengal readied himself to fight, when it spoke to him.

"You are the chosen, the servant of the lord?" Vengal had know clue what it was talking about.

"Umm I think you have the wrong guy. I'm Vengal, commander of the 18th militia legion of Hybusa."

"Hybusa?" It said. Then it seemed to smile behind a mask that covered its face.

"So that is what you humans call the outlook. Not a very fitting name, but it will work for now." Now Vengal was confused.

"Pardon me. What the hell are you talking about?" The creature seemed to just notice he was there again.

"You know of what I speak. One of the master's acolytes spoke to you before. He told you what to say." Vengal hadn't heard any voice talking to him. This thing must be insane. But then he remembered something in his head maybe it was a voice.

"Why are you here?" Vengal asked it. It seemed amused by the question.

"I am the guardian, the revenant, the last know warrior of the high lords. My kind were made to serve and to defend our creators with all our strength." It removed its chest armor to reveal an array of runes burned into its flesh.

"We sealed our oath by having these words inscribed into our body, so that we may always be reminded of that day." It put its armor back on.

"Now only I remain to defend this place, my brothers all died a glorious death in battle. Now that you are here though, you can realize your true purpose in this universe at my master's side." Vengal shook his head.

"Sorry buddy, I only serve my people. I'm never going to leave this place, so I have to be the wrong guy. By the way what is your name?" The bug's mind twisted in thought, as if trying to recall an old memory from its far off past. Then it finally spoke.

"My name. The master's way of identifying me. It was Nightmare. He named me after the things that entered his dreams every night, horrible things capable of destroying whole worlds. I must go now Vengal Savorath, but there will be a time when you will need me. Now take your men and leave this place." Then it vanished into the shadows. Vengal was a little confused but then walked out saying.

"I need to lay of the drinks for awhile." He climbed through the hole, and found a similar room. He went through 3 more holes, and came to the room the battle had been in. He was horrified. All around him were dead Orks, Space Marines, and Militia. Blood splattered all over the walls, weapons still grasped in fists. He looked around for survivors. He found one wounded militia underneath some bodies with a half empty pistol. The man had fire all but one round at Vengal yelling.

"You're never going to take me alive you crazy beasts. I'll die before I let you take me." Then before Vengal could do anything, he put the last bullet into his own head. Vengal got covered with the man's blood.

"What in the world happened here?" He asked himself. He gathered up tags, weapons, ammo and supplies and went for the hall that led out of this place. He took a right turn at the split and came face to face with a dead ork. There were about 20 of them, all hanging by their feet from the ceiling. Vengal screamed out loud.

"Mother of Pearl!! What the gak is going on here!" Then he ran the opposite way. He ran as fast as he could, every time he saw bodies he turned the other way. He reached the war room, and saw the doors were barred by a lot of metal crates, and stone blocks. He tried to move them but failed to do so, so he just hit his hands on the door.

"Hey!! Is anyone still out there? I'm still alive in here!" He heard a voice on the other side.

"Name and rank. We can not risk anything getting out alive." It was a space marine.

"My name is Vengal. I'm the second in command for the militia of Hybusa." The marine seemed to study this for few seconds then spoke.

"Back away from the door we are going to use some charges to blow it open." Vengal jumped away, and the door exploded. When he got up to go out he was met by a rushing squad of terminators. He dodged sideways and ran outside. He was met by the arms of militiamen. Vengal let the man take his weapons and supplies. He looked around to see hundreds of imperial guardsmen around him. Had they gotten here faster that they had thought? He looked around to see Commissar Veers talking to a soldier. He walked up to him.

"Commissar, what is going on?" The other officer exploded at him.

"What do you mean what is going on!! You and your men have been in there for over 3 and a half days and you ask me what's going on!! We have tried to contact you a hundred times. Why didn't you answer me?" Vengal looked down to see his comlink was smashed to bits.

"It seems I took some damage in there." The Commissar was furious now.

"What about your men? None of them ever came out of that place. The Chaplain and his men came out ok, but he said your men were still in there looking for you! He sent another squad of his marines in there to help, and that was two days ago!!"

"Wait. So your saying I have been in there for over 3 days? What about the orks?"

"The orks haven't attacked us again. With the Guardsmen here we will be able to crush them." Vengal saw the terminators come back out of the ruins, and a few guardsmen go up to secure the entrance. Something was different about this place; it had a grim feeling to it.

"Where is Sergeant Ashten? I need to speak with him." Just as he asked that, the marine walked up from behind him.

"Did someone ask for my services?" Vengal looked at the soldier.

"What happened in those ruins? After I went through those walls." The Raven of Death marine recalled some of his memory then spoke.

"We destroyed the orks with ease after the nob went down. The Chaplain decided to leave and come back later, but your men wouldn't leave you here. The stayed in there and that was the last we heard of them. We sent in a squad of marines to go find them two days ago, but then they never came out." Vengal was about to speak when he heard a screech. Everyone turned to see the two Guardsmen by the entrance drop down dead, with claw marks on their necks.

"Holy Terra!" Screamed Veers. What stood before them was a swarm of human looking creatures. They ran forward towards the defenders of Hybusa. Sergeant Ashten looked at them for a second then opened fire yelling.

"Zombies! They are our own dead!" Everyone that had a gun unloaded rounds at the coming dead. Flamers rushed up to torch their bodies even as they fell. When they were absolutely sure they were dead, Vengal looked at Veers.

"Sir with all do respect collapse the entrance. There is no one else alive in that place. I checked it personally." Veers for once saw the scene in his second in command's words.

"Yes. Blow the entrance! Make sure nothing can get out of there." Soon several explosions rippled the earth, and rocks and metal collapsed the entrance so it could never be used again. With that everyone there went back to Saturn, never to speak of this place again.

Inside the ruins, a fell creature waited patiently. Its task had started soon it would be completed. Let the others kill each other. It would just make its mission so much easier.

Please review people. I would like to hear what you think about it. Again any advice or comments welcome. No flames please.

Sol21