Short chapter, and for that, I have put in two chapters. As for the battle scenes being more like field trips, that was a light skirmish, that's why he was joking around, and no, I didn't get the squiggoth killing stunt from lord of the rings, I don't even like that show, too much sorcerorey and betrayl there, but the death I like!

Chapter 5: Out of the frying pan…

"Congratulations brother Eric and Leo, you made me proud!" Sergeant McKenzie shoutedas they walked out of the drop ship.

"Thank you brother sergeant." Eric replied, taking off his armor. Leo was still looking around.

"Where's Justin and Teran?" Leo asked, cocking his head to the side.

"They were called to another mission on the far side of the planet, let's take a look at how their doing."

The sergeant walked over to a view screen, and turned it on. It showed beautiful landscape, but only for the first thirty seconds. The camera zoomed in closer, and Eric and Leo could see what the actual landscape looked like. It had craters that looked the size of small ponds, almost all the trees were either burning or toppled over. They could then see their fellow brothers, getting pinned in a trench, they were firing mad, but they could tell they were losing, and apparently the brother sergeant of the 3rd company was dead, or they would have called for reinforcements long ago. McKenzie just looked on, with fear in his face.

"It wasn't like this when I sent them down there, they just wanted them for a simple hit and run mission, like you guys did."

Eric then caught site of Justin and Teran, they had barely made back to the lines, as the orks started firing on them. They then set themselves on the wall of the trench, and started firing along with the others. Eric then started heading back to the drop ship.

"Where do you think you're going?!" McKenzie asked as he started storming away.

"To save my friends brother sergeant!"

"Stop right now!"

Only the training that he had been through made him stop. Those people were brothers to him, and he wasn't about to let them die.

"We can't have you going on a personal vendetta around here because some of your brothers get killed, it happens all the time!"

"You would know from experience brother sergeant?" Eric asked, obviously pissed off. It stunned the sergeant for awhile, and then a brother captain came by, other than for a bit of red hair cut in a crew cut, he looked almost exactly alike to McKenzie.

"He would know because he's been there, and had to kill some of them when they succumbed to chaos brother scout!" The new brother yelled, he then went and stood by McKenzie.

"I also understand your passion to go and risk, if not give, your life to keep them alive, I would probably do the same thing if in your situation, but we have to keep our heads. My name is Granger brother captain of 1st company." The captain finally finished, and Eric had stiffened at the mention of first company, it was the most experienced company in the chapter.

"Brother sergeant McKenzie, if you will, I still have a few slots left to take down, your scouts have proven to bee a valuable asset, on scouting, camouflage, and, if necessary, front up combat, I would like to requisition them to my company. We are going to help 3rd company get the hell out of there"

Eric felt elated inside, and so did Leo, the thought of being put in first company was very spectacular, only the most veteran of warriors ever made it to first company.

"If you wish brother captain Granger."

McKenzie then nodded to Eric and Leo, who were about to board the drop ship.

"Wait, we're going in the hard way gentlemen!"

Oh great, drop pod, I hate drop pod! Eric thought to himself.