A whistle was the first thing that warned the Guardsmen that something was falling on them. However, most of them barely had enough time for identifying it before running away from its landing site. Some weren't even that lucky.
The droppod crashed right in the middle of their camp, in a tremendous explosion.
Despite their surprise, the Guardsmen quickly took their position. They were all veterans, all knowing what to do in such a situation. They were also always ready to fight, as the war against the chaos troops had been raging on this planet for weeks. It took them less than a minute for surrounding the object.
When the rush for preparation was over, they started to notice that something was odd.
At first, they thought that Chaos Marines were attacking their camp, but the droppod lacked all the little... « modifications » Chaos troops make on former imperial vehicles. Moreover, the Chaos Marines were more inclined to use teleportation through the Warp for attacking the loyalists. And finally, after a few moments, they had to conclude that there was only one droppod. It was pretty short for a full scale attack.
The doors of the pod were opening. All the guardsmen pointed their weapons towards the machine.
But they were soon too flabbergasted for using them.
Only one Marine got out of the pod, and this one wasn't carrying any weapon ; instead, he was holding a strange cardboard box, painted with bright colours, and picturing a pretty jovial looking God-Emperor pulling one of His holy thumbs up. The Astartes was wearing a red and yellow armor, with only a little bit of white on his helmet, where his face should be.
It was in a near perfect silence that the Space Marine spoke.
« Burger Marine Express ! I have a delivery for... » The Astartes looked at a piece of paper that was stuck on the box. « … The sergent Pahnkake ! »
The Guardsmen looked at each other, in utter confusion. Years after years of combat never really prepared them to such a situation. There was one, however, who knew about the Burger Marines. As he finally understood what was going on, he lowered his weapon and replied to the Astartes.
« You've landed on him. »
The Burger Marine turned round. There was indeed a pair of boots sticking from under the droppod. Their owner, however, wouldn't be able to eat anything for a while.
« Crap ! Said the Marine. It's the third time this week ! »