999 M.41, Within The Cadian System
Maxillian Thane sat in the cockpit of a ship he stolen from the Flesh Tearers, Ever since that fateful day when The Flesh Tearers informed him of his Legions' betrayal, He didn't know really how to react, Every fiber of his being is screaming at him to take his revenge and fight for the Emperor once more but for some reason, he didn't take his revenge, centuries has passed but Thane after going into hiding had repainted his Stolen craft in the Colors of the Luna Wolves legion, he also maintained his Armor and weapons lovingly, With the help of a Tech priest of Mars who he rescued from certain death, helped him repair his equipment and even procured some much need supplies for the Brother-Captain.
"No…" He uttered watching as Cadia was destroyed by the Forces of Chaos, His anger was brought back in full fury.
"ABBADON! I WILL KILL YOU!" Thane roared in anger as he headed to an Ice planet upon seeing an Adeptus Mechanicus ship being chased by the Enemy, His Thunderhawk ready to gun down the attacking fighters but just as he trained his guns onto a traitor Fury Interceptor, He was engaged by two other Traitor fighters.
"Throne!" He swore as he was forced to break off his attack run on the enemy fighter, Heading to a nearby moon where a lucky shot from a Traitor Pilot blew out the stabilizers, Forcing Thane to crash land between Imperial Defenders and Heretical attackers…
Celestinian Crusade, Klaius, Imperial Positions.
Katarinya Greyfax aimed her Condemtor Bolter at a renegade Guardsman who betrayed the Emperor, As she pulled the Trigger the Combi-weapon barked, and the Traitor fell with a good chunk of his head blown off in the process as another heretic charged her, Swinging his ax wildly to no avail Katarinya slashed the traitor across the chest bisecting him where his stomach was.
On the other hand St. Celestine fought side by side with the Foaming zealots that were the Black Templars while her Germina Superior fought alongside her, Back to back each Imperial Defender became stubborn, Refusing to let the Arch-enemy take their lives from them.
"INCOMING!" A Cadian guardsman shouted as he pointed up into the sky to see a Thunderhawk bearing an ancient iconography that stunned Celestine and Inquisitor Greyfax as well as High Marshal Marius Almrich for they recognized it for what the Iconography was: The Luna Wolves as the Thunderhawk made a crash landing into the Horde before finally stopping, It's drop ramp now facing the chaos after it slid a good few terran inches as both sides watched with anticipation of the owners of the craft, Several Chaos Cultists who decided to investigate it approached only for the ramp to unexpectedly come crashing down and thudding of power armored boots could be heard before the Roar of a Bolt pistol being heard from the craft's interior struck the leader of the small group in the chest, and an Astartes charged out wielding a Power Sword of ancient heritage and wielding an Ikanos pattern Bolt pistol, On the Astartes person was a very old but still maintained Crusade pattern Bolter, The Space Marine's helmet had a plume on the very top of his head.
"FOR THE EMPEROR AND HONOR!" The Astartes roared in defiance, his blade and bolter skills were unmatched, time clearly hasn't dulled his skill at arms nor his fury as he joined the Imperial Defenders after slaying the Cultists, his hatred towards the traitors was impressive even for the Black Templars.
"Who are you?!" Greyfax demanded even over the roar of the Battle rejoined, Thane stood next to Greyfax as he looked at her before speaking.
"Brother-Captain Maximilian Thane, Luna Wolves Legion and a Son of Holy Terra." He said with the last being an emphasis with him putting his Bolt Pistol away and using his sword to block an overhead strike by a Black Legionnaire who was chomping at the bit to kill him, Only to be killed instead by the Vengeful Captain who cut his former Brother in twain.
"By the Emperor's Holy light…" Katyrina whispered to herself, She was an Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor first and foremost and she was distrustful of the Brother-Captain's claims and of course Saint Celestine decided to intervene before things got ugly.
"We'll discuss this later, for now we need to stay focused." St. Celestine spoke up fighting right next to Thane and the Inquisitor, Much to Greyfax's chagrin and to Thane's surprise and confusion.
"I have so many questions of my own." Thane said as he put his Power Sword away and grabbed his Bolter, Aiming the weapon down before pulling the trigger and firing full auto at the Heretics, Slaying some Cultists, Mowing them down in mere moments before a Chaos Space Marine from Khorne charged him, The Brother Captain grabbed his sword and counter-charged, The Chainaxe of the Khornate Berserker met Thane's Power Sword and Thane was surprised by the strength of the Heretical Astartes even strained from the amount of pressure forced upon his armor, His helmet blaring warnings across his Heads up Display.
"The Dark Gods will feast upon your soul!" The traitor astartes roared but Thane equally was as determined to kill him.
"The Emperor shall and always will be my Liege, not your supposed gods." Thane said coldly as he kicked the Traitor back and lopped off his head, Forcing the great enemy back, Allowing them to finally get a reprieve as they headed up the Mountain…
The mountain pass.
Maximillian couldn't understand just how weird this situation was for him, But the looks of hatred and disgust from the Mortals and the Sons of Dorn are any indication He wasn't welcomed in particular from that Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor Katriyna Greyfax.
"So… you're the one the Flesh Tearers found." Almarich said his voice in a low growl as Thane nodded in response, His Green eyes boring into Almarich's own eyes the Black Templar didn't really like the Luna Wolf mostly due to his Legion's fall to Chaos.
"If you're wondering, I do indeed Hail from Terra, I am friends with Garviel Loken, I assume his name has crossed the Desk of the Praetorian of Terra?" The Luna Wolf asked much to Almarich's surprise, As the Crusaders advanced, The two Astartes spoke with one another, Almarich was actually honored and humbled by the Captain of the 15th Company of the Luna Wolves' advice just as they came upon an Ancient structure and in-front of them a Sorcerous cabal.
"Contact front!" Thane shouted as his Ikanos Pattern Bolt Pistol roared and his power sword flared to life as the Loyalists charged, The first sorcerer barely had any time to register Thane's power sword Fang of Terra slicing his arm off and then his head as Almarich and his brothers shot and killed the remainder not before a Predator MBT was blown to bits by a Sorcerer's Warp-magick, Sending smoke up to the air alerting the accursed Black Legion of their location their engines revving up their engines Thane let out a curse as he glared at his former brothers his anger palpable.
"What do you see?" Celestine asked as she stood next to Katyrina Greyfax who snarled at the False Saint.
"Our death." She said as Thane walked forward and with his Helmet off, Many could see the Warrior's Blonde hair and his emerald green eyes darting across the scene.
"If Only father didn't fall to Chaos, We'd not have been in this situation." He said in anger as he watched Almarich detailing half his Brothers to a suicidal last stand, The Luna Wolf wanted to get grips with the Traitors himself, But right now he needs to keep the noble memory of his Legion alive, as long as he lives, The Legacy of the Luna Wolves lives on.
"Excuse me, My lord." Thane turned around to see a Guardswoman who marched up to him only to stumble back, surprised by how quickly he responded to her voice.
"Do you need something Guardswoman?" Thane asked as he offered her his hand to help her up, The woman accepted it quite taken aback by the Nobility this Astartes operated under, And this caught even then, The Enemy came onto them once they got closer to the crest of the hill did the enemy snapped at their heels.
"Hold that line!" Thane shouted at the Kappic Eagles as he stood behind them, His Bolt pistol roaring, His Helmet's red lenses glaring at them, and they quickly rallied as Thane continued to fight, doggedly resisting the Enemies of the Emperor until all hell broke loose…
The Ice infront of Cawl and Co. exploded in a burst of Dazzling light, Aeldari Jetbikes hissed over the icy crest, underslung Shuriken Cannons rasping death at the Black Legion. Trails of fractured light followed, the whirl of vibrant colours dancing and reforming around leaping, pirouetting warriors.
The crest, so lately occupied by the fleeing Scions, thickened with graceful warriors armoured in myriad colours. Behind them came slender combat walkers, their every stride rippling with grace and power, the searing light of their armament unanswerable, Thane watched in shocked awe as the Eldar came to their aide, The Captain of the 15th nearly forgetting he was on a battlefield had it not been for a Chaos cultist who charged at him only for the irate and vengeful captain to turn him into swiss cheese, Abaddon immediately recognized the Warrior and so bellowed for his Warriors to follow him only for his allies to be bloodiedly thrown back by the Eldar's firepower, And allowed the Imperials to retreat to the rear of their Lines and many were shocked by the Assemblage of so many Aeldari Warriors so much so that even Thane had to actually take off his helmet and look at it before he blinked putting his Helm onto his belt, He took this chance to go talk to Almarich.
"I can't believe we've been saved by the Aeldari." Thane said outloud as he approached the Black Templars with Almarich nodding in tacit yet uneasy with this situation, The Luna wolf knew why: Every Space Marine was taught to kill Xenos, Mutant, and by now as Thane had learnt: The Heretic.
"Still, Looks like we're heading into the Web-way." Almarich said his voice was gruff, yet this also bothers the hell out of Thane who was silently in Greyfaxe's camp, followed yet Thane was stopped by Veilwalker, the Astartes had put his Helmet back on and was staring at the Aeldari woman with disdain.
"What is it you want?" He asked none too friendly but Veilwalker decided to tell him something important:
"You may not know this but you alone carry the hopes of the Luna Wolves, once an accursed name may be once again cherished by your Emperor's peoples, Good luck, Thane of the Last Hope." Thane was struck in the hearts by a fire one that burns brightly within him, He was now redoubling himself with grim purpose now, Nothing can gain-say his Mission: Rebuild his Legion into a Codex-Approved Chapter, Emperor willing it'd take him time and resources but with his Friendship with Almarich and the good word of Inquisitor Greyfax, Surely this wouldn't be too much of an issue… right…?
Hello, Everyone Welcome to my next dedicated Story called Warhammer 40k: The Luna Wolf's Vengeance, This story will follow my Luna Wolf O.C Maximillian Thane on his journey to rebuild his former legion into a Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes, It won't be easy as the Dark Gods will surely want to stop such an outcome and many… lets' say…. Interested Imperial Adepta will want to keep them suppressed, But they will need an Luna Wolf now more then ever, as always please read and review….
Yours: Jack Smith