Blood War

Chapter 6: The decision to end the battle

The marines slept near one another to keep warm. Guards were set up. They were low on ammo. They were running low on clips and shells. This issue was never brought up though. It was best to think they could win the war. Wallace began to discuss with the Furies a plan of action. He had gotten to know them well in the past couple of hours. Daniel was the sniper. Tory and Kiben were the shotgun users of the group and Jordan was the leader. They decided what to do next.
"We all know there is an ammo shortage. How are we take on that army without weapons?"
"Well I've been thinking. Maybe we don't need too." Everyone starred at Wallace like he was insane. Fight the evil marines without their guns. "You see, if we can hide into the forest and wait for them to come, maybe we can kill them and take their weapons. It makes more sense then wasting our ammo on all of them if we're gonna run out."
"But they have no sniper weapons."
"That's something you'll have to live with for a while." The other four thought about it as Wallace joined the rest of the marines for what was left the food. It was the last of their rations and it was a long way to the next base unless a Pelican happened to pass by, but the enemy ship would probably blow it out of the air before it had time to touchdown. The Furies approached Wallace. They tapped him on his shoulder.
"Yeah," he said, his mouth full of food.
"Disgusting," said Kiben. Wallace finished his food and stood.
"We've decided to go along with the plan of our death. We all vowed to fight for our planet and we'll die to save her." Jordan had yelled these last few words and the marines cheered. "Prepare your weapons. We head to the forest at dawn. You are to use your ammo to kill your enemies then you are to strip the enemy of their weapons and use it against them." There were nods and 'Yes, sir'. Jordan and Wallace smiled. This bunch of rugged marines was just crazy enough to survive the suicide mission.

Dawn rose and the Chaos army marched onwards through the forest. One of the Plague Marines stepped into the stream. Chemicals had been poured into it so he couldn't even see the bottom. He tried to take a step forward but found he couldn't. He looked at the pond and tried again. Still nothing. Through the green he could see bright flashes and then felt shear pain. He fell back. A figure had slit his throat before he had the chance to scream. Wallace stripped the gas masked marine of his strange gun and his ammo. Several marines met up with Wallace at the center of the forest. They had stopped the first wave of troops. The enemy encampment probably sent them up as scouts. Daniel had been among the marines. He still carried his unused SM A4 sniper rifle and one of the enemy weapons. He crawled as close as he could to the enemy camp without being spotted and climbed a tree. The rest of the marines joined them.

Daniel placed the scope over an eye. He wasn't gonna shoot anything just yet. He was gonna see the situation first. There weren't as many troops as he thought. Chance were they were probably in that large ship. What he saw next almost made him die from a heart attack. A huge red creature. It had demon wings and a bladed whip. It long jagged teeth dripped with fresh blood. It had no pupils, just plain white eyes. Several of the black marines from the night before followed it in an orderly fashion and ordered the other marines and what looked like large machines with big guns around.
"Found your leader." He climbed down from the tree to go tell Wallace.

Wallace was nervous to send in his men after what Daniel got done telling him. Daniel returned to his tree and Wallace turned to the Furies and the marines.
"This is it. If we die, we die fighting for what we love. Our planet is always worth fighting for. Now let's give them a battle that they'll never forget and make our planet the greatest ever." The marines cheered. The evil marines turned their heads to the forest. Out of it poured several dozen marines. They charged over the enemy and fought them mercilessly. Jordan blew a hole through one of the large machine like things. From it came a human cry. Too bad for the person inside. The marines began to drop as the black marines arrived on the scene with there boss. It was more terrifying that Daniel had explained it was. Sniper shots went off and several of the black marines fell. One crept behind Wallace while he punched the daylights out of a gas masked marine. A loud bang went off. Wallace turned to see a marine he hadn't seen before. His left shoulder was basically made of Biofoam except for the bits of skin that held the arm to the shoulder. He held what looked like a double barreled version of the gun Wallace held in his hand.
Wallace nodded to the marine and got a nod back. Marines fled from the demonic being as it threw around its whip and cut several marines in half. The battle wasn't looking to good. Several more sniper shots went off. More of the evil marines fell.

Daniel smirked from his branch. At this angle, the demonic creature would be no problem. He pumped in a fresh magazine and fired into the demon. It took four hits in the chest and didn't seem to mind.
"No way."

Jordan fired his gun into several of the black marines. He watched the four sniper shots pierce the demon form without affect. He shot at it. Several large holes appeared in it. Once again, it didn't seem to phase the monster.
"We've got a big problem," he said shooting a black marine charging for him.

Wallace began firing on the demonic form. He loaded an entire clip into it. It looked down on him and raised its whip. A large gun shot went off and a gaping hole formed in its stomach. It turned to the human with the heavy bolter. Most of the marines focused their fire on the Great Daemon Of Khorne now. It wasn't long before it swayed and fell. What was left of the enemy forces retreated into the ship. Cheers rose. Wallace grinned.
"You with the heavy weapon. Take some men and follow them into the ship." Lawrence nodded and grabbed some men. They went into the back and disappeared. Wallace was congratulating everyone when the hatch closed and the ship rose. It ascended towards space. Everyone fired at it. It was a useless effort to try and get back their marines. Within minutes the ship disappeared into space. From there it disappeared into Slipspace.

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