[Private Jenkins 1st Person]
We walked through the jungle without noise or any commotion. The Chimera was waiting back at the edge of the forest since we were just supposed to scout then come back. As we turned back to get back to the Chimera all hell broke loose. First the Chimera exploded, even though we didn't see it we were 100% sure that it was a railgun. Our lasguns were into our hands instantly, we lowered our stances, making our selves less of a target. A commanding voice yelled out "Lay down your arms and you shall be spared" in fragmented Gothic. The Sarge responded by throwing a frag toward the voice and yelling "Death to the Xenos!"
Sergeant Blackrock was about to make another statement when he saw the red dot on his heart. 4 other dots joined it quickly. "We said lay down your arms gue'la. We shall not repeat ourselves again. 3" the voice said. A few of the younger guardsmen dropped their guns and fell to their knees with their hands in the air. "2" the voice counted. My hand trembled; I didn't want to die, what about Linda, back home on Auraxis. "1" the voice said sounding grim. My hand opened and the lasgun clattered to the leaf strewn ground. "I am sorry, but you did not comply" the voice said. There was a loud noise; it deafened me for a second for I was close to the Sergeant. The sergeant was on the ground and not moving.
All of us were frozen. He had died. The Tau dropped out of the trees. The trees, of course, they wouldn't hide on the ground. That's why the frag grenade didn't work. Waving their stubby pulse carbines back and forth, and scanning their eyes, hidden behind the streamlined helmets, the aliens picked the lasguns off the ground and aimed at us. "There is nothing to fear. We will not kill you or torture you," the leader said. One guardsman drew his knife and rushed the lead Pathfinder. "Die Xenos" he screamed as he neared the Tau scout. Before the Tau could aim at him, his head exploded, coating the scout in human gore.
A massive machine stepped out of the trees behind us. "About time you showed up Shas'vre," the scout said. "Yeah, we were 'engaged' by gue'las on the way. Are these the ones you took care of?" he asked. They were probably talking in Gothic for our benefit. The scout muttered something in Tau I didn't understand and the suit replied in their language. We had been taken prisoner by the enemy. For the first time in a long time I prayed to Emperor to have mercy on our souls.
We walked through the jungle without noise or any commotion. The Chimera was waiting back at the edge of the forest since we were just supposed to scout then come back. As we turned back to get back to the Chimera all hell broke loose. First the Chimera exploded, even though we didn't see it we were 100% sure that it was a railgun. Our lasguns were into our hands instantly, we lowered our stances, making our selves less of a target. A commanding voice yelled out "Lay down your arms and you shall be spared" in fragmented Gothic. The Sarge responded by throwing a frag toward the voice and yelling "Death to the Xenos!"
Sergeant Blackrock was about to make another statement when he saw the red dot on his heart. 4 other dots joined it quickly. "We said lay down your arms gue'la. We shall not repeat ourselves again. 3" the voice said. A few of the younger guardsmen dropped their guns and fell to their knees with their hands in the air. "2" the voice counted. My hand trembled; I didn't want to die, what about Linda, back home on Auraxis. "1" the voice said sounding grim. My hand opened and the lasgun clattered to the leaf strewn ground. "I am sorry, but you did not comply" the voice said. There was a loud noise; it deafened me for a second for I was close to the Sergeant. The sergeant was on the ground and not moving.
All of us were frozen. He had died. The Tau dropped out of the trees. The trees, of course, they wouldn't hide on the ground. That's why the frag grenade didn't work. Waving their stubby pulse carbines back and forth, and scanning their eyes, hidden behind the streamlined helmets, the aliens picked the lasguns off the ground and aimed at us. "There is nothing to fear. We will not kill you or torture you," the leader said. One guardsman drew his knife and rushed the lead Pathfinder. "Die Xenos" he screamed as he neared the Tau scout. Before the Tau could aim at him, his head exploded, coating the scout in human gore.
A massive machine stepped out of the trees behind us. "About time you showed up Shas'vre," the scout said. "Yeah, we were 'engaged' by gue'las on the way. Are these the ones you took care of?" he asked. They were probably talking in Gothic for our benefit. The scout muttered something in Tau I didn't understand and the suit replied in their language. We had been taken prisoner by the enemy. For the first time in a long time I prayed to Emperor to have mercy on our souls.
