Chapter Two: Coming of the Storm
Chris pushed aside the thought he had and focused on his job. He took aim with his sniper rifle and blow a hormaguant's head clean off. The other guants responed with leaping and clawing of the walls. Chris gave a smirk and shot another guant clean in two. Then for an unknown reason the started to run away. Chris thought for a sec and remembered that they never fall back unless they were called back by a … "Synapse creature." He mumbled in fear that a Hive Tyrant could be near.
He ran to the hatch. "Hive mind creatures are near!" He yelled as load as he ever yelled. The sound of boots running about and clips slammed into their weapons told Chris that they heard him. Chris stood up and looked around. The bunker begain to shake and a face of a Carnifix appeared through the trees. Chris's eyes opened in terror.
He had heard stories of these creatures from the Space Marines who fought them. They had unbelievable strength and toughness, and that several marines would die before it was stopped. It was even said that one even sliced a land raider in two. He looked around for something to at least slow it down, but the only thing was the armor percing rounds and he only had a few hundred of them. He kneeled to the hatch door and yelled down to his squad mates, "Carnifix inbound on our location!"
The rest of the squad replied with the sound of them barricading the doorway with metal crates and other large heavy objects. The Sergeant looked up at him and signaled him to come down. Chris slid down the ladder into the main hall were Bruce had set up a heavy bolter to cover the entrance with Jason and Alex behind him with shotguns and more than 60 rounds next to them. Drake, the demolition expert, was sealing the doors and wiring them with demo charges. Kan was going back up to see what they were facing and the Sergeant was loading up his bolt pistol.
Chris than felt the ground shake, alone with the rockcrete walls. He climbed back up the ladder and looked out ward. He saw nothing but swarms of guants, warriors, rippers, and two carnifixes. They had no chance of survival, but that doesn't mean hell give up with out a fight. Suddenly a blast from a venom cannon caught Kan, melting half of his chest and he fell over into the swarms. Chris quickly went down into the main hall and sealed the hatches. He ran and ducked near Bruce, Alex, and Jason and picked up a shotgun and faced the door.