Chapter 1, First contact
«Ooohhh…»
Eli groaned, letting out the last of the air from his improved lungs for a long time. He felt literally squeezed out like a lemon. The Superhuman continued to lie on the ground, unable to move. It was more because of the desire to catch my breath after the experience, and not from wounds.
Eli was in a blissful madness and did not count how much time he spent like that. But I remembered that upon arrival, the local luminary was just rising, and now it was already sit down. The former Khornite decided that he had rested more than enough and slowly began to rise.
He looked around.
«Trees, grass, bushes. It's a forest. I'm in the middle of a small clearing surrounded on all sides by trees. Well, the perfect place for an ambush.»
Mentally, Eli chastised himself for his carelessness and slapped himself in the face. Just think — to lie on the edge of some unfamiliar forest, like some last stoned slaaneshit.
«But, on the other hand, it's logical. I renounced Khorne and survived at the same time... probably… And others may already be interested in me. This could attract their attention. But I don't see any tempting demons or anything.… A difficult situation. And what do I even understand about the Warp? Okay, it doesn't matter. We need to think about survival for now, and not about high matters. So, wait a second, where's my helmet?»
Looking carefully at his feet, Eli noticed that there was a hollow in the ground in the shape of his body.
«Soft earth. Very bad. My footprints may remain on it.»
Continuing his search, the Chaosit finally found his helmet at the opposite end of the clearing. Approaching him and bending down, he noticed movement in the nearby bushes.
«Calm air, then...»
*WHOOSH*
Faster than the wind, Eli lunged at the bushes and stretched out his hand there to grab the source of anxiety. He gripped something soft and fluffy tightly (1). Chaosit slowly began to lift the thing and saw two long, fluffy, brown-gray ears. After a couple of seconds, there was a small animal at eye level. The locals called this creature a "wild rabbit", but the astartes did not know that. At the sight of this piece of meat, the Space Marine's stomach did not just rumble, but began to literly growl.
«It doesn't look like this thing is poisonous. But even so, my implants will help make anything edible. It would be possible to fry to increase the nutritional value, but the fire can attract unwanted attention, so…»
Eli opened his mouth wide and placed the twitching animal there. All attempts of the animal to escape from the terrible fate of the victim of the super-predator failed when the Khornit closed its teeth, biting off a third of the body. After waiting half a minute for the meat analysis to finish, Eli grunted satisfactorily. He continued his meal, thinking.
«Wow, that's not bad. A lot of protein for a small volume, practically no toxins. Hmm, interesting… Apparently I found myself either in a nature reserve, or in the private garden of an aristocrat, or just in an agrarian world where people didn't have time to spoil everything.»
After three more bites, the astartes licked his bloody lips.
«It was probably the most enjoyable meal in the last ten years for sure. Yes, definitely better than corpse bars, bio-paste from don't-understand-what, or the throat of my former ringleader. Although I'm unlikely to eat till full just one individual. I hope there was his nest nearby with offspri-... Damn, someone is nearby.»
Warned by super-senses, the space marine turned around one hundred and eighty degrees and saw ... a girl. Although it was more of a mutant individual: the arms and legs were covered with gray-blue fur, there were claws on the ends of the fingers, shaggy ears on the head, a tail twirling left and right and shining yellow eyes. And no matter how strange it might sound, but the mutant was… Aesthetic. All these non-human parts were harmoniously combined, creating an exotic beauty.
«Frag, please don't let this be a slaaneshite world.»
Her clothes were extremely open and barely concealed intimate places. Eli even unexpectedly felt that he wanted to look away. But with a little effort, he gathered his will into a fist and continued to examine the stranger. The woman herself just looked at him with a mixture of excitement and curiosity. Then she decided to give a voice, which turned out to be even quite gentle:
«H-hi, big guy,»— she waved her hand nervously, and then crossed it with the other.
«Hmm, it's reasonable. If she had attacked me right away, it would have been easier... Did I call it "she"? Hmm, I usually don't pay attention to it.»
«You're silent, right? Umm, you're unusual and you smell weird. But that doesn't mean I don't like you, no! You have a beautiful face! And the armor, too — beautiful, very!»
«Beautiful?! They should inspire fear!.. It seems that I am gradually becoming a Slaaneshite...»
«Yes… I saw you eat that rabbit. I wanted to catch him myself, but you seem to be very hungry since you ate him whole and raw yet... Li-i-isten, I can give you a lot of food. I will bring you my loot every day if you…»
«Yes, you approach» — Eli wiped the remaining blood from his face. Despite the fact that the space marine put a very creepy meaning into the words, the mutant was not afraid, but only began to stamp on the spot and blush, looking away. She seems to have misunderstood him somewhat.
«W-W-WHAT?! In-just like that? Oh, mommies. My sister said that I would have to use force, well, since you yourself…»
«Shut up and get ready,»— the wolf did not even notice how chaosit picked up his helmet and put it on his head. The large eyepieces lit up with an infernal red light, and from the respirator, imitating a fanged mouth, an unintelligible roar of a voice leprous with a broken vox came out. To Eli's surprise, the wolf did not flinch and looked at him blankly.
«Shouldn't we, on the contrary, undress?»
«... The universe will definitely be better off without her.»
Taking out a saw-axe, the supehurman started it. A roar so pleasant to his ear spread throughout the neighborhood, drowning out all the frightened birds and animals.
«Well, it's louder than I thought, but in any case, I still need to start collecting for my throne. And even if her skull is empty, it's still a skull...»
«... Listen, in your land it's customary to get mar- ...» — the girl did not have time to finish, as the air was filled with a war cry distorted by interference:
BLOOD TO THE BLOODY ME!
SKULLS FOR MY THRONE!
The red spot rushed to the wolfman so quickly that she did not even have time to react. The last thing she saw was a loud axe-shaped buzzer descending on her head.
Attention! The threat of the existence of the entity "standard contact in case of penetration of alien entities"!
Threat source: observed unknown entity.
Detailed analysis of the entity's reaction…
Aggressively disposed towards other entities... Interest in domination… Obsession with the idea of "power self-development"…
Entity threat entity… Unacceptable.
Finding solutions…
«It would be more practical to question her about the state of affairs on the planet, but it was worth thinking about earlier. Somehow stupidly immediately rushes at an unfamiliar creature. Suddenly it's stronger than it looks? Then she could become my slave or even a full-fledged member of the warp gang. We could fight side by side, collect skulls… Wait, what?! Why do I even need a beautiful companion who can become a wife? So for a second, I thought that she could become my wife? This… Acceptable… Although no, what's wrong with my head?! But in any case, I have already shouted, so let the blades do their wor-...»
*BEEEeeep*
Suddenly, the deadly mechanism stopped, and instead of the rattle of the chain, a long sound of a squeaking pet toy was released. The head of the weapon even flattened like a toy hammer. The woman, who had closed her eyes, shook her ear and opened her one to look at the masked face of the space marine. If there was no helmet, the wolfwoman saw that the astartes was no less confused than she was.
«KGH-HO-WOW-OT?!»
Eli slowly raised the saw axe, which caused it to make a similar sound again, restoring its shape. It had a strange effect on the girl. She wagged her tail more actively, stuck out her tongue and began to breathe heavily. Inside the astartes, a mixture of conflicting emotions bubbled up from this sight, from disgust to "the desire to scratch her behind the ear." But instead, Eli struck with his weapon once more…
*BEEP*
And again…
*BEEP*
And more…
*BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP*
The effect did not change in any way, only the wolf seemed to become even more excited. It was absolutely not what Chaosit wanted, and this picture only made him growl from ... misunderstanding, impotence and resultless rage.
«No, I'm not a weakling! I am strong and I control my own destiny! If my axe is broken, then I will have to act the old-fashioned way. I'LL TEAR OFF HER STUPID HEAD WITH MY BARE HANDS ALONG WITH HER FUCKING SPINE!»
«R-R-RAAA! »— Vox growled furiously, and Eli hurled his trusty weapon at the tree, which was almost cut in half by this. With one hand, he grabbed the girl by the shoulder, from which she moaned, but for completely different reasons. The other one took his head and wanted to tear it off... but... Eli realized that he had taken his cheek. More precisely, he only ordered the hand to tear off the head, while the hand itself gently stroked the soft, rosy cheek.
«Wh-gh-hhh-...?!»
Even the superhuman's quick mind didn't understand what was going on. The woman gently took a huge metal hand and hugged her, closing her eyes.
«Oh, dear, you treat me so tenderly, just like a real aristocrat to his countess, mf-❤,»— the wolfman bent her thumb without any resistance and stuck it behind her cheek and allowed her finger to return to its original position, — «you fee, honey, how much my mouth fan fill ftretch. I'm fure it'll be able to raft it wider, ha-ah❤️.»
While the yellow eyes languidly devoured the soul of the chaosit, a real warp storm began in Eli's mind, and the body betrayed the "master of its fate". The shoulders of the former Khornite were twitching furiously, the lungs did not want to pump oxygen, and something strange felt just below the waist. His eyes began to fill with sweat, caused by being on the verge of a nervous breakdown. And the lips began to form sounds:
«Ye-y-,»- It seemed that the astartes was fighting with something for the right to word, which would determine his future fate.
«Do you afree to farry me?❤️»
«Yse-eee-sss…»
«Yes?❤️»- the wolf woman released her finger and raised herself as high as possible to the face of her future betrothed. And since Eli was bent over, struggling with himself, she almost got…
«NOOOO!» — with the last of his strength, the astartes performed a feat and threw the girl away from him, — «Don't come near me, bitch!»
«Ow!»— she fell to the ground, painfully hitting a soft spot. She looked at the giant, puzzled,— «What are you doing? Why?»
«Get out, you dirty mutt! I don't need you,» — the Space Marine wheezed through his helmet, panting heavily. These rude words brought tears to the girl's eyes.
«What?! No, no, you can't do that! You put your finger in my mouth.»
«AM I PUT?!» — Eli was amazed to himself, but the words stuck in his throat from the delirium that was happening.
«...which means you want me, but you won't admit it" Eh, so I'll have to show you the power to make you understand everything.»
«Power? Ha! Yes, you won't even move me from my place on this-aaah!» — Eli screamed, poisoned into flying into the nearest oak tree. Unfortunately for him, the mutant really turned out to be stronger than she looked. But unfortunately for the wolf woman, her feeble push, which could only bring down a puny teen, sent a huge creature, a living weapon created for war, flying a good dozen meters.
«WHAT THE FRAG?!» — that's all the astartes managed to think before flying to the trunk of the tree.
«D-DEAR!» — the girl, still dumbfounded, ran to help the man, but stopped a few steps away from him. Despite the fact that the blow was able to pull out the oak tree almost by the roots, Eli's reinforced body was practically not injured and he was able to quickly get up before assistance was provided. «Oh, I'm so glad you're okay!" I'm sorry, I'm really sorry! I won't do it again, honestly!» — the wolf was already on the verge of hysteria and moisture was oozing from her moist eyes.
«Yana, were you making noise? Oh gods, what's wrong with you?»— a woman's head with the same ears poked out of the bushes. After that, other girls similar to the "bride" appeared.
«Sveta? Mom? Girls, what are you doing here?»
«We heard a very nasty sound, which changed to very funny and stimulating,»— the tallest of the pack answered for everyone, — «And now I heard you yelling at someone, Yana. What's happening?»
The girl hesitated and sobbed softly. She pointed with her hand at a giant clad in unusual red armor. The women began to exchange glances and come closer to get a better look at the stranger on their land.
«I... I offered to marry him, but he *sniff*... offended me... * sniff*»
«What?! How? »— it was heard from the surprised pack. And then the "dam broke" — Yana fell to her knees and a river of tears poured out of her eyes.
«He just wanted to abuse of me! He touched me in indecent places, and even put his hand up to his wrist in his mouth! And then he called me a mutt and a dirty bitch, and told me to get out and he didn't need me anymore. He doesn't like me, wua-a-a-ah-ah…»
«She has less conscience than the Tzinchit sorcerer!»
«The scoundrel!
How could you?!
Why are wolkodlaks(2) always unlucky for men?!» — the crowd was indignant.
«Calm down, daughter,» — the leader hugged her child and stroked her head, — «don't cry, everything will be fine. Tell me, do you still like him? »— the girl just weakly shook her head, — «Well, then okay »— she smiled predatory and raised her hand, then loudly barked. — «Pack, get ready for the "fas" command!»
«Hey, Mom, can Yanochka(3) share with me if I catch him first? I don't know what, but this guy turns me on.»
«Yana, do you mind if Sveta takes a "piece of loot" for herself?»
«Omkay, *sniff*…»
While the strange predators were distracted by talking and warming up, Eli's brain was working hard.
«Apparently, this "Yana" is not the strongest among them. Here's a fool, why throw a axe was? So at least I could distract them. As it is, I have practically no choice...»
He could do the honorable thing and rush into the last battle and try to kill as many enemies as possible. This is what a real warrior of Khorne would do: ingloriously perish in battle and devalue all previous exploits. No, Eli was no longer a blind idiot, he would act as honestly and heroically as possible.
«Tactical retreat.»
A second before Sveta jumped on him, the astartes took a step to the side, which caused her to fly face-first into the fallen trunk. Then the chaos it ran backwards from her for a couple of meters, and turned around and rushed to new exploits.
«Well, Hare, just you wait!»(4) — and the whole pack, led by Sveta, took off after him. The chase promised to be very interesting.
A/N:
1- Thanks to the black carapace, Astartes can control and feel well through the armor. And add to this the influence of the Warp, which enhanced the effect. No, Eli has not yet reached the level of noisemarines, but he feels things as if he is wearing thin medical gloves.
2- Wolkodlak, aka wolkolak, are werewolves, or rather sorcerers-diviners, who could also turn into bears, from Slavic folklore from the pre-Christian period (later they were and fairy tales for children). I really like this word for it sound, so let it be.
3 - "Ochka" is a diminutive ending of a word from the Russian language. I like to think that some types of mamono have national traits of some real peoples. So, I decided that let the beastmen (at least wolves) be Slavs. And why not? Suka bliad'
4 - A reference to the Soviet animated series "Nu pogodi" (something like a more serious Tom and Jerry). At the end of each episode, the character Wolf shouted this phrase, cursing Hare.
Here, something like that. Did you expect "blood-guts-raspidorasilo"? Then I advise you to take a closer look at the cover. This work was planned as banter over cliches and stereotypes over fan fiction by mge.
By the way, the question is: do you have to capitalize the title in English, like "Astartes, Space Marine, Chaosit"?
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