Richard has been running for the past 6 hours , he left base 16 hours ago to go patrol some Emperor forsaken sector of the city and "wipe out any enemy resistance ," . . . it was a suicide run . And he sure was running . His left leg broken , right arm bleeding profusely , out of ammo , bayonet broken , knife lost . He limped into a hab block , absolutely covered with human blood . . . but no bodies . . . he tried to not reflect on that . He slumped against a chair he found on a balcony and reminisced about what had become of his squad .
2 days earlier .
Richard sat on a bench in a corner of firebase 12 , in one of the last remaining cities , cut over 40 miles from the Imperial Guard lines , they had been on their way to try and reach a destroyed fortress that would of contained millions of munitions and maybe even some usable tanks , but they were cut off in the hive city Vernace and had been besieged their for 3 weeks , now they were almost out of ammo and men , so they had to make a push to get out and reach the fortress .
His squad was to scout out a corner that orks had been spotted in the least , to see if they could find a way out , or . . . if only light enemy resistance , kill them and sound the horn to get the convoy moving .
Richard got up and walked to his designated rallying point , a plaza , on the way there he passed two checkpoints under siege , the checkpoint was dubbed so because so many human bodies had piled up there that it was a good defensive position . He heard Sergeant Miller's voice when he reached the plaza , there was a statue to the emperor , it had been cut in half by artillery fire , the top half turned to rubble . He saw the rest of the men there , Dylan and Vincent , the joksters , Tyler was the most veteran guardsmen , and was quiet . Matthew , Franklin and Edward were fairly serious . Victor had been at the front lines the longest , he looked dead inside . Finally Fredrick was just your average joe , used to be a farmer , got conscripted , guy had a decent Hab , and a wife and 2 kids .
" Took your sweet time getting here , trooper ," Miller said sarcastically
"Had to climb over a lot of bodies to reach you Sarge," he was exaggerating of course , but he had had to step over a few bodies now and again . Dylan chuckled and Tyler thought it was hilarious .
Miller graciously ignored the comment and continued .
"Men , we have been trapped in this hellhole of a hive for almost a month , I say it's time we get out of here."
"We are going to go past Checkpoint 7 , scout out for a few miles , secure a area , kill some orks , and provide a safe area for reinforcements to get out and tank's to get in , let's move out!"
And so they set off , they passed burned out Habs , saw bodies burning , corpses everywhere , one poor SOB got cut in half , managed to crawl almost 40 feet , presumably the Ork that bisected him found it hilarious and laughed until finally he crushed his head in . They also saw dozens of car wrecks , one pile up must of had almost 200 cars . Eventually they reached a boardwalk and that's when things went bad .
Richard was gazing out at the green , sickly looking polluted sea , when the orks hit .
One ork leaped out from a doorway with an axe , and cut down Edward and Matthew before it got shot dead , another Ork jumped down from a balcony on a second story , and dug an axe deep into Tyler's head , splitting his helmet , then his head in half . It then grabbed Dylan's head and squeezed until it poppet , spraying blood everywhere , Miller shot it 10 times , and it fell to it's knees , but it pulled out a pistol and shot Miller 3 times . His armor blocked 2 , but the third hit him in the neck . Richard finished off the ork with a headshot .
Then shoota boy's arrived and Victor got hit right in the head , his head turned to mist his finger still pulling his guns trigger . Richard managed to score 2 kills , and Vincent managed to even get 3 , but they had to retreat . The 3 of them jumped over the railing and dived into the sea , as they did so Fredrick got hit right in the collar bone , Richard and Vincent got to shore , but Fredrick drowned , slowly , as his blood was gulped up and pulled away by the ocean . Richard and Vincent kept running , but a trukk came down the road and the boys fired on them , they had to split up , then he ran and ran and ran , the boys in the the trukk got a hit on his right arm , only do to his armor he did not lose it , as it stood though he was blooding . . . real bad . He entered a building , the orks followed , and he had to jump off a balcony . . . on the third story . He broke his left leg , he about passed out from the pain , but he managed to crawl into a building , and fell asleep , he slept for 5 hours .
When he woke up , he managed to make his way to a big Hab , mostly undamaged , he made it up to the 4th story , and he rested , he could of swore he saw 5 red giants waling down the road , but quickly labeled it as a hallucination , then he fell asleep . . . and never woke again .