Elianareth's Gift Bridge
The frowning face of the alien stared at them, waiting for an answer. Farseer Macha was the first to speak up.
"Vior'la Shovah of the Farsight enclave I presume?"
"That is correct Eldar. However, let us skip the pleasantries. A whole two ship full of my Tau disappear in this sector. I believe your 'Kin' have something to do with it. So where are they?" Farsight asked as his red eyes glared.
"There is no need for any hostility Tau, we have no outstanding issues, let us keep it that-" The captain was interrupted as Doom had enough.
"Holy shit people, can we stop with the bullshit and get straight to the fucking point?!" Doom said before turning to the Commander Farsight. "If you wanna know, yeah we fucked up a bunch of Slaving assholes, your people are down in the below decks in case your wondering."
The Commander straightened his face to check if he was seeing properly. "A... Gue'la? Never in my life would I think I would ever see a Human work alongside a-"
"Do you fucking want them back, or not!?" Doom said in a pissed of tone. The two Eldar looked at the Doomslayer with a hint of surprise.
O'Shovah visibly flinched a tiny bit from the mans outburst before recomposing himself, "I- Yes of course."
The Eldar captain politely coughed before speaking, "Pull up your ship next to Elianareth's Gift. We're already having our crew escort them to the airlock for your soldiers to pick up."
The hardened gaze of the Tau Commander retook position. "Very well Eldar. But if this is some sort of trick... My ships will ensure your deaths will be swift." the Commander said before cutting off the line.
Doom immediately turned around before walking towards the grav lift. "Where do you think your going Doomslayer?" Macha asked. Doom turned around when he reached the lift before pressing the bottom floor.
"I need a few questions answered. I'll tag along in a bit." Doom said as he took out a tiny papyrus from his pocket before the lift went down.
Elianareth's Gift Lower Decks
"In Dedicato Imperatum Ultra Articulo Mortis... Any idea what that means Kane?" Doom thought as the elevator reached the floor, taking off his left gauntlet in the meanwhile.
Dooms hand grew red as a tiny bit of blood dripped off of it, The Eldar god spoke "Do I look as if I speak your dirty Mon-Keigh language?".
"Wait... Are you implying that you guys speak a different language? How the fuck have I been understanding you people?" Doom said to the God of war as he walked down the expansive corridor into another Room, briefly passing a few Tau's who were being escorted by two Dire Avengers. The blue skinned Aliens looked at the Doomslayer in awe, possibly because of his deeds that they witnessed before they were ushered on.
"Another small blessing given by me. However if you give me complete control, then I can-"
"Nope. Not gonna happen" was all Doom thought before putting his gauntlet back on. He had reached the prison room anyways.
Walking in, he was met with the sight of a very pissed and gravity suspended Sister of battle. Doom simply stood there as they both looked at each other, the Doomslayer coughed in an awkward sense before speaking.
"Hi."
Joan did not say a word behind her helmet, the Aspect warriors hadn't even the need to take off her armor. The Grav prison was already enough to keep her contained.
"Look, I know you're angry with that whole choking business... Unless you're into that. But that's not what's important." Doom said.
Joan's gaze could have burnt a whole in her sabbat helmet, "Then what is? I'm already disgusted at the mere thought of talking to you."
"Fine then, be disgusted." The Marine said, he took out the papyrus. "But at least tell me, what the hell does this mean?" He tossed the role of paper to her.
Joan witnessed the floating scroll, before hesitatingly taking it. Her face scrunched up in confusion before a bit of surprise. "Where did you find this?"
"On the Slaver ship, some guy in power armor who looked like he was on fire gave it to me."
"By the Emperor... It can't be possible. It just can't be."
"Uh, yeah can we stop with the shock factor and tell me what the fuck it is? I'm kinda running strict on time here."
"This is an Inscription 'For the Emperor Beyond the Point of Death', a chosen quote by the now dead Fire Hawks Chapter." The Sister of battle said.
"Chapter? Like from a book?" Doom asked.
"Emperors Throne! How are you this daft? Chapter as in a Space Marine chapter, how do you not know what I refer to?!" Joan said in anger. Doom merely shrugged.
"Let's just say, that I'm not from around here." Doom said before motioning to the papyrus that he had given her. "So what the fuck is so important about it?"
"I have an idea... But no way in the Emperor am I going to tell a herat-"
Immediately Doom tossed something at her, the surprised Sister of battle caught the red bag even as she laid suspended by gravity.
"Go on, open it."
Joan glared at him in suspicion before slowly opening it, the face of perfection stared back, wide eyed from the death that was inflicted on the chaos god. The sister of battle gasped in shock before batting it away with her hand, the amount of warp taint emanating off of it was impossible.
"Gah! Emperors Taint!" Joan yelled.
Doom caught it as it rolled of the gravity before replacing it inside the bag. "Yeah, it's the head of Slaanesh."
"What?!"
"The head of Slaanesh, I ripped it off her... His head? Fuck I don't know. Regardless, I crossed the six circles of seduction and into his palace."
Joan didn't even know how to process this info. "Impossible... What you say is heresy to the highest degree. No mortal can overcome the warp unless received assistance from the ruinous powers."
Doom sighed before cracking his neck and knuckles. "Well then Listen here, 'Joan'. I don't know what gave you the idea, but I'm not someone who jerks off with barbed wire. I the Doomslayer, The slaughterer and boogeyman of those so called Demons. And travelling to places like hell is my specialty. Don't believe me? Fine by me. But I'll tell you what,-"
Doom's body language immediately stiffened, "-Don't call me a fucking heretic. Or I will hurt you." was all the Doom said before slowly crossing both arms together.
Joan never never felt fear even against the worst of foes, but she felt that he was truly being serious. The Sister of battle recomposed herself as best as she could.
"I- Fine. There is Rumors that... The Fire Hawks live on in some way after there entire chapter just disappeared in the year 963 of the 41st millennium." Joan paused as if finding the right words. "Randomized aiding of chapters alike, turning the tide of battles. All with the same detail, unknown space marines wearing fiery power armor."
"Hmph, like a... Legion of the Damned." Doom said to himself. "Well, thanks." the Marine said before turning around to walk outside.
Joan sighed in irritation as she floated there, watching the Marine walk off. However Doomed turned his head, "Oh and by the way, We'll drop you off at Lethe. You'll be safe there... Hopefully."
The Sister of battle was honestly surprised at the Doomslayers statement before he left the room.
Leaving her to her own thoughts.
Elianareth's Gift
"It is familiar... The conversation you just had with that mortal."
Doom was a bit caught off guard with the god of war speaking within his head as he walked onto the grav lift. "What the hell are you on about?"
"When I held Isha as prisoner including her husband Kurnous, I felt... Envious."
"Envious? I honestly could not give a shit about your feelings right now Kane."
Khaine's anger was felt through Doom's mind for a split second before the god of war sighed. "Just hear me out Mortal. There is a lot at stake here."
"Hmph. Fine then..." Doom paused, "Was she hot though?"
"Yes I suppose she was on fire. I placed the both of them in a pit to burn after there violation of speaking to mortals." Khaine said, clearly not getting the reference.
Doom felt like slamming his head into a wall before thinking again. "As in, did you want to fuck her?"
"I- What? Of course not." Khaine said as if he was offended.
"Oh Okay, then you preferred the other guy, Kurnous I thi-"
"THIS CONVERSATION IS OVER MON-KEIGH! CEASE NOW!"
Doom chuckled, before the Grav lift went up. Khaine was silent but he slowly began to speak again.
"I cannot quite place it, but as I watched them, they still somehow held hope. Despite what I inflicted upon them."
"Probably caused they loved each other. It tends to make Disney miracles happen." Doom thought as the elevator reached the halfway point.
"Love... What is this love you speak of?"
Khaela Mensha Khaine, the Eldar god of war, fire, and murder. Was asking what love was.
Doom scratched the back of his helmet, unsure what to say.
"Well, Uh. Fuck I don't know. It's like an attraction I guess, like a good feeling."
"An... Attraction, A good... Feeling? Like when I kill those who wrong me?"
"Jesus fucking christ. Your goddamn hopeless you know that?"
"I demand you tell me!"
Doom straightened his gauntlets and leggings, the elevator was nearing the last floor. "Find it out your goddamn self." Doom said to himself before the grav lift arrived, "I got more important shit to do."
And with that the grav lift reached the platform. Khaine did not respond, apparently he was fuming but did not show it, instead sulking back to the confines of his hand.
The Farseer had already been waiting as she oversaw the Reunified slaves as they were escorted through the airlock. "Where were you?" she asked.
"Busy." was all Doom said before walking forward.
Cadia
"It seems another victory without any losses against the cultist hordes is at hand Sir Creed. Congratulations." the Lieutenant said. The Lord Castellan did not respond, instead analyzing the battlefield.
"And again, still they did nothing as we cut them down. What in the emperors name gives?"
"Perhaps they were stunned by the valor of our soldiers?"
Creed merely chuckled, "As if, I have warred against these disgusting degenerates ever since I was a child. But I know as a fact that is not the case.". Creed looked at the sprawled and dead Slaanesh cultists in thought. "There devoid of feeling or emotion, as if they have lost the will to live or fight. Does that not seem strange to you?" The Castellan asked his top lieutenants.
They merely shook there heads. Creed scoffed before looking back at the corpses.
He had still remembered the words of the inquisitor. Warning him to keep a watchful eye, it was then he looked up.
"Somethings not right. Call in the admiral and tell him to bolster defenses."
"Bolster Defenses? Lord Castellan, there is nothing the-"
"Don't question orders! Do it no-"
Usarker Creed hadn't even finished before the gruffled veterans shouts were interrupted by a different force. A humongous warp portal opened up, with varying arrays of spiky and angular designs, some looked almost imperial in nature were it not for the reddish color. They left a long red trail behind them as they warped into the stratosphere of Cadia.
Creed wordlessly rushing forward to the command post, varying degrees of Imperial officers and servo skulls were busy deciphering what was happening. "Get me online with the Admiral now!" the General yelled. The nearest officer quickly handed him a vox caster as Creed took it.
"Admiral? We have a serious situation at hand. Get your ships to planet side and we can-"
The lord Castellan hadn't even finished before the Chaos ships glowed with purple energy. "DOWN!" Creed yelled before ducking the rest of the officers hitting the floor before a flash of purple light covered the room.
The chaos ships were no longer there.
"Emperor Forbid, is everyone okay?" Creed asked, the officers looked fine as they groggily stood up with no sign of mutations. The light didn't seem to effect them. Creed looked up before speaking through the vox caster.
"Admiral, are you there?" Creed asked.
There was a bit of static before a voice spoke up, "We're fine, however there seems to be another problem. That chaos fleet warped out."
Creed grunted, "I know. If this is the start of a new black crusade... Then Cadia would be in the battle for it's life right about now."
"Then why leave?" the Admiral asked.
"Because this is clearly not meant to be a crusade. That was a precision strike fleet that they have set up, against whom or what I cannot tell but keep a vigilant eye out."
"Very well, Emperor Protects. Lord Castellan." the Admiral said before closing off the line.
"Emperor Protects..." was all Creed said before looking back out to the endless black pit of space.
Something was going on and he didn't like it one bit.
Aegis of Fear
"Where is he!? Where is the Green armored mortal!?" Kharn yelled as he stuttered around the place. The chaos lord merely sat on his throne as he chuckled lightly.
"Within due time Kharn. However now we must consult the ruinous powers and have them guide us."
"Bah! Then hurry! I grow restless!" Khorn said before turning around and stomping out and slamming the door behind him, denting the metal. A few chaos marines gave way, bowing there heads respectively towards the champion of Khorne.
Kharn merely grunted before walking down the halls of the ruinous ship as hereteks were at work, corrupting and twisting the ships machine spirit in preparation for the upcoming battle.
He was about to turn the other corridor until he spied a couple of Slaanesh marines that were staring at a wall. They simply just stood there, the hereteks were careful to not bump into them.
"I admit, it almost saddens me... Almost." A voice said, Kharn turned in annoyance towards the figure, revealing what seemed to be a chaos sorcerer. Wielding an ornate set of horns on his helmet as he levitated lightly off the ground.
Kharn simply ignored the sorcerer and walked past him, not caring for whatever. The sorcerer held a hand, stopping the giant berserker from walking forward as Kharn slowly turned his head to the right. His eyes now blazing with anger. Did this sorcerer have a death wish?
"I believe you are the famous Kharn, Champion of Khorne." the Sorcerer merely lowered his hand before holding it out, "Ahzek Ahriman of the Thousand Sons legion."
Kharn merely looked at the sorcerer before slapping away his hand. "I do not care for what you are. Begone sorcerer or face my wrath." Kharn said silently before walking away, Gorechild in hand.
Ahriman chuckled lightly, "Very well." The Champion of Khorne huffed before walking away. The powerful chaos sorcerer waited a moment before speaking up again, "However do you not find it strange that the Gods of Chaos want this green armored man?" Kharn stopped at the words before slowly turning around.
"What do you know?" the Red armored chaos marine asked.
"That it cannot be pure coincidence that this...-" Ahzek said as he pointed towards the blank and still Slaanesh marines, less animated than the Sorcerers Golem. "-occurs before I received a vision, the capture of this green armored mortal."
Kharn tightened his grip on his chain axe before slowly turning around, walking towards the lift.
"Strange...-" was all the Berserker said before entering the lift, "-Because Khorne wants him dead." was all Kharn said as the doors closed, his green visor burned with hatred.
Ahriman narrowed his eyes. This was going to be a problem.
Kauyon Be'gel
As soon as Doom entered the the Tau ship, he had to duck as a drone whizzed right over his head. Quickly scanning him before moving onto the rest of the slaves. Apparently paranoia ran deep into pretty much every race as they had to wait until the doors opened. A dozen red armored fire caste's had there weapons out as they pointed them directly at the few Eldar warriors.
A few howling Banshee's along with a squad of Dire Avengers had there weapons out in response to the hostility of the Tau soldiers
Arileth silently stood there alongside her comrades, her banshee mask ignoring the Marines entrance.
"Holster your weapons, we are not here to fight but to return." Macha said, however they seemed to be still distrustful. It was only until a giant bipedal mech wielding a equally giant blade came out from behind the Tau soldiers.
The battlesuit looked at the fire caste and nodded before the Tau lowered there weapons into a neutral stance. The red painted battle suit knelt down before opening up, revealing commander Farsight himself.
"I am surprise you kept to your word knowing your kind." Farsight said. Although it was an insult, the statement seemed to be that of curiosity.
Macha merely frowned, "You do not know our kind Commander. Let us keep it at that. This exchange is beneficial for the both of us."
"How so? What is a lone Eldar cruiser doing in this sector of space?"
The Farseer spoke again, however Doom was already bored as he turned away from the two conversing species. He spotted Arileth again before walking to her.
"So..." Doom said as he came up alongside the Howling banshee exarch. "Who the hell are these Tau guys anyway?"
Arileth pretended to ignore him before the silence made her give in, "They are a smart yet naive race. Filled to the brim with all sorts of uses of technology such as ion and pulse weapons."
"Hmph, what about those drones." Doom said as another whizzed past his head.
Arileth paused before speaking, "Those are not mere drones Doomslayer, Each contain a an Artificial intelligence of sorts."
Doom looked at the hovering drone before it alighted next to a console, integrating itself with it. "Huh. So if I were to let say... Forcefully put a highly advanced A.I with a network system so advanced that it has it's own philosophy to it... Then would the drone still work?"
"What?"
"Nothing." Doom said before quietly walking away as the Banshee gave him a confused look before dismissing herself from him.
He scanned the Tau ship, taking note of it's angular yet elegant design patterns it held. Not as spacious as the Eldar ship but spacious enough. His eyes spotted another one of the drone from before, as it connected itself to another random console.
Doom looked left and then right before slowly walking forward, the Tau and the Eldar leaders to engrossed in conversation to notice the man as he inspected the back of the drone. Arileth caught sight of him as she turned her head at him.
The marine scoffed before experimentally touching the back of the drone. "What are you doing mortal?" A voice asked, Doom sighed. It was Khaine again.
"Nothing... Just checking this thing out." The Doomslayer thought before quietly opening up a back panel. Revealing a few chips and wires, it was a miracle that most Tau or even Eldar hadn't even noticed him.
It was then he saw a completely empty slot, looking as if it was meant to contain a chip but was removed by some omnipotent force. "Correct me if I am wrong... But I do not believe-"
"I don't give a fuck what you think, Kane." the Marine thought, adding emphasis on the Gods given name to show his annoyance and disdain.
Doom could feel a searing sensation in his hand before it quickly dissipated, Khaine was clearly pissed but couldn't do anything about it. Doom silently chuckled before reaching into his pocket, producing a small chip that contained the backup of VEGA.
"Hey! What are you-" A Tau earth caste caught sight of the Doomslayer who had been tampering with the Drone.
The Marine cursed, "Hope this works." he merely thought before slotting the chip in. Within an instant the drone acted up, rivets of energy sparked out of it as it's visor cracked. Macha and Farsight immediately abstained from there conversation as they watched the console and lights go haywire before descending into an emergency yellow lighting.
Automatically everyone went into high alert. The Tau first as they shouted in anger before raising there weapons. Commander Farsights battlesuit closed back up before raising his blade defensively.
"I knew I was wrong to trust your kind. Clearly you have sabotaged our systems!" Farsight spat as his mech stood menacingly in front of the Farseer.
Macha showed no emotion, however she raised her singing spear in a combat stance as her eyes glowed with blue energy. "I'm warning you Commander, it is not of our-"
"I'm afraid it would be my doing." A robotic voice said.
A singular Tau drone along with Doom walked in the middle of the two groups, The marine took of his helmet with a smile on his face.
"I would recommend to cease hostilities however." The polite Drone said, it's singular optical visor was cracked. "As it would be non-beneficial for both parties."
Commander Farsight looked at the drone for a second before speaking, "What manner of AI are you? You are not one of ours!" The Commander said in an accusing manner.
"Nope." Doom spoke up. "Everyone, I'd like you to meet VEGA. Your average A.I expert on Demons, Hell,-" said before leaning on the drone like a table before continuing. "-And a damn fine gentlemen."
"Greetings." Vega said as the Drone's tiny metal crab like arms seemed to give a thumbs up. Doom chuckled before it awkwardly died down as he noticed everyone staring at him.
Doom coughed, "Oh yeah, And I think I might have used up all of your ships power... 2.4 Terrawatts of it..." the Marine said before scratching the back of his head.
Macha face palmed.