Chapter 4: Reunion
Firedude: Hey guys! Chapter four up and running!
Tikigod784: No sweat Tiki, the Mahora girls are going to have plenty of time in the spot light. As for the OC's I will make sure it's fair, but there are bound to be some villains who are overpowering.
Mr. Something: Yeah, but it was easier to just say no one had, instead of getting into the Necrons.
Disclaimer: I do not own Negima! or any of its characters, nor do I own The War Hammer 40K franchise or any of its characters.
Firedude: Alright here comes number four! Read and review please!
February 24th 2008. Outside Garage A, Mahora Academy.
The captain looked over his shoulder to space marine with white armor and blotches of blue. "Apothecary Angelos! How is that one!?" The Apothecary was scanning Eva's unconscious form with a device on his wrist. "She is unconscious, but shall survive. How is Brother-Tanthius?" The captain looked back down to his corporal that he saw was conscious, but still dazed from the affects of the warp. "Conscious, to say the least…" He stood up and grabbed Tanthius' hand, pulling him to his feet. "Are you alright corporal?" Andruu stumbled around a little, but shook his head slightly to get his senses back in order. "Yeah… yeah I'm fine. Thank you captain." Andruu looked over to Chachamaru who was now kneeling next to Eva with the apothecary and Mana was conversing with another marine
Captain Agemman walked over to them with Andruu in tow. "Corporal Tanthius, you remember Sergeant Octavion, correct?" The marine was bald and had an armored mask over the lower half of his face, but his voice could still be heard through a speaker like structure in the mask. "Brother-Tanthius, it's good to fight alongside you once more." Andruu stood at attention and replied, "Same to you sir. So, what happened?" Mana stood there with her arms crossed and spoke in an indifferent tone. "After that guy dropped you into the warp, these three burst out of the garage and charged him. He must've panicked because he hoped in after you to escape."
Andruu gritted his teeth and murmured, "Dammit… I'll get him someday." Chachamaru walked up next to the group with Eva in her arms. "She requires a better inspection back at the base." Said the apothecary who followed up behind them. Captain Agemman nodded and turned towards the garage, his long, brown hair flowing behind him as he walked. He lifted open the large garage door with one hand and walked inside. Andruu looked around a bit at the old garage and cringed a little. "This place is big enough… but I don't know if its fit to be a base…" Chachamaru looked towards the floor and said, "My sensors are detecting several life forms, approximately five stories down…" Octavion looked at Chachamaru with a puzzled expression. "The servitor has advanced sensors?" Chachamaru just blinked at the comment and replied, "…Servitor?"
There was a large freight elevator in the back of the garage that everyone boarded. Agemman tapped a button and the elevator made a loud humming sound as it's slowly descended into the earth. After a minute, they landed on the base floor and the gates of the elevator slid open to reveal a larger room than upstairs with a couple marines standing around. There were several tables set up around the room, with various equipment and gadgets laid out on them. There was also a big white curtain, hanging around a back corner of the room. "Here we are corporal… it's not the fortress monastery, but it's served us well." Andruu looked to see that there were only two other marines. "This is it…?" Octavion nodded and replied, "We've only been able to unite six battle-brothers… the other four are still lost." The group entered the room and advanced towards a small group of marines. Angelos and Chachamaru broke away from them to go behind the white curtain in the back.
The group approached two marines who were speaking with each other. The first donned a gold armor with a strap of it extending out of his head. From it, several large cables came down from it and connected to his skull. He also carried a large, gold staff with an eagle statuette perched on top. Standing across from him was a marine with large black armor and a helmet resembling a bleach white skull. He carried a large, spiked mace that seemed to glow a faint purple. "Allow me to introduce chief Librarian Tigurius, the strongest psyker in the imperium." Mana raised an eyebrow and questioned the information. "A librarian… and psyker?" Tigurius kept a blank expression as he explained. "I'm in charge of managing all information and history of the chapter… and I believe psyker is closest to the term, mage in your time period." Agemman then motioned towards the black armored one and said, "And this is Chaplain Cassius, spiritual lord of the Ultramarine's chapter."
The Cassius nodded to Andruu silently and then walked off to behind the white curtain. "As you can tell, he's a man of few words… when not in battle" Said Tigurius as he watched him walk away. "Anyway captain, I've not made any head way in locating the artifacts, but I've definitely detected chaos energies within the school, specifically a single student." Agemman put on a stern expression and replied, "Do you know who?" The Librarian shook his head. "No… all I know is that the energy size could be only one person, with so many people in this school, it's almost impossible to narrow it down-." As the two continued on, Mana just began to walk towards the white curtain. "Hey Mana, where are you going?" Mana called back without even looking at him. "I'm going to check up on Evangeline." Andruu looked back and forth between the captain and Mana, sighed and ran after her.
They pushed aside the curtain and found a few beds lined up behind it. Eva was lying on the first one with Chachamaru sitting bed side as Angelos looked her over. "How is she?" Mana asked as she walked over. Angelos scratched the side of his head. "It's very odd…" Chachamaru looked up to him. "Is the master not doing well?" Angelos shook his head slightly as he continued. "No, with closer inspection I've actually determined she's perfectly fine… but with the force Claudius slammed her down with, she shouldn't just be unconscious, she should have a broken neck and dead!" Mana shrugged, not surprised. "Well that's not surprising…" Angelos looked at her with a skeptical expression. "Why is that young lady?" Mana gave him a faint smile as she answered, "She's a vampire."
A gasp escaped from under Angelos' helmet and he grabbed the bolter pistol from his side. "Purge the heretic!" the cried out as he put the gun to Eva's skull. Before he could follow through, Chachamaru had kicked to gun out of his hand and then grabbed the apothecary under the armpits and lifted him into the air, chucking his across the room and into the wall. He slid to the ground with a groan, rubbing his head as the captain and the other marines ran over to him. "What happened Angelos?" He pulled himself up and pointed towards the curtain. "The little one is a heretic and the servitor assaulted me for trying to purge her!" Agemman's eyes widened and pulled out his bolter. He took aim at Chachamaru, only be shot at by Mana. "Sir! Please halt!" Andruu called out as they stood at a standstill. "Corporal, do not forget our duty." Andruu shook his head and waved his hands. "No sir, the girl may have the red thirst, but I assure you she is not a member of chaos." Tigurius leaned over to the captain and whispered. "He's right sir, I sense no taint in that one."
Agemman looked between the librarian and Andruu before holstering his gun. "You'll have to forgive us, in our time; all vampires serve the chaos forces. We will trust you for now, but if she turns on us we will not hesitate to eliminate her." Octavion leaned over and whispered, "Captain, are you sure that's wise?" Agemman turned his head to him and replied, "It might be better if we just terminate her now, but we do not need conflict with these potential allies… at the moment at least." Chachamaru landed once more and walked up to Angelos. "Are you alright sir? Forgive me, but I had to protect the master." She said with a bow. Angelos shook his head and replied, "I should not have acted so hastily, you are forgiven servitor." They all then walked back behind the curtain as Chachamaru just stood there dumbfounded again. "What's a servitor…?" She murmured to herself.
They all stood around Eva as Octavion took a closer look at her. "She does not appear to be a vampire." He raised one side of her lip and saw she had no fangs. "This one does not even have fangs yet." As Chachamaru came back, she explained. "The master is under a curse, and may only gain her powers back on a full moon." Octavion listened as he continued to inspect her. "Interesting… I've used many means to slay vampires, but I've never heard of such a curse to place on them." Mana looked over to the librarian and said, "I thought you guys have magic in the future?" Tigurius nodded slightly and replied, "Yes, but we've long since abandoned your time periods magic, we now rely on powers drawn from the warp and the various daemons within it."
"Hmph, so that's what those are called." They all jumped, not expecting the voice and looked down to see that Eva was awake now. "You're awake!" Andruu shouted, completely taken off guard. "Tell me something I don't know fool. I've been awake ever since you brought me down here. But I figured I could get some questions answered before I even started asking if I just listened, and I was right." She hopped up from the bed and Chachamaru immediately walked to her side. "I've seen the monsters within the warp before, but I never knew what they were called; now I do." Tigurius gave her a suspicious look and said, "How do you know of the warp child?" Eva smiled and said, "As I've said, I've seen the inside of the warp before, back when in first opened, back in England. In fact, I was there when your little chaos cult started." The marines gasped and Agemman demanded, "Tell us heretic!"
Eva glared at him and replied, "It was almost 500 years ago, back in England. A mad black sorcerer by the name of Martayis started a small cult, claiming he had a vision of a parallel dimension of horror and claimed the gods of the realm had named him their prophet. At first the village he was preaching to named him a witch and tried to burn him, but he escaped and returned to his home where he created a spell to open a rift into the dimension. He did, and he used it. The whole entire town looked into it when it opened and their minds were lost to chaos. Martayis used them as the first members of his cult, and began to recruit members around the world in secret ever since. The only reason I wasn't affected was because the spell was too weak to control vampires. It's surprising they're still a threat though as far into the future you fool are…"
The marines all looked at each other out of skepticism and Andruu finally broke the silence. "Uh, Evangeline… if it was over 500 years ago, how were you there." Mana looked back over to Andruu and said, "I told you she's a lot older than she looks, being a vampire she's over 500 years old." Andruu just blinked out of shock and looked over to Eva who was amused by his reaction. "So… that's how they started." Agemman smiled over at Tigurius. "We may be in luck Tigurius. If chaos is still weak here on Terra in this time period, if we may be able to decrease their numbers substantially in the future! Tell me here-… I mean Evangeline, is their head quarters in this 'England' of yours?" Eva just shrugged and replied, "I haven't been following them, so they might be… oh! wait!" Agemman felt a little hope rise up in him. "Yes!?" Eva put on a devilish grin and replied, "Well… I might just remember where they are… but I need something in return. You!"
She pointed to the librarian. "You said that you draw your powers from the warp!?" Tigurius nodded solemnly as she continued. "Then you'll be able to take me there then, right!?" Tigurius put on a stern expression and replied, "It's more complicated than you may believe. Although I draw my powers from it, I can not just simply open and close a portal if I please." Eva put on an angry expression. "Well! That's what I require! If you get me into the warp, I'll tell you where they are!" Octavion looked over to Tigurius and said, "This could be a major blow to chaos if we find them. Is there not a way you can do it?" Tigurius sighed and replied, "Fine, I suppose I can, but it will take time…" Eva closed her eyes and walked through the curtain and towards the freight elevator. As she walked, she called back, "Well then, we're done here. When you figure it out, send for me. Then, and only then, shall I help you. Come Chachamaru." The robot walked towards the curtain, but stopped before exiting. She then turned and bowed to the group and exited.
Andruu watched Chachamaru walk away as he said aloud, "She's quite the evil little girl, isn't she?" Eva then called back, "I heard that!" Mana began to walk towards the curtain as well. "Wait." Called a voice from the back of the group. They all looked back to see Cassius standing there. He walked forward to Mana and continued, "Young girl, I believe that you are aware of our mission, correct?" Mana nodded a little and replied, "I have the basic gist of it, but what's it to you if I know?" The Chaplain then continued, the age in his voice very apparent, "We must find the seven artifacts of the chaos gods in order to stop the summoning of the daemon that attacked the emperor's palace. I believe the key to locating the first one lies with the girl in your school with chaos taint. I please ask of you to stay alert for sight of her. If you believe you know who she is, please inform us." Mana nodded and replied, "I'll keep my eyes open." She then looked at the rest of the marines and bowed slightly, "Good bye, good luck with your mission."
She then turned and walked out, joining Chachamaru and Eva on the freight elevator. They closed the gate and hit the up button, the elevator made its humming sound as it rose back to the top floor. "By girls! Thanks for all your help!" Mana gave a slight wave and Chachamaru bowed again, however Eva simply ignored him. As they rose out of view, he turned back to the rest of his allies and smiled, "Well… what now?"
Firedude: There's chapter 4 for you. I know it was short, but I hoped you liked it, please review and I'll see you next time.