Chapter 7
This was once a beautiful landscape, a magnificent cross work of dazzling lights forming an octagonal pattern. Now. Now it is but a testament to the foul corruption and destruction that the Orks as a race stand for. The landscape is left scarred and distressed. The Ork infrastructure sprawled its way across the globe; ramshackle against symmetry like rust against iron. A good portion of the globe was covered in a thick black atmosphere of smoke created by the thousands of factories spewing out trukks, warbuggies and other confounded contraptions. Agripinaa was no longer the proud Hive city it once was. It was all but an Ork world now, only 3 major cities were still populated by Humans and Warlord Hulks armies were closing in on each and every one of them. The Evacuation process had started a few days ago but it was clear that not all would make it out before the Ork armies descended upon the cities.
Inquisitor Torquemadis smiled as he looked through the observation port and took in the destruction. "Prep the 'Life Eater'." The new commander. Looked up at the Inquisitor. He wanted to argue that such an act would be sacrificing over billions of lives. However he knew what would happen to him and that it would happen with his cooperation or not, Torquemadis' word was final. He made the order.
Torquemadis' head was starting to hurt, the pain and frustration building. "Everyone out get out!" He bellowed. They did without question. His guards stayed. "You too!" He snarled. They left. His head felt fit to burst. He got out his plazma pistol and began to clean it meticulously. As he did the souls of the dammed screamed relentlessly from the deepest pits of his mind. Screams of pain and anguish. The song of the soon to be dead echoed in his head speaking of anguish and misery. They did not stop, they never did. Only lessened. But they would come back, stronger than ever. Such as they say is the curse of the black fleet. For no mere mortal can send such a number to their deaths and stay the same man. Stay sane. He injected himself. It didn't have the same effect as it used to but still, he felt himself become over adrenalized and started to laugh and laugh until he was unconscious in his throne.
"Oy, Zagnutt!" A surly looking Ork by the name of Dugmuk strode towards Zagnutt. "Where's da Boss?" "You can tell it ta moy." Zagnutt replied. Dugmuk was not a large ork but he still towered above Zagnutt. "Dis is for Walord Ulksmash, not a runt like you." Zagnutt drew himself to his full height and said "I'm da second in command and off you've gotz a problem wiv dat you can take it up wiv Ulksmash, ee's said to deal wiv all da talky stuff now talk." Dugmuk looked digruntled but continued. "Wees found one o' dem big spaceships what Da Hummies ave got up der and we fink it plannin ta bomb us or somefing." Zagnutts blood went cold. He remembered the stories of humans blowing up whole planets there giant ships. This wasn't good at all. His plans were unravels infront of his very eyes. "Get Kogtoof an tell Im ta get da ship ready." Dugmuk obeyed without question. "Dey fink its a lost cause dey do. I've won but der taken it away from me, lousy gitz, I'll show dem!" Zagnutt muttered to himself as he scurried off to find the hulk.
He found him in his favourite part of the fortress surrounded with slave gretchin parsing him massive plates of squig meat. He sat atop a large throne with a skull helmet on his head and a lizard skin cape. "Ulk wees gotz ta go!" The hulk sat up quickly sending grots and plates flying. "More hummies ta smash?" He said with a wide grin upon his face. "Yea follow me"
By the time they had gotten to zagnutts secret emergency spaceship that he had gotten Kogtoof to make just i case of such an emergency, Kogtoof, Dugmuk and some other spana and mek boys are already waiting. "What are ya waitin for? Let's get off this hunk o junk!"
As they left the planet's atmosphere Zagnutt looked down upon the planet he was abandoning and the trillions of orks left for dead. From space he could see the laser ignite the many gases surrounding the planet and reduce it to a burning sphere. His kingdom and his gargant burning in the inferno. They'll pay for this. He thought. They'll pay! "Ulk I've got a job for ya. And it involves smashin lotz a hummies! Kogtoof, set a course for da big space fing." Kogtoof headed for the controls muttering as he went; "Do dis, do dat kriky what's next?"
Just as he got to the controls a blinding light filled the shuttle, a cosmic disturbance shook the craft and a gigantic object; a combination of ships junk metal and other random objects appeared out of warp space, a full 4 times the size of the planet burning in the background. "What the Zog?" Cried Dugmuk. Kogtoof called out from the cockpit. "It gravity is suckin us in or somefing, I can't control it!" Zagnutt licked his lips and smiled somewhat uneasily. "Well wed best brace for impact den!"