a bad day on Helios 2

[Little John]

the body laid slump in the chair, the sister thought she was mentally tough, but the Terrans were a little more persuasive.

"Boss, we have a good location on the armory. With this information there should be a good supply of bolter ammo. Hopefully there are some charges." Sev looked out the window, his bolter scanning for any threat.
"That's a big hopeful." Sgt. Davis sat back in a chair, loading bolter clips.
"Well, even if there not there, the ammo we need is. Plus its on the way towards the wreckage."Fixer was loading his back feeding system, the 2500 round pack was nearly empty.
"All valid points. We're heading to the Armory. Finish loading your gear, once your done we're heading out."
"Roger"

Loading his bolt gun with his last 100 round box mag, Keller took stock, he was low on ammo. Even with the stuff they had gotten off the sisters they were down to about 300 bolter rounds a piece. Plus the 2000 heavy bolter rounds Fixer had left little room for error. "Well good thing is i have plenty of Fuel for the flamer!" Scorch was right, the sisters had a lot of flamers in the outpost....and a melta that Keller had made sure to grab, only had 3 charges but it would come in handy. "Sev, take point. Ill cover him. Fixer you have over-watch and Scorch will bring up the rear. "WITH THE GEAR!" "Cut it Sgt Davis, its time to get going"

Moving ahead Sgt.Baccus keep his bolter at the ready, the modified "Stalker" pattern bolter looked really nothing like it had started almost a decade before. The Barrel had been legenthen, along with a heavier suppressor allowed for longer range, add in the heavily modded sights and the addition of a collapsible stock. One other advantage were is custom rounds, a modified krack round with a charge inside. Capable of piercing power armor and killing the opponent from the inside with a frag charge...or if needed pierce a armored vehicle and dispense fragments on the occupants. "To bad i only have 10..." he patted the rounds tapped to his arm. Then it caught his eye. "Looks like a sister scout up ahead...she doesnt see us yet. Orders sir?"

"How far from the armory?" Captain Keller brought up his hud's map
"Looks like that is the armory sir, from the looks of it, shes got a squad up there...i see a couple of heavy bolters and a Multi-Melta up there." Sev was using his scope to get a fix on the postion.
"Patrol...on our six sir. Sisters and there running...i can hear gunfire."
"Fixer with me, we are going to clear this building to our right, see if we can get a good postion to come up with a plan. Sev, you and Scorch come in behind us and stay on the bottom floor."

Keller slung his bolt gun and pulled his supressed bolt pistol and one of his knives...entering the buiding he cleared the first room. "Stacked" Fixer was behind him, servos holding the bolter behind him, the tech marine had his own silenced pistol drawn. "Go" Rounding the cornor keller was greated with a infeceted human, it got off a single growl before Keller's Pistol snaped and the head exploded. a small fight in the room turned into a major engagment. Empting the pistol Keller went into action, the hand to hand conflicted ended with body parts over the floor. "Cleared. Heading up stairs. Get in here you two"
"aye sir."

Workign there way up the building the two buddy pairs cleared the structure and waited for the patrole. "Here they come...2...make it 3 squads, and a heavy weapons team."
"Looks like they brought company." Scorch pointed to the mass of infected chasing the Sisters.
"By terra, thats a huge mob. i make there numbers to be at least 500...looks like some tankers in the mix."
"Anyone eles here tanks?" Scorch looked over the rail.
"Looks like a reac squad. 2 Immolators, and looks like 4 repressors." Sev scanned the armory.
"Did anyone know there were this many damn nuns in this city?"
"More important, what are they after? They should be defending the church and the surrounding area, not heading out on patrols and holding this armory...there after something." Keller was intrested now." Watching the two immolators open up with there heavy flammers, and the departing sistets opening up on the infected was ammusing. A "tank" infected rammed into the side of one of the immolators, denting the armor before a melta shot brought the beast down...finally seeing what kind of a fight they were in for the sisters began withdrawing to the armory.

[Little John]

"They're pulling back." Sev pointed out, the rear repressor was starting to back out, storm bolter swinging from side to side.
"Lets use this to our advantage, Fixer, put a kraker into that repressor. see if you can knock it out. Sev look for a squad leader, put her down. Scorch your with me, grab a gernade."

The squad readied themselves, "Now" a silent thud put the repressor out of action, its engine blown it came to a halt. Sev having found a senior sister put a bullet into her body, killing her before she knew it. Scorch's gernade found itself into the gunners hatch of one of the immolators killing the crew while Keller's exploded in the mist of a squad knocking them off there feet. These few things were all the infeceted needed to close with the sisters.

"Now, Lets get to the armory." moving out and around the fighting the wolves quickly covered the ground to the structor. the main gate was closed, but from the looks of it a side door could be opended with some work. "Im going to use the melta gun, Scorch your first, Sev, then Fixer.
Leveling the Melta weapon Keller put a blast of super heated metal into the door vaporizing it. The wolves we're instantly in action, Scorch came in and instantly put a burst into the first sister to come down the hall way.

"We're in, lets push on towards the main ammo dump. Scorch leads, i have second. Fixer your next with sev guarding the six." Keller motioned the team into action.

[Little John]

Stopping to pull a layout of the armory off a wall Sgt Davis took a quick look...and had to make a double take. "This place is huge sir. The Area we are looking for is on the far side of the Armory, and looks like we will either have to go threw the Vehicle Bay or the Main Barracks here." Scorch strapped the map to his arm. "If we had to choose i would normally say the Barracks but we dont have the ammo to deal with a large fire fight. Lets see if we can make it threw the Bay." Cpt Keller checked the charge on the Melta gun, "Glad i keep this thing" He thought to himself.

Moving threw the Armory Scorch keep low, bolter at the ready the team was making good pace. "Boss, Im starting to wonder why we haven't seen more sisters yet." Scorch posted at a intersection. Stacking behind him Keller responded "Im thinking they may not really know we are in here...or there to worried about there squads outside" "Sir." Fixer spoke up, "this facility has a long range vox, we could call the ship and get a update." "Lets get to the gear we need, we can take stock of the situation there." Keller had to get the supplies they needed before going after another objective. "Ready to cross the Danger area sir" Sev had caught up to the group after planting a tripwire with a grenade behind them. "Alright, Ready to Cross." Keller tensed up, as soon as Sgt Davis moved he would post to cover his Marine. "GO" Scorch pushed off and covered the short distance in a burst of speed as Keller swung his weapon down the hallway.

"Contact" Pulling the trigger Bob let loose a short burst of armor piercing bolts. The Battle Sister in the hallway fell, her fellow sisters reacted, but not before Keller had put another burst into a second sisters leg dropping her. The six remaining sisters opened fire, but there fire was wild and inaccurate to begin with allowing Sgt Davis to put his own fire down the hallway ripping into a third sister. "Sgt Henderson, Hellfire round." Fixer pulled a round off his pack, pulling the chamber back he inserted the round into the chamber and charged the weapon. "Ready sir" He walked next to Keller. "now" Keller spoke in the lull of gunfire, Fixer took a step into the intersection and leveled his heavy bolter. His servos aiding him he fixed his laser sight on a wall and let the shell fly. The round while not armor piercing contained acid that if connected to skin would kill a normal human, and Keller was counting on the sisters not to be wearing Helmets. The screeches and agonizing yells that followed told Keller he was thinking rightly. "Lets move on, there dead."

[Little John]

The Wolves moved the rest of the way to the motor pool without any contact, "Here we are sir." Sgt Davis stoped short of the double doors. "Good, Alright load up i want grenades at the ready. Lets see if we can avoid contact if possible, we dont have the ammo for a stand up fight." Keller's Warrior Spirit told him he shouldnt be saying those things but his mind knew they wouldnt last with what ammo they had. "Lets move"

Scorch pushed threw the door, the first sight he had was of a chimera in front of him. Moving to take cover behind the vehicle the rest of the wolves followed suit. Taking a moment to view there surroundings the bay was full of vehicles. "I would say from the looks of it there getting ready for a operation. These Chimeras have Storm Trooper markings, and at the front i see 3 Leman Russ tanks, 2 with punisher cannons." Sev was looking over the vehicle. "Sir, we may be missing something, maybe we didnt get the whole situation from that Inquisitor." Sgt Davis was right, "What gave you the first impression that we even knew any thing there scorch." Fixer commented back. "There Inquisition...cant be trusted." "Enough both of you, we have a mission focus on it." Keller couldn't let his teams minds wonder. "Scorch lets stay away from the Russ's, would rather not tangle with a Battle Tank today."

The team moved right, to the rear of the bay. Sgt Davis moved from cover to cover, then before he knew it ran right into a Trooper rounding the corner, reacting he grabbed the man by his chest armor and pulled him to the ground. A quick punch to the throat killed him before he could say anything. The Chimera next to him started up, A Cpt Keller realized his team was about to have to fight after all.

The multi laser cut into the side of the Chimera forcing Sev to curl back behind cover. "We have to move!" Another burst of heavy bolter from Sgt Henderson killed a squad trying to move up. "Fixer! Put a krak round into that chimera, Davis get ready to move for the door!." Kellers men reacted like usually already a step ahead. The team had moved most of the way threw the motor pool before they were noticed. Fixer took a step up and fired his weapon, the crack of the round was Scorch's Que, he spirited at the door knocking it flat off its hinges as he entered the next part of the building, a squawk over the vox told Keller the area was clear for now.

[Little John]

Fixer pushed up on the vehicle, sighting in on the tank he let the krak round fly. Seeing the round fly true it pierced the hull next to the heavy bolter. The round detonated, the explosion set off the rest of the shells blowing the tank from the inside. Dropping down he charged the weapon again to put regular shells back into his weapon, Standing again he started putting heavy bolter rounds at another storm trooper squad trying to rally. "Sev go!" Sgt Henderson keep pulling the trigger his shells hammering home on another trooper trying to fire his weapon. Sgt Baccus fired a last burst of his weapon and headed towards the door. "Henderson go." Cpt Keller fired his weapon on full auto, sending bolts at the group. Henderson dropped and ran full speed, the heavy weapon not slowing his stride.

Cpt Keller placed his rounds, the counter on his bolter told him he had another 20 rounds before the box mag was empty. "We got you covered boss." Firing one last burst Keller headed towards the door. Sgt Henderson let loose a burst of heavy bolts to cover him. Making his way threw the clearing Keller took a sight at the next area. "Davis where do we go next?" "This way sir, Sev has some surprises for anyone coming after us." Sgt Davis had switched to his shotgun, the bodies laying next to him told him that the area was just recently attacked. "Lets go, Lead the way Scorch, Fixer cover Sev till he has the last of the traps armed."

The Group moved quickly. a thud told Keller that at least one trap had been set off by the Storm Troopers. "This whole place has to know we are here, Keep your eyes opened." Keller called over the vox. "We have to take a right up here to get to the main hub, that should be where the bolter rounds and melta charges are stored." Davis looked at the map on his arm. "Contact" Sev called over the vox, his Stalker bolter let off a cough sound

[Little John]

"Squad of Troopers on our six sir, I suggest we move." His stalker let loose another burst, a trooper dropped his head missing from the body. "Davis get going, Fixer let those troopers know its a bad idea to be there." Sgt Henderson brought up his heavy bolter, the wepon let loose a torrent of fire, ripping into the squad. Seeking cover the Wolves to the chance to move, vanishing from sight. Sgt Davis sprinted down the hallway, he saw a doorway opened up and a sister walked out. Grabbing his knife from his sheath Scorch never broke stide as he slammed all of his weight down on the Power armored women, the knife dug into her kneck breaking it as he went. Stopping at the door he could hear voices of alarm from inside the room. Grabbing a frag he rolled the explosive inside the room, closing the door as the concussion went off inside.

"Davis is there a problem." Cpt Keller could see his man holding a door closed as he close the distance. "Not anymore sir." Keller was starting to think that entering the complex was a bad idea after all. Low on ammo his team of Wolves were almost dry as they got to the heart of the building. "How much farther?" "We are almost there sir, end of the hallway." "There are sisters coming from behind us sir." Sgt Baccus voxed over. "Im low on ammo sir, box reads 200 rounds to go." Fixer took up a postion behind Keller looking towards Sev as he was bounding back. He fired a short burst of heavy bolts back towards the troopers. "Set." Sev responded. His stalker already firing a round. "Davis the room." Scorch pushed forward moving to the end of the hallway he stopped at the door. Keller ran straight at the door, sholdering his way threw he rolled inside bolter raised. The room was filled with ammo and weapons, and a whole lot of sisters.

Pulling the trigger Keller killed the first sister still looking surprised at him. Keeping the weapon at full auto he put round after round of round of armor piercing bolts. The need to aim out was gone as they were tightly packed in the room. Sgt Davis came in after him, having switched to his bolt pistol and knife he closed in and put a round into the first sister he met, twisting he plunged his knife into anothers gut. The two Terrans moved to close combat, there super human strength and speed besting the numerose sisters. Keller's bolter ran dry, dropping it he rolled and on the way up pulled his boot knife, digging it into a sisters leg he leveled her giving him a clear sight with his bolter pistol. The silenced weapon coughed as it delivered its deadly ammo across the room. Scorch dodged a swing of a power mace, using a body shot buckled the sister superior and brough his elbow down on her head, the blow broke her kneck dropping her to the floor. Keller moved to the squad of Seraphim the close combat sisters finally getting into the fight after watching there normal sisters fall to the wolves. Keller ducked the first ones swing of a bolter pistol, his knife plunged into her chest as he spun to block anothers aim as she went to shoot. his pistol fired point blank. His body moved on its own, His training taking over Cpt Keller let loose the animal inside, each blow landed was a killing strike as he tore into the Sisters.

Sgt Davis stood up, watching the carnage infront of him, He had hear stories of the Warrior that is Cpt Keller, but this was beyone any of that. The Marine's every move was perfect, his blows landing right a undefended spot. Truly Scorch felt sorry for the Battle Sisters facing his Captain, for they never stood a chance. With the last Sister falling to Keller blade, the room became quiet "Fixer, Sev get in here, we have to hurry." Keller voxed over, slowing his breathing he sheathed his knife.

[Little John]

Cpt Keller grabbed a hand full of bolter clips off a shelf, slipping them into his magazine pouches he quickly began loading up everything he could. Seeing box magazines, he grabed one and loaded it onto his bolt gun, throwing one to Scorch. "Ill need about a minute to load this heavy bolter ammo sir." Fixer was stringing a belt of ammo threw his pack. "Hurry, Sev lets see if we can find those Charges. Davis grab up all the gernades you can find." THe Marines were grabing everything they could Each had a max load of ammo, and for once Fixer had a full load of Heavy Bolter ammo. "Found the Charges" Sev called over. "Good. Spread them out one a piece. Now lets get out of here" Keller cliped the charge to the bottom of his back. On his way out he spied two pieces of gear he had to grab, a auspex and a Long Range Vox. "Now we just have to fight out of here." Davis had moved into the hallway, keeping watch. "Scratch that, Lets see if we can grab one of those Vehicles."

[Little John]

The way back to the Vehicle lot went without incident, a fact that Keller was not forgeting. Settign up at the entrence ot the motor pool, he past his plan to his marines. "So we grab one of those Immolators, i would prefer one with heavy bolters." Looking over at Scorch, the Vanguard Marine nodded his head. "I saw one sir, about half way threw the motor pool. One problem, The Leman Russ tanks." The Other Wolves nodded there heads in agreement. "Me and Sev will take care of them, a Krack Gernade down the hatch should solve are problems."

[Little John]

"Go" As one the Wolves posted out to provide Sev cover. "What in Lee's name happened here." Scorch spoke first. The entire motor pool was in carnage, with the bodies of stormtroopers and sisters alike scattered across the floor. "Infected, at our 12." Sev had never stoped moving, taking cover behind a stack of crates he leveled his stalker. "Orders sir?"

"Lets get to that Immolator, i think we found why the fight got easier. Sev lets see if we can get to the vehicle without having to fight every one of these damn things." The marine responded with a click of his vox. "well we dont have far to go, theres one right in front of us." Scorch was opening the back hatch on the tank. "We're a go!" he called from inside. "Sev, man the weapons, Fixer take the hatch." The Immolator roared to life, and Sev let loose with the vehicles heavy bolters. Moving at full speed the converted Rhino pounded its way threw the motor pool into the city.

"Where to sir?" Sgt Davis called over the comm. "The Objective. Im going to try this long range comm, see if our helpful inquisitor can give me a reason why there are so many damn sisters on this planet, and why the hell they are firing on us."

[Little John]

"Ma'am. Capt Keller is on the line. He would like to talk to you", Inquisitor Nora looked over at the vox tech. "Im sure he wants anwsers." she picked up the headset. "Yes Captain."

"yes captain, are you at the objective?" Keller heard over his helmets vox. "NO! No we are not at the objective! Inquisitor we ran into some snubs...like the Sisters of Battle you forgot to tell us about." Keller let loose a burst of bolter fire at a infected, dropping back into the vehicle Sgt Henderson took his spot. "Ah, yes..the sisters. They belong to Inquisitor Jacobs...of the Order Heretic. He believes the infected are heretics with Nurgle roots...and doesn't know I am here. They think you are Traitors Keller." Well thats a bomb shell...Keller thought "It's imperative he doesn't discover who you are Keller, and what your doing. He's a radical..and will destroy the planet before he lets me take charge here."
"Ma'am, is there anything eles i should know? Any other important information....that i should know."
"Capt, we think the infected are a sort of altered Tyrannid biomass. The target will more than likely be some kind of altered Tyrannid warrior...if not a Hive Tyrant itself."

[Little John]

The Tank stopped on the outskirts of their objective, "Sir, i have the target building on sight...is it just me or has it gotten very quiet" Sgt Davis called back. "Thats because weve cleared the area there Scorch" A voice broke the comm. "Razor, that you?" Captain Keller called over the comm. "Roger sir, I have Atlas with me"

Departing the vehicle the team moved towards their brothers position. The two marines met them outside, "Sit rep, on the building and your ammo counts." "Well first off, im missing my damn sword...but besides that i have 4 mags and my box mag..." Razor started off, "I have a mostly charged power pack and full pistol ammo." Sgt Reed broke over the comm. "Well like i was saying, theirs a door into the building that doesn't seem to be used at all by the infected i would suggest going in threw there." Cpl Bodette finished. "Good to go Marines, and Razor take my sword...ill stick to the knives." Keller unstrapped his sword and handed it to the marine.

The team moved towards their objective, all 6 of them moved more confidently knowing all of there squad was there. Maybe it was that confidence that allowed them to be jumped by the infected or the fact that they where closing in on there hive. "Contact." Sev let loose a burst putting down three infected as the fire fight began. Fixer let loose with the heavy bolter dropping mutated after mutated body. "Push threw this danger area, Atlas, Razor, Sev lead the way, Fixer Scorch rear guard." As one the team reacted to there orders, Razor sprinted with sword drawn, cleaving threw the horde while Sev keep his back cleared and Atlas thinned the numbers ahead of them.

[Little John]

Inquestior Nora looked at the assembled troops infront of her, She had been right to request these men it would seem. "Ma'am, the Company is ready for drop" Captain Rogers of the 101st Elysian Hell Jumpers stood in front of her. "Good Captain, your men are dropping in to help extract my Marines. You have orders to engage anything that shoots at you. That means those Sisters down there as well. Now get on with it" At once the Elysians began boarding there Ships. At once the Argus Lighter took off.

The so called cargo ship began moving around the planet, once out of visual of the fleet it began opening its doors, a Argus Lighter took off speeding off followed by a small fleet of Valkyries, Vultures and 3 lumbering Marauders. The Argus hit the upper atmosphere, opening its ramp the veterans of the 101st jumped off, Haloing into there objective they would set up the drop sight for there fellow drop troops.

Hitting the deck, the Veterans got to work, securing there drop site the Elysians set up there beacons. "Sarge! Beacons online!" Trooper Bryan looked up from the humming gear. "Good take up your spot on the line, this place doest feel right."

In space, the pilots of the 101st registered the drop beacons. They began there run, the heavy Marauders going first, they opened there bomb doors reviling the 3 drop sentinels to the atmosphere they let loose all 9 and speed off. The armored walkers dropped fast, there operators guiding them with the practice of veterans. The Sentinels couldnt of come sooner.

[Little John]

Captain Keller let loose a burst of bolter rounds down the hallway, his Wolves were making good progress heading towards the center of the building. a blast of plasma told him that Atlas had cleared another hallway for them to keep moving on. "What the hell" Razor called from the front, the Marine doged a claw and with a swing of his sword killed the beast..."NIDS!"

Sargent Walker let loose a volley of laz bolts at a charging infected, the creature staggered and fell. All around the drop site the Hell Jumpers were firing at the mutated humans coming at them. "We got a big one!!" Walker looked to his right to see a creature the size of a tank coming at his men. "RYAN!" "On it sarge." A trooper took a knee raising his melta he calmly let loose a super heated blast killing the onrushing creature. "Incoming walkers." The troopers watched as the Company's armored assets landed, opening up with there heavy bolters and Multi Meltas.

[Little John]

All around the Drop Site, Hell Jumpers landed. The infeceted around them where quickly neutralized. Regrouping at the drop beacons, the Troopers began setting up defenses and securing there zone. "Platoon Commanders, give me a sit rep in 5 mikes, lets get these defenses up and patrols ready" Captain Rogers called over the com. "Gunny, i want your grenadiers to be our mobile reserve. ill give you a call when we need your support." Up in the air, three Valkeires flew just out of site, there cargo of Elysian Grenadiers ready to jump in.

Keller's hearts were racing, he remained calm though, putting bolter rounds into a genesteler trying to rip him apart. "Davis! FLAMER!" Scorch ran forward, his combi-flamer let loose a flame ball down the hallway ripping threw the aliens.