A guardsman, a techpriest and a Commissar!

by Commissar Hardwon

Xenos? XENOS? PURGE THE XENOS!

Previous Chapter

Sunlight glimmer Smiled as she walked down the village street, her hooves crunching on the snow underhoof. At her hip hung a purse with a small amount of bits, Just barely enough to get a meal from a baker. She waved at a pony down the street as she walked over to a medium sized building, smoke pouring out it's chimney.

"Hey Fresh Loaf," Sunlight yelled out as she entered the Bakery, a bell behind her jingling to let the baker know of customers.

"Hey hey hey, if It isn't my old friend Sunlight glimmer!" He all but shouted back as he emerged from behind some shelves.

Sunlight blushed at the praise before she asked what bread is cheapest.

"Well, the cheapest bread we got is the stale stuff from early today, only 4 bits a loaf but it's pretty stale," Fresh loaf said as he walked over to his counter and reached under to grab something, emerging after a few seconds with several loafs of bread, "Since you're running short of bits I might chuck you in some fresher bread but you have to get a job Glimmer, you can't keep living living on the stale bread I give to you, I'l even offer you a job here so I know you're earning some bits,"

"Fine, I will accept your offer, it's just so hard to get a job when I don't have a useful talent," She muttered as she glanced at the back of her hand, A silver cloud in front of a setting sun, "I mean who needs someone who can make clouds that absorb light... It's a useless talent," She sighed as he handed Loaf the bits for 3 loafs of bread.

thanking Loaf profusely she sped out the door, her grey wings spreading as she took to the sky's towards her home, the cloud hovel provided a basic shelter but wasn't that good to look at but it was home. He ears perked up as several bangs echoed from over the forest, sounding like far off thunder. Glimmer quickly took a turn towards the noise. Dashing from cloud to cloud. The roars grew louder the closer to the forest she went before clanging and shouts echoed up to her cloud.

Taking a look through the cloud she saw something that made her blood run cold. The local Guards were being butchered by three unknown creatures, each one with a different look but generally the same shape. Biped monkeys with no fur except for one of them and small eyes, a small pointy nose and rounded ears on the sides of their heads. Two of the creatures armor was decorated with a two headed eagle and other symbols. A crack and hiss drew her attention as a guard that had been dive-bombing the creatures was blown to pieces, chunks of his meat raining down upon the strange monsters. One of the monsters wore Blue plated armor over clothing in a splotchy pattern of teal and dark blue, a bandage was wrapped around it's head as it stabbed and slashed with it's metal spear.

Another was clad in a crimson trench coat with gold highlights and a large triangular hat on it's head, long blonde hair cascaded down it's face as it swung a glowing blue sword of unknown make.

The final creature was clad in a crimson robe, its eyes glowing red as a large metal arm on it's back swung around smashing into ponies faces and stomach while a small metal object in its hand sent red lights at the guards.

(Irons POV)

I huffed as another equine charged at me, its sword raised overhead for a slash downwards, I let him swing before blocking with my lasgun and kicking his gut, as he stumbled back I took aim and fired straight into face. Another came at me with a dagger. The small blade stabbed into my shoulder as White hot pain racked my body, I let out a shout of pain as lightning coursed from my body, arcing from my wound to the pony who caused it, frying his body before it popped in an explosion of gore.

Another arc of lightning struck a pony in the air making him burst into blood that rained upon me and the others. I flexed my hand before punching the air in the direction of a fleeing xenos, a psychic shockwave rippling towards the target. I thought the wave would just kill him or send him flying, I didn't expect what really happened though as the wave ripped the xeno to ribbons, flaying its skin before frying the corpse.

(Hardwon's POV)

I swung my force Sabre at a xeno that had attempted to gore me on a spear, the blade shredding the xeno scum as I turned to stab another that had strayed too close when a large burst of warp energy rippled from close by, the same direction the Guardsman was in that direction! I took off, slashing at any xeno to get in my way as I fought my way to where the Guardsman was. I finally got a glimpse of Irons as I got close and what I saw shocked me.

Lightning arced all over him as his eyes glowed blue, his hair whipping in the wind kicked up by the warp energies permeating the area, an aura of raw power wafted off his form as a xeno was flayed alive, his screams of pain unable to be heard over the roar of warp energy. An arc of lightning flew past my face as I spun around, a large xeno was disintegrated by the power of Irons mind, my respect went up a notch as I saw him attempting to control his power.