"Ow,"

"Hey watch it,"

"Sweetie Belle your on my tail,"

The engineer is kinda regretting freeing those abhumans, he turned to the three equine humanoids the moment he turned to look at them they went silent before smiling, and the orange one gave him a wave.

Yeah...

He should have left these three behind and taken his chances when he escaped onto the surface of this world.

"Yeah, I heard that the boss is getting ready for something big,"

"Really why's that?"

The Krieger turned his attention to the two canines talking in the small wooden room built into the tunnels.

"Those three ponies that the boys napped are to fetch us some pretty golden bits," Spoke the first dog mutant though unlike the other one was quite smaller but wasn't hunched down like the second much larger one.

"What? We can't eat bits... We need gems we can eat those,"

"Not to eat you damn runt! Those bits we get will allow us to buy slaves to mine for gems,"

"But why not get the gems?"

"Because the boss is thinking about the long term rather than short term,"

"Uhhhhh... what does that mean?"

"By the fang your an idiot,"

The Krieger turned his head ready to quickly move past the two mutants but then the pearl-coated one stepped forward into the wooden room. When the equine passed the Tunnelratte who tried to grab her but the equine shouted.

"You can't do that!"

Cursing in his mind at the Equine's actions he unknowingly moved his hand to his las pistol at his side pushing the leather strap holding it in place down with his thumb.

"Why not?" Asked the larger canine mutant.

"Because it is wrong to buy or sell anypony or anyone for that matter,"

"Why's that?"

"Who cares why you dumb runt! That's one of the ponies that's supposed to be tied up! Get her!" Without question, the large canine walked forward his oversize pawed hands reaching for her.

Instantly regretting her actions the one that the others called Sweetie bell from what he could remember took a step back while the giant creature reached for her while she pleaded for him to stop.

Fast as his limbs could move him the engineer grabbed the pearl equine's shoulder and pulled her behind him before pointing his las-pistol at the large canine's face. The dumb mutant blinked for a moment not knowing what was the small weapon was before the Krieger pulled the trigger, allowing the weapon's simple machine spirit to awaken.

Almost right away the red laser beam hit the canine's head heating it to serve thousand kelvin before liquefying the skull and burning away the flesh-covered fur. While the eyes of the canine melted from his eye socket before ripping apart while cooking the mutant's brain before the remains of the head exploded into a shower of gore and blood.

The equine behind him didn't see the gore-filled scene play out but then felt the heated bloody mist brush past her mane before she turned wide-eyed to see the butchered remnants of the mutant canine. Right after the mist of the heated blood settled down, the way the canine stood before his death caused the corpse to fall over onto the engineer.

"The prisoners are loose!" Screaming the smaller dog mutant bolted forward.

Trying to stop the creature before alerting the others he took aim and try to kill the mutant with his las pistol, but due to the body weighing him down he missed the shot hitting a wooden beam sending splinters flying into the air. Throwing the body off of him he took aim and fired twice but both miss their mark before the Krieger cursed in his mind.

He grabbed Sweetie Belle by the arm and pulled her up before the two who turned their heads to two were hidden until now.

"MOVE!" His voice shouted through his gasmask heavily muffled but loud enough for a half-deaf vox caster to hear him.

Without a second thought, the two followed while Krieg moved forward holding onto Sweetie belle's arm, the four rushed forward. Turning a corner two mutants rushed forward one holding a pickaxe while the other reached out with strange gloves in the attending to cause harm. Yet his training kicked in like a machine spirit taking over a piece of wargear he felt his body move on relax before firing two laser bolts, one hitting into the pickax wielder's chest while the other blew off the glove wearer in the shoulder.

The arm was blasted off before the mutant fell down screaming but was quickly silenced when the Krieger shot the creature in the side of the skull.

"Why did you-" Scootaloo spoke up but the Krieger interrupted.

"Keep moving!"

She didn't have time to react before she moved with the Krieger leading the three through the tunnels.

Breathing through his mask the Krieger looked up didn't need his auspex to tell where he was going, he could tell by his bionic eyes they were close to the surface.

'Almost there... Almost-'

Again...

Fate was not on his second for a third time this day, there it was the mouth of the cave and the light of this planet's local star shined in through the exit. But there standing almost shoulder to shoulder were about a hundred or more of those canine mutants all armed with makeshift weapons and armor.

Some barked, some snarled, but all of them were ready to kill.

He didn't need to turn back to know what was behind him, Scootaloo clung on his back out of fear of what was behind them.

They were surrounded.

His mind was like an Astartes trying to figure out what to do next.

Even with his weapons and the state of their equipment he knew that they had something Kriegers almost always had...

Numbers.

He was one corpse with three unarmed female abhuman at his back.

Gritting his teeth, the Krieger knew going back the way they came would also be suicide something he was willing to do but these three would be captured and his death would be meaningless.

Contrary to belief the Death Krops of Krieg doesn't willingly throw themselves into danger without reason for the sake of death. They try and spend their lives trying to gain some advantage no matter how little it seemed...

Yet he saw no advantage whatsoever here.

Either way, he would end up dead or worse recaptured and most likely tortured along with these three being taken and then sold like that little creature said before.

His eyes scanned for anything to help... yet nothing came.

But then something moved through the horde of canine mutants, like someone was pushing their way forward.

Sure enough, coming out of the horde was another canine mutant.

Yet unlike the others, he stood tall without a hunch and looked more like an abhuman than a mutant, save for all the features that the others had. Unlike the ones beside him, this fur look more kept and he seemly had no defects like the ones behind him, and his armor was more like something that was created by a true blacksmith.

If these were Ork then it wouldn't surprise him if this was the warboss.

By that logic, he had to be the leader.

"Well done..." The canine leader spoke in a voice sounding like he had been well educated. "Not only were you able to free yourselves but you also escaped the tunnels? Impressive! Very Impressive indeed! I would expect you to get lost in there but yet here you are... at the exit with freedom within reach,"

The Krieger could see the tall canine abhuman smile.

"But sadly freedom with a price and I'm afraid that only three of you are going to make it out of here alive after a few lessons in manners," He lifted up a very nasty-looking mace pointing at the engineer. "You on the other hand cost me four of my pack... a price you're going to repay in a different kind of lesson,"

Not moving the Krieger could feel the pony clinging to his jacket shake in fear.

Closing his eyes for a moment the Krieger took a breath before pulling a helluva of a gamble.

Gently he put his hand down on the purple mane of the young teenage equine abhuman, which caused her to look up seeing him stare at the canine. Holstering his las pistol he reached down to his side but stopped just above his chainsword before moving and unclipped something that he could trust right now.

"Oh? You're approaching me?" The leader asked. "Instead of running away like a coward, you are willing to face your death by my hand?"

The only answer he got was when the Krieger pulled out a weapon that all Krieger's favored.

A shovel.

This seemed to amuse the canine who laughed.

"HAHAHA! Very well! Let us dance!" The abhuman was the first to move to rush forward with his mace raised. "DIE!"

Swinging down his mace only for it to be stopped by the engineer's shovel handle expecting this he tried to move for another blow but felt the mace slip out of his hands. The small hooks on the shovel's blade locked onto the mace's own handle and pulled it back taking the leader by surprise.

This allowed the guardsman to pull back his fist and punch forward.

Blood sprayed from the leader's lips as he flew through the air before falling back to the ground, ribs broke while the metal chestplate was bent outward. This caused all witnessing the event to go wide-eyed from the swift action, placing his foot down hard on the pawed hand of the leader who screamed in pain the Tunnelratte placed the tip of his bladed shovel on the fallen's throat.

Before he could raise his other foot to push down the shovel, Apple bloom shouted.

"WAIT DON'T DO IT!" Turning his head to the equine she walked up. "There is no need to kill him. You beat him. You won,"

The engineer just stared at her.

"There has been enough killin' today sir,"

What was she asking?

For him to do the one thing he could do without flaw.

For him not to do the emperor's will.

But...

He wasn't ordered to kill this adhuman or those others from before.

That was all on pure instinct... survival drive.

Was he... hesitating?

Moving his shovel away, this feeling that he felt was not one he liked.

Not one bit.

Yet... it felt...

"Be the bigger person and let's go,"

The Krieg engineer thought for a moment before turning moving his foot off the crushed paw hand of the adhuman who whimpered like a dog. Smiling at him, Applebloom looked upon this strangely dressed being not knowing of his past and this very action he was doing could have very well cost him his life if he stood before a commissar.

"Let's go," Spoke the teenager.

With that, the four began to move forward while the mutants moved aside seeing there leader beaten.

(Later)

"Sweetie belle!" Rarity shouted seeing her sister who was currently being tended to by a nurse at the local clinic after learning her sister that she thought was captured by a tribe of diamond dogs ponynapped with her three friends.

Yet here they all were a little beat up and dirty but mostly unharmed.

The leading nurse, an earth pony by the name of red heart smile at the two sisters while explaining to the element of generosity that her kin will be just fine.

Applejack ruffled her sister's hair with a smile on her face seeing her tough little sister made it out alright while rainbow dash gave her biggest fan a one-armed hug. As for the rest of the main six and their trusty scaly companion who saw their friends reunite with the young cutie mark crusaders kinda wondering how they escaped.

Twilight then stepped forward.

"Hey, girls... sorry to interrupt but how did you three escape the diamond dogs?" The princess of friendship asked.

"Oh, that guy help-" Scootaloo pointed to an empty spot next to the door. "Wait... where he go?"

(Nearby)

Standing in the very colorful town of Ponyville stood the Krieger sticking out like a sore thumb in the vast sea of bright colors.

'Holy emperor forgive me for transgression on life but please... why in your holy name was I sent to this place?'

Author's Note

Well...

Didn't expect to write two chapters in one day...

Kinda just need to write I guess...

Let my mind relax while I write more than one thing today...

Guess so...

Welp.

Hoped you enjoyed this different take on 40k main character actually sparing a threat but like I said this is different.

Plus at least the Krieg engineer wasn't arrested or anything, but how are the CMC going to explain how they escaped without referencing the three diamond dogs he killed?

Maybe later on.

Any thoughts I would like to hear them.

Also when was the last time I post another chapter within 5-6 hours?