The Barbed Hook

Tyren: "And the rest..."

"Might I ask why? Bit of a waste of explosives."

Tyren: "There's a crack in the cliff face, a kilo will bring the whole thing down."

"Don't do it yet. We need to get more clues from this place."

Tyren: "Make it quick" *Lies on his chest, and rams the block into the crack he pointed out.*

"What's wrong?"

Tyren: "They might be back soon."

"Don't worry"

"I'm worrying. we dont have the firepower to take that many."

"Worrying just makes you more likely to make mistakes, Tyren"

"Fear keeps you sharp. keeps your eyes open."

"Only in moderation."

"I'm not exactly quaking in my boots." *Starts to fit the detonator.*

the raven starts looking around

*stands up about a minute later a detonator in his hand* "Found anything?"

"...Tyren, over here."

*Walks over, bolter up*

he finds another nest...with drag marks next to it, like something crawled away
he recognizes the imprints of Mk3 Power armour in the drag marks

"Iron armour..."

He nods and starts following it

*Shoulders his bolter, and follows.*

It leads round a corner...where they find the astartes. Green and black armour all too familiar to them. Badly wounded, slumped against a rock formation

"Brother!" *Kneels by his side, and begins assessing his wounds.*

they're bad
real bad
???: *groan*....am I hallucinating?

Tyren: "No brother... You're hurt... badly."

he coughs and gives a slight laugh
"By vulkan....its good to see a friendly face"

*Takes a syringe from a pouch, and gently pushes it through the skin of his neck* "Here brother, for the pain."

"ugh...where'd you come from anyway?"

"There's a joint force here, ours and the raven guard."

"Ravens? *cough* When'd they get here?"

"Today. along with us... things have changed brother."

"That's *cough* a bit cryptic"

"We'll get you back to the ship, then explain. Come on." *Bends down and puts an arm around him*

he does his best to stand
Raven: getting him down the cliff's going to be tricky...

Tyren: "We call for transport."

Raven: what about those things?

"Save brother now, kill things later."

"I mean they'll come and attack if we call in a dropship"

"Landspeeder?"

"maybe..."