The Battle for Ferrus Prime by Henrik Balslev Jorgensen

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Canoness Hypolotta of the Order of the Valerous Heart scanned the
horizon through her macro-binoculars, while routine check-ins crackled
through her comlink. So far there had been no contact with the enemy for
four days. Before that it had seemed almost impossible that the war
would ever slow down, but then suddenly and with no warning the enemy
had withdrawn. Hypolotta had ordered that the pause in the fighting was
to be used to strengthen the position of the Sisters. Now they had dug
trenches, and created makeshift barricades, in an effort to slow the
enemy.
Hypolotta knew that it could not be long before they would strike again.
However it was practically unheard of that the Genestealer-cults made a
tactical withdrawal. most of the time they would just keep coming back
for more until they were either destroyed or they had taken the planet.
Suddenly the comm-net crackled into life, "Sister Canoness, this is
Sister Avariel, I have movement in sector delta-omega-5." Hypolotta
quickly turned her attention to the specified sector. "Affirmative
Sister Avariel, I see them too" she responded.
Hypolotta was stunned for just a second, what was that! For a moment
there she thought that she had seen a Chaos Icon amongst the Cultists.
Wait there it was again. Her eyes had not betrayed her. Matters were
worse than she had expected at first, this was no mere Genestealer-cult,
this was far worse, a Genestealer-Chaos-cult, the unholy alliance
between the two greatest enemies of the Imperium.

Inquisitor Harkon paced up and down the floor of the command bunker,
this was not the way of the 'stealers, something was very wrong, and he
hoped that it was not what he thought it was. Then he suddenly heard the
voice of Canoness Hypolotta over the comm-net. "Inquisitor Harkon, this
is Hypolotta, we have sighted the enemy. Matters are more grave than we
thought, the 'stealers have allied themselves with the unholy
chaos-powers, we need to inform earth immediately, we will hold them
here for as long as we can." Harkon turned to face the dark shapes who
huddled in the shadows of a corner. He motioned for them to come forward
and the two assassins stepped forward. "You two will be needed at the
front." Harkon said, the Culexus and the Vindicare nodded and each
touched a switch on their arm, and disappeared as they were teleported
to the front.
Harkon opened the door to the hall, outside one of his aides stood. He
snapped to attention as the door was opened. Harkon gave hin a quick
order, and the aide stormed off towards the astropath's chambers.

At the front Hypolotta was preparing to face the oncomeing assault, when
the two assassins suddenly appeared at her side. She looked at them and
each of them nodded a greeting and started to find the most advanteagous
position for their assignment.

Suddenly the genstealer-chaos cult was on the move. The army surged
forward and it almost looked like a sea of people and monsters. The
first to open fire were the Heavy bolter retributers, along with the
Heavy Bolters of the regular squads, and the Vindicare. Then suddenly
the whole battle line of the sisters seemed to explode as the sisters
opened up with every thing they had. Still the cultists surged
forward trampling their own fallen as they went. Hypolotta made a silent
prayer to the emperor, and prepared to sell her life and those of the
Sisters as dearly as possible. Then the enemy was upon them, and the
line of the sisters war assulted in hand to hand combat. Hypolotta
herself was attacked by the biggest genestealer she had ever seen. It
was as if the monster had an unholy glow about it as it lurched forward
towards its prey. Hypolotta met the assault by pounding the foul thing
with her powerfist, but the momentum of the stealer still managed to
knock her off her feet. The 'stealer prepaired to rend her apart, and as
it struck Hypolotta whispered a final prayer to her master. But the blow
never landed. Hypolotta saw the huge claws of the 'stealer descend upon
her, and just before they hit the foul thing was lifted off its feet as
a row of jagged holes were torn across its chest. Hypolotta looked around
to see who has saved her, and saw a tall slender man in colorful clothes
standing above her, his face was covered by a mask, which seemed to be
changing it's image unendingly, and in one hand he held a shuriken
pistol, while the other held a chainsword. The man made a casual salute
and lept into the air, cartwheeling and somesaulting as he cut a swathe
of death as he went.

Hypolotta lept to her feet. The battleline of the sisters had been
breached several places, but the places of the sisters had been taken by
new combatants, all dressed in those colorful and flashy colthes. Even
as Hypolotta gave the order for a counter-attack the cultists were being
pushed back all along the line. It seemed that this battle wound be
another victory in the name of the Emperor.