Calistas Asbarte, Captain of the Sun Eaters' third Company, stood in front of the bridge's viewing port. Below he could see the Vengeful Spirit, flagship of the Lunar Wolves.
Calistas turned as he heard the voice of Horus Lupercal come through the vox transmitters. "Marbion Achillarius, get your men ready for planetfall, the Emperor is watching." Just then the Bucephelus entered real space, its massive golden hull like another sun. Their Lord Commander pounded his fist against his chest, "Yes my Lord."
"Third Company!" Calistas shouted as he entered the auditorium. The sound of ceramite pounding on ceramite echoed through the chamber. "I will not be giving you a long winded speech. All you need to know is that the Emperor is watching. Now let us join the Primarch."
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The drop pod hit the ground hard making him shake in his armour. "Go Go Go!" he shouted as the doors opened. Lazgun fire pelted the squad as they ran towards point gamma where they were supposed to meet Captain Garviel Loken of the Lunar Wolves. An explosion went off behind him and Lieutenant Verek's status went dark. Whoever they were fighting, they would pay.
Diving into the ditch next to the Lunar Wolves squadron he quickly made his way over to the center.
One of them grabbed him, "Captain Asbarte, we've been waiting." "Loken?" "Yes. Lord Lupercal plans to assault the fortress personally." Calistas glanced over the ridge, it was massive, a mountain of steel and iron, artillery batteries covered it like a hedgehog.
He turned back to Loken "And what shall we do?"
Calisten couldn't see it but he could tell the Lunar Wolf was grinning, "We will have the honour of joining him."
"CAPTAIN!" Garviel turned to look. "It is time."
"FOR LUPERCAL!" The Lunar Wolves roared as they charged after their primarch. Calisten chuckled, and charged after them, his brothers close behind, "FOR THE EMPEROR!"
They had made it about halfway up the hill when through the vox they heard, "Non imperial vessel in orbit, Retributer class."
A massive psychic way washed over them and Calisten dumbled over in pain. He could feel something brush against his mind, a warm feeling that made his spine crawl. "On your feet!" the Primarch ordered, and shaking his head Calistan did so. "Something is coming, something strong."
Suddenly a drop pod hit the ground about 50 feet behind them. It was
long and cylindrical and completely golden.
A roar came from the fortress, "BARDAS! BARDAS! BARDAS!"
The door of the drop pod flew off it hinges and directly toward Horus, but the primarch difflected. The eyes of all the men gathered went wide, as a Demigod stepped out of the pod, he was big, bigger than Horus, bigger than Russ. "Father..." Calistan whispered as he fell to one knee.
His Primarch bellowed and with a swing of his arm shot a chain at Lupercal, but the primarch couldn't react in time, so shocked was he. The chain wrapped itself around his power claw and with a jank his father flew at Horus. This time he was ready, the primarch of the Lunar Wolves raised his mace and their father's armoured fist hit it. Sending them both to the ground.
"STOP!"
Both primarch halted immediately and stared at the man standing above them, golden armour glistening.
"Father."