Soulless Fury by Will McDermott

Author:Will McDermott
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2020-04-20T14:53:57+00:00

Chapter 18

Sneak Attacks

‘How much longer are we going to stand here?’ asked Dani, one of a pair of venators Wicker had hired to replace Grin and Tank. The large blonde woman was equipped with a hand-flamer and a two-handed hammer and wore head-to-toe leather armour. A dozen leather straps crisscrossed her armour but seemed to be present to make a statement more than do anything practical. She had no ammo or grenades hanging from any of the belts.

‘As long as I say,’ replied Wicker. He was getting tired of Dani’s constant complaining, but he had to admit that he wasn’t happy with the situation. He just didn’t have to admit it to a subordinate.

‘We can’t wait around to be gunned down like a bunch of juves,’ chimed in Brak, the other venator. Brak was a big ape of a man with the beard and body hair to match. He carried a blunderbuss casually in one massive hand as he scratched at the unruly mass of hair beneath his chin. While Dani had no grenades, Brak carried at least a dozen and they were all clipped to the tangled hair that covered his torso.

Wicker sighed. The two venators complained like an old married couple. They were definitely veterans and their glory days could well be behind them, but Wicker knew that to live this long in the underhive, the pair was either very good at surviving or very good at killing – probably both. That was exactly what Wicker needed right now, especially since the rest of the new recruits were little more than juves.

Wicker had put two younger recruits on guard duty near the edge of the platform because he wasn’t sure they could handle anything else, and the psyker didn’t seem much of a flight risk. Wicker wasn’t sure the kid could lift his own shirt over his head, he looked so small and weak.

‘How much longer?’ whined one of the scummer juves guarding the kid. He swayed back and forth, putting his weight on one leg and then the other, over and over.

Watching the kid fidget on guard duty finally made Wicker reach boiling point. ‘Everyone shut up and follow orders or Hark here will turn your heads into a fine red mist.’

Hark nodded his helmeted head and placed his hand on the giant stub cannon holstered on his hip.

At that moment, a resounding impact from the platform behind Wicker made him stumble forward a step. All around him, the new recruits began yelling and firing their weapons.

Wicker whirled around, fully expecting to see Mad D’onne and her enormous ogryn bodyguard tearing through his recruits. Instead, a giant spider mare had appeared in the middle of the lift platform. The sight astounded the scummer leader, leaving him speechless and motionless for several long seconds as his mind sorted out the image.

The scum, startled by the sneak attack, had opened fire without orders. Autopistols, shot guns and autoguns filled the air with a cacophony of ordnance, little of which had any effect on the spider.

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