The Devil You Know by Sandy Mitchell

Author:Sandy Mitchell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

As the witch’s troopers danced towards us their envenomed blades whirling an intricate patterns of lethality I braced myself to meet their charge. Dueling one, I knew, would be like trying to cut down smoke, but I’d bested their like before albeit more by luck than skill.

‘In fact Cain was a gifted swordsman, probably one of the finest in the sector although as in so many other things he seems genuinely unaware of how exceptional he was.’

And I just had to hope I could repeat the trick. One of the pirouetting nightmares fell almost at once vaporized on the spot by a pointblank gift from Jurgen’s melta although her comrades evaded the blizzard of lasgun bolts unleashed by the Catachans with almost contemptuous ease. Though armed with pistols they disdained the use of them preferring to close and savor the infliction of pain and death in a whirling balletic way. To my surprise however none of them approached me. The reason of which became apparent almost at once as I saw Malicia moving in my direction with the lazy deliberation of a feline catching sight of a rodent with nowhere to run.

Dark Eldar: ‘You have quite the reputation, commissar Cain. Shall we see if the reality matches it?’

I raised my chainsword for the guard position masking my unease as best I could. It seemed she knew who I was and knowing how her kind bore grudges that was distinctly disturbing. I’d been instrumental in their defeat more than once or to be more accurate had been handed most of the credit once the dust had settled. Perhaps she saw this as a chance to even the score. Before our blades could clash however we were interrupted.

Jurgen: ‘Look out, sir! Nids!’

My aid was right. No sooner had he uttered his warning than a tidal wave of malevolent chitin burst from the curtain of vegetation surrounding us, engulfing the struggling guardsmen and witches alike.

Dark Eldar: ‘This way, if you wish to live a little longer.’

She turned as she spoke disemboweling one of the hulky warrior gaunts in a dazzling display of elegant butchery just as the hideous creature leveled its venom cannon at me. Quite wise she would bother to save my life elusively at that moment although my innate paranoia assured me that whatever her reasons I wasn’t going to be happy with them when I found out. Nevertheless as I’d learned all too well over the years in situations like these the only thing to do was to take advantage of everything you could to get out of them and let the future take care of itself.

Cain: ‘Ladies first!’

I followed the bloody trail that succubus hacked from the ranks of the Tyranid swarm, my boots slipping in spilled ichor and hit the viscera at almost every step marveling at her deadly expertise. I must admit I was solidly tempted to just shoot her in the back while I had a chance, only in reflection that to do so would be to leave me at the mercy of the Tyranid swarm stayed my hand.

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