| abstract | - Read the first part of the story here. Mon'ash Wasteland, 0608 Hours. A blast of a sickly yellow-green venom blasted right through the pirahna.We were knocked off our feet by the displaced air. There was no explosion. All that was left was a wreck of the skimmer and a black hole marking the route of the attack. The acid was still dissolving the metal. Another two blasts had struck at the battlesuits, and they dissapeared into the explosion. The speed at which life can be lost... i thought to myself.... I looked, back again at the pirahna's It's side-mounted seeker missile pod. "uh....R..RUN!" I screamed... that was all I could say before the adrenalin caused me gag for anything else i tired to say, we bolted away from the wreck, and a massive explosion woofed up behind us, launching some us in the air. The acid had detonated it's seeker missiles. I landed on the hot ground, coughing up dust. I shook of the dust and opened my eyes. All of us had survived, all except Gun Drone Fio'shas. It's programming systems were a fraction of a second slower than us Tau reckognising the threat. Yet another casualty. "Your gonna pay for that!" I heard Aresh'shan say. His vibrant sense of humor shines through even the darkest of moments. The Hive Mind had already learnt that Gaunts were not enough to defeat us. Faster than any normal being. It sent it's living battering rams against us. Hundreds of Y'he Warriors, Carnifexes and Genestealers came from all directions. Their hungry screams peircing the air. "Stand your ground!" I ordered in a stern voice. It started to rain strange black particles. We formed a circle as the wave enclosed us, shooting at the oncoming horde. But it did nothing I holding them back. I looked at my arm computer, and my confidence swallowed up into the bottleless pit of fear... all the cadre had been killed. It was only us and the battlesuits. And for all i knew they could be next. My confidence returned, a loud wooshing sound of jetpack thrusters opened up above me, looking up I saw Shas'O Aures and two other battlesuits, giving the Y'he a massive payload of plasma fire. But, of course, nothing can stop the Y'he's hunger. A Warrior struck it's monsterous claws right through Ol'nan, ripping him easily in two. Another was shooting swarms of flesh eating worms at us, trying to find meat in between our armour. I shook them off and took aim; firing dozens of shots into the warrior's and genestealer's mouth as they each tried to rip my head off, making it appear as if they were killed. My ammunition was running low. Then yet another payload came to take us....three blasts of venom whooshed above my head. Aures's two body guards were shredded into peices. Aures's Iridum armour had saved him. All of a sudden it was just me, Ui'Fiotan, La'Aresh'shan and O'Aures fighting alone. Us four versus the tide. The Y'he closed in. Now was the time to make a final stand for Tau'va. I readied my pulse rifle. But then they were all blown back by a mysterious force. Their green blood flew up form where they were standing. We found ourselves alone, the entire battlefield littered with the dead bodies of the Y'he.. no more screams... as if the invasion had never happened.
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