"Ordela, you start preparing your sisters for the A ritual we talked about. I guess we'll do it on Astartes Chapter, I knew very well who was holding their strings.
A mad robot with an infinite amount of resources and no moral compass to hold him back. No soul either.
The Solitaire Harlequin asured with a piercing gaze, before slowly turning towards the exact spot where Trazyn and his blackstone warship has just erged. "... That's an insane risk you're taking, human. You're lucky we had a backup plan, and our own Talisman." He murmured in a soft growl, just as the third Blackstone Fortress erged into the system, cloaked and invisible to any sensors, almost.
I just pointed in silence at the new arrival.
The Eldar ssenger just blinked slowly, and before his eyelids raised, he was just gone.
"Stern, you're next!" I sent directly in the Demonifuge's mind, and moved the Polaris Psi-Titan right beside Ordela and her praying Silent Sisters.
Almost imdiately, a new sun rose in the Cadian system, as the world of Klaisus was engulfed into a blinding golden light, a result of the ritual channeled by Miss Stern and amplified by the Psi-Titan soul circuits.
This wasn't re light though. I should have suspected the Emperor have read my mories and plans, and made the necessary arrangents.
His goals had not changed in past ten millennia, after all. He had simply gotten a trillion tis stronger.
I took a step, through my labyrinth and arrived beside Trazyn the Infinite, the Necron Overlord with his own giant collection of valuable artifacts and people.
"Hello again, Lord Trazyn." I spoke gently, and held my hand out to retrieve Canis, just in case.
"And as always, the stranger with his puppy is once again a step ahead of . You called the Eldar too?" The Necron asked while a thousand Astartes stomped down just one ti behind him.
"Just get ready, Necron Lord. I counted over 2000 broken pylons on Cadia. A third of the field power is gone, so I had to improvise a quick fix. Cegoragh himself was amused with the idea, and lent a hand." I argued with a small white lie.
I an, my analysis of the situation was not wrong, only my contribution. But Trazyn should be a bit more wary now.
The necrodermis robot turned to stare at , and my wolf, with dispassionate green-glowing eyes. "Hmmm. Collecting what I wanted will be much more difficult now. You'll owe again, Pef Lancefire." the Necron demanded in a glacial tone.
"We'll trade, value for value, Lord Trazyn. Right now, you're under my protection, as agreed by the Emperor of Mankind himself. How long until you can restart the field?" I asked, pointing at the fortress world of Cadia, and its 5000 remaining blackstone pylons.
"There is a certain Inquisitor in the control room. And a certain Custodes too. This brings back mories, right?" The Necron Lord asked instead, avoiding my own question.
Should I be worried? Nah. It had worked before too, even without Trazyn being involved directly.
In a second, we flashed through Trazyn's labyrinth to arrive before Inquisitor Greyfax, and her Custodes watcher.
"My lady, you look amazingly well." I observed with a wide grin, while asuring my one-ti lover.
"Pef. There is a green alien robot at your side. And I suspect it's exactly the one who held and the Custodes captive for centuries." the woman growled in a slightly angry voice.
I just shrugged and patted the tal guy on his back. "Mysterious ways, Lady Inquisitor. Anyways, leave the xenos to the Ordo Xenos, I'd say. Or did you quit Ordo Hereticus since we last t?"
If looks could kill...well, they can, unless soone is immune to psyker spells.
"You humans can flirt for an hour or two. I'll get to work now." Trazyn advised with a robotic smirk, and summoned his hieroglyphic nu to start up the Necron engines under Cadia once more.
The Custodes simply ignored the Necron as if it was a statue beneath his notice, and stepped forward to pet Canis like an old friend. Even without my prompt, the wolf just purred in delight and enjoyed the scratches, making Lady Greyfax scowl even more.
"Hmph! Boys and their dogs. You look taller, Pef." the Inquisitor remarked in a warr tone, and approached close enough for an awkward hug.
It was a simple fact, but sohow her telling that made feel better. "Hmmm. The Emperor must have given larger shoulders, for a heavier duty. How is Amalia?" I wondered about our Blank daughter.
"On a Blackship, learning her powers. She keeps a diary already, with all your exploits. And her wolf is fully grown already." she whispered in a gentler voice.
"Good. Perhaps in a decade, our family can gather in the Fringe at once. Like a family reunion." I proposed in a soft tone as well.
She drew back a little, searching for sothing into my eyes, probably just to make sure I was serious.
"Perhaps. So what is the Necron doing here?" she asked coldly, back in Inquisition mode, Ordo Hereticus style.
Should I tell her? Not everything, of course.
"Lord Trazyn was instruntal in closing the Hadex Anomaly, and dozens of other Warp rifts. His expertise is needed once more." I explained in a level tone, then glanced towards the always present Eye of Terror, its purple gaze present even underground in these Necron caverns. It wasn't actually emitting light either, just like the new golden sun in this system.
"And I expect to be repaid in full for my efforts, humans. Don't forget that." the Necron added in a morose voice.
"That too." I mused a bit amused.
A giant scream of anger and wrath erged from the giant Warp rift, followed soon after by a similarly giant claw. A few seconds later, another claw but a pink one erupted from with the Eye of Terror.
"That's...not Khorne." The Custodes whispered while his eyes began glowing with gold light.
I gulped a wad of saliva, as the two claws started to cross the vast space towards Cadia. Then again, perhaps it wasn't all bad.
"Two out of four? It's my lucky day!" I quipped in a joyous voice, mostly to raise morale among my party.
Canis glanced at like I was stupid. Lady Grayfax and the Custodes were not very impressed either.
"Hold them off for an hour, the infrastructure is a bit damaged and re-routing the energy is not easy." Trazyn asked with a calm and certain voice.
Definitely not visiting in person then, the brave Necron Overlord.
Well, I didn't really have a plan for two Chaos Gods coming out to play. I might need a miracle, and very soon.
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