Demos dropped his last opponent and turned.
"All units converge on the EZ, begin extraction."
He moved emptying his last rounds into the enemy and darted shots rang after him as he bolted round a corner, the EZ was on the other side of the command bunker and he was a good deal of distance from it, Rant joined him at his side turning expertly he fired the last of his own rounds into the ranks giving chase. stepped into view giving cover as the bolted past then joined the flight too, Demos' heads up showed him the route and he plotted a new course as he ran shouting out.
"Left."
As one the three marines turned left heading for a wall Demos hit it first his powerfist crumbling the wall his bulk shattering it as he charged through, the corrected their steps and carried on weaving, until they reached the EZ where the others stood in a defensive pattern, they slowed as the rest joined from other directions.
"Ammo counts?"
They all fed the information back to him and he sighed.
"Alpha, what is your ETA?"
"Seventy seconds."
Kurtis stepped up to him.
"A minute is a long time brother captain, especially when we are surrounded on all sides by the enemy."
Demos nodded and turned looking off in a direction.
"Sirus we could do with some cover."
+I obey brothers!+
Sirus crashed into view and charged into their centre his gun barked in rapid succession as it tore lines from the surrounding buildings cutting down the enemy as it swept his gun round wide arcs. Demos touched the connection node on the dreadnaught and pulled up his ammo count at twenty five percent the assault cannon would be dry in thirty seconds.
"Make you last shots count, show these xenos scum that we are Deathwatch and we do not fear death for we are it's reapers!"
He looked round as Rant passed him a bolt pistol clip and nodded his thanks slotting it home he looked at the enemy they were mostly tau firewarriors, Kroot and Vespid now, the human allies had fled or were preoccupied elsewhere. He joined his brothers in their last stand gunning down those foolish enough to charge them eager to rescue their Ethereal who cowered beside the Inquisitor.
A Kroot broke through the fire but Corvin ended the beast his powerswords making short work of the xenos creature, then the roar of engines came to his ears a moment before the rest heard them, Thunderhawk engines gunned in five of them in total they banked and laid down a hail of fire before one broke off from the wing and dropped to the ground.
"On board now!"
Demos watched as they all backed into the Thunderhawk Peleus making sure the Inquisitor and guardsmen still alive went first, they'd lost several during their last stand, After the majority of them were on board he ordered the take off and was the last to leave the world covered by heavy bolters and the weapons of the other thunderhawks, he took his seat and sat back a dull throb in his hip where a shot had impacted in the last few seconds, already his body was combating it when his vox came to life on a secure feed.
"Good work Captain Demos, how does the squad feel?"
He paused for a moment looking at the marines around him they were unaware of the voice he could here, when he spoke they looked at his slightly confused.
"They work well together, I could not ask for finer Brothers."
"Good because the situation your team was assembled for has taken a turn for the unexpected."
"How so?"
"I have a Stormhawk prepared for immediate deployment upon your arrival, Time is of the essence in this matter."
"We live to serve."
He looked round at the team and took in their states of armour.
"We have need of repairs."
"I have already assigned a techmarine to you, we awaits you upon the Stormhawk, likewise all your requirements await you as well as your briefing, I will follow with the Xenos Bane after my debriefing with the Lord Inquisitor."
"Understood."
The vox link went dead and he turned to the waiting faces of his team.
"We are being deployed immediately upon arrival on the Xenos bane, when we land board the waiting Stormhawk, I will brief you enroute to our next mission."
"No respite?"
One of them pipped up but Demos missed the source of the voice, Kurtis spoke his voice clear and full of zeal.
"The enemies of mankind give us none so we cannot allow ourselves any."
"Well said brother."
The flight to the Xenos Bane lasted thirty minutes and it took them less than ten more to transfer them selves to the waiting Stormhawk designated Rogal's Might, five minutes later they were under way and ten after that Rogal's Might plunged into the warp en route to their next mission, Demos had stripped from his armour and sat within a private sanctum reading the briefing notes.