REGROUP

The second staff sergeant fired again and finally the Genestealer went down. Quickly he 
swung around to the right and snaped off a shot at another monster as it bounded towards him.
The shot hit his second target in the neck, blowing its head from its body and ichor 
sprayed the corridor as yet another alien died. There seemed to be thousands of them and 
they still kept coming.

These Genestealers were a foe like no other he had ever fought, incredibly hard to kill. His
armour already bore a triple gouge from the claw of a Genestealer that seemed to keep coming
through the unrelenting hail of his overwatch before he cut it down with his power sword.

Minutes earlier, the second company had been caught at an intersection by Genestealers 
coming at them in two directions. Even his heavy flamer had not been enough to protect him. 
Thankfully they now had another heavy flamer since 'Charlie squad' had linked up with them 
after the death of their sergeant, but they had lost even more casualties since. Shooting in 
both directions up and down the corridors, no-one had noticed the two stealers running upside
down along the ceiling until it was too late. They had dropped down on a marine's head and had
torn his armour open and disembowelled him before being blown apart themselves in a storm of
vengeful storm bolter fire from the other Space Marines.

Vecko Borgia turned back his attention to the third squad. His scanner showed further blips 
approaching just as his communicator came live again. The other units were also suffering 
heavy casualties, many squads had been lost, while the number of Genestealers seemed to 
infinite. The Commander had finally been forced to accept that the hulk could not be cleared 
by such a small force, and was pulling the units back together. With a feeling of relief the 
sergeant told his tired men they were pulling back.
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