On the Apocalypse...Taggart glances out the viewport and stares at the Eye for a few monents. He then sees the Starblade turning ahead of them and shouts orders to the crew.
"Alright, men! Landing formation! Take manual control of the ship and stay in line with the Starblade!"
Taggart then notices Kaworu's outburst.
"Seems like you've had a personal experience with Abbadon before. To tell you the truth... if you've been that close to Abbadon before, I'm suprised you lived to tell the tale. But I guess that's why you're part of the strike team. And speaking of the strike team..."
Taggart turns and shouts back at Sera.
"Hey! Don't leave just yet... We'll need all strike team members on the bridge for the landing."
Taggart picks up an intercom, and speakers all over the ship kick on.
"
All personel, please prepare for docking! All strike team members, report to the bridge!"
Taggart replaces the intercom and resumes looking at the Eye.
"Finally... we're almost there."
On the Revenant...Benden is in the process of shouting similar orders to his crew.
"Keep in line with the Starblade! Communications, be ready to answer the Identification checks when they come in! We need to land as quickly as possible!
In the ship corridors, Mary chuckles as Taysir accuses her of being in leauge with daemons.
"I have no clue what you're blabbing on about, but I'm not a daemon. This is an Imperial Space Marine vessel you've stowed yourself away on, and you picked an awful day to do it."
Mary is then distracted as Danyael brushes past. Her look changes to one of concern.
"Danyael! Wait... shit! Of all the times for me to be stuck on prisioner duty..."
Just as Mary finishes speaking, Karyl suddenly materializes out of the corridor wall just ahead of them. he looks to his left, sees Mary bushing Taysir along with the two marines behind them, and waves.
"Hey babe! You got the fucker!"
Mary can't help but smile.
"Karyl! You're okay!"
Karyl grins.
"Of course I'm okay! I had everything under control."
Mary smirks.
"Sure you did. Well... since you're so sure of yourself, think you can handle escorting this stowaway the rest of the way to the bridge?"
Karyl flashes a thumbs up.
"No prob! I'm up for it."
Mary withdraws her sword away from Taysir's back, and Karyl jams a pistol in it's place. He then does a very good impression of a brave explorer as he shoves Taysir forward.
"Onward, stowaway! We have a great journey to complete!"
Karyl, Taysir, and the two marines head for the bridge. Mary sheathes her sword and quickly heads down the corridor that Danyael had taken.
Back on the bridge, Benden grabs a microphone from a nearby panel, and his announcement echoes through the ship.
"All units, prepare to dock! Strike force members should report to the bridge ASAP!"
Benden hangs up the microphone just as Karyl arrives on the bridge with Taysir. Karyl shouts to Benden.
"Sir! Karyl Sheeden reporting with a stowaway! Mary captured him!"
Benden turns and stares at Taysir.
"You're dressed like those fools who attacked us before we left Cellaris V airspace! Get some cuffs on him!"
The two marines immedeately cuff Taysir's hands together with shackles. Benden nods his approval.
"Karyl, keep an eye on him, please."
Karyl snaps a salute.
"Sure thing, boss!"
Mary ignores the announcement for strike team members as she walks into one of the observation rooms and finds Danyael. The look of concern is plainly visible on her face.
"Danyael... are you okay? What happened back there?"
On the Starblade...As Cameron steers the Starblade towards Cadia, another ship appears in the viewport. It is an Imperial ship, a Destroyer class about the same size as the Starblade itself, and it bears the markings of the Black Templar Marine chapter. A button begins to flash on the control panel. Cameron taps it, and the face of a Marine Captain appears on a small square that appears in the viewport. A reticle appears on the viewport as well, surrounding the approaching ship. Readouts appear next to it, labeling the ship as the IAS Predator and listing it's speed and direction. The captain on the screen speaks.
"
Approaching vessel, this is Captain Carthax, commander of the IAS Predator. You have entered Cadian airspace. Please identify yourselves."
Cameron: "This is Lord Cameron Aileron, commander of the Imperial Space Marines Grey Knights chapter, and pilot of the indipendent light cruiser Starblade. I'm transmitting my authorization code now."
Cameron punches a few keys on the control panel. Carthax looks down for a moment, and then looks back up.
"
Good to see you, sir! We've already recieved auth codes from the Revenant and Apocalypse as well. You're all clear to land. Follow me to the landing point."
The image of Carthax winks out. The Predator turns and begins heading towards Cadia, and Cameron points the Starblade in that direction and follows. he presses another button on his panel.
"Starblade to Revenant and Apocalypse... we've been cleared for landing. Follow the Predator."
The three ships swing towards Cadia. And to their right, the Eye continues to swirl and glow.
"If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer, then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer."
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