Horror of the Hive- part 2





Read the first part of the story here.

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'''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.

I looked at It's side-mounted seeker missile pod.

"Run!" I screamed... that was all I could say, we bolted away from the wreck, and a massive explosion came from the wreck, launching some us in the air. The acid had detonated it's seeker missiles. I landed on the hot ground, coughing up dust. I opened my eyes and saw that 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.

The Hive Mind had already learnet that gaunts were not enough to defeat us. Faster than any normal being. It sent it's living battering rams against us.

Hundreds of Tyranid warriors, Carnifexes and genestealers appeared over the distant dune the rest of the horde had come from. Their hungry screams peircing the air.