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Vulkan turned his gaze to the auspex screen flickering in the semi-darkness of the room, which gradually turned from emerald to ruby red, running his gaze over the flashing information runes and hundreds of red dots approaching from three of the four sides, after which he fixed the scanning device, which was no longer needed by the belt, as a wave of teeth was slowly approaching them. The strength of the claws and chitin was so great that the barely noticeable tremor was felt by the enhanced senses of the warrior, and closing his eyes, he imagined an organic avalanche of thousands of creatures led by a single collective mind., She was slowly approaching the ruins of the bunker that had become their temporary shelter. Automatically placing his palm on the spot where his chainsword rested on a magnetic mount, Vulkan belatedly remembered how he had left his weapon in the mouth of the Tyranid carnifex, one of the biotanks of this galactic plague a few hours ago. He had the knife with him, but that was little consolation. After counting the remaining magazines and reloading his bolter, the armored giant headed for the exit from his temporary hiding place. With luck, they would be able to reach the communications station ahead of the first thermogant squads, possibly prolonging their survival for a few more hours. Stopping, Vulkan said softly
, "I never thought that I would die fighting side by side with Tau...
" What about side by side with a friend?"
A pleasant voice sounded, it seemed, in the very head of the Volcano, but it was his unexpected ally, who all this time, comfortably sitting on his satchel, was adjusting a miniature pulse rifle that looked like a toy in size, but was not inferior in power to its full-size counterpart, occasionally straightening his red fur on his head.
The question made the warrior stop, and after a second, his scarred lips curved into a smile, and Vulkan nodded slightly, shifting his bolter more comfortably
. "Oh, I agree to that."

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Thanks to for this art!
Lee as Fire warrior is me.
Vulkan as Spacemarine is