"'The wind rises, the clouds fly high, Orbital Bombardment blows them all to hell! Big bro, your mom just got blown up!'"
"'Your mom's the one who got blown up! Malice isn't—fuck, that really is my mom! Hurry up and help me save her. Guilliman, I swear I'll kill you!'"
The Blacklight had just left the Webway when it caught the live broadcast of Guilliman brutally manhandling Sera. Judging by the Jackdaw's slick maneuvering, he was so practiced at it that it was almost painful to watch.
Yet the more Roland watched, the more anxious he grew. Right or wrong, whatever the outcome, Sera was still someone who could become his mother!
He kicked the sofa aside and, without a word, grabbed Hogg and made for the hangar. But when he tried to pull Hogg along, he found the four-and-a-half-ton runt wouldn't budge. The Blackwatch personnel who'd been gathered around scattered like birds and beasts, and even the Eldar goddess retreated into her little wooden hut.
"Why are you all running? Hurry up! And Hogg, why's your face gone dark?"
"Big bro, have you considered that we could just jump from here?"
Roland was frantic, but he wasn't an idiot. Jumping straight down from orbit would be brain-dead!
But Hogg really did just that. He sprang forward, grabbed Roland by the head, and slapped a Dog-man special helmet on him. His flesh and blood surged, and in an instant he transformed into a winged Hive Tyrant.
Faced with Hogg's brute strength, Roland hadn't even had time to react before a long chitinous tail coiled around him.
"Wait, what are you doing? Let me go!"
"Let you go? You must be joking. This is Blackwatch's signature act. Even Horus, the second Warmaster, said it was good. You kicked my sofa, so