Edsin slowly opened his eyes.

"Ah, you're awake." A voice that was both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time said. Edsin looked around. He was sitting in a blue upholstered chair in a white room that seemed to go on in every direction without end. Opposite him was another blue chair with a man sitting there who looked both familiar and unfamiliar to the traitor sergeant. "Took a few bolts I see." The man remarked with a gesture towards him. Edsin didn't understand and followed the man's gaze to his chest. There, punched through his armor, were three large holes. He considered them for a moment before looking back at the man. "Now isn't that something?" Edsin said nothing.

The man picked up a glass from a nearby table Edsin hadn't noticed there before and took a drink. As he did Edsin remembered the man. The blue clad noble from the forest ambush where he met Maria.

"All coming back to you now isn't it? Shame about your other memories but what can you do?" Edsin shifted in his chair, not entirely comfortable with the implications of what the man was saying. The noble took another drink before continuing. "Now you fit into the plan pretty well. In fact I couldn't have planned what that Inquisitor did to you better." Another drink. "But then you went off the plan and died. LATE." He set the glass back down and leaned forward. "I had planned for you to die in that ambush in that factory." Edsin thought back to when he had met Irritus. The battle had seemed like an eternity ago. "Your living caused those other four to live and that planet to burn." The other man shrugged. 'Not just as planned, but it worked." Edsin tried to remember something Irritus might have told him about Chaos that might explain his current situation but his mind came up blank.

"So then. That just leaves me with the question of what to do with you." Edsin looked down at the holes in his chest. He was dead. He had to be. What could he do? "I have a couple of ideas in mind. Thoughts…plans…" Edsin looked back up at the man. He looked into his eyes and saw something inhuman flicker past. "But for once, it looks like there's someone who works better when he's not following my plans." The man said with another gesture towards Edsin. He seemed to be waiting for a response. The dead sergeant cleared his throat.

"I suppose so." The man nodded stood.

"You're a leader, Mr. Edsin. I expect many good things from you and your squad in the future." He said as he walked up to him. With a final look he put his hand on Edsin's chest and pushed him through the chair. Edsin fell down into a dark pit. As he fell he watched the darkness overtake the light.

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Edsin's eyes snapped open. He was strapped to a chair in a large room. Looking around he saw that his chair was only one of thousands stretching in all directions. He looked at the angular metal walls around him and recognized the interior of an aquila lander.

"Are you nervous Sergeant?" Edsin's head spun around to the left and he saw Irritus sitting next to him. The cultist had his commissar's jacket back along with kit and all of its pouches. Sitting next to him was a woman in powered armor. Her hair was short and Edsin noticed a sigil painted on the front of the armor. Maria smiled at him nodded her head towards Irritus. Edsin looked back at the cultist.

"Uh…not really…" The cultist smiled.

"I bet you've done a landing like this before. What about you Alain?" Edsin looked to his right and saw the psyker sitting next to him. He had his sleeves rolled up to his elbows and a grin on his face.

"Only once, against some Orks." Alain said. "It got pretty messy." Edsin looked past Alain and saw Datave sitting next to him, tinkering with something on his arm. The former tech adept realized he was being watched and looked up. The human half of his face smiled and he waved to Edsin.

"It should be exciting then." Datave said.

Suddenly from above them there was the sound of loud metallic click and the floor seemed to drop out from under them. Edsin looked back at Irritus, about to ask how they'd gotten onto the lander, but decided he didn't care. He was about to go into another battle with a good squad at his back. And that was enough to make him smile.

A/N: Alright you guys win. After looking at the ending again and thinking about it for a while, I decided I don't want to be done with these characters. Not yet at least. I have a few more ideas for them so expect something else with Edsin and co. in the future.