The Warfield (A warhammer 40k story)

Chapter 26

The trip was uneventful for Shino, Stalker, and Logan as they drove the Imperial Guard Salamander along the remains of the highway they currently were on. Shino, who often got rare sleep in noisy environments, was starting to feel tired enough to take a nap inside of the noisy tank and as Stalker looked over at her, he tapped her shoulder with a foot as he asked her, "Hey... you alright?"

"I'm just... very sleepy.." she said as she gave a sudden yawn.

"Yeah... I am too... let pull over and stop for the night.. maybe get some sleep if possible.." said Logan as he began to turn off the road to find some shelter.

As soon as they began to go over some rubble, Logan stopped them and then shut down the engine and as he opened up his hatch, Shino and Stalker both went out the main hatch as they all brought up their weapons before looking around.

They were in what appeared to be the remains of another hab district but some of the buildings were still intact and as they all looked around, Logan then motion for them to follow him into one of the still-standing buildings and both Stalker and Shino nodded as they slowly followed Logan into one of the many still standing hab buildings.

It was dusty and dark within the interior as they all kept their weapons up and their eyes sharp and as Stalker leaned around one corner to look into what seemed to be the living room, he realized that the entire room was compromised since a huge, gaping hole was blown into the nearby corner and exposed the whole room to the slowly darkening world outside.

Logan peaked with his lasrifle around the corner as he saw nothing of interest and as he entered the quaint dining room, Shino held her simple blade up as she walked towards the stairs slowly and as she looked up them, she saw it was a long ways up before they got to the top.

Suddenly something tapped her shoulder and she gave an audible squeak as she swung around with her blade but Stalker had stopped her as he gave a sigh and as he motioned for her to follow him he began to go up the stairs as Logan followed Shino. The stairs creaked and groaned as they walked up it and as Stalker came to the next floor, he went down the hall as he looked through some of the open doors.

"You think there's any food here?" asked Logan as he broke the silence with his question.

"Its likely all rotten now.. luckily I saw some rations within the Salamander... so we should be fine for a time.." said Stalker as he then he opened one door and stopped them all.

They all quickly filed in and as Stalker looked around the quaint apartment with a small kitchen next to the bed, he said to them all, "Looks like we can camp here."

Logan nodded and as he went to fetch the rations, Shino walked over to the bed as Stalker took his helmet off and sighed before saying, "Bother... I'm more tired than I thought I was.."

He went to the bed and as he lay down on it, Shino looked slightly awkward as she asked, "Where am I sleeping?"

"With us." said Stalker as he looked at her. "We don't have the choice to be choosy right now so we'll have to work with what we can get... and if I have to share a bed with a boy and a girl, I just hope I don't end up spooning with the other guy."

She gave a small blush as she laid down near him and as she felt the soft mattress beneath her, she didn't care if it had no pillows or comforter or blankets. It already felt ten times better than her old cot and as she looked up, she saw Stalker was already snoozing away and she gave a small smile as Logan came back with three rations as he locked and then barricaded the doors before he said, "Move over, I'm getting some sleep to.."

As he got on the bed, Shino scooted closer to Stalker as she then felt his breath on her collarbone and as she looked at him, Logan soon was fast asleep behind her as she was the only one awake at the moment. She looked back at her two saviors and as she did so, she couldn't help but feel attached to them in more ways then one and as she looked between the two of them, she then decided to snuggle up with Stalker and as she pressed herself against him, she put her head on his shoulder and finally truly fell asleep first time ever.