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Everything was a blur when Brutus awoke. The first thing he saw was a steel ceiling, and a bandage over where he was shot. He slowly rose in the bed and looked around the room. Chains attached to the walls held up the bed he sat in, and besides a toilet and porthole the room was bare. He set his feet on the cold steel floor, and attempted to stand. His legs wobbled and felt weak, but he stood using the wall as a support. He made his way to the porthole, and outside there were stars and planets in the distance. He was in space. Suddenly he heard heavy footsteps coming down the hallway, and the door opened.

Brutus turned to see a man in bluish white armor. He had the same armor as the figure that had captured him, and one shoulder plate bore an identical horseshoe symbol. However, on his other shoulder plate was reddish skull with wings attached to it. His chest plate varied slightly from his captor as well; instead of an eagle it was a heart with wings. The man in the armor was around …
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Brutus awoke in the same room he was before; he lay there for a moment trying to recall what had happened the day before. Flavius instructed that it was important that he rest the day before surgery, and was given a few books to entertain him. When the books began to bore him he fell asleep, and woke up in a different room, strapped to a steel table. There were two men arguing in the darkness that surrounded him. One was questioning his abilities, but the other calmly assured the questioning one that, “I have seen his determination myself, and I have no doubt Brutus will be a fine Ultramarine.” A feeling of pride began to swell in Brutus’ chest as he had received his first compliment from a captain! He never imagined hearing Cordus giving him a compliment while he was still a neophyte. Then he remembered Cordus’s words telling him he must overcome the odds. Only then would he be admitted as a fully-fledged space marine. He stood, and made his way to the door to see if he could…
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