StarCraft Ties that bind

Hey everyone this has been floating in my head for a while so I thought I'd start this and see what happens. Oh this story is a slight AU I need a reason to put my new OC Adrian in the story. It starts somewhere during WOL. Well here goes. Oh and picture Nova looking like she does in the heroes of the storm trailer she looks better in that one since if I did the math right she's only 20 in HOTS Oh and Arian is 6.1 with spiky short brown hair and red eyes and he's 20

Hyperion 2:00 am ship time.

Adrian walked through the halls of the Hyperion lost in his thoughts. He had seen what Jim had seen in the crystal. Sarah was mankind's last hope. He knew Jim would try to save her and he would help. He owed that to the both of them. They had saved him from a lab years ago. He was kidnapped and was tortured for years. The scientists were trying to improve ghosts. Not like what Tosh had been through no, what he went through was paradise compared to what Adrian had been put through.

What Adrian had been through was worse by far. Those bastard scientist ripped him apart and put him back together he didn't even know if he counted as human anymore. The ghost smirked maybe he wasn't? That would explain his high kill counts. Adrian walked into the cantina which was empty. It was pretty late most of the crew would be asleep by now.

That was another problem he didn't really need to sleep. Whatever the bastards did to him made him unable to sleep. He could rest from time to time but that was it. So the 20 year old sat at the bar thinking over what he could do to improve the Raiders odds on Char. He knew that was where all of this would lead. He pulled out his notebook and looked over his notes. One of the good things that came out of his torture was his intelligence had become extremely high not in everything but he could figure out how some of the Protoss tech worked.

Mostly their weapons but he saw how to improve it as well. However the Raiders didn't have the tech to truly produce his best designs so he had to modify his designs until they had more to work with. Then they could give Arcturus Mengsk a proper death. By burning him to a fucking crisp.

Adrian was knocked out of his thoughts when Tychus Findlay entered the room. "Ain't it passed your bed time kid?" Adrian ignored him but Tychus had to open his damn mouth again. "What worried about monsters hiding under your bed?" Adrian looked at Tychus and smirked.

"Funny I thought a man trapped inside a death trap wouldn't be able to sleep much either." Tychus grabbed Adrian.

"Kid don't talk about things yo…." Adrian had grabbed his arm and began to crush it. As the metal began to give he let go.

"Tychus we don't have to be enemies in fact I could help you." Tychus looked at him. "I'm serous Tychus you want to be free of that deathtrap and I can help."

"What's it goanna cost me?" Adrian grabbed a couple of glasses and poured them some drinks.

"Nothing compared to what Mengsk is going to make you do. Look Jim is going to need help and as much as I hate to admit it you have skills. I'm going to be straight with you man our race is in trouble and the Queen of blades is our last hope. Trust Jim on this. He and I have seen the end of everything and it wasn't pretty. So here's the deal I get you out of that suit and in return you stay with the raiders and help us kick Mengsk into hell." Adrian took a drink. Tychus looked at the pale guy he seemed serious and with what those creepy Protoss could do.

"Well I would like to pay Mengsk back for locking me in this damn suit hmm. This ain't goanna hurt is it?" He took a drink.

"Nope but you have to do something else after we get you out of that suit."

"And what is that?"

"Take a damn shower you probably smell like shit."

Tychus let out a laugh. "Deal."

"Ok give me a minute."

And after a minute the seals where undone. "Ok now we still need to remove the suit but you aren't locked in it. Come on let's head the armoury."

15 minutes later…

Jim Raynor tossed in his sleep. The memories refused to leave him. He woke up in a cold sweat and sat on his bed in the Captain's quarters. The room was big with a lot of personal comforts. He didn't want the room but the crew insisted. He got up got dressed and went to clear his head. All the regrets he had about that damn day. He couldn't undo that day but if junior was right he would be able to save Sarah.

His thoughts jumped to Tosh. There was something wrong with him. Adrian didn't like him and the pair of them fought anytime they were in the same room. Adrian nearly killed Tosh one time on the bridge. Adrian had been with the Raiders since the beginning and had saved Jim's ass more times than he like to admit. Jim's train of thought was broken when he heard voices. "Oh man it feels good to be out of that damn suit!" Tychus sounded cheerful and that got Jim's attention.

"See Tychus? I can keep up my end of our deal."

"Kid you're all right. Hell if the universe is ending then there's no point in leaving. The only people I like are on this ship. Ha-ha."

Jim walked into the room. "What the?"

"Hey Jimmy. The Kid got me out of that damn suit."

"I can see that Tychus. Whoa you stink! Take a shower man."

"Right."

Tychus left for the showers "So when were you goanna tell me about being able to get that suit off of him?"

Adrian shrugged his shoulders and turned back to the suit. "I needed to make sure Tychus was on our side and not a mindless idiot. I need to be sure of those around us. Speaking of which we need to talk about Tosh."

"Adrian…"

"Jim he's insane I've looked into the people he wants to rescue they're all psychos. Jim I'm begging you don't help him."

After a minute of silence.

"Look do what you want but nothing good can come from helping him." Adrian left the room. He walked back to his quarters locked the door and sat on his bed. It wasn't really useful for anything but having it made him feel more normal. He hoped Jim didn't want Mengsk dead bad enough to help Tosh. Good thing he upgraded his rifle tomorrow is going to be interesting.

The next day….

Jim and Matt were on the bridge.

"Where's Tosh? I thought he'd be here by now."

"He already left the ship. I thought you…Sir, we have an incoming transmission. It's highly encrypted."

"Patch it through."

"Well, well - the infamous Jim Raynor. My name is Nova. We should talk."

"Now what would one of Mengsk's pet Ghosts have to say to me?"

"Tosh is lying to you."

"Get Tosh on comms. I'm sure he's listenin' in anyway, encrypted or not."

"We Spectres be the future! You just couldn't handle it, little girl."

"Every Ghost that became a Spectre has gone on a psychotic killing spree. The ones I've captured are held in New Folsom."

"Don't listen to her brother. Help me bust the Spectres from New Folsom, and we'll bring down Mengsk together!"

"Tosh wants to reactivate his Spectre buddies using the substances you helped him collect. New Folsom is full of psychopathic killers. Do you really want to release them into the galaxy?"

"I be helping you against Mengsk, and my people will too. She won't even join you."

"He's a psychotic time bomb. He'll be on your side right up until he puts a knife in your back."

"This be the moment of truth. Make your choice."

Jim Remembered what Adrian had said last night.

"It don't matter how much you hate Mengsk, Tosh. If you and your Spectres are as bloodthirsty as it sounds, you're as much of a threat as he ever was. I'll be seeing you real soon."

"You'll regret this, brother.

"Alright, Nova - what's your plan?"

"Tosh's Spectre facilities are on Avernus Station. Join me there and we can shut it down for good. Uploading tactical data now."

"So this is where Tosh plans on building his Spectre army."

"I've identified three facilities that are vital to his operation. Our first target will be the Jorium stockpile...Next will be the Terrazine tanks...And finally the psionic waveform indoctrinator Tosh uses to complete the Spectres' activation process."

"Alright, so we destroy all three of those targets and Tosh is out of business."

"Tosh knows every trick in the book when it comes to infiltration. I can penetrate most of his defenses, but I'll need your backup to get through them all."

"And what about Tosh?"

"Don't worry Jim I'll deal with him." Adrian appeared on the screen in his green ghost suit. "Now let's rock."

Nova scoffed. "Tosh is good enough to out run you."

Adrian laughed. "He may know every trick in the book. But I wrote the book. Oh and I've already taken out a third of his guys so hurry up before I kill all of them."

Jim laughed. "We'll see you on the ground."

An hour later

Tosh was running for his ship. Only to have Adrian stand in his way. "That's as far as you go Tosh!"

"You can't beat me." Tosh said as he charged Adrian. Adrian smirked behind his helmet. He quickly sidestepped Tosh and stabbed him in the side with his green Psi blade. Tosh fell to his knees unsure how he had been hurt. Before Tosh could move Adrian's fist knocked him to the ground. Tosh pulled out an injector filled with Jorium and Terrazine and injected himself. He laughed as he sent a massive Psi wave toward Adrian. He tossed his own Psi blast and they cancelled each other out.

Nova had arrived and was watching the fight. This guy was good. Too bad he was with the raiders she hadn't met anyone like him. She was so distracted that she didn't notice the massive psi wave headed her way. The blast hit her and she was sent into her own mind. The two combatants unaware of her.

Inside Nova's mind

She was unsure what to think. Was she dead? No she didn't feel dead but she was trapped in her own mind. She was shocked as she saw a younger version of herself staring her down. "Well if it isn't miss murder?"

"Murder? I'm taking out criminals for our Dominion!"

Her younger self laughed. "Is that what you think you've been doing?"

Nova would have kept arguing but a thought came to her. "Wait what are you?"

"I'm you before you got your memory wiped. You are a cold echo of me and I want my body back. I've been stuck in here while you've been following a mad man's orders."

"No way I'm me and you're just a shadow."

"We'll see. Here it seems that psi wave held some of Adrian's Memories let's watch."

The younger Nova pulled her older counterpart to what looked like a big TV screen. The memories played in front of the pair. The older Nova was in shock at what she was seeing. It was horrific. What the emperor had done to gain his throne it was madness. The memories stopped and the older Nova curled up and cried. Had she really been that blind? She felt her old memoirs come back to her as the memory wipe was being undone. The older Nova began to disappear the younger one began the age until she resembled her outer self now she was back and the Dominion was going to pay for using her as a tool of fear. All she had to do now was figure out how to get the raiders to accept her.

In the real world

Tosh was crawling away from Adrian. His legs were gone. As Adrian had ripped them off. He could feel death coming for him the beyond was coming for his soul. Adrian had pulled his psi blade out and ran it through Tosh's chest. The psycho was now dead. He was about to leave when he heard I moan of pain. He turned to see Nova on the ground. He walked over to her. He read her mind and was shocked that her thoughts were different. He looked around the room. She must've gotten hit by one of their psi blast and somehow undid the memory wipe most ghost's get.

"Hmm so the real you is out." He knelt down and picked her up. Carrying her bridal style. He looked down. She was really beautiful. Her eyes slowly opened. She spoke in a quite whisper.

"Thank you for saving the real me." She winched in pain.

Adrian radioed Jim. "Jim Tosh is dead Nova and I are heading back to the ship."

"Wait a second brother Nova's coming with you? You sure this is on the up and up?"

"Jim I can read minds remember? I'll explain back on the Hyperion." He radioed for a medic to help get Nova back on her feet.

With her wounds gone she got back on her feet. "Thanks now let's go." They pair of ghost's cloaked.

Hyperion Bridge 30 minutes later.

Adrian and Nova entered the Bridge the crew stopped and stared. Matt gave a signal to stand down. Adrian pulled off his helmet. "Okay everyone before things get awkward. Nova is on our side. To put in simply the Dominion brain washing she was put through has been undone and the real Nova is out and is going to help us take Mengsk down. Anyone gives her any trouble they'll answer to me. Got it?"

"Sir yes Sir!"

Jim entered the Bridge. "Well Nova welcome to the raiders."

"Thank you now I have something to help us." She pulled up the map and pointed to an out of the way planet. "Here is where the Dominion has a stockpile of tech that we can use to field train ghosts for the raiders can keep them well equipped. We'll need to move fast before the next ghost team shows up to collet it."

Jim smiled. "Having more ghosts on our side sounds like a good idea. Matt set a course. In the meantime blondie you might want to take a tour of our ship. Adrian maybe you could show her around make sure everyone knows she's with us. Now where are we goanna put you?"

Adrian spoke up. "Plenty of empty rooms near me."

Nova smiled. "Sounds prefect."

"Right get settled we're goanna need your help when we get groundside."

She nodded and they toured the ship.

Nova had been introduced to the crew not all of whom had taken to her being there but a death glare from Adrian shut them up.

Nova smiled for the first time in years she wasn't watching her life. She was living it again. The pair of ghosts stopped by the armoury to help set up the necessary space for the ghost tech and weapons. Swann was keeping his eye on them. He was working on upgrades when his saw something he had rarely seen. Adrian was smiling, not his half assed I'll put on a calm face for the troops smile. No this was a real smile.

A little while later.

Nova was settling in to her quarters nicely. Adrian's room was right next to hers. She was thinking how long it had been since she really liked someone. She couldn't really remember anyone really liking her. Well she got a lot of looks but those were just people looking at her body not her. She sighed and fell back on her bed. This wasn't the time but she couldn't help but feel something for Adrian.

If it were anyone else they would have killed her or worse. With the fake personality gone some of her insecurities came back. She was young for this kind of work but she was good at it. Maybe it was fate that she ended up here? She missed her family. A tear ran down her face as she remembered her siblings and her parents. A knock on her door quickly snapped her out of her sadness. "Come in."

Adrian stepped into her room. "Hey Nova just wanted to tell were almost..." He noticed she had been crying. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine just getting used to being me again." An awkward silence filled the room. "Um Adrian? I feel I need to tell you something. When you and tosh were fighting I got hit from a psi wave and it had some of your memories. When you got recused from the lab and what happened with Mengsk. It gave me a chance to get my body back. I have memories from my childhood again thanks to you. I won't forget that even if it was an accident." She smiled and Adrian blushed.

"Adrian and Nova report to the bridge."

Adrian let out a sigh. "Well time to go to work." The two ghosts left for the bridge.

Well that's the first chapter hope you liked it. It might be a while between time chapters. Let me know what you guys think