Zerg-COM: Queen of Blades Within

"The Devil is in the detail."

Year: 2504

Koprulu sector / Zerg Quarantine Zone / Char system / Char / Queen of Blades' Main Hive

Persona: Sarah Kerrigan

Kerrigan felt herself very dizzy, while she was waking up very slowly from years-long sleep. She couldn't remember what had happened, and she couldn't feel her body like she didn't have a body at all. She just didn't know how she was in this state. Frustratingly, Kerrigan found herself surrounded by numberless of Zerg, but there were also an Terran army outside where she was. Although Kerrigan didn't know what was happening now, but she knew one certain thing at that moment: Jim Raynor was leading a Terran army, and he was coming for her. He was trying to save her.

Kerrigan could still feel a heated battle between Terran and Zerg, although she didn't understand what was happening clearly, but Kerrigan still sent out a Psionic message, "Don't give up!"

Persona: Queen of Blades

A Psionic Voice which didn't belong to the Queen of Blades appeared from her mind. That gave the Queen of Blades more confusions than she already had. All things didn't happen like what the Queen of Blades wanted.

The Raynor's Raider took control of all parts of a specific Xel'naga Artifact which she wanted. The invasion of the Zerg Swarm could not give her what she wanted. The Dominion Battle Group survived from the onslaught of the Swarm, and her cluster of tethered space platform in geostationary orbit of Char was destroyed. Now, the Terran turned the Xel'naga Artifact into the deadliest weapon she had ever seen. It continually caused serious damages to her and the Swarm.

The Queen of Blades had leaded several attacks by herself, but the Energy Nova released by the Xel'naga Artifact wiped out her Zerg minions, and it seriously injured her body, which forced her to return to the Main Hive for recovering her strength.

And that's not all, the Queen of Blades felt a part of her Essence was took away because of the attack from the Xel'naga Artifact. She also felt a new abnormality started to appear from her mind, something very familiar.

Suddenly, a new wave of blue energy unleashed from the Xel'naga Artifact, it was far bigger and more destructive than what she had ever seen. It killed all the Zerg instantly no matter big or small, weak or strong, minions or structures… It was reaching to her… It was too late for her to escape…

The Nova of the Xel'naga Artifact enveloped the Queen of Blades like a hell of blue flame. It happened too fast, and she felt it took everything from her: Her Zerg minions, her Psionic Power, her body… Her carapace was melted, her wings disappeared, her soul had been taken away…

"Is this death? Is this the end? NO! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" The Queen of Blades' soul was being pull away. But she didn't give up. She struggled harder and harder. However, the pull was too strong. She was still slipping away. She felt like drowning to death. She kept trying to grab something… anything she could touch like a helpless girl was drowning in the center of a sea. Then, she was not there anymore.

"Where am I?" The Queen of Blades was not the Queen of Blades. She was not Kerrigan. She was not Zerg. She was not even a Psychic. She was just a female Terran. She was not on Char or anywhere in the Koprulu Sector. She was on Earth. She was a girl in a very wealthy family. Things flashed before her eyes before she could react. She could only feel what that Earther felt. She felt herself being a Earther. Even she could not understand when did that start. Even she didn't know what kind of meaning behind that stranger's memory. She could only experience one another's life.

She was rich, but she was not happy. She was closed to her father, but she didn't like her mother. She just couldn't smile from the inside out. She was well-educated. She married a man, when she was still a young adult. She agreed to have abortions for their careers. She was murderer. There was blood on her hands, and she got used to that very quickly.

She and her husband both didn't have any Psionic Power, but they were pragmatists, who didn't let any barriers to stop them from accomplishing their goals They entered the centers of power step by step. They did anything for more power. They even used their own parents' deaths as their advantages. That's not all, they even betrayed each other for gaining more power.

At last, she trespassed the position which was belonged to her husband. She took his place, and became the head of a nation on Earth. Then, without any warning, she fell again. Light immersed her completely, and she was not on Earth anymore. She returned to the Zerg Main Hive on Char again

Persona: Sarah Kerrigan

After being enveloped by a wave of blue energy, Kerrigan could feel her body again. However, she couldn't move like all her power was drained. She felt something alien but familiar was still in her mind-a powerful being. It felt like her body was shared with another people. Despite all the Zerg which were once surrounded her was killed, Kerrigan didn't feel alone. there´s something very dark in her. Planning, plotting and possibly scheming…

Persona: Queen of Blades

The Queen of Blade woke up painfully. She felt the Terran Marines were coming closer and closer, but she could not run. She lied on the floor helplessly as her body was too weak. She couldn't even move a fingertip. Her brain suffered the same situation as almost losing all her Psionic Power. She could feel all things around her, but there were no Zerg protecting her. She was alone and defenseless.

Everything was wrong inside her body. She needed air, more Oxygen. She could not breath. She was groaning. She could feel many guns pointing to her. The Queen of Blades braced for her death.

Suddenly, her body was lifted by a man, who caused her so many suffering, who made her so pathetic right now. Everything was wrong. The Queen of Blade felt another conscious in the same body took over her body. Her eyes opened, and she saw Jim Raynor in front of her.

Persona: Sarah Kerrigan

"Sarah." Kerrigan saw Jim said in front of her. Although she was very happy to see him again, but she couldn't feel safe. Kerrigan felt an angry and dangerous being within her, and she was surrounded by so many people who would want her death beside Jim.

Another Terran Marine in a blue and old Confederate CMC armor appeared behind Jim's back, he spoke, "You readin' all this?"

Persona: Tychus Findlay

Tychus saw everything behind Jim, and he knew his best friend would not allow him to kill his girl-friend, but…

"You have your orders. Mr. Findlay. Carry them OUT!" Arcturus Mengsk ordered Tychus again, and the count-down began. Queen of Blades dead, or he dead.

Mr. Findlay spitted out his cigar and aimed his riffle to Queen of Blades' head. This was what he must do - the right thing Tychus thought

"Tychus... what have you done?" Jim asked without turning back.

"I made a deal with the devil, Jimmy. She dies. I go free." Tychus Findlay answered.

"We all got our choices to make..." Jim looked at the Queen of Blades full of thoughts.

"Damn shame..." Findlay fired at her but Raynor blocked the bullet with his armor, then fired back at Findlay with his revolver immediately. Tychus saw his visor broken, then he fell on the ground. The count-down stopped, but his body went dump. Tychus wanted to shout to Jim, but he could not make any sound.

"Hope she was worth it, Jimmy..." This was Tychus last thought, but Jim didn't hear at all. However, the Queen of Blades heard everything very clearly.

Persona: Queen of Blades

"Jim just killed his best friend for me? What happened?" the Queen of Blade wondered while focused to reach the Hive Mind. Everything was out of her controlled.

There was no escape for her. She was captured. The Queen of Blades just hoped that Abathur could turn another Ghost, who was found by the Swarm from a broken Terran Special Ops Dropship recently, into the next Queen of Blades. She hoped that the Swarm survived even she was going to die. She hoped her work was not in vain.

The Queen of Blades felt there was still tension among the Terrans, and hoped all of them died. So, Abathur could heal her back to full strength, and repaired the damages that the Swarm had suffered.

Persona: Jim Raynor

Raynor's Marines walked forward to bring Tychus' body with them, but Jim barked, "Leave him!" The Queen of Blades easily found that Jim felt guilty about shooting Tychus.

"Sir? We don't leave no one behind." One of the Marines was confused.

"We're leaving him. I ain't gonna risk any of your lives for the sake of carrying the corpse of a traitor," Jim chose to leave Tychus behind, because Tychus sided with Arcturus Mengsk, and he didn't want to waste more time. He was also very emotional, and that let the Queen of Blades saw herself through Jim's eye very easily.

Persona: Queen of Blades

"What have you done to me?" When the Queen of Blades saw what happened to her body, she barely kept her thought to herself as she was totally horrified. Her wings and Zerg skin all disappeared. She was a fragile Terran now. Luckily, she still had her Zerg Hair, and that meant she could still communicate with Zerg.

"We need a dropship, Matt," The Queen of Blades heard what Jim said, and she realized her time was running short. She tried to contact Broodmother Zagara for help. No matter how shameful that was.

"It… it worked? That alien thing Valerian had us go find for him… it really worked?" The Queen of Blades heard what Matt Horner - Battlecruiser Hyperion Captain said, and she started cursing her stupidity: She stepped right into enemy trap again. She became too confidence to believe that she was invincible. Now, she lost a battle which she should be impossible. Her sadness started affecting her body.

"Looks like," The Queen of Blades heard how Jim answered, and she immediately tried to contact Zagara again. However, Zagara just ignored her, and the Hive Mind of the Zerg Swarm was still thrown in chaos.

"I . . . really can't believe it, sir." Matt claimed. The Queen of Blades was still trying to contact another Zerg Broodmother, but her command was ignored again.

"I said we need a Dropship, unless we've gone to all this trouble to free Sarah only to have her die along with the rest of us, Matt," Jim ordered again. The Queen of Blades tried to contact Izsha this time, but she found Izsha was very busy.

"Sarah . . . I'm gonna keep you safe." Queen of Blades heard Jim's thought easily, and she really wanted to scream, "STAY AWAY FROM ME!" The Queen of Blades pushed her weakened conscious into the Hive Mind with double effort.

"Of course, sir," Matt reported in the comm. "The zerg are going crazy without Kerri—without the Queen of Blades to direct them. Some of them are fleeing, but a whole mess of them are apparently just interested in suicide runs. It's going to be tough getting something down to you, but we'll do it."

"Attaboy. Now listen up: We've got a little complication. Your dropship needs to wait for two groups, not just one. I had to split up my team. My group went to find out what the Xel'naga artifact did to Kerrigan, and Lisle and Haynes stayed behind to protect it. Once you've figured out where you're going to land that dropship, they'll bring it with them and meet us there." When Jim Raynor was giving order to his men, the Queen of Blades was also doing the same. However, she lost too much energy in the battle, that made taking over feral Zerg very difficult to her,

"I'll start analyzing the terrain for the safest place to park one, sir," Matt reported. At that time, Izsha finally noticed Queen of Blades' call. Her Psionic message became very weak, which Izsha almost unnoticed. Izsha asked, "My Queen. What happened to you?"

"You do that." Jim responded to Matt, and they were leaving the Main Hive.

"I killed my best friend and left him to rot in there" The Queen of Blades heard what Jim thought, and she immediate ordered Izsha also sent Zerg minions to recover Tychus' body. Tychus Findlay seemed to be a useful weakness of Jim which she should exploit.

Persona: Sarah Kerrigan

"Jim?" Sarah Kerrigan muttered. She still could not understand what was happening. She wanted to say so much but didn't know where to start.

"It's okay. I gotcha." Jim answered while he held her body tighter in his arms. Kerrigan looked fine to him, and this was what he really cared now.

Persona: Queen of Blades

"Hey, boys, it worked. You kept that Xel'naga thing safe for me like I asked?" Jim said in comm which let the Queen of Blades knew what were her enemies doing.

"Yes, sir! Had to fight back a bunch of 'em when it first started, but they've steered clear of it for a while. Was the damnedest thing—critters just started attacking each other." A Terran Medic reported, which reminded the Queen of Blades to regret about her mistakes more: Her fall caused the Swarm got into infighting again.

"And I bet you ain't complaining." Jim said. The Queen of Blades really wanted to complain, but all her power was spent on summoning the Swarm.

"No, sir, not one damn bit!" The Marine answered. The Queen of Blades had already passed her command to Izsha, she just needed her personal Leviathan arrived sooner than the Terran Dropship. Then, she may turn the tide of war in time again.

"I'll let you know the rendezvous point as soon as we know ourselves. We…" Jim stopped saying, when he saw her body spasmed and coughed. The Queen of Blades realized that her body won't hold longer if Abathur couldn't fix it in time. However, the Terran had earned the air superiority, and her personal Leviathan's way was blocked by remaining Terran Battlecruisers.

"Medic!" Jim shouted, and a Terran Medic fastened a respiratory unit to Kerrigan's face and a insulweave was wrapped around her body.

The Queen of Blades' personal Leviathan arrived Char and started unleashing the Zerg Flyers to the Terran. A Terran Battlecruiser was knocked out from the sky as her Leviathan rushed into the blockage. The wreckage of falling Battlecruiser fell to the surface of Char, and that caused an impact which knocked all the remaining energy the Queen of Blades barely held out.

The last thing the Queen of Blades thought before she went into comma was: "How could I not see this coming?"

Author's Note

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This chapter is far from perfect and it does not reach my expectation, so I like to hear any suggestions or opinions.