Author Note:

This is a recreation of East Bridge, "The Zerg Swarm" story. However I will be recreating his amazing concept with something closer to cannon however there will be several changes that you may love or hate.

Chapter 1: Death and Rebirth

A nomadic tribesman warrior lies on the rough floor of a cave. A strong powerful smell filled the tunnel. The smell of burnt flesh and blood filled his nose. The horrible smell came from, his own ruined flesh.

His name is Hawk, his armor and body burned by a fire attack from the nearby dead dragon like creature. His breathing becoming erratic as his body dies.

/Scene Change, Our Reality/

Hank a young man with a love of real time strategy games like Red Alert, Warcraft and Starcraft. He was cruising down a highway on the way to church where funny enough a lot of the members enjoy a good game night playing games like Modern Warfare and Starcraft. However as fate would have it he would not arrive.

A large oncoming truck lost traction on the ice and began to slide and twist filling both sides of the lane. The two vehicles collide with such force that Hank who is driving a low ride is killed instantly.

/Limbo/

Hawk & Hank felt weightless, floating in endless darkness unaware of each other. They feel nothing, see nothing and hear nothing, until they hear a powerful echo of a voice.

"Do you want power?" The powerful and wise voice asks.

"Yes" both replied.

"Why do you want power?" the voice asks.

"To protect my family and tribe" Hawk replied.

While Hank said "To build a better world"

"Both of you desire power for moral reasons but both reasons alone is not enough, only together shall you succeed. The soul of a warrior, with the skills of a leader and the soul of a great dreamer shall become one".

Without warning two bright lights appear each engulfing either Hank or Hawk, the two light combined and then vanish.

"However … your actions will not all be pure … no matter your intensions".

/Devonia/

Devonia, an earth like planet with two large continents and has 4 moons with two or more always present in the sky. The planet is populated currently by only two species; Humans and Terrilli.

The dominant of the two are the Terrilli a highly adaptive and evolutionary race capable of transforming into different types like insects, draconic, aquatic, volcanic, and many others. The only thing that is similar between the different types is the Terrili Heart Crystals. A sphere crystal that is a particular color based on the type it came from.

There have been debates between human scholars about the intelligence of the species. Some say they are unfocused primitive creatures acting only on instinct. However others say the older ones, which are rarely observed have shown tactical thinking when fighting each other or ambushing human convoys.

The majority of Humanity on the other hand struggles to survive against the Terrilli, usually unable to secure any land to develop upon usually traveling in nomadic tribes. However smaller portion of the population were successful in constructing towns and cities with adequate defenses however life was just as difficult and filled with even more challenges.

There are three types of humans; normal, magic and psionic. Normal humans don't have any special abilities and make up 80% of the population. Magic have command over a single element summoning and casting devastating spells and can use Terrilli cores to augment their abilities. And finally the Psionic the most powerful humans on the planet, they could lift objects with their mind, increase their speed and strength, create illusions, consume energy from creatures through feedback, dominate weaker Terrilli minds and most amazing of all is the creations of Psionic Storms.

However there will soon be a third race to contest for dominance over the planet starting with the birth of its new leader.

Within the cave Hawk's body begins to breathe again, however the body was still heavily burned and would not survive long on its own.

Then his body began to form mucus webbing that begins to cover his entire body engulfing him from head to toe, it then hardens into an extremely tough armored cocoon. In Hanks world the cocoon would be called a chrysalis.

/Time Skip/

It has been 2 Earth months and the chrysalis was finally mature seven creatures living on it known as Larva emerged from the chrysalis after it entered its mature stage where it filled the cavern that was once the dragon Terrilli's den. The Larvae survived these 2 months by consuming the creep produced by the mature chrysalis.

Then without indication the chrysalis burst forming a pool of red blood, guts and flesh and there stood their new leader.

His basic form was a human and his face is human and was flawless however that is where the similarities end. His body was covered in black and green carapace. His hair was replaced with long antennas that comb over his head stretching backwards and down along his back reaching past his shoulder blades. His hands and feet gained short powerful claws and his eyes began to glow green. The last and most noticeable feature is a pair of 'wings' extending out of his shoulder blades.

'Where am I?' The creature asked himself, however he didn't have time to ponder as memories of Hank & Hawk assaulted his mind.

Hank and Hawk's entire lives filled the creature's mind. The creature learned how both had lived different lives. From Hanks' memories he lived with his family till the day he 'died' living in fantasy worlds. Hawk however lived with his mother, two half siblings and step father with the Kai Tribe while his true father a newly discovered psionic left and manage to seduce another psionic within a city gaining acceptance.

His thoughts about both Hawk and Hanks family and different lifestyles are interrupted as something brushes against his leg. Look down he sees that the larvae have started to snuggle around his feet. That was when he noticed that his body was different. Taking a moment, he looks himself over seeing how he much has been changed from the images of an average human from both Hank and Hawk's memories and yet the changes somehow felt right.

After looking himself over, he takes a look at the Larvae. 'What are you?' The creature thinks. His reply was a change in his sight where a HUD as Hank would call it appears. It shows an image of a Larva and displays information about it.

Larva is infant form of all Zerg units. It contains the capacity to form into any unit if sufficient genetic and resources are available. However the Larva requires a constant food sources preferably the creep generated by hatchery or creep tumors. If creep is unavailable they can consume animal and insects to survive but are defenseless to any predators.

"Why are they cuddling against me?" he asks aloud.

You are the Overmind, the eternal will of the Zerg Swarm