AUTHOR'S NOTES: Welcome to the Origins for the Noble and Ambitious new Monarch of the New Locust Army; If you're reading this, it means that within Heroes in Arms, The Point of No Return has been reached and Dimensional stability is crumbling, revealing cracks in the dimensions that are alternative realities to the original, with their own unique Distortions. These stories, the Origins, will pave the way and add lore to the possible sequel to Heroes in Arms. Besides that, this story has content not suitable to younger audiences and all Lore/Story related to the Gears of War franchise belongs to "The Coalition" and all their respective owners... and without further interruptions, Enjoy... -D.


Our story starts in the middle of battle, near its last moments, untop of Adam's prison/hotel; The Lambent Countermeasure will fire in about a few seconds, The Queen's Tempest is at the verge of death, seconds from it. As the final hammer of dawn strike hit the Tempest, Adam finished setting the countermeasure then went outside, unlocking the secured room and stepping out into the open... the sky clouded with dark smoke and cinders...

Cole: Gotcha, Bitch!...

as he said it the dying Tempest leaped towards the Tower:

Cole: And Keep your Dead Ass... DEAD! -He proclaimed as the Tempest collapsed-

Adam walked towards Delta Squad, looking them as he slowly walked towards them, the countermeasure detonates with a small first wave.

Adam: It's starting...

Suddenly Stalks break through the floor, shaking the area and drudges began to spew out of the stalks, coming closer to Delta. the stalks slowly wither from tip.


SERA, GEARS DIMENSION ALPHA 06.

ERA: LOCUST WAR, 15 YEARS AFTER EMERGENCE DAY.

LOCATION: AZURA

TIME: 10 SECONDS BEFORE GLOBAL IMULSION COUNTERMEASURE DEPLOYMENT.

DISTORTION: The locust survive the imulsion countermeasure and Adam did not use himself to test out the Countermeasure's ability to destroy lambent Cells but use alternative testing ways.

"The difference between this dimension from the Origin dimension is simple..."

Damon Baird: Professor you said tested this... how?

The Imulsion Countermeasure detonates, Causing the lambent to fall down, into a pile of their own ash... slowly disintegrating even more every time. Locust hooks appear, their owners leap up and and take aim at Delta squad right before Adam could anwser Damon's question. The Queen drags herself from under her tempest, limping towards Delta completely surrounded by small battalion of locust, as she looks around, she smiles then glances at her people, as they surround the squad:

Queen Myrrah: Hold your fire... -she looks at Adam-... seems you kept your word after all; The lambent die as we still stand. -she coughs before getting behind of her locust-

She gestures and the locust point their arms towards delta, from behind they smack the back of all delta squad's members, dropping them to their knees, except Adam, who the locust pointed their guns.

Marcus: Even now with the lambent dead, you're next, every single one of you. -he said to her in a snarl, Dom's knife fell to the floor when he was put on his knees-

Myrrah: "Like Father, like son"...Adam, you will come with me once more and assist in the my people's reclamation of Sera. -She ordered-

Adam: I w- -cut off-

Marcus: Why would Dad help you bitch?! -he angrily said to her, trying to move his hands but couldn't-

Cole: Yeah!... The Fenix are untradable, human team only! -he shouted getting knocked out cold by a Theron-

Baird: Cole!... you motherf- -Knocked out by a heavy bash to the side of the head-

Marcus and Anya: Cole!, Baird!...

Myrrah: Kill them, let Adam live.

The Palace Guards held Adam down, while the others revved their lancers and aimed to Delta, their stretched necks, Adam was now panicking: he's going to watch his son die unless he does something now:

Adam: Myrrah, please don't!

Myrrah: And why not? -she responded-

She raised her hand to stop the execution for the time being, she knew how far one would go to protect their children.

Adam: I'll do it... -he said defeated-

Myrrah: What will that be? -she said raising an eyebrow with a wicked grin-

Adam: I'll help you, j-j-just don't kill my son... his all I got left... -He said softly, sadness and submission in his voice-

Marcus: Dad no!

Anya: Professor no!

Myrrah: Silence... -gesturing the therons-

The Royal Guard whacked them with their rifles, dropping unconsious by the impact. She let Adam stood by his own strength, he relunctanly stood beside her:

Myrrah: The superior race would now take what it rightfully belongs to them... WE TAKE SERA!

The Royal Guard roar in unison, their war cry loud; She ordered them to wield the hammers that killed her Tempest, while she limped towards the war beetle.

She carresed the dead Insect, passing her hand over its belly, removing the armor then her sadness turned to a joyful gasp and determimation: A Clutch of Eggs gently glued to the armor plate, they're three eggs but pushed together and glued with some very hard slime; Behind her the sound of Thor's fury roared through the sky, The blinding Red light eradicating those who challenged her: The COG and Gorasni ships sunk after being blasted by the Hammer of Dawn; all the humans in the ships were killed by their own Scourging weapon of mass destruction.

Adam witnesses the destruction that he allowed to occur, before filling a cold hand press agaisnt his shoulder:

Myrrah: Ironic isn't?... They die by the same weapons that they wielded against my people... It ends as it began. -she spoke calmly-

Adam watched in silence, too shocked at the sight of The COG, Gorasni ships and Aircrafts being decimated by a Plethora of Hammer of Dawn strikes, beams of destruction and death. Palace Guards put shackles and took Delta away as a Extra palace guard picked up Adam, standing him on his feet while Myrrah ordered for the Tempest eggs to be taken to incubation, making sure they're undamaged.

Adam: Marcus and delta are safe... marcus is safe... its all the matters to me... -he thought trying to cheer up, unsucessfully-

Myrrah: The Future of my people is set thanks to you, Adam... now my people can take what's rightfully ours... -She looks at him smilling-... And you are going to show us the path, starting with a special task I have for you.

Adam: I- I'll do anything if it means protecting my son.

Myrrah: Good~...


THREE DAYS AFTER LAMBENT COUNTERMEASSURE DEPLOYMENT-

Myrrah had the her locust repel any human attacks in the days that followed, sucessfully keeping the King Ravens and small Naval ships away and destroyed; Some lesser ranked drones where collecting wrekage that washed up shore, things like Fragments of metal, weapons, Sealed ammo containers, armor and even mangled corpses, which were used as Scarecrows planted upon the long shore line.

But the biggest suprise for Adam was the three beings that lay on stretchers and connected to Old Heart moniters: General RAAM, General Skjall and Skorge;The Three were looking Thin and less imposing than before, old poorly healed wounds on their bodies and the light breathing that came off them. Myrrah had imformed him of his special first task but when he heard: "Wake them from their comatozed state, my generals... awake them, you only have two months or I'll bring the head of one of the Prisoners..."

DISTORTION #2: Uzil RAAM and Ketor Skorge survived, New Locust general rose up, called {Zamil} Skjall.

Throught the course of about two days since this reveal, Adam had been working 'round the clock to bring them back, he was curious who was this Skjall, he knew only what the queen had informed him: "Skjall was suppose to be my newest general but the lambent wounded him before he could officially start leading the savage and marauder troops... He was their leader but its now your responsability to raise him back from his coma"

The Big locust was barely as tall as RAAM or Skorge but he seems that the height difference isn't an issue as his physique seems abnormal for a Boomer; He wasn't fat like the other boomers, he was muscular like if he was given stereoids for his entire life. his bottom jaw was a bit bigger than his upper and his fangs seemed very slightly curved at the tip while very sharp; another feature was that he posseses a big imulsion burn mark on his face, similar to Garron Paduk from Gorasnia. after removing the Proprtional and Heavy version of the Savage drone's armor as well the Arms [which where the armor that the savage grenaiders use], Adam began to apply anti bacterials on the burn parts on Skjall's torso.

Adam: He must have trained his physique or he's a mutant... nevertheless, this boomer's body is certainly unique but his height have not increased as one would expect. -he noted down on his new research notes, which already have a picture of Skjall's body-

After injecting some meds into all three of the generals' IV bags, he sat down on his desk, which the therons were "Kind" enough to drag and place a few feet away from the stretchers; He was always on edge by the therons that guarded and stalked Adam's every move, he even began to notice that they kept a sharp eye out for his notes which he guessed they wanted to know that he was not marking down ways to kill them.

He began writting down the things that he saw when he gaved them a full physical check: Head: all three possess a denser cranium compared to a human's yet the concussions are obviously there, I've been able to heal the untreated wounds on their heads with anti bacterials and a bit of patch work but only time can tell if it worked. Torso: General RAAM posseses plenty of deep bullet wounds all over his chest and abdomen which have healed suprisingly well, Skorge's spine is in very poor shape and it will require surgery if not, he could die or never walk again; Skjall has deep and major scarred tissue due to the very severe burns caused by Imulsion.

As he was writting down some more notes, he saw that RAAM moved a bit in his stretcher, more specifically his legs moving a bit trying to move. he stood up and walked towards him seeing that the general was stretching its legs but nothing more. after few seconds he seemed to stay still.

Adam: He's regaining his motor abilities, if he keeps healing in this rate, he'll stand up in about a few weeks or days.

He stood up and went up to the Therons, they pointed their guns at him, he stopped dead in his tracks but he then gesture them:

Adam: Tell Queen Myrrah that RAAM's recovery is speeding up but nothing for Skorge and Skjall.

INSIDE THE REMMANTS OF THE MAELSTROM BUILDING-

After the Maelstrom generator was destroyed, the locust began minning out the rubble out of the ruins, this is where they have the Captured humans inprisoned; The chamber was the room where the elevator stops for delta when they finally entered the facility, three days ago:

Baird: This is shit!... -as he punches the gate on the elevator shaft-

Marcus: We know Baird, we knew about the last 1000 times you fucking said it.

Anya: What do you think they want from us?... insurance?

Marcus: Yes, if we're dead, Dad wouldn't let him order him around... he's doing this for me... this is my fault.

Anya: No, no its not... it's not your fault Marcus.

At the other side of the gate, the elevator shaft lead to an hollow out cave leading into the destroyed Maelstrom generator's cooling chamber turned into an Outpost of sorts. The Locust had been busy mining through the chamber, removing rubble and expanding their cave system in Azura; Some humans have been turned into slaves for the mines, humans that floated ashore after the destruction of the COG and Gorasni ships.

Some of the more Iron willed ones were executed by firing squad, Beaten to death or had their heads blown off by a swift boltok round to the head but those that were submessive now mined along side the stronger locust miners, whom would beat them if they could not keep up with their speed in the mines. The Locust kept the members of delta squad away from the slaves to keep human morale low and prevent riots. Plenty of Palace guards and Elite locust guarded Delta's cell while a plethora of snipers watched over the slaves, crosshairs focusing for headshots in case of revolts.

A Palace Guard passed by the Cell and tossed a big bunch of vegetables, rice and somewhat overcooked meat into Delta's cell, "EAT" he said before continuing with his patrols; The food seemed edible besides of it landing on the floor while its plate stood above it, the sad looking paper plate was the only thing besides the food, so no spoons or forks. The big pile was enough to feed all seven prisoners.

Samantha: Bastard...

Dizzie: I hope y'all donn't mind if I take the plate...

He served himself with the plate, he ate his share before passing the plate to Samantha, who then passed to a relunctant Baird, this kept going till all of them ate their share of food; They had to admit that the food, besides being tossed inside like dog food, wasn't half bad compared to the MRI's they've eaten in the submarine and Gorasni ship respectively.

Cole: We need to find a way to Escape...

Marcus: I think I know how...


SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE IMULSION COUNTERMEASURE-

Adam was currently pretty tired, his sleep was interrupted by the sudden tumble of RAAM off the stretcher, apperently the near ten foot locust was moving in his comatozed state and fell off the stretcher with a loud crash, waking Adam up from his slumber and forcing him, with the assistance of five therons to place RAAM back on the stretcher; After checking his brain activity, he realized that RAAM's brainwaves have incremented five percent since his last check back four days ago.

Shortly after, Myrrah showed up with a bunch of royal guards in tow for a check in on Adam's progress:

Myrrah: So Adam what you've achieved so far? -she asked as she stood watching his work-

Adam: I've been seeing that their brain activity has been slowly increasing since i've started treating them, I have also repaired more and more of Skjall's burned body tissue, It will scar but It shouldn't be an future issue.

Myrrah: I'm pleased with these results and you should know that your son and company as safe and healthy as we speak.

Adam: Oh Thank you, Queen Myrrah... -he responded to her-

As she left, Adam could see three tiny yellow shards poking out her neck, they're nearly invisible but he saw them, he then shocked his head telling himself that his deprabation of sleep is playing tricks on his mind. he layed down to sleep so his mind could recover from being awake for three days without naps.


THIRTY DAYS AFTER IMULSION COUNTERMEASURE-

"27 DAYS" is written on a wall over where the bunk that Adam uses to sleep, Plenty has happened in the last 27 days so let's recap a little: Marcus and Delta tried to escape but it ultimately failed due to a unfortunate accident involving Samantha breaking her ankle, Human forces tried taking Azura but they only managed to take the beach, Skjall and Skorge's health seems to be improving, Locust have begun treating Adam with less hostility due to his medical experties and the biggest news: RAAM rised up from his coma.

When RAAM stood up, his first action was to nearly kill Adam, Thankfully the queen stopped RAAM before he could truly harm Adam Fenix; Afterwards convincing RAAM of Adam's bow to serve and how having him here would kick the locust's plan of dominance of the surface into gear, he reluctantly obeyed her order to treat Adam like another force in their war machine.

In the hours that followed, The Professor didn't wanted to sound like some vile pervert but he can swear to hear Myrrah talking a bit entrancingly to the General and he spoke in their native tongue with the one tone you'll never expect or imagine a locust of RAAM's size or intimidating demeanor: A licentious, risqué or in simpler words, Lewd tone [Considering the queen's reponses and the soft voice mutters]; To remove this unproductive line of thoughs out of his mind he began checking out Skjall's body after the seven life saving surgeries.

"luckily, His brain is intact , the metal face and head plate would protect it" the Eldest Fenix spoke as he looked at the Locust's face: The entire right side of the Boomer's head now had a black "mask" that resembled a recycled portion of the Cyclope's helmet, with the eye lense included right above Skjall's real eye; to bind the metal to the rest of the boomer's skull, Adam used some crude methods of surgery which involved a bunch of bolts, hard carbon wiring as backup and a blowtorch to weld the flesh to the metal. He wasn't proud of the actions but of the success of keeping the general alive.

"His torso and right arm are not showing signs of infection or rejection of the new mechanical parts... so far at least" He meant the near 80% of torso and most of the arm which he removed the infected burns and bolted thick armor plates over the exposed muscles, the scent of burnt flesh and blood was still lingering in the air and on his only lab coat remaining. The smell is the result of he heating up the metal plates in specific spots till they're red hot and then placing them on Skjall. Above his chest, abdomen and rib area he placed a big, two inch thick layer of "Artifial Flesh" and above it placed plenty of mechanical parts like pistons and cables that gave Skjall his abdominal strenght back; Above the mechanical parts, lay the three in a half inch armor plate painted to simulate his white scale color. the artificial flesh was a flesh like rubber with three thin metal meches in between the rubber pieces.

"Hips, pelvis, tailbone and right leg joint... thigh, knee, cankle, ankle and foot, all seem to taken the arguments well, no rejection so far" as the previous though spoke, the entire right side from the waist down was "Upgraded" with metal, cables, pistons and wires, all grusomely tied and united with welded shut hooks conected to the remainder of his muscular and nervous system to avow, to his highest knowledge, that upon his awakening, Skjall will be able to walk, even if with a loud clank by each step... his entire right foot was now a thick and heavy toeless foot with his Old armored boot equipped.

Myrrah had made a comment to Adam after the surgeries, That Skjall ressembled an old High General named "Sraak" now thanks to the procedures; Skjall now stands a near Eleven feet, a tab bit taller than RAAM almost on par with "Sraak" [To RAAM's distaste to hear that name]. Adam has no clue who this Sraak was but he's grateful that he's dead, "One less Locust to try to bring back from the edge of death" he though as he kept looking at his notes and Skjall's physique in a double search of any anomalies. The main reason to this increase in height is due to the legs which both were replaced, the entire right leg and from the knee down of the left leg.

Skorge was slowly twitching his eyes, Unbeknownst to Adam, who know was filling a Syringe with some meds that could assist with the healing by enforcing the blood's abilty to repair tissue. The Kantus's eye opened wide as he looked around quickly spotting Adam, staying silent as he waits for him to get close. The Queen enters the room and goes up to Adam:

Queen Myrrah: How's their status?

Adam: Skjall is Stable but Skorge, I have not checked yet.

As Adam approached, Skorge sprung out of his stetcher, tackling Adam to the ground almost going for the kill before RAAM and Myrrah stopped him:

Myrrah: Skorge!... This human has betrayed his own race to help us take over Sera, he's our ally! -she stood in front of Myrrah-

Skorge: {Ally?... human no Ally...} -he spoke in a very jumbled speech that Myrrah seemed to understand-

Myrrah: This one is different, as you may tell, he revived you of your coma.

Skorge looked at Adam, who dragged himself away till he got up slowly, then looked at the queen and as RAAM, he relunctantly followed her order not before growling at Adam then RAAM. The only human in this lab area watched as all three left, leaving him alone with his Locust Guard and a high blood pleasure; His thoughts were quickly taken by Skjall's Index Finger twitching... "They're reacting to the treatment faster than I expected..." he thought as he began writting notes just after calming down.


TWO MONTHS AFTER THE IMULSION COUNTERMEASSURE, SEVEN DAYS AND THREE HOURS AFTER PRISONER RIOT-

Adam had been working less since Skjall's revival, which had taken place 21 days ago in the middle of the night and he choosed a pretty convenient time to do so: That same day, RAAM brought Myrrah to Adam's lab in her request to Inform Adam of a strange sickness that had began overtaking her skin and health; The Condition was tiny yellow crystals that were sprouting from her skin, specifically on her left shoulder:

Adam: Myrrah, I'm going to be completely honest with you... I have no idea what is causing these crystals to grow on you without getting the test results. If you don't mind, I must take one of them to study it with more detail and precision... -He said to her, pulling out a Scarpel, making RAAM growl at him as he got closer-

Myrrah: RAAM... It's fine, he knows what happens if he harms me... And Adam, proceed.

The scientist used the scarpel to extract the long shard out of her shoulder, making her moan in pain while the procedure was underway; He placed the crystal on his desk before checking the test results which the computer had determined from the Full Body Scan on the Queen, he picked them up and passed the hot out of the machine document by his watchful eyes, he read through the paper and the news it had...

Adam: Queen Myrrah you're pregnant... -she imediately looked at RAAM with a shook and a smile in her face-

Seconds after the news hit, Skjall's left leg swung to the edge of the stretcher afterwards his right, a loud thud followed as the now half mechanical Skjall was awake...

These memories had now dissapeared as the Loud explosions from afar pulled Adam out of his journal & Pen, he looked out his window and witness as the Prisoners once more escaped and fought their way back up the Locust landing platform builted to connect the Queen's fort and the rest of the Hotel area; The Landing Platform was about the half of a Thrashball field, it was still in construction but the stairs and elevator shafts had been put into place.

The Prisoners, as many more besides them, were armorless simply wielding weapons that had been dropped by fallen locusts yet they quickly made their way up the platform. In the last twenty days, Much of the paths that Delta One and Company used to reach Adam's floor are now blocked with thick walls and made new entraces, one of which was via the top of this Landing Platform, to the right towards a gondola system made for Locust Officials like Volds [Lieutenants], Kravs [Captains], Vurls [Sergeants], Zamil [General] Skjall, Uzil [High General] RAAM, Ketor [High Priest] Skorge, Queen's Guard as well the Queen herself could use to easily travel around the facilities.

But to the Prisoners, it was the key to freedom as their area was cut off from the rest of the buildings by giant walls and traps, Adam wondered if those explosions were suppose to detonate into the Locust's Maw, an Cliffside platform that took the path from the Maelstrom now the prisoner chambers up through the entire cliff area as big observation deck/Guard Barracks, or was the explosions misplaced?...

Besides what was their planning, it wouldn't do much as within seconds, heavily armed Locust troops appeared to gun down the Escapees, Cyclopes and Maulers made quick work of the stranded and captured POWs from both the COG and the UIR remmants; I created a knot on Adam's throat to witness so many people dying for such a feeble plan, a botched plan he presumed... The platform he designed was made to Myrrah's specifications: "Armored, capable of withstanding assaults from now till the end of time as well that it has plenty of areas for the Locust troops to repel any infiltrators or escaping prisoners" which meant Trokias, Crow perches and plenty of cover and Ammo boxes, hidden from sight inside the cover walls, for secret restocking by the Locusts.

This has very useful as the COG have taken the beach and created cave outposts hidden from Locust Scouts' eyes, Every so often assaulting the nearby Locust areas in attempts to take back Azura, one piece at a time; Adam saw it as a matter of time before they where found. This was obvious as every day, New prisoners where added to the legion that lived below the wreckage of the Maelstrom building:

Skjall: Wish to escape? -asked the Near Cyborg Locust to Adam in a suspicious yet curious way-

Adam: Not without my son and yet, I'll be killed either way... Help Myrrah or not... -he understood their language, to a extent-

Skjall: You're... one of us now. -he said while looking out the window and before marching out the room a few moments later-

About ten seconds later, Skjall appeared with a big troika turret that he apparently ripped off one of the stands to open fire towards the escapees, shredding many of them while the rest retreated back only to be gunned down or be re-captured; Adam saw a bit before sliding down the wall, tears running down his face... "I do this for you, Marcus", he kept thinking to confort himself.


FIVE MONTHS AFTER IMULSION COUNTERMEASSURE, THREE MONTHS SINCE MYRRAH'S PREGNANCY-

Since Myrrah's confirmed Pregnancy, RAAM had become a bit Paranoid about security in her chambers, more after Adam made a test to see how was the fetus growing, to his shock and Myrrah's: She was expecting triplets but what was more shocking was that somehow one of the triplets was a girl and the other two are males [this hypothesis came to Adam, if his mind is not failing him]. Myrrah was proud and happy but at the same time she felt distressed that due to the pregnancy she wouldn't be able to Lead her people to victory yet thanks to Adam, this problem got solved as the conundrum that it was:

Adam: RAAM, Skjall and Skorge could lead the Locust while you're in resting, the stress of being a leader could harm the babies. -he explained to her-

Myrrah: -defeated sigh-... You're right... -looks at RAAM-... Skjall and Skorge will lead under you, General, Is that clear?

RAAM: Yes, My Queen. -he said in his trademark badass Theron voice-

Myrrah: It seems It's time to continue with our plans... -she sat up-... In the Following months, we invade Anvil Gate.


TEN MONTHS AFTER IMULSION COUNTERMEASSURE, EIGHT NEAR NINE MONTHS SINCE MYRRAH'S PREGNANCY, 2½ MONTHS SINCE ARRIVING TO THE DEADLANDS VIA GASBARGES, 24 HOURS SINCE THE ASSAULT'S BEGINNING ON THE HUMAN OUTPOSTS SURROUNDING ANVIL GATE-

Unlike the Original timeline where by the time of the Imulsion countermeassure's detonation, Anvil Gate's destruction was inminent but saved and the people in Anvil Gate, In this dimension the locust left after witnessing the countermeassure's detonation and retreated after the order from the queen's guard was given to return to the outposts; The Locust have gone off radar since the countermeassure.

24 hours ago, High General RAAM ordered Skjall to oversee the capture of camps and tiny outposts that have sprouted on Anvil Gate's surronding areas while Skorge was told to personally oversee the capture of Anvil Gate while RAAM himself would recruit the Savage Locust back so he could lead them to a Smoldering Fort; Of Course Adam would be in charge of keeping a close eye on the bedridden Queen. Due to this being her second pregnacy and the fact that she has three kids growing within her womb, her body was feeling to heavy and too sore to get out of bed, the back pains and other symptoms like the yellow shards growing around body weren't helping her health. Adam deduced, seeing as Myrrah's belly has turned very awashed by her three kids, that she has about a couple days left before the children's birth.

As Suprisingly as it may sound, This situation was so delicate that the thought of Marcus and Company was a mere passing image, floating in his crowded mind which he was holding by thread tied loosely to a rusty nail; His only concern is to simply save Myrrah and her children. The Royal Guard respected Adam to a certain degree, seeing as more than a few of them have been patients of Adam due to assaults that the Gorasni forces are/were doing upon Azura in the past, this is brought up due to the amount of Palace Guards that watched Adam and the Queen; Now in a abandoned Savage locust outpost, his work was not going to be hindered but the heat, as much of the equipment he requested was brought by Boomers, luckily everything wasn't damaged too bad, just barely scratched. As Adam was cleaning his hands after another shard removal session, she hears something that he was waiting and preparing for yet felt anxious and terrified off:

Myrrah: Adam!... -she sounded in pain-... I think its tim- AAAH! -She yelled in pain while squirming on the stretcher-

Adam: Guards I need assistance!... she's going into labor!

He yelled as he rushed to the room, his new Latex gloves, medical mask and Mind ready for the birth, the guards imediately went towards the queen in total panic frenzy, Adam ordered them to find as many towels as they could bring from the other room to the left, where much of his lab and medical equipment was; he kept telling her to breathe in and out and to wait till the therons returned, by a stroke of luck they showed up with plenty of towels, which he proceeded to stuff under her head under her pelvis and back. she was sweating and in terrible pain, obvious by her teary red face...

Adam: Myrrah, now Push! -as he said it Myrrah screamed in pain by the contractions and pushed-

MEANWHILE, DEEPER INTO THE DEADLANDS IN OUTPOST-

RAAM was leading a legion of Non-Savage Locust towards the Outpost's courtyard, Ordering them to stand guard and watch close as the Savages appeared and pointed their weapons from the second floor, The General stepped forward carrying his modified handheld Troika turret, he looked towards the outpost master: An Savage Theron with black armor and a dried blood covered retro lancer:

RAAM: {Serve the Queen, Join me in Human Destruction...} -he told the Outpost Master, who jumped down to the courtyard-

The General ordered his troops to stand down, Letting the Outpost Master pass closer to him; Now with them standing toe to toe, the Outpost Master responded:

Outpost Master: {Why should we?... you failed us once, the queen left us to die... so why should we join your carrion?} -the Theron spoke in the locust tongue, looking at the Uzil of the Locust, his rifle in his right hand, as he spoke the other Savage roared in response to the outpost master's spoken facts-

RAAM: {We are stronger now... Humans weak and easy kill, if you join us we give you big fort for all your Kin...} -RAAM kept his cool and spoke with authority yet with necesity of reinforcements towards this endeavors-

Outpost Master: {Prove that you are Strong!... -crowd roared, following their leader's every word-... We will assist but if we find your troops weak, we kill all... human and weak kin, "Uzil" RAAM...} -he sternly said to his face, which pissed off RAAM, He proceeded to turn around to address his fellow savages-

RAAM: {Only the strong lead Army...} -RAAM Pulled his Dagger out and impaled the Outpost Master in the back, the tip of the dagger appearing to have pierced something important, before pushing him to the ground, Making the outpost master crawl sobbing, moaning and grunting in pain- {This is what true strength looks... -looks to the stunned savage troops-... He's too weak to lead you, strong warriors with weak leader... FALL!... Strong Warriors with Strong leader... RISE AND KILL ALL THE WEAK!} -He walked towards the bleeding Outpost Master, he picked him up by the neck, showing him to the savages- {Who do you Follow?!... WEAK LEADERS!} -The Savages roared "NO WEAK"- {OR STRONG LEADER!?} -The savages roared "yes!" as RAAM broke the Outpost Master's neck and tosses his body to the side- {The All who Strong, Follow to WAR!}

The savages rised up and weapons in the air as they roared in Allegiance, RAAM secretly grinned to himself as he'll make his mate and Queen the ruler of all Sera in no time, in a world without human, a better world for his children that soon would see their work; He'll make this world free of human impurity for them. But for now, he'll continue taking over all the Savage outposts, building an Army of Savages to march it down the Humans' Fort and later, all across Sera, eradicating their curse.

WITH SKJALL, THREE MILES AWAY FROM ANVIL GATE, HUMAN CHECKPOINT-

Skjall has been leading his troops in loop around the checkpoint, surrounding the area; One of his Therons silently killed a Gear who was taking a leak by impaling him in the throat with Torque Arrow, Luckily it did not explode when he used the arrow as a improvised Knife. Skjall took position on a rocky hill overlooking the checkpoint, he had ordered his troops to wait till he opened fire so they could engage; He ready his Black colored Boomcannon, aka two boomshots welded together with a single trigger.

He pointed his enourmous gun towards the tent in the center of the checkpoint, where the hammer of dawn keeper was; he knew this by seeing the weapon that summoned that beam of death in action in an earlier battle. Pulling the trigger, then in a matter of five seconds the humans inside the tent where shredded to gibs and the rest of the locust, specially the Boomers sprung out of their hideouts and made quick work of the shellshocked Gears. It took a solid minute for Skjall to reach the smoldering remains of the checkpoint, seeing that four Gears where captured, among them a new sight for Skjall: A Female Human wearing the Gear uniform.

Theron: Kill? -it asked its general whom stood in front of the four suvivors-

Skjall: Not Yet... -3/4 of the gears seemed to fear the current situation but the Gear in the middle was still showing resistance, all a bit suprised by the command-...Humans send females to battle now?... Pathetic, they run out of soldiers so they bring women to fight, it seems victory is closer that we presumed my fellow brothers... -the locust had a mixed response to that: Laughter, cheering or taunts against humans were thrown. the Gears were stunned to her a locust speak near perfect english-... Leave the female to me, the rest... do what you wish.

The locust dragged the screaming Male Gears away before essentially beating them to death as all took their hits against the soldiers while Two Boomers took the girl towards their Zamil:

Gear: Let go of me you ugly sons of bitches! -she struggled to no avail to these Boomer's grip-

Skjall: A Lively one... Good, you'll serve me perfectly...

Gear: I'll never serve you!... disgusting Fuck!

Skjall: -grips her neck entirely with a single hand- ...Alas, you will bring your fellow "Gears" a message for me, One that they will never forget... -he said to her as he took her Retro Lancer's bayonet, broke it off and carved out her eye as she screamed in agony-

AT ANVIL GATE, SKORGE'S LEGIONS-

Meanwhile Skjall and RAAM did their objectives, Skorge was unleashing hell upon Anvil Gate and its resident battalion of Human army of the COG; The siege beasts and Boomers kept the COG from moving the front of the fort while the grapplers leaped up and storm the fort. The gate to the fort was filled in by rubble and while the locust breached the facility, Skorge rode a reaver which fired rockets towards the inside of the fort in sweeps.

The Gears fought hard, preventing the locust from gaining extra ground all due to the addition of a impromptu wall of NPCs armed with turrets and defending it where a few Gears wielding Hammer of Dawn pointers, Boomshots, Oneshots, Looted Torque Bows and Longshots, which was enough to keep the Locust Horde from advancing even further into the Anvil Gate; Skorge knew that the tide would turn if he disabled the Hammer of Dawn but Kryllstorms will require special reavers and plenty of Kryll but RAAM was the only one with the knowledge to summon the kryll.

Skorge: {ATTACK!} -He yelled as he fired more rockets towards the APCs but they took the shots with little effect, while he took damage from gunners down below-

Maulers and Grinders were stuck outside due to the main entrace blocked by rubble, so some locust began attempting to carve holes into the walls so their brothers could enter, the sight of the hammer was enough to make them speed the process of the dig. Skorge knew that upon dusk, the edge will be for the locust at pitch dark situations... But till that, The Locust Horde and the COG in Anvil Gate were in a stalemate.


TEN MONTHS AFTER IMULSION COUNTERMEASSURE, 32 HOURS AND 22 MINUTES SINCE THE ASSAULT'S BEGINNING ON THE HUMAN OUTPOSTS SURROUNDING ANVIL GATE AND EIGHT HOURS SINCE THE BIRTH OF MYRRAH'S NEW CHILDREN-

RAAM had been watching over the three younglings, Nanáriä which was the girl, Krǔk and Krúl which are the twin boys; Nana has the similar apperance of Myrrah while her brothers looked like a smoother skinned version of RAAM himself. Their eyes were not developed completely so they're currently blind but what Adam could Hipothesis was that Nana was going to most likely have Orange, Blue or Yellow eyes as he was unsure of which gene would manifest first but he was 100% sure that the twins will be gaining with RAAM's eye color.

He was Oddly intrigued by how Nana had Myrrah's apperance but she does not have scales running around her body, then again she was born simply eight hours ago, another thing that made him curious is that unlike her brothers she had come out the womb with a small patch of dark silver hair and her mouth has four teeth already out: Her Canines which are short in lenght but very sharp all the meanwhile her other teeth weren't developed yet. The Twins seem to have a great bond as upon being laid on the little "Crib" tied held on to each others' hand firmly while sleeping and cried if separated, these are things that Adam noticed. Nana had taken her fill of her mother's maternal nectar and quickly fallen to slumber on RAAM's unarmored arms, the twins are laying on top of Myrrah's bust, using her breasts as pillows after they fed... All around, the three looked incredibly adorable if one does not mind their ash white skin/semi-developed Scales.

RAAM had called upon his Elites to assist Skorge as he has been unable to break the stalemate in these last eight hours. Locust Elite are a rare sight upon the battlefield since the attack back in Halvo Bay and Ilima back when E-Day had ocurred within a few days or hours; To this day RAAM still sees Halvo Bay as his race's greatest failure considering that Zamil Karn brought upon the waves of Locust Elite only for most of them being eradicated either by situations of "Wrong place at the wrong time" including but not limited to a Human home rigged with bombs near the Big Mansion, Poisonous Gas within a Onyx guard training facility and an Onslaught of Hammer of Dawn strikes in an Old town. He also felt a twinge of Shame when he remembered the occassion when Karn decided to Ambush a Elite group of Gears called "Kilo" with two or three dozen of Bezerk Ragers and a few Elite Maulers yet the humans won that confrontation.

RAAM snapped out of memory lane and began going towards his eyes in the outpost when he's not around, The Royal Guard, he gaved them the usual orders: Guard Queen, Watch the Human, Protect Outpost and with the addition of a new order which was to protect the younglings. After that RAAM got on his reaver, Knowing that his elites would take a few days to show up from the closest Outpost they have in their possesion: The Centennial Bridge.

TO BE CONTINUED...