Chapter 1: The New Swarm

Sarah Kerrigan returned to the Leviathan after defeating Zurvan. After reclaiming the swarm on Kaldir and gaining her primal evolution on Zerus, she felt confident in being able to return to Char and expel the Dominion invaders.

Upon entering the Leviathan, she was greeted by Izsha. "My queen, you radiate so much power. More than the old Queen of Blades ever did."

Kerrigan then visited Abathur's evolution chamber. She asked him, "What do you think of my evolution here at Zerus?"

Abathur responded, "Great power. Strands are new, improved. Stronger than old Queen of Blades, stronger than any being in the Swarm."

Kerrigan was pensive as she came to a realization. She was the greatest, the most superior being. After thinking for a moment, she asked Abathur, "What is your goal, Abathur?"

"I live to serve Swarm", replied Abathur. "I help Swarm evolve, improve."

"And what would you say the purpose of evolution is, Abathur?" asked Kerrigan.

"Evolution is to adapt, become stronger and more powerful. When a new strand is created, greater than old strand, evolution has occurred. Old strand obsolete, supplanted by new strand."

"So, the swarm seeks to evolve to strengthen itself. We try to create the strongest creatures possible", said Kerrigan. "Now tell me, who is the most powerful being in the Swarm?"

"You are", said Abathur.

"Yes, I am the greatest being in the Swarm", said Kerrigan. "And thus, all in the swarm should strive to be me. They should be me."

"Do not understand", said Abathur.

"Create more of me. Whenever my body is killed, a new one is born at the hive. My sequences are already known, the swarm can create more of me", said Kerrigan.

Abathur appeared shocked by Kerrigan's statements and was silent as Kerrigan continued to speak.

Kerrigan continued to explain. "My form is superior to all other types of Zerg. All other Zerg units are obsolete. I am all that is needed. So, I plan to get rid of the rest of the Zerg and recycle the biomass to create more of me. Perhaps only the drones and Leviathans will be kept. In terms of ground combat, I am more powerful than even ultralisks. Having multiple copies of me will be more powerful than our ground armies. In terms of air combat, my potent psionic powers allow me to levitate myself and fly through the air. My psionic powers can tear apart battlecruisers. I can also fight in space since Zerg can adapt to function in space. Now, in terms of infiltration I am still better. I was once the top ghost of the Confederacy after all. Thus, I am superior in all forms of combat."

Abathur appeared distressed by the fact that all his work on evolution had been made obsolete by Kerrigan's rapid gains in power. Then he said, "the Swarm has never been composed of solely one strain. In general, a monoculture is poorly adapted to different situations. Specialization is generally superior to generalization."

Kerrigan quickly responded, "the difference here is that I am so superior to every other Zerg creature that I can perform their tasks even better than the specialists. Face it Abathur. My evolution has broke through all boundaries and become greater than you could possibly make."

Abathur was unable to come up with any objections. Soon, the entirety of the Swarm under Kerrigan's command came together. The many zerg creatures including zerglings, hydralisks, roaches, mutalisks, swarm hosts, and overlords were all gathered up. Their bodies were all recycled into biomass. Even the unnecessary buildings were recycled. There were no more uses for spawning pools, roach warrens, hydralisk dens, or spires. Now, the only other buildings besides hatchery/lair/hives were a new building specially created to manufacture more Kerrigans.

Although the members of the previous swarm were all going to their death, there was no protest, no disobedience because they were all slaves to Kerrigan. Dehaka on the other hand was a different story. As Kerrigan began building up the new army, she saw Dehaka's brood as another source of biomass.

Kerrigan called Dehaka and his brood over to her base. Then she told Dehaka, "We made an alliance of convenience. You would help me and I would help you. However, now I have discovered that you are all obsolete. You are of no more use to me. So, you will die."

Then, Kerrigan lunged at Dehaka. She slashed at him with her wing, and Dehaka blocked it with his claw. Kerrigan then used her psionic powers and lifted Dehaka into the air and made him unable to move. She proceeded to spear Dehaka's body with her wings and ripped him apart.

After Kerrigan killed Dehaka, a group of a hundred Kerrigans appeared from the sides. Dehaka's brood was surrounded. Dozens of psionic storms were unleashed upon the primal zerg, ripping them apart. The wing blades of the Kerrigans slashed through the swarm of primal zerg and many of Dehaka's forces were thrown around like ragdolls. Dehaka's brood tried to fight back, but being leaderless, they had no coordination. Whenever they tried to claw at one of the Kerrigans, the claw was sliced off by a wing. When a primal hydralisks unleashed their spines, the psionic powers of the Kerrigans caught the spines and threw them right back at them. It was a complete massacre. Dehaka's brood was obliterated and not a single Kerrigan died.

After all of the swarm was recycled, there were now thousands of Kerrigans who now boarded the Leviathan. The hives that remained on the planet continued to use drones to harvest resources which were used to continue the production of Kerrigans.

The great army of Kerrigans were all linked together throughout the hivemind, a great gestalt entity. Each Kerrigan had a mind of her own but their minds were also all connected. They all shared a common goal and their thoughts and actions were perfectly in sync. There was no one recognized as the leader, there was no acknowledged "original". All of them were equal. In the past, the swarm had always been structured with one leader and everyone else was a subordinate. Now, every Kerrigan was equal and all of their minds are melded together in the great hivemind; all of them contribute toward setting the direction of the swarm.

Now they were a swarm of equals. Kerrigan can now truly claim, "I am the Swarm".

The Leviathan now exited the orbit of Zerus, heading to Char. Time to begin her revenge on Mengsk.