Disclaimer: All the starcraft stuff belongs to Blizzard, blah blah blah. Some of the other characters are mine, and others were borrowed from a Starcraft campaign called Vision of the Future.
This is the 1st chapter or what I hope will eventually become a starcraft/ranma 1/2 crossover. Its pretty short, I just wanted to see if anyone would actually be interested in reading the rest of it. This is my first attempt at a fanfic, so be gentle please. Thanks and enjoy the 1st part of ch. 1
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The Defiler slowly awoke from its regeneration process. It pulled itself up out of its burrow and stretched out its long, spindly legs. Its eyes scanned its surroundings quickly; everything appeared to be in order. Drones scuttled by quickly, carrying loads of minerals and gas while several overlords floated lazily overhead, keeping their watchful eyes on the mining operation. The defiler crawled over to the hatchery and made a quick mental note of how many minerals it contained.
"Excellent, we have nearly filled our resource quota," it thought, "and then I return to the Hive cluster." It moved to the edge of the creep to watch a few hydralisks playfully killing a bengallas. "I cant believe that Nagril would send me, the great Hunter Xaax, to gather his minerals while there are still Protoss in the sector! Oh well, Im sure he has his reasons." Xaax turned his attention back to the hydralisks, who had finished their game and were now hungrily feeding on the carcass. He was considering joining them when a voice sounded in his head.
"Xaax, I have a new task for you, one more suited to your abilities."
Xaax recognized the voice immediately as that of Nagril, his cerebrate master. "You need but give the command, and I would obey unquestioningly, master."
"Very good, now on to your task. Our sources have recently informed us that the Protoss have moved one of their Judicator caste to command their outpost on Rylos IV," Nagril explained. "Normally this would not concern us, however, recent sunspot activity in that region has scrambled their communications equipment, and there aren't any patrols due in this region for days. In light of this information, we have decided to advance the project by capturing the Judicator," he finished.
"This does seem to be an excellent opportunity, but there is a problem, master," Xaax said. "My force does not have the strength to attack such a heavily fortified base, and I only have the ability to spawn rudimentary units and structures." He began to pace and forth across the creep. This was exactly the kind of assignment he had been hoping for, but now it seemed just beyond the reach of his abilities.
"I understand, and that is why I am sending K'tulan to help you."
"The Kraken brood?" Xaax asked. "I would have thought Daggoth's stool pigeon would have better things to do," he thought.
"Try to have a little more respect when speaking of cerebrates, even if it is K'tulan," Nagril chuckled. "This mission, however, is no laughing matter. The only reason why I am not going myself is the situation on Char. We still aren't having any luck against the UED."
"They still control the young overmind?"
"Yes, and it seems that we wont be getting it back any time soon. Well, enough chit-chat, I expect that K'tulan will be arriving soon. In the mean time, get your forces together and prepare your minerals for transport; you're going to need them all. I await word of your success, Xaax. Do not fail." The psychic link terminated and Xaax was left to his thoughts.
"Ha, I knew he wouldn't have sent me out here without a reason," Xaax laughed. He began issuing telepathic commands to his unit. Overlords began to land and open up their large transport sacs while drones, zerglings and hydralisks began to pile inside. The evacuation was almost complete when another voice came into Xaax's mind.
"So Xaax, you're late as always," K'tulan laughed. "I would have expected you to be ready sooner, given the importance of our mission."
"I'm sorry, but I just got the order from Nagril 20 minutes ago," Xaax complained.
"No excuses, just get up here to the space barge now so we can leave. We have already wasted too much precious time here."
"Damned arrogant cerebrate, one day someone will show him just how high and mighty he really is, and I'll be there to point and laugh." Xaax went on complaining for a few minutes before his force lifted off the surface and headed for orbit.
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