Chapter 1:

In an unknown Terran facility, an elevator slowly descends to the bowels of the installation A man wearing what would appear to be the suit of a Battecruiser's captain and next to him a man almost as tall as him wearing the distinct suit of a Ghost operative were inside the elevator, talking among themselves

"Have all your equipment ready?"

"Yes sir. C-10 rifle is good and I have a couple of other goodies in my pouches"

"What about your cloak? Is everything up to standards?"

The Ghost answered his question by becoming invisible in front of him "You could say that"

" Good, we don't want you to end up defenseless when you get there"

" Well hopefully I won't need to use any of my equipment" replied the operative as he sheathed his knife

"Good to see you've finally managed to overcome your aggressive tendencies" said the Captain

"Have to thank the fine folk of Umoja for that" the Ghost replied with a smile back at him

As the elevator opened, flashes of light blinded the two men. When they regained their sight, the operative next to the well dressed officer, stared in awe at what he saw.

"Hot damn. You actually managed to do it?"

In the middle of the large room, stood what appeared to be a Man-made Warp Gate. While it was not exactly the same as Protoss architecture, it had the most important feature. A spiraling orb of energy that could teleport anyone.

"Doctor Nier, are we ready to proceed?"

"Yes, though I worry about X8. We have no idea what will happen should the experiment fail"

"Don't worry doc. If there's something I learned while I was in the Dominion is that there's no rewards without risks. So let's fire this thing up and meet our new friends"

"I swear X8, your confidence may prove to be your undoing. Very well then. If you would please lay down , we will begin the experiment"

The masked Ghost obeyed his instructions and readied himself, both mentally and physically. While he has seen the Protoss forces teleport, he knew that their shields offered some protection when blinking form place to place. But a human? One unshielded as well. That has never been tested.

"I'll see you on the other side" replied the Ghost with confidence in his tone. But in his mind, various scenarios ran across. Such as being disintegrated to being turned inside out. He closed his eyes and using his Psi abilities, retreated as far as the memory wipe would allow him to remember, he was smiling as he relieved one of his most pleasant memories.

As the slab he was on slowly approached the spiraling black hole, several scientist where looking at various monitors, making sure that everything would go as planned. But not all that were present in the room were what they appeared to be.

"Donny how's it going on your end?" one of the scientist asked

He didn't receive a reply from his companion.

"Donny, wake up and pay attention!"

Yet again his fellow scientist was silent.

"Damn it Don! You need to pay atten..." His words were cut short. As soon as "Donny" turned around, a large spike appeared from his right arm. The screams of the scientist being stabbed quickly alerted everyone in the room.

"ZERG!" one of the Marines in the room yelled as "Donny" became a mass of purple with blotches covering its body

The changeling looked at the humans and quickly came to the realization that it needed to complete its mission quickly.

The sound of gunfire deafened the scientists. The bullets repeatedly hit their mark, as the Changelings squeals of pain clearly indicated.

"Don't let it harm any equipment!" yelled the captain

The continuing firepower of the marines finally overwhelmed the creature. But with one final strike, it smashed the terminal in front of it.

The Marines quickly walked over to the spot where the creature stood. With their adrenaline on high (fulled by a stimpack or two) they were ready for another go. But quickly felt disappointment upon finding the mess of purple goop that was once a zerg organism.

"Oh no. Which system did it break?" Doctor Nier quickly asked with worry

"The Artificial Matrix was damaged in its attacked" yelled one of the scientist

"Damn it. We need to get X8 out of there" replied Nier

The doctor quickly rushed towards the Ghost. "Shut everything down now!"

"We can't the systems are going haywire!"

"No, no. X8!" Nier yelled at the top of his lungs. But the Ghost was still in his mind, unaware of what happened in the room

"X8!" Nier yelled out once more right as the Ghost entered the Warp

While X8 was in his memories, he could still feel the effects of the teleportation. He felt as if his body was made out of clay. He could feel his bones and muscles shifting in the warp. He "woke up" and all he could see was utter darkness. Not even the lights that his visor produced could he see.

He was scared to the point of thinking that he was blind. But as he regained his composure and began to analyze the situation, a bright light of white blinded him. As suddenly as it occurred he felt gust of wind hitting his body. Slowly his eyes adjusted to the light, when he saw what was a cloud passing him by. He quickly realized what was happening. He was falling from the sky.

On instinct, he extended his appendages to slow his body and tried to use his Psionics to create a field to cushion his fall. But as he extended his arms he was stunned once more.

No longer did he have arms, instead he had a strange set of legs. He quickly looked at all of his body and while he still had his hostile environment suit on, his body was completely different. No longer could he call himself a human, instead his new form looked more like the equine creatures of Earth, but with an added twist. He could feel as if something was attached to his back. Not only that but he could feel them as if it was part of his body. Moving them freely as if they were just another set of arms.

Confused and intrigued at the same time, he completely forgot that he was falling from a great height. As he neared the ground, he tried to use his Psionics one more time, but it was too late. A large thud, got the attention of some locals.

As he slowly drifted out of consciousness, several figures approached him. His vision blurred, he could only see the silhouettes of those before him before he blacked out.

"Oh my!"

"Is he ok?"

"No, he's barely breathing"

"We need to get him some help!"

"Quick lets get him to the hospital. Hopefully Nurse Redheart can help him"

AU Notes: Short chapter but its pretty much an intro to the story. I don't plan on having the chapters as short as this one. Constructive criticism is welcomed.