The Fog of War
CHAPTER 2: THE SEARCH FOR ARTANIS
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The Infested Terrans pinned Artanis against a rock. Suddenly, they broke apart and a strange man walked up to him. "My name…" He said, "Is Samir Duran." "Hey!" cried Artanis. "I heard about you! The Terran group kicked you off the military!" Duran cast him a dark look accompanied by an evil grin. "Yes, they figured out my allegiance to the Overmind." "The Overmind?" Artanis looked at him suspiciously. "Yes. He is the leader of the zerg. He took over my body and gave me power beyond power. And all we need now is the location of your power central for your base. Tell me, NOW!" Artanis looked away. "NO!" He cried. Duran picked up a gun covered in purple vines, and knocked Artanis out.
Tassadar used his telepathic abilities to watch what happened. He told everyone, and they were shocked. Fenix clenched his fists, and blood spurted out. Raynor looked around, confused. "Who's Artanis?" He said. Everyone looked at him. "What?" He said. Duke whacked him on the head. "Please excuse him. He's young." He said.
When Artanis awoke, he was inside the shell of a cocoon. He was build carried by an Overlord. He tried smashing on the inside, but to no avail. He gave up, and decided to conserve his energy. "Well, I guess this is my first training in my new job." He said to himself. Suddenly, the Overlord landed, and his cocoon was dragged into an organic building, which appeared to be an infested command center. Duran cut open his case, and he ran out. He ran into a corner, but vines came out and tied him up and stuck him to the wall. He struggled, but could not escape. Duran walked up to him. "Well." He said. "Now are you more inclined to tell us?" Artanis looked away again. "No." Duran picked up an energy blade, and put it in front of his neck. "Now?" "No." Duran pulled his arm back, but a strange, echoing voice bellowed "WAIT! I'm sure there will be other ways to make him talk…."
Zeratul spent the whole day scanning the planet and surrounding ones. Nothing came up. As he moved onto larger galaxies. He was about to call it a night when something popped up on radar. "It's Artanis!" He cried. Zeratul had everyone board ships, plus launched many Shuttles, and they took off. They landed next to the Overmind, and the Marines open fired. Jim Raynor hopped on his Vulture and planted Mines all around. Then Ultralisks came out. Goliaths dropped out of the shuttles, and began to attack. Meanwhile, Zeratul and a handful of other Dark Templars snuck into the Overmind. They found Artanis, but stayed in the shadows. Zeratul ran up and cut the bindings of Artanis. The two ran out while the other Dark Templars stayed to fight. Artainis and Zeratul jumped into the transport, and saw all the Dark Templars had escaped. They helped them into the Shuttle, and they took off. The scouts provided cover, then retreated themselves.
Artanis spent the rest of the day resting. Fenix and Tassadar trained, and Zeratul meditated. Duke helped the scouts and corsair with target practice, and the Zealots and Marines went over masic maneuvers. Later in the day, The door to the base opened, but no one came in. No one payed much attention. Then strange things began happening. Doors opened by themselves. Objects floated across rooms. And people kept tripping at one point, and they thought they heard someone in a nearby storage area say "Not this one."
People became suspicious, and rumors spread like wildfire. Raynor, Kerrigan, Duke, Stukov, Zeratul, Tassadar, Artanis and Fenix all began searching the place. And when they found what was causing it, the worlds would tremble.