Meanwhile, inside a Protoss Carrier…

You are sure of this? The Protoss Executor stared at the uniformed Hangar chief.

Yes. Khoras's scout has failed to check in. I believe they have been missing for some time now. And just recently, our observers have detected a psionic presence on Earth, the Terran home world.

Hmmmm… Send a shuttle with 4 dragoons, 2 reavers, 2 High templar, 2 Dark Templar, and 8 zealots to Earth to pick them up. Oh, and fill the rest of the space with minerals and vespene gas in case their shuttle requires repairs.

Understood. But Executor, why would we need so many for such a simple pick-up?

In case they are in enemy hands, Chief.

HAVEN

Trouble was groaning while holding his head. A spy-reporter had recently tried to sneak into the apartment where the aliens were staying, and lost his arm as a result of that warrior's blades. Now, that reporters company was baying for blood and money, and most of the civilians were accusing Trouble of hosting 'beasts that feast on fairy blood' and were calling for him to throw out the aliens.

"Hey, Trubs." He looked up to see Holly in uniform. "You said you wanted to see me?"

"First of all, Captain, it's Commander or Trouble, not Trubs. Second of all, can you go to these 'Protoss' and ask them to not hack off any limbs? I have a hell of a lot of paperwork to do and red tape to clear out."

"Sure, Commander." Trouble groaned. This was just not his day.

In Orbit Around Earth

An overlord loaded with 12 drones, 10 zerglings, and a huge amount of minerals was returning from a scouting mission. The hulking beast had seen the lush planet, Earth, and was returning to inform whoever was in charge. It stopped. It watched as a warp rift opened and a shuttle popped out. It reasoned, 'If the Protoss are interested in this planet, it would be worth infesting.' And with that, it glided down to Earth. Poor thing had no idea it had been seen by an observer.

HAVEN

An angry mob had gathered around the dwelling of the Protoss. Arundas was about to go and clear them out with some psi assaults when he stopped. He felt a presence he had not heard in numbers since the evacuation.

Khoras! Torun! Come here, now! Our brethren are coming for us!

Templar, is this true? The zealot was skeptical. It would seem an awful lot of resources for just the three of us.

Torun, ever seen the Overminds death, the Protoss were in decline. We need everyone we can get! Khoras was about to speak when, suddenly, a warp rift opened up over Police Plaza, and out dropped a shuttle.

Khoras mentally smiled. Our brethren have come.

POLICE PLAZA

The three Protoss walked forward to see a sight they thought they would never see again. Arundas marched forward into the arms of the his brethren, caste-wise, while all the bystanders were either smiling, scowling, or in varying degrees of shock, due to the massive technological and biological difference between the aliens and them.

Arundas! Khoras! Torun! Your homeland awaits you! The massed rescue mission was calling the refugee's to the shuttle, and they were complying, when all of a sudden…

Sir! The observers are detecting numerous Zerg bio-signatures headed this way! The shuttle pilot was practically screaming mentally as screams and smoke began to rise from the East side of Haven.

EAST HAVEN

Smoke was everywhere as terrified fairies ran and flew as fast as they possibly could out of the way of the encroaching swarm. Mutalisks were flying by in the air, strafing random targets while hydralisks and zerglings were chasing down citizens. Failing that, they settled for completely screwing up whatever they could find. Houses were trashed, furniture was shredded, and any elf, gnome, sprite, or pixie unlucky enough to fall was promptly torn to pieces before the magic could kick in. After all, magic doesn't work on scraps of bone and flesh.

Dear Adun…Khoras and his companions looked on in horror at the carnage that was spreading like a wave through the city. The LEP was mobilizing, but most of them were paralyzed by fear and shock by the simple brutality of the Zerg. FOR AIUR! Torun led the zealots and dragoons into the fray. The sight of psi blades turning zerglings and hydras into sashimi seemed to snap the LEP out of the stupor, as they moved in, firing their Neutrinos set to way above the recommended setting. In short, they were frying the Zerg, though it took a couple shots. The real problem, though, was in the mutalisks. While the Zerg ground was being forced back, the flyer carapaces were too tough for Neutrinos to do any real damage. They were stuck relying on the two dragoons and the psi-storms of the high templar, but they were simply not enough, not by a long shot. The Overlords were scrambling the signals that would activate the pursuit drones, so the Mutas went unchecked. They bombarded the LEP with glaive wurms, each wurm bouncing between the troops, taking several down. This weakened the ground, thus letting the Zerg troops gain an overall advantage. In short, it seemed as if nothing would be able to stop the Swarm from infesting Haven.