Merry late Christmas everyone! My human counterpart (Yes I have one) is currently in California hanging out with his family and probably tired at the moment but I helped out with the chapter. This one was a dosey I have to admit but it's still worth it in our opinion. Also I have a transmission from him that you need to hear:

'Hello everyone, I'm glad you've all waited for this chapter. Right now I'm also practicing digital art and graphic design for some webcomic ideas that I have but they won't show up for a good while but at the very least you all know now. The work will be divided between these but they will still be in production it's just that these stories are the only things public as of now. See you later everyone.'

As you can see everything is going swimmingly for him, as for me, well I still have my own side project to work on so see you later as well.

Ch 6: Notorious Discovery

Within the last working test chamber sits Ares at the very center, with his eyes closed and levitating an entire set of parts belonging to a test cube, all held in midair as if they were on strings. For 10 minutes he's been doing this task and as a result he's started showing visible signs of exhaustion and irritation. The stress tests implemented on him are not difficult by any means it's just that they are tedious and at some points boring, especially when his psionics are put to the test like this.

Meanwhile, four scientists look above in the observation deck with Sira among them as they take whatever notes they can on their data pads such as his endurance and physical growth. However, they all have seen a notable decrease in his actual abilities despite his psionic potential ever growing. This is due to the lack of proper nourishment outside of the ration bars that are being issued to everyone and as a result his body can't match the power in him and as so prevents the young hybrid from utilizing it to its full potential.

Sira knows this and the scientist in her is disappointed that she won't get the intended results that she needs but her maternal side is sadden to know that Ares is growing up in such poor conditions and is malnourished despite his biology. Even so she must continue her duty as a scientist as to get the most out of her research by finishing this final test as she moves her short brown hair out of the way and further observes Ares.

The blue eyed boy himself continues to hold the parts in midair despite this setback but the irritation is starting to get to him. Some time has past before his struggle starts showing among the parts as well as they all start to vibrate before gradually becoming more and more violent before they all fall to the ground around him. The exhausted boy slumps over in the in front of all the parts as the scientists above record the results.

"Eleven minutes and twenty-three seconds, a slight increase in duration from the previous test." A scientist reports with all of them typing their findings on their datapads. They also take notice of the child's exhaustion as well.

"I knew this wasn't such a good idea, if we continue on like this we'll never get the results we need." Another called out with Sira silently agreeing.

"Indeed, and all these test are draining our resources as well, I suggest that we postpone these tests until we have a much more sustainable source of income."

"I will consult Dr. Daniels about this." As the head scientist that works with Ares besides Daniels, Sira has the authority to sway his judgment assuming that he'll listen. But the scientist is right however, their resources are running low as they are diminishing their reserves at an alarming rate. At the very least they found a planet at which they can mine from to remedy this.

But for now she and the other scientists exit the room and into a lift that leads them to the room as to attend to Ares. When the lift reaches the bottom she goes ahead of the others as she approaches Ares and kneels beside him with a hand on his back with emerald eyes meeting sky blue. "Alright Ares, that's it, you did a good job. Now let's get you back to your room." She said in an almost motherly tone as she helps him up and guides him to the exit.

"Do you think she's getting too attached to Ares?" The third scientist whispers.

"Yes, but if it makes him comply for now, then we shouldn't interfere."

As they made their way the the exit the door opens to reveal a ghost and two marines waiting on the other side ready to escort the scientists back to their quarters. The ghost's name is Garis and he's been stationed here since the beginning and was the original donor for Ares' human portion of his DNA. However, he has no maternal connection with him unlike Sira. He also wears a modified psi blade gauntlet, a byproduct of their research on the protoss, along with his standard gear.

The group approaches the trio with Sira being more protective of the psionic child as they got closer. She's afraid that they may take Ares or even kill him since she started to hear rumors about the marines planning a mutiny because of the low resources with the tests only adding to that. As a result all the scientists are constantly on edge when around them because at any moment they could strike out and take control of the entire station and in the Sira's case that greatly involves the hybrid.

As for Garis she isn't as anxious around him as ghosts are naturally even tempered and more loyal than a standard marine which started off as a common criminal. But even then there are some reported cases of some going AWOL but that's a much rarer case.

This was the idea running through all the individuals of the test as they are escorted back to there rooms in the halls of the ruined station.

In the moderately lit hallways of the station, the dark templar Kayara swiftly transverses the metal veins of the station with the few crew members she ran into being none the wiser of her presence. Surprisingly there isn't a lot of detection around except for a few cameras that she was able to dodge with ease but then again the station doesn't look like it's in the greatest of conditions. The hallways themselves look poorly maintained with oxidized stains and small pieces of debris scattered around in piles on the floor. As for the crew aboard the station she has ran into very few of them with nothing of value to say except for some complaints about the before mentioned condition of the station.

This is all the young protoss saw as she continues to travel down the station's dirtied corridors until she came upon a small group in particular ahead of her in an adjacent hallway. What made her curious about this group are the terrans comprising it which are: two marines, four scientist, one ghost, with them all surrounding a child. The child himself is wearing a collar of some sort that no doubt is supposed to hinder his abilities as she can still sense a small trace of the latent psionic abilities in him.

She lets the group pass before she continued down it's direction as to follow them in hopes that they may lead her to something useful. She inches her way closer to the group who remain unaware of here presence until she got too ambitious as she was only a few feet behind the group causing the ghost to look behind him.

She instinctively rolls into the empty room besides her in an attempt to avoid his gaze and hid herself in the shadows as she readies her psi blade in anticipation for a battle. She listened for the footsteps of the terran telepath but only heard them grow more distant as the seconds went on. It was until she couldn't hear them anymore that she loosens up and looks over the doorway to see the group far ahead of her, seemly unaware of her presence.

Kayara considered on whether to continue following the group or not but eventually she figured that the risk of getting discovered is too great with that ghost around so she heads off in the opposite direction to continue her search for answers.

Meanwhile Calitarn navigates the dark metal halls as he travels ever closer towards the heart the station with his light footsteps being the only sound that inhabits the halls. The longer he continues down them the worse the condition seem to look as large dark stains are seen across the walls and ceilings continue to grow in frequency to the point of almost covering entire segments of the walls. The debris and darkness follow the same trend as the piles seem to get bigger even if it's ever so slightly and the hallway grows ever darker to the point of almost being pitch black. This doesn't phase the dark templar as it reminds him of his home-world of Shekurus but the actual sight itself raises his disgust to the point on how the terrans can live in such a condition.

It also stood deathly silent outside of his own actions as if it has been abandoned long ago.

He continues to wind through the halls among the filth until a sound of screeching metal breaks the monotony of silence catching Calitarn's attention. He quickly makes his way towards the source of the sound almost turning his sight into a blur as he zooms his way through the empty filth ridden walls. When he goes around a right turn he sees the source of the disturbance which is a door that looks partly opened door with a scientist sitting against a wall near it. The dark templar approaches the door bypassing the scientist with no problem whatsoever, entering the room.

What he sees inside stuns him, two stasis pods both with a creature within each if them that he had never seen before in all his years on Shakuras. The pod in front of him contains a creature that has the characteristics of a protoss with the only one being it's head but the body is anything but a protoss. Its sky blue eyes are unmoving but seem to radiate malice as they stare back at them in perpetual stillness disturbing the warrior.

He looks over to see the other stasis pod is inhabited by a much more beastly creature the looks more like a blue zerg creature with large horns protruding from the head like that of a demon's. Two large spider-like appendages that look like of smaller ultralisk blades hanging from it's back.

As strange as these creatures are it intrigued him in a way on how such creatures exists but something is off about these creatures, like as if they are not natural and hold a much darker meaning behind their existence. He searches the room to see another scientist looking over a console. He carefully approaches the terran and looks over his shoulder to inspect the console to sees the two figures of the creatures and their stats with all of them blue showing that they're stable. He reads the names of the creatures which are designated as Janusar and Cronos. He continues to scan the screen for any new information until he comes across an image showing an image of a segment of DNA presumably for each of them but what they say has Calitarn wide eyed: hybrid DNA stabilized.

Hybrid, of what? It can't be of zerg and protoss as their appearances implies that would be impossible for the likes of these terrans, right? He looks back at the pods and with another inspection of the creatures reality starts to take hold. These creatures are abominations form from the essences of both protoss and zerg, and he doesn't need to wonder where they got the protoss DNA.

Calitarn approaches the pod of the protoss looking hybrid, weapon at hand ready to strike down the monstrosity. He strike his scythe at the pod but right before he made contact a psionic wave erupts from what looks like the creature pushing him all the way back to the door. He quickly got back up to strike at it again but before he could the room turns red with the screaming cries of an alarm filling the room. He looks over to the console to see the terran staring at him wide eyed in fear with his hand on the console. He doesn't waste time on wondering how the terran can see him as he bolts out the room knocking the other scientist over as he now rushes through to now screaming halls.

15 minutes earlier

Kayara's patience is starting to run thin, she let her greatest chance at figuring this all out get away because she got too careless resulting in the terran telepath almost detecting her, no doubt that must've got him on edge at the very least. Now she's back to searching the barren halls to scrounge up any useful information about the station. Along with this impatience her anger grows as well with the silence around not helping either.

She decided to quickly lean against a nearby wall and let her mind refocus. 'It's okay Kayara, you may have messed up but remember Calitarn's teachings and calm your mind.' She said to herself before she did her equivalent of breathing in and out even making the sound in her mind despite not needing to. This calms her significantly and she carries on with the search within the guts of the station.

She still sees the same empty rooms and corridors as before before she comes across one door in particular. It looks much more managed and cleaned than the other doors and has a nameplate with text on it: Dr. Charles R.

This gets her mind running in both excitement and wonder as to why this door is so well maintained compare to the others. This must be of an individual of higher standing for this to be as well kept as it is in a station as run down as this. And with high status comes valuable information that she's been searching for. However, this also comes at a high risk of being detected as this door seems to be the only way in the room with no vents big enough for her to climb in to be seen so she may be noticed by this Daniel the moment she walks in.

She stands in front of the door thinking through her options when suddenly the hallway turns to red and alarms start blaring making the young protoss jump in shock. She frantically searched for any incoming terran forces but doesn't see anything as of now. That ghost must have known about her all along and acted dumb to mislead her and then rad her out.

Now that her cover is blown she might as well take the more direct approach so she tries to access the door but it seems to be locked. She activates her psi blade and starts carving a hole into the door. She struggled as the door is stronger than she thought but eventually she carved out a hole just as big as her and enters the room. She was greeted with immediate hostility as gunshots rang out and her shield flash and shimmer as they block the shots. The perpetrator is kneeling behind a flipped desk with his revolver smoking from the barrel. Kayara swiftly closes the gap between the two, jumping over the desk and kicking his gun out of his hand. She then got behind the scientist and held her blade to his neck.

"Alright, you're going to give me what I want right now or I'll separate your head from your shoulders! Now give me the information that I need!" She threatened bringing her blade only inches from his throat. He reaches down to one of his pockets and pulls out a data pad which has all of his recorded findings from both him and his compatriots on their experiments. "At least you're one of the smart few of your race." She remarks as she pushes him towards the ground and starts leaving the office.

"You'll never get away with this protoss scum." Daniels said as she walks away while she scoffs at the terran's feeble attempt at a threat. Not long after however, she felt a force hit her forcing her to raise her arm in self-defense. She took a look to see that it's the same ghost from before with his rifle raised. She rushed at him blocking each shot with her blade. When she was close enough she strikes at him only to be met with a blue psi blade blocking It. Dumbfounded, Kayara ducks under him and starts running back the way she came in the now screaming station.

"Sir, you alright!?" Garis yelled as he attends to the Doctor.

"I'm fine, but the protoss have the information." He says as he stands up.

"Shall I pursue them?"

"No, it was only a matter if time before the protoss find out and we don't have the forces to stop them. Get the order out to gather up all our assets out after the alarms are rested. I'll notify Draco of this event."

"Everything sir?"

"Everything."

All of Calitarn's hearts are pumping as he races through the red halls as fast as his legs can carry him. The once silent hallways are now filled with the blaring cries of the alarm and crimson light as he made turn after turn caring little in regard of stealth as he barrels through any of the crewman that are panicking. In a matter of minutes he reached the hanger that he started off in. He sees Kayara just ahead of her and starts to catch up with her. They both approach the large black void ahead of them as fast as they could, with the alarm blaring in their ears. They get closer and closer to it and within seconds there is complete silence.

The vastness of space almost surprised the mentor for a moment as he has yet to grow accustomed to this sort of environment. As they float in the silent void for a few seconds they are all of a sudden warped into the interior of a protoss ship. He figured that it's their shuttle as the sound starts rushing back to him. He looks over to Kayara to see her recovering from the ordeal.

"Wow, that's enough excitement for one day." She remarked as she sat herself up.

"Are you okay Kayara?" The mentor asked his apprentice.

"Yeah, are you?"

"I am as well."

"Sorry for causing the alarms to go off." She said in a somber tone.

"Do not blame yourself young one. I was the one who set them off." This caused her to look at her mentor dumbfounded at the statement, she can't believe someone like him to set off the alarm in such a ruined station.

"But how?"

"I've discovered something that shouldn't exist within the darkest parts of the station, two pods with abominations that have the DNA of both protoss and zerg."

"What? I thought that it was impossible for them to mix." This only further shocked the fledgling warrior.

"So did I, but what I saw down there was not an illusion. The terrans have created monstrosities that they cannot hope to control as I have sensed their consciousness as they did mine , and it is full of malice to what I presume is their creators. What have you found in the meantime?"

"I've gotten this." She holds up a data pad that she's been holding on to during their escape. He approaches her as to inspect it with his pupil. As she tried to access it however, it reveals a password screen. "Of course. I was a fool to not demand him for a password as well!" She said as she face palms herself a in anger.

Calitarn puts a hand on her shoulder "It's okay, what matters is that you have retrieved something vital to our mission. Let the phasesmiths worry about accessing it, for now we rest." This does little to comfort the young templar as the chamber grew silent as it makes its way back towards the planet's surface.

Meanwhile at the Sanctum the mining operation is still going smoothly with over 10k worth of minerals and 2k worth of vespene from a newly discovered geyser in stock. However, the captain of the ship is anything but positive at the moment, as he has been worrying about the protoss ever since the negotiations with them especially with how some protoss stayed behind to keep watch on them. The air matched this as well as the crewman also felt unnerved by the recent events with the silence only adding to all this.

This silence was broken when the console in front of Draco sprang to life revealing the face if his colleague Dr. Daniel making the man and the rest if the bridge jump.

"Draco are you there?" Daniel asked with visible distress.

"I am, what's the situation?" Draco responds immediately wondering why he even called.

"The protoss, they found us out." Dread sets in to every single member of the bridge the moment those words were uttered. It is more than what they felt when they first met the protoss and the captain is feeling the brunt of it.

"I'll b-be on my way immediately then." His voice slightly quivers as he said these words before the screen disappears. The room is left in total silence once again but with the fear and tension raised to a level unseen before as all the crewman stare with eyes full of nothing but fear. Once again the captain must address his subordinates. "Call every SCV in quietly and prepare the crew, we will leave without delay." Despite his best efforts his voice of defiance and bravery has only came out as a voice of fear and despair.

Alright I'm starting a new section the end that is called the Fun Fact of The Day where I present a brief but interesting facts that I found that you may or may not heard of. If you do not believe me on these then you can search them up yourself. Also don't be afraid to correct me if I happen to get these wrong, I can't be right at everything. Let's start off with today:

Fun Fact:

The rumbling that you feel in your stomach is actually just gas and other materials being pass through your intestines but it can be digestive problems as well.

Let me know how you feel about this little segment, I thought it might be fun to teach you something fun here but if the majority of you don't like it then I'll stop.

With all that out the way I hope you all have a nice day or night wherever you are!