Over the last few days since deciding she was going to transform her child Sarah had spent half her time discussing the 'design' with Abathur and half her tine avoiding the other Zerg. She closed her mind off to the swarm and avoiding talking to them.
There was a part of her that wanted to hand the swarm over to Zagara and run away with her daughter. A thought she very much didn't want the rest of the swarm finding out about; especially Zagara herself.
Zagara was a broodmother. Broodmother. The very word seemed strange to Sarah now. Did they feel what she was feeling for her own child?
She had started to realise that although she felt affection for the Zerg around her they were little more than pets. What she felt for her child was love; the love between a mother and child.
Sarah found herself thinking about her own mother sometimes. She wondered how her own mother had felt as she carried her; had she felt the same love and excitement to meet her as she currently felt to meet her own unborn child?
She found herself longing for her mother. To tell her of her child and to ask her all the questions about babies that she'd never thought to ask. But that was impossible. She'd wanted to show her mother something wonderful one day. She'd found a beautiful butterfly, the most beautiful butterfly she'd ever seen. Her mother had died at Sarah's hands that day.
It was an accident. She hadn't meant to do it. Sarah often wondered if her mother hated her; if she was in some afterlife somewhere wishing she'd never had a daughter. Sarah realised that her own daughter may one day rise up and kill her. She realised she didn't care if she did; as long as her daughter survived that's all that mattered.
Sarah had never expected her mother to be proud of her after what she did but she wondered if she'd at least be a little proud of her now she was going to have a baby.
She pondered what her mother would have thought of Jim. He was rough around the edges and some people called him a terrorist, but he really was a good man. Would she have welcomed him as son-in-law and saw the good in him?
The closest thing to a mother Sarah had now was Izsha, although ironically Sarah was more her mother after creating her from the Terran Amanda Haley. Izsha was her most trusted confident and advisor in the swarm but she wouldn't be able to grasp the concept of the human bond between mother and daughter.
Kerrigan felt very much alone within the swarm now. Surrounded by millions yet completely alone. Well, almost. Her unborn daughter was her only comfort.
Her thoughts were interrupted as Izsha had called Kerrigan to the bridge of the Leviathan.
"One of broods is under attack from the Hybrids, Your Majesty," Izsha explained as Sarah entered onto the bridge.
Sarah seemed annoyed by the news. She had closed her mind off to the swarm and thus hadn't realised anything was wrong until now.
"The broodmother states the Fallen One has come," Izsha added.
Sarah froze. Amon. He's back. She'd been waiting for this battle, she'd accepted this battle had to happen, but it was too soon. She put her hand to her stomach and feared for her daughter.
Just a few more weeks. Why didn't she have just a little more time? She was less agile in her pregnant state and with every move she made she was conscious of her daughter. How could she expect to fight in his state? She knew her baby bump would be a huge target in any fight and she'd protect it with her life. But if her life was lost then so too would her daughter's.
Both she and her daughter would likely die at the hands of Amon and she wouldn't even get to hold child in her arms.
Sorry for the delay on this chapter. I had a block on where I wanted to take the middle part of this story... deal with the whole Amon issue or avoid it. I decided to tackle it (but may rewrite it in a few years after LotV comes out).
I know exactly where this is heading in terms of Sarah/Jim/Baby but its just the broader StarCraft story-type elements I'm still working out.
Ideas are welcome regarding the whole Amon/Hybrid/Sarah-kicking-their-butts thing :)
