Xil
Due to a legacy of the Void showing us so many differences in the Protoss factions I will be referencing some of their units that are specific to their factions. Since in the WoL campaign you only ever fight Tal'Darim it will be just them for awhile. Also just a general heads up, I will be changing the ending of the story from what the LotV campaign has. I personally do not like what happened with Kerrigan in the end so it will be different and once I get past the WoL campaign section, the story may pick up the pace since I will be able to direct the story more freely.
Ellie sat in the upstairs section of the Cantina. It had been a week since the mission on Deadman's Port and she was catching up on the news. So far the Raiders were "A major Threat to the Dominion", refugees were apparently exaggerating the threat the Zerg presented, and UNN had lost contact with Kate Lockwell after a mission to the planet of Haven to report on the refugee population.
So only one thing that was possibly accurate.
Ellie took a sip of her drink, something that Tosh had been mixing up to help her body become a bit more resistant to her Psionics and supposedly flush the Terrazine out of her system. Whatever it was it tasted like cherries so Ellie wasn't complaining.
The door opened to admit Jim just as a goal was scored on the Tv. Jim made his way through the group and up to Ellie.
"What's up?" She asked as she rocked her chair back and forth.
"Got contacted by the Moebius boys. They found another artifact." Jim said.
"Really? What's the plan?" She asked as she downed the last of her drink.
"Well the Moebius guys sent in a team but lost contact. I was hoping to find out what we're dealing with." Jim said.
"How?" Ellie asked.
"Swann's workin on a cloaking suit for you based on the ghost design. Should be ready by the time we get to the planet. You feelin up to a little recon?" Jim asked.
"Yeah. Tosh said that it'll be a few months before the Terrazine effects wear off completely but as long as I don't use my powers in extreme ways I should be fine. Cloaking is very low energy." Ellie said.
"Alright. We also got the designs for the new model of siege tanks so if you get in trouble down there we'll be right behind you." Jim said.
"Alright. Should be a few hours. Go check in with Swann in an hour or two. He'll get you geared up." Jim said as he stood up.
"Jim, you okay?" Ellie asked as she watched him.
"I'm fine." He said.
Ellie was silent but watched him as he left the cantina. She had caught him in the cantina very late at night since she had returned. She brushed the thought aside as her communicator beeped.
"What's up?" She asked as she answered.
"Alicia is waking up. You may want to be here for this." The doctor said.
Ellie hopped down from the balcony and power walked to the medical bay. Alicia had been under in a medically induced coma since the doctors had operated on her. Now they were lifting it because the major pains from the surgeries should be gone. She found Alicia's room and walked in. The medic was lying on her back still strapped to the bed. She turned her head as Ellie walked in.
"Hey boss. So give me a straight answer. How bad is it? I'm so numbed up I can hardly feel a thing." Alicia said.
"Your legs are gone. They managed to fix your arms but we don't have the kind of equipment to attach cybernetics." Ellie said.
"I figured at least one leg. How far up?" She asked.
"The hip. You had the upper half of one of your legs but they couldn't keep it. To much damage." Ellie said.
"I see. How long was I out?"
"A week."
"Damn. Must've been way worse than I thought. You mind undoing these straps? I need to move or I'm gonna go crazy." Alicia said.
Ellie undid the bindings and Alicia sat up, wincing as she used her left arm which was still recovering from its burns. She pulled up the sheets to look at where her legs had been. A tear rolled down her cheek and Ellie wrapped her arms around Alicia. She stayed there for an hour before Alicia fell asleep again.
After making sure that she was asleep Ellie headed to the armory where Swann was waiting with Tosh.
"Hey Princess what's up?" Swann asked.
"Jim said you had something for me?" Ellie said.
"Oh yeah. Bit of Ghost Armor modified under Tosh's specifications." Swann said looking to the Spectre.
"Ya, bit o Spectre gear mixed in. Designed to keep your powers from breaking your little head did time sistah." Tosh said.
"I thought that's what those drinks were for?" Ellie said.
"Nah dats ta get rid of da Terrazine. Still gonna take awhile to get dat out of ya system. Dis'll keep ya powers from damaging ya brain. And help ya focus ya powers with less energy." He said.
"So I won't use as much energy? And I won't fry my brain?" Ellie asked.
"Exactly."
"I'm on board for that." Ellie said.
Swann handed her a suit similar to what she had been wearing but it was more similar to Tosh's, black design green lines running across the outside, a HUD that she could remove at will and a new rifle that seemed much more sleek than her old one. She took the armor and quickly changed before climbing onto her dropship and flying it down to the planet. She landed on a plateau near the Moebius dig site and contacted Jim.
"I'm on the ground. Didn't see anything on my way down." She said.
"Keep your comms open. I want to know if you run into trouble down there." Jim ordered.
"Yeah Yeah Cowboy." She said as she disembarked and activated her cloaking module.
The device sucked at her energy, a small amount but definitely noticeable. It took her a moment to get used to the feeling before she walked to the southern edge of the plateau. Nothing to notice, east had a great view of the Moebius base camp. To the north an old Protoss Shrine stood against the skyline. The west was just a series of cliffs. She circled around the plateau again before noticing a shimmering effect to the northwest. She walked over and pulled down the HUD from her forehead.
"Holy Shit." Ellie said as she looked through the scanner lens.
"We're getting the visual from your HUD now. What's wr- Damn." Jim said.
Underneath the revealing lens a cloaked Protoss base was revealed. Ellie could see a few dozen Archons, High Templar, and even a Carrier.
"Jim? How the hell are you planning on doing this?" Ellie asked.
Jim was silent for a few minutes before responding.
"If we deployed Siege tanks on the cliff where Ellie is then we could cover the Moebius landing site. We would only really need to worry about that Carrier… Ellie? Anything at the Moebius base we could use?" Jim asked.
Ellie walked along the cliff until she was looking over the base. All of the structures were unpowered but appeared to be in working order. Ellie didn't see anything that could really be of use until she realized that the monstrous machine casting a shadow over the base was in fact a machine and not a small mountain.
"Um boys? What is that?" Ellie asked focusing in on the machine.
"Holy shit. A Drakken Laser Drill? How much cash does Moebius have cowboy?" Swann asked.
"So that thing can take out the carrier?" Ellie asked.
"Oh yeah. That's like having the power of a Sun at your fingertips." Jim said.
"Nice. Now you might want to get down here. Quick." Ellie said.
"Why?" Jim asked.
"This thing just noticed me." Ellie said noticing a small machine floating towards her across the plateau.
"That's an observer. Shit. Swann start deploying siege tanks to Ellie's position. Ellie, get down to the base. It's defenses will have to do until we can get troops on the ground." Jim ordered.
"You got it." Ellie said running back to her ship.
She flew down into the defunct Moebius base and pried open the Command Center doors. Hyperion's Adjudant took control of the base's systems and gave them to Ellie.
"Attention Specialist. Manual direction of the Drakken Laser Drill is recommended." The computerized voice said.
The holographic map in the center of the Command center glowed to life and marked all of the enemy locations. Ellie tapped one of the archon images and the drill turned to face it. After a brief start up time the drill fired and the archon was gone in a flash of red energy.
Ellie smiled at the destruction. She slid her finger across the Protoss base and watched as the drill decimated the Protoss numbers. Ellie opened her Comms.
"You better hurry Jim. If you take to much longer there won't be any Protoss left." Ellie said with a laugh as she destroyed another section of the Protoss forces.
"Be careful Ellie. I wouldn't put it past the Protoss to try something." Jim ordered.
Ellie finished wiping out the Protoss base and stood smiling to herself as the drill shot its beam at the Xel'Naga temple. Until a psi blade was emerging from her chest that is. She looked behind her to find a Protoss dressed in red and black that had cloaking tech. A red Psi blade was sticking out of her chest directly between her breasts. She could feel the burning blade at least cutting one of her lungs as she gasped and blood ran out of her mouth. She grabbed the Protoss' arm and threw him backwards. He looked shocked as she extended her arm blades and rammed one into his face. He disappeared in a flash of red, leaving behind his psi gauntlet. Ellie stumbled back to the holo map and turned on the scanner. A second Protoss base was shown on the map and Ellie gripped her chest as she carved a path through it with her finger. When Jim and the others arrived she was leaning against the wall breathing heavily after her body had finished healing the damage from the psi blade.
Jim ran up to her when he arrived.
"What happened to you?" He asked.
"Cloaked Protoss snuck up on me. Guess he thought I was dead. He thought wrong." She said as she held up the Psi Blade gauntlet.
"Looks like you got yourself a trophy. You okay?" Jim asked.
"Yeah. Can we keep the laser? I like it." Ellie said as she rose to her feet.
"We don't have the credits or resources to keep that thing powered. And I doubt Moebius is just gonna let us keep it. Sorry kid." He said.
"It's fine. I wonder if I can use this…" Ellie said sliding the gauntlet onto her arm.
"I doubt it. Kerrigan tried it once wh-" Jim stopped as Ellie managed to create a foot and a half long blade of sparking green energy.
The gauntlet didn't fit on her arm very well however and she had to hold it in place. Jim stared.
"Nice job. Want to go see what's in the temple?" Jim asked.
"Hell yes." Ellie said.
The two of them walked to where the raiders were transporting the Xel'Naga relic from the temple. Inside light filtered into the temple and gave it a very uneasy feeling. In the main chamber Ellie could feel energy similar to her own swirling through the walls.
"This feels so strange. It's like this place is alive… feeding off me." She said suddenly feeling uneasy.
She was about to run out of the temple when something drove into her mind like a spike of pure pain. She screamed as a presence filled her mind.
'You hold great power. The power of the Void flows through your veins. You shall serve me well.' A voice boomed inside her head.
'No…' She said weakly.
Back in the Temple
Jim was staring at Ellie as she was surrounded by red energy and the temple shook. He watched as she held out her hand and energy flowed into what appeared to be the back wall of the temple. The wall opened up to reveal a vast expanse of space with a shadow of something massive approaching.
"ELLIE!" Jim yelled as he tried to approach her.
"YOU WILL BOW BEFORE YOUR MASTER PATHETIC CREATURES! I AM YOUR GOD!" A deep booming Voice that came from Ellie and the portal at once said.
Inside Ellie's head
'You shall bow or be destroyed.' The voice said.
Ellie whimpered as she curled into a ball before the overwhelming power of the being.
'You recognize your master. Good.' It said with a laugh.
Every fiber of Ellie's being wanted to lash out or fight back but she could feel this things power. It made her feel like she had a match and was facing a wildfire.
'ELLIE!' Jim yelled.
Ellie could hear him but was unable to do anything.
Back in the temple
Jim reached Ellie and started dragging her away from the portal but with a flick of her hand he was sent flying into the wall. His suit was zapped by red energy that shut it down and left him unable to do anything but watch.
Then a bolt of red energy came from the entrance of the temple. Ellie turned, blazing red eyes and all to see Tosh staring before her.
'YOU DARE TO ATTACK ME?!' The powerful voice boomed.
"It's good ta know dat da voices in my head ain't just me." Tosh said.
He walked through the Psionic energies that Ellie was giving off, using his own to deflect them and placed his hands on her head. Her eyes rolled back and the red energy faded. The portal in the back of the temple closed and Tosh walked over to Jim carrying Ellie on his shoulder.
"What the hell was that?" Jim asked.
"I don't know. I just always thought that it was only in my head. I went through trainin to keep dat ting from controllin me. I'm taking da girl to help her." Tosh said.
"Help her how Tosh?" Jim asked skeptically.
"Train her as a Spectre. Da Terrazine was da first step brotha. Now she needs da Spectre training." Tosh said.
"And she won't have another episode like that?" Jim asked.
"Nothin in this world is ever certain." Tosh said with a mischievous grin.
"If you hurt her I'll-"
"You'll what?" Tosh asked mockingly.
The Spectre walked out of the Temple carrying Ellie and laughing.