1.
Mining base. In front of the mineral line are two bunkers guarding a missile turret. A siege tank is deployed right beside the missile turret. Wendel in his Viking is patrol above the missile turret. No one is venturing out. In one bunker sit four Dominion Marines. Beth and Fry sit in the other bunker. Beth in her Ghost suit and Fry in his Marauder suit. Nothing has happened for at least two hours.
Then Wendel spots a Stalker. It is out of the range of Siege tank, then the stalker disappears immediately.
"Beth, unload from bunker and cloak. Proceed to the last known location of the stalker and investigate." Wendel tells Beth.
"Copy that." Beth replies.
Beth moves to the last known location of the stalker. There is nothing. Just when she is about to report back, she hears a noise from behind. When she turns around, a Dark Templar uncloaked briefly, right in front of her.
Beth thinks for a second, then she turns off her cloak. Her head starts to hurt, but she immediately hears a voice in her head.
"You are wise, human."
"I figure if you want to kill me, you could have done it already. And you are trying to lure me away from the others. You just want to talk."
"Indeed. I have been reading your thoughts. I advise you to learn to control your power. Do not rely on machines. Machines often fail. I do not know how human learn to control their power, but I can tell you how we control our power. Focus and practice."
"I'll try."
"Also, I understand your situation, and I can offer you a solution. If you can smuggle me into your base, then I can destroy the Zerg hatchery there."
"How?"
"It is best if I keep it a secret. I only need your help."
"If I can smuggle you into the base, you probably can roam free undetected, but how are you supposed to get out? If the hatchery is mysteriously destroyed, they will lock the base down."
"I have thought of that, and I have already planned for this. I only ask for your cooperation."
"I have to think about it."
"If you have come up with a decision and how to smuggle me in, just focus your mind and I will read you."
Then the voice is gone.
"Wendel, I've checked out the location, the Stalker is gone. I thought I hear a Dark Templar, but it was a false alarm."
"Roger that, return to your bunker and resume sentry duty."
"Roger."
2.
Change of guard in the Mining Base. 2 Dropships dropping off 8 marines to relieve the 4 marines originally with Fry and Beth. Wendel has already returned to base.
"***Dropship here, who the hell ordered 2 dropships for you bunch? One dropship is enough already.***"
"Heh, those 4 Marines don't want to sit with me, they want to sit in their own little dropship. They heard about how I can kill marines with just my bare hands. And with me stuck in a bunker all day, I may just kill one or two Dominion Marines for fun." Fry is obviously enjoying the boasting.
"***And why the hell are you two standing outside the range of missile turret? You have a death wish or something? Those Dark Templar can sneak up on you there.***"
"No, I'm baiting them to come at me! COME AT ME YOU COWARD!" Fry is shouting at no one in particular.
"Just pick us up from here, will you?"
"***Hey, it is your funeral.***"
The Dropship sits down. Fry enters it immediately, but Beth is still on the ground, waiting for something.
"***Are you ready to go? We don't have all day.***"
After a while Beth finally enters the dropship.
"I thought I heard something. Let's go."
3.
Dominion Base. Biological research section. The scientists monitoring the special Zerg hatchery are panicking, because the Zerg hatchery is dying. They simply do not know why. The Director is there, and the health of the Hatchery is critical enough so that the Colonel and Wendel are also called in.
"Why is the hatchery dying? What did you do?" Asks the Colonel.
"We were entering the quarantine zone to take out larvae for study, then even before we got out, the health of the hatchery started dropping. At first we thought it was natural fluctuation, but after a while its health kept dropping." Says the Director.
"Do you think it is natural?" Asks the Colonel.
"Normal hatcheries don't die. Even idle larvae doesn't die. They just sit there. So no, I don't think this is natural."
"What is causing this? Is it some kind of biological infection?" Asks Wendel.
"If this is biological then this is great news, because we have a biological weapon against Zerg. But no I don't think so. See the lacerations? They weren't there this morning."
"We are not losing it, is there any way to boost its health?" Ask the Colonel.
"There is nothing we can do. Zerg hatcheries, like any other Zergs, heal naturally. There is no other way to boost its health"
"Command Centre, I need a comsat on my location." Asks Wendel, he thinks he may know why.
"Roger that, marking cloaked units on your HUD."
The scan immediately reveals a Dark Templar hacking away at the Hatchery.
"Guards, immediately enter the quarantine area and engage the Dark Templars, I want continues comsat coverage on the hatchery." Orders the Colonel. "Any available marine, I want you to converge inside the quarantine area and engage Dark Templars and Dark Templars ONLY."
"***Roger that.***"
Two guards standing outside the hatchery immediately enter and start shooting at the Dark Templar, but the Dark Templar is ignoring the marines and keep hacking away at the Hatchery. Finally, a large group of marines arrive. As soon as they enter the quarantine area with the Hatchery. The Dark Templar is suddenly gone. The hatchery survives the assassination attempt.
"WHAT?" Wendel shouts, he can't believe it. "Command Centre, I thought the Colonel said continuous comsat on the hatchery."
"***We have done as the Colonel asked, sir.***"
"The Protoss probably use the Recall ability." The Colonel is not surprised. "We have reports that the Protoss unit we called the Arbiter can teleport any unit to its location. The Arbiter probably teleport those two Dark Templars to its location."
"Can we track him?" Asks Wendel.
"No." Answers the Colonel. "But how did he get into the base?"
"Given the new Protoss unit type we have seen, they may have used some kind of ability we have not heard of to enter the base." The Director immediately volunteers her opinion.
"Then why didn't the Protoss just wipe us out? It seems they are only specifically after the Hatchery." Says the Colonel. "Base Commander, I want patrol outside the hatchery at all times."
"***Roger that.***" Says a voice on the comm.
"Is the hatchery stabilising?" Asks Wendel.
"Yes, its health is not dropping any more." Answers the Director.
"***Sir we have just detected a massive energy spike about 15 clicks east of here. Scan indicates it is from an unknown massive hovering platform. Scan also indicated there are cloaked structures near that massive platform.***" Says a voice on comm.
"We have finally found the Protoss base." The Colonel is delighted.