StarCraft: Kerrigan's Child

Chapter 35

KERRIGAN'S LEVITHIAN

As the newly reformed Swarm was moving towards the meeting point where the Raiders and Mira's Mercenaries gathered at readying themselves for the invasion, Sarah stood in her chamber looking to see the numerous Mutalisks, Scourge and Brood lords all flying closely to the Levithians and Overlords. "This will put an end to my past once and for all" Sarah thought as she looked behind her to look at Jim with Lilith on his lap both of them were smiling, she knew that they were talking telepathically as she could hear faint whispers from the link between her and Jim, "If the Information is accurate then Mengsk will have a weaken defence, which will make our time easier" Sarah thought as in her soul all the atrocity's that she committed would be washed away after this invasion.

"After this we can then focus on the Fallen One" she thought as the Fallen One and his Hybrids are the real threat and yet if they were to be stop, then the Dominion, the Zerg and the Protoss would be need to be rallied together to stop them, although the prophecy that Jim told her about concerns all three of them being saviours that defeat the Fallen One, "I don't want to put Lilith in any sort of danger" Sarah whispered quietly and sadly her mood changing from the satisfaction of her vengeance to the motherly worry of her daughter. Jim had stood up and walked towards where Sarah was with Lilith on his shoulders, "You ok Sarah?" Jim asked comforting as he entwined his hand with hers which got her to look at him with a small smile, "I'm alright Jim I was just thinking about some things" Sarah answered before her eyes went to her daughter, "Sweetie come here" Sarah spoke softly as she moved the hand that Jim was holding away and brought both hands to pull Lilith of her father's shoulders, "What's wrong mommy?" Lilith asked worried as she was brought for a close hug to her mother, Jim saw that Sarah had her chin just above Lilith's right shoulder while Lilith's head was on her mother's shoulder, Jim then witnessed one thing that he hated most of all, tears were falling from Sarah's eyes hitting the creep floor of the chamber.

Sarah tightly hugged her daughter as if she let go Lilith would get hurt "Mommy why are you crying?" Lilith asked using her sweet voice which made her mother look at her, "It's nothing Sweetie it's just I wanted a hug" Sarah answered her daughter although the tears still falling from her eyes, Jim came up to them and placed a hand on Sarah's back trying to calm her "What's wrong Sarah?" Jim spoke through the link worried and concerned as he knew she would cry when it's something that truly makes her scared, "I'm just scared that she will get hurt Jim she already has been and I don't want that to happen again" Sarah answered with her motherly instincts speaking for herself as the memories she had of Lilith in pain were both a source of strength to protect and source of fear.

"It's alright Sarah remember what we promised?" Jim asked referring to time after the ghost had taken Lilith hostage, Sarah remembered to the night that both of them stay awake never falling asleep waiting for their little girl to wake up from her trauma, "We promised that we would always protect her no matter what nothing would stand in our way" Sarah answered with realisation as she now felt a bit calmer, "It will be alright" Jim reassured her as she started to calm down, she looked down at Lilith to see she had been crying when she was talking to Jim "Shh Sweetie calm down" Sarah spoke warmly despite having dried tears on her face as she brushed Lilith's back, "I can't Mommy whenever I see you crying it makes sad" Lilith said still with tears flowing out of her eyes as she buried her face into her mother's shoulder.

"Sweetie please don't cry" Sarah spoke using every ounce of warmth and love in her voice to calm her daughter down, Lilith continued to sob into her mother's shoulder as Jim placed his hands on Sarah's shoulders and led her to the mattress, Making her sit on it with him beside her as they then together soothed their daughter so she would stop crying.

KHORHOL MENGSK'S PALACE

Mengsk sat in his study looking over a computer monitor that had camera views to four areas, three of them showed laboratory chambers that a lot of pods while the last camera show an area where there was men training against each other, "It was useful to have the Gestalt Revival Project, we still had DNA samples of Gestalt Zero after the Protoss implants were given to him, From that we just cloned him giving me powerful soldiers" he boasted as after Gestalt Zero had disappeared he had Scientists return to the lab although destroyed there was some samples of Gestalt Zero's that survived and from then on the research and cloning of the samples was moved to Khorhol.

"Although the these ones would be more adverse in using a more verity of weapons" Mengsk thought as having his Cloned Gestalts using only the weapons of a ghost would make them in-effective against more stronger targets. The camera showing the training grounds saw as two gestalts were really fighting each other in hand-to-hand combat going like they would kill each other, "That's it train harder once your done conquer this sector for me" Mengsk spoke at the monitor as he sipped his alcohol again, he was looking worse than before his face was pale and his eyes was blood shot obviously not having sleeping correctly. Since with all the added pressure of both the people turning on him in favour for his son and the fact that the nightmare of both Jim and Sarah coming to get him and torture him in the most gruesome way imaginable.

The skies above Khorhol were starting to get cloudy as it seemed that a storm was fast approaching and it was going to stay for a long time, "Such ominous clouds" he thought before he went back to his computer monitor aside from showing the Gestalt training grounds it also showed the construction rooms for a factory producing A.R.E.S Warbots that he had some on his Hybrid Facility on Castanaar. "I will make sure they show both that bitch and that bastard are going to be both run into the ground and burnt to ashes as I take over this sector" Mengsk spoke out in deluded confidence as he was both drunk and climbing ever so closer to insanity.

RENDEZVOUS POINT RAIDERS AND THE ZERG SWARM 1 HOUR LATER

As everyone was gathered Raiders and Mercenaries on one side and the Swarm on the other side, Matt stood on the bridge watching at the size of the Swarm that Jim and Sarah had amassed for the invasion, "Sir the Zerg swarm has arrived and is staying put" Matt heard an officer say as he then saw Jim's face appear on the communication screen, "Hey Matt good to see you again" Jim spoke cheerful as Matt smiled "That makes two of us" Matt said smiling before Mira appeared in view for Jim to see, "Nice to see you again Jim you changed last I saw you" Mira spoke obviously referring to his now infested status, "I know hopefully Matt told you what happened to me?" Jim asked as he watched Mira nodded "he also tells me that you have a child as well as rescuing the Queen of Blades?" Mira asked wanting to see it for herself.

"Sarah" Jim called out for her to came him while she still had Lilith in her arms sleeping soundly, "Yes Jim?" she came into view for both Matt and Mira to see both her and Lilith, "I see its true" Mira spoke surprised that what Matt told her was true she could see that Sarah was no longer the Queen of Blades and yet was holding a child in her arms. Jim then took the initiative to get straight to business "I know we have a lots of things to ask but we need to get go over our plans" Jim stated which Matt nodded as he then began to bring up the file that Valerian had sent him and shut the connection down, Jim and Sarah both read the contents of the file from Jim's wrist computer looking for anything that they needed to prepare and plan for, their reading was interrupted as a small groan escaped Lilith's mouth as she moved a little in her mother's arms before she opened her eyes and stretched her arms out.

"Hey Sweetie did you sleep alright?" Jim asked his daughter who just looked at him and nodded her head, he could see that there were still traces of dried tears on her face, before she placed her head back on her mother's shoulder, "Mommy are you alright now?" Lilith whispered as her mother turned her face to Lilith's ear "Yes I am now Sweetie" Sarah spoke softly before she kissed Lilith on the head before she returned to read the information. Jim watched as them and smiled which Sarah smiled back as they continued to go over the information, before they would start to devise plan of attack and then convene it to Matt and Mira for their forces to be included, "I have a bad feeling about this Jim" Sarah asked through the link which Jim agreed "I know I feel it too, Mengsk is got to have some kind of tricks up his sleeves" he responded as he continued to read over the information.

Matt was still on the bridge while everyone else was doing everything to prepare themselves, Swann was making sure that all the equipment and vehicles were in top performances, Stetmen was checking over his research specimens seeing if any break throughs were made, Tosh had been planning and organising his spectre brothers and sisters to target certain targets around the Palace since he had already broken into it how hard would it be to do it again. Mira's forces were in the same stage of preparation as the Raiders as they knew something was big was about to happen, Mira was both happy that she would be with Matt and help with this invasion against Mengsk.

2 HOURS LATER

After having gone over the information Jim and Sarah had planned out their strategy which they left gaps so that Matt and Mira could fill with their forces, "Ok now that is done we should start to make final checks before we head out as we cannot be reckless, this invasion must succeed" Jim spoke to Matt and Mira on his wrist computer with Sarah standing beside him, while Lilith was standing with her parents listening to what they were talking about "Of course, now everything is ready on our end we just need a few checks and then we can warp jump to Khorhol, whatever is left of the Dominion Fleet would probably be spread out so that they could cover more space" Matt guessed which Mira agreed, "Well we are almost ready just getting the consensus of the Brood Mothers before we move" Jim stated as he then turned to look at Sarah who then smiled at him, "They approve" she spoke as she had just gotten the message.

"Ok then Matt follow us after we have gone" Jim said which Matt nodded his head which the communication monitor went blank, "Ok let's go Sarah" Jim spoke with a confidence to her as she nodded. From the view of Hyperion and Mira's Mercenaries everyone watch as a warp rift was suddenly created and how the reunited Swarm began to move to the rift being transported to the other side. Once the last Zerg had made it through the rift it closed which made Matt decide it was time, "Alright everyone prepare for warp jump tell the others and wait for my signal" Matt ordered as everyone prepared themselves for the warp jump, Mira watched as Matt was looking at his watch waiting for the right second "Now!" Matt said which Hyperion jumped to warp with Mira's Mercenaries behind everyone heading to Khorhol and the Fall of Mengsk.