StarCraft: Kerrigan's Child

Chapter 49

VALERIAN'S PALACE

The soon to be crowned new emperor of the Dominion was now in his room one hand was holding his head as he had just seen the image of his father in his infested form that was displayed on the computer screen in his room, the expression on his was hard to read as he knew his father needed to be stopped but was infestation the answer or was Sarah planning on doing something else after the infestation. Just looking at the image that Jim had sent him was enough to see that his father's madness was now reflected in his very own flesh, "We all get our justice sooner or later" he whispered as looking at the image was enough to know that his father had paid for his crimes that he committed under his delusion.

Looking at the infested form of his father Valerian understood that Sarah no matter infested or not she would still have vengeance on Mengsk, "This just gets better and better" he thought before he brought up reports on how the city was being repaired and how the progress of the populace returning to their homes was going, damage to the city wasn't that high or severe but a lot places still had some residual Baneling ooze, Hydralisk spines lodged in places and then there was the many corpses of Zerg that had fallen during the battle inside the city. "It will take at least a week maybe two before everyone can return to their homes and then it will be longer before the fleets are back to full strength, Thank heaven that the Gestalts were only unconscious they can be made to follow my orders, the Warbot Factory was powered down" Valerian recounted what he had summarise from looking at the reports but also what the Spectre teams that had infiltrated the two facilities had told him and Matt when they were giving their report.

"It will be some time before we can prepare ourselves for fighting against these Fallen One's Hybrids and then the Fallen One itself" Valerian spoke annoyed, that all the problems that Mengsk had he was now dealing with, but that didn't stop his resolve "I will be a better emperor then he ever could and more" he spoke assuring himself that he could do it and that will stop at nothing to make sure that he would be a fair emperor to everyone. "But for now I need to work on the current problems before I can focus on the greater ones" Valerian thought as he began to start creating plans to solve the problems, taking another look at his Mengsk's infested form looking at the glowing eyes that held no emotion, no sense of personality was left after his infestation, his face held no expression as it was waiting for someone to order him. The sight just made Valerian value his own life and that he would never turn on Sarah and make the same mistake that his father had made, for which he is paying for now and will keep paying for until Sarah decides to kill him for all the things that had happened to her and her family.

HYPERION CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS

Matt was sitting at his desk looking at his computer screen as he had also received the image that Jim sent to Valerian and he too was looking horrified at Mengsk's infested form was, "This is" Matt was lost for words at seeing the former emperor in the state he was in, what Matt saw was what awaited anyone who had done anything to her but deep down Matt knew this fate was for and only for Mengsk, as he was a threat to both Sarah and Jim but also an even greater threat to Lilith. "My god" was all he could say as just looking at the image made him feel uneasy, Looking away from the image Matt went over to other reports of what survive the Invasion, so far over half of both the Raiders and the Mercenaries had perished and yet the Raiders who died knew that they might not make it back as this invasion had ended it all.

Thinking back to the offer that Valerian had purpose Matt had asked the Raiders of their opinion on the matter, but many still had a deep hatred for the Dominion from doing something against their homes or something against their families which was the most common case that each Raider had, "And yet they are agreed that it would be better to ally themselves with the Dominion as we need a place inside the new government, to make sure that another Mengsk doesn't happen again" he spoke to himself with a surprised tone as he wasn't thinking that they would agree to it, just remembering when he had pitched the idea to them and back then he thought of them agreeing was a shot in a dark.

FLASHBACK

Matt was looking as the surviving Raiders had gathered in the Cantina he waited until everyone was gathered, "Alright since we are all here we can get started on what I want to discuss" Matt spoke which Mira was off to the side watching it all, "Valerian has purposed an offer to me which I want to get your opinions on as it concerns the Raiders as a whole" Matt continued, seeing that some of the raiders were now chatting to themselves discussing should they or shouldn't listen to the offer and outright reject, "The offer that Valerian has purposed is that we become an ally of Dominion but we only talk with him in regards to missions he wants us to take" Matt spoke watching as the raiders all had different looks on their faces, some of them had looks of anger, some had looks of caution and other had looks of curiosity as they can't be too careful of what the Dominion can do. Tosh and Nova watched as they knew that Mengsk was now dealt with but were concerned about Valerian's offer.

FLASHBACK END

In the end it all came down to a vote which ended in the they would all try it see how it goes, as some of them wanted to see how Valerian runs the Dominion since his succession to the throne, After the meeting in the Cantina Mira left to her mercenaries to head back to dead man port after giving Matt a very special goodbye hug, which left him stiff for a little while before he came to his Quarters feeling like a storm had just passed by, "I just hope that we made the right decision If not then help us all.

SARAH AND JIM'S HIVE CLUSTER

Inside the Hive Sarah and Jim were preparing themselves to hunt down Mengsk Hunter Killers had gathered ready to go after recovering from the Psionic scream, Devouring One Zerglings had gathered as well along with the Albino Zergling which just took it place next to the Devouring Ones, Sarah was checking her new rifle that she had gotten from the Spectres that had Jim asked to deliver the Image of Mengsk to Matt and Valerian. Jim was looking outside the window to see the sun that was in the sky sending its light down on the city, he chuckled in his head as a thought came to him "The dawn of a new age" he thought before he looked to the ground to see the gathered Zerg waiting for their orders, looking towards the bed he saw that Lilith was sitting on the edge swinging her legs with nothing else to do, he turned to face Sarah as she just finished checking her new rifle, "Are we bringing Lilith with us Sarah?" Jim asked mentally worried that being away from Lilith would make her feel like she is alone.

"I think we should take her with us, She needs to stretch her legs she has been stuck inside the Hive since we arrived here, it wouldn't hurt to for her to look around while we find and then kill Mengsk" Sarah explained, she too wanted her daughter to see more then the inside of a Hive or the surface of Char, "Ok then we should get started soon" Jim said which Sarah nodded as he walked over to Lilith who looked up from watching her legs swinging, "Sweetie do you feel bored staying inside the Hive for so long?" Jim asked looking at Lilith who nodded as her response as she wanted to get out of the Hive.

Sarah watched the response that Lilith had given her father and walked over to the two of before kneeling down to look Lilith in the eyes, "Sweetie we are going to be hunting down Mengsk, so stay close to us and don't run off" Sarah spoke seriously and with a hint of worry in her voice. Lilith heard what her mother had said and smiled "I will Mommy, I will stay with you" Lilith spoke with a cheery voice getting Sarah and Jim to smile, "And with this we can teach her that once we have started something we don't stop til we finish it" Sarah thought as her vengeance was only half done, infesting Mengsk was one part of it she would leave him infested and without free will for a while, before she would end his life but because that psionic scream had freed Mengsk from her controlled she had to move forward with his death earlier then what she wanted.

"Ok now why don't we get going the sooner we get this done we can go home" Jim said which Lilith looked at him with a very happy smile, "Yay" she cheered while Sarah was smiling she also wanted to return to Char just to rest from all that has happened, once Mengsk dead then she could feel kind of relief from all that he had done to her.

WESTERN AREA OUTSIDE OF AUGUSTGRAD

Mengsk kept moving since he had escaped from the Hive Cluster but he now realised how much distance he had moved from Hive, "It must be the Virus" he thought as he noticed his legs could run at a faster pace than when he was fully human and his arms had more strength behind them, "Damn you Bitch" he cursed Sarah as he was no longer human the one thing under his impression he could save the entire race, the Zerg and the Protoss in his eyes were all enemies that should be wiped out for the continuing existence of the human race, his entire work was to get rid of Sarah so that without the Queen of Blades the Zerg would be disorganised and easy to exterminate, he would then focus on the Protoss and once he has ensure that Humanity is safe he would stop.

But now he couldn't do anything to it now but he knew one thing "Once she finds me I will do anything I can to kill her" Mengsk spoke to himself still crazed and now further insane, as how can he defeat someone who leads the Zerg has the highest psi level know to humanity, He could do nothing against her not now that he has lost any chance of commanding any of his forces.

Looking ahead of him he saw an old bunker that was propoably used when the UED was attacking Korhal to capture Mengsk, running towards the bunker which was built near a stone wall he walked in to see there were still weapons inside, a un corroded Gauss rifle with a full ammunition box next to it, "It's a start" he spoke to himself where he closed the bunkers door behind him and sat down trying to think of something that could help him.

OUTSIDE SARAH AND JIM'S HIVE

After having everything ready the Hunter Killers and Devouring One were gathered around Sarah and Jim who had Lilith on his shoulders, the Albino Zergling was walking beside them as like a pet would to its master "So which way Sarah?" Jim asked as Sarah took a moment to close her eyes and sense for Mengsk's life force, opening her eyes she looked ahead before her gaze turned to the left "That way" Sarah answered to which Jim looked that way as well while Lilith was excited that she would be getting to see something other the inside of a Hive. The group started to move towards where Mengsk was by Sarah's direction the Devouring One Zerglings were in the front, the Hunter Killer was behind Sarah and Jim and the Albino Zergling was to the left of Jim causally walking with the group. Jim looked to the sky seeing the sun was a few hours away from the midday position he couldn't help but feel happy that once Mengsk is dead, he and Sarah could prepare for the Fallen One and train Lilith more and spending time with her, no matter what Mengsk was going to die today and nothing could possible stop it whatever had freed Mengsk wasn't going to interfere again he was sure of that.