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Final Fantasy: Legends of the Zerg Invasion
By: Dark Templar Thrash
Chapter 9: Battle Plans
As the heroes of AVALANCHE and the Brood War settled in, introductions were made. Afterwards, Zeratul went into his explanation of the situation.
"The area we have come from has been in turmoil for sometime now," the Praetor of the Dark Templar began. "No one is quite sure how it began, but suffice it to say that the Terrans were attacked by the Zerg, an insectoid race of conquerors ruled by a malevolent consciousness known as the Overmind. The Protoss and the Terrans eventually overcame certain differences to destroy the Overmind. After it was destroyed, however, an infested Terran named Sarah Kerrigan came to control the Zerg swarm. Eventually she wound up destroying nearly all Terran presence from the sector, and decimating the Protoss forces as well. It was around this time that we detected the rift, and came through to warn whoever was on the other side about the imminent danger that Kerrigan and her swarm poses. Now the Queen of Blades seems to have her sights set on coming through the rift and conquering this planet."
"Well, AVALANCHE certainly won't allow her to do that," Cloud said. "We faced down Sephiroth and Meteor, a few bugs won't be much of a problem."
"Ewwwww....bugs," Yuffie commented.
"You know, Terran scientists said the same thing when the first came across the Zerg...well, except for that part about Sephiroth and a meteor," Raynor said with a hint of annoyance. "It doesn't pay to be overconfident with these things...they're tough and they don't stop coming, and they have an almost endless supply of them."
"Hmmm...you say an almost endless supply?" Red XIII asked calmly.
"Yeah, it can seem that way. They reproduce very quickly."
"Well, jus' how quickly is quickly?" Barret asked, not so calmly.
"From a single drone, the Zerg can become a full colony with a full complement of warriors, support troops and support structures in a matter of days," Zeratul said.
"Well, they haven't shown up yet, so we might have some time to prepare for them, right?" Cait Sith asked, not even as calmly as Barret.
"Excuse me, Commander?" An ensign came in white as a sheet. "Sensors have detected a small scouting sortie of Zerg..."
"Leave it to the Marshmallow to jynx things...." quipped Yuffie.
"Wonderful," sarcasmed Raynor. "What are we looking at?"
"Well, like I said sir, it a small sortie...3 Mutalisks, an Overlord, and a Guardian."
"Hmmm, you're right, that isn't that much at all...unless the Overlord is full of Zerglings. All right, thank you Ensign. Have Captain Vermel assemble 3 Wraiths of his choosing, and have Lt. Commander Hayes accompany them in her Valkyrie."
"Aye aye sir," the ensign said, and saluted and left.
"So those things are here???" Tifa asked, not calm at all.
"It appears that Kerrigan is attempting to find out what defenses are in place here to prevent her from coming through," Zeratul said.
"Well, why don't you let us take care of those things?" Cloud asked. "I mean, it doesn't sound like much, I'm pretty sure Barret, Vincent, and I can take them."
"Hold the phone a second, you honestly think that you can take those things?" Raynor asked incredulously. "Wraiths have trouble with Mutalisks sometimes, that's why I sent out the Valkyrie..."
"Listen, I don't know what these Wraith things are, but we can TAKE THEM," Cid stated through gritted teeth. "If I can take down a Dark Dragon by myself, we can take those things as a team."
"Alright, it's your funeral...Ensign?"
An ensign comes from the adjacent room. "Yes Commander?"
"Are Captain Vermel and Lt. Commander Hayes ready?"
"Aye, sir, awaiting your orders."
"Have them set out, but hang back and don't let the Zerg see them. Prepare a Dropship for Cloud and his friends here, and have it drop them off 100 meters behind the Zerg. We're going to let them get first crack at them; if they run into trouble, have Vermel and Hayes take over."
"Aye sir." The ensign left to deliver the orders.
"There, satisfied? Now, a few pointers..."
Raynor was interrupted by a fairly tall boy knocking on his door. He was teenage, that was certain. He had a yellow bandana with black spots all over it, a large traveling backpack with an oversized red cocktail parasol slung across it, a magnificent pair of fangs, and a lost expression on his face.
"Um, excuse me, would you happen to know the way to the Tendo Dojo in Nerima? I'm sort of lost..." the fanged lad asked uncertainly.
Everybody just stared at him. Then Yuffie broke the silence. "What's a Nerima?"
"Oh, you guys are lost too...alright, sorry to bother you. Curse you, Ranma, I'll get you somehow..." the Eternal Lost Boy, Ryoga Hibiki, said as he walked away.
"Now where the hell did HE come from??" Raynor said, for the first time since he arrived at this planet losing his cool.
Chapter 10: The First Skirmish
"Man, those things are ugly," Cid said with a disgusted look on his face.
"Yeah, you said it. How are we going to take them down?" Tifa asked.
Well, they're all flying, so long-range weapons and magic it is. Vincent, Barret, and Yuffie take the front line. Red, you're the healer. Everbody else, strongest attack magic and Limit Breaks when you have them. Got it?" Cloud commanded.
"Sounds good to me. Now, let's go tear them a new....whatever they have," Barret tried for a witty rejoinder, but failed.
As they came up on the group, the Overlord was the first to notice them. He slowly turned and began to decend to ground level. In the meantime, the Mutalisks and Guardian turned and began to fire on our heroes.
"Whoa!! Watch the big thing that looks like a crab, it packs a wallop!" Cloud said as he narrowly missed one of the Guardian's acid bombs. "Freeze!"
At this last word, snowflakes gently began to fall around the Guardian. They began to speed up and become larger, until the Guardian was encased in a huge ball of ice.
/That oughta take him out of the fight for a bit.../ thought Cloud to himself proudly.
Meanwhile, the long range fighters were having a bit of trouble with the Mutalisks. The Mutalisks and those pesky attack creatures they sent out would keep bouncing around, preventing Yuffie, Vincent, and Barret from getting in a hit edgewise. And as the Overlord finally set down...
"Shit! What the hell are THOSE things??" exclaimed Cid.
Four Zerglings and two Hydralisks piled out of the Overlord. They quickly scampered over to Tifa, Red, and Cid and began to attack.
"Alright, that's it...time to end this! ULTIMATE END!!!" shouted Cloud.
Quickly, AVALANCHE was swept away, and the Zerg scouting party was engulfed by 13 Knights of the Round summoned by Cloud to beat their ass. After two minutes of pounding, the Zerg were no more.
Back on the Hyperion, Raynor and Zeratul boggled. "What the hell was that?" Raynor asked, in shock. "You mean to tell me he took all those Zerg out by himself, with some sort of magic??"
"It would appear so. These natives are much more than they seem," Zeratul said, in less shock than his comrade, but still amazed by what he has just seen.
"You're telling me. We have to find some way to harness that power...if everyone could use that, Kerrigan would never be able to finish us," Raynor said.
***
"Hmmm....seems this won't be as easy as I thought it would be," mused Kerrigan. She had witnessed the whole thing through the eyes of the Overlord; she was fairly impressed by the power of AVALANCHE. "Looks like I'm going to have to pay them a visit myself..."
With a mental command, Kerrigan called her swarm. Billions of Zerg began to swarm the orbital platform she called home. They swarmed at her beck and call; they prepared to transport themselves to the unusual planet.
"Well, Jimmy, looks like I'm going to pay you a nice little housewarming visit. Hope you and Zeratul won't mind if I bring along a few guests of my own..." Kerrigan said darkly. And began to laugh. An inhuman, insane, wholly evil laugh that would send shivers up and down the spine of Satan himself.
Final Fantasy: Legends of the Zerg Invasion
By: Dark Templar Thrash
Chapter 9: Battle Plans
As the heroes of AVALANCHE and the Brood War settled in, introductions were made. Afterwards, Zeratul went into his explanation of the situation.
"The area we have come from has been in turmoil for sometime now," the Praetor of the Dark Templar began. "No one is quite sure how it began, but suffice it to say that the Terrans were attacked by the Zerg, an insectoid race of conquerors ruled by a malevolent consciousness known as the Overmind. The Protoss and the Terrans eventually overcame certain differences to destroy the Overmind. After it was destroyed, however, an infested Terran named Sarah Kerrigan came to control the Zerg swarm. Eventually she wound up destroying nearly all Terran presence from the sector, and decimating the Protoss forces as well. It was around this time that we detected the rift, and came through to warn whoever was on the other side about the imminent danger that Kerrigan and her swarm poses. Now the Queen of Blades seems to have her sights set on coming through the rift and conquering this planet."
"Well, AVALANCHE certainly won't allow her to do that," Cloud said. "We faced down Sephiroth and Meteor, a few bugs won't be much of a problem."
"Ewwwww....bugs," Yuffie commented.
"You know, Terran scientists said the same thing when the first came across the Zerg...well, except for that part about Sephiroth and a meteor," Raynor said with a hint of annoyance. "It doesn't pay to be overconfident with these things...they're tough and they don't stop coming, and they have an almost endless supply of them."
"Hmmm...you say an almost endless supply?" Red XIII asked calmly.
"Yeah, it can seem that way. They reproduce very quickly."
"Well, jus' how quickly is quickly?" Barret asked, not so calmly.
"From a single drone, the Zerg can become a full colony with a full complement of warriors, support troops and support structures in a matter of days," Zeratul said.
"Well, they haven't shown up yet, so we might have some time to prepare for them, right?" Cait Sith asked, not even as calmly as Barret.
"Excuse me, Commander?" An ensign came in white as a sheet. "Sensors have detected a small scouting sortie of Zerg..."
"Leave it to the Marshmallow to jynx things...." quipped Yuffie.
"Wonderful," sarcasmed Raynor. "What are we looking at?"
"Well, like I said sir, it a small sortie...3 Mutalisks, an Overlord, and a Guardian."
"Hmmm, you're right, that isn't that much at all...unless the Overlord is full of Zerglings. All right, thank you Ensign. Have Captain Vermel assemble 3 Wraiths of his choosing, and have Lt. Commander Hayes accompany them in her Valkyrie."
"Aye aye sir," the ensign said, and saluted and left.
"So those things are here???" Tifa asked, not calm at all.
"It appears that Kerrigan is attempting to find out what defenses are in place here to prevent her from coming through," Zeratul said.
"Well, why don't you let us take care of those things?" Cloud asked. "I mean, it doesn't sound like much, I'm pretty sure Barret, Vincent, and I can take them."
"Hold the phone a second, you honestly think that you can take those things?" Raynor asked incredulously. "Wraiths have trouble with Mutalisks sometimes, that's why I sent out the Valkyrie..."
"Listen, I don't know what these Wraith things are, but we can TAKE THEM," Cid stated through gritted teeth. "If I can take down a Dark Dragon by myself, we can take those things as a team."
"Alright, it's your funeral...Ensign?"
An ensign comes from the adjacent room. "Yes Commander?"
"Are Captain Vermel and Lt. Commander Hayes ready?"
"Aye, sir, awaiting your orders."
"Have them set out, but hang back and don't let the Zerg see them. Prepare a Dropship for Cloud and his friends here, and have it drop them off 100 meters behind the Zerg. We're going to let them get first crack at them; if they run into trouble, have Vermel and Hayes take over."
"Aye sir." The ensign left to deliver the orders.
"There, satisfied? Now, a few pointers..."
Raynor was interrupted by a fairly tall boy knocking on his door. He was teenage, that was certain. He had a yellow bandana with black spots all over it, a large traveling backpack with an oversized red cocktail parasol slung across it, a magnificent pair of fangs, and a lost expression on his face.
"Um, excuse me, would you happen to know the way to the Tendo Dojo in Nerima? I'm sort of lost..." the fanged lad asked uncertainly.
Everybody just stared at him. Then Yuffie broke the silence. "What's a Nerima?"
"Oh, you guys are lost too...alright, sorry to bother you. Curse you, Ranma, I'll get you somehow..." the Eternal Lost Boy, Ryoga Hibiki, said as he walked away.
"Now where the hell did HE come from??" Raynor said, for the first time since he arrived at this planet losing his cool.
Chapter 10: The First Skirmish
"Man, those things are ugly," Cid said with a disgusted look on his face.
"Yeah, you said it. How are we going to take them down?" Tifa asked.
Well, they're all flying, so long-range weapons and magic it is. Vincent, Barret, and Yuffie take the front line. Red, you're the healer. Everbody else, strongest attack magic and Limit Breaks when you have them. Got it?" Cloud commanded.
"Sounds good to me. Now, let's go tear them a new....whatever they have," Barret tried for a witty rejoinder, but failed.
As they came up on the group, the Overlord was the first to notice them. He slowly turned and began to decend to ground level. In the meantime, the Mutalisks and Guardian turned and began to fire on our heroes.
"Whoa!! Watch the big thing that looks like a crab, it packs a wallop!" Cloud said as he narrowly missed one of the Guardian's acid bombs. "Freeze!"
At this last word, snowflakes gently began to fall around the Guardian. They began to speed up and become larger, until the Guardian was encased in a huge ball of ice.
/That oughta take him out of the fight for a bit.../ thought Cloud to himself proudly.
Meanwhile, the long range fighters were having a bit of trouble with the Mutalisks. The Mutalisks and those pesky attack creatures they sent out would keep bouncing around, preventing Yuffie, Vincent, and Barret from getting in a hit edgewise. And as the Overlord finally set down...
"Shit! What the hell are THOSE things??" exclaimed Cid.
Four Zerglings and two Hydralisks piled out of the Overlord. They quickly scampered over to Tifa, Red, and Cid and began to attack.
"Alright, that's it...time to end this! ULTIMATE END!!!" shouted Cloud.
Quickly, AVALANCHE was swept away, and the Zerg scouting party was engulfed by 13 Knights of the Round summoned by Cloud to beat their ass. After two minutes of pounding, the Zerg were no more.
Back on the Hyperion, Raynor and Zeratul boggled. "What the hell was that?" Raynor asked, in shock. "You mean to tell me he took all those Zerg out by himself, with some sort of magic??"
"It would appear so. These natives are much more than they seem," Zeratul said, in less shock than his comrade, but still amazed by what he has just seen.
"You're telling me. We have to find some way to harness that power...if everyone could use that, Kerrigan would never be able to finish us," Raynor said.
***
"Hmmm....seems this won't be as easy as I thought it would be," mused Kerrigan. She had witnessed the whole thing through the eyes of the Overlord; she was fairly impressed by the power of AVALANCHE. "Looks like I'm going to have to pay them a visit myself..."
With a mental command, Kerrigan called her swarm. Billions of Zerg began to swarm the orbital platform she called home. They swarmed at her beck and call; they prepared to transport themselves to the unusual planet.
"Well, Jimmy, looks like I'm going to pay you a nice little housewarming visit. Hope you and Zeratul won't mind if I bring along a few guests of my own..." Kerrigan said darkly. And began to laugh. An inhuman, insane, wholly evil laugh that would send shivers up and down the spine of Satan himself.