Killer
Instincts II: Attack of the Zerg
**Author`s note: Well, happy days
are here again, if you consider the fact that this is a bloody war. Ahem. Well, granted, my first
'Killer Instincts' was to much talk and too little fighting. This story is A
LOT better. Enjoy.**
"Attack!" cried Tassadar. The Zealots were simply running, hands outstretched, cutting any Zergs he could in half. A series of Explosions were set of by a group of Dragoons, and above it all, the faint yell of Zeratul could be heard. "Get out of the way, men!" Suddenly, a great flash ignited from the Norad II, and went sailing toward the Zergs. "Heh, I LOVE the Yamato cannon on this baby." Said Duke. "Now we can all calm down.." "Duke!" "huh?" "There are more Zerg underground! I can sense them!" "What the heck???" Almost in a tidal wave formation, A group of Hydralisk popped out of the ground, aiming toward the Norad II, and their heads all fell on to the ground. A group of Zealots appeared out of the swarm, Fenix being one of them. "Wow," He yelled up to Tassadar. " They were so bundled up tight that they couldn`t see us if we were standing next to them! Sort of like waiting for a Britney Spears concert- Oh wait, that would be empty, not full……" "SHUT UP!!!!! WE DON`T NEED METAPHORES!!!!!!" cried Mengsk, defiantly more irritated than usual. " Jeese, you`re as loud as someone talking through a megaphone!"
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After an hour, Fenix and Mengsk settled their differences when another group of Zerg, twice as large as the last, came at them full- force. The Marines had some casualties, but the High & Dark Templars came before too much damage was done.
"You two! Hold them off! Duke, send out the ghosts!" cried Tassadar over the roars of pain.
"Kerrigan and Duran as well?"
"YES!!!!"
"Listen, Tassadar. These Zerg are gonna be after us ghosts. Especially Duran and Myself. I don`t think.."
"Kerrigan! We`ll send an army of Dark Templars to protect the ghosts. And If All of you guys are cloaked, who knows how much damage you could do to the Zerg…."
"Ok!"
An army of Scouts were sent to distract their spore colonies, while the "C team" (cloaked team) destroyed them. Next were the Overlords. With all their dectectors gone, the C team moved about freely in the Hive clusters, destroying everything in sight. When Kerrigans cloaking power ran out, the Hydralisks came swarming, along with a Queen. "Good lord, They`re trying to infest Kerrigan." Thought Duke bitterly. "How are they gonna git us outta this one?" As if hearing him, an Arbiter destroyed the Queen, covered the Zerg attackers with a Statis Field, and cloaked Kerrigan. "Showoffs….."Mumbled Duke.
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Main Protoss Nexus, 3:14 P.M.
"Now yur jus being stupid, goin on with this." Said a relaxing marine.
"If it`s the only way to destroy the overmind, then I must go on with it." Replied Zeratul, lowering his voice to a half whisper.
"But why do ya wanna kill yourself drivin` that 'Gantathor' thing into the Overmind?"
"It`s the only way.."
"Zeratul. This is Artanis. Pardon my rudeness, but I overheard your conversation. You don`t need to do that! The attack is going fine, we`re holding off the colonies, planning how to attack the overmind.."
"You must Destroy the cerebrates first, and to do it your way, you`d need the power of the dark templar."
"We`ve got dark templar! We only lost about 5 in the fight!"
"Fine. I`ll be over to help."
After Artanis signed off, Zeratul turned to the Marine. "How long are you going to sit there?"
"I dunno."
Just then, Fenix sent a message. "He`s like a frog on a log!"
Zeratul and the Marine stared at him, blank expressions on their faces.
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BATTLE GROUNDS : 3:30 P.M.
After countless efforts, the Dark templar could not locate the Overmind. Their observers had picked up all the Cerebrates, and they were destroyed. However many times the overmind was located, it would locate the observer, and have it`s minions destroy it. An entire army of Dragoons, Zealots, Scouts, Dark and High Templars, Arbiters, Corsairs, Shuttles containing Archons and Dark Archons were sent to attack the overmind. Tassadar was leading in Gantrithor, and the Terrans were being escorted by Shuttles, along by moving by foot. The Marines seemed to be coming up with complaint after complaint.
"When are we actually gonna find the Zerg?"
"You won`t have to wait long…." Replied Tassadar. " LOOK AHEAD!!!"
A giant swarm of Zerg came charging at them, obviously guarding the Overmind.
Zeratul screamed over the roar of fear: " Listen! The cloaked units and scouts will run past to destroy the Overmind! You guys hold them back!"
"This plan is like.." began Fenix, but Duke cut him off.
"FENIX!! SHUT UP WITH THE METAFORES!!!!!!"
A raging battle began, sending them all into a swirling vision of blue. No one could see what they were doing, and they could only rely on and trust their instincts. After the overmind had taken Serious damage, it began to heal itself at a rapid rate, and Zeratul learned about the two hidden Cerebrates: Zasz and Daggoth. In the battle, The Overmind and Zeratul touched mind links. However, The Overmind did not notice that Artanis was reading his mind too……………..
With the Protoss fleet on their way to get Zasz and Daggoth, they forgot to keep the Overmind under control, as he healed himself, growing stronger every second…….
Zasz and Daggoth`s hideaway, 5:00
P.M.
The protoss fleet didn`t know the Terrans had already know about Zasz and Daggoth. After a while, when Zeratul calmed down and stopped yelling at Mengsk for not telling him, they finally got their men together, and moved in for the attack. Zasz was hidden among a forest of trees taller than redwoods. He was quickly eliminated, but they had a little more trouble locating Daggoth. An observer spotted him beyond a deep ocean, but was destroyed. When the Norad II and Gantrithor arrived, they were attacked by Hydralisks. Luckily, the shuttles dropped off an army of Zealots. Once Daggoth was destroyed, he came back. So did Zasz. Without the Dark Templar, their attacks were useless. They simply left to get Zeratul. They all hoped that their next assult on the cerebrates would more successful.