He had aidded in the assimilation of countless races. He was immortal, he could not die! But as the Protoss weapon cut into him again, he felt it's engergies distupt his thoughts, his nerv patterns and worest of all his control over his Brood faultered with each blow. This was unlike any injuiry he had ever felt before. He had been 'killed' before. Other races had attempted to strike down that which was immortal and failed. But this one was different.
Zasz had mentally laughed when he sensed the lone Protoss warrior under some unknown type of clook enter his hive cluster. The spore cloneies and Over Lords had sensed him easily. Zasz had set in his path a few Zerglings and had the suken colonies attack the assasin, enough to convice the Protoss the battle was real.
He wanted to see his face when he reincarnated before the alien's eyes, just before he sent a full platoon of Ultrlisks and Mutilisks to exacute him.
But this one was different! His power reminded him so of the Overmind it had temparly confused him. That moment was too long.
He ordered his Brood on mass to protect him, to save him. But they could not hear his commands. For Zasz, it was not so much like an army disobeying, but like his limbs failing to fuction!
The other Broods! But Draggooth and his 'Tiamat' Brood were persuning the Terran Dominon forces and Aque's 'Jornungand' Brood was engaging the Protoss. Other others were on other worlds, away from the Zerg home world of Char. Seeking out the Protoss home world.
Damn Kerrigan! It was a mistake to assemilate her into the Swarm and leave her with as much free will as a Cerabrate! He told her there was something different about the High Protross Templar Tassadar son of Adun! Why did not he realize the same of this one! Now Wque her ever faithful body gaurd and his Brood stood by her side and struck at the Protoss forces. It had been a trick to leave him vunrable.
He felt pain, for the first time when injuired he felt pain, he had never experinced it personally, only though the senses of his spawn. It was almost as unplesant as warp travel he though ideally.
It could not end this way! Not helpless, with no worth to the Overmind!
Then a thought struck Zasz, one of his last as his blood poured over the 'creep.'
THe Pross was so close, if only he could read it's mind for a moment, just a moment before he died.
The Protoss sensd his thoughts as well and saw the grand sceam of the Swarm.
So be it. It mattered not. But as the blade of thought pirced his heard he found it! Auir. That was the name Protoss home planet. He found the location and sent the knowlage to Overmind.
It was done! Even if he died it did not matter now! The Sawrm would consume Auir, and the Protoss. And at long last, the Swarm would be- perfect !And the Xel' Nega's, (their creators of the Zerg and the Protoss, who had been made one too with the Swarm,) ultimate goal would be complete! Perfection of a speices.
Zasz laughed as final oblivion took him, let Karrigan be a fool and Aque with her. Let himself be slayen.
~Zeratul.~ the name of his killer he learned and said, Today you win nothing! Live and die for the Swarm!~ Zasz mentally bellowed.
~Then die monster.~ Spoke the Dark Templar as the nothingness at last took the Cerebrate.
