Hellfyre Squad
I do not own StarCraft
As we banked behind the pillars the blasts of the fighters rocked the
pillars. "Crap" I announced over the COM system. "I hear you," the Ghost
announced. We seemed to have no luck. An Idea occurred to me. If we could
topple these pillars on the fleet, they would be wiped out. I scanned the
surface and found almost identical cracks in each. "Hey, I have a plan".
"Quick tell me before we're scrap metal". "If we fire the missiles into the
cracks of these pillars they should fall and wipe out the Terrans". "Aye,
but." "Listen, we don't have a choice. If they catch us we'll die and if we
kill them we die later." You couldn't really argue with that logic so I
sent him the location of the cracks. "Fire on my command". "FIRE" I
proclaimed and we both fired our missiles into the crevices. The rock
didn't move for a second and they began to slide. I saw the Wraith's
beginning to move but it was too late. The rocks fell and struck the
Wraiths. Shrapnel from the rock pierced the front screens of the
BattleCruisers and flew threw the ship. Ricochets from the shrapnel
shredded everyone on the ship. There were eight BattleCruisers in all that
actually remained. Yet they remained hovering. My Scout had been outfitted
with energy ropes that could latch onto all hulls. I launched them at the
BattleCruisers and they stuck on the hulls. I punched my engines but I was
too slow. It would take me several hours to get back to the mineral patch.
I ordered the Ghost to go forward. "You know, my name is Seth". "K Seth". I
tucked myself into the seat and closed my eyes. I began to meditate. My
mind closed back in on itself. Then, I opened my eyes and I was just over
the mineral patch. I lowered myself and that lowered the BattleCruisers.
They landed with a thump and soon dust was settling on their hulls. I
slowly exited my Scout and saw a Nexus just finishing warping in. The
Khayadarin crystal on top glowed an eerie red. "That isn't usual," I said.
I walked into the Nexus and slowly strolled around. I committed the layout
to memory and walked back outside. I saw Seth ordering the probes around.
They were all gathering minerals so I walked over to him. I approached
silently so when I tapped him on the shoulder he leapt sky high. "I'll be
in the BattleCruisers if you need me. I walked into what obviously was the
Capitol Ship. I navigated my way with difficulty to the bridge. I walked
around the Command Deck brushing the unfamiliar controls. I accidentally
brushed a button and a screen came up. A 3D map came up. It showed the
position of all Terran forces. It appeared they were taking up position all
around the planet. Their plans were they were going to fire all their
Yamato cannons into the core of the planet. We had approximately 20 days
before they commenced planetary bombardment. I called up a ship layout and
found a top-secret lab. I tried to access info on it but I was locked out.
"Hey Seth, come take a look at this" I called out through the speakers. He
was there in moments and I showed him the lab. "Shall we check it out"? He
asked me. "Lets". I activated my Psi-Blades to light the way and we
proceeded. The walk was boring except for when we knocked our heads on the
beams. We reached the lab without losing out heads, literally. I punched
the panel and it slowly opened. "Nice" Seth answered dryly and we walked
in. In it we saw tubes and tubes full of all Terran and Protoss units. We
walked through the last security doors and what we saw made Seth wretch
onto the floor and made me turn purple. There were grossly deformed
creatures in all the tubes. They were inside out, had many holes in them
and were eaten through with worms. But in the last tube, however, there was
a perfectly formed Hybrid. "Should we let it out," I asked Seth. He had his
rifle pointed at the tube and I pressed the "Release" button. The fluid
drained from the tube and was drained out through the grill. The glass
retracted into the floor and it raised its head. "Looks like a creature
from those old shows called Pokemon". It had Hydralisks armour and it had
Psi-Blade outlets on its arms, knees, wrists, and feet. They activated and
a reddish colour bathed the entire cabin. It stood up at about my height.
"Who are you?" it queried. "I am Anubis and that is Seth," I answered him.
"I am Mars" Mars answered. "Nice to meet you" we all said simultaneously
and we all laughed slightly. "Do you wish to come with us?" I asked Mars
and he nodded. He deactivated his Psi-Blades and touched a blue belt around
his waist. His hand passed over a button and a grey liquid oozed over his
body. When it encompassed him it solidified to form impenetrable armour. It
took a step forward and stumbled. I knelt down along with Seth and braced
him. We walked forward slowly until we got to the dormitories. We laid him
down on a specially constructed bed and we waited until he went to sleep.
The mineral count was over 10 000 so we ordered the probes to build a Pylon
and Assimilator. When the Pylon was finished warping in, instead of
building a Gateway we built a barracks. For some reason, when we built the
barracks Marines fused with Zealots, Dragoons with Firebats, Dark Templars
with Ghosts and High Templars with Medics. We accessed the build menu of
the Probes and we saw that there were elevated bunkers, underground
bunkers, Fire Cannons that would shoot out massive streams of fire at
incoming enemies. We ordered the probes to build six Fire Cannons, Four
underground bunkers and six elevated bunkers. Seth walked back to Mars
while I walked to the other BattleCruisers. In each they all had the labs
but none held successful hybrids. I walked to the last one and saw it had
the most advanced technology seen in either Protoss or Terran culture. I
formed a psychic link with the computer and called up a diagram of the ship
and any recent developments. I saw on the screen, that with several
captured Scouts, they had been retrofitting them with better armour, better
air-air weapons and air-ground weapons. I downloaded the schematics and I
was almost out of the ship when an alarm went off. "Entity 3967 has escaped
from containment". I immediately activated my blades. I thought of going to
get Mars and Seth but thought I could handle this all-alone. I stealthily
slipped down the corridors until I heard the unmistakeable sound of an
Archon but it sounded different. I walked slowly, almost tip-toeing until I
could see. What I saw made we gaze it admiration, fear and also respect.
Standing there was a Zealot but instead of Psi Blades, it shot out bolts of
Psionic energy. It whirled to face me and rubbed the two outlets together.
I held my hands up to show I didn't have a weapon. She gazed thoughtfully
at me before sending a bolt of pure energy toward me. I plunged my hand
into the power socket to power my shields. It struck me so hard my hand was
wrenched out of the power socket and I was thrown down the corridor. I
slammed into a wall and was blasted through it. I gazed around at the place
I was in and saw many modified Zealot combat suits, Terran Combat Suits,
Photonix Gauss rifle that would send a shot that could paralyse any hybrid
in seconds. It would also kill any unit, no matter the armour, size or
power. I put on the modified Ghost cloaking suit and over that the upgraded
Zealot armour. I stocked myself with weapons until I was very formidable.
Then, a Zergling charged at me. I raised my rifle and shot a dead shot
right between the eyes. It flew back to the hull and the image dissolved to
be replaced by the Zealot. I whistled mentally, the ultimate infiltration
unit could become any unit for infinite amount of time. "I walked up to it
and levelled all my weapons at its head. "Who are you?" I questioned her
and she replied by saying, "I am Entity 3967." "What is your real name"?
The hybrid seemed to wrestle with the answer until he told me. "My name is
Zera2". I waited for her to rise. When she did I motioned her to follow me
to the outside. "The. outside" she stammered, as she had never been
outside. "Yes" I answered with a definite note of finality to my voice.
When we got to the access hatch I saw Seth and Mars waiting there. "Anubis,
the Terrans have moved forward their schedule and will be firing in three
hours" Mars informed me. "Damn it. Lets load all the troops we can onto
Dropships, all the probes into the Capitol ship and all the minerals into
another BattleCruiser". "It wont be that easy" Seth remarked. A lone
Hydralisk had come in and destroyed the Nexus and all but one probe that
were on the ship. "Guys, I want you to meat Zera2". I pushed Zera2 forward
until they could all see him. He was brimming with energy and a faint blue
glow surrounded him. It was only a small drop to the ground by Protoss
standards, being only 10 feet so I jumped down and landed gracefully. Zera2
simply hovered down from the ship and settled gracefully. "Take we to the
rouge Hydralisk" I remarked. They had kept it in containment cell just near
the bunkers. I raised my rifle and pointed it at the Hydralisk. I was able
to understand it with my psychic augmentation. "My base was completely
wiped out by a massive offensive of hybrids. There were 600 in all" We were
all stunned by this knowledge. We had not known the Hybrids to be so
plentiful. "Are there any other survivors" I asked, frightened of the
answer. "Only six" and as he said this 1 Overlord drifted over and released
its cargo. In it were Four Devouring Ones, two Torrasques, and 1 drone. "We
only have ten minutes left before they commence firing, get everyone into
orbit now". I ran to my end ship and christened it the Monolith. I ignited
the engines and felt the ship beginning to rise. The engines cut and we
fell. "10 seconds until firing" I muttered to myself and tried the engines
again. They worked but I was unprepared for the sheer velocity of the ship.
We blew past the other ships and I was in orbit before I could say, "Holy
cow". That was the most extreme rush I ever had. I watched in anger as all
the Yamato cannons of the fleet charged up. I could do nothing to stop
them. My brother, the one who I hated with such vehemence but still loved,
was still on the planet. I heard the Hydralisk quietly sobbing but I left
him to his own. If we were to kill the Terran menace, the Hybrids, The
Protoss and the Zerg, we would have to learn adapt and fight.
On the next fic of Hellfyre Squad Anubis, Seth, the Hydralisk, Zera2 and mars accidentally wander into a galactic minefield and must survive against all odds and learn to trust one another.
On the next fic of Hellfyre Squad Anubis, Seth, the Hydralisk, Zera2 and mars accidentally wander into a galactic minefield and must survive against all odds and learn to trust one another.
