---- Wraith Patrol Alpha Wing ----
"This is Alpha 3 to Alpha Leader. Do you see that down in the Zerg Base?"
"I see it Alpha 3, let's go in for a closer look. Alpha 9, radio command and tell them of the situation."
"I Copy lead."
Alpha Wing consisted of twelve Wraiths, whose job was keeping an eye on the Zerg base. This run was a little different than usual.
As the Squadron wheeled around for another run they saw a startling sight. Before their eyes a massive creature was boring a hole in the ground, at a startling rate. As the Squadron approached, the beast stopped and turned towards them. The Squad was confused at first, after all the swarm here should be under Terran control.
"Alpha 9 here. I just got word from the base, they don't know what it is but they do say they heard a strange noise, not too long ago. They advise caution."
One of the Squad members uttered a curse over the comm.
The Superior One looked at the Wraiths circling above him and wondered if they would attack or not. Little matter, they were a threat. The Superior One turned around and brought his bulk to face the squadron. From his back his four tendrils whipped out and slashed the wraiths. The first was cut right in two, with the pilot on the cut line. The doomed Wraith flew apart and hurtled to the ground, the pilot already dead. The rest of the Squad began to veer off but the Superior One managed to catch one of the rear Wraiths with a blow, severing the hind section. The whip cut right through the ammo magazine on another and the Wraith exploded, sending debris into his companions. A fourth ship took the wing of his fallen companion, right in the cockpit. The wounded craft lurched and went down to the planet below. The ships finally managed to turn around and charge the creature. With lasers blazing they made a run at the beast. The bursts of energy slammed into the Superior One, but did nothing. Leaving only scorch marks on the creature's thick shell, the lasers did nothing to harm him. The Superior One was angered by the Humans attack and lashed out at them once more, only this time with its acid glands. The acid covered spines shot out from the beast's head and flew to their targets. One imbedded itself in the fuel tanks on the lead Wraith, the acid burned into the tank and caused the fuel around it to heat and explode. The lead wraith was engulfed in flames; the pilot's screams were covering the comm., nothing but loud noise and a few screams that made sense "O-...-Y GOD!!!...-ELP!!!!!...-S-...-MBODY-...-F-...-CKING HELP MEEEE!!!!!!- ....AHHHHHHH-...." And just as soon as it started, it ended as the Wraith came hurtling into the ground, the ship exploding, killing a few nearby Zerglings that were minding their own business. The other targets had holes burned through them and caused small parts to come off, crippling them beyond combat ability. The squadron knew they were beaten and headed back to base at full speed. The Superior One saw them turn and run, he raised his head high and let out a screech in triumph.
---- Exile's Fleet ----
"Praetor," called the communication's officer, "I've gotten some disturbing comm. chatter."
"Play it."
The sounds of frightened pilot filled the command deck. The man was terrified and his voice was cracking, "Command, this is Alpha 9. We were attacked by... by... a massive creature... oh help us... it was huge... help us please, send help. Five men down, oh you've gotta help them. The thing was impervious to our lasers... we need help, our ships are crippled... my leg... it...it... has a hole clear through it. I'm losing blood fast... Help us please." The soothing voice of a woman began to calm the pilot and the comm. officer flicked off the comm.
"This is disturbing," the Praetor thought for a moment, "Get me the Terran commander."
"Aye sir."
---- Overlord Command Center ----
Darius was at his desk, over viewing the report on the two missing Goliaths. They had been an hour late on their return so Darius had sent Alpha wing over their normal patrol run to see if they could spot them. He was currently waiting for Alpha Wing to return.
His thoughts were disturbed when his computer chimed; an incoming message from the Spaceport, "Sir, whatever is left of Alpha Wing has returned." said the officer at the spaceport.
"And?" inquired Darius.
"They were attacked. They lost five men and the two are seriously injured, the damaged to the crafts we got back looks like Hydralisk damage only worse."
"But all the Zerg are under our control."
"What they described looks Zerg but it's nothing ever encountered before. Were currently going over their sensors and visual scanners. We should have a report soon."
"Good, keep me posted." Darius reached over to his console and turned off the comm. connection, as soon as he did the incoming message toned again. This time the screen was filled with the face of Praetor Talra.
"Commander Darius. Are you having some troubles?"
Darius hesitated with his answer, "I think we have everything under control."
"From what I've heard, your troubles are anything but under control."
"Where did you here that?"
"I have my ways."
Darius thought about the possibility of a spy, "Really? I would like to learn of those ways sometime."
"Maybe at a later date Commander. I would like to remind you of our superior technology. We could detect anything you may want a good look at; all you need to do is ask."
"My officers are working on it. I think we'll be fine."
"Very well Terran. We will discuss the terms of our friendship after Kerrigan has been dealt with. Talra Out." The Praetor walked back to his chair, arrogant fools, he thought.
---- Kerrigan's swarm ----
It had taken Kerrigan longer then she would have hoped to get here swarm back to full strength, but she had done it. Her swarm was now on its way to the Terrans base. Her temporary delay at the hands of Praetor Talra had cost her the element of surprise but she was Zerg, and the Zerg aren't stopped easily.
Kerrigan meditated in one of her Overlords and pondered over the brief presence of the Overmind. It had shaken her, that the Overmind had been able to fight off it's restraints at that time. She needed to know what he was doing. She was replaying that memory over and over in her mind, trying to find something that could answer her questions. She could find no answers.
The Overlord shuddered as the Swarm came out of hyperspace. As she used the vision of her minions she noticed the Protoss were here. Oh this would be most enjoyable indeed, not only would she crush the Humans but she would punish the foolish Praetor. On this day much blood would be spilled indeed.
---- Zerg Base west of Overmind ----
The Superior One had burrowed deep, far deeper then any other zerg could. Under the surface of Char the superior one began to tunnel. Using advance sense to detect vibrations on the surface, the creature was able to know his way underground. Using this knowledge he made his way to the Humans Command center. He knew the Humans would try to stop his expansion and needed to be dealt with before he could create more of himself and thus they need to be dealt with.
He stopped in his underground journey, as he realized he was where he wanted to be. He began to move in the tunnel and in moments, was on his way up to the surface.
---- Overmind Control Center ----
Janitor Jonathan Ross was on his rounds this night. He swept down the quiet halls of the Command Center, wondering why it was so damn quiet. He wanted to get off this rock so bad but anyone he knew, who could help him, had been in the UED fleet when it was destroyed so he was, more or less, stuck here, doomed to his job as a janitor.
He stopped and rested his chin on his broom handle, oh what he would give to get of this bloody rock and go back to earth. At that moment his thoughts were interrupted by a low rumble outside the building. His expression changed from boredom to puzzlement and he strained his ears to the sound. He was startled as the rumble was replaced by a shatteringly loud roar. His broom fell away as he reached up to shield his ears. The roar slowly died off and was replaced with the sound of gunfire and explosions.
Jonathan was blown off his feet by a falling support beam, as the opposing wall split open. His head spinning, the janitor tried to focus his vision. His vision began to clear and staring at him was a hideous Zerg head. There was a noise of tearing metal as more of the building was torn away as the creature locked on with its jaws and ripped out the chunk. The janitor could now see the creature clearly and it chilled him to the bone as the yellow eyes turned to face him. The eyes focused and burned brightly with a hunger to destroy. Letting out a high pitch screech the creature charged forward, jamming its head into the Command Center. Jonathan pressed himself against the wall in terror as the creature began snapping with its jaws. It ripped at the frightened man and caught his leg on one of its jaws. The razor sharp teeth dug into his left leg and cut deep till it hit bone. The man screamed in agony and looked down to see his leg with the vicious jaws dug into him. The creature pulled its head out of the Command Center, with the terrified man attached to its jaw. Tilting its head back the creature shook its head in an effort to get the human dislodged. The sharp shaking motions caused the sharp teeth to tear away at Jonathan's leg, mangling it beyond recognition. Blood poured from the mangled leg and down into the creatures open mouth. Tasting the blood the creature went into a renewed frenzy and finally dislodged the janitor. He fell helplessly into the waiting mouth and let out a scream as the jaws closed around him and began to rip into his flesh. In moments his screams were silenced as the Superior one finished its snack.
The Superior one was still in frenzy and kept on beating the Command Center, using its massive front digging claws to rip away chunks of the building. Gas lines were ruptured causing the opposing side of the building to be torn upon by a fist of flames. The base defenses had opened up on the massive creature with everything they could. They had Wraiths attacking it from the air, Goliaths unloading thousands upon thousands of cannon rounds, Marines had taken up positions in Bunkers and around nearby buildings in a effort to keep the beast from destroying anymore of the base. Three Siege Tanks had been recalled and had deployed on a ridge overlooking the base. Writing off the Command Center as a lost cause the three tanks opened up on the creature with their Artilic Shock cannons. The shells ripped through the air and slammed into the beast, turning part of the Command Center into an inferno, with the beast inside of that inferno. The force knocked the beast to the ground, making its leg's buckle, but when the fire and smoke clear it stood up once more. Moving with frightening speed, it ran by all the defenders, straight to the ridge. Once there it used its claws to punch holes in the rock face and crawl up the cliff. It came over the top of the ridge and to the Siege Tanks, which were trying to un -deploy and get out of there are fast as they could. It stuck its right digging claw down hard; the claw went right through the tank, pierced the magazine and caused the tank to explode, over the Comm., there was a sudden scream, and then halted just as soon as it started. The second tank was caught by the Superior One's jaws. The beast bit into the tank, hard and crushed the back end of the tank, into a gnarled and twisted mass of metal, screams were coming on the comm. again, yells of pain and fear, the sound of flames leaping about and scorching the men inside. The third tank had begun to retreat, when one of the whip like tendrils of the beast cut across it, severing its cannon. The tank still fled from its aggressor but was not fast enough as the second swipe of the tendril made a downward gab into the tank, killing the driver in a instant. The tank skidded to a stop, the hatches burst open and the engineers came running out, half of them leaving a trail of yellow liquid behind them. Satisfied at its work the Superior One let out a roar that shook the ground and hearts of the base area.
The Superior One turned back to the base, its Command Center now a pile of twisted, burning metal, and he saw there was much resistance left. Perfect. He had been evolving his puppet even more and now his little Human toy was more deadly then before, he had given it a mind. His puppet was still fiercely loyal to him and under his iron control but now it could make decisions as to how he could best serve his master.
The Superior One clawed its way back down the cliff and to the Terran resistance. He charged into the base with one of his tendrils already bringing his new puppet out into the world. He hit the Marine filled Bunker, with deadly force. Using his jaws, he gripped onto the roof of the bunker and ripped the top off with no trouble. He thrust his head into the hole and caught one of the fighting men between his razor teeth. Pulling his head out and biting hard the beast dug into the man, cracking through the armor and into his flesh. The man let out a scream of agony and let his rifle fall. It was caught by the puppet. The terrible demon looked up at him and the Marine got a look at the twisted Ghost before his spine was severed and his world was thrust into darkness.
The puppet's hands had been turned into razor sharp claws, barely able to hold the rifle. His claws could be used to slash open his prey or merely crush it with brute force. His body had been covered by a exoskeleton that seemed like his ribs had simply broken through his flesh, but they weren't the bones of a human anymore. They had a segmented look, like each part slid tightly into the other. The bones were a raw, red color. His spine segments now stuck out of his skin like the teeth of a saw blade. From his shoulder blades came two large, skeletal like wings, with sharp tips at the ends. A hit with one of them could knock you off your feet.
The Superior One finished off his snack and set a quick command to his puppet, allowing him to do what he wished, and then the Superior One turned to the remaining marines in the Bunker, still oblivious to the hundreds of rounds being unloaded upon him, and merely flickering off. One of his tendrils came forward and shot through the hole. It sped towards one of the defenders and broke through his armor with almost no resistance. It penetrated his skin and the force lifted the screaming Marine off his feet, his gun still shooting wildly, hitting the armor of a few of the other men, he was knocked into one of his companions. The tendril continued its journey and pierced his right lung, the man tried crying out in pain but all that came out was a ragged scream, as he spat up blood. The deadly attack carried through the man and ripped though his back and into the other Marine, who was still dazed at the collision with his friend. He felt a sharp pain in his side as the tendril penetrated, just below the rip cage. It flew through the stomach and out the other side. The attack lasted mere seconds until the Superior One pulled his tendril back out, leaving the two men to bleed themselves to death in agony. The mighty beast looked around but the fourth marine was gone. The Superior One didn't care much and deiced to go and kill more.
The last Marine hid behind a nearby anti-air Turret, its operator had fled in terror. This Marine would kill -something- for the death of his friends and he knew exactly what. The massive Zerg creature was too powerful for him to take on his own but his little friend was a different story. The Marine peered around the turret and saw the mutated Ghost walking on a path to a Bunker, to empty it out. The Marine pulled his head back in and closed his eyes, thinking of any last regrets, he decided to charge. As he turned to face his opponent, he stopped dead with a horrible pain shooting through him. He looked down to see a bloodied claw sticking out of his stomach, with a little of his own entrails between them. He stifled a cry as the claw slid back out of his body. He could only feel the pain, his rage had left him. He fell onto his knees and then twisted into a curled position on the ground where he slowly tainted the ground red.
The puppet had enjoyed that. The Human had stood no chance; he had sensed his intentions with his heightened mind. He had waited until the man wasn't looking and then he had used his powerful legs to propel him to the turret. Landing with catlike agility, he had made no noise. He then moved himself behind the Marine and with one quick thrust had ended his pitiful existence. The battles continued for a few more minutes, the screams of terrified Marines filling the air, sounds of gunfire here and there, night was falling, backup lights were turning on, since half the originals were obliterated by the Superior One's movement, since this was now a full out war in the base, everything the Terrans had was being sent out to the huge mass of Zerg creation, including the Zerg themselves, as the huge mixed swarm of Terrans and Zerg marched towards the Superior One, the Zerg units got a bit too eager, and started to maul down the Terrans to get at this new creature, everywhere, Marines, Medics and Firebats were falling to the ground, either dying from being trampled or being severely wounded, meanwhile the Goliaths just stomped onto the Zerg if they got in the way, Siege Tanks ran over others as they too were being ran over by Zerglings and Hydralisks, the occasional Vulture would veer off course after being hit by a Zerg unit, is other words, utter chaos was on a collision course for the Superior One. After a few moments of munching on bodies of the fallen, the massive beast lifted its head after being called by its puppet, who noticed the mass, he growled as he planted himself onto the ground, and readied for them, the swarm of Zerg, who conveniently left the Terran force behind to re-arrange themselves, had hit into the Superior One with everything, the first hit coming from an Ultralisk, smashing into the side of the much larger Superior One, it merely bounced off and fell over onto a few Zerglings, and then the rest poured out all they had onto the creature, acid spines, claws, spores, teeth, everything from Zerglings to Mutalisks, piling huge amounts of damage onto the creature, although the Superior One had a good chance, it knew that it wouldn't survive this battle, with opponents crawling over each other just for a hit, so he ordered his puppet, who conveniently was attacking the masses, to retreat into the hole in which they came, instantly, the Ghost did so and ran off, jumping into the huge hole, and vanishing, after a few moments, the Superior One let out a cry as he was hit in a soft spot, he turned, knocking over a few units, and dived into the hole, he turned again, while inside the hole, and reached up, scraping whatever was left of the Command Center, overtop of him, so that he could not be pursued.
"This is Alpha 3 to Alpha Leader. Do you see that down in the Zerg Base?"
"I see it Alpha 3, let's go in for a closer look. Alpha 9, radio command and tell them of the situation."
"I Copy lead."
Alpha Wing consisted of twelve Wraiths, whose job was keeping an eye on the Zerg base. This run was a little different than usual.
As the Squadron wheeled around for another run they saw a startling sight. Before their eyes a massive creature was boring a hole in the ground, at a startling rate. As the Squadron approached, the beast stopped and turned towards them. The Squad was confused at first, after all the swarm here should be under Terran control.
"Alpha 9 here. I just got word from the base, they don't know what it is but they do say they heard a strange noise, not too long ago. They advise caution."
One of the Squad members uttered a curse over the comm.
The Superior One looked at the Wraiths circling above him and wondered if they would attack or not. Little matter, they were a threat. The Superior One turned around and brought his bulk to face the squadron. From his back his four tendrils whipped out and slashed the wraiths. The first was cut right in two, with the pilot on the cut line. The doomed Wraith flew apart and hurtled to the ground, the pilot already dead. The rest of the Squad began to veer off but the Superior One managed to catch one of the rear Wraiths with a blow, severing the hind section. The whip cut right through the ammo magazine on another and the Wraith exploded, sending debris into his companions. A fourth ship took the wing of his fallen companion, right in the cockpit. The wounded craft lurched and went down to the planet below. The ships finally managed to turn around and charge the creature. With lasers blazing they made a run at the beast. The bursts of energy slammed into the Superior One, but did nothing. Leaving only scorch marks on the creature's thick shell, the lasers did nothing to harm him. The Superior One was angered by the Humans attack and lashed out at them once more, only this time with its acid glands. The acid covered spines shot out from the beast's head and flew to their targets. One imbedded itself in the fuel tanks on the lead Wraith, the acid burned into the tank and caused the fuel around it to heat and explode. The lead wraith was engulfed in flames; the pilot's screams were covering the comm., nothing but loud noise and a few screams that made sense "O-...-Y GOD!!!...-ELP!!!!!...-S-...-MBODY-...-F-...-CKING HELP MEEEE!!!!!!- ....AHHHHHHH-...." And just as soon as it started, it ended as the Wraith came hurtling into the ground, the ship exploding, killing a few nearby Zerglings that were minding their own business. The other targets had holes burned through them and caused small parts to come off, crippling them beyond combat ability. The squadron knew they were beaten and headed back to base at full speed. The Superior One saw them turn and run, he raised his head high and let out a screech in triumph.
---- Exile's Fleet ----
"Praetor," called the communication's officer, "I've gotten some disturbing comm. chatter."
"Play it."
The sounds of frightened pilot filled the command deck. The man was terrified and his voice was cracking, "Command, this is Alpha 9. We were attacked by... by... a massive creature... oh help us... it was huge... help us please, send help. Five men down, oh you've gotta help them. The thing was impervious to our lasers... we need help, our ships are crippled... my leg... it...it... has a hole clear through it. I'm losing blood fast... Help us please." The soothing voice of a woman began to calm the pilot and the comm. officer flicked off the comm.
"This is disturbing," the Praetor thought for a moment, "Get me the Terran commander."
"Aye sir."
---- Overlord Command Center ----
Darius was at his desk, over viewing the report on the two missing Goliaths. They had been an hour late on their return so Darius had sent Alpha wing over their normal patrol run to see if they could spot them. He was currently waiting for Alpha Wing to return.
His thoughts were disturbed when his computer chimed; an incoming message from the Spaceport, "Sir, whatever is left of Alpha Wing has returned." said the officer at the spaceport.
"And?" inquired Darius.
"They were attacked. They lost five men and the two are seriously injured, the damaged to the crafts we got back looks like Hydralisk damage only worse."
"But all the Zerg are under our control."
"What they described looks Zerg but it's nothing ever encountered before. Were currently going over their sensors and visual scanners. We should have a report soon."
"Good, keep me posted." Darius reached over to his console and turned off the comm. connection, as soon as he did the incoming message toned again. This time the screen was filled with the face of Praetor Talra.
"Commander Darius. Are you having some troubles?"
Darius hesitated with his answer, "I think we have everything under control."
"From what I've heard, your troubles are anything but under control."
"Where did you here that?"
"I have my ways."
Darius thought about the possibility of a spy, "Really? I would like to learn of those ways sometime."
"Maybe at a later date Commander. I would like to remind you of our superior technology. We could detect anything you may want a good look at; all you need to do is ask."
"My officers are working on it. I think we'll be fine."
"Very well Terran. We will discuss the terms of our friendship after Kerrigan has been dealt with. Talra Out." The Praetor walked back to his chair, arrogant fools, he thought.
---- Kerrigan's swarm ----
It had taken Kerrigan longer then she would have hoped to get here swarm back to full strength, but she had done it. Her swarm was now on its way to the Terrans base. Her temporary delay at the hands of Praetor Talra had cost her the element of surprise but she was Zerg, and the Zerg aren't stopped easily.
Kerrigan meditated in one of her Overlords and pondered over the brief presence of the Overmind. It had shaken her, that the Overmind had been able to fight off it's restraints at that time. She needed to know what he was doing. She was replaying that memory over and over in her mind, trying to find something that could answer her questions. She could find no answers.
The Overlord shuddered as the Swarm came out of hyperspace. As she used the vision of her minions she noticed the Protoss were here. Oh this would be most enjoyable indeed, not only would she crush the Humans but she would punish the foolish Praetor. On this day much blood would be spilled indeed.
---- Zerg Base west of Overmind ----
The Superior One had burrowed deep, far deeper then any other zerg could. Under the surface of Char the superior one began to tunnel. Using advance sense to detect vibrations on the surface, the creature was able to know his way underground. Using this knowledge he made his way to the Humans Command center. He knew the Humans would try to stop his expansion and needed to be dealt with before he could create more of himself and thus they need to be dealt with.
He stopped in his underground journey, as he realized he was where he wanted to be. He began to move in the tunnel and in moments, was on his way up to the surface.
---- Overmind Control Center ----
Janitor Jonathan Ross was on his rounds this night. He swept down the quiet halls of the Command Center, wondering why it was so damn quiet. He wanted to get off this rock so bad but anyone he knew, who could help him, had been in the UED fleet when it was destroyed so he was, more or less, stuck here, doomed to his job as a janitor.
He stopped and rested his chin on his broom handle, oh what he would give to get of this bloody rock and go back to earth. At that moment his thoughts were interrupted by a low rumble outside the building. His expression changed from boredom to puzzlement and he strained his ears to the sound. He was startled as the rumble was replaced by a shatteringly loud roar. His broom fell away as he reached up to shield his ears. The roar slowly died off and was replaced with the sound of gunfire and explosions.
Jonathan was blown off his feet by a falling support beam, as the opposing wall split open. His head spinning, the janitor tried to focus his vision. His vision began to clear and staring at him was a hideous Zerg head. There was a noise of tearing metal as more of the building was torn away as the creature locked on with its jaws and ripped out the chunk. The janitor could now see the creature clearly and it chilled him to the bone as the yellow eyes turned to face him. The eyes focused and burned brightly with a hunger to destroy. Letting out a high pitch screech the creature charged forward, jamming its head into the Command Center. Jonathan pressed himself against the wall in terror as the creature began snapping with its jaws. It ripped at the frightened man and caught his leg on one of its jaws. The razor sharp teeth dug into his left leg and cut deep till it hit bone. The man screamed in agony and looked down to see his leg with the vicious jaws dug into him. The creature pulled its head out of the Command Center, with the terrified man attached to its jaw. Tilting its head back the creature shook its head in an effort to get the human dislodged. The sharp shaking motions caused the sharp teeth to tear away at Jonathan's leg, mangling it beyond recognition. Blood poured from the mangled leg and down into the creatures open mouth. Tasting the blood the creature went into a renewed frenzy and finally dislodged the janitor. He fell helplessly into the waiting mouth and let out a scream as the jaws closed around him and began to rip into his flesh. In moments his screams were silenced as the Superior one finished its snack.
The Superior one was still in frenzy and kept on beating the Command Center, using its massive front digging claws to rip away chunks of the building. Gas lines were ruptured causing the opposing side of the building to be torn upon by a fist of flames. The base defenses had opened up on the massive creature with everything they could. They had Wraiths attacking it from the air, Goliaths unloading thousands upon thousands of cannon rounds, Marines had taken up positions in Bunkers and around nearby buildings in a effort to keep the beast from destroying anymore of the base. Three Siege Tanks had been recalled and had deployed on a ridge overlooking the base. Writing off the Command Center as a lost cause the three tanks opened up on the creature with their Artilic Shock cannons. The shells ripped through the air and slammed into the beast, turning part of the Command Center into an inferno, with the beast inside of that inferno. The force knocked the beast to the ground, making its leg's buckle, but when the fire and smoke clear it stood up once more. Moving with frightening speed, it ran by all the defenders, straight to the ridge. Once there it used its claws to punch holes in the rock face and crawl up the cliff. It came over the top of the ridge and to the Siege Tanks, which were trying to un -deploy and get out of there are fast as they could. It stuck its right digging claw down hard; the claw went right through the tank, pierced the magazine and caused the tank to explode, over the Comm., there was a sudden scream, and then halted just as soon as it started. The second tank was caught by the Superior One's jaws. The beast bit into the tank, hard and crushed the back end of the tank, into a gnarled and twisted mass of metal, screams were coming on the comm. again, yells of pain and fear, the sound of flames leaping about and scorching the men inside. The third tank had begun to retreat, when one of the whip like tendrils of the beast cut across it, severing its cannon. The tank still fled from its aggressor but was not fast enough as the second swipe of the tendril made a downward gab into the tank, killing the driver in a instant. The tank skidded to a stop, the hatches burst open and the engineers came running out, half of them leaving a trail of yellow liquid behind them. Satisfied at its work the Superior One let out a roar that shook the ground and hearts of the base area.
The Superior One turned back to the base, its Command Center now a pile of twisted, burning metal, and he saw there was much resistance left. Perfect. He had been evolving his puppet even more and now his little Human toy was more deadly then before, he had given it a mind. His puppet was still fiercely loyal to him and under his iron control but now it could make decisions as to how he could best serve his master.
The Superior One clawed its way back down the cliff and to the Terran resistance. He charged into the base with one of his tendrils already bringing his new puppet out into the world. He hit the Marine filled Bunker, with deadly force. Using his jaws, he gripped onto the roof of the bunker and ripped the top off with no trouble. He thrust his head into the hole and caught one of the fighting men between his razor teeth. Pulling his head out and biting hard the beast dug into the man, cracking through the armor and into his flesh. The man let out a scream of agony and let his rifle fall. It was caught by the puppet. The terrible demon looked up at him and the Marine got a look at the twisted Ghost before his spine was severed and his world was thrust into darkness.
The puppet's hands had been turned into razor sharp claws, barely able to hold the rifle. His claws could be used to slash open his prey or merely crush it with brute force. His body had been covered by a exoskeleton that seemed like his ribs had simply broken through his flesh, but they weren't the bones of a human anymore. They had a segmented look, like each part slid tightly into the other. The bones were a raw, red color. His spine segments now stuck out of his skin like the teeth of a saw blade. From his shoulder blades came two large, skeletal like wings, with sharp tips at the ends. A hit with one of them could knock you off your feet.
The Superior One finished off his snack and set a quick command to his puppet, allowing him to do what he wished, and then the Superior One turned to the remaining marines in the Bunker, still oblivious to the hundreds of rounds being unloaded upon him, and merely flickering off. One of his tendrils came forward and shot through the hole. It sped towards one of the defenders and broke through his armor with almost no resistance. It penetrated his skin and the force lifted the screaming Marine off his feet, his gun still shooting wildly, hitting the armor of a few of the other men, he was knocked into one of his companions. The tendril continued its journey and pierced his right lung, the man tried crying out in pain but all that came out was a ragged scream, as he spat up blood. The deadly attack carried through the man and ripped though his back and into the other Marine, who was still dazed at the collision with his friend. He felt a sharp pain in his side as the tendril penetrated, just below the rip cage. It flew through the stomach and out the other side. The attack lasted mere seconds until the Superior One pulled his tendril back out, leaving the two men to bleed themselves to death in agony. The mighty beast looked around but the fourth marine was gone. The Superior One didn't care much and deiced to go and kill more.
The last Marine hid behind a nearby anti-air Turret, its operator had fled in terror. This Marine would kill -something- for the death of his friends and he knew exactly what. The massive Zerg creature was too powerful for him to take on his own but his little friend was a different story. The Marine peered around the turret and saw the mutated Ghost walking on a path to a Bunker, to empty it out. The Marine pulled his head back in and closed his eyes, thinking of any last regrets, he decided to charge. As he turned to face his opponent, he stopped dead with a horrible pain shooting through him. He looked down to see a bloodied claw sticking out of his stomach, with a little of his own entrails between them. He stifled a cry as the claw slid back out of his body. He could only feel the pain, his rage had left him. He fell onto his knees and then twisted into a curled position on the ground where he slowly tainted the ground red.
The puppet had enjoyed that. The Human had stood no chance; he had sensed his intentions with his heightened mind. He had waited until the man wasn't looking and then he had used his powerful legs to propel him to the turret. Landing with catlike agility, he had made no noise. He then moved himself behind the Marine and with one quick thrust had ended his pitiful existence. The battles continued for a few more minutes, the screams of terrified Marines filling the air, sounds of gunfire here and there, night was falling, backup lights were turning on, since half the originals were obliterated by the Superior One's movement, since this was now a full out war in the base, everything the Terrans had was being sent out to the huge mass of Zerg creation, including the Zerg themselves, as the huge mixed swarm of Terrans and Zerg marched towards the Superior One, the Zerg units got a bit too eager, and started to maul down the Terrans to get at this new creature, everywhere, Marines, Medics and Firebats were falling to the ground, either dying from being trampled or being severely wounded, meanwhile the Goliaths just stomped onto the Zerg if they got in the way, Siege Tanks ran over others as they too were being ran over by Zerglings and Hydralisks, the occasional Vulture would veer off course after being hit by a Zerg unit, is other words, utter chaos was on a collision course for the Superior One. After a few moments of munching on bodies of the fallen, the massive beast lifted its head after being called by its puppet, who noticed the mass, he growled as he planted himself onto the ground, and readied for them, the swarm of Zerg, who conveniently left the Terran force behind to re-arrange themselves, had hit into the Superior One with everything, the first hit coming from an Ultralisk, smashing into the side of the much larger Superior One, it merely bounced off and fell over onto a few Zerglings, and then the rest poured out all they had onto the creature, acid spines, claws, spores, teeth, everything from Zerglings to Mutalisks, piling huge amounts of damage onto the creature, although the Superior One had a good chance, it knew that it wouldn't survive this battle, with opponents crawling over each other just for a hit, so he ordered his puppet, who conveniently was attacking the masses, to retreat into the hole in which they came, instantly, the Ghost did so and ran off, jumping into the huge hole, and vanishing, after a few moments, the Superior One let out a cry as he was hit in a soft spot, he turned, knocking over a few units, and dived into the hole, he turned again, while inside the hole, and reached up, scraping whatever was left of the Command Center, overtop of him, so that he could not be pursued.