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Char. The infested planet swarming with Zerg was house to the magnificent Overmind, the most well conceived being ever created. It had infested many species before it tried to consume the Terrans, but the human mind had evolved too far to be fully integrated into the swarm. Queens could still infest Terrans, but the process was extremely slow and chemical imbalances led the monsters to be unstable.
However, the Overmind had the power to convert a single human into an intelligent Zerg through a chrysalis, a living chamber that could house and evolve life.
Ben awoke inside the chamber of flesh, his skin and bones tingling with the sensation of infestation. He was tired, and his senses had been numbed severely. His mouth refused to open, but his mind was unobstructed. He felt the presence of the entire swarm, specifically the Overmind. He extended his mind to its fullest potential and began to communicate with the beast.
"Where am I?" asked Benjamin. "The chrysalis. The most efficient assimilation technique we possess." replied the Overmind. "Your conversion is almost complete and soon you will be walking among the rest of my creations." it added. "You speak as if you are God. You are but a beast" replied Ben. He was angry more than he was curious. "Why did you spare me?" asked Ben.
"An appropriate question indeed. I have monitored your activity for some time, lurking in the shadows of the minds of my minions. You are possibly the most impressive human I have seen to date. You possess strength and skill, a marksman and a beast. You are more similar to a Zerg, than a human, and that is why I selected you" answered the Overmind. "You will lead my swarm well, with the efficiency of a cerebrate." it added. "I shall lead nothing. You believe that because you control countless Zerg that you can intimidate me into performing your errands?" spit back Ben. "You opinion will change shortly, once you see your true image, what I have molded you into" replied the Overmind. "What have you molded me into?" asked Ben. "Be patient, your completion is not far off" replied the beast. Ben waited for some time before the chamber finally opened.
Benjamin Kearse stepped out the flesh case. His entire body was severely larger then before, he stood around eight feet tall. His left hand remained covered with the combat armor he previously wore, while his right hand was grossly overstretched, his fingers elongated. His legs moved faster than he could imagine and his torso remained covered in flesh, fused to armor. His helmet still sat atop his otherwise unfamiliar body and his mouth refused to open, lips molded together.
"I am an abomination. My arms…my feet. I cannot speak for Christ's sake." said Ben, sending the message mentally to the Overmind. "A precautionary measure. The Terran race cannot communicate beyond their feeble mouths, they have not evolved into the pure flawlessness that is telepathy. I sealed your mouth so that even if you do escape, you can not communicate with them. You have an independence that made your assimilation frustrating. But now you are one, part of the collective of flesh. Do not flee, embrace.
"I will not run, but I will certainly not embrace. You have turned me into a beast that I wish not to be. I will exterminate you as the vile creature that you are" replied Ben. He tried to find the Overmind's location, searching countless minds that scurried about the planet, but the genius monster had hid itself, another precautionary measure.
"Stop trying to exclude yourself from my swarm! Why do you wish to be independent and weak when you have the opportunity to control and fight and slaughter all who oppose you. Is not that what you truly desire, the opportunity to kill. When you were in the chrysalis I exposed your aspirations and dreams and I have granted you exactly what you want." yelled the creature. Ben calmed down, and truly thought about what the Overmind had said. "I have watched you fight. I have watched your intensity and your animal instincts. I have only improved upon what you already possessed." added the Overmind. "I am aware that you are hesitant to fight for what was once your enemy, however, I know that deep inside of you, you wish to battle and you will place that sole desire overtop of everything else." it said. "The Humans have come here searching for my other specimen. I will send a cerebrate to deal with their ground forces, but, if you are willing, I want you to take to space and infiltrate one of their capitol ships." An overlord hovered over Benjamin, awaiting the Overmind's instructions. "If you wish to flee, to try and escape from the being that you are, the magnificent warrior I have made you, then run. However, if you wish to fight, if that is your true desire, then board the overlord and crush your old life" said the Overmind.
Ben waited in the creature for what seemed like an eternity, before the Overmind finally said something. "You are going to infiltrate a battle cruiser. You are going to tear it apart and eventually I want you to shut it down completely. When you have accomplished this, the swarm shall take to your position and destroy the vessel. Do not fail, for I shall exterminate you if you do. Put aside your emotions, and embrace the will of the swarm." said the Overmind. The overlord was now being stuck by missiles and gunfire. It was positioning itself over a shuttle bay occupied by several dozen marines. The overlord slowed almost to a stop and opened its tentacles to release Ben. He dropped down into the shuttle bay and immediately questioned the mission. The faces of the men he once knew, the men he once protected and fought alongside, brought back feelings that he could not suppress. He did not want to kill them, but when he looked down at his hand, his twelve inch fingers, he remembered what the Overmind had said. "I know that deep inside of you, you wish to battle and you will place that sole desire overtop of everything else", the words ran through his head over and over and he couldn't fight. For the first time he could remember, he couldn't fight. And then, at his weakest moment in existence, a voice came over the ship. "All personnel, we have an intruder in shuttle bay 6, kill it with extreme caution." said the all too familiar voice. And when the voice had stopped talking, Ben was resurrected as a Zerg, standing upright in the shuttle bay. He was angered in a way he had never been before. Vengeance flooded his thoughts, drowning his morals. The voice had left him on that planet, left him to die and decay. But, unfortunately for Arcturus Mengsk, Ben hadn't decayed. Ben was given another chance to live, and now, this life had a purpose.
Marines gathered around Ben, gauss rifles readied. He turned to them and they opened fire. Rounds pinged off of his armored carapace and he slowly walked towards the terrified men. They backed up, continuing to fire at the mammoth that stood before them. Ben trudged on, the bullets not affecting his stride. "Sir, this fucker won't go down!" yelled one into its radio. Ben grabbed him by the throat and held him above the ground. The other marines stopped firing, afraid to hit their comrade. Ben crushed the marine into a wall, blood and brain matter oozing overtop of his elongated hand. Ben kicked to the right, and sent two more marines into the air. The remaining three opened fire, aiming for his head. He charged at them, claws swiping at armor, shredding their flesh. He raised his hand, and punched straight through an unlucky marine. The last, injured man, ran away at full speed. Ben picked up the corpse of the feeble marine and launched him into the air. The body took the final man in the back and pinned him to the ground, dead. "Reinforcements to shuttle bay 6, shoot on sight!" said Arcturus over the ship's speaker.
Ben exited the shuttle bay and ran down a long passageway, before turning into a group of marines headed to intercept him. Two firebats stepped out from behind the squad and set fire to Ben. The flames ran off his body like drops of water. Ben punched forward and broke the visor of an unlucky firebat. Ben swung to the left and hit another, slamming him into a wall. By this time the marines had opened fire, but Ben remained undamaged. He charged through the squad, swiping and punching, kicking and throwing. Flesh and blood lined the walls, carcasses paved the floor. He was a tank. A behemoth monster on a war path of revenge. "More men to the intruder's position. Stop him now!" yelled Arcturus on the ship's radio.
"No number of men can stop me" thought Ben. "And no number of men, can save you".