That was it! I was pissed! You can take men's homes, there lives even, but when you mess with a Commanders brother, you just went over the line of my limits. "ZERATUL! YOU'RE GOING DOWN!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.
"Commander, sir. Please calm down." One of the marines said.
"Yes your right, ok... to get back at Zeratul here, Men! Take Tassadar and any other Protoss you seen into custody. Were getting back at Zeratul even if it takes my life!" I commanded
"Heh heh heh, same old Marth eh?" Valen said, laughing.
"... Whatever! Lets just get back to headquarters!" I yelled. We flew back to headquarters with our prisoners and took Tassadar into our briefing room. "Tassadar, please tell us all you know about this Zeratul character." I said calmly.
"OK, Zeratul is a dark templar, he is what Aldaris calls the dark side." Tassadar explained. "He is kind of like... well an experimenter. The Protoss thought that if we could change Terran or Zerg into Protoss beings, just think of what it will mean. We can just take dead bodies and make them into zealots, dragoons, and templars even!
"So, ever think of mixing races? Like take the legs and blades of a zealot and put them on the body of a marine? So a marine that can use an ak-47 and have blades?" I asked.
"Actually yes." Tassadar told me "we tried that and it backfired, it created a huge unstoppable creature."
"How did it backfire then?" I asked.
"Well you see, it was so powerful that we couldn't control it. It reeked havoc over our city and mostly destroyed everything. We had to destroy it and well, there goes one million dollars in research. Tassadar explained. So now were taking it one step at a time, so next time we try that it might actually be controlled."
"Thank you for your time," I said. Men, "Take our humble guest to his room." O and Tassadar, how can you speak English? I thought you only spoke protoss language?
"O! Yea, when I was allied with the Terrans before, they taught me how.
"Uhh Marth, stay here for a minute, I need to talk to you." Alexei said
After everyone left I stayed back to talk to Alexei. I really wondered about what he wanted, he had a happy expression on his face.
"Marth, after showing all this," Alexei said
"Showing what?" I asked
"You know, figuring out the Zerg colonies and that Duran was a traitor. The ideas with Tassadar and all that. I want to promote you to Vice Commander of the UED, right behind me." Alexei said.
I was shocked! Vice Commander, that's a huge promotion! I was almost speechless. "Well thank you sir, but what about Valen? We have been in the same regiment since we were like about twelve." I asked
"Well I guess we can make him Captain to the UED, that position was open anyways, Duran being a traitor and all. O and a huge bonfire out front at nine hundred hours! Be there!" Alexei said, smiling.
"Yes sir!" I said, saluting. This was one of the happiest days of my life. Not only I was promoted, but I'm getting back at Zeratul! Bonfires are nice two.
I walked around the bonfire, I could feel the flames hitting my face, feels nice. I saw Valen talking with some friends. I was happy for my little brother. Hours passed and the bonfire was raging like the fire burning in my heart knowing Zeratul will be defeated. I walked down the street, just thinking to myself. I decided to go visit Tassadar, he had been a huge help so far. I walk up the halls, seeing all some of my men sleeping, dreaming of a better life with no war and just peace, were they can live happily with there families and no more killing, no more bloodshed. That's what we all hoped. Walking into Tassadar's room I saw Alexei sitting there, talking to Tassadar. "Ahh, Marth join us." Tassadar said.
"I was just sitting out at the bonfire, talking to our men, watching my little brother dream and hope as he life progresses." I said.
"Ha ha ha, you sound like an old man Marth! Your not old, god! You vice Commander of Alexei's army, be proud!" Tassadar said. "Now Alexei here is getting to his old ages, ha ha ha"
"O ho very funny Tassadar." Alexei said
"Yea, uhh Tassadar, I was wondering if you would like to join us in our fight against Zeratul and the zerg." I asked. "You and your protoss army could be a huge asset in our fight."
"Marth. I was just going to ask Tassadar that too," Alexei said laughing. "So will you Tassadar? Old buddy?"
"Yes I will, but beware Zeratul has a big ally and his secret weapon!" Tassadar warned us.
"Which are?" I asked.
"His ally is a very strong warrior called Artanis. He is a wonderful pilot, especially is a scout, he even had one specially made for him. He warriors are called Dark archons. They merge two dark templars to make one, they can take over the mind of people, hold them in there places and even suck the energy out of some of the units. There maelstrom which can hold people, can also stop invisible units in there tracks and make them visible." Tassadar told us. "But, we have warriors of our own, they are Archons. They are power beings that shoot a beam of energy that can hit more then one person. They are made by merging two templars.
"O yes! Those are what Jim Raynor told us about when he did war with you a long time ago." Alexei exclaimed.
"Ahh, Jim Raynor. A very wonderful ally two. In the heat of battle he will save you, him and his army. He has risked his life many times for mine." Tassadar said.
"Heh, well this has been a nice chat. But let's go outside and enjoy the bonfire? Shall we?" I said.
"Yes let's go" Alexei and Tassadar both said.
We went out into the heat of the bonfire for a few hours until it starting dying and everyone went in for the night.
"Marth." Valen said
"Yea?" I said
"What is with Tassadar?" Valen asked
"O, Tassadar is a new ally for us, he is shedding new hope on the UED. O! And I got promoted to Vice Commander for Alexei's army! I said. Also you are his new Captain!
" Really! That's awesome brother!." Valen said, a huge smile on his face.
The next morning, Valen, Alexei, Tassadar and I all went for a meeting.
"Ok, now how are we going to hit Zeratul?" Valen asked
"Tassadar, I say you go back with a few guys, and open the shields, make them terran guys. Put them in prison and be a shield guard. Lower the shields and we will have a huge army come in and take them by force. Valen and I, with about one thousand men will go behind and ambush Zeratuls base. I said. "Then you will come in from front Alexei, he will be trapped and we can finish him off right there and then. Tassadar becomes the new Auir leader, so we will kill the old one. And he will rebuild the protoss land. With UED protection you should have it up sooner or later. Then after all that, with the protoss help we can storm the zerg base and kill Kerrigan and Duran."
"Sounds great, cept what about the Overmind." Alexei asked
"Kerrigan will want full control over the broods, so she will probably take that into her hands. She will destroy the overmind, thinking that she will get full control of the broods, but that's when out plan goes into action! When here forces are weak, we attack in full force." I said.
"Ok! Tassadar said. We will set out next week. For now train and get ready your men!"