Chapter 11: Old Memories
A/N: Well here you are ppl. I'm Making a few changes. First: off I removed the "Things you should know" chapter... because as chrono cross maniac said "It is lazy" Second: Chapter 3 or 2 is going to be RE-WRITTEN with an extra flashback to explain Kardum's powers "The Fire Beam" Third: Cliché death in Chapter 9 will be rethought of.
P.S.: If you like bloody, gory, and sadistically insane stories (My favorite) Then I suggest "Starcraft: The great Zerg Cleasing: Mar Haet" By Wilshire O'Bloom (You scratch my back and I scratch your Elven Wilshire)
My s8itnbnet.nb.ca email is working fine now.
NOW ON WITH THE STORY!
Kardum looked into the eyes of the old Praetor Artanis. He could not understand how he could be standing in front of him. Everyone knew that Artanis was killed in the second battle of Braxis 2 years ago. Still there was no denying that Artanis was in front of him staring him straight in the eye. Artanis didn't look dead one bit... but he did smell dead.
( Flashback 2 years ago. On the snowy planet Braxis. )
The smell of blood was thick in the air. Ear-shattering explosions surrounded the battlefield. The odds didn't look good for the terrans and protoss. More and more reinforcements for the zergs came down by the hundreds. Explosions ran in the air as scouts were plummeting down towards the barren earth. Blood sprayed on the ground as the zergs mowed down the armies of the PTAF (Protoss and Terrans Allied forces) wave after wave. Defeat was imminent. Seradan was giving the orders to his army to retreat. General Albert Parker was screaming his head off as he ordered every soldier to retreat. Artanis was in the air with his scout leading his scouts to delay all enemy air units.
"We must retreat NOW praetor Artanis." Seradan said over the communicator.
"I shall not retreat at this present time. I will buy you as much time as I can. Please I order you to go." Artanis said over his communicator.
Seradan knew better that to argue with Artanis.
"As you say oh mighty Praetor." Seradan replied.
Seradan turned back and started to order the Arbiter's to move away and start teleporting when at a safe distance.
POV change: Artanis
Artanis was manipulating his scout with the hands of an expert. He looked back as he saw the Arbiter's moving away. He knew he had to buy as much time as possible for the armies to escape. Concentrating on the battle once he shot two anti-matter missiles into a nearby mutalisk. An explosion of blood came from the creature splattering itself on Artanis's scout. The front of Artanis scout was blood soaked. Almost all of the Plexiglas bubble was covered. An explosion sounded nearby as a scout started his decent towards the earth. Looking forth Artanis saw a wurm glave coming straight at him. Trying his best he pulled to the right only to have the glave hit the wing. The damage wasn't serious but his maneuvering would be a lot harder now. He shot 2 missiles forth at the mutalisk and made contact. A rain of blood showered down towards the snow .It looked like he would come out alive Artanis thought. HE looked as the mutalisks and devourers were disappearing quickly from the radar screen. He knew he would make it out alive. That was until the swarm of scourges came out of the pale blue sky. Thousands of scourges were heading towards the scouts. An explosion sounded at the back of Artanis's scout. Quickly looking at the status screen he saw that his rockets were damaged ... and offline. His boosters kept him in the air, yet his death was inevitable. He laid back in his pilot chair as he waited for the scourges to finish him. The cloud of scourge passed by and destroyed everything in its path. All scouts were either destroyed in the air or started their final descent on the snow covered wasteland. Artanis looked one final time through his view screen as he pivoted downwards. Semi- conscious he grabbed onto the chair bracing for impact.
(3 days later)
The news of the death of Artanis devastated the protoss. A proper ceremony was held that day and Seradan was the new appointed Praetor. A sense of guilt clung on to his heart. [I should have stayed back] he thought. Seradan would do his best to uphold the memory of Artanis.
( Flashback ends )
"How?" were the solemn words that came from Kardum's mouth.
"Quite simple." Artanis responded "When I crash landed I still was alive. Lucky for me kerrigan was inspecting the fields and made me even better." A slight chuckle was heard from Artanis. "She found me at my while I was trying to crawl out of my broken scout. And now here I am. Better than before."
Kardum was firmly gripping his warp blade. Sweat was running down his arms. He was prepared to kill Artanis.
"But you're a lucky one aren't you boy?" Artanis said with an evil snicker.
"What do you mean by that?" Kardum asked.
"Well apparently Kerrigan doesn't want you dead. She desires for you to join her army." Artanis said clenching his fist forward.
"I shall never be corrupted to join her army." Kardum said clenching his teeth.
"That's what I used to say. But what she wants she gets." Artanis said as he activated his psi-blades and lunged forward.
With the instincts of a lion Kardum quickly met Artanis's blade with his own. He was pushed back by the blow and struck his back on to a metal cylinder. Quickly Kardum stood up on his feet and looked straight into the eyes of Artanis. His blade was ready for combat.
( POV Curtis and Josh)
"You'd think he'd be done by now!" Josh said with an impatient tone.
"Patience Josh. Patience" Curtis said still crouching.
A loud explosion shook the building and flames gushed out of a nearby hallway. Lights started to flicker as if the life was drained out of them. Finally all signs of light had vanished.
"Well that works" Josh said with a chuckle.
( POV Kardum)
Flames engulfed the room. Blood poured out of Kardum's wound. Because of the last attack from Artanis his blade hit a hydrogen pack and caused a huge explosion.
"Feeling weak?" Said the menacing voice of Artanis in the shadows.
Kardum looked around. All he saw was the crimson red flames engulfing his surroundings.
"Show yourself" Kardum said still clutching the wound on his right shoulder.
Artanis stepped out of the flames. His shield slightly flickering because of the flames.
"Well now boy. How about we get real serious now?" Artanis said bringing his psi-blade straight in front of his face.
Using his left arm Kardum brought up his blade to prepare himself for a duel to the death against Artanis.
A/N: That's it for now. Chapter 13 "Two warriors Reunite" Will be up soon. Sorry if it took so long but I broke my arm not long ago. (And lost my index finger shivers ) Well at least I'm still in one piece (sort of) CYA LATER .
A/N: Well here you are ppl. I'm Making a few changes. First: off I removed the "Things you should know" chapter... because as chrono cross maniac said "It is lazy" Second: Chapter 3 or 2 is going to be RE-WRITTEN with an extra flashback to explain Kardum's powers "The Fire Beam" Third: Cliché death in Chapter 9 will be rethought of.
P.S.: If you like bloody, gory, and sadistically insane stories (My favorite) Then I suggest "Starcraft: The great Zerg Cleasing: Mar Haet" By Wilshire O'Bloom (You scratch my back and I scratch your Elven Wilshire)
My s8itnbnet.nb.ca email is working fine now.
NOW ON WITH THE STORY!
Kardum looked into the eyes of the old Praetor Artanis. He could not understand how he could be standing in front of him. Everyone knew that Artanis was killed in the second battle of Braxis 2 years ago. Still there was no denying that Artanis was in front of him staring him straight in the eye. Artanis didn't look dead one bit... but he did smell dead.
( Flashback 2 years ago. On the snowy planet Braxis. )
The smell of blood was thick in the air. Ear-shattering explosions surrounded the battlefield. The odds didn't look good for the terrans and protoss. More and more reinforcements for the zergs came down by the hundreds. Explosions ran in the air as scouts were plummeting down towards the barren earth. Blood sprayed on the ground as the zergs mowed down the armies of the PTAF (Protoss and Terrans Allied forces) wave after wave. Defeat was imminent. Seradan was giving the orders to his army to retreat. General Albert Parker was screaming his head off as he ordered every soldier to retreat. Artanis was in the air with his scout leading his scouts to delay all enemy air units.
"We must retreat NOW praetor Artanis." Seradan said over the communicator.
"I shall not retreat at this present time. I will buy you as much time as I can. Please I order you to go." Artanis said over his communicator.
Seradan knew better that to argue with Artanis.
"As you say oh mighty Praetor." Seradan replied.
Seradan turned back and started to order the Arbiter's to move away and start teleporting when at a safe distance.
POV change: Artanis
Artanis was manipulating his scout with the hands of an expert. He looked back as he saw the Arbiter's moving away. He knew he had to buy as much time as possible for the armies to escape. Concentrating on the battle once he shot two anti-matter missiles into a nearby mutalisk. An explosion of blood came from the creature splattering itself on Artanis's scout. The front of Artanis scout was blood soaked. Almost all of the Plexiglas bubble was covered. An explosion sounded nearby as a scout started his decent towards the earth. Looking forth Artanis saw a wurm glave coming straight at him. Trying his best he pulled to the right only to have the glave hit the wing. The damage wasn't serious but his maneuvering would be a lot harder now. He shot 2 missiles forth at the mutalisk and made contact. A rain of blood showered down towards the snow .It looked like he would come out alive Artanis thought. HE looked as the mutalisks and devourers were disappearing quickly from the radar screen. He knew he would make it out alive. That was until the swarm of scourges came out of the pale blue sky. Thousands of scourges were heading towards the scouts. An explosion sounded at the back of Artanis's scout. Quickly looking at the status screen he saw that his rockets were damaged ... and offline. His boosters kept him in the air, yet his death was inevitable. He laid back in his pilot chair as he waited for the scourges to finish him. The cloud of scourge passed by and destroyed everything in its path. All scouts were either destroyed in the air or started their final descent on the snow covered wasteland. Artanis looked one final time through his view screen as he pivoted downwards. Semi- conscious he grabbed onto the chair bracing for impact.
(3 days later)
The news of the death of Artanis devastated the protoss. A proper ceremony was held that day and Seradan was the new appointed Praetor. A sense of guilt clung on to his heart. [I should have stayed back] he thought. Seradan would do his best to uphold the memory of Artanis.
( Flashback ends )
"How?" were the solemn words that came from Kardum's mouth.
"Quite simple." Artanis responded "When I crash landed I still was alive. Lucky for me kerrigan was inspecting the fields and made me even better." A slight chuckle was heard from Artanis. "She found me at my while I was trying to crawl out of my broken scout. And now here I am. Better than before."
Kardum was firmly gripping his warp blade. Sweat was running down his arms. He was prepared to kill Artanis.
"But you're a lucky one aren't you boy?" Artanis said with an evil snicker.
"What do you mean by that?" Kardum asked.
"Well apparently Kerrigan doesn't want you dead. She desires for you to join her army." Artanis said clenching his fist forward.
"I shall never be corrupted to join her army." Kardum said clenching his teeth.
"That's what I used to say. But what she wants she gets." Artanis said as he activated his psi-blades and lunged forward.
With the instincts of a lion Kardum quickly met Artanis's blade with his own. He was pushed back by the blow and struck his back on to a metal cylinder. Quickly Kardum stood up on his feet and looked straight into the eyes of Artanis. His blade was ready for combat.
( POV Curtis and Josh)
"You'd think he'd be done by now!" Josh said with an impatient tone.
"Patience Josh. Patience" Curtis said still crouching.
A loud explosion shook the building and flames gushed out of a nearby hallway. Lights started to flicker as if the life was drained out of them. Finally all signs of light had vanished.
"Well that works" Josh said with a chuckle.
( POV Kardum)
Flames engulfed the room. Blood poured out of Kardum's wound. Because of the last attack from Artanis his blade hit a hydrogen pack and caused a huge explosion.
"Feeling weak?" Said the menacing voice of Artanis in the shadows.
Kardum looked around. All he saw was the crimson red flames engulfing his surroundings.
"Show yourself" Kardum said still clutching the wound on his right shoulder.
Artanis stepped out of the flames. His shield slightly flickering because of the flames.
"Well now boy. How about we get real serious now?" Artanis said bringing his psi-blade straight in front of his face.
Using his left arm Kardum brought up his blade to prepare himself for a duel to the death against Artanis.
A/N: That's it for now. Chapter 13 "Two warriors Reunite" Will be up soon. Sorry if it took so long but I broke my arm not long ago. (And lost my index finger shivers ) Well at least I'm still in one piece (sort of) CYA LATER .
