Chapter 13: Conquerors
That day was a joyful reunion for Raynor's Raiders. After the return of Keral a celebration was held in honor of his return. In the cargo hold was a meal everyone would remember for a long time, probably because it was the only decent meal they had in a long time. All but a few of the Raiders were there. Rebecca and a few other marines went to the small village, and Keral and Raynor decided to go to sickbay. Like any brother Keral wanted to see his sisters condition. The good news was that she was still alive, but she was in a coma. The only thing that mattered to Keral right now was that his only sibling was still alive.
"So Raynor mind if I ask you a question?" Keral asked.
"No. Not at all." Raynor responded.
"How long as it been since I was gone?" Keral asked.
"About 72 hours." Raynor answered back.
"I see." Keral said lost in deep thoughts.
So only 72 hours had past since his planetary crash, Keral thought, yet I have only been awake for about 2 hours. Maybe I should just be grateful to be alive. Still now that Kardum and Zeratul are dead nothing will ever be the same. Well at least I know my diversion worked and saved the fleet. Still I feel like I have failed my whole family, but I shall one day avenge them.
Raynor was looking at Keral who seemed to be in a daze. He didn't blame him though; after all Keral had been through he had much to think about. After a few seconds of this Raynor's communicator rang. He pulled the communicator and activated it.
"Raynor here." Raynor said.
"Huh... Sir we got a problem here." A crackled voice answered back.
"Well can't you guys handle it alone?" Raynor snapped back.
It wasn't in Raynor to be angry like this, but he preferred to continue talking with Keral. He had so much that he needed to talk about with him.
"Not really sir! We got a helluva big ass problem." The voice answered back.
"I'm on my way." Raynor answered with a sigh. "Sorry man but I'll be back to handle this 'Problem'. "
"Alright." Keral said still lost in thought "See you later."
And on that note Raynor stepped out the sickbay. Keral stayed back on brought himself down to his knees next to her bed.
"Rest sister. One day we shall speak again." Keral whispered.
SCENE CHANGE BRIDGE OF THE HYPERION.
When Raynor entered a multitude of thoughts ran into his mind. This 'problem' had better be good or he was going to go ballistic.
"Alright. What's the problem?" Raynor questioned.
"Take a look at this sir!" The scientist pointed at the radar screen.
The radar was showing a maps of the surrounding area. There was this continuous flashing dot that appeared on the map.
"Well? Talk to me." Raynor looked at the scientist.
And all of a sudden the flashing dot disappeared.
"What the hell?" Raynor looked at the radar screen puzzled. "Alright give me a briefing on this. Better have been important."
"Well that little dot on the radar was a shuttle crash site. I ordered wraiths to destroy them ASAP because of the signal it was emitting." The scientist answered back.
"What kind of signal was it?" Raynor asked.
The scientist cleared his throat and said "A Psi-emitter."
"Oh shit! That was Keral's escape pod. How long has the emitter been active?"
"We don't know, but we have some good and some bad news."
"Oh god I hate this. Just to keep my spirits up start with the good news."
"Well commander Raynor sir. The Psi-emitter was damage to some extent and the signal range was only about 3 light-years."
"That's really good news."
"I agree. The bad news is the observers that we left out in space picked up a big fleet of zerg coming this way."
"Oh hell no!" Raynor could not believed what he had just heard. "Well how big is the zerg fleet.?"
"As big as our fleet."
"Shit we can't afford to fight and get more casualties. I guess we have to evacuate our fleet. What's the zerg fleet's ETA? (Estimated Time Arrival.)"
"At their present speed. I'd say about... 11 hours and 13 minutes."
"Alright order and evacuation. I want the fleet out of here in 2 hours."
"Ok sir!"
These last days seemed to get worse and worse everyday. This war against the zerg just dragged on. But for Raynor he would never give up until those vile creatures would be destroyed. He hated to run away but now he had no choice. He would face them at a different time.
POV KERAL
Keral had stood in the shadows of a corner at the bridge listening to Raynor's conversation. He couldn't believe Raynor would just run away. Keral turned to heads towards the door. He stopped when a private spoke up.
"Oh my god! Commander Raynor sir there seems to be a zerg hive already on this planet."
"What? How come our radar's never picked it up?" Raynor in a burst of anger.
"I don't know sir but a small little army seems to be heading to a village due east of here." The private said.
Keral's eyes opened with fear. That was the village where he came from. He knew raynor was going to evacuate so Keral knew he had to act himself. He stepped out the door without being seen and ran to a launching bay.
5 minutes later
Keral had taken a vulture and was heading towards the village at top speed. Surprisingly enough no one had seen him leave. The village could be seen a kilometer away. He had to warn them. After a few seconds he parked his vulture in the middle of the village as the villagers bowed down to him. Keral looked around and saw Rebecca sitting in front of a hut.
"Rebecca quick evacuate this city Pronto!" Keral said screaming
"And why should I?" Rebecca said turning at the direction of Keral's voice.
"The zergs are on this planet and they're coming this way." Keral said with a angry cry.
"Oh my god no! Are you sure?" Rebecca asked back.
And as if to answer her call a woman's scream was heard at the eastern side of the village. Everyone looked over as a group of zerglings and hydralisks slowly moved forth. A hydralisk had the claw through the woman's chest. It was a ugly sight as she looked helplessly at the villagers before she finally died. Keral looked in anger at the hydralisk. He would fight to the death to protect this village.
A/N: Ya'll miss me? Well anyway I'm back and I'll be posting another chapter soon. R&R plz. Cya.
