Welcome back my fabulous audience, for the final chapter in this fanfic! Just before the story I would like to say how glad I am that you read so much of this work. For a disclaimer, see one of my previous chapters.
As we teleported in, I reviewed our plans. The first move would be to attack with a force of 18 firebats, 80 marines, 20 goliaths, 10 siege tanks, 30 vultures, 5 Battlecruisers and 30 wraiths. Through my mental power, every one of them would be cloaked. When he Zerg brought in their Overlords, the disguise would become visible, but with 3 false troops for every real one. At the point that the Queen of Blades would send in re-enforcements, I would unleash a mental barrage along with the 14 Ex-Ghosts that I had un-dampened. We should easily be able to hold our own for 4 hours, by which point we could escape. I just hoped that things would go according to plan.
When things began to come back into focus, we found ourselves in the middle of the base. This was unexpected, so we went straight into combat. Now normally then stronger Zerg units hide behind a meat shield of Zerglings, but at our location things just tore into a frenzy. Then Goliaths were concentrating fire on the overlords, and the siege tanks were clearing a patch of land that they could safely enter siege mode. With nothing else to do, I constructed a shield around all the real fighters on our side. Ben had quickly exited the main body of troops, and had sliced up all of the Ultralisks and their Dens. By the time Kerrigan and her Cerebrates were able to co-ordinate their subordinates, all that was left was a battered base, which was quickly defeated. We then regrouped, repaired the damage done to our base, and headed off in the direction of the other hive cluster on the planet.
When we reached the other location a few minutes later, the Zerg were more prepared. When we hit the mass of 'lings, we then entered faze two of our operation. With their newfound capabilities, the once-ghosts released a mental arsenal of their own. Though at this point in time their powers were weak, each one was able to equal any Protoss. One had created a pair of psi-blades, while another two were working together to control an Ultralisk. The less exotic warriors were giving their own too, though. The Guardians were being torn down by wraiths, while the Battlecruisers were showing our enemies exactly why they are considered the star achievement of the galaxy (aside from the actions of the Xel Naga). Raynor had jumped into a cruiser of his own, while Ben had sliced his way through the Zerglings and was now tearing apart the better weapons of Zerghood. Looking ahead, I saw The Zerg bring in one of Kerrigans own creations: Lurkers. However, this was a lesser concern, as the defilers had come in to do their dirty work. To prevent the casualties these creatures could cause, I headed to the battlefront and started destroying them. I was up to my 20th one, when a row of daggers came towards me. I just had time to think of the mistake in ignoring Lurkers before I was knocked out.
When I came to, the first thing I noticed was how dark it was. I raised my hand to create a psionic light, when it bumped into a wall. Feeloing around myself, I realised I was in a very tight space. I created a small mental light, and immediately noticed the Zergishness of the cage. Then, I noticed that my skin was an odd colour. Feeling a bit nervous, I inspected myself, and found my fingers to be pointed, my teeth sharper and a couple of strange lumps in my back. Add this to the second presence I suddenly noticed in my head, and it was clear I was undergoing a horrible process of…infestation!
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