Chapter 16

Alright guys I'm going to make the story a little different. After reading my story 20 times over I figured, no one really wants to hear John's side of the story. So, this is not in first person anymore like the last 15 chapters were. Alright! Now without further ado, here is The Brand new: LOAM!

John took Kerrigan's hand and gave a deep love filled gaze as the ship they were in started up, "John, you can let go." John looked down and saw his hand was crushing Kerrigan's. "Sorry." Kerrigan took off her thick glove and punched in the codes that were needed for ignition. After a series of button pushing, the countdown began.

"Is everyone ready to blast off?" Kerrigan asked the rest. All replied Yes Ma'am in order from Canta to Kaza. The team appeared ready, but deep inside, as John took a good look into each of their eyes, he knew they were scared. The Orcs were ultimately impossible to beat. If the zealots could barely manage to take one, how were the humans supposed fight them? John tried not to think about it, but Kerrigan seemed to think she had to. All she thought about was who was on the planet and how 'Welcomed' they would actually be on char.

"John," Kerrigan started as John was dozing off. "There are beds in the back, Take a nap." And he did so, groggily getting up and limping to the beds, his leg half asleep. Finally making it to the soft spring bed, he fell right on it, not worrying about pillows or blankets. Imagine: John had not slept in hours. The only sleep he would really get was on this trip.

Turbulence came when they hit the Great Meteor shower of the Plyme Galaxy. John had gotten at least five whole hours of decent sleep before the meteors started to have contact with the ship. Kaza grew impatient and asked Kerrigan, "How much further Kerrigan?"

"Not very far Kaza, sit back down, we are going to be hitting some 'bumps'" Kerrigan said as the word bumps was said louder than any other word in the sentence. She hadn't joked around, the ship started to tip and tumble as the boxes they had stacked in the corners started to fall. "Kerrigan," Fazu approached her calm. "Are you sure we can make it through here?" Kerrigan turned around, fire burning in her sweet blue eyes. "OF COURSE! NOW SIT!"

Kerrigan turned around a gripped the steering wheel hard with her hands. She seemed quite determined to get past the shower. 1 hour later and 100 hits from a meteor later, the shower had past. "There it is. Char." Kerrigan tipped her head to the Orange planet. Though not very big, it had been home to some of the most dangerous creatures, and John and Kerrigan knew first hand. Kerrigan grasped the Wheel once again, getting ready to land. The landing was bumpy, but none the less it was a landing. The ship landed in the field the war John once fought at was.

Kerrigan hadn't lied to John; the Orcs really had taken the Overmind. They walked out of the ship and gazed upon the once great Planet and kingdom of zerg, now burnt and controlled by the Orcs. The group walked over the dry terrain, listening to the dirt rocks crumble under their feet. A long walk halted at the main entrance of the Overmind. The door was covered in acid-like blood; Zerg blood. Canta cracked his knuckles and gently shoved the others out of the way.

"RAGH!" He yelled as if in pain. The door slowly opened as Canta slowly pushed. Finally it cracked and the door was completely open, though, after seeing the inside, they wished it had stayed closed. The Orcs were sleeping in the main hall. How were they to get past the Orcs? John gave a quick double take to the left, then to the right.

"I can't believe this. All of them, gone." Fazu said quietly, trying not to wake the Orc sleeping close to his left foot.

"There was nothing we could do." Kerrigan said in a deep sad voice, looking at no one but the ground, as if trying to speak to herself.

"Kerrigan look, a door." John pointed to the elevator.

"And what is so special about the door?" Fazu said.

"It's an elevator that takes us to the throne room. Maybe the Orcs didn't think about that."

"He could be right Fazu," Kaza said. "They don't look like the smartest creatures in the galaxy."

"I'm going in." John stepped into the elevator and the rest of the team followed, stepping over Orcs, barely missing their bodies.

The elevator gave a Ping and one Orc had heard it. It only took one Orc to warn them all, though. The one Orc screamed and the rest awoke. The elevator wasn't closing.

"Press the button Kaza!" Fazu yelled with fear of being caught.

"It, it won't close!" The team grew more scared by the minute, then, as the Orcs drew closer, it became seconds. Canta grabbed the doors and used his strength to close the doors. It was working, but one Orc dashed at the door just as it was closing. John became exceedingly scared at this point, but managed to make a sword out of his powers. As the Orc came closer, tension grew higher. Closer and closer the Orc was coming. John timed it just right and the blades tip slashed the Orc in to a half and made it past the elevator door by a split second.

As the elevator started to move down, the team grew less worried and slid there backs down the elevator wall onto the ground. Death's hands had had them, and somehow let go. To think if the Orc made it through, the whole team would be dead. Where had the blade John pulled out come from though? He tried to take it out again, but it seemed pointless. John gave a quick check up on each of his companions. Canta was panted hard, and wouldn't cool down. Kaza and Fazu seemed fine, yet they hadn't met death face to face like the others did.

"What could possibly," Kaza started and kept talking as the ding of the elevator rang and the door opened. "Happen next?" and the old saying, jinx, became a new saying, as roars from the monsters within the shadows yelled.

"Fuck…" Kaza sighed.