After preparing to increase the coverage of the creep and adding more orders for zerglings to be made, Darren went back to oversee how the group with Angie was going.
The group had just about made it back to their village which was located a few miles from his base also in the middle of a clearing. Walls made of timber were tied together and dug into the ground, standing up straight with the tops shaved to a sharp point. The village buildings were protected by the walls while farmland could be seen around the walls along with livestock of all sorts, the most common seeming to be a purple cow like animal with feathers.
The group walked closer to the village and greeted the party of humans as they neared the gate of the village. They welcomed back the safe return of Angie and the searchers, but, most of the farmers though stared in shock or confusion at the strange animals they brought back with them. Some decided to follow the party trying to find out what the creatures might be while most others offered congratulations at finding Angie.
"Open the gate," Chloe yelled to the guards, "we found Angie!"
The gates opened, and the people inside poured out to celebrate but stopped at seeing the zerglings. They were uneasy and for good reason. These things were unknowns and unknowns usually got a person killed. Two people stepped forward from the crowd, a man with blond hair and green eyes and a woman with brown hair and blue eyes, toward the two girls who were at the front of the returning group.
"Sweetie," started the woman cautiously, "what are you sitting on?"
"They saved me from an Alpha Wolf and I want them to stay," said Angie as she got off the face scarred zergling.
With an order from Darren the scarred zergling got closer to Angie's and Chloe's parents with slow, nonthreatening movements. The village tensed and prepared for any danger's, but their fears were unfounded as all the zergling did was sit in front of them staring up at them. The mother hesitantly reached out and patted the creature on the head.
The zergling let out a guttural purring sound as it pressed its head against the mother's hand for more stroking. The other zergling in turn got next to the other, sitting down and looking at the father expectantly. The father reciprocated and gave a few short pats to the head and the zergling went to sit back Angie's side.
"Are you sure Angie," said her father as he looked over the zerglings, "we don't even know what they are."
"Has you sister voiced any worries about this," asked the mother.
"Big sister said you would decide, but she said she was fine with it too."
The parents looked at each other, a silent conversation happening in moments before turning back to Angie and Chloe with a small smile on the mother's face and a neutral one on the father's.
"We'll let you keep them," started the mother.
"But only if you promise to take care of them," finished the father.
Angie's faced beamed in joy as she hugged the zergling next to her. The other one petted by the mother ran back to Angie and ran around her in circles in its excitement.
"Thanks mom, thanks dad," Angie said as she pointed to the one with the face scars then the one she hugged. "His name is Ace, and his name is Bandit," she said with a finality that children say when they will never change their mind.
Darren decided he would let this play out and pulled back into his body. He looked around the area and decided that he need to bolster the ranks more and put in more orders for zerglings to be made along with overlords for scouting. After more drones begin gestating, he had orders for a Nydus Network and an evolution chamber.
He made sure that everything was set and then went over what he knew again. One, this wasn't Earth. Two, there were humans with primitive technology. And three, the wolf creature was a Wildling, or more specifically, an Alpha Wolf.
Darren felt the need to make more units and decided to do so the next day. He closed his eyes and went to sleep.