Chapter 5

"Your drones are ready, Overmind," Einstein tells me.

"Ah, thank you Einstein," I reply.

I look over at the cocoons from the larva, formed on the main chamber floor. 10 of these cocoons burst open. Revealing 10 new creatures. They looked liked nothing else I had ever seen before. They had wings, but they apparently didn't fly. They had many short legs centered underneath their body. These legs reminded me of a centipede. All 10 just stood there, doing nothing.

"What, nothing? No wanting to be pet, no signs of even rudimentary intelligence?" I ask the drones.

"They are drones Overmind, they simply live to serve, nothing more, nothing less," comes Einstein's voice.

"Alright, but what can I do with them, I don't need them to get sand. I have that. They probably don't make good scouts, so that isn't an option. What did you say before about making buildings?" I ask Einstein.

"The drones are capable of many buildings, but they would take quite a long time. The easiest to build would be a creep mine, which burrows into the earth, and spreads creep down and around it, answers Einstein.

"That would make it easier to gather more sand that isn't from my dune," I think out loud.

"Creeps can also tell if there is intruders on it as well, Overmind," Einstein offers.

"So it is in essence the spreading of our territory," I comment, "That is useful, and would have been good to know before."

"Yes," came the simple reply.

"Well... alright then." Spread the drones out in a circle, and build creep mines at the edge of our borders," I order.

"As you command, Overmind," complies Einstein.

"Einstein, send half of my zerglings on exploration missions, see if you can find anything within a days travel that I could do. I know the zerglings could go farther, but I want to be able to get to anything they find quickly," I order.

"..."

"..."

"Einstein?" I ask.

"You must learn to do this yourself, and not just ask me to do it, t become an effective commander of this Swarm," says Einstein.

"That's fair, but how do I do that?" I ask.

"Merely direct your thoughts at them. Do you feel their presence within the swarm?" Einstein questions.

"Is that what that feeling is, the light I feel from each of them? It started with the larva, but I can feel the Zerglings and drones too," I say.

"That may be how you feel the swarm. Now, select a light, and concentrate on what you want it to do," teaches Einstein.

As I feel the light of one of the Zerglings on the crest of the Dune, it turns and looks at me, like it knows I'm focusing my attention on it. I send a thought commanding my wish of exploration within a day of my travel and, miraculously... nothing happens.

"You need to confirm the orders before the zerging will commit to them, Overmind," says Einstein.

"Oh," was all I can say to that.

Then, I give the light of the zergling a feeling of approval, and it turns away from me and starts sprinting down the Dune.

"Now try more then one," Einstein orders.

After awhile, and after one mishap where I sent all of the zerglings out instead of just the 4 that I wanted, I figured it out. By focusing on the group one at a time, I got them all together, and then sent them out.

"Does that ever get any easier, that took me awhile," I complain.

"You'll get better with practice, Overmind," states Einstein, "Eventually you'll be able to commit entire armies with merely a thought."

"If you say so. I'm going to wait and see if th Zerglings find anything," I say.

Sometime later,

I then felt a warning in my mind. Something was wrong, but what? One of my zerglings was pressing into my mind, and showed me what he was seeing.

The zergling was on a low, narrow dune, watching a group of objects travel across the sands. I ordered the zergling closer, and the objects soon became more then just objects. It was a group of camels, complete with riders. They were many camels of there, numbering 43, not including pack camels some of the other camels were leading. The people were dressed in light cloth that wrapped around them completely. The overall color was grey, but here and there I could see brown, red, black, and all the other colors. The people leading and the people trailing the group was armed with what appeared to be swords and spears, but I could just make out the metallic black of what could be a couple of guns. Just as I was getting over the fact I could see what the zergling could, there was some shouting and pointing in the zergling's direction. I ordered the zergling to run back to base, and get out of there as quick as it could. I then focused on myself, and found I quickly returned to my own senses.

"Wow, that was cool!" I shout.

"We should attack tonight, and drag off some of stragglers," Einstien advises.

"We talked about this, that isn't what I choose to be," I tell Einstein.

"So be in, but they are travelling this direction, what are you going to do?" askes Einstein, with the first slip in it's calm facade.

"First things first, as always Einstein." I tell it.

I check with my other zerglings and found one that was near the location, and sent it to track the group, but with orders to take whatever precautions necessary to not be seen, even if it meant losing the group. I then ordered all other zerglings back to base.

The group didn't deviate from its path, but they did move more slowly. I expected it was because they were being far more cautious then before. I waited for night to fall, and the group to stop.

"Overmind! The group has apparently stopped for the night. What is your plan? They will be able to see us soon, and will be here by noon tomorrow, at the latest," comes Einstein.

I focus on the lone light of the zergling that is near the human's camp, and see a camp made in the sand, with fires starting. I give orders for the zergling to hold it's position and continue to observe.

"We need to take care of this tonight, for good or for ill," I declare. With that, I command the other 9 zerglings to follow me, to go after to the other zergling. I then walked off into the night, relying on the lone light, that only I could see, of the lone zergling to guide my way.

A/N: Okay everyone, I've fixed up a lot of the stuff I should've the first time around. I apologize for "dying" on you all, but I'm back now. I don't know what to do with this story, but I promise you all I will finish it. I started this story with very little comprehension of what I was dragging myself into, and just did it because I wanted to. I was lazy, and ungrateful. I apologize. Yes stuff happened, but It wasn't something hat would have stopped me writing, but I let it do so anyways. If you can forgive, me. If you can't, then know that I will at least be continuing this story. I would like to see some reviews on if you like the new formatting better, I really do. If you have any ideas on how to improve it, either PM or try to use a forum I'm trying to set up for this story. I've never tried to set up a forum on this sight, so I won't even know if it truly works until I hear from someone on it.

Never the less, may you find what you want out of life, and may it give you joy,

Torlo50