Chapter 9: Darkness overwhelming

When I turned the corner these dark thoughts seemed to cloud over me, why didn't they let me into the room that Angel was kept? Why didn't they give me clearance to nearly all of the ship? Why was the food in the canteen so horrible! Just then I felt a flame like energy flow through me like a blanket…and when I looked at my hands they were semi-transparent! And when I tried to get the attention of a Zealot…he didn't know where the voice was coming from. I then knew that I had found out the cloaking ability that Dark Templar has. I had an idea…maybe I can sneak past the protoss guards unnoticed. So I crept up to the door where angel was and there they were, standing guard. I couldn't just walk up, they would know when the door opened, so I grabbed a nearby janitor trolley that was left behind and sent it down the hall. Lucky for me the guards saw it and ran right past me to investigate.

I walked to the door, slowly opening it so no one would notice me coming in. when I stepped inside I saw something a bit like those CAT scans, or what ever they call it, except it was a bit more elaborate and seemed so be a bit bigger. There was also a darkish red crystal on top with coils wrapped around it. There were two protoss scientists and some other protoss that I guessed as their psychics and Angel was lying still on the slab of metal that was slowly creeping in the scanner. I could feel the energy that surrounded me earlier leave me and I saw I was re-appearing again so I jumped behind a nearby crate of lab materials.

"It seems that she has been infested to the core…the only thing that isn't infested is the personality area of the brain." Said one of the scientists.

"And it appears that she is telling the truth, according to our abilities." Explained a psychic.

"There is something else here…I cant yet pick it up doctor." Said one of the surrounding nurses.

"Increase the power of the Scaranadon crystal then!" commanded the doctor. Then the nurse rubbed an orb that was next to the machine. The crystal grew even brighter that it was.

"I cannot believe this! It seems like she was pregnant before she was infested, and the Zerg has mutilated it into growing into a cross between a hydralisk and a human!"

So that was what she was going to tell me, that she was pregnant. Is it mine? Could it be from that night aboard the ship? How will we raise it? Ohh…All of these thoughts are creating pains in my head! "ARHHHH!" I screamed out in pain.

"What was that…hey, isn't that Alex…?" After that I blacked out.

………..

I could hear the continuous beeps from a nearby machine. My vision was a bit cloudy so I didn't know what was happening.

" Looks like he's going through another stage of growth…it will shock him when he wakes up."

Another stage of growth? What is he talking about? I feel like a normal human, except for a headache. My vision was clearing, I could see the white walls that was vaguely familiar, that's it; I'm in the hospital!

"Hey, he's up."

"Alex, it looks like your body is going through a make over." I know that voice. It's Angel.

I immediately get up and look at Angel. Her long slim figure is still familiar, except for a few details. Like her hands look like it has its own black metal casing, her fingers seem to burst out of her hands like it was kept in there in high pressure. Her arms seem like they belong to a Hydralisk Body builder, with a small web of red veins that seem to grow at the speed of a snail.

Her legs are in a similar state that the arms are in, but they seem to be bigger, and stronger. Her waist has grown nearly twice the size of a Tennis ball. There seemed to be three large 'bony' lines that stretched over her round stomach. Her hair was not like other peoples hair, for each hair was 3 cm in diameter and was unnatural in colour. Her eyes were the same size as every other human's eyes, but her pupils seemed to move in and out like a zoom lens camera. The sides of her face had overlapping 'hard' skins.

"About what I was going to tell you…" Angel said.

"I already know, you were pregnant before you were infested, and the Zerg changed the DNA of the baby."

"How did you know?"

"I heard from the doctors that was scanning you, and I guess that I was caught. What I want to know is, is it mine? Or partly?"

"…Yes, Alex, it is. On that night on the ship I wanted to tell you that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. I guess that I told you through other means."

"But isn't the news wonderful that we are going to have, what I think is, a baby."

"Yes, where are we anyway?"

"Uh, its hard to say, I think we are in a Terran installation on a green planet called Remora 15, half way between Char and Tarsonis. Apparently the protoss didn't have the resources to keep us in their ships. Now we are in quarantine, this sucks doesn't it? But all that matters now is that we are together. Oh and I almost forgot, they gave me this note to give to you when you wake up."

Sorry about this, I will make it up for you in the future. We just couldn't keep you any longer. We know these humans will look after you.

Javier.

"I hope he was right, anyway what did you say earlier about a makeover?"

She then told me that my skin was starting to grow blue; at that point I knew what was going on. I was leaving the human race and starting in the Protoss one…what will my family think if I ever see them again? I knew that my Mum will love me no matter what, but my father is a totally different story. I remember when I was 12 years old on the lonely out skirts of Sara City, the capital of Mar Sara, we were of the farming community. But I wasn't one of the farming types, it never interested me. I was more interested in the Marine Core and sports. That's where my dad comes in, he wanted me to look after the farm once he dies. Now that since the farm is gone, what has become of Mum and Dad? I hope they made the dropships on time.

The room was pretty basic, 2 beds, a mini bathroom with a toilet and a basin, a set of drawers with clothes that no longer fit me or Angel, and finally some air-conditioning. The only thing was that there was nothing to do except talk to Angel and sleep. Angel preferred that we both sleep in the same bed since we decided to spend the rest of our lives together, but Angel had grown bigger since our night on the terran ship, so we just pushed our two beds together. We were usually fed the basic meal that was put under the door, a steak, carrots, mashed spuds, and some chicken. Since Angel was feeding for two I gave her some of my chicken. I also offered some of my spuds, but she said that for some reason she can only eat meat and cant eat greens without spitting it out. Man has she changed a lot physically since I had last seen her. To solve that problem I gave her some of my chicken and my steak, and she gave me her spuds and greens. We had both ate our lunch when a person in uniform shaking said

"Uh, you two are to follow me…and uh… and report to Captain Raynor's office. Immediately!"