Chapter 8: Rebuilding and Reactions

(Psionic Speech)

(Private thoughts)

(Communications)

(Planet Kaeris - Time 9:41)

(P.O.V Zelunn)

As I watched, the last of the Terrans flee with parasites within them so, that I find the locations of bases and outposts I knew that that either the Protoss or the Terrans would come back so I immediately began reclaiming my expansions and began refortifying the entire expansion and the opposite side of it, then began expanding 24,000 miles outward before stopping before I stopped so that I could defend my new territory without stretching out my current forces so, right now I currently have expanded far and have Many hives across my brand new territories that are harvest minerals and vespene which

Huh, you know I've not been paying attention to that and how many Hives, Lairs and Hatcheries I have now so I'm going to recheck and reaffirm whoever is out there how much I which is 345,983,825 Minerals and the same amount of Vespene meanwhile, I have 35,985 Hives 293,281 Lairs and 1,293,185 Hatcheries which was a great benefit to my forces since I could devastate my enemies in numbers right now

Meanwhile, my zerg have tripled in size especially after I've replaced any i've lost units now my current count is at 53,340 Drones, 491,340 Overlords, 177,584 Zerglings with 60,876 being Lynels, 58,176 Hydralisks with half being Hunter Killers, 91,152 Mutalisks, 64,605 Guardians, 77,184 Buzzers, 133,248 Scourges, 71,856 Queens, 76,584 Defilers, 68,976 Ultralisks with 27,758 Being Torrasque and 13,332 being Brutalisks and 38,850 Wyverns along with 216,000 Spine,Spore and Acid Colonies, which was just a pleasant feeling

Also, I can breath plasma now apparent one of the essence containers contained could, breath plasma as a defense mechanism which, made it so both myself and my Wyverns could breath Plasma and I love it especially since it allows me to deal more devastating attacks despite this, I knew sooner or later that I would get attacked again so I sought to prevent that from happening

I also knew, I would need subordinates sooner or later but for now I was fine so, but not having any right now was going to bite me in the ass so I began researching into the Cerebrate strain and seeing if I can't make a stronger version of the Wyvern Strain that could command Broods so that I didn't have to micromanage everything or be the only command brood besides my Evolution Masters

Despite assurances from Xerith, Ryll'xith and Vro'Zall that they could make a worthwhile command brood from the two essences I wasn't confident as work has been extremely slow plus the older Cerebrate strain was extremely non-malleable in doing what I wanted which was slightly pissing me off so, I knew I needed a hive command creature that could do the same thing as the Cerebrate to either update the Cerebrate strain or replace it

So, I had my Hoppers scouring the planet for surviving native animals and Essence vaults that I could use, because If I wasn't careful then I could get slaughtered very quickly despite having a large army, my enemies had even larger armies than I did which didn't help my self esteem

In any case, I wasn't even going to try to steal a fresher sample of Cerebrate Essence from the overmind because even though I have my own Psionic Network separate from the Overmind on Char that doesn't mean I can't secretly connect to it and I swear they're still bitching about the theft so, I left well enough alone thanks

*sighs* I bet my Terran and Protoss counterparts didn't have to deal with such annoyances

(Planet Kaeris - Time 9:41)

(P.O.V Commander Jackson)

*Sighs* hearing High Command bitch about the lost of the expeditionary forces to literal bugs was not in my job description, but I pretended to give a shit and calmly explain, "Sir, The Bugs unleashed some new monstrosities on our forces, we were lucky there were any survivors at all", but once again I was given stupidity in human form

"I don't care!", My Guild officer snapped and the urge to shoot him was slowly growing in my mind, "Do you know how much these artifacts make on the black market?" he snarled and I sigh as I replied, "Millions sir…" "Try Trillions scum" he once again snarled and I raised a small Eyebrow as that was quite high but, I wasn't interested so I tuned him out and pretended to listen to the important bits

Thankfully, he left but not before threatening my career if I don't retake the site and the Island so as he finally left I let out one last sigh as I turn to take a small swig of Whiskey and contemplate why the hell were willing to go to war with two alien powers over something so small, Hells we haven't even found any other vault on our side due to being so distracted with the fighting

I have no doubt that, our alien enemies are also majorly distracted to dig up vaults to actually use whatever was in them against them but hey you can never be too careful especially in these times, despite this I call up my lieutenant and have him prep more troops to scout and retake those expansions from the bugs

As, I see him salute and leave I knew I chose a good choice in a lieutenant especially since he never bothers me unless it was direly important, which allows me to focus on other matters

(Planet Kaeris - Time 9:41)

(P.O.V Executor Zoall)

As, I Executed another sniveling coward I turned toward the rest and informed them that if they didn't reclaim the outpost from the Zerg there, was hell to be paid and I would see heads roll the infernal bugs or my own men I cared not where just that, I had heads to mount on pikes and parade around

Meanwhile I see Jundicator Nolas fuming in hate at the Death of his Cousin against the Insects,despite this I curse the fact that I can't wipe these pathetic 'Terrans' off the planet but, until the knowledge that there is no Dark Templar on the Planet is truly confirmed I cannot dig up any holy site of the Xel'Naga and claim the resources as my own and for the conclave

I had to calm myself, in order to continue on my task which was a difficult thing to do despite this I really wanted to get off this carrier and decimate my enemies directly regardless, I have my troops send scouts then, once their finished I'll send a large army to crush the bugs into paste

I may go out of my way to hire those Mercenaries that approached me decades ago I hear they've only gotten stronger so it would make sense, especially since they could bolster my own forces against my enemies growing further and further along

Soon however I'll find out if there are Dark Templars or not. It's only a matter of time before I do and I'll crush anyone who gets in my way… For the Conclave!

(Planet Kaeris - Time 9:41)

(P.O.V Dark Prelate Kizara)

As, another Conclave scum fell to my warriors blades I frown as this was the fourth scout group today, we may need to head to the primitive 'Hooman' camps to avoid detection as I've predicted since they're not using all of their resources in detection, then again there aren't many stealth units in the Conclave so that maybe the reason why

Despite this, I've been hearing rumors about the Zerg and how they devastated both a Conclave F.O.B 'Forward Operating Base' and then the 'Hoomans' when they pushed the zerg back out of their expansion to attack the accursed Insects on their Isle

However, the damned things still managed to wiped out many warriors and 'Hoomans' forcing many to retreat and flee for their lives, some even deserted from the battlefield disgraceful cowards that they are if my own warriors did that I would have them executed

Perhaps I should sends some scouts to figure out if any of these rumors are true

(Planet Char - Time 3:15)

(P.O.V The Overmind)

Once more, I seethe at the theft of my child Abathur's Bio-Strain even now I can feel 3 new Evolution masters but can't locate them, Even Abathur is roiling in anger at the theft of his personal Strain and being used against us and my anger only grows as, I could feel the growing Psionic Hivemind of another Overmind slowly growing in strength, while not as strong as me and my children's Broods they were still getting stronger

Already I could feel the presence of new Strains within the opposing swarm but could not take them without directly facing them, which was greatly irritating, as I would need to find the Opposing swarm first to even do such a thing which was even more difficult since once again… I have no Idea where they are so I cannot send any of the broods against them

Regardless of that fact, I have my Cerebrates checking my both within and near the borders of Zerg Space for this damn Bio-Strain thief, so I rip them limb from bloody limb and scatter their biomass to the four corners of the Koprulu Sector in the tiniest bloody chunks possible, so that no one can revive them or gain anything from their essence

(Planet Kaeris - Time 9:45)

(P.O.V Zelunn)

Yea… I think their planning my death because, I can feel great amounts of hostility directed towards me and I can think of a few of them wanted to personally wanting to obliterate me despite, not having met me in person just because I'm Zerg but, no matter I was a survivor before I got killed and reincarnated and I'm still a survivor who was gonna crush anyone who got in my way, no matter If was Amon himself or a tiny little cockroach who was wielding a nail as a shortsword, I would crush them all if they decided I was to die

*sighs* I'm still getting a little bloodthirsty but, it hasn't consumed my main personality so I'll let it slide as being bloodthirsty could help against more demented opponents especially, since I might not be entirely comfortable with the action I might take to defeat them but, I would do it if it meant I survived thanks to my bloodthirst which was slowly growing but thankfully I'm also managing it with other means

Still, I'm glad I've got the wyverns as they can engage the Carriers and Battlecruisers in battle especially since, multiple wyverns can engage the same Carrier or Battlecruiser and overwhelm them even if they they have superior firepower, which will soon allow me to bring down the enemy Capital ships while such heavier ships will have a harder time taking down my lighter and more nimble Wyverns

But, enough dwelling on these matters my armies need to grow and I need to create my own command broods so that I don't have to deal with every little tiny thing, Hopefully things will get better before they get worse for me in the Starcraft Universe sadly, I can only pray for my success and mitigate my losses against foes, stronger than I am otherwise I may become like the dinosaurs and I refuse to become Extinct

[in the distant future]

(Deep Space 6:00)

(P.O.V James Raynor)

"Finally" thought Jim "away from the Zerg" as I walked towards Matt I asked "What the Hell Happened?" as Matt turned towards me I Explained "we ain't seen the Zerg in years, Why attack Mar Sara Now?" and I soon got my answer "It's not just Mar Sara, You need to see this" Matt said as he soon opened the news reports explaining how the Zerg was attacking across dominion space and I hear Tychus exclaim over my shoulder, "Sweet mother of Mercy" then I hear the worst news Imaginable, "New Exclusive Footage confirms the qu- Wait! Wait! What is that!"

Me, Tychus and Matt Jerk in Surprise as the Camera Jerks outward away from Kerrigan, as it started to show the Zerg begin fighting each other once again, with Zerglings Mauling each other to shreds, Hydralisks firing spines at one another and Ultralisks Ripping themselves apart but there was some differences as the entirety one side was an Emerald color while Kerrigans was a plethora of Colors fighting under her banner

But ,like Kerrigan the attacking Zerg had different Strains in their armies with a centaur-like creature charging through roaches with either bone spikes from their arms, bone swords or bone bows, some sort of Bee-like Zerg that can attack above and below and, "Is that a Damn Wyvern!", Tychus cursed and I didn't blame him and that's only the few we could see directly suddenly we saw their Leader who roared at Kerrigan, "that's a damn Dragon" Matt Exclaimed

But, I frowned as I saw in its eyes despite being an Emerald green, a Familiar appearance, the same one I think Kerrigan Saw as she snarled on Camera as we Heard the Dragon speak like something out of fantasy, "Abomination! Your creation is an affront to the Zerg", it exclaimed, "and I shall be the one to snuff out your pitiful Existence! So proclaims the Gravemind", before the Camera disconnected I watched it breath plasma at Kerrigan

I sat, down and realized that, we had a second brood wars on our hands now which, meant that things were going to get complicated really fucking fast "Sir?" Matt asked "what do we do now?", and I looked at everyone on the Bridge, "what else, we finish what we started" I said to the nods of everyone

Hopefully, things didn't get worse before they get better was the only thought going through my head