A/N: Sorry it took so long.

Hana usually wasn't the girl to stay quiet for too long. Usually at this time of the day, she would at least have her phone in her hand, reading some messages and tweets from her friends, tweet back, occasionally post some pictures on her twitter about her breakfast or generally complain that she still needed to go to school, even though she was a hero of the nation. But today, none of this was the case. Heck, for once in her lifetime, her phone hadn't even been turned on. In fact, her last post had been six hours ago, where she canceled the upcoming stream due to health issues. She basically told the community that she was feeling sick after her latest mission and left it at that. Of course, the truth was something completely different.

In a way, Hana was feeling sick, but that was more due to a lack of sleep than anything else. Ever since she had gotten home, she had been lying in her bed and going over the revelation she had experienced earlier today, unable to find any kind of rest. And who could really blame her? She had learned that Zerg was real, which was mind blowing in of itself, yet the tradeoff for that was that they were trying to take over the planet right at this very moment. For the time being, they were more or less contained, but in a matter of days they would break out.

Mentally Hana tried to recall the stats of each Zerg strain, when not upgraded and compared it to the ones of a regular Korean Soldier and her own Mecha. It didn't end well. Her Mecha just wasn't equipped for a full-on surround by Zerglings. Sure in a straight line she could shoot almost anything down and with her booster, she could quickly reposition herself. The problem was, even without the speed upgrade, Zerglings alone was faster than the average car and her booster only lasted for a couple of seconds. Hydralisk could possibly outrange her, given that those things could take down a Battlecruiser with the right numbers. You know those things that can host enough humans to be considered a small village or town. Roaches would easily get the jump on her from underground and banelings...the Xel'Naga helps her if those things come close to her.

In short, fighting wasn't much of an option without the proper equipment and number of soldiers. Granted the South Korean army had pretty cool stuff and more than enough soldiers to fight those monsters (heavenly creatures), but at the same time, it would just not be enough. Two Zerglings were born in a matter of seconds. Real talk here, folks. In the conference today it was revealed that most timers from Starcraft 2, depicted exactly the seconds it took for a new Zerg to be born. There were some minor differences, due to Blizzard balancing the game every now and then.

Here was the thing though. If the Zerg established a Hive and this Hive wasn't found in a matter of hours, the government might as well nuke their own country. Hence why plan B came into play.

Hana was without a doubt the best Starcraft 2 player. She would even say Starcraft 1, though the competition there was way more considerate. Still, what also spoke of her as the best candidate was that she was already heavily involved with the military, had seen things most humans wouldn't be able to bear and was as loyal as a soldier could be to her homeland. These were just a few arguments for picking her out for this insane idea, but one could get the gist already.

However, as fucking awesome, as it would be to become Sarah Kerrigan 2.0, Hana wasn't lost in her daydream to disregard the consequences of becoming infested. First off, who knew if she would even become a leader figure? The most probable scenario was that she would become nothing more than a zombie with tentacles and that would be it for her. The science guys did say they would inject her with a Queen strain, which should make her a Queen herself in some way. But hey, so far all they could do was infest some cells in a laboratory. Whether these would be the actual results or not was questionable at best.

Secondly, say it did work. Say she became the next Queen of Blades. What then? She would never be able to return to her family, let alone human society. Oh, sure they could make up some excuse as to why she couldn't leave her home and give her a computer in her isolation cell so that she could still pursue her career. But what kind of life would that be?

Thirdly, she wouldn't be able to defend her country anymore. Controlling her Mecha from a distance would only result in it being hacked sooner or later.

Finally, she would live forever. Zerg cells don't die off, they regenerate as long as the necessary nutrients were around, be it in form of creep or food. What sounds initially awesome, would only result in Hana grieving for the friends and family she kept losing until she either went insane or stopped caring altogether.

Hana groaned, placing her hands over her face. All of this was starting to give her a real headache. She could just let everyone die, but at the same time did she really wanted to risk going through with the procedure? She didn't know. And right now, she wasn't thinking clearly anyway.

The Mecha Pilot rolled to the side, ignoring the first rays of sunlight entering her room and tried to get some actual sleep, hugging her Zergling plushie tightly.

XXX

A couple of hours later, Hana didn't feel as groggy as she felt before. She actually managed to get some sleep, albeit not enough to really call it a rest, more like a nap. She had been waking up on a regular basis, every thirty minutes or so and as a result, she wasn't exactly happy, when her body told her there were some needs she needed to attend to immediately. Like a zombie emerging from the casket, Hana slowly got up and navigated her way through the maze that had become her house.

After taking care of everything, she stood in front of the sink, glaring at her image in the mirror. Her "war paint" was almost gone, she had huge bags under her eyes and her hair was disheveled, to put it mildly. She didn't bother to comb it. She just simply splashed some water on her face, in order to get that brain of hers to work. When she looked in the mirror again, her reflection appeared like it was paying attention to the real self.

Satisfied, Hana went to her kitchen in order to get herself some fuel into her almost empty tank. Checking her cupboards, the pro-player found out that she was severely lacking in the food department. There was just enough there for her not to starve for the next two days or so. She would need to go shopping today, which suited her just fine. Anything that kept her mind away from thinking about a certain bug species, although they are pretty awesome.

And here she was, thinking about them again. As much as she loved the Zerg and as important as her final decision would be, the last thing she needed right now was to think about anything related to them, 'less she'd become another headache.

So returning to her room, Hana changed into her everyday clothes, something she wore less than her school uniform, let alone her Mecha Suit. Quickly she put on some jeans, a white t-shirt with her personal logo on it and combed her hair. After putting on some socks, the brown haired gamer girl checked herself in the mirror. Deciding that she looked decent enough, even without her war paint, Hana grabbed her phone and made her way to the exit. She just managed to get out of the house, when her phone vibrated violently, causing the gamer girl to roll her eyes. Of course, she would have missed messages on her phone, even though most people had the number to her house. Especially the military guys seemed to forget that she was technically still a civilian.

As expected there were a lot of "Get well" messages from fans. How they manage to get her number every time she changes it, was beyond the gamer girl. She answered the few messages of the people she actually knew while making her way towards the train station. As usual, it was packed to the brim with people, perfect for a celebrity like her to get lost into. Everyone was either busy getting to work or to school. At times the people were paying more attention to their phones than their surroundings, which further helped Hana getting through unnoticed.

With that being said, she was never quite comfortable using the train. Getting a seat at this time of the day was harder than winning the lottery. And the lottery was rigged. So, the Korean gamer girl had no choice but to stand around for half an hour until the train reached the station downtown. One would think with how advanced technology was that the travel time would only consist of ten minutes at most. Luckily for Hana, technology had gotten far enough for her to simply snatch a finger and a small, holographic portable game opened in front of her. Better than holding a tiny piece of plastic and looking directly into a way too tiny screen.

After exiting the train, Hana almost automatically walked through the underground hallways, carefully maneuvering through the stream of people, everyone heading towards a different direction. As was the norm, the girl bumped into a few people on accident, some even rudely shoved her away, but that was just more day to day business in the busy underground train stations of Seoul. But it could be worse. There was this one time she visited Japan… not nice. Not nice at all.

Luckily this wasn't Japan, as such, she had no problem reaching the shop that was placed in the underground. Oh sure, she could go to the surface and walk all the way to the supermarket, where the prices were cheaper and there was a lot more stuff to buy. The thing was, Hana was feeling really lazy today. Like really lazy. If her life (potato chip addiction) wouldn't depend on it, she wouldn't even bother doing some shopping today.

The small shop was practically empty compared to what was going on outside, which was surprising but suited Hana just fine. Though it maybe would have been a good idea to make a shopping list, since her brain wasn't working at 100% as of now. She didn't exactly remember just what was needed, only that her fridge and cupboards are extremely empty for her standards. She tried to remember just what was missing, but gave up after thirty seconds and simply filled her shopping cart with everything she needed and wanted for that matter: Instant noodles, chocolate, chips, mountain dew, pudding, you know, the essentials.

With her shopping cart filled, the gamer girl quickly made her way towards the cash register. There were a couple of people already standing in front of her, one of them being an omnic woman.

Omnics were quite a difficult topic in South Korea, like in so many other countries. A lot of people despise them because every couple of years this huge omnic launched its attack on the nation. Hana and her crew did their best to fend them off, but avoiding any kind of casualties, especially civilian ones was a pipe dream at the best of times. And since humans had the tendency to look for a scapegoat for their problems, the omnic population of South Korea was perfect to vent some frustration. At least no one in the shop had anything against omnics or at least kept it to them.

After the robot woman paid for her shopping, it was Hana's turn. The cashier woman begrudgingly dragged one product after another over the scanner. A couple of years ago this kind of work was done by automatons, but then it came out that those robots had been deliberately manipulated. The lawsuits were still going on.

The woman was about halfway done with her work when Hana suddenly heard the all too familiar sound of the safety of a gun being undone.

"Okay, nobody move." A gruff voice said behind Hana, while something cold was being brought to the back of her head. The woman in front of her, who previously had a bored expression on her face, now sported a mask of complete and utter fear. From the corners of her eyes, the Starcraft 2 champion could see other people tensing up and slowly raising their arms. As for the gamer herself, she was just annoyed at this point.

"The fuck? Seriously?" she muttered to herself.

"Now you," the same gruff voice spoke up again "open the register and put the cash in here." An empty bag was thrown at the woman, who let out a shriek when it hit her face. She fumbled a little bit with her arms, until she finally managed to get it down. Tears were now streaming down her face and she began hiccuping.

"Get on with it already!" the man screamed, pushing the barrel of his gun against Hana's head, which in return caused her to lean forward. She was forced to support herself on the table or else her face would have slammed into it. "Or else I'm gonna blow this girl's brain out!"

That was the last straw for Hana. From the outside, she may not look like it, but she was trained in martial arts. She was by no means a master, but she could take on a thug any day. It was part of the military training. Taking the robber completely off guard, she spun around and slammed the bag of her hand against the man's cheek. It hurt, a lot. Because as it turned out the man wasn't a human, but an omnic!

"Ahh, shit!" Hana cursed, shaking her right hand. The omnic in the meantime stumbled back two steps, but quickly caught himself.

"Bitch!" he cursed and raised his gun again. Reacting on instinct, she quickly grabbed the barrel of the gun and pushed it down. A shot came out, but the bullet hit the ground. The people around the two combatants began to scream, the woman behind Hana was especially loud. The gamer girl could hear everyone inside the shop running away, but her focus was on her opponent. He was an omnic, a robot! He may have been taken aback by her bold actions, but he was still naturally stronger than her. He simply needed to put more energy into his arm and she would be swiss cheese in a couple of seconds.

In order to not get a hole blown into her body, Hana let go and jumped out of the way, when a second shot echoed through the hallways of the subway. The result was complete and utter panic outside of the shop. People were running around, not caring if they slammed others to the ground or straight up trampled on them. This meant for Hana that she couldn't count on any reinforcements from the police or local security for the time being.

She dove straight behind a shelf, just seconds before a third bullet was shot at her. She landed on her stomach but managed to get up immediately after. Again military training. She lost her phone during the motion, but she had no time to pick it up. Despite the screams from outside, she could still hear the heavy footsteps of the omnic coming rapidly closer. Without thinking she sprinted ahead and turned left just in time before another gunshot rang out. Four missed and who knows how much more to go.

"Hold still!"

"Learn to aim!" Hana shouted back, as she ran between the shelves, looking for better cover and a possible exit. She made sure not to stay too long in one row, as it would prove to be a deathtrap. At the same time, she needed to be mindful of where her opponent was, she didn't want to accidentally run into him.

Sadly, all of her cautions was for nothing. It turned out that this guy had a few more brain chips installed, than the usual thug and had an idea. He threw over one shelf, which caused a domino effect to happen. One shelf hit another shelf, that one hit the next and the next and so on until it resulted in Hana being buried under one such shelf. Groaning in pain, she was confused for a couple of seconds, enough time for the omnic to approach her. The gamer girl tried to get the shelf off her back but wasn't able to do so in time. Exactly seven more shots rang out throughout the subway station that day.

XXX

"...prepared."

"...another way…?"

"..."

"She's….!"

"...hear me?"

"...not reacting."

"Doctor!"

*beep* *beep* *beep* *beep*

"There's no time left! Begin the procedure!"