She leaned her head to the side and looked at Spike in a confused and slightly annoyed look. "I love it. I truly love it" She then frowned annoyed "Why do you ask?" She said and placed her hand against his chest and making both of them walk closer to the outer door. "What will I see if I walk trough that door and what will I find out if I run an investigation?" She said and grabbed the switch that would open the door, but did not open it before she had gained an answer from Spike.
Kira had a look outside when the door ran open. She glared of to the center of the field of the base and placed her hand over her head after she had gained the sight. "By Aiur! No!" She almost weeped out as she stood still, staring at the Arbitor that now had crashed and touched the ground, having a hole trough the armor and scraps along the ground. It was not anger she felt. Sorrow, morelike. She slowly walked out into the base and up to the warship. She bended down, picking up a minor piece of all the things that was scattered along the ground. "Seems like I will be here longer than expected" She said and started collecting pieces into a pile, instead of have them spread over the base.
Zalrez had enough nourishment from the Creep...he slivered, moving across it with his large claws, however trying not to break it he punctured small holes which was a nuisance, he could never get properly used to using four legs, he often took the usual Hydralisk pose with his tail and back legs holding him in a straight position and slivered but it was often uncomfortable. He opened his mouth and vomited a black slime, the bones of this mornings lunch lay mangled and the creep dissolved it at the same time as it regenerated the holes Zalrez had made, this should also give nourishment to the hatcheries and hives
Zalrez left the safety of the Hive, an overlord tried to push its will onto Zalrez who had the strength at the moment to block it out, he wanted to move freely to catch more prey, a Corinix, a small lizard like creature was jumping along a rocky ledge but was cought and pinnend to a slab of hard earth by an acidic spine, the creature turned to liquid and Zalrez drank, hunting was what he did instead of simply waiting for orders from a cerebrate, the nutrician often made him stronger than many other zerg and regenerated his flesh, it may also allow him at times to strengthen his bile which he spat at his foes. Zalrez was fidgety and walked back through into the hive, laying across the creep once more, the earth on his feet was less comfortable and he craved the coldness of the creep
Spike turned around to face Kira collecting the pieces of her ship. "I am truly sorry Kira.. I didn't want to know your ship had been damaged." Placing his gun on armed and put his helmet down locking it into place. The rest of the off-duty marines force seemed to have been prepped for the mission they were about ot imbark on. He sighed and got into the dropship. "Sorry..." The ships that were filled with their correct units flew up towards the space area disignated for the station.
Tjulosk arrived to the planet he was last told to via shuttle. The pilot dropped him off at the base and left. There was a small group of Protoss here, but there were already some templars here... most may not have been high templars but they were still templars and enough of them to make decisions on their own. He started to head to the main building, not questioning his orders any further.
Xotzx returned to the main base of the protoss. He made growling noises to himself as he walked trough the base. He deactivated his stealth and walked up to the Nexus of the protoss base. He walked trough the entrance and walked up to the comsat room. He walked up to the center table and placed both hands on the table. He took a look around, at all the machinery on the inside. He opened a link to the current leader and sighed.
"Why can we not strike the terran now? What more is needed? We should crush them now, before they grow strong. They are at their weakest state. If we wait, things only get worse" He said and lowered his head, clenching his fists. He looked down at the floor "Matriach... I don't understand" He sighed.
"Before you leave. Could I maybe have some......." She watched how the dropships took of into the skies and disappeared out of sight. She shook her head "Never mind" She said and walked into her ship trough the hole that was created by the tank. She searched it and activated the plasma shield again. She could not be too careful now as she would not afford have it more damaged. This could take days to repair. "I could have been on my way by the evening. But now?" She sighed "Next week. Poor poor Arbiter" She said, stroking her hand along the side of the ship. She walked into a drobe and closed the door after her. Seconds later, the door opened and a fully armored Kira walked out of the door. She had an advance Protoss armor with all the latest components.
She stepped out of the ship again and grabbed a piece of scrap from the remainings of the ship. She analyzed it and pushed it against a hole in the ship. She ignited her energy blade and started slowly melting the piece into the ship. "Becursed, native, blasted, foolish humans" She mumbled quietly to herself, making sure to make no misstakes with the melting.
The Zergling/hydralisk variant had been in a sort of stasis, since he wasnt needed he burrowed beneath the earth and slept for a period of time, the creep formed a sort of sack for him. Zalrez awoke now to the calling of an Overlord, it knew of a small camp full of the new biped creatures who had wounded Zalrez before and now called together a group of zerglings and hydralisks to destroy them for the Terran camp was too close to the hive, he had not the strength to repel the order or ignore it and so he motioned, his mind overflowed with the urge to obey.
Zalrez formed a group, ofcourse being a variation he was unique and the others kept clear of him as far as they could while still staying within the group, a group of Zerglings leapt around him and clawed him, the other Zerg although following the will of an Overlord were still confused to this new variation and often took Zalrez as hostile, which wasnt far from the truth because as the Zergling clawed him he moved with extreme ferocity and bit off its head, leaving its body to dissolve into the creep, the others leapt back into the group and understood their standing and so by the will of the overlord Zalrez and a group of Zerg lept off, keeping low to the ground towards the Terran camp.
The Zerg, Nearing the camp were spotted, Zalrez and the Hyrdralisks were difficult to miss, the Terran started to launch off their hot spines from what seemed their hands to Zalrez and he let out a terrorfying roar as he and his group scrambled across the earth, assaulting the humans. A pair of firebats let loose their streams of heated plasma flame into the onslaught as the zerglings breached the walls, incinerating them "hehe burn em up lads, roasted Zerg for ya sarge" one of them spoke into his com channel. Zalrez was dismayed and confused but also in fury, he leapt upon his hind legs, allowing them and his tail to hold his weight and took aim, he launched a large mass of corrosive bile onto the body of the firebat, his screams echoed throughout the channel as it ate through his mask and helmet and through his face, the plasma fuel on his back exploding killing several others and clearing the way for the zerg through the wall.
Hydralisks launched Acidic barbs into a private who was pinned, then leapt onto them to tear them to pieces, arms, legs..pulled from their sockets by the strength of the hydralisks. Zalrez began to enjoy himself, chassing after the seargeant who ran into his quarters, he was fumbling bullets into his F22 Magnum in fear but before he could push the last in and set the gun to fire Zalrez slashed his head clean off, his dusty grey overalls did not protect him from the Variations blades, he sent his monstous tongue down the hole where his neck used to connect and drank fluids, explosions were happening all around him, smoke and fire leapt up on the tent that Zalrez was enjoying his meal from inside and the screams around him allowed the animal inside to take control, his blood thirst and rage pushed him out of the tent to look for more prey, he found it, a few squads of marines screaming orders to one another through the madness of battle to get onto a dropship hovering over the ground, however they were too slow, just as the ship started to take off Zalrez launched himself through the air, sending a bladed arm through the glass of the screen as well as the bodies of each of the two pilots steering the craft, he threw them out of the cockpit and moved through the small ship, making shrieks and noises among the screams of the marines now farstened into their seats and unable to move as he lacerated and slashed into them.
Zalrez was enjoying himself too much however, he did not realise the ship was out of control and it flew down through a small valley, straight into the ground, exploding, its fuel setting light to the area. The Variant was thrown, through the air and landed in a heap, his body badly damaged and an arm missing, he was alive, but barely yet his body recovered, the Zergs regenerative skin and flesh knitting his broken bones and regrowing missing limbs, however Zalrez was vulnerable
The dropship made their steep ascent into space. Glowing red hot as they passed through the ozone of the planet and their propulsion slowed greatly once they were in space. The slow drift was unbearable to Spike as he had to wait on the ship before he even gets to go into the station. The station slowly came into sight and the ship slowed until it arrived at the docking port. A shield came over the opening in the station and the pressure was restored. Spike let out a sigh as the large door opened and the marines piled out of the dropship. It was earily quiet and the fact that no one was even in the station proved suspition was needed. Spike just stood in the docking area until one of the marines told him to follow to the recreational section. Upon arriving in the area to his dismay was corpses torn to pieces everywhere. Almost instantly he was in a defensive postion. "Sarge! We are gunna need back up from the base immediately. Wyatt out."
Reports from his Overlords informed Saikon that a Human force had landed on the Orbital Base. In his mind he formed what Humans would call a smile.
He sent telepathic orders to hsi Overlrods, who then relay the emssages to hsi other minions. Creep Colonies were foremd, and once formed would morph into Sunken Colonies. He currently had two Hatcheries, a Lair, and a Hive, and with those he created an army of Zerglings and Hydralisks. He burrowed half of his force outside of the DOcking Port, and saved the rest for reinforcements.
Spike felt uneasy as he slowly crept through the station. Most of the functioning light were covered in thick creep and any others were mostly broken. Noticing a terminal on the wall Spike walked over and tried to hack into the system. All he could get with his very limited skill was the camera fucntions. The video played through showing greusome deaths of marines by the Zerg. On the lower left side of the screen a light flashed say "1 Com station active". Spike looked confused but came to the realization. "There may be someone alive on the station..." He clicked his radio on and spoke. "This is Sargeant Wyatt. I request permission to lead my men deeper into the station. We may have found a survivor. Please respond." He let out a sigh lifted his gun and waited for a reply.
Zalrez cought a glimpse, a vision, it was as if a cerebrate was talking into its mind, or was it the Overmind itself. The Variation could not determine which but it was calling for him to move to what looked like a station, out of the reaches of the planet he was on, he had not gone offworld before nor wanted to but this vision and force in his mind pushed him, he screeched, his form had almost compeltly regenerated, lucky that a Terran patrol did not somehow spot him and finish him off but like all Zerg, he regenerated in time from what damage was dealt. The screech he let forth called an Overlord from the nearby hive
The Overlord took Zalrez into its body, there Zalrez slept as if in stasis, fully healed now by the time the beast took him to the station. it moved besides a hole in the station and opened its body to release Zalrez, who scraped across noisily in the metal shaft of the station he was moving through, he could sense through his acute senses life within this hulk, and perhaps another cerebrate was nearby, seemingly dormant, he moved towards its source, but also another source of life, unlike zerg signiture and so he crept low, trying to move quietly incase of danger
Spike had moved into the sleeping quarters and had spotted nothing. "All clear." He moved into the hallway and slowly crossed by a very large window where a Overlord passed by. Ducking down as soon as he saw it he crawled to a door that said security checkpoint. Going inside he sat down at a computer terminal that seemingly still functioned propperly. He rebooted the lighting system and everything in the station seemed to come to life. "Sir we just got power back.." From the other side of the COMM was a haunting noice. "*Gunfire* Wyatt, do not come back to the docking bay we are being overwhelmed... *More gunfire* Move to Rec Beta and meet up with what's left of Delta Squadron. *Gunfire drowns out the rest of the message*"
The Variation smashed upwards, causing an erruption of echoes throughout the station and crawled through a section of flooring as he started hearing the explosiosn and fire, in his quickness to escape where he thought it was coming from he smashed past a peculier being, knocking the somewhat peculier thing over. His bestial rage did not take over this time, although it he recognised it as a beast from the planet he ignored it, thinking cunning should be used in favour of madened rage and strength.
Zalrez kept moving through a few floors and crawled down a passageway to prepare to advance on what he had hit earlier, he kept close and silent as he moved through endless wires, pumps and tubes on the sides of the walls
Spike rushed down the hallway with his handfull of Marines close behind covering all directions. They all moved to a small elevator and Spike did a head count. "six.. seven.. eight.. nine and ten. Alright five of you in the elvator!" Five of the marines rushed into the elevator and five remained behind. The elvator crept up through the shaft. Zerg started to run down the hallway at the remainder of marines. "Fire!" The marines opened fire on the oncoming zerg killing a few of them. The close quarters allowed for automatic fire. The elevator opened up and the remaining marines boarded and went up. Spike got out of the elevator and stood with the first group and as the last person was leaving the elevator a hydralisk melted the wire sending him to certain death. "NO!" They all opened fire on the Hydralisk tearing it to pieces.
Zalrez could sense the battle, he moved and broke through some flooring, he heard a loud crash and the calls of Zerg, he moved quickly and with his acute eyes he could see far down the corridors, further down he saw a host of marines. The Variation started to charge at them, roaring it let loose a hail of spines, slashing into the armour of two of the marines at the same time as spitting out a gob of caustic acids which floaded through the body of another marine, screaming. With a roar and screech he moved sending forth his scythe like arms into marines around him, his deadly blades cutting through their suits as gunfire was let loose into him, he turned his head to face who seemed to be the leader
Spike fired on the variation of the zerg and noticed his weapon was almost useless. "Marines follow me to the objective! We don't have the fire-power to fight htis thing!" Running down the corrider with the two marines that had survived the slaughter he made his way for a large door that had Rec Beta on it. The door opened and a Marine in a black colored armor was standing at the door. His weapon was far larger than Spikes and he fired at the xenomorph following the marines. He shut the door and moved a vending machine in front of the door. "C'mon kid.. we don't have long before that thing rips through that door.."
Zalrez made a terrible hissing sound and smashed through the ceiling at the sight of the larger marine, he was slightly wounded, their weapons seemed not as powerful as some he encountered although ofcourse these were simply their warriors, not their larger beasts he thought to himself, ignorant to the fact that he battled Goliath assault units before and felt their punch.
The Variation coiled its tail as its body regenerated a few holes in it, he moved down to the blooded remainds of the bipeds and started to bite holes in the remains to nourish his strength, although he was not badly wounded, he did not think he was ready to assault the door just yet, the beasts inside shouting to eachother confused him, although the smell of them made him feel bloodthirsty and hunger for them, he moved quickly and hit against the door, it wasnt enough, and so he tried again and again, slamming his weight against the bulkhead until he felt it slwoly start to give way, he pushed his barbs through the metal.
The marines then smiled and shouted. "Boys gather round and see how a Delta gets things done!" At that he forced his weapon into a hole and fired until it was empty. "Now everyone move!" All of the remaining marines charged into the next area firing at any lowly zergs in the area. They tried to avoid most of the larger though to conserve ammo. They came to a door labled Security Command Center. They opened the door and were greeted by two ghosts hiding behind a counter. Blood was everywhere and the alarm was on. The security cameras were all out and he attempted to turn any on. "Nothing.. How secure is this room?"
One of the Ghosts replied. "Strong enough to keep the zerglings out."