Author's Note

Introducing Female Abathur!

NOTE: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE ART SHOWN

A Diversity of Sequences

A familiar presence... Niadra thought to herself as she sprinted through the hive, her claws leaving holes wherever they dug into the floor. As she opened a rather dented door, her feelings of hope turned to dread as Kallus howled in agony as his body was mutated by none other than...

Abathur, in the form of a ghoulish mare with sinewy hair.

"Body capable of carrying internally produced Hornets." Abathur rasped to Chrysalis as she examined Kallus, her red, ringed irises flicking over the stallion. "Hornets linked to mind. Thoughts turn into motions. Hornets serve as new extension of his body."

Chrysalis was deeply impressed with what Kallus' body was capable of... heightened magic, enhanced physical capabilities, burrow and tunnel adaptation, camouflaging in place of disguising, independent food sources, and now the ability to command it's own swarm.

"How long will it take for you to apply the mutations?" She asked. "What kind of process are these applied through?"

"Time irrelevant. Process applied through external and internal rearrangements."

"How are they performed?"

Abathur's slender fingernails extended from half-a-centimeter to six inches as her chest-mouth-thing, labeled The Gorge, opened up.

"Agonizing splicing. Must tear flesh to bind sequencing."

"Why must you insist on modifying my subjects?"

Abathur bowed low and spoke thus:

"Only focus is evolving the swarm. Seek perfection in all things."

With that sage wisdom, Chrysalis permitted the mutations.

"A-Abathur?" Niadra gagged as she tried not to vomit at the combined scent of waste, mutilated flesh, and organ juices. "W-What are you doing?"

The Gorge spits out a strand of mutated flesh and Abathur begins weaving it around Kallus' spine. "Complying with request. Chrysalis permitted."

"C-CHRYSALIS PERMITTED THIS?!?"

"Pheromones suggest emotional attachment. Love... I think."

Niadra hissed at the assumption but remained silent, there was no lying to Abathur.

How long before Chrysalis found out about her feelings for Kallus?