The Queen's Awakening
Mutation Contemplation
Previous ChapterLOCATION: [REDACTED]; ARTEMIS SYSTEM; EQUUS
TIME: 18:23; EARTH STANDARD
Peter finally had the beginnings of a Zerg Hive Cluster under construction. It took some time, but the managed to find the blue, pulsing ore clusters that were soon harvested to become minerals for the Swarm. After getting started on mutating a Hatchery, he spent the rest of his time getting used to his new body. Or rather, lack thereof.
"How in God's holy name does Kerrigan make it look so damnably easy?" Peter asked himself, trying and failing, once again, to control more than a couple of drones at once. "She commanded legions of these guys, and I can't control three!"
Rustling in a nearby bush drew his attention away from his thoughts. What he saw next would've made his eyes bulge. Again, if he had them.
What he saw was a yellow pegasus with a pink mane, butterflies stamped on it's flank. The pegasus, who for ease of reference Peter decided to call "Margarine," looked around before sighing.
"Hello?" Margarine whispered, "Angel Bunny? It's almost lunch time, and you know you shouldn't be in the Everfree."
Peter, who was about to order a few of the several Zerglings to collect Margarine's biomass, stopped before mulling over his options.
"Well, this is a dilemma." He said to himself, glancing once again at the pegasus. "I need some damn Biomass to mutate a better base, but I don't want to harm sentients. Oh, what to do?" Peter noticed that, as he became better adjusted to his new "body," he became more critical and emotionless. Possibly a side effect of becoming Overmind. Glancing once again at Margarine, who was busy snuffling around in a flower bed, he finally came to a decision.
"Sorry, butter horse. But I really need your biomass."
LOCATION: [REDACTED]; ARTEMIS SYSTEM; EQUUS
SPECIFIC LOCATION IDENTIFIED: PONYVILLE; TOWN SQUARE
TIME: 18:42; EARTH STANDARD
Twilight dodged blast after blast of psionic energy before returning fire of her own. This "Kerrigan," as the creature called itself, seemed to possess immensely powerful magic. The other creatures that had surrounded it were easily dispatched with a few well-placed stun spells, and they were out like lights. Their master, however, was proving to be a bit tougher than them.
"Spike!" Twilight shouted over the din, "Get to the library and send a letter to the Princesses!"
The drake nodded, however was soon blasted by a pulse of energy. Bowling over, Spike fell onto the cobbled road, skidding a few feet before coming to a halt.
"Spike! Twilight screamed, the unicorn teleporting to the fallen drake. Just as she was about to pick him up, she, too, was blasted with pisonic energy.
"Is this truly all you can do?" Kerrigan asked, the other creatures shaking off the remaining effects of the stun spells. "You're pathetic." She said, charging her energy for a finishing attack.
"Stay away from her!" Was all the warning she got, before she was bowled over by a flying blur. Angrily, she picked herself up and looked for her attacker. "Up here, ugly." Kerrigan glared upwards, sighting a blue pegasus hovering just above a black storm cloud. The pegasus bucked the cloud, frying the Queen of Blades, the smell of ozone permeating the air. An orange pony, with neither wings nor a horn, charged from a nearby house at the Queen. The Zerglings finally made themselves useful, intercepting the pony and tackling it to the ground. A flash of violet, and the zerg were sent like skipping stones across the road. Kerrigan let loose another blast of energy, sending the violet unicorn flying through the air instead of frying her like it usually would. The pegasus dove in for another attack, but Kerrigan simply sidestepped, the pegasus missing her and becoming vulnerable to the claw that raked across her soft underbelly. Shouting in pain, it crashed to the ground.
Turning, Kerrigan saw the orange pony as the last one left standing. Tipping its hat, the creature pulled a lasso from seemingly nowhere before throwing it at Kerrigan. Caught as she was, she crackled lightning around herself, burning the ropes and freeing her from her binds. Staring in shock, the orange pony caught a blast of psionic lightning full in the face, once again the blast sending it flying instead of killing it. Taking a look around herself, she saw most of her Zerglings badly wounded, herself exhausted. She then ordered a retreat, going back to where the Cluster was to be built.
LOCATION: [REDACTED]; ARTEMIS SYSTEM; EQUUS
TIME: 18:45; EARTH STANDARD
Fluttershy ran through the forest, Angel clutching her mane to keep from falling off. Strange, wolf-like creatures chased after them, their glowing eyes and purple hide flashing within the trees around them. Quickly, she turned, narrowly avoiding one of the beasts that leapt at her. Still fleeing, she failed to notice Angel falling off of her back as she ran faster and faster, the creatures still chasing her. One of the beasts broke off from the rest, rushing the bunny and catching it in it's jaws.
Even if they don't catch the winged horse, they still got something. Overmind will be pleased...
LOCATION: UNKNOWN.
TIME:UNKNOWN
Far away in a different galaxy, a man in a grey suit of standard-issue Marine armour sat in his dropship, looking at a picture of his lover. Face set in grim determination, he flipped down his orange visor revealing a skull painted on it, and set a course for the purple blip on his radar.
"Don't worry, darlin'." He spoke, softly. Pulling back on different levers, the ship roared to life, flying into space. "I'm comin' to getcha."
Even farther away flew a golden ship, blue psionic energy crackling around it. A blue, armored Protoss stood on the bridge, watching as the tracker ontop of the Terran ship beeped on the Celestial Array. His eyes glowed with power as he ordered his crew to follow the ship.
Author's Note
Guess who's coming, lads? ![]()
And before you say,
"But Uncle Megaaaaaa! You said that Kerrigan was cloned and replaaaaaced!"
Shhhhh. It will all be explained. So shhhhhhut up.
