Excalibur and the Zerg

by Disciple of Chrysalis


Chapter 7: Planet Chrysalis

Excalibur panted, he was cornered, no chance of escape and he was hungry, oh what a world, universe, whatever, the point being he was doom. Tear began to well on the edges of his eyes and The Queen before stopped, her expression wasn't what he would have expected of one who was about to kill him; regret. Tears slid down his cheeks and the Queen just stood there, her expression unchanged "Enough. The essence will be MINE" Dehaka screeched and before the Queen could even react, he shoved her out of the way, grabbing Excalibur by the neck and lifting him out of the undergrowth "Your Essence is mine" he said and he opened his mouth, prepared to strike.

He continued crying as the beast was about to kill him, he opened his mouth to take one last breath before he died, Dehaka closed his mouth "No fun if the prey doesn't try" he said, his eyes never leaving the Changeling "At least scream". Excalibur whimpered, "Scream or your death will be slower then needed" Dehaka growled, bringing the Changeling closer to his face and Excalibur could only comply. He drew in a much air as his lungs could hold while he was in this creatures grasp and he screamed, it was a horrible, ear piercing scream that was higher pitch then any scream Excalibur had ever uttered.

Dehaka dropped Excalibur and covered his hearing organs "Stop" he said, but Excalibur didn't, he wasn't affected by his own scream, but Dehaka was and a quick glance showed the so was the Queen. He continued screaming, but he was running out of breath, but he saw Dehaka collapse and he saw the Queen's eyes beginning to roll back in her head. He was almost out of air, but he couldn't stop now, he was so close to victory and the Queen was almost out, just a little bit more. His vision began to go dark around the edges and finally he saw what he wanted to see, the Queen was passed out and now he could stop screaming.

He gasped, trying to get as much air as he could possibly get, he continued to breath deeply as he looked around to see if anything had been attracted by his screaming. He could finally see in full color now and his muscles weren't totally bunched up anymore, he saw glowing in the skies above "No, please no more" he said and he was crying again, but now he could see what they were, they were the zerg monster, they were large metal things, they were predominantly white, but had some areas being blue or yellow and they came in extremely large quantities.

Some landed on the surface, while others flew around, wiping out the zerg that were trying in vain to drive them out, Excalibur resolved he'd had enough of all this, this evil jungle so far from home, the evil space bugs, the weird armored, and now this. No more, he was done, his wings buzzed quickly, he headed towards the large space monster the Queen and her cohorts had arrived in and he saw and upon entering, he saw the others from his dream, Izsha, Abathur, and Zagara.

"What?!, Where is our Queen?" Zagara said, crawling menacingly towards Excalibur, who was perch rather dangerously on the edge. "She- she is passed out in the jungle below" he said, making himself stand up straight even though he was less then half the height of Zagara. She shoved him out of the way and he slid across the ground and in front of Izsha "Thermal detection indicates she is below and still alive, but she doesn't move" she said to Zagara "Dehaka is also below, but he is moving". Excalibur stood up now "I defeated them both" he said, maybe these creatures respected strength and wouldn't kill him if they thought him strong.

Zagara turned to him sharply "Such a puny creature like you, I am almost as powerful as the Queen of Blades and I know for certain that you couldn't defeat me" she said and crawled towards him. She grabbed him by the neck and lifted him to her face "If your so powerful, prove it" she growled and threw him upward, he flew and watched below as she climbed the wall and charged toward him. He flew in the opposite direction and realized he was quicker then this monster. She jumped suddenly and caught him midair, she twisted herself around like a cat and landed on her monstrous legs "Any last words?" she whispered, her spindly fingers holding him by the waist "Ya" he said "Burn."

Green flames enveloped his body and his body shifted, he watched as Zagara cried out in pain, dropping him and clutching her burning hand. He emerged from the flames as a large black creature with a blue green mane and tail, it had translucent wings on his back and from his head were wicked fangs protruding from his upper lip and a gnarled and monstrous horn from his forehead, he was now a close to perfect copy of his Queen; Chrysalis, the Changeling Queen.

He laughed wickedly, even his voice was a mirror of his queen's, his/her horn glowed a florescent green and from it came a powerful blast that struck the dumbfounded Zagara, sending her reeling. "What sort of trick is this?" Zagara growled, picking herself up, but Excalibur/Chrysalis didn't answer, merely standing before Zagara "Do you submit?" he/she asked through gritted fangs and glaring daggers at the beast. "I submit" she muttered darkly, clearly not happy, flames spread across Excalibur's body once again and he was a generic Changeling one again.

"An interesting trick, but I think we'll find better use for it" a voice said behind him and he turned to see the Queen and Dehaka, both with looks that could kill if it were possible. Excalibur turned back to Zagara and saw she was, in her own version, grinning evilly and only now did Excalibur understand, she had merely been distracting him while the Queen and Dehaka recovered from his screaming, he face-hoofed. "I'm an idiot" he muttered to himself, shaking his head at his own stupidity "Now, do you want to tell us where your from so we can return you safely?" The Queen said and Excalibur looked at her in disbelief, but her face, her expression was one of compassion and of one who wanted to help.

Everyone in the chamber was giving her the same look of disbelief, except for Abathur, maybe, Excalibur couldn't tell, he couldn't even tell if that glowing slit in his face was a mouth or what. "I- wait, what?!" he said and before he could move, the Queen had grabbed his face and delved into his memory and saw all of the events of his life, including when his voyage through space. "So, Excalibur, I suggest we head out, but first" she said and turned to the opening in the ship, she leaped out with incredible speed and in a matter of second, destroyed every single one of the strange white, blue, and yellow ships.

She floated back in through the opening and looked at everyone in the chamber "Now Izsha, set course for..." she stopped and Excalibur had a pretty good idea why, his home world didn't have an actual, official name, or at least to is knowledge it didn't. "Planet Chrysalis" Excalibur said, naming the world in honor of his Queen and The Zerg Queen nodded "Planet Chrysalis" she repeated.