Excalibur and the Zerg

by Disciple of Chrysalis

Chapter 12: Delve

Excalibur hardly moved, he just stood their starring at his own face and no one sought to help him, except Zagara "It isn't all that bad" she said, reaching towards him but he pulled away "You don't understand, you couldn't fathom the horrible feeling of losing something you've had since birth" he said, his voice was hollow and pained. "But it's only one eye" she said "your exaggerating" she said "It's not like your dead", she expected Excalibur to say something sharp in return, but he didn't say a thing, just continued to look at the piece of metal that reflected his face.

"YOUR IMPOSSIBLE!" she screamed.

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Matt was in darkness, he remembered that he had gone to a remote base of the Raider's when he been attacked by the Zerg, he was aware that their were some Broodmothers not under the control of Kerrigan, but he hadn't worried about it, until a group of Zerg had attacked his ship and cause it to crash on a remote world, he wasn't even aware if it was inhabited or not. He was now endlessly reliving that memory when he was jolted awake by a splash of extremely cold water. He moved in a jolting manner, but his sudden awakening found him tied up in a chair, his hands behind the chair and his legs firmly immobilized.

"Hello?" he called out to the surrounding darkness, he could see structures around him, appearing to be in some kind of medieval style that had once existed on the human homeworld of Earth. There looked to be statues around him and the style made him think of gargoyles, but almost all of them looked to be the same four-legged creature with some odd armor on with the faint outline of wing reminiscent of insects, but one statue stood different from the others.

This one was taller and thinner then the others, but it had the same hole riddled limbs, but this one also had a gnarled horn jutting from it's head, like a unicorn of sort, it just stood there ominously. "Is anyone there?" he called and that when he saw shifting in the darkness near one of the smaller, armored sculptures. He starred intently at it hoping to catch another flash of movement, but found none and when he turned his head back into a forward facing direction, he found a pair of bright green eyes starring into his own, he attempted to jump away, but couldn't.

Chrysalis pov
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Chrysalis starred into the eyes of the alien and she suppressed a laugh when it tried to jump from her, "Nice to see your awake" she said and with a sweep of her tail turned to her guards and with a low and disturbing crackling sound, the guards left the chamber with only the queen and her captive. The alien moved to talk, but Chrysalis spoke before it could "I suppose introductions are in order first of all, I am Chrysalis, Queen of the Changeling" her voice graceful and imposing in it's way.

"What the hell do you want with me?" the alien growled at the queen

"Only the latest of news and they i'll send on your way"

"What?"

Chrysalis heaved a sigh "You heard me, I want news".

The alien starred at her in confusion and Chrysalis, known for temper or patience, put on her fiercest and most intimidating face, but the alien, to her surprise, hardly seemed to notice. "What do you mean by 'news'?" it asked and now it was Chrysalis's turn to put on a confused expression "As in, whats happening out in space" she uttered, unsure of her own words.

Excalibur pov
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Excalibur had done nothing throughout the course of the orbital hovering, just mutely starring at his own reflection, Kerrigan looked on, uncaring, Dehaka couldn't have given a damn, Izsha expressed no emotion, Abuthur as always, had no concern other then the Swarm's efficiency however, one stood beside him and continuously tried to get him to stop mopping, Zagara. "Your alive at least" she said, looking down on him with pity.

Excalibur managed a small nod, there was that upside, but he knew he would never recover from this because he had been starved throughout his time in space and his body lacked the nutrients to heal him. "I suppose your right, but it's still going to take sometime to get used to" he said, lowering his head and dropping the metal. Zagara's eyes lit up as she swiftly scooped up the Changeling and placed him on her back "It'll get better, you'll see" she said, her voice cheerful and Excalibur couldn't help but smile when the Broodmother walked back to the front of the leviathan with the others.

Chrysalis pov
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The alien shook it's head "I don't understand" he said in a low tone that made Chrysalis less then happy. "Zerg! Tell me what is going on with them" she screamed, making the alien jump and stare at her wide eyed "Why do you wish to know about the Zerg" he asked and Chrysalis was sick of this creatures stupidity. A bright green beam shot from her horn and struck the creature in the forehead, it was the spell she had used on Shining Armor only this time, it was used to delve into the mind and not control.

Images flashed before the changeling queen of fighting, terrans fighting zerg and some women being carried away by whom she assumed was the terran leader and zerg bodies littered the area. She now saw the creature from her dreams one some terran world launching a full on zerg assualt and Chrysalis realized the creature that had presented her Excalibur's life for landing was the women being carried away by the terran.

Chrysalis cried out as she stumbled back, she had seen monsters destroying machines, machines destroying monsters and men killing others men. She panted as she looked back at the alien, it too panted in distress and Chrysalis recovered 'What the hell did I just see?!" she screamed and the alien looked at her with eyes that, quite frankly, were very intimidating.

"That was the invasion of Korhal by the Queen of Blades, it resulted in the death of Arcturus" he panted, his voice was venom to her ears. Chrysalis squinted, so her knowledge was out of date, the zerg were no longer under the Overmind, but this 'Queen of Blades' and the terran leader had been slain. "I would still like to know your name" Chrysalis said, trying to change the topic into something more pleasant then what her delving had brought about.

"Matt Horner, second in command of Raynor's Raiders" he spoke his full title in a way that might have been used to scare another, but Chrysalis had no idea what these raiders were so it did nothing. "So Matt, I received the knowledge I wish" Chrysalis said and walked towards the terran and suddenly kissing the human full on, he was surprised at first, but he melted into the kiss quickly and Chrysalis felt the waves of lust pour from him now, how much action did this poor creature get.

Chrysalis broke the kiss suddenly and with her hoof, knocked the creature unconscious, he could be useful to her later and she didn't plan on wasting this opportunity. She summoned her guards back and commanded them to take Matt to one of the castle suites and to guard it with their lives and when he awoke, to send him to her in her throne room.

Comments

[mune72]

Nothing major really happened except queen chrysilys gaining more recent information

[Disciple of Chrysalis]

2757895 It's called 'The Calm before the storm'

[mune72]

Oh

[Disciple of Chrysalis]

2757937 Exactly, expect some dead ponies soon

[mune72]

What with lack of uptating story?

[Disciple of Chrysalis]

2757972 Three things
1.) counter to popular belief, I do have a life outside and have obligations needed to fulfill
2.) This is not my only story and I really want to wrap these up before I start anything new (which I really want to)
3.) This is almost done, like one chapter almost done, and so I don't feel the need to just constantly throw out chapters on this baby.