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on_her_korhalFar above the fray, someone sat watching. Her long fingers rubbed idly over a Hydralisk's back, like it was a particularly gruesome dog. The structure breathed with comfort, one steady familiar heartbeat at a time. Much like hers.
Much like all of theirs.
"Cerebrate," said the Queen of Blades. "Move in. Duran. You know what to do."
And she watched creatures stumble over each other like moving puzzle pieces, or vast swarms of victory that snatched her quarry from the brink of capture. The Zerg moved in and gorged themselves on UED flesh. Duran's troops moved aside just in time, and Jimmy's Battlecruiser slid smoothly into the waiting sky along that path.
"My Queen." That was Duran. "River's interference worked exactly as planned."
She smiled. "No time to rest on our laurels," she said, "I predict the UED will be tracking their fugitive across the sky within a few hours. Vice Admiral Stukov was DuGalle's favorite plaything. He's going to be pretty upset now that the good Admiral has betrayed him."
There was a slight pause on the other end of their... line. "Betrayed him?"
"What I made you and River do has left Stukov with a trail of breadcrumbs," she said. The Hydralisk beneath her fingertips growled happily. "As we speak, he's taking a contigent of troops for his own ends."
Another silence. Oh, she knew that Duran wasn't as dumb as he was playing. He should've followed his own trail of breadcrumbs by now; he was Zerg, and as such, should know everything they knew.
"Follow him," she ordered, "He'll be heading towards Braxis. Won't DuGalle be surprised when he finds that Psi Disruptor in working order..."
"Will that be all, my Queen?"
"Pick up River on the way. I'd like to see her up here before she gets redeployed."
"As you wish."
[ NFB, NFI, OOC-okay, la! based on events from StarCraft: Brood War Terran mission 6, 'Emperor's Flight' ]
Much like all of theirs.
"Cerebrate," said the Queen of Blades. "Move in. Duran. You know what to do."
And she watched creatures stumble over each other like moving puzzle pieces, or vast swarms of victory that snatched her quarry from the brink of capture. The Zerg moved in and gorged themselves on UED flesh. Duran's troops moved aside just in time, and Jimmy's Battlecruiser slid smoothly into the waiting sky along that path.
"My Queen." That was Duran. "River's interference worked exactly as planned."
She smiled. "No time to rest on our laurels," she said, "I predict the UED will be tracking their fugitive across the sky within a few hours. Vice Admiral Stukov was DuGalle's favorite plaything. He's going to be pretty upset now that the good Admiral has betrayed him."
There was a slight pause on the other end of their... line. "Betrayed him?"
"What I made you and River do has left Stukov with a trail of breadcrumbs," she said. The Hydralisk beneath her fingertips growled happily. "As we speak, he's taking a contigent of troops for his own ends."
Another silence. Oh, she knew that Duran wasn't as dumb as he was playing. He should've followed his own trail of breadcrumbs by now; he was Zerg, and as such, should know everything they knew.
"Follow him," she ordered, "He'll be heading towards Braxis. Won't DuGalle be surprised when he finds that Psi Disruptor in working order..."
"Will that be all, my Queen?"
"Pick up River on the way. I'd like to see her up here before she gets redeployed."
"As you wish."
[ NFB, NFI, OOC-okay, la! based on events from StarCraft: Brood War Terran mission 6, 'Emperor's Flight' ]
