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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Antone's Zerg Encounter
![]() Antone recalls his story for the group. He was patrolling a sector in the backwoods country of Earth 2. His regiment was recently attacked by a zergling. The entire camp was astonished that the zerg had made it this far already. No one knew what to think, the civlians were in a bit of a panic when word reached the news. The news of the zergling was the whole reason he was searching the woods now. The feddie heads had wanted to calm down the civies by telling them a squad was dispatched to rid Earth 2 of the zerg. He had been searching for hours nonstop now and his patience was very thin.
Deciding to head back, he turned to see something scurry through the trees above him. Dismissing it for lack of patience, he pressed onward. Upon arriving back at the base, his face dropped from astonishment. zerglings and hydras had taken out most of the base, leaving only a couple burning supply depots and a command center. The command center was already being infested as the queen had just broken in through the two outer doors. He found his regiment not far from the command center. A group of hydras stood guard over them, their weapons had been stripped.
Zerglings were dragging civilians out of the command center and feasting upon them. His face twisted with disgust as he turned his head. Turning back, he found himself staring into the eyes of a very hungry looking broodling. His finger pulled back the trigger and the broodling's middle exploded. The hydras flicked their head in the direction of the gunfire and hissed. Leaving the marines with two zergling guards, the four hydra guards ran in Antone's direction. Antone swore under his breath and hid behind a wall inside the supply depot.
The hydras stopped and stood next to the dying broodling. Their mouths clicked rapidly, angrily. Spreading out, they began to search for the remaining marine. His heart was pumping rapidly, he had never engaged in actual combat before. He kept telling himself the broodling's death was a fluke. One of the hydras poked his head in the doorway and Antone froze. It turned its head and looked straight at him. It opened its jaws and spat a glob of acid at him. It hit the wall behind his head and at that point, he unfroze long enough to open fire again. The machine gun sprayed bullets everywhere, luckily one caught the hydra in the head.
The hydras knew where the shots came from now, they returned to the spot where the broodling died and spotted the dead hydra. Hissing, they entered the supply depot quietly and began to hunt for the marine. Antone waited for the hydras to pass by his corner before making a quick exit out. He popped the top on a grenade and rolled it into the supply depot and ran for cover. The depot imploded as the latest technology in grenades sucked everything inside into a small black vortex. The grenades were meant as a marine's last resort and that's exactly what it was.
The two zergling guards abandoned their posts and ran back towards the queen for escape. Antone came running out and aimed as best he could at the queen. It looked straight at him and he felt a chill run down his back. His finger pulled down on the trigger of his machine gun and the queen screeched as it felt the bullets tear through its body. The zerglings retreated from the base and entered a nearby overlord, departing the area. Antone watched the zerglings run and then entered the command center and began cutting off all of the zerg patrs of the command center. His regiment re-armed themselves and helped him restore the command center. They called in a dropship and left the base and Earth 2 behind forever.
Word on the fleet was a traitor helped the zerg enter Earth 2's atmosphere undetected. All regiments were being recalled as the battlecruisers prepared to open fire upon Earth 2. The final countdown had begun and nothing would be left alive afterwards. Antone got word that he was being transferred to another group preparing to land on Shakuras to assist other units in the final eradication of the zerg.
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