Author's Note: hey all my probably few fans now sorry for the long absence a lot of procrastination and college work to deal with. In any case I'm pouring all my free time back into writing my fics but it will still be a little while since I don't have a Beta thought my friends have offered their support. This is an idea I found from an author by the name of Heir of Empires who in turn got the idea from East Bridge. Blizzard is the sole owner of the Star Craft series the only ones I own will be the random female characters I create and the New Overmind.

Ch1. The New Swarm

Planet Duvet

Climate: Mediterranean/Tropical

Native Creatures: Furan- A race made up of various anthropomorphic animals sentient and have a social structure similar to humans. Kivalt- wild creatures native to this world they like the Furan come in many different forms and are hostile to intruders in their territory. New Arrivals: Zerg Larvae, Chrysalis, and a single Zerg Drone.

The planet Duvet is a lush green planet far from the Koprulu Sector and even farther from Earth. The planet is a warm but wet perfect for vast growth of vegetation but other parts are barren with large deserts and large sections of large mountains. Along with these land terrains there are large seas separating a few of the continents from each other.

In a clearing of the forest near the sea a large pulsing cocoon is standing untouched by the 4 small copper colored larvae crawling around it or by the single lone winged drone stands by the cocoon. The Drone has two large pincers underneath its floating body. Around the Chrysalis is a thick dark purple fungus known to the Zerg as Creep, it provided them sustenance as well as a base for the Zerg structures.

The Drone looked at the Chrysalis with a look of longing and hope for the next Swarm ever since the first Overmind was defeated by the Protoss. Then all of a sudden the Drone sees movement inside the Chrysalis the new Overmind is finally ready to be born. It backs up with the Larvae to give the Overmind room to break free of its five month long prison; a long jagged spine breaks free from the top of the Chrysalis and slices downward cutting the protective shell easily.

The thick fluid inside flooded out into the creep making it grow out more for about 5 feet around where it was placed. The blade retracts as a male humanoid stumbles out and falls to his knees shortly after, He's a strong looking young man in his early 20's thin but muscular in build, his hair is short just barely reaching the nape of his neck colored a natural black, along his arms and legs are light brown carapace but the ones on his arms are double layered and jagged like the blade that cut through the Chrysalis the armor ends at his elbows and knees giving him a slightly menacing look.

'W-where am I? What happened?' The new Overmind thought to himself as the Drone and Larvae slowly approach him. The Larvae wrap around him almost like cuddling at first the Overmind was startled at the unexpected contact from the basic Zerg units. 'What are these?' He thinks as a voice in his head resonates with him giving him information about the Larvae.

Larva: Basic unit of the Zerg

Mutations: Drone, Cost: 50 Minerals or 35 Bio-energy, Overlord, Cost: 100 Minerals or 55 Bio-energy -Hatchery Required
Zergling Cost: 50 Minerals or 45 Bio energy, Queen Cost: 150 Minerals or 85 Bio-energy -Spawning Pool Required

"Larvae? Zerg? What's going on?" He asks himself as he picks up one of the pill bug like creatures. It looks at him for a short while before wiggling out of his grasp and crawls along his arm resting along his arm its head on top of his. "Heh that's going to take some getting use to." He says gently stroking the Larva on his head. It gives a chitter of approval gently pushing up against his hand to get more of the feeling.

He smiles slightly as the drone approaches, bowing slightly it places dry pieces of clothes in front of him and once again the voice in his head speaks to him.

Drone: Basic Building Unit of Zerg Structures

Mutations: Hatchery required for further options.

Hatchery cost: 300 Minerals or 1,000 bio-energy.

Current Overmind Bio-energy: 5,000/5,000.

Current Hatchery Bio-energy: 0/10,000.

Current Population available: 5/10

Current Bio-energy production: 0 per day Hatchery required to store Bio-energy.

He takes a moment to process all the new information as he takes the clothes and puts them on. "Why am I seeing all this information?" he asks himself again but this time someone responds, 'They are the stats of the new Swarm Overmind.' The quiet voice says in his head. He looks around then to the Drone in front of him, "Was that you?" he asks in curiosity.

The Drone bows, 'It was Overmind please command us as you will.' It says telepathically to him. "Ah….alright then…build a Hatchery on top of this." He orders the drone motioning to the remains of the Chrysalis. The Drone hovers over to the remains and rests there for a second, 'I need some of your bio-energy Overmind.' It says to him motioning him over with one of its pincers.

He walks over to the Drone careful not to step on the Larvae surrounding his feet, the creep crunches lightly under his footsteps once he's near the Drone he kneels down and automatically places a hand on top of the Drone's head. A small surge of light enters the Drone giving the Drone enough power to begin building the Hatchery, it encases itself in thick strands changing itself into a cocoon mutating into the beginning Zerg Structure.

He takes a few steps back, not noticing the Larvae wrapped around his arms and legs, to allow the cocoon room to grow to its full size. The Cocoon grows to cover the small clearing increasing the size of the Creep up to about a mile in diameter.

'Well I guess nothing to do except wait until it finishes growing…whenever that is.' He thinks as the same voice echoes in his head again.

Time until Hatchery Completion: 4 hours 45 minutes…

He thinks for a bit looking around and deciding to stay near the cocoon and try to figure out what is going on with him and these creatures. 'So…I have a few memories of the past…My name was once Kenneth…but…I was hit by an oncoming military truck…my planet was under attack. By what I can't remember but I do remember being a Ghost…a trained psionic assassin. But I guess that my old life now I am the Overmind of the Zerg Swarm. I'll keep my name though.' Kenneth thinks to himself looking at the cocoon in front of him.

The Larva on top of his head crawls down the front of his face making him chuckle slightly from the small creature moving down his body. It crawls over to a small mound of Creep and begins chewing on the spongy fungus to supplement itself to keep itself active.

Kenneth looks at the other Larvae as they crawl off of him to join the first one, "Well I guess I need to watch over you four until the Hatchery is done." He says lying back on the Creep letting the sun warm his skin. The Larvae continue to consume their fill eventually starting to crawl over the expanding cocoon that would soon be their new home.

Kenneth stays in the same spot until he hears the bushes rustling nearby and someone panting hard then soon a roar jerks him into a more alert state. 'What the hell was that? ...I would check it out but I can't leave the Larvae unattended…wait they can mutate too. Ah but I don't have the time to wait for them to mutate!' Kenneth thinks as a female Arctic Wolf rushes out of the bushes tripping over the edge of the Creep.

"Ah! Ow…that really hurt." She says as she rolls over onto her back reeling from the slight amount of pain from landing on the Creep. Kenneth gets up and walks over to her right as a pack of three small feral wolf-like creatures with blades on their shoulders, along their back and on the tip of their tails. The female wolf scrambles to her feet and tries to run again but ends up running head long into Kenneth but doesn't move him an inch.

She yelps in fear as she backs up but stays in the middle between Kenneth and the three low level Kivalt not sure which is the greater danger. Kenneth looks at the wolf-girl in front of him and then to the feral wolves, "They're more of a threat to the Hatchery and Larvae." He says as he walks around the scared wolf-girl and in front of the wolves.

"Let's see if these creatures are of any REAL threat." Kenneth says as a twin pair of jagged blades thrust out under his wrists between the carapaces on his forearms. The wolves growl and circle around him eager to attack this new threat to them. The largest one lunges out at Kenneth with its long fangs ready to snap a limb in two but it never got the chance as Kenneth side stepped it and sliced the jagged blade clean through its side spilling deep blue blood and internal organs.

Kenneth quickly jumps at one of the unsuspecting wolves and stabbed it right through the top of its head before violently yanking out the blade and swinging his arm splattering the blood on the nearby plants. The last wolf wasn't the strongest or fastest looking one out of the three but you could see intelligence in its eyes.

The wolf crouches down looking ready to strike but it quickly turns and dashes at the defenseless female wolf. She screams in fright and lifts her arms up to defend herself… but it never landed since Kenneth was faster. He had anticipated it to attack the wolf girl and managed to run the blade through its back forcing out a small dark blue stone out of its chest.

Kenneth grabs the wolf and yanks the blade out of its chest cavity tossing it to the side off the creep, "Are you alright?" He asks the still cowering wolf girl letting the blades retreat back under the carapace on his arms. "H-huh?" she moves her arms and peeks out to see the last one dead far away from her. She then looks up at Kenneth and immediately gets on her knees and paws, "P-Please don't kill me great warrior. I-I promise to serve you to the best of my ability!" she says in a quick panicked voice.

Kenneth tilts his head to the side in confusion and curiosity, "Ah…no need to do that please stand up." He says in a friendly tone with a small smile on his face. The girl slowly looks up at him before standing up, "Um…thank you for saving me from those Wolf Kivalt." She says shyly with her paws in front of her.

"Don't worry about it they weren't that tough to take down." Kenneth says looking at the stone and picking it up. "An Intelligence Core so that's why that Kivalt looked so smart." The girl says realizing what the stone was immediately. "An Intelligence Core?" Kenneth as he looks at her curiously. The girl nods, "They're rare cores that boost the intelligence of the holder or user. Judging by its size it's about level 2 or 3 not a bad find in Wolf Kivalts." She explains quickly to him.

"Good to know… just three questions, where am I? Who are you? And have you ever seen creatures like these?" He asks as a larva crawls up his shoulder so she knows what he's talking about. She jumps a bit at seeing the large copper Larva on his shoulder cuddling up to him.

"Ick…no I've never seen a creature like this…it might be a new form of Kivalt;" She take a minute to get over her disgust at the larva, "Excuse me, now for you first question you're in a clearing about a quarter mile away from my village. My name is Alyssa but some call me Aly for short." She says with a small shy smile.

Kenneth takes all the information in before responding, "That's a nice name I'm….Kenneth." he says a bit unsure if he should use his original Terran name. She nods with a small smile, "It's nice to meet you….but how are you not a Furan? Are you a Mage experimenting with a new spell?" She asks curiously as he set the Larva back on the ground.

Kenneth ponders the questions for a little bit before responding, "I don't think so…I can't remember much of anything right now aside from waking up next to these." He says nudging the Larvae that resumed cuddling around his feet. "Oh that's too bad… if you wish I can see if the leader of my village is willing to let you in despite you being a stranger." She says while playing with a lock of her long white hair that was slightly frizzed from lack of proper cleaning.

Her form was very thin from malnourishment but she looked like to be around 19 years old at the very least she was only covered in a leather piece of cloth that covered her private areas and chest. 'Guess this place is very low tech and what did she mean by Mage?' he thinks to himself as she falls back against the cocoon, "H-hey you alright?" he asks her at the sudden collapse from her.

"Y-yeah, I'm just very hungry." She says holding her flat stomach. I look around then down at the Creep and over at the wolf Kivalts, "I can cook the meat of the Kivalt if you want and you can snack on the Creep until it's done." He suggests looking at her.

"What's Creep?" Alyssa asks giving a quizzical look, "It's this purple stuff we're standing on." He responds motioning to the fungus like Creep. She looks down at it and tears a small piece off of it, looking at it, smelling it then eventually trying the Creep for taste. Her eyes light up for a brief second before tearing off more Creep eating it hungrily.

Kenneth looks down at the Creep realizing he never tried eating it either but now it looked appetizing to him. He reaches down and takes a small chunk out of it before popping it into his mouth and slowly chewing, surprisingly, it was good it had a sweet texture almost like raspberries but it gave him a large boost of energy like a cup of coffee.

'It's good but I bet not a lot of nutrition… she needs real food I feel like I could live off this stuff if I needed too.' Kenneth thinks as he starts a small fire and begins to roast the Kivalt after skinning it and deboning it. The blood slowly dripped out of the muscle as it cooked eventually turning the meat into a grayish color from being cooked, "The meat should be perfect now." Alyssa says looking at the meat with the hungry look on her face.

Kenneth chuckles a bit, "Alright um…get a leaf or something to put this on so you can eat it easier." He says as Alyssa quickly does so. Then unexpectedly the cocoon blows open away from them splattering more of the oily thick substance over the plants.

Hatchery Complete Overmind

Current Overmind Bio-Energy: 4,000/5,000

Current Hatchery Bio-Energy: 10/10,000

Current Bio-Energy Production: 150 units per hour

Current Population: 1/25

"EEEW! What is that?" Alyssa yells out holding her nose and trying not to gag at the smell. The Hatchery is a volcano like structure with a few tunnels burying underground and five tunnels on top a few long thick spikes adorn the sides, top and base of the Hatchery but the ones on the side followed the tunnels. From inside four more Larvae crawl out of the tunnel and began climbing all over the Hatchery like a game to them.

"Ah the Hatchery is done by the looks of it." He responds while looking at the new Zerg Building. The smell given off by the oil was a bit foul but did not nearly have as much effect on him as it did on her as she takes a deep breath after the smell dissipated a bit.

Kenneth walks over to the Hatchery to investigate the interior of it; Alyssa quickly puts out the fire and rushes after him not wanting to be caught out in the open without protection. Kenneth walks into the fleshy tunnels that made up the entrance of the Hatchery.

The center of the Hatchery is warm but they could feel the breeze flowing through the tunnel entrances to regulate the temperature. In the very center though is a cross between a serpent and something that was once human, "Welcome to the Hatchery Overmind. I am Cerebrate Kavas, I am here as your advisor and to help manage your minions." The creature says making what looked like a bow.

As far as Kenneth could tell the creature seemed like a male but it was difficult to tell exactly. "Ah….good to know…um…get three of the Larvae to mutate into drones so we can begin building and expanding. Then get three more to mutate into Zerglings" Kenneth orders the Cerebrate as he feels a lot of energy leave him immediately.

"As you command Overmind you know have three thousand seven hundred sixty units of Bio-Energy left." He says as six of the larvae crawl into the Hatchery to curl up near the Cerebrate and begin to encase themselves in cocoons to mutate into the desired Zerg Units.

Alyssa was confused on everything that was going on she couldn't understand the Cerebrate since to her it seemed he was talking in clicks and growls while Kenneth seemed to understand what it said naturally. 'What have I gotten myself into I wonder…' She thinks standing close to Kenneth while looking around.

There is a pool of liquid that looked like a deep blue underneath the Cerebrate it was odd since the rest of the Hatchery was dry. Curiosity got the better of her so she decided to go investigate the pool; kneeling down over the pool she can only see her reflection in the pool. It didn't give off a scent or even look thick so she reaches out to touch the surface but before she could the Cerebrate yanks her up by the back of her shirt.

The Cerebrate gives her a furious flurry of clicks and growls as if he was scolding her, "P-Please don't hurt me!" She cries out curling into a ball out of fear. "Put her down Kavas. Alyssa he said, don't touch the pool it would have dissolved your hand if you had touched it." Kenneth says gently to her after Kavas put her far away from the pool.

"H-He was trying to save me?" She asks slowly coming out of the ball and looking up at the intimidating figure of the Cerebrate. Kenneth nods, "Come on I bet you're still hungry." He says gently as he picks her up and leads her back out to the meat they left in the semi cold air.

Despite it being cold Alyssa ate every scrap she could fit into her malnourished body. Which wasn't much considering almost three quarters of the meat was left behind, "That was good I never really had that much to eat." Alyssa says happily while sitting next to the small reignited fire.

Kenneth looks at her, "Seemed like it you were really hungry." Kenneth says as he hears some popping inside and some more chattering as a group of dog like creatures with tusks under their jaws and large arm spikes coming from its back. Like the Larvae they are a bronze color and have rows of sharp teeth in their jaws as soon as they were close enough they bow to him in respect.

Kenneth motions out into the Creep, "Keep a patrol up through the night feed when you need to and stay alert." He orders the minor Zerglings as they rush off to do as he said. "What are those things?" Alyssa asks out of curiosity already losing her surprise and fear of the Zerg creatures.

"Zerglings, they're the basic defensive and offensive units of the Zerg." Kenneth says as he collects the other bodies of the Kivalts and places them in the hatchery. 'Now what to do about this meat…I don't have a way to store it.' Kenneth thinks before his Cerebrate speaks up, "The Hatchery can store that meat Overmind for later consumption." Kavas says moving over to him.

"Ah please do so then." He says uncertainly since he wasn't expecting the Cerebrate to speak up. Kavas picked up the dead bodies and placed them against the walls of the Hatchery; the walls began to encase the dead Kivalts in a thin membrane then inside it seemed to freeze over instantly.

Alyssa walks over and leans up against the wall, "It's too dark for me to head back to the village is it alright if I sleep here? It seems to be a safer place than anywhere else." She asks a bit shyly since Kenneth was still a stranger to her. Kenneth nods, "Of course I'm not heartless enough to toss you out in the wild." He says with a slight smile before he walks out to supervise the construction of the Hive Cluster.

Alyssa turns onto her side trying to find some comfort in the spongy Creep and the soft fleshy walls of the Hatchery. 'This is all so strange….a hairless person except for some head fur….a strange race of insects that follow him…but still he protects me…it's strange….but comforting.' She thinks as she lets the comforting arms of deep sleep finally able to rest her exhausted body in peace. A peace that she has long been denied ever since she was young.

End Note: hey just throwing up a quick reedit of this chapter since after re-reading it I made a few mistakes though not with commas I suck at using them, which is why I'm looking for a beta to reedit my chapters for posting. Read and Review and good night people until next time.