Billy didn’t remember much. All of a sudden, he just woke up and found himself surrounded by a whole bunch of..... Well, what were they called again? It was like a memory from a different life. He couldn’t quite name them, and yet he could have sworn he had seen them before. Billy almost remembered... Almost. It brought back feelings of terror and agony, and yet now he felt quite calm and passive.
Billy looked up. A large, living balloon like object was hovering above him. A whole bunch of those... Whatever they were called, a whole bunch of them just hopped right into a sac under that balloon thing.
Billy kind of stood there for a moment. Suddenly, he heard... No, he felt the balloon creature’s intentions. “WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? GET IN!!!”
Billy didn’t know what to do. As if reading his mind, the balloon creature grunted in frustration. All of a sudden, Billy’s body was walking for him! He wasn’t even controlling it, at least not consciously. The balloon thing was thinking for him. Well, he didn’t mind. It actually made him happy to obey. In fact, something kept running through his mind but he had no idea what it meant. “SERVE THE HIVE... GLORY TO THE OVERMIND...”
Anytime Billy thought about the “Overmind,” he was filled with happiness, it was the only thing that mattered. Also, Billy wanted to serve the hive no matter what, though he didn’t quite know how. Fortunately, the balloon thing was helping him serve the hive.
Billy was now up in the air, and a bunch of other creatures were beside him. They snarled and hissed and made other disguting sounds that Billy didn’t quite understand. It didn’t matter, they were just mumbling about how they wanted to kill these guys called “Terrans.” Who were Terrans? Billy had no clue. He decided to direction his question to the creature that he was within. Apparently, the balloon creature didn’t think the question was important enough and so it didn’t reply. Billy still liked the balloon thing, because it would always help him serve the hive. Things that weren’t important didn’t concern the balloon thing, and so it didn’t concern Billy. The only thing that was important was the “Overmind.”
Billy was now floating over some strange buildings. For some reason, he could almost remember being in those buildings in another life... But he couldn’t quite remember. The creature told him to forget such fancies, and he was always right when it came to serving the hive.
All of a sudden, the balloon, his lord, screamed out in pain. Billy was afraid, he didn’t want his lord to be in agony. Billy looked down... A few creatures were shooting at the balloon thing. They were shouting in a strange language Billy didn’t understand.
“Kill it dammit! Kill the damn overlord before it unloads!!!”
All of a sudden, his lord opened up its sac, and all of the creatures beside him ran out. Billy was obliged to follow them. He saw the strange shouting creatures who kept shooting at his friends. The balloon thing sent a thought message to Billy. “TERRANS BAD! MUST KILL TERRANS...”
So those must be what Terrans were! Billy saw his friends that came for the ride in the balloon thing jump and slash and kill some of the Terrans. Suddenly, the balloon thing translated the growls and snarls so Billy could understand what was going on. “FIREBATS ARE TOO STRONG... NEED AIR SUPPORT. WATCH OUT FOR TANK ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE BUNKER... KILL TURRETS AND BRING IN THE LURKERS...”
Apparently, some of the creatures were informing his lord about the battle. His lord then sent messages to all other creatures and other balloon things and even the “Overmind.” Billy wanted to serve the hive and make the “Overmind” happy.
The balloon thing finally gave him an order. “DESTROY BUNKER... SERVE THE HIVE!!!”
Without questioning how he was going to destroy the bunker, or even what a Bunker was, Billy just ran right for a gray building. A bunch of Terran’s were inside. Billy could hear them. “Oh my god, it’s Billy! He’s infested!!! Kill him before he blows the bunker!!!”
Billy only increased his speed. He felt bullets slash into him, but he didn’t know what pain was and it didn’t matter anyway. The only thing that mattered was to serve the hive. He saw the Terrans inside the Bunker, and he wanted to kill them for hurting the his lord.
Billy didn’t even know what he was doing. He opened what used to be his mouth, and screamed a garbled message, “I AM ZERG!!! PREPARE TO DIE!!!”
He jumped on the Bunker, and he felt fluids inside his body bubble up in rage. He wanted to kill those Terrans so badly! This hate made his body feel funny, and suddenly, Billy exploded…. the Overmind was pleased.
