《dìle》 Prologue. Pov octor Robert Patricson "Doctor Robert Patricson is requested in the lab 0683667. His presence is mandatory. Order issued by overseer kJ12 Morgan price" Just as always the bitch just can''t contact me via meins link in private. No she has to call out via the station network speaker ! How humiliating. She is just doesn''t understands the danger of our work. I would have guessed being stuck on this rock with those monsters would calm her. But no fucking fanatics Passing the contamination field, and following the bright blue markings on the walls towards my lab. I noticed very few people in the area how weird Alright champ be ready to be scolded like a child, mama ain''t doing money and she is angry. Stifling my chuckle I enter the surprisingly crowded lab " old man doc are your enchantment broken ? I v told you to come 4 minutes ago. Would I have to send you to the brig ?" she said with a harsh tone and taping her finger on my desk. Fucking hell the bitch. What does she expects I''m a 138 years old scientist not a soldier even my suit can''t make me run ! " Sorry ms price. I''ve come the fastest I could " well not really but she wouldn''t know. A bit of ass licking and I''ll be fine " why did you bring my staff here and requested this meeting " I said with a weak voice " careful old man your nose is brown. Well you''ve been called for two reasons."she paused and glared at me" first of all you''re behind schedule for the coalition bioweapon project and general tr¨¹der is asking a full status report." By Divines of all fucks this is bad real bad shit. We only had full failures with the anti flood mutagen. "Secondly, I''ve heard of the 230508 and I''m here to congratulate all of you for fucking up so badly now please tell me why we had a 6 meter long monstrosity killing 6 armed soldiers and one alsam warrior ?" as usual she glares but now she is taping her foot, stressed ?The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. "320508 went berserk when we cut the contact between the hive and it. It''s genetic material git corrupted and grew like a giant tumor wich caused the specimen to go full suicidal. I believe this is the best progress we have made so far. we could use the data to make a perfect anti flood virus." Well not really but let her believe this. The problem was that even if it was a success. If it wasn''t berserk and control it self it would have become a second flood. A huge failure " perfect ! Yes I could tell this to the general. I want you to do search in whatever you eggheads did and carry on that is an order. " she seemed way to eager to end the conversation. But kinda exited ? ------------------------------------------------------------ 2 years latter. Old man doc pov Finally ! Fantastic. 230599 is a hive free flood. it''s dangerous yeah but amazing it didn''t go berserk. so small and fragile it took only 63 years to come to this point but we finally managed to take the first step to saving zeon supercluster. Fucking flood ! Your time is coming ! I''ll be a war hero ! No I''ll be humanitys hero hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha I wonder if I give it knowledge would it become sentient ? If I bound it would I be more than man ? I heard the zratrak race lost their home planet last circle to the flood. If I can control a flood would I be able to conquer the world and have a harem of zratrak ? Robert this is your chance ! Funny when I placed the specimen in the dive system to implement knowledge it didn''t resiste it''s actually quite subdue. [bzzzzzzzz] Shit Is it alive ? Let''s check ------------------------------------------------------ Pov Mike Holloway. 16. complex outer hall " you help me " a weak raspy voice said so I turned around just to see what wrong Oh it''s the doctor, why would he talk to someone like me ? I''m a low circle citizens. Wait what is he doing here ? Weird. " yes sir what would you like this lowly guard to do ?" I said politely bowing a bit not meeting the eye he''s has the mad scientist thing going on too "I lost my way to outside. I broke enhancements me speak bad. You take me out" his voice is all broken ? Ah he broke his translator ! First time I heard someone talk like this because of it. He wants to go out ? Why ? " sir I beg your pardon may I know why you want to go out ? We can''t survive in a deathworld " still as submissive as I could appear I heard he had a stick up his ass but he should answer that it''s a reasonable concern "no you not know secret. Experiment out" why is he smiling smugly Yeah it''s a fucking tree up there either way let''s bring him " there you go sir. You are advised to not leave the perimeter by order of the overseer and the coalition laws one rank four high circle citizens. Stay safe " "yes, go in uuuuman" was that a smirk ? Why am I trembling ? Chapter one. Awakening Nb230599, exlatren, specimen, thing I had many names given to me. I once wasn''t me. I was it, the hive. Or maybe the hive was me. Wich is it ? I wonder. Well here I am in a "cave" as the humans calls it. I wonder what I have left ? What am I to do ? How did I get here? How was I born ? I woke up one day. We were mighty. We were here for the cleansing of the virus. It calls itself "sentient lifeforms" . I was made by the gurlash ! The gurlash itself ! And was made to be an exlatren. Directly connected to the hive ! But the nest was broken and we became prey. The "droppers" big things that spites fire and drop from the sky captured the young... Well me. And brought us here. Where is here ? I could only here the shout as a tiny whisper. I''m an exlatren how was I to do my job if I can''t hear you my lord ? Well now I can''t even feel my brethrens when they were next to me. Was I exiled ? The humans changed me. Before I didn''t feel that much pain. I didn''t know I was before ! It''s horrible. They " tortured" me. They took everything I had ! But why. Why can''t I hate them like before ? Did they take my anger ? No the anger was the hives not mine. The host I m currently infecting is a well of knowledge. I understand. Before I wasn''t. They took everything but gave me sentience ? Am I an enemy of the hive ? Oh the host died. I could forage it''s biomass and start my hive ! I was an exlatren but now I''ll be hive ! But humans gave me, knowledge ! "Biology" was the host main knowledge. And I could work with that. [wooooooiiiiiiiiin] The "alarm" is ringing. They might have found the host missing or the freed "head holders"If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. I should quickly assimilate the host and start the hive further. Hide. I need to hide. A funny human concept and perfect for me. ----------------------------------------------- Scott Thomas Cook. Guard captain The alarms stop ringing an hour ago and here I am having to report that the is an outbreak on a deathworld not far from the Holyhomeland in the coalition system ! I''m soooo getting killed ! Shit shit shit " I want a full report Mr Scott "she looked like she wanted to gut me. Damn she''s hot pissed. Tight fiting clothes, short black hair a big ass scowl and siting behind a wooden desk from Earth ! Goddamn earthen wood ! "yes miss overseer, about 19 earth 1/24 cycle ago, the contamination field was corrupted. We suspect that in the classified project lab. Someone didn''t follow protocol. We found a used dive and trace of blood around it. The security camera showed that doctor Patricson was in that room prior to the accident The in room camera showed an a weird antenna flood in the dive. and the data from the dive that we could found was a transfer of....... biology and philosophical things. the doctor was then seen in the containment area and liberating a dozen specimen. He was then seen with a guard reporting that he had escorted the doctor outside and that the doctor seems strange We manage to recover half of the specimen but some went outside. It might be better t "I said decidedly and standing straight like protocol " YOU MAY NOT TELL ME WHAT TO DO! I asked a report not an advice am I clear ?" shit now she looks real pissed I wonder what mom is doing ? If I survive I''ll send a wave "yes mam" said really pitifully "continue" awww she is pulling her bang behind her ear with one hand and...... Caressing her pistol. Shit "we might have a flood outbreak outside and we have found no signs of the doctor." keep talking monotone "what about the specimen ? The one in the lab ?" she looks hopeful I wonder what they are doing with those things "We found ichor and flesh in the dive. I believe it''s dead and in the security camera we don''t see it again after the doctor opens it" well we see him freeze a good minute but I don''t wanna die "good. I will report a mutiny has taken place and the culprit has tried to cause a flood in here. The doctor is kia. But have found genetic materials of the last project nb 230599 wich is now deceased ,you are dismissed" the door behind me opened and two big ass warrior came out to excorte me did I survive ? The real start 3 month latter Months. I''ve been moving for months form the base I haven''t seen any humans since but that doesn''t mean I am safe Oh no ! Deathworld is how they called this place and it sure is. Giant monster bigger than the Giants humans by at least 2 humans height ! My poor legs can''t carry on. But luckily I''ve found a nice host ! There is so much biomass I might finally mature ! Lucky me. The neural system of this specimen is quite simple. Human host was so difficult to control -------------------------------------------------- In a cave ----------------------------------------------------- As I pulled out my legs from the creature after it finally died didn''t know what to do. Well I just finished consuming it. I''m almost as tall as a " hippopotamus " my 12 legs are shaking. Well I guess I did get fat. I might aswell start the hive ! But I''m no fruslan. how do I make a hive ? I''m an exlatren ! Well was so how do I do anything ? First of I should make a gurlash ! But better ! I''m sentient so I can adapt ? First of I should separate my self in two. mould my flesh. I shouldn''t be intelligent I don''t want to be under someone else ! I should it parthenogenesis. and it should lay eggs. Form the knowledge I''ve glimpse eggs are better. Don''t need as much nursing. and the parent isn''t weaken !Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. I should name this flesh..... I don''t know biofactory is accurate but too human. Hum is will be an megg ! Ah I''m clever ! Praise the mighty big ass ugly insect parasite ! Wait ! Am I ugly ? Why do I feel like I''m ugly ? Either way. Now megg should lay eggs and and shit ! What now ? So the babies from the egg shall eat anything organic without my dna and grow up ! Then when born they should provide for megg by foraging ! Like this I don''t have to do anything ! Ahahaha I''m a smart me ! But then what are they gonna forage once they ate all the Moss here ? I should copy the leafcuter ants for old earth ! They go forage stuff and I make grow the stuff they eat ! So let''s cut myself again in half and make a giant blob of meat. Hum I should copy a fungi ! Like this the spors would be on the little ones when they go out and there will be more food ! But the fungi should be something like an exlatren. So I could control it a bit and make it eat animal ! Like give it teeth and a stomach and appendage ! Is it still a fungi ? I don''t care it''s practical. So I should mage is like a carnivorous plant ! Where it can be in symbiosis with the little ones ! Juste likeNepenthes bicalcarataor something the problem lies in balance I don''t care about outside ecosystem I''m making my own but if something goes wrong like the fungi/carnivorous flesh thing..... Bob if Bob dies the hive also ! But no megg no little ones no Bob... Balance is key... For nowI''ll do that but one day I''ll go and hunt