Harbinger/7

Revolution
It was fully a week later. Colonel Travincal and the others had successfully arranged a truce with Colonel Gui Montag, leader of the Confederate military in siege of the planet's greatest city of Antiga Prime, to cease fire for five days. But everyone was busy for the battle that would of course come to pass... And soon.

For the cease-fire had been arranged for only twelve days.

But for now, Daniel had finished his work--had solidified his control over the city, had viewed the contents of the adjutant's data discs, and had visited the barracks and factories of the city...

Then one dusk, Kerrigan decided to leave. "Bye, Daniel," was all she said, from inside the command center when his back was turned.

He whirled around, expecting to see Kerrigan leave. But she had vanished. In her place, there seemed to be a flickering of the light, much like what an area of hot air does to the appearance of the place behind it...

He immediately groped around, grabbing at the thin air, half-hoping to find her visible, much like the Wraiths were purported to be able to.

But no such luck was with him on that day. She had gone.

"Then farewell, Kerrigan," Daniel muttered to himself.

Daniel then fell into sleep for the night. It was six hours later when it began, but to him it felt as if no time had passed at all, that he was immediately swathed in the potent dream-force he had last encountered.

The gigantic eye.

Peering down upon him, emanating words, no, thoughts, swirling images of the events that had happened before... And it spoke to him, most clearly:

[[Awaken, Daniel Travincal, and communicate with me.]] A single, forceful thought, with the detectable vibes of millennia of existence, of a heaviness of experiences and knowledge, an otherworldly reality...

[[Who are you?]] Daniel replied, tapping into his newly discovered psionic potential. [[What do you want?]] In the background, countless truths whirled around, waiting, teasing, as Daniel's soul strove to catch them...

[[I am the Overmind.]]

Then, the signal was no more, and Daniel continued his sleep. Only this time, the thoughts persisted in his mind, past his awakening from bed several hours hence...

Daniel knew immediately what it meant the moment his consciousness came into its own. Then I must have been communicating with-- The dream entity which called itself the Overmind-- could it be? Could it be that I have had personal contact with the beast of beasts which is the hive mind for all the Zerg? If so, then it must be a most indomitable force, the Zerg...

Now wide awake after an otherwise undisturbed sleep, Daniel nevertheless felt as if something had constantly drained him of his vitality; he felt continuously tired. I just need some relaxation, he thought. The last few weeks have been such a stress...

He wondered if the last few days had been free of troubling dreams because of Kerrigan's presence.

I'll learn about that later, he said to himself. Now, I'm going to need plenty of rest and recuperation.