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StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga
Written by Gabriel Mesta.
Her retreat was a blur.
Somehow, faster than she had ever imagined she could move, Octavia found herself back at the robo-harvester, leaning against the mud-encrusted treads. Behind her, on the steep hillside, the tall crystals ignited. Lightning bolts that sparkled like blue spider-webs connected them all, drawing their power together and weaving it into a knot of energy until all the stray threads converged.
Finally, a beacon of sound and light - some sort of giant transmission - speared upward into the sky and far out into space. It was not directed at her at all, but somewhere distant. To something not human.
The shock wave knocked Octavia flat, sending her sprawling on the broken ground. She could barely hold on as the pulsing signal rippled and tore through the air.
Out of breath, frantic, she crawled up the treads of the robo-harvester. As she grabbed the door of the armored cab, her head throbbed and her ears rang. She threw herself inside, slammed the door, and collapsed on the seat. She could barely hear anything.
For the moment she felt protected, but not enough. Moving blindly, she started the engine of the enormous vehicle, wheeled it around on its treads, and crunched over the broken ground at top speed, sending rocks and dirt clods flying as she raced across the valley. She had to get back to Free Haven.
Octavia couldn't think straight, could not yet address in her mind what had happened to her brother, what she had seen with her own eyes.
But she knew she had to warn the other colonists.
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