Dragon circled the Ganthritor II, looking in all directions, calling out "Lich!"
It had been three hours since she had last seen him, and the now evening sky made it all the more difficult to find him, the landscape a reddish-orange hue.
Sighing and wiping away a tear, she dove down to the ship and flew in a side door. About to retreat to her bedroom, she was greeted by a heavy, slobbering, disgusting Dev. He bounded around the corner and slid into the opposite wall, then shook his head and grunted, and leapt into the air, landing on Dragon, wagging his tail and grinning, showing all his teeth. The Darikuri tried to write away, but the Zergling was too heavy for her. Then, she noted a hungry look in his eyes; he wanted food. So she rolled him over and stood up.
"So, you want food, do you?" she said as she trudged along the corridors behind him. He led her into a storage room where she found some frozen meat. Just after unwrapping it, Dev stole it out of her hands and chomped on it gleefully. She didn't know how she could think it, but the word "cute" drifted through her head. Smiling, she kneeled down and ran a hand along the grooves on his back, and he responded with a contented grunt.
When he had finished, he licked his lips and wagged his tail, then slumped over and frowned when she got up and said, "I'm tired, Dev. Go perster NM."
Dev once again bounded away, and as Dragon entered her room, she heard a thump, a surprised shout, and "What the hell? Get this thing off me!"
Her bed never looked more welcoming, she thought, and she fell onto it and closed her eyes.

~*v*~

After a few minutes of darkness, a scene popped up out of nowhere. It was nighttime, and the stars overhead shined brightly. There was a figure to her right, lime green in colour and was talking, but she could not make out the words. She moved, appearing to stand up and turn away, when one word was clearly recognisable.
"Riu?"
She became frightened as the scene began to fit a vague memory in the back of her mind, and then, she fell to the ground as a shooting pain ran through her body, forcing her to the ground. The figure again called out to her.
"Riu!"
Crouching on the ground, she involuntarily turned her head to the figure, and again it spoke; "Riu, you are scaring me. Please stop -"
She appeared to leap into the air towards the figure, and everything suddenly came into focus, the figure was now in the image of her little sister, her eyes wide and frightened, and just before reaching her, a deep and sinister voice whispered menacingly;
"Murderer…"
The high-pitched scream of her sister penetrated her eardrums, causing her to awake drenched in sweat and chewing on her pillow. NM was beside the bed, along with Tob and Dev, and Dragon eyed them, wheezing from fear.
"Woah, are you okay?" NM asked. "That must have been a bad nightmare."
Gulping a few times, she whispered dryly, "I need some water."
She got up and shakily left the room to get a drink with Tob and Dev following behind. As he watched her gulp down water by the jug-full, Tob asked, "Do you need anything?"
When he didn't respond, he put a hand on shoulder.
The Darikuri shrieked and spun around, dropping the jug of water over him.
"You know what? You're being rather nosey, don't you think?" she sneered, as she advanced towards him. Tob backed up and replied, "No I'm not, I just figured you'd like some help -"
"Some help, huh?"
Dragon grabbed him by the throat and slammed him into the wall.
"Let me tell you something. I don't need your damn help, otherwise I would have asked for it. The last thing I need right now…" she shoved her snout into his face, "…is your help."
At this moment she was swept off her feet by Dev, growling and barking at her. Tob retreated a few feet as she got up and cursed, "Damn mutant!"
She kicked Dev hard in the chin. He scurried away howling, and Tob yelled above the din,
"You're fricking mad! What is your problem?"
She turned around, eyes glowing brightly.
"You are my problem!" she screamed, letting out an icy blaze from her mouth. Tob ducked as the ice beamed off the wall behind him. Rolling to his right, he got into a crouching position and leapt into the air to perform a somersault, using his shell to knock the insane Darikuri as it passed her head.
Sprawled out on the floor, she began to morph, growing bigger, and stronger.
Tob landed beside her and said, "Oh, no way, not again, this is just too weird!"
Coming to her feet once more, her appearance was more dragon-like, and she was still growling. She strode past Tob and into the hull, where she roared and brought her huge fists down onto the control panel. It made a buzzing noise and flickered, then the ship alarm rang out.
"Navigational controls damaged. Ship immobilised."
The Gantrithor II slowed, and eventually stopped to hover in mid-air above the Protoss city. The Dragon walked out of the hull and through a door, smashing it to pieces in her rage. Outsided the ship she completed morphing, and circled the craft in large circles. Then a voice made her pause.
"Good, good…now, destroy it."
The Darikuri grunted in response, and turned away from the ship to get some distance. Then she screamed, and flew towards it as fast as she could, ramming into the side. It turned slightly, almost reaching the ground, then it slowly righted itself and went back to the correct altitude. Diving under the ship, she pushed into it with her shoulder and heaved it higher into the air, then moved away quickly to let it fall to the ground, creating a loud crunching noise as it knocked off a tower of the Nexus. This time it did not rise. It lay still as the wind blew over it.
The blue monster dove in for more, when she heard the voice speak again;
"That's enough. Leave something for the light one to mourn over."
The beast laughed, and flew away north, leaving the ship in ruins.
She failed to see the tiny - almost insignificant beings escaping the ship in mid-attack, sneaking away west to follow the sun.

~*v*~

"You see that, Aurora? She will fight along with you, and bring me - us, to victory!" Ulrezaj crowed, almost happy enough to dance, if he had feet.
"Impressive," Aurora stated. "She will be of great benefit to us."
They watched their screen as the Darikuri sped towards them. Ulrezaj's eyes glowed.
"Soon, so very soon will I rule over Mister Havering, and I destroy the grey archon while I'm at it, with the help from my new spy, 'Dragon'…"