The Story of a Protoss

Pain! A cramping feeling originates from the girl's stomach. It surprises her how a simple feeling such as hunger can distract her so significantly.

After she and Idan arrived above ground and saw the destruction, Idan instantly urged the girl to swiftly retreat into the trees. The foliage and high-rising trees would obstruct the view for any aerial predators searching for helpless prey.

Arriving at the outskirts of the clearing, both decide to sit down for a bit. The running climbing and subsequent running tired the girl. Moving to a pond filled with water the girl washes her hands and scoops some water for her to drink. After relaxing for a bit she decides to check her appearance. While she did create this body off of a model she, up till now, did not have the time to check herself.

Standing up and taking a look at her appearance she notices that she looks exactly like a younger version of the body she created. The only difference is her skin color. The default skin-color was a pale white but she had to admit: This light brown color was more appealing. Furthermore, it is not as conspicuous. Pared with some brown green clothes she would be able to hide much more easily.

Satisfied with her face she proceeds to examine her body. Feeling the satisfying power upon flexing her muscles a satisfied smirk appears at the corner of her lips.

(I should check my abilities. Two of them are unlocked now.)

Thinking so she concentrates on her fingertips. According to the design she made, concentrating should work. Fixing her "intent" on said fingertips they slowly squirm and the wriggling extends to her whole hand. Small strands appear underneath her skin wriggling towards her palms. Her skin turns red and slowly a black blob appears in the center of her palm.

The pitch black blob appears to draw in light. Robbing the surroundings of their color. The world appears lifeless, without excitement and slowly the surrounding environment dies. The ground cracks and splits. Trees wither and slowly turn brittle. Flowers reveal their beauty as if to contend against the never-ending pressure extending of her hand, only to die and offer their energy.

Minutes pass and slowly the surroundings grow quite. Silence settles in which is immediately pierced by a resounding scream. The scream pierces Idans and the girl's eardrums causing them to bleed.

Trying to hold her palms over her hands to suffocate the noise, she notices that her hands are numb, she cannot control them and slowly they grow colder. The black blob intensifies its screech and it feels...unsatisfied. It demands more. More food, more satisfaction.

Minutes pass and the blob seems to realize that there is no more energy present for it to devour. Raising its screech by a final octave it abruptly turns quite. The cold feeling spreads and slowly the girl's hands turn black. A deep black color, the same as the pitch black blob. Her fingertips extend, turn sharp. Feeling that she can now control her hands again, she slowly stretches her fingers. Touching the ground she puts a small amount of weight on it and her hands sink into the ground. It offered no resistance.

Glancing at her hands which slowly turn dim and lose their almost magnetic black color. After a few seconds, her hands are now grey with claws at her fingertips. Feeling the power she regrets not experimenting earlier.

(I could have killed the Hydromags earlier. I would not have to explore this forest. Now I have to test everything.)

Willing her hands to turn back, her delicate fingers with their soft skin appear before her. Satisfied with their transformation speed, which takes around 2 seconds right now, she turns her attention to her second ability. This time focusing on her hair she slowly wills it to transform.

Seconds pass and slowly turn into minutes. The girl is now sweating and panting. Her energy is ceaselessly streaming into every single strand of her hair.

Over time her energy cycles inside her hair and slowly settles. Drawing a tiny amount of energy from its surroundings her hair starts to turn invisible. Her hair which previously had a very bright blond color turns grey, white and then silver. Her hair is now fully silver and slowly the tips of her hair turn invisible.

Feeling that the transformation is finished she slowly extends her hair. Her hair moves based on her desire. Similar to how she uses her hands and feet. Stretching her hair it takes a tiny amount of energy and extends towards the brittle trees around. Reaching a tree, the hair gathers and forms several needles. The amount of energy her hair uses increases and she knows that she will not be able to support this form for long. Feeling that the needles are formed she wills them to shot forward with an instant acceleration. Instantly the needles hit the tree and small holes the size of a pencil tip appear.

Ordering the hair to split and extend the strands rush through the tree, extending into every nook and cranny. Upon reaching even the crown the girl pushes the last of her reserves into her hair and instantly the tree is ripped apart. Wood shards and splinters explode everywhere and the tearing sound of the tree ripping apart spreads everywhere.

Feeling herself getting increasingly exhausted she grabs the stunned Idan and hurries to find food. Rushing through the forest aimlessly they reach another clearing. In the middle of the clearing stands a majestic tree. Glistering red fruits adorn its branches and a gentle feeling extends spreading a sense of wisdom.

Rushing towards the tree she hurries to climb the tree and grabs the first fruit she can get. Not bothering about poison she simply hopes her basic immunity helps her in the off-chance of the fruits being poisoned. Finally, having found something to eat she bites into the fruit and savors the sweet juice running down her throat. Chewing the flesh a satisfied growl escapes her stomach. Getting something to work on her stomach growls and churns, satisfied with the food.

Having finished the first fruit she hurries to grab another one, devouring it as fast as she can.

Hunger plagued her mind. Ravaging the tree she forced as much food into her stomach as she could. The repressed hunger, as well as the unforgettable taste of the fruits, made her unable to stop.

After over an hour of non-stop eating she finally succumbed to her exhaustion.

All the while Idan had been watching her. He was astounded. Her powers were incredible. while she's certainly not the strongest person alive there are not many who can fight people far above their league but having seen her power. The only thing she is lacking is a good foundation in martial arts and some fighting experience.

When she wakes up I have to speak with her about the future, carrying these thoughts into his sleep the last thought that hit him was,

(I guess she will have to take care of her stomach first. I doubt she will have a good morning.)