While Jason subjugated who would become one of his greatest generals and started preparing for the future, Europe was in shambles. A new and unstoppable trio had arrived on a beach in France. Their might was immense all on their own, but as a team? None could hinder them.

  Along with them were these strange creatures who were soon named Tumor Mothers. Like the name suggested, these vile things impnted Tumors into the ground which spread corruption. A corruption known as Infestation.

  Anything it touched turned infected, everything in it's path twisted and transformed into something horrid. Due to the Tumor Mothers, it spread at an ungodly and frighteningly quick pace, rapidly terraforming the very ground itself. At such a rate, it wouldn’t be long before the entire country and beyond was infested.

  As for the three female monsters, they united every infected under their banner. No one could resist it except for the Alphas, and even they didn’t want to. When they arrived, it was as if their creator had dropped down to this realm and blessed them with their presence. Though, a scant few did fight back in vain. Soon made into an example of and showed like-minded individuals why it was pointless to resist.

  Their numbers swelled beyond measure, reaching millions upon millions as they swept across the nd and dominated all in their wake. And where were they now?

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  The giant 85 foot mutated Alpha grizzly bear roared loudly at the three enemies. It’s previous brown fur had turned bck, constantly wiggling like parasites. A rge paw swiped through the air with a powerful force, crashing down at Athena.

  But she didn’t back up or dodge, only grinning and holding out both hands. The paw smmed into her and made her grunt as she sunk several feet into the ground. Yet she held firm, unshakable like a mountain as she gripped the paw and held the bear in pce.

  Meanwhile, Lily struck out with both of her whips and hair, causing rge wounds all over it’s body. The bear wailed in agony and wanted to attack her, but Athena held it in pce. So instead, it opted to use the parasite hairs on it’s back.

  They all detached at once and flew towards Lily like heat seeking missiles. She used her whips and hair to form a sharp shield around her, which sliced all the parasites to pieces. The bear felt pleased seeing her temporarily pinned down and raised it’s other paw to hit Athena from the side.

  But just as it did so, it’s mind froze. It’s eyes turned purple and every movement stopped. Suddenly the bear wailed in agony. It felt as though it’s brain was being torn apart. Blood seeped down from it’s orifices, dripping onto the ground below.

  Athena grinned and activated her Berserk State, causing her body to grow rger and wildly increase her strength. With a grunt she threw the bear into the air via it’s paw and jumped after it. Her left hand grabbed onto it’s wiggly fur to hold her in pce, while her other fist smmed into it’s stomach.

  Every punch nded created a sonic boom, rupturing the bear's internal organs and causing it even more pain. As they began falling to the ground, she spun them around and kicked out with both legs. The bear was sent hurdling into the ground and crashed with a deafening boom, sending a shockwave outwards. All nearby trees were uprooted and flew away with great force.

  It struggled to raise it’s head and saw Athena nd on the ground only a few meters away. Using the st of it’s strength, the bear tried to snap at her with it’s jaws.

  However, a pair of whips wrapped around it’s snout and mouth, holding it in pce. Barely able to gnce over, the bear saw Lily with a grin on her face. Her flexible hair bdes had already arrived and left no room to even think about dodging. As it’s body was torn to pieces by them, it heard a sound and hastily gnced upwards.

  A rge, cwed hand aimed right at it’s brain. The only thing it felt was a brief fsh of pain.

  Seeing the bear die and colpse, Lily let go of it’s jaws and transformed her body back to normal. Ignoring how Athena kept punching and cwing it’s corpse with a manic grin, she witnessed Alice walk over.

  “That wasn’t too bad right? Who knew we could work so well together?” Her adorable little sister said and came to her side, gncing at the beyond bloody Athena.

  “Probably because we fuck the same man. A sisterly bond or some shit like that.” Alice nodded her head in agreement before looking down and rubbing her stomach.

  “We should probably stop soon and let Athena take the reins herself. We’ve also gathered enough to easily take our pce.” Lily followed her gaze and saw the tens of millions infected behind them, all waiting patiently.

  There were dozens of Alphas in there, some stronger than others. Three of which were only slightly weaker than themselves.

  “You’re right. But I’d say it’s good progress for only two weeks worth of work. Still, aren’t we growing too fast?” Lily looked at her own stomach and saw a little baby bulge, the same one Alice had.

  “Nah. I asked Jason before and apparently this is normal for infected. Especially those Ripper Babies. They grow into an adult within a month give or take. At this rate, we’ll probably give birth ourselves in two or three months.”

  Alice had a somewhat concerned expression on her face as she rubbed her stomach. As her big sister, Lily naturally noticed this.

  “Something wrong?” She asked worriedly before continuing with a pale face.

  “No way, is my dream of becoming an Aunt already over?” Alice raised an eyebrow in confusion.

  “You want to be an aunt?”

  “Fucking obviously. A miniature you running around that I can pamper and love endlessly? Best dream ever!” She couldn’t help but feel warmth burst from inside her at her big sister’s words. A small grin creeped up her lips in happiness.

  “Anyway, what’s wrong?” Alice shook her head and sighed.

  “We have to hurry and do things faster. I wanna get back in time for Jason to witness the birth of his child. Feels fucked up otherwise." Lily was briefly stunned before ughing and agreeing with her.

  “I get you. Doesn’t feel right without him by our side.” A loving smile graced her lips, soon shared by Alice.

  Suddenly, a bloody smell entered their nostrils as Athena walked over.

  “Let’s get a barbecue going. I feel like this guy’s gonna taste pretty good.” The two sisters looked behind her and saw the mangled meat patty lying in a puddle of flesh.

  “I… think you’ve ruined any chance of that happening.” Alice muttered, soon followed by her sister.

  “Exactly. Best thing we can make are burgers I guess? Some really fucked up ones at that.” Athena felt no shame or embarrassment and instead looked at their stomachs.

  Seeing their tiny baby bumps made her gaze down at her own muscur and toned stomach. She desperately wished for a child, eager to see how strong they would be. There was another reason however. One she didn’t fully understand.

  She simply wanted Jason’s child, just because. Even thinking about it made her stomach and heart feel weird. As if there were worms crawling inside her. This obviously made her worried. What if she were dying or something was wrong with her?

  When bringing up her concerns to the sisters, they were dumbfounded and looked at each other.

  But then they broke out into a fit of giggles as Alice told her the news with joy.

  “It means you love him dummy.” Athena was unaccustomed to such an emotion, but remembered it from her weak human self.

  She always thought it was nonsense. A worthless weakness which would only hinder her. However, the sweetness bursting out from inside her heart made her believe, it wasn’t too bad.

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  Inside the ruined and mostly dead state of Texas, a rge number of infected could be seen patrolling a massive warehouse. However, these were different than normal ones. There was a strange order to their movements, almost as if they were soldiers.

  If one looked closely, they would see how radically different they were. Their bodies were full of mechanical parts and cybernetic augmentation. Oddly enough, they seamlessly fused with the biological portions as if one entity.

  These Cyborg Infected weren’t alone in patrolling. With them were fully functioning robots of all shapes and sizes. Some were as big as a house and seemed built solely for war, while others had the size of a normal human and were more like soldiers.

  Within the warehouse, hundreds of robots and Cyborg Infected were working on a titanic spaceship. It was nearly finished, needing only a few more touches. Overseeing this from a ptform was Hiroshi, a smile to his face.

  “Should be completed in a few days. Week at most. Then at st, I can leave this awful pnet.” His face grew grim at those words.

  Recently, a certain force has been marching across the nd, destroying and dominating all in their wake. Some creature named Jason, who was threatening to wipe out the humans. Clearly, Hiroshi loved this aspect. He had a bone deep hatred for those humans and was eager to see their downfall. Such a sentiment was shared by all infected.

  However, there was a problem. This Jason fellow was dominating all infected he came across, making them his sves. As he was someone who loved his own free will, Hiroshi was resistant. But he soon found how pointless fighting back really was.

  Jason's Hordes were seemingly endless as that Infestation of his spread more and more. Then there was the Kraken, an unstoppable monster of death and destruction who had sworn allegiance to him. This thing had already cimed all of the United States as Jason's territory and moved on to Canada. Only took a mere month for that to occur.

  Hiroshi himself had seen the Kraken’s strength first hand and knew he would likely lose. Just by himself the rge mutant octopus was a force to be reckoned with. Then one has to include the tens of millions of infected under his beck and call, ready to sacrifice themselves at a moment’s whim.

  Forced to leave his previous base, Hiroshi shamelessly fled with his tail tucked between his legs. Luckily, he was able to get away scot free and suffered almost no damage to his own army. Though one thing he found tragic were the factories he was forced to abandon. This made it so he could no longer mass produce his forces.

  But Jason’s warpath against the world made him realize one important thing. He needed to hurry. To finish his ship and leave. All this time he thought the aliens would be the true threat, not even considering something like Jason. It was likely nowhere on Theia was safe from that monster.

  “But it’s fine. They won’t be able to find me here-“

  Suddenly he paused as a beeping went off inside his mind. A perimeter arm, informing him of any hostile entity in the surrounding mile radius around his base. However, this one was different than the other arms. It was specifically designed for invisible enemies.

  Unfortunately, he couldn’t truly detect those who were invisible. Instead his system monitored the surrounding area and detected the odd changes in the air. For example, the wind brushing against something which wasn’t actually there.

  Hiroshi's cybernetic eye fshed and a screen was brought up in his vision. It showed a map of the area and had different highlights. Green was himself at the center, blue were his allies, and red were the enemies.

  A few hundred blips of red appeared on the edge of his central base. Normally he wouldn’t be concerned as such a force is quite small. However, they had easily penetrated this deeply and directly ignored the hundred thousand minions he had. Now they were in his own backyard, only a few steps away from himself.

  He immediately alerted the entire base of their presence and sent guards to their location. Knowing they were caught, they became visible and revealed themselves. They weren’t something Hiroshi had seen before, but he could’ve sworn they resembled a Bolter.

  It didn’t take long for his guards and other defenses to fire on them. But without exception, everything missed. These creatures moved far too quickly to be seen by the naked eye. With a single swipe of those lethal cws they had, Hiroshi’s minions were torn into pieces. Even his strongest Warbots built with the most durable metals seemed like paper.

  However, they weren’t all powerful. A stray and lucky shot from a Cyborg Infected managed to nd on one of them. The hostile creature was thrown back and struggled to get up, a massive hole in the center of their chest. Since it stopped moving, it was swiftly killed without much problem.

  “So great speed and lethality, but awful defense. Then I’ll kill them all with the pre-pnted bombs. Though, it’s a shame about my own-"

  A hand came out of nowhere and grabbed his throat, easily lifting Hiroshi up and spinning him around. He was dumbfounded at what just happened and watched with shock as one of those creatures outside manifested in front of him. It was different than the others and seemed more advanced. As if a higher evolution.

  ‘I couldn’t detect it by myself or with my systems?!’ The hand around his throat tightened and he reflexively tried to fight back.

  His cybernetic arm raised up and was aimed at the creature’s face. But it simply sliced off his arms with the other cw, making him useless. Afterwards, it looked around and focused on the spaceship.

  “Master will like you.” Hiroshi had no idea what was in store for him, but doubted it would be anything good.

  He decided to use his st weapon and trump card, something which allowed to get to his current state. His mind tried to enter the creature in front of him and control it, just like all the others. Yet this time, it didn’t work.

  “AHH!” He screamed in pure agony as his mind control bounced off and something counter attacked him. It felt as though his brain was being torn apart from the inside.

  The creature gained a mocking grin and squeezed his throat tighter. As Hiroshi's consciousness began to fade, he only had a single thought.

  'I'm fucked.'

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  Thousands of Light Years away from Theia was the bustling pnet, Xaari. Ships of all kinds and sizes went in or out of the world’s atmosphere. Reminiscent of bees entering and exiting a hive.

  All of them had different objectives as they went about their day. A bounty hunter ciming his money, a smuggler trying and failing to get past security, a merchant's vessel, etc. However, something was different as opposed to normal days.

  A vast amount of military ships surrounded the pnet, numbering in at over fifty thousand. Each one was designed for war and combat, with a variety of weapons all across them. In the direct middle was the rgest and most powerful looking one.

  The city sized Cruiser’s hull was full of battle scars, showing how many fights it’s been in and survived to tell the tale. Deep inside and sitting in the control room was Admiral Yaka, who leaned back into his seat. A sigh came from him and echoed out.

  "Something wrong Admiral?” A female voice sounded, causing his eyes to look over. One of his three Vice Admirals and fellow Lorkin, Jakkcie.

  “Make no mistake, I appreciate the celebrations they pnned. And the people’s love, their cheers. Fills me with happiness and a sense of accomplishment. Reminds me why I keep fighting.” Her eyes narrowed.

  “But?” He sighed once more.

  “But, it feels almost… shallow in a way. Yes I led us to victory and defeated their Supreme Commander, albiet barely. However what of the others? The soldiers who bravely gave their lives? Or of Icariius, who sacrificed his life to bring down one of their Destroyers? What about his squad who fearlessly followed him into death's cold embrace?”

  Yaka looked down at one of his hands and clenched it.

  “I should not hog all of the glory like this. You all deserve it, just as much as me if not more.” His words touched the hearts of the aliens in the control room. Yet they didn't say anything and kept working, leaving it to Jakkcie.

  “You shouldn’t beat yourself up Admiral. The men and women understand just how much you care for them. Like giving your entire fortune to the deceased’s families, making it so they never have to worry about money again. How much was it again?” Yaka chuckled and shook his head.

  “Three trillion Credits down the drain. I am officially broke now.” Jakkcie’s tentacles on top of her head moved slightly, almost as if she were smiling.

  “Don’t worry. Although we didn’t get as much fame as you, just being under your command is enough for us. The honor and pride we gain is more attractive than some empty praise from the civilians who didn't bother remembering our names.” Yaka thought about it deeply before sighing once more.

  Perhaps she was right. He shouldn’t worry too much about this and focus on the goal ahead. The goal which concerned the fate of their Gaxy once more.

  “Are we ready to move on Theia?” Jakkcie was a little surprised at the sudden question.

  “Almost. We are still waiting for the Pnet Crackers and their escort to arrive. Unfortunately, they encountered a Warp Storm and have been deyed.”

  Yaka palmed his forehead as his tentacles wildly waved around in frustration.

  “Of course they did. Giving the virus more time to grow and become harder to destroy.” He gnced at Jakkcie with his eyes and lowly whispered so no one else heard.

  “You were right before. And I’m sorry for how I treated you previously.” Surprise was etched across her face, not expecting such words from him.

  “Thank you, Admiral Yaka.” She felt a sweet feeling inside her body, but pushed it down and change the subject.

  “Would you like the hear the test report from the front line?” He knew instantly what she was referring to. Their newest and one of the oldest enemies they had, the Varnids.

  “Go ahead. Bad news I gather?” She nodded her head with a grim face.

  “Indeed. The Extermination Fleets have already engaged the enemy multiple times. Although they are doing well in holding back the tide, some have slipped through the defenses and id siege to a couple Outer Worlds. Seven in total have currently fallen, with over five billion civilian casualties. It's expected they'll move out soon and attack others."

  “Not surprising. Though the Bck Virus gave us numerous benefits to our military, we are weakened past our prime. If only some of our Super Soldiers remained. Especially Master Gha'tarii." He shook his head, sighing in deep regret. Though if it weren't for his bravery and sacrifice, that Devil would've ended them all. He continued.

  "What about the other Gaxies?”

  “The Gorgs are being pushed back and suffered greatly, losing over a dozen worlds. It seems the Varnids are attacking them in far greater strength than us. However, their Supreme Commander has recently taken full control of their Navy and is starting to push them back.” Yaka ughed happily

  “Good! Those green bastards deserve it!” She nodded her head in agreement. Like most in the Alliance, she had a burning hatred for the small green meatballs. She continued on.

  “The Magus Gaxy on the other hand is doing the best. Most likely due to their far distance from the Varnids Home Gaxy. They are sending support to us which should arrive soon.”

  “And the Holy Empire?”

  “Suffered heavy casualties in the tens of billions, both military and civilian alike. However, dozens of Swarms have been sughtered by them. Their Armada of Light has already purified over two dozen worlds and killed trillions of Varnids. They've been holding firm despite the sudden increase in enemies.”

  Admiral Yaka's eyes gleamed with a joyful light as he spoke with fascination.

  “The Armada of Light. I’m sure it’s a wonder to behold. Hopefully they can hold back the Varnids entirely. But…”

  “Something wrong Admiral?” He took a few seconds to respond, mulling over his thoughts.

  “I have a bad feeling. Like a storm is about to arrive…”

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  ( Jason )

  It’s been quite some time since Alice, Lily, and Athena set off. Around two months worth and some change. Those three have done some incredible work and razed all of Europe to the ground, which means a metric ton of new infected under my command. Currently they are on their way back, which is why I’m sitting by the docks and waiting.

  As for Kraken, my giant octopus has wiped out all cities in America and most of the humans. The stragglers have been funneling into Crazy Seven’s trap, are captured, then sent to the Concentrati- Breeding Camp. If there are any more left here or there, the Infestation will get them.

  Took only two months to completely corrupt nearly 30% of the world. This number increases every second with new and new Tumors along with Tumor Mothers being born. By my estimate, or rather Michael's, the entire pnet will be infested within another two months.

  Back to Kraken, he’s already destroyed the vast majority of Canada and should be done in a couple days. While he continues work on the upper portion, we have Godfrey down below who is almost done himself. Most of South America is gone. Man does good work.

  Nox has grown exponentially stronger and unified two out of the five oceans. Once Kraken's finished his glorious work, I’ll have him join my adorable puppy whale. Poor Nox sent me a distress call that things were getting tough, so hopefully Kraken can alleviate the pressure.

  Then there’s Craxis. Since he joined st, he still has a lot of work to do. But at least nearly half of Asia is gone and the Infestation is spreading nicely with the Tumor Mothers I sent over. Like the others, he too has been growing my Horde for me. I can feel them all connected to me like one massive web, and their numbers were immense. Easily clocking in at over 700 billion.

  Sounds incredible! As if I could take over the universe!

  Until I realized most were insects. And not very strong ones at that. Not all infected were created equal, which doubly goes for them. Poor souls are stuck as a meager little shithead, barely the size of a human’s pinkie. As such most aren't very useful.

  However, some have evolved quite fucking nicely. Simir to the Silver Webspinners. Because of their awesome selves, I have about ten billion to py with which should increase shortly. Gave the long distance order for them to reproduce like bunnies in heat. High numbers doesn't mean they're strong though.

  Besides insects the number of infected, turned humans or animals, would've been around three billion or so. The number should’ve been higher, but certain factors made it shrink. Like the nukes killing an unknown amount of millions and many creatures dying instead of being turned. But it’s not a big deal. Like the insects, my infected have been given orders to reproduce on a rge scale. Should have a massive increase within the next few months.

  Next up, is Craxis. Learned some good stuff from those memories of his.