The sun slowly rises over the mountainous terrain casting shadows over the boggy swamp. Bats fly past as the coalition army makes its way toward the torturous base of the phyrexians. Thousands upon thousands of soldiers trample the underbrush as they come upon the outskirts of the murky swamp. Ahead lie the mixed lands of Keld. It consisted of the different types of land ranging from the coolest water to the hottest sands; in the middle of it lays the ruins of the Keldon civilization and the Phyrexian stronghold. "When we get to the stronghold, expect a lot of resistance. Some of you may perish but you will not die in vain. We will take the stronghold and destroy the portal or die trying." Alexi tells the troops. A cheer starts and soon it turns into a roar, which rocks the ground as the soldiers begin to charge towards the stronghold. "Blue Faction take the sea, black take the swamp, red take the desert, green take the forest, and white take the plains. Belhaam mages are with me. We will hit them from all directions." Alexi commands. The combined force splits up into six groups and spreads over the different types of land. As the militia closes in on the stronghold the entrances open in the different lands and thousands of phyrexians rush out to confront them. The black faction meets the enemy first in the murky swamps. Black mages summon skeletons and horrors to fight The blue faction is next to meet the incoming evil. Huge drakes and serpents fight against phyrexian infiltrators. Alexi's group had levitated to the frontline and had started to cast worldly spells to slow the tides of Phyrexians. Two bloodstocks grab one of the flying students and pull him in half. Alexi wraps them in a multicolored light and watches them shrink to the size of snakes. Nethya's army meets a mass squadron of Phyrexian battleflies. Knights on white horses slash at the small creatures on scores but were soon overpowered. Mages summoned mystical creatures and healed the wounded. Unicorns pierce metallic hide with sharp horns. Lions pounce and tear at the tender wings. "Stay together. We will be able to protect each other and take them out with small casualties." Nethya yells. Crusader flips over a fallen horse and swings his sword cutting down the flies left and right. He backs up into Nethya and back to back they turn in circles beginning to slash at the oncoming flies. Fireballs fly from Neo's fingertips lancing through Phyrexian ragers burning flesh where it touches. One rager charges at Neo swinging it serrated claws in the air slicing through the flesh of soldiers. It punches its clawed hand into the belly of a man and flings him in the air like a rag doll. The body falls and crushes a small goblin making a sickening breaking sound. Neo jumps over the Phyrexians and fires a ball of lava into the bulbous head of the rager, exploding it in a spray of oil and gore, before it could even scream. Neo lands on one knee drenched in oil as he sees another wave of Phyrexians rush towards the battlefield. "Oh good fresh meat." Neo says and then fires another round of fireballs at the charging army. Jhoria summons a group of cat warriors as Phyrexian mutants begin to trample the green forces. The cat warriors rush toward the giant misshapen forms of the mutants. The creatures bash the cat warriors away knocking the felines into submission. "Freyalise go to the wounded and get them off the field anyway you can." Jhoria yells. Thallids grow around the monstrous forms and latch their vines around the monstrosities. The creatures squeeze through the vines and begin to tear the thallids to pieces. "God help us." Jhoria says and then summons thousands of wild animals to help fight in the battle at hand. "We have sent out all of our armies and we are still losing the battle." A newt says to Gittoplo. "Where are Shadow and his reinforcements?" Gittoplo asks the newt. "They will get here in an hour sir, but the odds are against us for surviving that long." The newt informs. "Tell Reaper to send out the secret weapons." Gittoplo commands and watches as the newt scampers away. "I have one more trick up my sleeve if this does not work." Gittoplo says and then leaves the dark room. "There are people coming out of the stronghold!" Dakkon exclaims. "What do you mean people coming out of the stronghold?" Darkmen asks. "There are real people coming out of there." Dakkon says. "Take a group of soldiers out there and help them we will hold off the defense." Darkmen commands. Dakkon takes a group of horrors with him and flies off on his specter. His specter dodges around as black plasma bolts fly from phyrexian base cannons burning the air around it. He looks down at the groups of races running out of the stronghold entrances weapons in hand. As the horrors met the prisoners they came under attack. Battleaxes and strivas cleft coalition heads. Dakkon stares in shock not believing what he was seeing. A plasma blast lances through the air cutting through the specter vaporizing Dakkon. On the other side of the field Darkmen watches in horror as Dakkon disappears in the blast but soon regains consciousness to block the blows of an enemy Phyrexian. Nethya slashes with her short sword killing the last of the battleflies. Worn out Nethya leans over trying catching her breath, but stops when she sees her sister walking up to her. "Prophet is that you?" Nethya asks with joy in her face. Without saying a word Prophet continues to walk forward. Out of nowhere Crusader jumps onto Prophet's back but is unable to bring her to the ground. Prophet moves her hands back and a fireball hits Crusader square in the chest making him fly back, a trail of smoke behind him. "What are you doing?" Nethya says looking at the smoldering body of Crusader. Nethya begins to back up keeping distance between herself and Prophet. Prophet charges at Nethya and knocks her sword out of her hands. Nethya is thrown to the ground and is pinned by her sister. Prophet lowers her glowing hands towards her sister's face but is held back by Nethya outstretched arms. "Don't do this Prophet." Nethya says straining against Prophet's strength. Nethya releases Prophet's hands and grabs a hold of her dagger. "Goodbye." Nethya says and then plunges the dagger into Prophets stomach. The light in Prophet's eyes flicker and then disappears as she takes her last breath. Nethya pushes Prophet's body off of her and then stands up. She runs to Crusaders body and sees that he is still breathing. "Are you alright Crusader?" Nethya says with a concerned look in her eyes. "I'll be fine, go on and fight without me. I will survive this." He says and then smiles. Nethya looks up at the battle being fought, Coalition versus Coalition. She then runs to the battle with fury in her eyes. "Mmmmm� more tasty morsels." Sillyimp says and then dives at the unsuspecting soldiers. Sillyimp flies above the soldiers' heads slashing down cleaving heads and scratching eyes. A soldier jumps toward Sillyimp but is knocked back by an invisible force. "Tehere be one," the voice says "and tehere is another one." Huge claws smack another soldier into the air and Ghost appears. Two soldiers charge at him but are stopped by Shadows malice claws, which bash their brains in. "Shut up you two and lets just take these twerps out." Shadow says and punches a whole into an elf's chest. Sillyimp and his swarm of battleflies cut through skeletons shattering their bones. The horrors swipe at the flies and succeed in taking out half of them but they are soon overwhelmed. The bloodstocks led by Shadow attack Alexi's small group. "Alexi we meet again." Shadow says. "We do Shadow, we do." Alexi says back. Shadow charges at Alexi and stabs at his midsection, but is repelled by a spell. Keilic casts a fireball at Shadow and succeeds in taking off one of his many arms. Filled with rage Shadow catapults himself at Keilic and grabs him around the waist. His eyes start to bulge as Shadow tightens his grip. "Let him go Shadow this is between you and me." Alexi says. "OK Alexi I will let him go." With that Shadow drops Keilic into the sea of phyrexian bloodstocks. Keilic yells for help but his scream is cut short as he is pulled to pieces. "You are going to pay for that." Alexi roars. Electricity crackles from his eyes and his breathing slows. His body glows and his hair swirls around his head. As the phyrexian bloodstocks rush at Alexi all he can think about is that he will be reunited with his family and loved ones again. Shadow begins to back up then begin to run away from Alexi right as he finishes his world spell. A great resonated from Alexi's heart spreading out destroying anything within its blast radius. Shadow feels the shock then feels intense heat on his neck and then he is no more. Neo had been surprised attack by Stratadon and now he was fighting for his life. Stratadon's battleaxe flows through the air narrowly missing Neo's neck. The axe clangs against the mountain wall and falls to the floor. Neo fires a green fireball at Stratadon, which causes Stratadon to lose his concentration. Neo kicks Stratadon in the stomach and then begins to warm up for the next attack. Stratadon rams Neo in the stomach flinging him into the air. He lands onto his chest banging his head against the ground causing it to bleed. Blood streaming from his face Neo tries to get up but a sharp pain comes from his leg. Neo looks down at his leg and sees a bone sticking out of his skin. Stratadon paces forward toward the injured Neo. He tries to crawl away but he only makes it a few feet before Stratadon stomps his foot down onto Neo's injured leg. He screams in pain and begins to squirm. Stratadon raises his battleaxe and brings it down as hard as he could. A pack of wolf like kavu rampage through the coalition lines killing all that would stand in their way. Huge paws trample across bodies crushing the bones of the victims and slicing their hides. A panther warrior jumps onto the back of one beast trying to take off its head. The kavu charges into another warrior flinging the limp body into the air. The cat warrior crawls toward the kavu's head but the kavu swings its head around and bites into the warrior's leg and pulls him off. The warrior hangs by its leg trying slash at the kavu's eyes but he is thrown to the ground and is stepped on. Jhoira jumps onto the back of a bull hippo then leaps onto another kavu. She creates a thorn sword and gouges its eyes out with one swift jab. The kavu bellows as it reels back on its hind legs. Jhoira leaps away seconds before the kavu falls backwards crushing the earth where she was seconds before. Darkmen swings his twin swords and cuts the head off a controlled minataur. The body falls lifelessly to the ground and a pool of blood begins to form. Darkmen counters another sword and then powerfully strokes into the enemies chest. The sword cuts into the muscular chest causing blood to gush from the wound. The elf jumps into the air and kicks Darkmen to the ground. Darkmen tries to get up but is kicked in the stomach causing severe pain in his abdomen. The elf goes to make the final blow but is thrown in the air from an explosion behind him. Nick appears from the trees and walks to Darkmen's fallen form. "Now isn't this a surprise." Nick says. Darkmen looks toward his old comrade with a look of rage then jumps to his feet. "You will pay for what you have done Nick." Darkmen says and then charges at him. Darkmen leaps toward Nick swinging his swords but is thrown back by an unknown force. He strikes a tree and slowly falls to the ground. Nick walks toward the limp body of Darkmen with a smile on his face. "I thought it would take more than a simple spell to kill you." Nick says and then begins to walk away. Nick makes it ten feet before he is knocked to the ground from behind. He looks over his shoulder and sees a skeletal wolf. "You're not getting rid of me that easy Nick." Darkmen yells. The wolf claws into Nick's back but is soon pulled off by a Phyrexian Gargantua. The wolf is thrown into the air and soon disappears in the setting sun. The Gargantua walks toward Darkmen dragging its huge arms through the marshy grass. It punches its huge metal plated fist at Darkmen's head but it is frozen in midair. It punches with the other fist but it is also frozen. The Gargantua pulls at its hands trying to free them but he is not able to. Darkmen waves his hand and the Gargantua's fists streak towards its head. The fists hit the Gargantua's head and the great beast falls to the ground in a heap. Darkmen walks over the beast with fire in her eyes. "Nick, you've hurt to many people. You have to pay for what you have done even if you are being controlled." Darkmen says. Nick rushes at Darkmen but is hit by a powerful bolt of lightning. His body flies through the air electricity coursing through his body. He lands onto ground and rolls onto his back all the while twitching from the shock. Darkmen slowly walks towards Nick looks down at him, he spits on Nick's face and watches as it sizzles until it is gone. "Now that's what I call extra crispy." Darkmen says and then trudges on toward the frontlines. "Sir, sir we are winning!" A newt yells to Gittoplo. Gittoplo smiles and then gets to his feet. He walks toward the doorway and then looks back at the newt "Order the troops to cease the war and then tell Reaper and Delver to bring the two prisoners." Gittoplo says and then walks out the door. He walks down the stone corridor and stops at his quarters. He opens the steel door and he sees his black armor lying right where he left it. A mirror falls to the ground and shatters into millions of small pieces. Gittoplo spins around and sees an elf lunging at him from above. The elf roars a battle cry swings his axe at Gittoplo's head but misses terribly. Gittoplo grabs the man's body and starts to squeeze with all of his might until he hears the elf's spine break. He drops the body to the ground and watches the withered face of the elf to wide in terror. Gittoplo puts his foot onto the head of the man and smiles wickedly. "Stupid elf trying to kill me, the great and powerful Gittoplo." With that he puts all of his weight onto the head and watches as it explodes from the pressure. Nethya climbs the last embankment and looks back the hell that she had just left behind. Thousands of dead and wounded lying on the blood soaked ground. She begins to walk toward the stronghold with determination. Valdner rushes narrowly hitting Nethya. "Valdner what are you doing here?" Nethya asks. "I can't let you go alone." Valdner says. "Ok Valdner." Nethya says and continues to walk. They continue on and arrive at a large entrance with six phyrexians blocking the large portal behind them. It shimmers and three figures walkthrough with two others being dragged on the ground. As the figures come onto the sand walkway sun shines on their faces and Nethya is horrified. The two people who were being dragged were Crovax and Urdrag. "What have you done to them?" Nethya yells at the lead Phyrexian. "I have done nothing to them, though others have tortured them for hours." Gittoplo says and then maniacally laughs. "I have a proposition for you." Gittoplo says. "What is it?" Nethya asks. "You can have one of these prisoners if you retreat. If you don't the both go to Phyrexia as a present for the ineffable." Gittoplo says calmly. Nethya looks at the blood stricken faces of her comrades and decides quickly what to do. "I'll do it." Nethya says, a grave look on her face. "Who will it be? Crovax one of your leaders of this young boy here named Urdrag, who we captured at the now destroyed school of Tolaria." Gittoplo says lifting the head of each of the prisoners. "Please Nethya choose me." Urdrag says weakly and drops limp. "Don't Nethya just kill him he isn't going to let us live one way or another." Crovax says. "I choose Crovax." Nethya says not listening to his plea. Crovax is dropped to the ground and he begins to rise to his feet. Urdrag begins to cry as he is dragged toward the portal. "I'm going to get you for this I'm going to get you!" Urdrag yells. Crovax is feet away from Nethya when he stops suddenly in his tracks. A dot of blood begins to for on his white tunic and begins to spread outward. He reaches toward the wound and drops to his knees. From his back protruded a long sword at its hilt stands Gittoplo. "You didn't really think I was going to let you get him did you." Gittoplo says. "You bastard." Nethya says and swings her sword at Gittoplo's throat. Gittoplo pulls his sword from Crovax's back and blocks her thrust. She swings again but is thrown off balance by her powerful slash. "Valdner go get Urdrag quickly!" Nethya yells and jumps over Gittoplo's sword. Valdner runs toward the escaping Phyrexians. He flies into the air and tackles Delver while Reaper continues to drag him. Urdrag punches helplessly at Reapers frame but is unable to do any damage. Valdner tries to leap at Reaper but Delver grabs onto his leg and pulls him to the ground. "Help me!" Urdrag yells at Valdner. "I'm trying." Valdner says and then breaks loose of Delvers grip. Valdner runs at Reaper who is mere feet from the portal. He leaps but it knocked back by an invisible force. He falls to the ground on his back coughing up blood. Ghost appears with a wide grin on his face "Tehere be one more." He grabs Valdner and holds him by the collar of his tunic. Valdner kicks toward Ghost's head but it goes through it like nothing is there. "Sillyimp here is you snack of the day." Ghost calls. Sillyimp turns in fascination then flies toward the two. Ghost throws him high into the air and watches Sillyimp lunge at him. Valdner looks at Urdrag who is dragged into the portal and disappears. He then turns toward Sillyimp and sees his mouth wide open. "So long world." He manages to speak before Sillyimp engulf him to his waste. Sillyimp shakes his head and Valder's legs fall to the earth. Nethya swings her sword and creates small gashes across Gittoplo's chest. Gittoplo punches Nethya in the stomach and she collapses to the ground. "Got any final words before I kill you?" Gittoplo asks. "Go to hell." She says. Gittoplo brings down his sword but it freezes in mid air. "That isn't how you treat a lady." Darkmen says as he runs up the last hill. Gittoplo's sword flies from his hand into the air and cuts into one of the phyrexian guards. Nethya brings her sword up and cuts into Gittoplo's throat. He reaches up to his neck and tries to pry it lose but Nethya holds it firm. His eyes turn dark and he plunges deeper onto the sword until he is just inches from Nethya's. "Get this thing off me!" Nethya yells. Darkmen levitates Gittoplo off Nethya and drops onto the ground feet away. He walks over to her and helps her up. She sees Crovax breathing very deeply. "Crovax!" she yells and then runs to him. She looks at him with weary eyes, smoothes back his dark brown hair and looks into his eyes. "It's been great working with you general. I know I don't have much time left but I give you luck with the rest of this war. Now I'm getting tired, when I fall asleep go and close that damn portal." Crovax says. "You're going to be alright Crovax don't say such things." Nethya says. Crovax smiles and then closes his eyes to a sleep he would never wake from. "Nethya we must close the portal and end this war!" Darkmen says. "You are right Darkmen lets get moving." Nethya says. They begin to run up the stair until they see the other phyrexian praetors standing in front of the portal. "You aren't even going to get close to this." Ghost says, "Yeah, if you do I will personally eat you just like your friend." Sillyimp says and then spits out a human skull. Blue energy envelopes Gittoplo's body and it begins to rise. It flies through the air and past Darkmen and Nethya. It strikes Sillyimp and Ghost and they stagger back through the portal. Darkmen puts his hands together, creates a large fireball, and throws it at the control panel. Delver jumps in the way and is knocked into Reaper who still stood in front of the portal. Reaper falls to the ground while Delver rolls through the portal. A silver orb rolls across the stone surface and stops at Nethya's feet. "No!" Reaper cries and reaches for it. Nethya picks up the orb, looks at it, and then looks at Reaper. "You want this thing? Well here you go!" Nethya says and then flings it at a wall breaking it in half. Sinnertwin's eyes lose its red light and fade back to their regular color. Reaper lunges at him but is thrown back into the black portal. Reaper flies out of the portal and crashes into Delver. They fall into an empty vat and get on one of metal hooks. Their screams echo through the fire lit cavern. Screams of agony come through the portal startling Nethya. "What happened?" Sinnertwin asks. "Long story, right now we have to close the portal." She replies. They run to the control panel and see the panel melted. "There is no way to turn it off!" Darkmen yells. "I know a way, you two get away from here." Sinnertwin says. He pulls out his battleaxe and looks at his comrades "Get move in." Darkmen and Nethya begin to run until they had backed away about thirty feet from Sinnertwin. He raises his battle axe and brings it down onto the panel making a large hole into it. He pulls it out and chops into it again. The black portal shimmers a red color and faintly a small black dot forms in the red. The wind begins to pick up and small objects begin to move. The dot grows bigger, a small dagger rushes into it, and it disintegrates. He begins to dash away from the panel toward his friends. "Get away from here quickly!" he yells. The three run toward the closest dune fifty feet away. Darkmen leads the group and is the first to jump over the hill nearly getting pulled back by the now tornado sized wind. Nethya drops to the ground trying to keep the force of the wind from taking her backwards. She falls in the gap and gets up to help Sinnertwin. Nethya looks over the hill and sees Sinnertwin slowly getting pulled back. Great boulders rush past toward the almost black portal. "Sinnertwin grab my hand!" Nethya calls to him. He reaches out his huge hand for Nethya's and she grabs it. She begins to pull him into the gap but a huge body flies over head and grabs his legs. "Stratadon!" she says. A scared look on his face Strat holds onto Sinnertwin's hooves for dear life. "I'm losing my grip." Nethya says as Sinnertwin's hand slowly slips. "I'm not dragging you with me Nethya, good bye." Sinnertwin lets go and he and Strat tumble toward the stronghold. A huge quake rocks the ground and white light appears from the portal. The light expands and reaches over the land destroying everything it touched. Nethya ducks into the gap and large amounts of sand fill up the gap as the searing radiance passes over them. Hours pass by and sounds are heard from above the sand. "We are down here!" Nethya yells. Sounds of digging come from above and a small dot of light pieces the darkness. Many hands dig in and soon they are out of the small space. "Thank you for digging us out." Nethya says. "We are glad you survived." Laser says. "Darkmen?" a voice calls from the crowd of people. Darkmen looks up and sees Jhoira limping toward him. The hug each other and then turns to Nethya. "Find all of the phyrexians that are left and kill them." She says and then walks away from them walking away from the battlefield.