Old enemies, new friends

"Glissa, how could there be levelers?" Raksha said to Glissa over the buzz of the artifact creatures. "I thought they were all destroyed after Memnarch was defeated."

"They were," Glissa said. "But Memnarch has returned. When the Phyrexians went into the core they found him and rebuilt him. I should not have come back here. Memnarch is after me, and these attackers must be sent from here to get me. He knows I'm here."

"That may be true," Raksha said. "But for now we must fight."

The horde of levelers and Phyrexians approached the wall, nearly through the razor grass field.

"Phyrexians," Gerrard said. "They haven't changed yet in these hundreds over years." He then raised his voice so all could here him. "Beware of their claws or any other part of their body, they secrete their own poison and their oil blood burns all it touches."

Raksha nodded toward Gerrard and he nodded back. The monsters were right outside the wall.

"All catapults," Raksha yelled. "Fire!"

From the catapults behind the wall, flaming balls flew over the wall and plowed into the monsters. Several levelers and Phyrexians were hit, but not enough.

"Archers, fire." The leonin archers fired crossbows and arrows at the attacking monsters, though they had little effect. Next the leonin air guard flew into action, riding their great bird like steeds. They flew into the rush of monsters, their spears extended, and skewered many of the monsters. But soon the creatures shifted their attention to the new threat and began dealing with it. When one of the leonin air riders got to close, the Phyrexians pulled them in and rushed them in a mass frenzy. They continued their assault.

"We are going to need help." Toshi remarked. He drew his jitte and cut the flesh across his palm, letting his blood flow. Then he splashed a kanji symbol with his blood in a spot on the ground in the front of the wall, where the monsters were soon to approach. A leveler and two Phyrexians stood in the exact spot.

"Fire." He said and the area where the symbol was caught on fire. The leveler and two Phyrexians were incinerated, though the flesh from the Phyrexians nauseated everyone who smelled it. "Good, that's a couple more down, and the fire wall should give us some more time."
"This isn't good." Gerrard said. "For every one we kill three more take its place. We need help."

"We sent scouts out as soon as we first heard them come." Raksha said. "Hopefully they will find the goblins and bring them here."

"That might not be enough." Gerrard said.

A large explosion suddenly occurred in the middle of the approaching force, sending body and machine parts everywhere. Jaya reappeared next to the defenders.

"Did that help?" she asked, a smile on her face.

"Yes, but not good enough. Look." Gerrard said and sure enough even more monsters were coming.

"I wish Karn was here right now." Raksha said.

"What?" Gerrard said taken by surprise. "How do you know Karn?"

"He appeared as soon as the Phyrexians first arrived." Raksha said. "He tried to help us, but the Phyrexian force was too powerful. He is still alive and is now helping Bruenna fight at the Quicksilver Sea. How do you know Karn?"
"I fought with him, hundreds of years ago, against the Phyrexians." Explained Gerrard. "I thought he died when I died but I guess he is still alive, but how?"

"Karn is a planeswalker now," Jaya said. "That is how he has survived for so long."

"You knew about this?" Gerrard asked Jaya. "How come you did not tell me?"

"Would it have mattered? Besides we have more important issues right now. But he would be a big help right now. I will go get him." She disappeared, letting them have a clear view of the invasion force.

"We'll have to hold them off until help arrives." Gerrard said and no sooner had he that a swarm of goblins from the west came charging at the attackers. The launched themselves at the creatures, destroying many of them. But they were only goblins and could not fight for long. Goblins were hacked down by Phyrexians and levelers alike, thought many of the monsters were destroyed as well.

"Charge!" Raksha yelled and the leonin, Glissa, Gerrard, and Toshi all jumped off the wall. The fire had died down allowing them a clear path to the monsters.

The leonin charged into the monsters, doing all the damage they could do to stop their assault and save any goblins they could. Raksha charged into one unsuspecting leveler and ripped it to pieces with his claws. He then drew his sword and with a powerful swipe cleaved a Phyrexian in two, and then destroyed another leveler. Gerrard drew his sword as well and attacked any Phyrexian he could find. One that looked like it was once a leonin swiped at him with its claws, but Gerrard dodged it and shoved his sword into the creature's chest. He then skewered it from chest to bottom torso. Glistening oil poured out of the Phyrexian as it twitched in its death throws. He then turned his attention to the other attackers.

Toshi had his sword and jitte out and was doing fast attacks at Phyrexian and leveler alike. He ran through the crowd of monsters, dodging attacks, and giving attacks of his own, many of them lethal. One leveler came up behind but he tossed a few drops of blood onto it.

"Fire." The leveler went up in flames and rammed into a Phyrexian. Both exploded in a fireball

Glissa had a short sword out and was tearing into the levelers. They couldn't get close enough to her to do any damage. But soon the wave of monsters began to push them back against the wall.

"Don't let them enter the compound!" Raksha called out as he crushed a Phyrexian.

"This isn't working." Gerrard said. "There are too many of them."

"Where are Jaya and Karn?" Toshi asked as his sword fell down on a leveler, breaking it. Then suddenly he and the rest of the fighters were back on top of the wall. Jaya stood next to them.

"Good, your back." Toshi said. "We need-"

"Shh," Jaya said, putting her finger to her lips. "Just watch."

As they watched, something shifted in the sky above. The five suns of Mirrodin, one of each color of mana, red, blue, black, white, and green, shifted together with one on top of the other. The suns settled right over the attackers. It was the most unusual event anyone had ever seen.

Then each sun darkened and from the closest one, the green one, a huge beam of energy shot down from the sky to the horde of monsters. They were obliterated instantly, along with most of the ground. The suns then returned to their normal colors and returned to their own spots in the sky.

"That was amazing." Toshi said. Everyone else could only nod.

"Now we must go." Jaya said.

"But, wait, you said we came here for a new ally." Gerrard said.

"Yes, he will still join us. But I told him to meet us at a rendezvous."

"But we can't just leave." Glissa said. "I must defend my world."

"Do not worry about that." Jaya said. "Karn and I erected a barrier to keep the Phyrexians out. It will not last forever but at least until Yawgmoth is stopped. Besides, Raksha is a most capable leader, and I saw Bruenna fighting valiantly against the Phyrexians. Your world is in capable hands. Nut now we must be off."

"Alright then," Glissa said. "But Raksha, I will see you all again when this is over. And I will avenge Slobad."

"I know," Raksha Golden Cub said. "Good luck."

They disappeared.