It was nightfall in Helm's Deep; Jim's men, the Zerg Swarm, and the Daelaam Protoss were in positions in and behind the Deeping Wall. "Move! Move to the outer wall," man of Rohan shouted as the other men took positions in the keep.

Jim and Kerrigan went to the keep. "They're all frightened," Kerrigan commented.

"Excuse me, what is your name? Can I check your sword?" Jim asked.

"Haleth, son of Hama, my lord," the lad gave the Terran the steel sword. "The men are saying we will not live out the night. They say it is hopeless."

Jim returned the sword and Kerrigan said, "You shouldn't let go of hope. With our aid, you and the men will have a chance that you'll make it through this night."

Several minutes later, there was a horn. "Elves," Jim recognized the horn.

"Send for the king," a guard ordered. "Open the gate!"

"Open up the gate!" another guard shouted.

"Look over there!" a marine shouted.

"We're getting reinforcements," said another marine as an unexpected battalion of 200 warriors entered into Helm's Deep.

The men of Rohan looked at the elves with delight and wonder. "How is this possible?" Theoden asked.

"I bring word from Elrond of Rivendell. An alliance once existed between Elves and Men. Long ago we fought and died together," said the elf leader whom Jim, Kerrigan, Aragorn, and Legolas recognized as Haldir of Lorien. "We come to honor that allegiance.

"Welcome, Haldir," Aragorn spoke in elvish and hugged him. "You are most welcome," the Dunedain spoke in common tongue.

"It's good to see you, Jim," Haldir turned to the Terran speaking in common tongue.

"It's good to see you, Haldir. You and your warriors are a welcome sight. May the odds be even."

"We are proud to fight alongside Men once more," Haldir said to Theoden after the elves turned to face the king.

"Great! We're fighting alongside with the elves," said a marine after the elves took positions in the Deeping Wall along with the Protoss purifier adepts, Aiur Protoss high Templar, Tal'darim Protoss ascendants, the Raynor's Raiders reapers, the rest of the Raynor's Raiders marines, Zerg hydralisks, and Zerg infested marines. Jim, Kerrigan, Swann, Karax, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Haldir were in the Deeping Wall.

"You could have picked a better spot," said Gimli.

"Why can't you watch your tongue, Gimli?" said Swann.

"Well, lad, whatever luck you live by, let's hope it lasts the night."

"Your friends are with you, Aragorn," said Legolas.

"We're all in this together," said Jim.

"We'll make our stand here," said Kerrigan.

"Let's hope they last the night," Gimli muttered.

Saruman's army of 100,000 Uruk-hai arrived just as everybody expected and the weather turned to rain.

Meanwhile in the caves, Stetmann and Jim's medics noticed the women and children all huddled together while mothers attempted to soothe their wailing infants.

"Show them no mercy, for you shall receive none!" Aragorn said to the elves in their language.

The Uruk captain stood on top of a boulder and let out a cry as a signal to hold. "That's a lot of Uruk-hai," said a reaper.

"Saruman will surely underestimate us," said a high Templar.

"What's happening out there?" Gimli asked.

"Shall I describe it to you? Or would you like me to find you a box?" Legolas offered two alternatives and the dwarf chuckled.

The Uruk captain let out a cry causing the Uruks to all roar and the Uruk pikemen thumped the ground. "I've never such behavior before," Karax commented.

"They're not going to attack now unless we provoke them," Jim predicted and Aragorn drew his sword.

"Now we have to watch," a reaper spoke impatiently.

The noise got louder and the men of Rohan prepared their bows waiting for the signal. Stetmann, the medics, the women, and children could hear bits of the noise.

"I knew this is a bad idea," said Jim after an old man released an arrow into the neck of an Uruk pikeman unintentionally causing the roaring and the thumping to stop.

"HOLD!" Aragorn shouted to the elves.

After the Uruk pikeman fell to the ground dead, the Uruks all roared with rage and baring their teeth. "That old farmer pissed them off," a reaper commented.

"They aren't taking it well that they took the first casualty," a marine stated the fact.

The Uruk captain thrusted his sword to signal the Uruks to attack and they began charging. "So it begins," Theoden muttered.

"Prepare to fire!" Aragorn shouted in elvish causing the elves to prepare their bows.

"Their armor is weak at the neck and beneath the arm," Legolas gave a tip in elvish.

"Release Arrows!" the Dunedain shouted as a volley of arrows laid waste to a line of Uruk-hai.

"Did they hit anything?" Gimli asked.

"The battle has started," Swann replied.

"Give them a volley," Theoden ordered.

"Fire!" a captain shouted.

"Fire!" another old man shouted causing the yeomen archers to release a volley of arrows killing more Uruks.

"Full volley!" Aragorn shouted in elvish causing the elves behind the wall to join in firing more arrows at the Uruk-hai.

"Brothers, let them have a taste of psionic storm," said a high Templar as he and the others casted storms killing clusters of Uruk-hai to the amazement of the men of Rohan and elves.

"Our psionic orbs can help too," said a Tal'darim ascendant as he and the others sent out orbs that laid wastes to multiple Uruks.

"It is time!" Karax had his drones to pick off two Uruks at a time while the adepts fired their glaive cannons killing multiple Uruks.

"Minions, show them the fury of the Swarm," Kerrigan ordered and the hydralisks fired needle spines laying wastes to more Uruks. Those piercing projectiles penetrated into the Uruk's armor deeper than they did on the armor of their previous foes. The infested marines fired their guns and Stukov picked off the Uruks with his corrosive bolts. Kerrigan killed a cluster of Uruk-hai with her crushing grip and picked off the other Uruks with her psionic blasts.

"Light them up!" Jim shouted. The marines and reapers opened fire killing more Uruks. A single reaper could kill two Uruks with both of his pistols while a marine could kill the Uruks quickly due to the rapid fire of the assault rifle. The Uruks' armor did not stand a chance against the bullets that punctured through the armor right into the interior of the Uruks' bodies. Swann fired his grenade launcher and Jim fired his assault rifle. The commander threw a hand grenade at the Uruks and the explosion sent a cluster of them flying into the air.

"Come and get some!" a marine muttered while pulling the trigger.

The men of Rohan and the elves were impressed with what their allies were capable of. Despite hundreds of Uruk-hai were killed per minute, the Uruks continued charging.

"Send them to me! Come on!" Gimli shouted impatiently.

A number of Uruks fired piercing bolts taking out some of the elves and injuring the hydralisks. The Protoss plasma shields caused the bolts to bounce off within impact. "Raaahhhhh!" a bolt landed onto a marine's head puncturing through the visor causing him to fell off into the Uruks.

"Uruks have crossbows! Watch for incoming fire!" Jim shouted.

"Return fire!" Stukov shouted. The marines (normal and infested), hydralisks, and adepts fired back at the Uruk crossbowmen taking them out easily.

"What are they bringing?" Karax asked as he saw the Uruks brought siege equipment he had not seen before.

"Ladders," Swann replied.

"Ladders!" Aragorn shouted in elvish.

"For what?" the Protoss phase-smith asked.

"They're going to climb the wall with those," the chief engineer replied.

"Good!" Gimli muttered.

The Uruks that wore just a helmet and linen cloths wielding two-handed swords positioned themselves on top of the ladders. Each ladder was operated by two Uruks and the Uruk pikemen helped out raising the ladders. "Aim for the Uruk-hai on the ladders," Jim ordered and his men shot down as many of them as they could.

"You heard the man! Shoot them down!" Kerrigan shouted to the hydralisks turning their attention to the Uruks on ladders and shot most of them down. The needle spines penetrated deeper into the unarmored Uruks to the point that those projectiles could not be plucked out.

"Swords! Swords!" Aragorn shouted as most of the elves drew swords for close combat.

"Minions, prepare for close combat," Kerrigan shouted to the hydralisks.

A few unarmored Uruks got through the fire and Gimli hacked one of them. The other unarmored Uruks began their killing spree as they swung their swords killing multiple elves before they could act. "They're berserkers," said Kerrigan as one of them swung his sword at her. She ducked and impaled the berserker with her wings. The Uruk warriors began to flood the battlements causing the elves with swords and hydralisks to use melee attacks. The adepts, marines (normal and infested), ascendants, and high Templar continued killing the Uruks on ground while the reapers covered them and the elves. A single hydralisk could impale two Uruks with its scythes in close combat. Aragorn and Haldir slashed the Uruks with their swords. Swann used his cybernetic arm to club Uruks and Kerrigan impaled the Uruks with her wings when they got close. The Queen of Blades and the chief engineer covered Jim while he continued to shoot the Uruks.

Gimli slid under another berserker and hacked it, "Legolas! Two already!"

"I'm on 17!"

"I'll have no pointy-ear outscoring me!" Gimli hacked a berserker on the groin before he finished climbing and finished him off.

"19!" Legolas shouted after he shot two Uruks down from the ladders.

Gimli hacked another berserker and Legolas shot another Uruk down.

"We should do something about those ladders!" said Karax.

"Knock down those ladders to slow them down!" Jim shouted as Aragorn slashed an Uruk and knocked a ladder down. Some of the marines (normal and infested), adepts, and reapers knocked down the other ladders while the rest provided cover. When they did so, the climbing Uruks fell to their deaths and the ladders were re-raised. The Uruks on ground scattered to avoid the impact of the crash.