In the Pelennor Fields, the orcs were continuously being butchered by the combined forces of the Rohirrim and the Zerg Swarm. Theoden and Eowyn slashed the orcs while Merry stabbed an orc. Eomer used both his sword and a spear killing the orcs. The Rohirrim skewered the orcs with their pikes while the horses trampled them. Zagara impaled the orcs with her talons, Stukov picked off the orcs with his corrosive bolts.

Dehaka slashed the orcs before turning to a long-range catapult. "That Mordor machine seems fragile," he dragged the catapult to his location then destroyed it with his claws.

The torrasque-strain ultralisks of Kerrigan and the normal ultralisks of Zagara bifurcated many orcs with their Kaiser blades whereas the primal ultralisks slashed the orcs with their large claws. The banelings, roaches, mutalisks, the primal guardians, and the locusts spawned from swarm hosts engulfed the orcs with acid. The zerglings and infested humans clawed the orcs. The hydralisks and infested marines shot the orcs. The brood lords swarmed the orcs for every orc killed with broodling strikes and the broodlings attacked with toxic spores. The aberrations smashed the orcs and the leviathan impaled the orcs with tentacles. The infestors used fungal growth immobilizing multiple orcs before killing them.

"The orcs are getting away," said Zagara and the Zerg picked off a number of retreating orcs.

"Drive them to the river!" Eomer ordered when the Rohirrim attempted to chase the orcs.

"Make safe the city!" Theoden ordered. However, the Rohirrim and the Zerg stopped to see what was coming towards them.

"Zagara, Stukov, Dehaka, I'm picking additional Mordor reinforcements. 500 Mumakil and 25 thousand human soldiers called the Haradrim are coming towards you," Izsha informed. 500 large beasts and each of them had 50 men on its back. The leader of those humans blew the horn while the men all made their war chants and the beasts roared.

"Mumakil and Haradrim. Their essence can be worth taking," Dehaka muttered.

"There's no way for the Rohirrim to stand up those elephant-like creatures," Stukov thought.

"Re-form the line! Re-form the line!" Theoden had the Rohirrim gathered in formation and had the intentions taking down those beasts to save Gondor. "Sound the charge! Take them head-on! Charge!" the king ordered and Gamling blew the horn to reinforce the order.

The Zerg watched from a distance when the Rohirrim all went ahead charging at the Mumakil. The Mumakil swung their tusks sweeping the cavalry like a broomstick sending multiple Rohirrim and horses flying into the air. The Rohirrim with bows attempted to shoot the beasts but was useless. The Haradrim archers in the platforms picked off a number of the Rohan cavalry and the Rohirrim with bows returned fire shooting down few of the Haradrim archers.

"Minions, help the Rohirrim. Attack the beasts from sides and from a distance," Zagara ordered. When the Zerg joined in the fight, the Haradrim attempted to pelt the creatures with arrows. However, the arrows did not seem to be able to penetrate the Zerg's carapace.

The hydralisks' needle spines and the guns of the infested marines dealt damage to the Mumakil and shot down a number of the Haradrim. The aberrations flanked the Mumakil and smashed them despite taking fire from the Haradrim archers. The Haradrim archers picked off some of the zerglings and infested humans with headshots. One of Kerrigan's ultralisks used burrowed to charge at the Mumakil flanking them then knocked the beast along with the men into the ground when the ultralisk burst out of the ground. The ultralisk finished off the downed beast while the raptor-strained zerglings lunged at the Haradrim that survived the fall clawing them. Several hunter-strain banelings lunged at the Mumakil killing the beast and engulfing the Haradrim with corrosive acid. The roaches' acid saliva dealt some damage to the Mumakils' feet causing them to limp forcing the beasts to lie down. The other roaches engulfed the Haradrim with acid when the beasts were down. The zerglings took the opportunity to climb the downed Mumakil and clawed the Haradrim. The infestors used fungal growth on the Haradrim immobilizing them and killing them. The infestors also used parasitic domination to control the Mumakil that did not have the Haradrim on their backs. The parasite-controlled Mumakil were used like suicide units as they crashed into the other Mumakil that had Haradrim on their backs killing the beasts and sent the Haradrim falling off. After the Mumakil were downed by the aberrations, ultralisks, and the parasite-controlled Mumakil; the zerglings and infested humans clawed the Haradrim that survived. The swarm hosts spawned the locusts that attacked the Mumakil from the flanks and corroded the Haradrim with acid.

The mutalisks unleashed glaive wurms damaging the Mumakil and corroded the Haradrim. The brood lords used broodling strikes on both the Mumakil and the Haradrim. The Haradrim used spears on the broodlings that took the places of the Haradrim killed by the broodling strikes. The Mumakil swung their tusks sweeping the broodlings like a broomstick sending them flying into the air and crushed the broodlings by pounding them with their feet. The Haradrim archers attempted to shoot down the Zerg flyers but it was useless. The leviathan fired a bio-plasmid discharge at a Mumakil killing it instantly and impaled the Haradrim with its tentacles.

Dehaka jumped onto the platform of a Mumakil and engaging the Haradrim on the platform while Zagara flanked the beast impaling it with her talons. The Haradrim attempted to spear the primal pack leader and were being slashed. Though the Haradrim released arrows on Dehaka, they did not do much damage to him and were finished off.

Stukov turned to see what appeared to be the leader of the Haradrim gaining pleasure killing the Rohirrim and Gamling was below the belly of the beast. "Hey! Take on someone your own size!" the infested human got the Haradrim leader's attention. When the Haradrim leader began driving the Mumakil towards Stukov, the infested human fired a corrosive blast killing the Haradrim leader. As a result, the dead man fell off into the left pulling the reins hard so that the Mumakil could crash into another Mumakil and both beasts died.

Eowyn had Merry taking the reins to control the horse's movement and she cut the ankles of the Mumakil so that it could lie down.

"Aim for their heads!" Eomer ordered. He, Gamling, and the Rohirrim with bows released arrows at a Mumakil causing it to rear up so that the Haradrim could fall off.

"Bring it down! Bring it down! Bring it down!" Theoden shouted and Eowyn hurled a spear at the Mumakil's leg from behind.

As a result, Eowyn and Merry fell off from the horse when the Mumakil fell dead. "Merry!" she shouted but there was no sign of the hobbit. She and her uncle slashed some of the orcs that rejoined the fight.

Merry got to his feet and saw a Haradrim that survived the fall attempted to spear him. The hobbit dodged the attack and cut him down. Merry slashed the orcs and the other Haradrim that survived the fall.

After Eowyn slashed the normal orcs, she engaged an orc that was tougher and it appeared to be the orc leader. They clashed blades before Eowyn punched him in the face and she slashed his leg.


The Protoss and Raynor's Raiders were trapped in the second level of Minas Tirith along with the men of Gondor. An armored troll hammered onto a barred door that the men of Gondor held. The Nerazim void rays and Tal'darim destroyers took out the trolls. The wraith fighters and banshees fired lasers and missiles respectively at the orcs. The science vessels irradiated the orcs and helped out repairing damaged machines. The Protoss melee infantry and cloaked warriors prepared their blades while the Terran infantry prepared their guns if the Mordor forces broke through. Stetmann and the medics patched up the wounded infantry.

"I didn't think it would end this way," said Pippin.

"End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path one that we all must take. The grey rain curtain of this world rolls back and all turns to silver glass. And then you see it," said Gandalf.

"What, Gandalf? See what?"

"White shores and beyond. A far green country under a swift sunrise."

"Well, that isn't so bad."

"No. No, it isn't."

Jim and Artanis heard the conversation. "I don't think the Zerg can take out the whole Mordor army," said Jim.

"Especially when Mordor severely outnumber us," said Talandar.

"No. At least, they slowed down the Mordor forces that are entering this city," Artanis made a point.

"Commander, we wiped out Sauron's forces in the North," it was Matt Horner calling Jim. "We and the Golden Armada are our way."

"Take your time, Matt. No rush," Jim replied.

"Now, we wait for the forces of Admiral Horner and Executor Selendis," said Artanis.


Back at the fields, the Rohirrim continued fighting the Haradrim on Mumakil and the orcs that rejoined the fight.

"Now meet your fates, enemies of Amon!" it was hybrid.

"Zagara, Dehaka, Stukov, I'm reading a thousand hybrids coming towards you," Izsha informed. A thousand hybrids were coming from where the Mumakil came from and were limited to the ground forces.

"Sauron have been ready for us," Zagara muttered.

Theoden, Eomer, Gamling, Eowyn, Merry, Zagara, Dehaka, and Stukov saw a number of Rohirrim charging at the monster they had not seen before. The monsters that were similar to the zerg slashed the Rohirrim as if they were pieces of cake while the monsters looked like Protoss blasted the Rohirrim from behind. Some of the powerful Protoss-like monsters called upon storms that killed multiple Rohirrim. The arrows released from the bows of Rohirrim did not damage the monsters and the Rohirrim's pikes all break in attempts to skewer the monsters.

"What are they?" Theoden asked.

"They are the Protoss-Zerg hybrids. Made from the DNA of Zerg and Protoss," Stukov replied.

"Leave the hybrids to us," said Zagara. "Minions, time to take out the hybrid."

Theoden, Eomer, Gamling, Eowyn, and Merry watched the Zerg Swarm all turned to their old enemies drawing their attention from the Rohirrim.

The hybrid dominators unleashed psionic storms killing many zerglings and infested humans. The ultralisks and aberrations engaged the hybrid reavers and hybrid behemoths. The hybrid behemoths consumed the DNA of the ultralisks and aberrations to regain health as well as using constricting slime on the zerglings and infested humans slowing them down. The hybrid destroyers and hybrid dominators took down some of the ultralisks and aberrations. The Protoss-based hybrids took down the banelings easily whereas the hunter-strain banelings lunged to inflict damage on the Zerg-based hybrids. The Zerg-based hybrids slashed the zerglings and infested humans easily. The hydralisks, roaches, and infested marines shoot the hybrids. The Protoss-based hybrids returned fire takind out some of the hydralisks, roaches, and infested marines. The swarm hosts spawned the locusts on the hybrids; however the monsters killed the locusts easily.

The mutalisks attempted to use glaive wurms on the hybrids, but some of them were taken down by the hybrid destroyers, hybrid dominators, and hybrid behemoths. The brood lords helped taking out some of the hybrids using broodlings strikes and broodlings. The leviathan fired a plasmid-discharge at a hybrid behemoth inflicting a lot of damage on it and Zagara impaled a hybrid reaver with her talons. Dehaka had to generate a pair of his spawn to assist him and to mend wounds taken from the hybrids. Stukov used corrosive blasts to eat through the hybrids' armor so that the monsters could be dealt with easily. With the assistance of the Zerg heroes, brood lords, and the leviathan; the Zerg ground forces managed to take out a number of the hybrids.

The battle began to look grim as the hybrids, orcs, and the Haradrim on Mumakil were going to overwhelm the combined forces of Zerg Swarm and Rohan cavalry.

Author's Note

When I was writing the scene where the Zerg Swarm and Rohirrim butchering the orcs, I listened to the soundtrack titled "Conscience" from StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.

As for the arrival of the hybrids, I listened to part of the soundtrack titled "The Deal" from StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.

I thought those soundtracks would be suitable background music for those scenes.