Cearbhail: And I'm back, baby. I know, I know. It's been like...forever since I've even posted on this story. I really wanted to do this chapter justice and here it is... justice served hot and steamy. Enjoy.

[Warlord Zeelius]

The war room was a giant cluster of everyone screaming into their crystal balls. Ri'Saddo was making every report and command he could to all his combatant forces, trying to coordinate all those forces with the Aldmeri mages and knights. Sosia was coordinating every battlemage she could, with healers coming out of her arse. The Blades were just now marching up onto the battlefield where our objective waited for us. The new war leaders were still getting acquainted with how things worked around here, while organizing their forces as well.

The map was a giant collection of red in one spot. Almost every living Aedra was now circling around Cheydinhal. My Shadow Squad was there with a collection of battlemages and healers. They were in the thickest of the battle. Our objective was to send in a massive wave of mages and fighters to break up the Aedra, split their attention so my Shadow Squad could sneak out with the seer. Ri'Saddo was now getting Khajiit scouts prepared for the arrival of the Shadow Squad. They were going to escort them to the ruin. The Khajiits knew their land better than anyone and could lead my Shadow Squad through the harshest of environments.

The busiest of all of us was Councilor Fiirnar. He paced back and forth, holding two crystal balls in his hand. Both of the crystal balls glowed frantically with images flashing every few seconds. He was coordinating with every squad of Aldmeri mages. They were linking up with every squad of anyone that needed teleported to the battlefield. We expected everyone to be ready within the next few minutes. We weren't going to send in anyone until we were all ready. This would only work if it was coordinated. If someone went in early, it could be a repeat of Bruma.

Even more than that, it was the placement we had to deal with. The squads were separated equally so that we would have a balanced attack. If you can imagine just how much work we put into this in just two minutes, you'd be amazed at just how we could work together to solve this issue. This was it, this was our stand, our battle, our war. We were taking charge and showing the Aedra that we weren't running anymore. We're taking our planet back, or die trying.

"Warlord, we're ready." Shadowmaster Yuvenni called from behind me.

I spun on my heel and nodded to her. "Then take all Shadowwraiths, Shadowscales, Shadowblades, Shadowmasters, Black Marshals, Elementals, and White Robes to their posts. We shadowport any minute."

Yuvenni bowed to me, her eyes expressionless. "As you wish, Warlord." She vanished into a void.

I spun on my heel again and looked over at Fiirnar. "That was the only thing we were waiting on. Let's blow the whistle."

{Warlord, I am not ready, yet.} Kinlop's voice called through my ear piece. His face appeared on my crystal ball. His face was covered in mud and I could see him standing in front of a tree.

I had forgotten about Kinlop and the Lilmothiit scouts. Well, more like special forces. His troops were as good as my shadowblades and Kinlop himself was as good as any of my shadowmasters. They lived in Argonia with us but we never saw them much, that should tell you just how good they were. We lived in peace, but I guess if it came to war, it would be equaled, even if their numbers did not come even close to ours.

I looked into the crystal ball. "Are you even in this attack?"

He nodded. "We will be there shortly. I can see the waves of Aedra now. We would have been there sooner, but I have rendezvoused with the Sload leader, Slaaa. He is very slow, even when teleporting. We've done all we can to get here and set up, but he's still slowing us down."

"Am I to guess he won't be joining us up here in the war room then?" I asked in return.

Kinlop shook his head. "No, he will be there shortly. He's making sure his troops are prepared for this. It might take a few minutes."

"How about we just start our attack and then you can join in when you are able. Can I trust one of your own to protect the Shadow Squad?" I asked into the ball. Everyone was watching the two of us talk.

Kinlop nodded. "Yes, I will task my son with the task. Tell your squad to expect Brinsa within the minute." The image of Kinlop blinked away.

I turned to face my fellow war leaders. "This is the time. What we do here today will change our lives forever. Are we ready to make history?"

Everyone nodded. Tsaevashi slivered up to me and clasped my arm in his. He gave me a grave nod before hissing out his answer. "We will fight with all we have. Let this be the minute the Akaviri and Tamriel join forces."

I alone have pulled all the war leaders together. This was because of me, of my queen. Argonia has done the impossible and brought the world together. I sure hoped this made it easier to take it over. I glanced over at the Queen and she shook her head silently. She knew I still thought of taking over the world, but even I was starting to see just how messed up it could become. Maybe she was right, the world was evolving into something greater. All of us united. Perhaps we could have a balanced existence. Well, we'll see after this war is over. I'm not settled on that idea just yet.

I watched as everyone made the call. This was it. We're really doing this. I pulled the map back and watched as hundreds of blue dots simultaneously filled the circle of Aedra. I pulled up several other images surrounding each of the edges. Aldmeri knights were drawing their swords while Fighters Guild members drew theirs as well. Mages: beast, human, and elvish all took hands as they started their chant. Every mage in the entire battle were chanting the same thing. It was a Soul Separation of the largest ever created. Within that bubble was an enchantment of Warding created to incinerate any Aedra. Once the bubble closed, no Aedra could leave or come in. With the Soul Separation installed, they wouldn't even know it was there.

Archers lined up in the back, dipping their arrows in oil. Upon release, I could see hundreds of arrows flying into the sky. The battlemages standing beside them released flares into the clouds of Aedra. It was only seconds before the sky lit up into a cloud of fire and smoke. Our war had begun.

…

[Crassi]

I tucked my head in as I jumped forward. The ground behind me exploded into a massive wave of dirt. I rolled onto my feet and jumped forward again. The ground behind me exploded again. I paused and jumped back. I counted the impacts that surrounded me. Four on my right, six on my left. My leg cried out in pain. It felt like someone slammed a fireball into my leg and then exploded it.

I looked around very briefly, looking for my friends. I could see some of them frantically running from swarms of Aedra. Others had formed up in a tight group, raising their swords to the Aedra, prepared to fight. That was where I wanted to be. I pushed forward to sprint to them but my leg locked up on me and I fell myself falling forward. I pulled myself into a roll instead. I ended up in a hole and stopped. I cried out in pain. I couldn't move my leg. I felt the Aedra forming above me. So, I rubbed my bracelet and brought up my ward spell. A bubble of warding magic blipped up around me just in time to protect me from a barrage of hellfire. The ground all around me exploded into dust. I found myself falling even deeper into the hole as the hole grew bigger.

I wondered if this would be the end. No, it couldn't be. I pushed myself up onto my good foot and looked up at the swarm of Aedra. My ward blipped away and I was suddenly on my own. I looked up at the Aedra, drawing my sword. I had no armor anymore. My magic was down to almost nothing. This was it. My final stand.

The Aedra circled above me like a cloud of hornets. There were millions of them. I was a fool if I think I could just walk away from this. We all were. What was all this for anyway? A seer? It was the only hope we had and right now… my only hope seemed to have brought every living Aedra into this battlefield.

My bad leg popped and I fell to my knees. I cried out in pain. The swarm of Aedra above me paused. They all looked over at my spot. I forgot that they were blind and they were reacting to the sound of my footsteps. They thought they had killed me in that barrage. Now they knew I was still alive. Their hands warmed up with the Restoration magic. The same Restoration magic that was going to kill me.

That's when it happened. I could see they sky light up into a massive orange and black field of fire and oil. The Aedra looking down at me all turned and glared up at the sky, hissing out in anger as they did so. One or two of them looked back down at me and launched their attack. I pushed forward to dodge but I came up short with my bad leg locking up.

I closed my eyes and awaited the painful end. It never came. When I looked up, I saw the most beautiful disgusting slug I've ever seen. It was a fat slug thing with small squinty eyes and bulbous arms. It had summoned a giant circle of ward magic. The slug continued to hold it there and slowly lowered its head to look down at me. "Be…..still…" It said slowly, almost hesitantly. "Summon.."

I heard rather than saw all the Daedric summoning portals ripping open. I saw several clanfear pull themselves along with scamps out of the ground around me. When I heard a churl cry out a death cry and saw it jump into the sky to right the Aedra, I knew that this creature had summoned all these Daedra while holding a warding spell above my head. That was so impressive. This creature had more magicka inside him than most mages in the Mages Guild.

The Aedra became active again, all beginning to fight the Daedra. The slug dropped the ward and looked down at me. "Need….healed…" He slowly said to me monotone. When he tilted his bulbous head to me, I figured out he was asking a question.

I nodded. "Yes, I think my leg is broken."

That was when a black-scaled Argonian jumped down into the role. She was wearing a white robe. I had never seen anything like it. She paused by me and bent down to my leg. "I'm Pakinla, I'm a white robe, a healer. Please just be patient and I'll have your leg healed in no time." She looked up at the slug and nodded to him. "This is Aaslaa, he's a Sload. He's been assigned to your battlemage troop, as have I, and several others. Don't worry, your friends are fine. Most of them are injured but alive. Other white robes are tending to them as we speak. The other Sload are summoning as much Daedra as they can to keep the Aedra busy. Don't worry, we'll get out of here alive."

"Who died?" I asked to her.

She shrugged. "No one that I could see. Everyone seems just fine. You've done well, keeping them alive as long as you have. Most other leaders would have frozen under this pressure, but you've done well. Sosia sends her regards, as does Hans."

I let out a breath I never noticed I had built up. Our reinforcements had finally arrived. So, this was the help they were promising us? I couldn't be happier. I wasn't sure how much longer I could have lasted, let alone any of my friends. I had lost contact with them not even a minute ago. I sighed my relief as golden energy flowed into my leg. It felt wonderful to have that pain dulled a little.

Pakinla looked down at me and smiled. "Good news, your leg muscles were only torn. I can pull them back and reattach them in only a minute. It might hurt a little, but I'll try to take as much pain out as I can."

"Thanks." I breathed out. This was good, I like this. I was still processing the fact that we weren't alone anymore and I wasn't going to die soon. I was so elated that I thought I was going to hug Pakinla any second. In fact, it wasn't even a thought anymore. I pushed up and wrapped my arms around her, happy as hell to have a healer and a full army at my back.

Pakinla smiled as she patted my back. "I see the shock is now wearing off. Instant relief, I'm sure. Uncontrollable elation. Just sit back, take a few deep breaths, and allow your mind to settle. We'll take it from here."

I did just that. I needed a break after all this.

…

[Nexa]

"Nakuma! Keep up!" I screamed behind me to the shadowwraith behind me. The shadowwraith was tripping over her robes, trying to keep up with us.

Vatu raced beside me, his voice growling out. "Nisha better be alive. If she's even injured, I'll take out every fucking Aedra in this place."

I looked over at Vatu as we both jumped over a ditch. "Vatu, you can't go blood-rager. My squad will kill you if you become dangerous."

He looked over at me. "If I lose my sister, I won't have a reason to not die."

I smirked at him. "Really? Primrose and I are not enough reason?"

He looked forward, growling. "No matter what, one of you two are going to get hurt. If I die, at least I won't have to pick one over the other."

I shook my head. I glanced ahead of us to see the reinforcements had arrived. I could see the Daedra climbing out of their portals and attacking the Aedra. The seer, Lilly, ran to the opposite side of me and Vatu. She glanced over at me with a smile. "Don't worry, Vats, your sister is alive. She wouldn't get married to Prashin if she died."

"Prashin?" Vatu asked. "Who the shab is that?"

Lilly smiled. "I won't say…not yet at least." She smiled even deeper. "And I won't mention who you pick as well." She looked ahead of us. "It feels good to know how this story will end. So damn good." She looked over at me. "I'm just glad I get to be a part of it." Lilly paused, pushing us with her magicka. "Stop!"

The ground in front of us exploded into dust as a carpet-bombing squad of Aedra soared overhead. I pulled out my short swords and prepared for combat, but someone was ahead of me. I watched as the squad of Aedra started falling from the sky and exploding. I watched as Huir stepped forward, ten more arrows in his hand. He flashed as he loaded and fired his bow. The remaining Aedra fell from the sky, exploding almost instantaneously. He looked over at Lilly, nodding his head. "Thanks for the heads up, ma'am. I almost missed 'em."

Lilly smiled ridiculously. "Just trying to help as best I can." She started running back to the rest and screamed back to us. "We shouldn't waste any more time."

I rolled my eyes. "You can teleport, right? Why not just teleport there?"

Lilly pointed up at the sky. "The Aedra have summoned an anti-teleportation spell. We can come in…but we cannot leave or move."

I looked up at the sky. That was new, I had never heard of Aedra doing that. I wonder if my father had learned of that. "Did you hear that father? The Aedra have teleportation restriction spells now."

{We heard. Don't worry, we'll win this fight either way. Our numbers are still as strong as when we sent them in. the Aedra have dropped significantly. We are going to win this.} My father's voice called into my ear. That was good to hear. We're finally fighting back.

Cearbhail: not sure if it's good or great, or even subpar, but this is the way the story will start playing out now... well until the unspeakable event happens that will force Nexa to make her ultimate choice... but... who will join her and who will try to kill her? Coming sooner than you may think.