A few weeks later….

Kaurava III, The Upper Wastes

"Is everything prepared?" asked Farseer Caerys

"Yes Farseer, but-" said one of the Warlocks

"Yes?"

"Must we fight?"

"I share your confusion my sister but we must fight" explained Caerys

"Yes Farseer"

"Good, now prepare the soldiers"

After these words, the Warlocks dispersed all except for the one who questioned her earlier, who went with Caerys to a Falcon Tank. The pilot took them to a hilltop and they both got out, walking to the hilltop.

"Do you know the history of this place?" asked Caerys "Do you know why we call this place Es Il Tanil, what the Mon-keigh call The Upper Wastes?"

"We came here in a past age?" said the Warlock

"Correct, our ancestors came here and stopped the Necrons from waging death and destruction across the sector" explained Caerys "We defeated them here"

"So what is our battle strategy?" asked the Warlock

"We shall hide and strike at the same time" said Caerys "Whilst our enemy stumbles blindly and stabs at the shadows, we shall strike from ten different places at once"

"Are we to let this place of utmost importance fall to the enemy? I think not" continued Caerys "Kaurava was once ours and shall be ours once more"

Caerys finished talking to the Warlock and started to walk back to the Falcon, when the Warlock suddenly spoke up.

"Farseer, I almost forgot to ask" said the Warlock "Is there any news on Malanis?"

"I'm sorry, my sister but there hasn't been any news on Malanis" said Caerys sadly "I would have liked to have him plan our strategy with me"

Caerys walked back to the Falcon, got in and called over the Warlock. The Warlock ran over and got in the Falcon just as the pilot took off towards the base-camp.

Meanwhile, at the entrance of The Upper Wastes….

"Dark Eldar!" announced Malek "Today is the day where we defeat the Eldar and either drive them from this system or take them all back to Commorragh!"

"But Lord Sythil, the Avatar of Khaine will be used against us!" pointed out a Kabalite Warrior

"One; Don't call me Lord Sythil, call me Supreme Archon Sythil, I am not the Overlord of Commorragh" shouted Malek "Two; We have the Dark Avatar of Khaine; Me!"

"So join me in this last battle where we will wither perish under our misguided kin or they will perish under us!" finished Malek

Malek had carefully planned this speech and was proud of coming up with his finish. Malek pulled out his sword and shouted out a battle-cry, which was taken up by all of the denizens of Commorragh that were there. There was a massive Dark Eldar army with him that had taken weeks to create but the size of it was worth it, he wanted the Eldar to fall under an enemy greater in numbers that them. Malek decided it was time for the speech finisher and darkness exploded from his body, his eyes went a dark red and he started to change, some there thought he was turning into a Daemon. You could say that he was turning into a Daemon but not a full Daemon. The darkness retracted and he was no longer Supreme Archon Malek Sythil, at least until he changed back, he was now The Dark Avatar of Khaine.

Malek changed back into his regular form and led a portion of his army into the Wastes ,spotting the Eldar base camp not long after coming into the Wastes.

"There is their base camp. Destroy it!" ordered Malek

"Farseer, is it time?" came a voice

"Wait…. Now!" said another

At these words the base camp teleported to another location, annoying Malek.

"Aargh! Caerys!" shouted Malek "You'll regret that"

"Tahril?" inquired the voice which must have been Caerys' voice 'What happened to your voice?"

"Dead, this is Supreme Archon of The Kabal of Dark Souls, Malekith Shaed Sythil" announced Malek "I am angry now and I am faster and stronger that you, giving me the upper hand in our inevitable duel"

"Over-confidence is one of the many steps to defeat, dark kin" said Caerys

"Lecturing is one of the steps to annoyance, milksop kin" retorted Malek

Caerys stopped talking after that comment, tired of being told off by an Eldrath Yinneas.

"She's stopped talking, sir" said one of the Kabalite Warriors

"Aren't you a master of the obvious?" snapped Malek

The tortured slaves started making a base-camp in the place of the teleported Eldar base-camp and it was going well and the rest of the army that Malek brought was slowly turning up through the Halls of Blood and the Dark Foundries until Eldar Guardians, Howling Banshees, Fire Dragons, Dark Reapers and Warp Spiders kept turning up, making building rather difficult.

"I have had enough of these soldiers suddenly turning up" said Malek, angrily "Let us destroy their Webway Gate facilities and Warp Spider Aspect Portals"

Malek led half of the force that was with him at the time of the attack made by the Warp Spiders and the other Eldar units, towards their base of operations. After destroying many Webway Gates and other Eldar units and vehicles, they reached the Warp Spider facilities and such.

"Raze this place to the ground!" shouted Malek

"We need back-up!" shouted a Guardian into his communicator "I repeat, we need back-uaargh!"

The Guardian was picked up and killed by a Talos Pain Engine, which ripped him in half and threw both halves in different directions. Malek ducked in and out striking like a cobra, delivering his deadly venom to the Eldar. Eventually after much fighting, they destroyed that base.

"Farseer, the Warp Spider production facilities have been destroyed" announced the Warlock

"I see, their lives shall be remembered and their deaths avenged" said Caerys

"Oh, Warlock!" shouted Malek, in a sing-song voice "I'm sure you want to know of the current position of Lanik Malanis!"

"You know where he is?" asked the Warlock, confused "How did you know about my questions?"

"We have spies everywhere" said Malek "Sadly, they didn't find out what your battle strategy was going to be"

"My sister, do not listen to their false promises and lies!" warned Caerys

"Why would we make false promises?" asked Malek "Unlike the Black Heart Kabal and the Poisoned Tongue Kabal, The Kabal of Dark Souls do not need to make false promises"

"You lie to me" said the Warlock, stubbornly "Malanis went missing long ago and was presumed dead"

"I do not lie" said Malek, shaking his head 'Why don't you… ask him yourself?"

At these words Malek opened a cage and out tumbled a very hurt, dishevelled, scarred Malanis.

"Malanis?" said Malek "Someone here wants to talk to you"

Malanis raised his head slowly and winced in pain. He had been punished for his rebellion on Lacunae. He was shaved bald and numerous scars covered his head and much of his body that could be seen was scarred and covered in tattoos.

"Malanis?" shouted the Warlock

"C-Carina?" whispered Malanis 'I-is that you?"

"Yes!" said Carina "By the gods, I've missed you so"

"A-and I you"

"How hurt are you?"

"It hurts, I cannot say how much…but it hurts to breath" groaned Malanis "Every heartbeat is painful, every word mean pain, but if I'm the pain has gone…."

"Isn't this touching?" said Malek joyfully, hands rubbing together gleefully "It's too bad that this will be your last meeting"

Malek was getting tired of holding up Malanis, so he put him down. Malanis had little strength to do much except be on his knees.

"We shall win this battle, Dark Kin!"

"You might but you won't see dear old Malanis here ever again" said Malek, kneeling down to Malanis, putting his arm round his shoulder "You see, I prefer my enemies to be angry at me, then I can use my ever expanding tactical genius to come up with an ingenious plan"

"You have an enormous ego, you know that?" said Uoleth

"And your point is?" asked Malek

Uoleth stayed silent, afraid of angering his Archon.

"Exactly" said Malek, smugly 'Although it's an ego that doesn't show itself often"

"We are angry at you for all the death you've brought with you" said Carina

Malek laughed, pulling Malanis up so he was standing up with him.

"But just make you more angry" said Malek, driving his blade into Malanis' back

"NO!" screamed Carina

Malek pulled out his blade, letting Malanis fall into the dirt. Malanis started dragging himself away from Malek, fearful that he might hurt him before he died from that stab.

"Come on Malanis, you'll be okay" said Carina, hysterically panicking "Come on, you can make it"

"C-carina" whispered Malanis, rolling himself over so he could face the sky "My dear wife, I won't be okay"

"Don't say that! Of course you will!"

"I was just stabbed by a dark sword, a sword made from Dark Eldar metal and pure darkness. Wounds from them never heal"

"This one will!"

"I'm so sorry that I let myself be captured…" whispered Malanis "Then I could have died with you instead of dying alone in this stupid wasteland"

"This stupid wasteland happens to be a sacred site for the Ulthwe Eldar" snapped Caerys

"Farseer! He's dying! Let him say what he wants… my dear husband"

"Goodbye, Carina" muttered Malanis "I shall see you in the next life. Whatever you do, do not let yourself be captured by them and it would be very wise to heed my warning"

Malanis's head rolled back as he let out a breath and died.

"M-m-malanis" whispered Carina "Malekith! I'll kill you myself for this!"

"Carina! He's just trying to heighten your emotions and make you blind with rage and anger!"

"Oh really?" asked Malek "I'd like you see you kill the most accomplished Darker in the entire universe! Wanna see another one of my abilities? Watch this!"

At these words, Malek turned himself into The Dark Avatar of Khaine, stunning all Eldar who could see.

"I can't believe it… They did it" whispered Caerys

"Technically, I offered my blood to Khaine and he granted me the power of The Dark Avatar of Khaine to be used whenever I want!" shouted Malek, reverting back to his original form

"So, let us finish a war that was started long ago" said Caerys "How fitting, it's the light against the dark"

"You call yourselves the Light Eldar?" asked Malek "HA! That sounds ridiculous, stick with Craftworld Eldar, it sounds much better"

Caerys didn't reply to Malek's joking and the Dark Eldar then continued focusing on bringing his huge army to the wastes. Little did the Craftworld Eldar know that Lord Vect would grace the battlefield with his presence when the battle was near its' end.

Malek's slave's building was going well until the Eldar fighters started attacking them, forcing the army to take cover. The twin-linked Shuriken Catapults were very effective at killing soldiers.

"I do not particularly enjoy these Nightwing's being used against us" said Malek "Get rid of them"

Malek took half of the force that he had with him at the current time and ran a long distance before spotting the Nightwing production facilities.

"Onwards, Dark Eldar!" shouted Malek "Burn this place to the ground!"

At these words they charge and spilt much blood. The Scourges and Hellions dropped out of the sky, unleashing their deadly salvos upon the panicking Eldar. Malek ran forward, throwing haywire grenades at the buildings and vehicles that were there, forcing Nightwings to plummet to the ground. Malek soon ran out of the grenades and was challenged to a duel by a Warlock. Malek wordlessly accepted the challenge by diving straight at the Warlock, who in turn, spun out of the way and sliced his sword across Malek's foot. Such a move would usually put a normal Archon down to the ground; but Malek was no ordinary Archon, his senses had been heightened and his awareness expanded from all the pain and fear that was going around. Not only this but he was stronger, faster and more agile than any Dark Eldar. Malek skid one of his feet across the ground and jumped back at the Warlock, this time slicing off the Warlock's sword arm in one swift motion. The Warlock dropped to the ground, crying out in pain. Malek picked up the Warlock with his shadows and put a spear made from shadows straight through him. When Malek looked up, much of the Support Portals had been burnt and destroyed and many Eldar and Nightwings were down. Blood covered the ground and it stained the weapons of the Dark Eldar.

"Farseer, they have destroyed the Nightwing production facilities" reported Carina "But we still have the Phoenix Squadron"

"I see, the deaths of our fellow Craftworlders shall be remembered" said Caerys, sadly "I assume that the Phoenix Squadron pilots are skilled?"

"Farseer, they are no ordinary pilots"

"Very well then"

As Malek returned to the base of operations, he found it under attack from the entrance they had used. They swiftly killed the attackers and explored the area for any small bases or Aspect Portals

"Archon I have found something!" shouted Uoleth

"What is it?" asked Malek "Ah, a Webway Gate"

"They must have this entire area covered with them"

"Archon, we've found a Webway Gate!" someone shouted

"Destroy all Webway Gates you find!" ordered Malek "Do not attempt to enter them!"

Malek's second order however was ignored by one particularly foolish and young Dark Eldar Kabalite Warrior who entered the gate and was thrown out again, riddled with various wounds, cuts and bullet holes and was rather dead.

Malek returned back to his camp, where his forces continued to grow until he reached the peak of its number. He then took the army and attacked the location of the teleported Eldar base. When they got there, they ravaged the place, burning it and killing all who were there.

"Archon, we did it!" exclaimed a Kabalite Warrior "We know control this system!"

"Don't celebrate yet" said Malek

"Why not, Supreme Archon?" asked the warrior

"It was too easy" replied Malek "And where was Caerys and that fool of a Warlock?"

"Supreme Archon!" shouted one of his High Archons, Serelia "We've detected a hidden Eldar base!"

"Ah, so this one was a trick to exhaust us" said Malek "Well, I hope they know that we are nowhere near exhausted and we are still hungry for more bloodshed"

Malek explored the area and found a path that could have led them to the newly-found base, had it not been for the large rocky wall. Malek, the Scourges, the Hellions and all the soldiers on Raiders and Venoms could easily get over this wall but there was something wrong with this wall, it seemed rather…..fake. Malek threw a dark bolt at the wall and the wall crackled with energy. Aha, it's a wall made from eldritch energy and illusions Malek said in his head. Malek got three Venoms to go over the wall to scout out the area. As they were flying over the wall, all three were shot down; no doubt their Craftworld cousins were that foolish enough to leave these walls unprotected.

"How do you think we're going to get over, unharmed?" asked Serelia "We need a pla-"

"Already working on it" interrupted Malek "I'm sensing a large a large amount of energy coming from one source a little way off, not far from where the Nightwing camp was"

"Then what are we waiting for?" asked Serelia "Let's go!"

"I'm just concocting a plan for what happens after we disable the turrets and what happens when we disable the walls"

"Can you concoct on the way?"

"I suppose so"

"Then let's go"

Serelia led a small force to the source of the energy, a large power generator that crackled with energy.

"This is producing a lot of energy at a really fast rate" said Serelia

"Nothing new to me" said Malek "Right, I've got our plan...or two…or three"

"Are you done, Malek?" asked Serelia

Malek nodded and Serelia and the soldiers she brought with her commenced firing. After what appeared to be only a matter of seconds, the generator was destroyed and exploded in a light that was the same colour of the Webway.

"My lord, we sent over a few Raiders and they've got over the wall safely!" reported another Archon over the communicator

"Good, wait for us, I'll be right over" said Malek

"You're going over?" asked Serelia

"You're coming too" answered Malek "You're my best fear spreader"

"Let me guess, you want me go over the wall with you and some others" said Serelia "And then you want me to put on my cloak and hood and pull out my scythes"

"That's the idea" said Malek

"Have you any use for me other than that?"

"In a situation other than this, yes but right now I need you to do this"

"Fine"

Malek and the others walked over to the wall, watching a small group of soldiers go over the wall on a Raider, Scourges and Hellions following. Malek and Serelia refused to get onto a Raider, turning into shadows and they flew over the wall. Once on the other side, Malek and his men prepared for a fight and Serelia donned her hood and pulled out her scythes.

"When you don that hood and fight alongside us" started Malek "It makes it look like death itself has turned against the enemy"

'You always say that" replied Serelia

Malek dismissed this comment with a small grin and they all advanced towards another wall.

"Uoleth, have you located that illusion generator?" asked Malek into his communicator

"We've located it and we're heading towards it now" answered Uoleth "It will, however take some time to destroy the one on your side"

"I see" said Malek "Well, if it's any consolation, if you destroy it, you can destroy another one which will lead me and my group into the last camp where the generator operating the wall that cuts us off from the real Eldar base of operations will be"

"Thank you sir"

Malek and his group waited for some time until they saw the wall in front of them start to flicker and fade. It looked like Uoleth and his group had done their job. Malek and his group slowly advanced through the fading wall and into enemy territory. Malek decided he would use nothing but Darking to destroy this base, whilst the enemy would be paralysed with fear, the source of the fear would be Serelia herself. When they spotted the camp, the group charged for it, weapons brandished and ready to spill blood. Serelia leaped straight into the middle of the enemy camp, who were startled to see this. Serelia slowly rose up, scythes in hand, she was going to have such fun with this.