The Eye of Sauron turned to the direction of the Black Gate that opened wide enough for a million orcs and the remaining hybrids to come through. "Pull back. Pull back!" Aragorn ordered as the leaders pulled back to their armies. "Hold your ground! Hold your ground," the heir to the throne of Gondor said to the human army. "Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of Men comes crashing down. But it is not this day. This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth I bid you stand, Men of the West!" Aragorn gave his rallying speech to the combined army of Rohan and Gondor.
The orcs and hybrids surrounded Men of West. The air force of Protoss, Zerg, and Terrans were above them. Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Gandalf, Merry, Pippin, and Eomer were on foot. "Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Elf," the dwarf muttered.
"What about side by side with a friend?" Legolas asked.
"Aye. I could do that."
"Aragorn. Elessar," Sauron called on Aragorn as the Eye was fixed upon the combined forces of Men of the West, Protoss, Terrans, and Zerg. "Raynor," Sauron called on Jim and the Eye turned on the Terran commander.
The skies all darkened and began to fill with red. "I didn't expect all of you and your primitive friends to come this far. Your doom draws near," it was Amon.
"Whatever happens, Amon. Our will is not easily broken and you will not have victory this day. Let your doom be upon you and there will be peace for our friends in Middle-earth. You have no place in this planet," said Artanis. When he did so, the Eye of Sauron turned to the Protoss hierarch.
Aragorn turned to his friends and smiled. "For Frodo," he said before starting to charge at the orcs. Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli, Eomer, and Men of the West all engaged the orcs.
The carriers launched robotic interceptors to swarm the orcs and hybrids. The tempests fired at the hybrids causing them to disintegrate and the arbiters picked off the orcs with their warpspace cannons. The arbiters also cloaked nearby allies and used stasis fields trapping orcs and hybrids preventing them from attacking from behind. The Tal'darim mothership created a black hole sucking a lot of orcs and a few hybrids into it. The powerful Tal'darim capital ship also used thermal lances incinerating lines of orcs while damaging the hybrids severely. The Tal'darim mothership's terminator beams caught many orcs on fire causing them to run around then collapsed into ground motionlessly. Artanis used lightning dash killing a group of orcs as well as stunning hybrids. He slashed the orcs and hybrids with his twilight blades. Karax used his drones to pick off the orcs as well as setting up a photon cannon killing orcs and drawing the attention of hybrids. Alarak used deadly charges on hybrids severely damaging them and slashed the orcs with his bane blades. Talandar used thunderous charge stunning hybrids and slashed them with his purifier blades. The Purifier warrior also used whirlwind slicing surrounding orcs into pieces.
The battlecruisers fired lasers at the orcs and the yamato cannons at the hybrids. The lasers caught the orcs on fire causing them to run around then collapsed inot the ground motionlessly. The ravens launched hunter-seeker missiles killing multiple orcs as well as deployed auto-turrets to draw the orcs and hybrids' attention. The science vessels irradiated the orcs and hybrids without damaging their allies during the process. The carriers' drones and the science vessels helped repaired the fleet when they took damages from the hybrids. Jim fired his Gauss rifle at the orcs and Horner had the Hyperion fired lasers at the orcs as well as blasting hybrids with its yamato cannon. Jim's hand grenades sent multiple orcs flying into the air and severely damaging the hybrids. Swann used his cybernetic arm to melee the orcs and set up the Flaming Betty that caught multiple orcs on fire causing them to run around then collapsed motionlessly.
The Zerg mutalisks unleashed glaive wurms on orcs and hybrids. The primal guardians engulfed orcs with acid spores and took on the hybrids. The brood lords used broodling strikes damaging the hybrids and to swarm the orcs. The broodlings took the places of the orcs killed in the broodling strikes and used toxic spores on the orcs as well as engaging the hybrids. The leviathan impaled many orcs with its tentacles and used plasmid discharge severely damaging hybrids. Kerrigan used kinetic blasts on hybrids while using her psi blasts and crushing grips on orcs. Stukov used corrosive blasts to eat through the hybrids' armor while severely damaging them. Zagara impaled orcs with her talons while Dehaka slashed the orcs with his claws. The brood mother and primal pack leader also engaged hybrids.
Gimli hacked the orcs and Legolas used his bow to club the orcs. Aragorn, Eomer, Merry, and Pippin slashed the orcs.
"Heads up, everyone! I'm detecting Ringwraiths in Fellbeasts are heading your way," Horner announced.
After Gandalf slashed a number of orcs with his sword, a moth flew in with a message. As a result, a giant eagle intercepted a Fellbeast.
"Eagles. The eagles are coming!" Pippin turned to see five more giant eagles engaging the Fellbeasts.
"Giant eagles," Kerrigan muttered.
"Unbelievable," Karax spoke as he could not believe his eyes.
"We're getting reinforcements," Artanis commented.
"All units, continue firing at the orcs and hybrids. The giant eagles are keeping the Fellbeasts at bay," Horner ordered.
"Like old times," Jim thought recalling the giant eagles had helped him, Tychus, Andriel, Gandalf, and the company of Thorin Oakenshield.
After Aragorn slashed an orc, he faced an armored troll wielding a crude large sword. Both the man and the troll clashed blades with each other. Aragorn tried to slash the troll but it did not take damage from Anduril. After the troll knocked him into the ground, Legolas tried to help but the orcs barred his way. The armored troll stepped on Aragorn and pinned him down. The man attempted to stab the troll's foot with his dagger but was useless.
Meanwhile in Mordor, Sam said, "It's gone, Mr. Frodo. The light's passed on, away towards the north. Something's drawn its gaze." Tosh helped Sam on his feet while Vorazun helped Frodo. The small group traveled towards Mount Doom until Frodo collapsed; nevertheless he managed to climb to Sam who rested. Sam managed to stand up on his own while Tosh and Vorazun helped Frodo up.
"You can never make it this far alone, Frodo," said the dark Templar matriarch but the hobbit only looked at her weakly.
"By sticking together, there will be a higher chance of success," Tosh muttered.
"Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo?" Sam asked but there was no response. "It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?"
"No, Sam. I can't recall the taste of food nor the sound of water nor the touch of grass. I'm naked in the dark. There's – there's nothing. No veil between me and the wheel of fire. I can see him with my waking eyes," Frodo managed to open his eyes to say something.
"Then let us be rid of it once and for all. Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you but I can carry you. Come on!" Sam carried his weakened friend on his shoulder.
"Very tough for a hobbit," Tosh muttered.
"If you get tired, let us know," said Vorazun.
The small group continued to advance towards Mount Doom. "Look, guys. A doorway. We're almost there," Sam saw an entrance when the small group was closing in to the volcano.
"Clever Hobbits, man, and creature to climb so high!" Gollum appeared and lunged at the small group.
Tosh gave the wretched creature a back kick sending it crashing into a rock and gave it a mind blast. The small group all hurried into the interior of Mount Doom and Sam placed Frodo on his feet. They went to the other end of the walkway and there was lava far down below. Frodo took out the Ring and held it past the edge of the walkway. "Destroy it!" Sam shouted. "Go on! Now! Throw it in the fire!" Tosh sensed something was wrong in Frodo as if something was stopping him. "What are you waiting for? Just let it go!" Sam shouted.
Frodo heard voices coming from the Ring and turned to his companions tearing the chain off, "The Ring is mine."
"You left me no choice," Tosh choked Frodo psionically forcing him to drop the Ring into the walkway and Gollum saw the action after knocking Sam down with a rock from behind.
"What are you doing?!" Sam demanded.
"Stopping him from putting on the Ring."
Gollum ran towards it and pushed Frodo aside. The wretched creature picked up the Ring and danced madly with ecstasy, "Yes! Yes! Precious! Precious! Precious! Precious!"
Frodo recovered and got back on his feet. He engaged into a fight with Gollum over the Ring and both of them fell off the walkway. Gollum and the Ring fell right into the lava.
"Serves him right," Vorazun muttered as the lava melted the wretched creature once and for all.
"Give me your hand!" Sam shouted as Frodo was hanging onto the cliff. "Take my hand!" he stretched his hand for his friend to reach. "Don't you let go. Don't let go. Reach!" Frodo managed to have his hand landed onto Sam's. Tosh and Vorazun helped pulling Frodo up. They all watched the Ring melted by the lava and began escaping the volcano.
Back at the battlefield, all the hybrids were killed and the fighting stopped as the Eye of Sauron screeched in pain. The troll looked at what was going on and fled. The tower of Barad-dur collapsed while the Eye of Sauron looked frantically until it shrank into an orange orb. The orb exploded creating a massive shockwave and the land of Mordor along with the Black Gate began crumbling killing thousands of orcs. Eventually, none of the orcs survived as they were killed by the powerful air force of Protoss, Terran, and Zerg. The Ringwraiths died and the eagles finished off the Fellbeasts.
"This isn't over! You will pay for this!" said Amon. A portal opened and a red light went in. The skies began to brighten and there was blue.
"He's getting away," said Kerrigan.
"Amon's retreating to the Void," said Artanis. "We will hunt you down! Amon!"
"Frodo! Frodo!" Merry shouted happily while Gimli chuckled with joy. However, the joy died when Mount Doom erupted.
"Matt, Frodo's group will need an evac," said Jim.
"I'll send a ship to pick them up in Mordor," Horner deployed a special operations dropship to Mordor and Gandalf mounted into the back of a giant eagle to follow.
Frodo, Sam, Tosh, and Vorazun got out of Mount Doom's interior and jumped into a large rock. The lava flowed past the rock leaving the small group unharmed. "It's gone. It's done," said Frodo.
"Yes, Mr. Frodo. It's over now," said Sam.
"We wait for evac," said Tosh.
"I can see the Shire. The Brandywine River. Bag End. Gandalf's fireworks. The lights in the Party Tree," Frodo mentioned pleasant things.
"Rosie Cotton dancing. She had ribbons in her hair. If ever I was to marry someone, it would've been her. It would've been her," Sam added.
"Once we get out of here, you two will be going home," said Vorazun.
"I'm glad to be with you all, Samwise Gamgee, Gabriel Tosh, and Vorazun. Here at the end of all things," Frodo embraced Sam.
When the hobbits were resting, Tosh and Vorazun were on the lookout. When they saw something flying, Tosh waved to draw attention. A special operations dropship arrived followed by Gandalf in a giant eagle. The dropship lowered and the hatch opened so that the ramp could create a walkway. Tosh carried Sam while Vorazun carried Frodo into the transport ship. Gandalf smiled watching the man and Protoss carrying the hobbits into the ship. The wizard in the giant eagle led the way after the dropship took off after loading the small group.
"They need food and water," a medic checked on the hobbits.
Frodo looked around the ship weakly and Vorazun reassured him, "Everything is going to be fine." After she told him, the hobbit closed his eyes.
Author's Note
When I was writing the Battle of the Black Gate, I listened to the following soundtracks: "Escape from Mar Sara" from StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, "Conscience" from StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, and "Holding Up the Sky" From StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void.
As for the collapse of Barad-dur, I listened to the victory music of the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty campaign when writing the ending of the Battle of the Black Gate.
I thought they would make suitable background music.