It was chaos in the desert. One moment, it was peace, then somehow, some way, monsters popped out of nowhere.

Despite being prepared for battle, not even the Gerudo, the ambush masters, were ready for an ambush.

The Gerudo were outmanned and surrounded. Those that were to escape so far successfully did so. Only those left behind were those trying to escape, and the Elites and whosoever else decided that running wasn't an option until everyone else was gone.

Aveil and Nabooru were two of them.

Only the South Oasis, South Desert Keep, Rockface Keep, and the Sacred Grounds belonged in their possession. But death for Nabooru and Aveil was not an option. Not yet.

Aveil was on the path east of Rockface, mowing down Bublin forces when she got new orders from Nabooru. "To anyone still fighting in other parts of the desert, we must defind whatever keeps we have left. I'm getting reports of Bombchus heading for Rockface and South Desert. Take them out as we get the rest of our evac teams out!"

Aveil complied, although Nabooru couldn't hear her. Since Rockface was closer, she headed there first. Several scimitars slashed the poor Bublins, and Aveil saw the Bombchu enter the keep. "Ladies, beat that rat!"

The women complied, and soon the Bombchu was destroyed. "Nabs, we got one down."

"Red, the other is still in commission. Also, they seem to have messengers for reinforcements. Take them out. Move!"

"Aye, capt'n!" Aveil ran to the South Desert Keep, and spotted a messenger on route. She ran towards the Moblin, which saw her coming too late. She threw one blade at it, impaling the beast in the stomach. She then jumped off the sword, flipped over the beast, and deeply sliced the entire backside of the Moblin.

It disintegrated into smoke, and Aveil picked up her thrown blade. She continued to run towards her destination, and arrived just in time to see the weapon arrive in the keep. The ladies were already on it, and safely destroyed the bomb. Two down.

"Nabooru, we finished them off. Any new orders?"

No response.

"Nabs?"

BOOM!

Aveil turned around, and everyone looked in amazement and surprise. The explosion came from the Arbiter's Grounds. It was collapsing. Aveil watched in horror as her favorite place in their home fell to the ground. Not even the dust that flew away from the impact could move her. She was frozen with shock.

"Aveil, come in." Nabooru's voice returned her to reality.

"Yes?"

We took out the third Bombchu that was headed for the South Oasis. Now we need to secure the North Oasis and get our people out. Understood?"

Aveil looked once more in the direction of the ancient grounds. It ignited a fire inside of her. "Hell yes."

The Gerudo ransacked the North Oasis Keep. The bombing of the Arbiter's Grounds angered all of them. And as most Hyruleans know, the Gerudo shouldn't be angered.

"Nabs, we got the North Oasis."

"Good. Evacs are coming." And on cue, several horses and carriages blasted into the Northern Desert, and straight to the safe point. Aveil watched as her people got away with their lives safely.

"Great work Red. Now let's go." Aveil turned to face Nabooru, and shook her head.

"I'm not going. I'm staying until the end." She pointed to the Gerudo behind her that helped take the North Oasis. "We're not going anywhere, Second."

"Calling me by my title now, are we?" Nabooru looked over her women, and nodded. "Alright then." She returned her gaze to Aveil, and patted her shoulders. "Prince Josh would be proud, of you all of you. We will return. Your sacrifice will not be in vain." The women left, only leaving Nabooru and Aveil behind. "Red, if I had a say in who can be our leader beside Josh, if that decision was made today, you would be the first one I pick. And I'm sure he would too."

Aveil looked up, tears swelling in her eyes. 'Nabooru, that's… great."

"Yea." Nabooru turned away. "No go, before you-" Aveil ran up from behind, and hugged the woman. "-make me cry."

"Too late, isn't it?"

Nabooru turned back around, and hugged her apprentice. "Yep. Damn you, Red."

"I'll miss you, Nabooru."

"I will miss you too, Aveil."

The remaining Gerudo charged into the village from the north, taking the monsters by surprise. Aveil skipped over most of them, only getting the ones in her way. She sought the leader.

She found the leader in the South Settlement. It caught her off guard a bit.

But she knew one thing: Josh wasn't even in Hyrule, and he wasn't that dark. He was perfectly brown.

Dark Josh saw her, and smiled. Aveil wasn't fooled, and jumped into her battle stance. "If you dare mock my king, you better be as worthy as an opponent as he is!" Dark Josh didn't answer, and ran up to her, changing the Fire Rod it wielded into an axe, just as Josh would do sometimes.

Too bad Aveil knew how to defeat Josh, and if this imposter had the moves, it could be defeated in the same manner. The imposter swung his axe, but Aveil ducked over it, and punched her opponent in the stomach, and the "rod" area.

The imposter fell over, and Aveil stomped the top of the Fire Rod to pieces. "You know, that was pathetic. He puts up 100 times better fights." Twirling her blades, she stabbed the chest of the imposter, and watched it disappear under her.

It was almost over. "Lady Aveil, we got a huge monster in the south!" Aveil followed her people outside, where a huge spider was incoming towards them. It stood in place, and looked towards the ground. Aveil knew this monster. It was a Gohma, and it was about to fire a laser beam. "Everyone, move!"

The beam fired their way, and several women were hit by it. Aveil didn't look back, but saw opportunity as the eye of the beast flashed blue.

She hated blue.

She threw her blade, and it flew straight and true into the eye of the Gohma. It screamed in pain, and rolled over. Aveil decided to do something different, and used her limited knowledge of magic to send a spark across her blade. She looked towards the beast, and ran forward. "For the King! HIIIYYYAAAAHHH!" The blade entered the eye, and sent both the Gohma and the Gerudo feeling the effects. But Aveil held on, despite the pain, as she sent the blade as dead as it would go into the monster's eye, killing it, and causing a small blast of energy. It knocked Aveil back a few feet, and she landed hard on the desert ground.

The last thing she remembered was the calling of her name by her women.