Alisianna arrives at the city and then proceeds to the home of Captain Tristan and his wife Penelope, she came bringing her young and Rain’s daughter as well as the help of the twin Drow sisters. They all enter and Alisianna begins to tell Tristan of recent events including both deaths of Straud and Elanee. He grows in anger at the words and states that such life is not fair to no one especially not the three. Alisianna puts an end to his rant by saying that grief and hate can come later for Colossus draws near to them and will most likely think they are here, she warns Tristan of his new power he wished to possess and if he shows up, he might be thrusting it. Tristan understands and sends scouts to advise the people to make their families safe in storm shelters and hide outs for protection, because war is upon them once more.

Tristan makes precaution to the King, knowing the damage Colossus can now cause. He gives orders for Tristan to make battle ready the forces, about half way through out the next day Alisianna is told by Tristan that Drow soldiers fleeing the enclave are coming to the city for safety, but even though she requested they be let inside Tristan already cleared the order and had them to attended to in advance. They healed as many as they could for the battle force would enhance with their help and experience. As night rolls to its peak, the cloud cover turns red and shrouding the land below from sight. Tristan alongside the King is standing at front point on the wall walk of the castle above the gate waiting for the great power to rear its ugly head.

Sparks flicker in midair to Tristan`s right, Lightning begins to burst out harmless to all around and finally with a short shot of light one emerges, Calisto the great Blue Dragon in human form. Cold iced over another section of stone to the wall walk, a frosty thick wind brought a cool mist forming another, Lalandra. To the front of the young King grew up ward from the stone an archway wreathed in flame, flame hot to the skin grew up in the door way and from the gate came the great Terashayden, Legendary Gold Dragon. Istalauria came next, the Rothwiendle, the Black beauty emerged next. In a puff of red cinder smoke appeared finally Sephinroth who looked to all that was present, “Ah the King am I correct”

He nods “You are my Reptilian Angel of flame” Sephinroth looks at Tristan unsealing a smirk,

“Oh he`s good, are you trained his son this well ranger” Sephinroth looks again around to her company “as I stand here I can`t help but comment family reunions like this don`t come around as often as one would hope”

“We wouldn`t be here at all if it wasn`t for you being you, this is your entire fault” Calisto sparked at her. Flames heated at the gold dragon`s feet, “Enough, blame is irreverent at this point, please all of you call upon your kin…battle is nearly upon us”

The King took a second to process what was about to happen, then he sparked with great excitement “They are calling for the dragons, all dragons are fighting with us”

“And a sharp mind to problem solve as well, my oh my do we have a catch here Tristan” Sephinroth spoke as her arm leans to his shoulder; he looks at her, serious and battle ready.

“Don`t you have kin to call”

“Nope, killed all mine” the King snapped to her sight with an appalling gaze, “well if you can`t stand the heat…hey don`t judge me, Terashayden isn`t calling anyone either”

“Mine are dead cause of being hunted and from they`re doings Sephinroth” Sephinroth shrugs of the comment and to her right Terashayden felt a presence take kneel, the King.

“I had heard of you, and read about you…from some tomes in our library older than the city itself. Even to those pages were you clamed to elder age”

“I am old yes King of Silverspire, I am sorry our first meeting is to the start of a battle to hold the realm in balance”

“I treat this is a most welcoming meeting, as I stand on the side of you and your kind” Terashayden looks over to him with a small smile growing.

“Indeed I agree with Sephinroth, you have been well rehearsed in conversing”

“This city is not worth your protection and time you take here and now great creature of legend” Terashayden looks back again to the open field that will soon be filled,

“You`re right, but this is part of the realm, that of which I have pledged an oath to protect in a whole, now rise King …time for aweing at power is not here…your men await your leadership” she states to which he takes again to his feet, returning to Tristan`s side. Sephinroth peaks over her head to the King,

“Have you heard of me Milord?”

“I told him of you” Tristan intruded, Sephinroth looks to Terashayden who almost showed a chuckle,

“Well that sucks” Sephinroth replied

Time seems to move slowly to the minds of the fighters until the bolt of lightning from the churning red storm unleashes its dark knight. Colossus comes striking to the ground, emerging from the blast standing tall, draped in his infrared beaming new angelic look. All who gazed upon him shudder with spineless fear, his face hooded, shrouded by evil. Colossus drew his mighty blade, slammed it to the dirt creating a shockwave that rattled the dust from the wall stone when then, he spoke.

“Silverspire hear me! Give over the three known to all as Cloud, Dawn and Rain Blackblade of the rebel Drow clan and I shall repay thy hospitality with no harm to your city. Don’t comply and (waving his hand up to the sky a fire ball bigger than ever seen from a mage comes striking from the sky and blasts a home to nothing) I shall take your dear homes apart” finished with a demonic shudder to his voice.

The city remains for moments after motionless, silence, and letting it go on for a short time Colossus says again “So be it, your fate as well your city will be sealed by flames and death” Colossus rips his blade from the ground and kneeling to a knee, starts a chant.

Streaking from the sky appeared apparitions and abominations of celestial beings, deformed by the demonic power Colossus also infused with these creatures were with wings of angelic nature but the edges were as the demonic style. Feathered into a bat form with an edge of razor sharp bone-metal, the beings had armor like that of a holy knight but the skin of the creatures was a gassy blue and black smoke. A call from scouts ring out amongst the army,

“Look to the north,” cries one, “Dragons are coming!” shouts another

“We’re doomed,” says a third and closing to the city fast the dragons begin their assault on not the city but the demons feeding upon it, breath weapons of all kinds fill the sky and lifeless bodies of the winged terrors fall like rain to the ground hitting it hard. The crowds cheer at the aid and grow quiet as the great beasts land at the front of the castle blocking the path of Colossus’s sight.

“Well if it’s not the realms own mother council here to pass judgment on to my actions; how do I rate…high I hope” Colossus inquires with a sarcastic hum, Terashayden herself floats into the air aggressing his claim.

“I think you can already answer that Colossus, and you will pay for this innovation with your life” Terashayden responds to him

“Ha don’t make me laugh it disrupts my concentration, but in all fairness these powers could not have been acquired if I didn’t gain the aid of one of your own and as they always say the best assassins are the ones on the other side, and for a kill like this realm a great one is needed. Wouldn’t you agree Sephinroth?” he says with a hint to them of a grin, Sephinroth says nothing in defense.

“She was only acting through a holding feared grip you had voiding her of any self-blame” Lalandra boasted, shocked beyond words Sephinroth looked to Lalandra.

“Look at me, neutrality side baring fools, I took down the entire upper realm of the celestial home land, what chance do you think you have that could challenge me!”

“Our right to choose to fight” Terashayden replies taking to the air again starting the combat, and the rest of the Dragons follow.

“And let those be your final words” Colossus states, Thunder clapping his hands together.

“Flashpoint” Sephinroth sparked, Terashayden and Lalandra join with Sephinroth on reaction, Colossus`s hands send out a globe of light that upon mere sight by any mortal being would cause blindness instantly. The three elder`s snap together their mystical efforts forming a shield to the front of the city, in an attempt to weaken the power, the other elders in delayed reaction join the effort.

Hundreds of feet before the front wall erect a dark blue wall of air, the flash reaches critical and all look upon it through the blue screen, the dragon’s magic strains against the power of Colossus to save the sight of the Silverspire army. The flash subsides and the dragons subdue their magic, Terashayden looks back at the men who close their eyes from the flash, but open them moments later at the sound of Colossus unit starting a surprise assault.

“They’re coming… everyone at arms,” a cry from a captain on the wall, Terashayden is relieved at the success of the counter that gave the men only a temporary blurriness.

Her focus grows narrow, to the sight of only Colossus, “Sisters” she commands sending pairs of elders to each of the Silverspire wall sides for defense. Each one takes seconds to call upon their weapons of choice for battle and suiting up with armor in the own ways. Upon disperse of the winged goddesses Terashayden reshapes her form, battle ready to take on the fallen celestial.

His angelic form feels her presence; it beams on him like standing to close to a roaring fire. Colossus turns to her confronting his first challenge; she went in dragon form, but a small version of her own self…still holding a height of fourteen feet.

“Only one other has that dragon form ability, I do recall reading in a tome on how you killed him” Colossus poked at her floating in midair as she was.

“Misguided he was, as are you” she rebutted to which Colossus replied with action, laying in the first swing from his blade. Thunder strikes out a deafening doom, as her suddenly summoned spear connected against his deadly blade stopping it dead in motion.

Colossus even with a concealing shaded hood gestured a posture of confusion, floating back a distance trying to understand “Impossible! No weapon can match mine”

“Forged by mortals no…this is the eye of Omniscience, the spear of the infinite…forged by me”

“A twist indeed that you possess a weapon to which I know nothing about”

“Your arrogance blinds you Colossus, thinking you know all there is in life, the power you contain against your soul is great. Angelic power is truly strong, but my age extends past many of those beings you now hold in essence slavery”

“And your impudent thoughts to my limited knowledge is insulting, I carry to my mind the answers to riddles that dangle even to your skull” Colossus thrashed back, there is a still pause to both parties, then the whirl of her spear laying the first strike starts the combat.

There combat takes to flight, his blood red razor-silk feathered wings against the fury of her flaming phoenix laced scales, bolts of lightning crackle down from the collisions of the weapons. Allies and foes struck dead from the bolt blast below them matter not in the heat of battle, using skills and tacks in many forms, they each try to test the combat limits of each other. The contest rain`s heavy to subdue the other but as it went onward does one start to wane and tire, Colossus was losing ground against Terashayden. Spells and combat were not knew to him but the level of power he was hosting and channeling was, however she was a master to the art and the level of power. Colossus threw strike after strike against her and blocking them each time Colossus quickly appraised the condition of her spear, it`s strength never lessened. His spells were countered and hers as well, he never expected this from a dragon.

Jointing his blade to the ground with a shudder, Colossus flew straight at Terashayden gripping his hands to her spear, the strength to disarm her wasn`t there.

“This is over for you Colossus, once free my spear will strike you dead” Terashayden scolded reefing it free from his grasp, in a split second did it impale to his angelic torso, Colossus reacted with a grunting pain. Breathing heavy on the end of the spear Colossus catches air only to respond in laughing, Terashayden cocked her head in puzzlement.

“You should now be ash”

“And you should not be so dumb, all knowing Dragon…I can`t die except by one blade, my own, and right now it`s building you a conciliation prize”

Terashayden throws her spear still with Colossus attached on it into the ground, the flies downward to the Asurewrath.

The ground starts to crack and rip open and showing in the bowls of the fissure was two great red beaming eyes, two massive claws grip the side of the ground and pulling up and to the surface was a great Dragon looking creature. It was black and red swirling with a shadowy evil feeling, Terashayden watched the great Dragon as it took flight she followed to engage it.

The beast that was bigger than Terashayden herself drilled the great gold dragon with claw swipe that would drop any normal dragon to their death, her blood dripped to the ground but still on its body, she extends her hand summoning to it her mighty spear. Thrusting free from Colossus, his body flips from the retracting force, landing to his feet again, he quickly heals the hole to his gut, walking over to grip his blade.

“That`ll keep you out of my hair for a time you reptilian bitch! Haven’t you ever known a superior offence is an always successful evasion?” Colossus takes again to flight finally attempting to start his reprisal.

The battle pours everywhere. In the streets and in the skies do bodies dead, alive and dying litter the surface on the city like a nightmarish portrait.

Watching the horrific sight from the town house, Penelope looks to Alisianna seeing a look of helplessness upon it; Penelope walks to her taking her children from her arms with the druid giving the Captain`s wife a look.

“Go Alisianna, they need you out there, the two priestesses will watch me and we will protect the children you have our word, go they need you” she says again and gripping to her bow, then tucking tight to her blade Alisianna kisses the children and takes off out to the battle.

Dealing with the great beasts was of no challenge to Colossus he could beat them in flight and dodge every breath weapon and claw swung at him with ease, lifting and tossing the occasional one out of his way, all but one. Heated battle with one until the members of the council saw the great green beauty fall heavy from the sky hitting the scolded ground dead. The Dragons continued the assault but victory seemed lost for breath weapons when even a strike hit seemed to hold no affect not even a moment in slowing him down. Landing to the ground in a moment to cast a spell, Lalandra dove to hit him. Anticipating the attack Colossus turned around, grappling with the silver Legend until finally Colossus brought Lalandra pounding to the surface lying on her back. Floating above her torso Colossus holds his blade high to his head and looks down to her “Time to finish this” and jointing his thrust down Colossus arms don’t move, he turns up to see a red tail gripped to his wrists and looking back was Sephinroth’s face only inches from his own. Her head was three times his whole body and staring at him with a deep heated beaming ruby-eyed look, steam rose from her teeth line as Colossus felt the full intensity of her hatred to him. Sephinroth shifted her body launching Colossus through the air fast and into a nearby forest. Smashing through old oaks and stumbling into the bushes and ground hugging boulders did Colossus come to a violent halt burying his face in the ground line about a foot. Pulling his face from the dirt and shaking his head Colossus got to his feet, sending out a bolt of red energy from his hands clear-cutting the trees blocking his view of the red horned annoyance.

Colossus barrels a flight path right at her, digging her claws to the ground she springs to a spiraling drilling motion right at him; colliding are they surrounded with clouds of dust from the impact.

As the demons pour into the city Alisianna does all she could to save it, stopping earthquakes and using trees and plant vines to hold together homes while townsfolk flee the structures, she also using the bow of her father shoots to their deaths multiple demons. One grips her leg unnoticed and pulls her flipping around upside-down into the air, she uses the bow’s string to slice the demons foot letting her go, but is caught by another who subdues her arms and holds her still, he flies over a spire tower and positioning himself above the steeple Alisianna knows that the impalement would kill her. Alisianna hears a yell from below, and looking down does the demon only see a view of a fast moving fist coming up at it. With a violent blow, the demon`s hit and falls freely to the steeple itself being impaled by the tower top. Alisianna falls quickly to the ground and closing her eyes then feels a slowing in her motion, she looks to the amber eyes of Artanis gripping her tightly, descending her gently to the ground.

“Artanis” she said in whispered shock

“Yeah, it’s me Alisianna” Artanis responded as if half waiting for judgment,

“What happened?” she asked looking upon his physical changes in a bit of terror.

“Long story tell you later, need any help” and smiling at his familiar face sort of the two alongside save which they can when they can. Artanis again takes to flight engaging the winged beast and saving those in free falling plummets as Alisianna pulls her bow and with sniping accuracy lays out vital hits to nearby demons. They eventually go back to the town house to check on its condition, seeing it still standing but viewing an attack coming down upon it from a set of demons do the two intercept to give aid to the priestesses.

As the dust settles to the ground, Colossus walks to Sephinroth seeing her still, lying there motionless on her side knocked out.

“This is too easy, but I’ll take the kill,” laughed Colossus readying his sword at her heart when a yell comes from his left side; Colossus looks to see the impossible. A shimmering pure holy white figure came streaking down towards him, like a ball of flaming white fire, holding the blade out to block. Colossus connected and was blown backwards into a hillside, for a moment dirt and dust filled the air again but settling fast was only the outline on his entry to the hill, clawing his way out he got to his feet and looking up he saw his opponent…The Chosen.

The Chosen looked to Lalandra and spoke through a mind link to rally the other dragons to cleanse the city, she nodded and pulling Sephinroth to her arms Lalandra took flight away from them.

“Well well well, I see you have finally showed up from hiding and you have changed your look Cloud, I think you’re taller”

“We will finish you Colossus; the power we carry is greater than your own”

Colossus hears the echo in the speech, then puts his one hand to a fist “Your power is great, I sense many to your form, your entire bloodline no doubt. Terashayden might have bested me before but I`m on a god-like learning curve, two of you I care not but for you Rain, know that I`m very disappointed” Colossus tones out with a thundering echo. “You and I are the same like it or not, we hold the same thoughts, the same reactions…refusing my proposal doesn`t make you any less different. But on that note I can`t have another like me as a currant rival so”

Colossus hand lights up firing a red bolt at them, the chosen counters with a white bolt of their own, the two hit the bolts cancel each other creating a force wave felt to all from the power of the bolts. Colossus charges the Chosen into final battle striking himself to aflame of bright red fire and again The Chosen charge in a white flame. They connected swords and energy blasts erupted from each blow dealt and blocked, they fought on the ground and in the air, putting each other through forests and hills with massive throws, while using chaotic amounts of strength. The power each used upon the other to common eyes seems unlimited but also equally matched. Colossus regains his power ground and the Chosen uses knowledge from a long line of ancestors to hold the power at balance. As they continue their oblivion to one another, Colossus tosses the Chosen away from himself and blasts The Chosen with a beam of pure energy. The Chosen shields itself with its own energy for defense, the impact of the two beams cause such a force on the ground that it begins to shake from the sheer power of the two.

Fighting all over, the city shortly halts combat as axis and allies try stay on their feet, the intense power ever flowing but never moving causes the ground to slit and fissure.

“Earthquake” yells many voices all over, Lalandra looks to the cause and quickly peers away,

“Celestial Convergence” she says to herself, “The power can`t move the angels…so it`s moving the realm apart instead, I never thought I’d be alive to see such a combat. Lalandra as much as she wished to watch, knew the sight of it would melt her eyes, lucky for mortals they can`t witness such an event.

“Hold on guys” “I’m trying” “He’s so…strong”

“Aughhhhhhhhhhh!” shouts Colossus

The two power totems implore more and more power on to one another trying to break the power struggle. Growing weak with endurance the Chosen aims its beam to the ground deflecting Colossus’s down as well, and the blast from the two beams blows the two backwards into the air. Landing hard and severely weakened both struggle to climb to their feet. Getting to his hind limbs first Colossus teleports to where the Chosen kneels and grips quickly the throat of the hooded hero, tightening with all his might Colossus tries to drain the life from the Chosen and holding his arms apart the Chosen try to resist, and looking over to the city the Chosen saw the damage Colossus has done. The city is erupted in flames, people screaming and massive panic follows as the guards are everywhere in attempt to hold back the demon storm. A quarter of the city is decimated and lies in ruins and seeing such atrocity caused by one figure and the bodies of the fallen heroin Draconic maidens, the Chosen grow angered; breaking free from the gripping hold of Colossus the Chosen slugs Colossus and close combat begins. Exchanging kicks, punches and flying body slams the two completely brutalizes one another until a final viscous hit drives the Chosen again hard to the ground. Gripping the Chosen tightly Colossus lifts them to the air as the Chosen looks to the flaming city and then Artanis in mid-flight who comes to a halt for as a thought from the Chosen penetrates his mind. Artanis looks to the two angelic warriors and flies directly to them not worrying about anything else. Colossus’s arms glow blue and a surge of energy is pulsed through his arms and into the Chosen again and again he does this bringing the Chosen ever closer to death. Barely awake and moving the Chosen speaks,

“Colossus…”

“Ha the words of the hero will now be heard, go on give me your final statement!”

“The diff…”

“What?”

“The difference between us, between good and evil…”

“Yes?”

“Evil works alone and that’s why they will always…lose”

“Foolish sentiment and yet even more of a pathetic final phrase”

“Colossus one last time surrender…surrender the power with your will…turn back before all of your soul is lost” the Chosen preaches through pulses of the blue energy and focusing past the Chosen just a hair, Colossus sees Artanis flying straight towards him with the Azurewrath Blade firmly in his grasp. A flash runs to Colossus’s mind that he did not pick it up when he teleported, throwing the Chosen in between him and the blade. The Chosen makes their final move; they spin around with their wings putting Colossus now in the path of the blade just as it enters his back. Dropping the Chosen from his grip to his knees with a driving blow to his torso does Colossus move to pull the blade from his back, and in that time the Chosen waste no time. They summon to their grip their own blade and plummets the blade through the chest as Colossus is distracted and backs off away.

“You think this would hurt me…you fool nothing can injure me now, but it’s time to close the chapter of your lives to my great legacy with an exclamation point death from my hand” Colossus says scooping the Chosen up with his massive red flowing wings.

Colossus reached to his back to pull the blade from his body when a halt to his tug stopped it from moving, to his surprise, the blade stationed itself like cement and within moments the blade began to power up using the immense power of Colossus like a super battery;

“Your own power is your weakness” Said the suspended Chosen “The blade wants what its master wants but doesn’t care of the type… type of power”

Colossus started to panic letting go of the chosen pulling with his wings on the hilt and pushing on the exposed tip at his chest with his hands. Seeing surges of black lightning flowing like currants all over his body, beams of white light begin to break through his red shaded form and release to the air. Colossus holds his hands over the beams as if trying to hold down leaks on a boat.

“JUST DIE YOU BASTARD!!!” yelled the Chosen

“No, this can’t be, no! This isn’t over….I was sooo cloooooosse!!!!!!!!” Colossus screams as he combusts into a nova wave of white energy marking the finalization of his defeat. As the energy past and subsided to the realm floor the cloud above begins to part and clear. The remaining demons in the city melt like acid to pools of residue and then evaporate into nothing but the damage to the city remains a lasting nightmare. The Chosen unfolded their wings from shielding themselves from the blast and moving to the Azurewrath blade grip it quickly. Touching it causes their hands to burn and smoke. They toss it into the air and gripping their own blade they swing at the falling doom blade blasting it into white powdered dust. Then falling to their knees and completely to the ground the Chosen unleashes their final breath…as one.

Cheers started to erupted to the city, men called out in celebration as the unit under the fallen`s command turned to vapor. They`re bodies, weapons and armor dissipate like steam from a cauldron, and as more and more dissolved to nothing, the cloud cover itself change to a mild stormy appearance. As the enemies began to lessen, the great beasts of beauty started to vanish, teleporting each in their own ways back to their normal living state once again.

Tristan, baring cuts to his body and scorch marks from battle with the enemy seemed to be all in all alive, he looked to the sky, to the sight of the great dragon leaders but his eyes brought no news to his mind. “They must have already gone, the ones still alive,” he thought. He then looked to Silverspire, his new home now blazing with heating flame in all regions, screams of horror and fear still rang loud and clear. Loss of loved ones and incinerated memories built to homes were now in full bloom, and to the corner of his hearing, Tristan catches the sound of celebration, walking to the group of men shaking hands and hugging in triumph.

“What is this?” commanded Tristan

“Captain we`ve won”

“You think we have won here today? Thousands of our brothers in arms are dead, homes and memories forever will be haunted on this recall”

“Captain I didn`t mean-

“Yes you did and thinking as you do is why you only still hold the rank of footman and I’m in charge, now aid in putting those fires out” Tristan bolted in command as he didn`t even break stride passing them in disgust.