Garuud rushes into the battle, killing all the Reborn, but Alice just stares at Shogoroth. She feels every weapon on her. The scout rifle, Sniper rifle, Sidearm and Hand cannon. Especially the three swords on her back. Most importantly is her body. She feels every muscle twitch, every cell working in unison to prepare herself, her brain calculating twice as fast, making it all seem to move in slow motion. Alice thinks all this through in a heartbeat, and realises she doesn't want to do this. "Shogoroth!" She calls out to the beast. "If we fight, one of us will die! Most likely you, due to the Guardians numbers! Stop this now! Don't fight us, or do you really want this bloodshed to happen desperately?!"

Shovoroth's white bladed eyes were solely focused on the Guardian that was focused on him. Nothing else existed. Not the other Guardian, not the raging battle above, nothing. When it started ranting about not wanting to fight. His blood boiled at the demand. "You? Wishing to avoid bloodshed?" He said as he slowly approached the Guardian, keeping his head lowered a few feet above the ground. "Where were those thoughts when you slaughtered my kind with no remorse!" His voice was filled with hate and grief as the thoughts from long ago flooded his mind.

"Back then, Guardians were stupid, inconsiderate of other races. Now, I can't say we're better, but I know I am." Alice says with confidence. "We may not be able to make up for the loss of your kind. But war is not the answer to your problems. You kill us, what is left but destruction?"

Shovoroth stopped in his tracks. Almost on queue with the Guardians last remark, a memory for when he was still alive put itself on the forefront of his mind, an argument with his mate. He couldn't remember what it was about, but the last moments were clear to him. [i]"Emaria, the Guardians are killing Ahamkara every day. They deserve to die!" [/i] [i]No, Shovoroth. All life is precious. Never forget that."[/i] He thought it was foolish talk, but with the recent events, plus what this Guardian mentioned. Could it be true? All he wanted was vengeance. But Grixis? The entirety of the Hive? They would seek out anything connected to the light and destroy it. They would destroy all life if they succeeded. He couldn't have that. He wouldn't have- His thoughts were interrupted when the air above him shimmered with a collection of shadows, slowly gathering to make a shape, one with what looked like sharp edges, three eyes. It didn't need to finish to know what it was. It was the shadow-like ethereal form of Grixis, much like the Hive god Oryx was capable of. "[i]Shovoroth, why do you hesitate? Remember what they did to your kind! Kill these wretched Guardians and be done with it![/i]" The ethereal Grixis exclaimed. Shovoroth stood in his place. The anger in him seemed to vanish because of the memory. Then he tore his gaze from shadow and placed it back on the Guardian. "Do you truly believe that things can change for the better?"

"No." Alice says flatly. "Not through violence, not through destruction. All you can achieve is retaliation. Just like when Crota died and Oryx came to avenge him." She takes a step forward to the edge of the cliff. "But through perseverance and understanding, I will try to make things better. I can't promise all Guardians will accept you, but in time, we will somehow make it up to you. I can promise you that much."

With that, his decision was made. He looked back up at the ethereal Grixis. "I was blinded by my own ambition to see what it would sow. If I continue down your path, then all will suffer. I will no longer bow to your wishes." There was a long moment of silence. Then the shadow spoke. "[i]I understand."[/i] Not a second later, portals on the far wall appeared. Chains with barbs and hooks shot forth from them, all aimed at Shovoroth. He saw them, but wasn't fast enough. Each one found its mark. Some impaled his legs, his wings, or found purchase on his torso. He howled in pain at the sudden attack, but then they all implanted into the ground, keeping him in place. Once they did, a flash a light shot out above him, temporarily blinding him. When he recovered, he saw what had appeared. And saw that it was the black and white orb that was Grixis' and Sarkon's Oversoul, the one that gave him life. Immediately, surges of Light and Darkness radiated off of his body, going into the Oversoul. He tried to tear himself from the chains, but both ends of them didn't even budge. He was helpless. Slowly but surely he felt weaker and the edges of his vision began to darken. This Oversoul was taking his life. [i]"You are a disgrace to your own kind. What you fail to do; I will not."[/i] The ethereal form said before vanishing. One of the three cruisers broke off from the battle across the horizon, positioning itself until it's side was facing them. Then the large streaks along its side began to glow a bright yellow. It was about to fire on them, and he couldn't do anything about it. "Run! Get away from here!"

Alice jumps off the cliff, pulling out her three swords at once, and pressing them together. She lands on the ground in a roll and rushes towards Shovoroth. While running, a light glows in the hilts of each sword, fusing them together. When the light dies down, Alice runs with a massive great sword in her hands, it's name being Lights Conduit. She reaches Shovoroth, and swings the sword, cutting through one of the chains in a single swipe, one that's connected to its leg. Alice runs around to the other side and cuts the next chain. "Cut the rest yourself while I deal with this." Alice says, then hops onto a rock, facing the cruiser about to fire at them.

Garuud saw the commotion and saw the chains attach to the giant Ahamkara. "What a catching argument! Bhahaha Alice handle the chains. I will destroy the oversoul! Then we handle the spirit heads."

"No! You handle the Oversoul, Shovoroth will handle the chains, I'll deal with the giant gun." Alice sighs. "Now let me focus."

"Got it! Blow stuff up and make sure we don't die." With that Garuud pulls out his rocket launcher and fires 3 rockets into the oversoul and rapidly reloads and fires 3 more. "Bang bang bang bang!" With that Garuud pulls out his Fabian strategy and empties the clip and reloads one more time and empties it once more. "Diiieee!" And the oversoul starts to dissipate.

Shovoroth, with his now free claw, attacked the remaining chains that still bound him. Everytime he moved, however, it sent a new wave of pain through him from the barbs and hooks that tugged on him. And even though the other Guardian was busy trying to rid the Oversoul, it continued its work. He could feel his strength leaving him with each passing second, his vision beginning to turn black. But he wasn't going to submit, not until he breathed his last. He tore out one more barb... Two... Three... Five. Each one was ripped out of him, leaving pools of red and black blood to escape his wounds. But he wasn't finished yet. He cast his gaze to the Oversoul above. The damned thing was still at work, but was straining at the attacks of the Guardian. His chest glowed green once more and let loose a massive jet of flame on the Oversoul. Soon after he heard began to hear the sounds of screaming. With the last of strength, he doubled his efforts, then heard a sound like glass breaking and a loud scream following, then silence. He closed his jaw, cutting off the stream of fire, and saw that the Oversoul had dissipated. It was gone. They had succeeded. But it was short-lived as his legs gave out, and collapsed to the ground. He hit the ground with a loud thud, kicking up a large amount of sand. His vision had darkened to a point where he could only see the center of his vision. He saw the female Guardian facing the open expanse toward the cruiser. What was she doing? He tried to speak, but found he was unable to. All he could do was watch through near darkened eyes. What was she doing?

Alice swung the great sword in lazy circles in the air, getting used to the handle once more. Then she stopped and put the tip onto the ground, waiting for something. "C'mon Grixis. Try to kill us." She muttered as she waited.

Garuud looked on as the Over soul exploded." Ahhhh good times." Garuud looked over at Alice driving the sword into the ground. "So, lets finish this."

Grixis looked out at the Valley of Kings across the dunes of Mars. The battle in against the Canal fleet had been a won battle, their entire assault fleet had been destroyed, while none of their ships received little to no damage. He rested the tip of his cleaver on the floor of the ship. But he was using it as a support, as he felt as if he would collapse without it. Those damned Guardians, always interfering with everything! As the Oversoul sapped the life out of that traitorous beast, they had to go and interrupt the process. It got to the point where it could no longer sustain itself under the attacks and soon collapsed. And being connected with said Oversoul, he felt the after-effects of the collapsed Oversoul. Thankfully it was only a small part of the actual thing, and would regenerate that lost part. But still... The Exalted Wizard, Molkir, floated up to his place on the side of the ship, taking position to his left. "[i]My liege, we are ready to fire on your order."[/i] "Good," he said in the Hive language, "Fire now." The immediate response must have caught her by surprise, as she was quick to question, much to his annoyance. "[i]But my liege, Shovoroth is still in the valley. If we fire now; we would kill him."[/i] He turned his head in her direction. "That is the point. Now fire, before I separate your head from your body, and give the order myself!" He said in a low, threatening tone. She floated in place for a moment before she hovered back into the interior of the ship. She didn't question why he wanted Shovoroth dead. Good. Not a moment later, several streaks of pure energy launched from the cruiser, toward the Valley of Kings, and finally to be rid of that traitor.

Alice raises the sword with one hand, the other on the blade itself. She moved it so that the flat blade was facing the cruiser, holding up the sword with the ease of holding up a feather. "So long as I stand here with this wall, no power on Earth or Heaven shall destroy this land. As long as I am a conduit of the light, Darkness will forever stay at bay." She whispers to herself. At that moment, a cone of white energy began to shape from her sword, spreading outward towards the Valley walls, in direct line of the energy beams coming towards them. "Grixis, your mine." She says. At that moment, the beams collide with the cone, but instead of exploding, they seem to be drawn into it, the energy running down the cone and into the sword. The sword then becomes a channel of energy, straight into Alice. She throws her head back, the hood falling off. She felt the energy from the gun lowering, so instead of receiving the energy, she began to pull the energy. She established a direct link to the cruiser from her cone, starting to draw the energy from every possible source on the ship, leaving it crippled and powerless. "Mine now, A-hole." She says with a massive smile and glowing eyes.

Garuud looks at Alice. " Now that is a pretty trick. Lets make it count." Garuud pulls out his rocket launcher Firing strafing shots into the Ships. " open wide! Eat up its all yours!"

Molkir was fine, but he had to impale his cleaver into the hull of the ship as it lurched and plummeted to the dunes below. The entire ship was without power. It had to have been drained, because all the Pilot Wizards had all died due to them all being connected to the ship. Tomb Ships were at this point picking up the personnel on the ship and delivering them to the other two cruisers. He and Molkir were likely the only two beings left on the ship now. Moments later, a Tomb Ship appeared on the bridge, ready to transport them off the doomed cruiser. Molkir floated off toward it, but he stayed where he was, looking out across the desert at the Valley of Kings at the light-show that had appeared. The Guardians were the reason for this action, who else could it be? Molkir noticed him however, and stopped where she was and called out to him. "[i]My liege, come! We must leave this place and get you to safety!"[/i] "No! Get aboard the Tomb Ship, I still have business to attend to!" He shouted over the howling winds and the occasional rocket explosion. Why were they even firing rockets? They couldn't do even the slightest bit of damage to a vessel of this size. "[i]But, my liege-"[/i] she began to protest. But he cast a threatening glance over his shoulder at her. Though his gaze was concealed by his helmet, the message was clear, and she turned and floated to the dropship. It promptly broke her down to ash and dust and transported her inside before tearing through space and disappearing. He was now the only one aboard the plummeting cruiser. But he wouldn't be for long. Almost immediately, another portal opened up above him. But what came out wasn't a Tomb Ship. It was his jumpship for when he was still one of those wretched Guardians. The ship was known as the [i]Extinction Event,[/i] but it was different from what it once was. It still had the same body shape, but it's hull was re-outfitted to that of the near black, jagged Hive alloy and shields. As for it's weapons, its main turrets fired Arc energy, similar to how Wizards attack instead of bullets, and it's missile pods were outfitted with regenerative Void missiles. He was soon enveloped in shadow, as he was transported into the jumpship, which opened a portal directly in front of it. He would finish this himself. He gunned the stick forward, sending the ship into the Hive void. As he left, the cruiser crashed into the ground, kicking up a large amount of sand. As for the other two cruisers, they too passed through portals and left Mars, leaving the area in a perfect silence.

Alice turns around as the cruiser crashes into the sand, throwing it up into the air, and giving Alice a very badass pose. She immediately notices Shovoroth squirming in the sand, trying his hardest to break the chains. She jumps off the rock, and rushes over to the remaining chains, cutting through them with ease and leaving the tips of them red with heat. "You okay?" She asks him when he's free.

Though he could barely see anything, he could still feel the presence of the Guardian by him just as he could feel what had transpired. His body felt like it had been dipped in acid and lit on fire. He tried to speak, but still found that he couldn't gather the strength to do so. With no other option of communication left, he sent his consciousness into the mind of the Guardian. He only went far enough as to only speak to her, it wasn't meant to be invasive. "[i]No... But I... Will live... Just barely."[/i]

"Shovoroth, your injured, and I need a outlet for all this power in the sword." She indicates at the sword, then at Shovoroth. "If I release this power into you and you direct it into your wounds, it may speed up your healing greatly. But, there is a chance some side effects might occur. I don't know what though." Alice pulls her hood back up. "Do you want to try?"

His vision hadn't changed in the slightest. It occurred to him that, without the Oversoul, his body couldn't heal properly. He may very well die here, albeit a [i]very[/i] slow death. What did he have to lose. He closed his eyes, he couldn't see anything anyway. He was ready for whatever happened next. "[i]Do it."[/i] There was a moment of pause, when all of a sudden, a bright light shown through his closed eyes. Then he felt it. He felt the large amounts of power from the sword pour into him, and he recognized easily. It was pure light. He immediately went to work with it. He channeled the light through himself, hoping to accelerate the healing of his wounds. And he could feel the effects taking place. His body no longer felt weak, he no longer hurt. It felt utterly amazing. But something else began to happen. He felt as if he were. Changing. It felt very similar to when he was being resurrected by Grixis, but this was different in a way. He had no idea how long the process took, but when he couldn't see the light through closed eyes, and felt like he could circle the world, he knew it was over. He opened his eyes, revealing the opposite of what his eyes were. They had now turned a brilliant white with a black-blade like pupil. He looked at the Guardian. Who just stood there silently, looking up and down his body before finally meeting his gaze. Confused, he looked back at what she was looking at. And he couldn't believe what he saw. Every single would on his body was healed, but that's not what left him shocked. His entire body was covered in white scales with black tips. He raised one of his wings to observe it, and saw that it was no longer made of a leather material, but instead was covered in white and black feathers, just like when he was alive. He even observed the other, and found an identical version. He couldn't believe it. It took him now to realize it, that all this time, he was never truly alive, just a walking corpse. But now, because of the Light? He was truly whole. But now, once again, he felt something different, something foreign to him. He focused on whatever it was and sought it out. But he only ended up delving his consciousness into the Guardian again, and quickly retracted it back. Why would he be going into her consciousness? Then it hit him. "Guardian, do you feel that?" He asked her. He had no idea that this was possible, but it felt as if they were. Connected.

"Whoa! Nice make over! Looking better Shovoroth. Now, lets see what the hive have in store for us" Garuud said as he readied his weapons and walked away from the crashing carrier towards the group. "Then we get paid! Bahahahahahahaha." I have a special surprise in place for any remaining hive.

Alice looked away from Garuud, and attempted to speak to Shovoroth in her mind. [i]"Yes. I do feel it. It's rather... Different. Like I have a part of my soul on the outside of my body."[/i] She looks into Shovoroth's eyes. "Kinda cool actually." She says out-loud, which to Garuud might sound strange that she randomly said out of no comment. Alice continues talking in her head. [i]"When I said side effects, I kinda didn't expect this of all things."[/i]

"Right? But are you sure you are not on my level sanity now? Talking to yourself and out of context and all that jazz. It almost makes me think that you are trying to copy me. I guess the writers could do that if they wanted. I do not have a monopoly on insanity after all bahahaha" Garuud says rubbing his chin. "So, what now? Garuud said as he looked at Alice and Shovoroth. That was when the sky went dark and taken spawned in. Garuud smiled wide. " Good! I was getting bored." Another voice spoke from his mouth. " I like when it is boring" It said, another voice spoke. "Screw that I love a good fight!" Garuud began to move towards the taken. "Lets see how this plays out."