A Light in the Darkness [Complete]

[Ash Williams]

Ash spent twenty five minutes in the streets talking to locals he comes across for directions to the base of the security for Darkshire, Finally he comes across the base and sees that the place is occupied with guards outside. The evil dead slayer walks up to the main entrance to the base that had two guardsmen at their post and he asks permission to enter for his reasoning. They allowed him access and let's him into the place. He enters the main room and sees that there were some people who served the Darkshire's military, walking back and forth room to room. Their were some chatting and others being security in the room. The lighting was a bit dim due to the verse's light source is mostly fire and torches. At the end of the chamber, sat a long table filled with commanders on each end with a fireplace burning behind them.

Misc. items were scattered on the table and a huge map was in the middle with markings of tactics. The commanders at the table were talking and discussing what to do about the night-watch. Some were telling about their opinions on what to do and others argue over the ideas. Ash walks across the chamber with his steps making noises touching the stone floor. He stands at front of the table and sees that they haven't recognize his presence. Bickering and talking was what they had their focus on, not even paying attention. This makes him stand there for five minutes waiting for at least one of them seeing Ash. The evil dead slayer looks at his watch on his left risk to see what the time is while standing in one place. Still, the commanders were talking away about tactics and what should be done. Ash rolls his eyes at the commanders still not knowing he exists.

"Hey um...excuse me." said Ash trying to say something but is drowned out from the rambling that is going on. He has enough with this and whistles with his two real fingers to get attention. "Oh for Omni's-sake! What is it? Can't you see we are busy here trying to find ways to survive another night!" complained one of the commanders about Ash interrupting them. "Listen pal, I came here hearing that you guys need my expertise." responded Ash standing in a gesture with his two hands on his belt. This makes the commander take a closer look at Ash and realizes who he could really be. "You there, you look like a prime." said the commander with a concerning look on his face.

"Well yeah, you guys look like you need a exterminator." smirked Ash at the commander. "Ah, thank the stars! I will need to notify Atelos right away about you. He'll give you orders what needs to be done tonight." responded the chief in a little relief. "Do you have your own arsenal?" questioned the commander pointing at Ash. The evil dead slayer pulls out his shotgun and rolls it around in his left hand responding "You know it." After showing his weapon, he puts it back up and stands in the same gesture as before. "Excellent, I will go tell him the news right now." said the commander walking away from the table then out of the chamber. Still, the commanders went back to discussing except this time it was less loud.

[Ash Williams]

"Man, what's taking so long?" said Ash standing there waiting for the commander's return.

The militia commander comes back in the main chamber and gives Ash news about their head leader.

"I'm sorry stranger but Atelos isn't available at the moment to speak to but we do have available positions for you." said the commander to Ash then turns away back to the table of plans.

Ash walks over to the table and takes a look at the big map that they have arrows and strategic ideas written on it. The map consists the overlook of the south, west, north, and east walls of the city. West looked to be the troubling one and the commanders were suspecting it to be the side that will get mostly attacked tonight. They got the news from the scouts that were gathering intelligence on each side of Darkshire. There was report on much activity on the west side heavily with Dracula's fiends presence. The other walls looked like they were going to have little force or be a dead shift.

"With our reports in, the west side looks like it will have the most trouble tonight. They would definitely need your help to fend off these beasts." said the commander pointing the position on the map.

"What kind of enemies are we looking for here? Is it mostly vampires?" questioned Ash about what he is up against

"Well, it's mostly a mixed of monsters that Dracula controls which is the undead, werewolves, vampires, and etc." responded the commander

"So pretty much we're going up against an army of freaks." said Ash looking back at the commander.

"But don't underestimate the strength of these creatures. They can be powerful in numbers." continued the commander giving the details to Ash

"If I could help Lord Arthur and his men defend off an army of deadites then I shouldn't have a problem here." said Ash to the commander's concern.

"Good then, we will have you assigned on the west wall to help out our people but please look out for the soldiers of Darkshire. They are valuable to us." pleaded the commander for Ash's protection.

The evil dead slayer nods in response for his request. He gets his orders now and is sent out of the base. Meanwhile, the sun is starting to set with an orange afternoon sky with some clouds above. This makes Ash hurry to his post to get in time before anything happens. After an half an hour later, he finally arrives at the west wall of Darkshire. Two male guards covered the exit of the city and see Ash arrived. The evil dead slayer stops then huffs and puffs after running a bit to catch his breath for thirty seconds. He walks over the gated entrance of the city where the two guards are at.

"Hey, I got permission from your higher-ups to help you guys with guard duty for the night." said Ash looking at the both of them.

"We just got the word that you were coming here earlier. You may proceed." said one guard to Ash

"Oi, you must be the prime then. Thank God you came, I was starting to feel pretty nervous from the news we been getting from the scouts. We better give 'em a good bloody hell fight. Especially you prime." said the other guard.

They opened the gate and let Ash through to meet the militia that he was going to work with tonight. Campfires were set up as the evening begins to get a little chilly. The soldiers gather around the fires to warm up and some were having a chat with each other. Some stare at Ash as he passes by from his prime appearance. From the features of the soldiers, some of them looked quite young in their early 20's even possibly 18 and others looked to be in their mid 20s to late 30s. For Ash's age, he was somewhere in the lat 20s which he was pretty similar to the men out here.

The evil dead slayer comes up to one of the fire pits that had some soldiers surronding it. There wasn't too much conversation at this fire pit since it seems that some of the young men look pretty nervous like it's their first battle that they'r about to be in. It felt awkward for the prime standing here in this dead silence and hearing others have some conversation behind them.

"So, is anyone doing something special for the weekend?" said Ash trying to at least start a conversation with the nervous bunch at least make them feel little comfortable.

But, no one spoke and still stand there in silence hearing the fire crackle and pop as if they ignored Ash. This made him look around at the people who stand close to the warmth.

"Ok then, good talk everybody." responded Ash in a sarcastic way at the strangers.

Still, everyone was silence and the sun starts to disappear and the moon begins to come back up for another night which some clouds pass by it from the breeze.

"Oh c'mon everyone, lightin up! I been in your shoes before too. For example, I was trapped in the woods with my possessed girlfriend which I was forced to kill then I had to stand up for myself to keep my right hand from killing me. Also, don't even get me started on how me and other men like you had to fight off the whole army of deadites. Listen well get through this night together then afterwards we'll go to the tavern to get piss drunk and especially pick up a few ladies if you guys know what I mean." rambled Ash trying to lighten the mood for everyone around the fire and it did made a few grin especially some laughed a little.

"Sorry there prime, for some of us here is our first time defending from a possible attack. We never been in a situation like this before and have a sick feeling that we will probably never survive to see our friends and family." said one of the nervous young soldiers to Ash.

"Just follow my lead then kid. I'll make sure you get home in one piece." said Ash to the young soldier next to him with confidence.

[Ash Williams]

Galloping can be heard in the distance from a single horse getting closer to the city. A single man is riding the horse wearing a brown tunic with a hood over his head. Three throwing knives were clipped to his belt and his main weapon was a bow slung over his back with his quiver filled with arrows. On the other side of his belt held his main combat knife that was a bit bigger then his throwing knives. The man with his horse gallop through the cold and dreading night. There was only one main goal that the soldier had on his mind was to bring back the news as soon as possible.

At the end of the dead forest, he can start to see the light that was being emitted off the campfires that were made. The scout made it back in one piece and exited the forest quickly. He brings up his reigns to make his horse to come to a complete halt.

"The undead, they are not far away from here! Our enemies are not hesitating to attack! They'll be here soon!" yelled the scout which he already got everyone's attention by showing up on his horse.

Soldiers quickly were setting up and getting to their stations as fast as possible. Nervousness has again set on the young soldiers as they get prepared. Archers with their crossbows and other soldiers quickly got into the dug trenches that are little ways ahead the west entrance. Torches are now being set in the trenches and around the perimeter to at least have vision to see their opponents. Everyone rushes away from the warm fire pits and start getting into their position.

"Get to your battle stations men!" commanded the leader of this infantry that was defending.

After ten minutes, men were lined up in the trench and long range archers were in their towers waiting to see their enemies. Ash jumps in the trench along with most of everyone and the soldiers with him from the fire followed him. The youngest that he was talking to earlier stands right next to him on the right having sweat coming down his forehead and a concerned look on his face. Men drew their swords, shields, spears, battle axes, even maces. Some were more armored then the others but it meant for them that they were carrying much weight which would slow them down. Others were wearing some light clothing but was covered with less armor.

Archers in the trench begin to load the arrows into their crossbows then aiming towards the woods. The night fell into silence as everybody was focused on holding the lines. Ash could see around him too that some were praying to be safe and for others. Each breath can be seen from people exhaling from the cold weather. It was making Ash feel cold staying in the trench along with the others.

After standing there for a couple of minutes, the evil dead slayer detaches his metal hand disappearing into omnilium and summons his chainsaw arm then equips it. Suddenly marching can be heard in front of the trench which is still a good distance away. The lighting of torches can be seen in the wilderness that the undead soldiers carry. Bony feet can be heard crackling as each step was made from the enemy. Some of the Darkshire's men gulp in fear and others had one goal on their mind: to protect their home.

The torches from the undead start to glow brighter as they get closer to the front-line of humans.

"Steady." said the leader on his horse behind the trench of men.

They can now see the horrific undead nightmares as they come closer to the end of the woods.

"FIRE!!!" screamed the leader giving the signal in a confident manner.

After a split second when the leader commanded, the archers begin to fire upon the forest that was filled with the enemy. Arrows start to rain upon the forest hitting some of the infantry and causing them to slow down. A small part of the fire power did kill off some of the infantry soldiers but didn't even make a dent into stopping the assault. The trees did provide cover for Dracula's fiends to use from incoming projectiles. They also had archers too that fired arrows upon the men in the trench some got hit which injured or killed them.

All of the soldiers in the trench made war cries and drew their weapons especially shields climbing out from the cover then began to sprint into battle towards their enemy. Ash yanks the pull cord to start his melee weapon then runs into battle too with his chainsaw and shotgun along with others. The living clash with the undead in the forest beginning the battle to defend their wall. Sounds of metallic weapons hitting each other and men grunting or screaming can be heard through part of the forest. It is now condemned with the nature of war and violence.

Ash joins the fight and runs up to one of the hideous looking undead knights. He takes one out with a single shot from his boomstick due to being up close. Another one charges from his right side which Ash reacted quickly swinging his chainsaw to deflect the attack. His opponent stumbles a bit then makes another attempt to at least kill the prime. The zombiefied soldier, raises his sword in the air with a growl about to swing downwards to at least hit Ash in the head. Before his enemy could swing, the prime raises his shotgun and  fires his last buckshot loaded at the sword which broke the weapon in half leaving his foe holding the handle and a very short blade.

This made his opponent dismay what happened to his weapon then Ash drops his shotgun leaving his hand free to grab the handle of the chainsaw. He swings his melee with his two hands and begins sawing his enemy in half across the torso. Gore was sprayed upon Ash from the split opened torso. The undead soldier splits into two pieces in defeat which Ash grabs his shotgun off the ground after the battle. He reloads his double barrel shotgun quickly with two shells in both barrels. After reloading, he rolls his shotgun in his left hand while walking towards more baddies coming his way.

Two start running up towards Ash with war cries in front of him. As they come near him, he fires his two shots into his foes blowing them away off their feet. Another one runs up to Ash in the same direction with a mace and shield that was filled with such horrific rotten gore. He didn't really have no time to reload and holsters the shotgun on his back. The undead mace wielding soldier takes a swing at Ash but he dodges by taking a quick side step to get out of the way. Ash was missed by a hair which he could feel the wind off of that deadly swing.

The evil dead slayer grunts from the dodge then attacks the enemy with his chainsaw but his foe uses his old iron shield to block the attack. Sparks fly off from the rotating blade scraping the firm surface. It became a strength test against the two trying to push one and another. His enemy stands a bit taller then him but didn't really make a con of Ash's strength. Both grit teeth as they stand their ground while others in the background either undead or human killing each other.

When the pressure was building up on the both, Ash made his move removing the chainsaw away from the shield which made the zombie stumble forward. The evil dead slayer gets out of the way now behind his combatant. He faces the enemy's back then swings his chainsaw as the foe starts turning around to face Ash. From the attack, the move was focused on the neck which he successfully decapitates him.

"Gah! My head!" yelled the defeated undead soldier as his head fell to the ground.

The body takes a couple swings at Ash as he tries to back off from each swing.

"C'mon dammit! Just die!" said the separated head on the ground a few feet away from the fight.

After another swing, Ash had enough and made a attempt move to slice the hand holding the mace. While the mace swung downwards missing Ash from moving a step back, the chainsaw cuts through the risk separating the hand away from the body making it weaponless. Ash makes another attack but clashes again with the shield as the headless body still fighting back.

"Yeeah!" yelled Ash thrusting his chainsaw upwards with all his strength which made made the shield do the same thing.

A weakness was opened to his opponent with his shield moved away which Ash then begins sawing the body straight down in the middle from neck to crotch. The corpse separates into two pieces falling to the ground. After the fight, Ash walks over to the decapitated undead head while the battle goes on behind them.

"Damn you prime! I hope you rot one day in the Underverse! All of you are doomed from Dracula! You hear me!" cursed the head at Ash

The evil dead slayer draws out his shotgun from his holster and reloads it then points his gun at the head.

"Don't get ahead of yourself." said Ash with a smirked then pulls the trigger causing the remains of the soldier to explode like a watermelon.

[Ash Williams]

Over the sound of the battle, the revving of the chainsaw and gun shots can be heard from all the slaying Ash was doing on the undead army. The ground is littered in gore and severed body parts from the path of the prime. For the militia, they were not holding up too well from how their enemy are oppressing them by the number of warriors they got. After fighting off from the undead for now, Ash can see the men getting massacred out there in the forest. This brings him more determination to help his comrades and to protecting Darkshire from such a dark force. With confidence on his face along with blood of his enemies, he charges in the part of the forest to help his fellow soldiers out.

The young soldier that was with Ash earlier at the fire pit, hides behind a tree and hasn't really encounter a fight yet. He looks over to see the blood shed of his comrades dying from the horrific animated corpses. After taking a look at the battlefield, he turns around quickly to look away with his back against the tree. Fear grows onto him and makes him grip his sword tightly with both of his hands.

I can't believe this is happening, all of us are dying from these monsters. I'm too young to die or experience this! All I wanted to do was help my family with their shop back in town even hoping to have a happy life with a beautiful wife and children. This can't be the end. It can't be. Fighting is another thing I have never done in my life. I also never killed anything either. They came to our home and told me that the militia needed myself. That's why I'm thrown into this role and same with the others that are at my age. Right now I just want to drop my weapon and leave this fight but I would be punished or killed by the enemy if they catch me. I really don't wa- thought the young soldier hiding from the battle but was caught off guard as an arrow punctures the tree right next to his head.

He suddenly felt coldness going down his spine and shaking too as three undead soldiers stand in front of him with the stench of death that can be smelt. One was an archer holding a bow not having much armor as the others wore some medium armor holding a battle axe and a sword which they looked like they were infantry men. The clothes on them were old and rotten away with the rest of their appearance.

"Look what we found here boys, a young blood." said the sword holding zombie soldier in the middle of the three.

They laugh with their deep undead voices then the archer loads another arrow and fires it at the young man. He gets hit by the arrow in his left thigh making him scream in pain and kneel down to the ground from the wound. His weapon is dropped by his hands on the thigh that was punctured. This makes the three laugh even more and walks over to the soldier who is kneeling in defeat. The young one grits his teeth in pain and looks down at the arrow stuck in his thigh.

"Aw, c'mon you weakling, take it like a man!" muffled the other one holding the battle axe with a iron helmet covering his head.

After an half a minute looking down at his wound, he looks back up to see his enemies standing in front of him looking down upon himself. From the sight of them at his face, tears start rolling down from the soldier's eyes from all the shock that is happening to him and terror. He starts to cry now thinking about the memories he had with his family and friends in life. The one with the sword stands in front of the young human and takes the helmet off of him then throws it to the side to see the full face of his kill.

"Is that it, that's all what my opponent is going to do to me is cry? Your not even going to put up a fight but just let me kill you? If that's the case then, I'm going to make your death so ugly that you won't even have a open casket funeral for you." said the one with the sword raising it high over the unfortunate soldier's neck ready to decapitate.

This is it. I never knew I would die on the battlefield. Soon I will be joining with the rest that tried to fight valiantly. As for me, I died as a coward. thought the soldier with his face on the ground closing his tightly still streaming with tears prepared for death. Before the sword was about to be swung, the archer's head explodes from the shot of Ash's shotgun. The others turned around to face Ash standing there before them with part of him covered in blood along with his bloody chainsaw hand and boomstick. They charge at him with war cries with their weapons held in a very attack manner.

Ash walks forward at the two while aiming the gun with his left hand towards the axe wielder and shoots his last shot in the gun piercing the armor of the undead soldier making his gut to start bleeding. He holsters his shotgun then charges at the sword wielder clashing with his chainsaw. They move away from each other and began circling. The other one recovers from the shot and heads towards the two that were in a fight. An attack was made by the sword wielder but Ash blocks a move with the chainsaw being held by both of his hands.

Another war cry was made by the axe wielder with his axe held high behind Ash but moves out of the way quickly as the swung was made by the armored one. A accident was made from the axe missing but severed the sword wielder's arm that held his weapon. The arm drops to the ground holding the sword making him angry what just happened.

"Dammit! That was my best arm! Why the hell you did you do that!" cursed the undead soldier in frustration at the other one.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, he moved out of the way!" apologized holding his down with both of his hands.

While both of them fussed at each other, Ash from behind, strikes the axe wielder across the body from the shoulder slicing the enemy in half. After defeating one of them, Ash stands before the other which was surprised at what just happened. Before he could do anything but just stand there, the evil dead slayer decapitates his foe with the chainsaw hand then destroys the head. The fight was over as Ash was heavily breathing a bit from all the action he was doing.

He looks over at the wounded young soldier that was still facing at the ground and still had the arrow in his thigh. Ash rushes over to the young one to see if he was going to be ok.

Am I dead yet? questioned the soldier with eyes still shut then opens them to look up.

A comfort feeling fell upon him when he saw Ash kneeling in front of him.

"You alright?" said Ash focused on the young one.

"Yeah, I'm ok but I got hit by an arrow." responded the soldier looking down again at his wound.

"Well, you might not like what I'm about to do here in a second." said Ash detaching his chainsaw limb that dissolved into omnilium then he summoned the metal hand and attaches it to his missing limb.

He moves the soldier against the tree for him to rest on. After moving the soldier, the evil dead slayer put his left hand on the injured thigh.

"Wait, what are you doing?" said the soldier with nervousness looking back up at Ash.

"I'm going to have to play doctor here for just a moment." said Ash grabbing the arrow with his metal hand then pulls the arrow out of the young one which made him scream loudly again in pain.

The thigh starts to bleed quickly but Ash rips off half of his left sleeve exposing his arm. Quickly, he wraps up the wound with his sleeve and tighs it not too tightly or loose.

From that segment happening, the soldier breaths heavily through his teeth from the agony he just went through.

"Now what are we post to do? All of us are dying left to right. I'm not too sure that we'll make it out of here alive if I'm with you." said the young soldier in a depression state.

"Hey, listen to me! I'm going to get you out of here no matter what it takes! I also am not going to let another one die especially you! If I still have to fight through these uglies then we will stand our ground until I get you safe!" shouted Ash over the battlefield with encouragement.

After what Ash said, the soldier nods for his response trusting him that he will protect his life. The evil dead slayer picks him up and carries the soldier in a fireman's carrying. They both rush back towards the west gate to get the young one back in one piece.

[Ash Williams]

"Retreat! Retreat!" yelled Darkshire's infantry falling back from the endless hordes of the undead. They start to move out of the forest back to the trench line that was dug up in front of the west gate. Men started jumping back into the trench knowing that it is one of their only defenses they got left after losing quite a bit of men. From the sight of the fleeing soldiers, this made the commander on the horse have a grim look on his face and a heavy sigh. This made him unsure if they were going hold up at all from the overwhelming enemy but that didn't keep his spirit down.

"Hold the line! Don't let any of them come any closer! Defend this position at all costs!" screamed the commander over the sounds of war.

Ash with the wounded private on his right shoulder, was still running through the blood filled forest that was littered with some corpses mixed with them and the enemy. Some arrows whizzed right past them from the archers behind them that were taking shots on the ones withdrawing. Arrows piercing the living can be heard left to right from Ash's prospective especially their bodies hitting the ground and screams that managed to escape from their last breath. After running for some time now, he accidentally misplaced his foot on a big root, causing the two trip off a slope that was covered in dead leaves. Both of them tumble down the slope but luckily it wasn't big enough to injure one of them.

The two made a grunt after going down the hill landing on flat surface. They were couple feet away from each other but the private was further away from Ash. Footsteps can be heard above as the undead start catching up. Ash looks back at the top of the hillside seeing a couple of the living dead knights stand there looking down at them. This makes him grab his shotgun with his left hand and holds the weapon in both of his hands, aiming at the enemy. As he pulls the trigger twice, clicking noises were being made from the gun which meant he forgot to reload the weapon earlier.

He had no time to reload which the weapon was put back in it's holster. Ash gets back on his feet quickly then stumbles a bit over to the private which he tries to pick him up as fast as possible. While he was trying to get his partner off the ground, the undead start sliding down the slope towards them. More start popping above the foothill and following the others after Ash and them. They both were caught up and this makes Ash get into a protective stance over his partner with serious face of determination to fight off if he had to use his hands. As one begins to charge with his sword raised high and a powerful war cry while others did the same behind him, Ash can hear something incoming behind him which made him turn to see what it was. What was behind them was a streak of white fire that nearly hit Ash but luckily he ducked for cover over the young soldier.

They were missed by it and the streak hit the wave of the living dead instead, causing them to be engulfed with the fire and disintegrate into ashes. Ash gets back up and turns around from were the blaze came from. He sees the same brown cloaked female that he saw in the tavern earlier standing on a big branch of a tree holding a weapon that appeared to be a big scythe that was double-bladed with two of the blades attached together closely at the top of the staff. Her skin was pale along with her hair and eyes which were both silver. She stands there with her long weapon being held in the left hand which the blades appear to be emitting white fire off of.

Ash couldn't believe what just happened in front of them and how quick it was to take down group of baddies that fast. He stops thinking what just happened and focuses on the wounded soldier. The private gets picked up off the ground and is back on Ash's right shoulder again. Both of them start to get back on the move again and they still have the enemy on their tail. Ash begins to run towards the tree that the young female stranger was on but she swiftly navigates through the treeline that the forest was made of. She still keeps making the streaks of fire from her scythe attacking upon the enemy behind them. They still keep getting defeated by her move and makes her get the attention from the others which distracted them away from Ash and the private.

Finally, the both made it out of the forest and were the last to do so. Ash rushes over the trench and heads to one of the tents that was post to be a medic bay.

"I've got a wounded man right here that got hit by an arrow." said Ash after coming through the flaps of the tent.

It was filled with men that were wounded too which felt pretty crowded along with the doctors of the battlefield. They made a spot for the young private and asked Ash to set him on a cot bed. He lays him down and one medic out of the four hurries over to aid the private.

"Hang in there kid, I promise I'll put an end to this once and for all." said Ash with a determine look on his face then heads out of the tent.

[Ash Williams]

Ash starts walking up at a face pace to the trench line that many men were waiting to take on the front line assault that set foot in the field. He takes his shotgun out of the holster and reloads it while he still had both hands. After reloading his shotgun, he does a quick roll with the weapon in his left hand then holsters it. The metal hand gets dissolved as Ash takes it off then summons the chainsaw hand once more. Archers in the trench get ready with their crossbows again primed and ready. Some of the soldiers were cleaning their weapons off from the constant fights they were in. They even made sure that their blade wasn't going dull yet. Ash stands before the trench, looking at the view of the field that was at the edge of the forest.

"Bring out the ballistas!" barked the commander giving the signal to open the gates to one of the men in the security towers.

"Open the gates!" yelled the archer from the tower down to the gate keepers.

They start to raise the big iron gate to let a couple of catapult like crossbows through. Four men start rolling these catapults out of the city and onto the battlefield. The catapults stop as they line up side to side in front of the commander and before the trench. Prepping was being done on these ancient machines to make sure things were good to go before the enemy reached out of the forest. Men that are operating these weapons start to raise the ballistas at a certain angle then crank the rope to be pulled back for loading onto the catapult. Spears that looked to be oiled up were being put in place on each weapon. One man out of the group of four held a torch that must be for lighting the tip of the object. Eagerly, the living wait for their enemies to tread out of the forest and into the open.

What sounded like was a march of the couple hundreds of the undead that were leftover from the woods coming towards their way.

"Aim!" commanded the commander again at the catapult teams.

Two men on both sides start cranking the huge crossbows to be raised and set at an angle to hit their target.

"Once they set foot near that trench, I want all teams to fire!" said the Commander loud and clear for the people operating the war machines to hear.

"Come get some you rotten teeth bastards." said one archer in the trench having his focus on aiming.

"If those brainless corpses think they can kill me. Minus well try to do it with my own blade instead of theirs." said another infantry man with his sword and shield.

One of the men right next to the confident one pulls out a locket that appears he got it from a fiance back in town which they were about get married soon in a couple days. The man squeezes the locket tightly and closes his eyes as if he's praying. After a couple a seconds, the soldier puts away the locket and focuses on the battlefield in front of them.  War cries can be heard from the enemy that are at the borderline of the forest which they are about to set foot in the dry grass field.

"Alright soldiers, this is the final front assault! Stand tall everyone and show the enemy that Darkshire still has Valiant people!" yelled the commander after they heard the incoming war screams.

Suddenly, the undead pour out of the forest and many of them begin charging at the last line of defense in front of the west gate.

"Archers, fire!" barked the commander giving order for the archers to begin shooting.

After that command, he raises his right arm up with a fist giving a hold signal on the ballistas for when to begin launching.

Many of the archers wasted no time and start firing upon the enemy entering on the field. Some corpses begin dropping from the instant kills to the head but others took hits that landed on any part of their bodies besides the brain. The enemy's archers stood behind some parts of their infantry began covering fire upon the living. Arrows fly above the trench and some landed in front of it inches away from some of the living faces. Others got unlucky and got hit in the head due to being the only vulnerable body part sticking out of the trench.

The undead are coming close on the trench and still filled with horrifying screams of violence. As they are twelve yards away from the trench, the commander launches his right arm forward with his hand now pointing towards the enemy for the attack signal upon the operators of the catapults.

"Fire!" screamed the commander once more to his battalion.

They lit the tip of the deadly spears with fire then launched the fatal barrage upon the walking deceased. The barrage made an impact on the enemy from few getting hit by the flaming spears and the others got caught on fire from them hitting the area then the dry field feeds the fire causing it to spread and makes the undead have to change their routes how they are going to get pass the flames. Reloads start right away on the ballistas as the teams hurry as fast as possible. Still, the enemy marches progressively to their target and the trench filled with their nemesis. Even some of the marching corpses went through the parts of the burning field and caught on fire but still had war spirits that wouldn't die.

Now, the undead reach the trench and start attacking to try to take over the living's last defense. It was now filled with men and zombies fighting to the death at each other. Ash yanks the pull cord to start the motor in his chainsaw and runs up to the trench then jumps in joining the gruesome fight.

[Ash Williams]

Fire keeps raining down from the blazing spears from the ballistas firing over the trench as the bloodbath rages on. Ash's chainsaw slays any undead soldier that stands in his way while. A trooper before Ash is having trouble fighting off one of the fiends which made him go up behind the soldier.

"Duck!" yelled Ash at the soldier which made him moved by his command as the living dead misses from swinging his sword and gets decapitated by Ash's weapon then is finished off from getting sawed in two.

"Thank you fellow prime! Together they will have no chance!" said the soldier loudly over the battle then continues to fight in the trench along with everyone else and so does Ash accompanying him.

The remaining undead army still poured out of the forest and towards the trench line crossing the field that was partially on fire. As they kept coming, a wave of white fire from Ash and the young private saw earlier that saved them comes out of the forest from the treeline and impacts on top of a group of the living dead. Out of the branches, the robe young female stranger lands on top of the ashes that was in the field. The hooded figure looks back at the fighting that was happening near the west gate but gets interrupted hearing more of the undead filled with war cries behind her from the woods. She clutches her scythe tightly with both hands and turns around facing her enemies. The robed stranger starts sprinting towards her foes with her weapon to begin glowing with whiteness. They commence fighting with her leaping in the air then striking the ground with her scythe causing the ground beneath them engulfed in white flames which caused some soldiers to catch on fire around the small area that the weapon hit

She flips while holding her weapon struck in the ground moving herself from one side of the staff to another when she completed her move. The anonymous girl lands on top one of the enemy's head but strikes him with a deadly downwards kick with her boot causing the head to be struck open pouring gore out. They circle around her like they completely forgot their objective taking the west gate but others did pass by ignoring what was going on with the group. The stranger moves her scythe to the right with one hand on the weapon pointing the blades at the ground away from her.

"Get that bitch!" yelled one of the undead soldiers then begins charging at her with his sword.

She grins a bit under her hood and waits for her foe to make his first move.

As the living dead soldier comes close into stabbing distance, the hooded girl moves her scythe again but this time with her hands clasping on to it then turns the weapon over with the blades pointing towards the sky and drives her scythe upwards clashing with the sword but where the edges hit, forces the enemy to let go his weapon causing it to be thrown up in the air caught with the blades. Her opponent stands their weaponless with nothing to defend his self as she turns her staff again now with the tips pointing at him then the moves downwards upon the enemy getting stabbed in the middle with half of the corpse split opened. More start to lash out to her from their fallen comrade but one after another get slaughter by her. At one point killing couple, still some of the enemy joins in the circle replacing the defeated ones which she had enough with.

The hooded female readies her weapon which begins to start glowing as before then she spins with her scythe that emits the fire creating a whirlwind of fire that pretty much devastated the ones that circled here. At last, she was free from those who threatened her and had her main goal in mind to help her town to stand their ground. She starts sprinting through the field slicing through any of the undead she comes across from behind them.

At the moment, Ash keeps fighting off any of the living dead soldiers that tried to pass the trench to reach the gate with the others. The cloaked young woman arrived at the ditch and joins the fight that was going on. She lands behind Ash and tries to help out the soldiers without using any of her magical fire abilities due to killing or injuring anyone who is near her. For the evil dead slayer, he has his back turned away from the female and focused on his opponent in front of him. Her weapon slices away at one undead soldier that was giving trouble to one of them men who was in his mid thirties.

"Lady Charlotte, thank you for helping me to stand against these rotten scumbags and saving my life." said the soldier and Charlotte nods in response.

They continue to fight but soon Ash and Charlotte finish off the remainder in their part of the trench. Getting a break from the fight a bit with Ash covered in some gore, he turns around to face Charlotte who joined the fight. She removes her hood revealing her pale face with silver hair and eyes. Charlotte's figure was fit and normally feminine with her chest size being a b cup.

"Looks like I'm not the only badass here." said Ash with a smirk of confidence.

"Wait a minute, aren't you the girl that I tried to hit on at the tavern earlier? You know, it's not too late to go on a date with me at the pond tossing pebbles and killing evil. Maybe Afterwards we should make sweet love under the stars." continued Ash with his charisma.

"Just shut up and fight." replied Charlotte rolling her eyes with an unamused facial expression.

The two continued throughout the trench helping out anyone that they were allies. Now, the numbers of the undead dwindle away fast compared to Darkshire's count that were still holding up. Soon after, the living dead began to flee away from the fight due to orders and defeat.

"Retreat! Retreat!" scream the walking corpses running away from the fight.

Sounds of the battlefield were now filled with cheer and celebration of the living from long night defending victory.

Some from the Darkshire militia drop their weapons and begin hugging each other of camaraderie. Ash celebrated with the soldiers but Charlotte remained calm and quiet. She was still happy and glad that they won from defending off Dracula's fiends. For the commander, he gets off his horse and sighs in relief from how tough this night was for them. He couldn't really celebrate too much like the other men due to how wear out he was from the stress. All the soldiers get out from the trench and raise their weapons including Ash with his chainsaw in victory in front of the burnt field.

Everyone started walking back to the west gate getting ready to go back into the city and tell about their triumph.

"Hey guys, we should all go back to the tavern and have ourselves a long drunk celebration from what we accomplished tonight! How about it?" said Ash loudly over the crowd and all of them cheered in agreement.

For Charlotte, she did a little smile and agreed too about it but didn't cheered.

Darkshire's forces packed up their gear and withdraw into the gate for a good night their going to have.