Cameron is slightly relieved when the new arrival opts to talk rather then attack. The fact that he referrs to the wraiths as daemons tells Cameron that this particular individual is probably not an agent of Chaos, and probably also not even from this plane. Cameron also quickly realises that the newcomer is pretty powerful. He spends little time deciding what course of action to take, as his attention is already being drawn to the last gate and the 4 wraiths that Deravon and Diego had just engaged. Knowing that the third gate had just been closed by another companion, ("Soul Reaver, more kikely then not." Cameron thinks to himself.) he continues moving towards the newcomer. He acknowledges the arrival of Kitharsis beside him and listens to his warning. When he speaks, his helmet's output is lowered to the point that Kitharsis would barely be able to hear him, and the newcomer would definitely not.

"I know. I detected it too. But it doesn't seem to be any type of daemon I've ever encountered before. He is not of this plane."

Cameron finishes speaking just as he arrives in front of the unidentified figure. When he speaks again, his voice has returned to it's normal level. To the newcomer, his voice would sound almost robotic and metallic.

"Yes, we fight these "daemons". Although they actually aren't daemonic. They are warp wraiths, and they exist only to bring torment to the living. I unfortunately have no time to talk, as I must go close that last gate. Assistance is not required, but would be greatly appriceated."

Having spared as much time as he could allow, Cameron leaps into the air. Within a few seconds he has crossed the battlefield and lands behind the 4 distracted wraiths and in front of the last gate. He is about to begin concentrating to close it when 8 more wraiths emerge. Seeing him, the wraiths quickly charge. Cameron curses under his breath as his swords appear in his hands. He readies himself for battle as the wraiths surround him.

The wraiths engaged in combat with Kelvack certainly were not standing idly by as he prepared himself. They had already moved into position, intending to try the same tactic again. One manifests a glowing scimitar and leaps through the air at Kelvack, and the other one hurls another magic bolt. It's trajectory should take it over Kelvack's head, where it will land behind him and throw him forward into the oncomming wraith.

Unfortunately for Jharm, the wraith he was fighting had already seen him fighting and was wary of his attacks. It anticipates Jharm's spell and dodges to one side, allowing the beam to miss him completely. Not wasting any time, the wraith moves in to attack, slashing at Jharm's midsection with it's glowing blade.

Deravon's tactic is fairly effective, as all four wraiths are knocked over. Two of them are hit from behind by Diego's gunfire as they stand back up, and they collapse into burning heaps. The other two immedeately move to the attack. The first jumps on Deravon's back, trying to wrap it's skeletal arms around his neck in the hopes of either strangling him or ripping his throat out. The other turns towards Diego and lets lose with a volley of magical bolts. They are heading straight for the gunslinger and will explode on impact.

The wraith leaping at Kelvack is not expecting the magical bolt that was thrown ahead of him to be deflected and takes it in the chest. The resulting explosion rips it apart. The other wraith is busy trying to charge another spell when Kelvack's sword cleaves it in two. The magic fades as the two haves slump to the ground in opposite directions.

Sypher's attack suprises the two wraiths that he directed his attention towards, as well as suprising Cameron, who felt the energy of the two shots passing by him. He watches as the ripples of force punch huge holes in the wraith's skulls. As they are undead, this is not enough to kill them, but they are blinded and disoriented.

Cameron looks around him quickly. Kitharsis charges in from the left and bowls over two of the wraiths, stunning them, and Faidth suddenly appears near Cameron and dispatches two more with her flaming weapons. Seeing that the only three wraiths still alive and uninjured are directly in front of him, Cameron prepares to lunge forward.

But just as he is about to move, he hears a voice from behind him.

"Clutchfiend, duck!"

Cameron manages to duck just as Fei's Yugitti tears through the air just above him. Had he still been standing upright, it would have torn his head from his shoulders. Instead, it rips through the three wraiths in front of him, seperating their upper bodies from their lower bodies and killing them instantly. Cameron sees Fei land in a bulr of speed just behind the collapsing wraiths and nods in his direction. The only wraiths that Cameron can see that are still standing are the ones that were blinded by Sypher, so Cameron rushes to them with his blades drawn and dispatches them with two quick slashes of the super-heated metal.

There were still three wraiths left, however.

Diego manages to get his shield up just in time. The magical bolts impact all around him and explode, sending vicious shockwaves and debris at him, but it all bends around the shield, and Diego is unaffected. Through the cloud of dust around him, Diego can just make out the wraiths. They cannot see him and are standing idle, waiting for the dust to clear.

The last wraith is the one attacking Natalya. She hadn't seen it, and didn't see the bolt of magic coming from behind her at all. it strikes her in the back and explodes, sending her flying forward and knocking her to the pavement hard. Seeing the success of it's attack, the wraith releases an earsplitting shriek and charges forward, drawing it's bone scimitar. It intends to finish the job by striking Natalya's unprotected back with the dread blade.

The misty form of Soul Reaver gathers over the last gate and begins his dispel magic spell. But as this is happening, another wraith emerges from the gate. This one looks different then the others. Instead of rags, it seems to be wearing the remains of what was once a fine set of mage robes, and instead of carrying a scimitar, it is carrying a staff. Looking back at the gate that it had just emerged from, it spies Soul Reaver immedeately. The wraith extends it's staff and unleashes a powerful dispel magic spell, which would probably be enough to return Soul Reaver to his regular form unless he can counter it. At the same time, 7 more of the mage wraiths emerge from the gate and slowly survey the area with their dead eyeless sockets.

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The wraith attacking Natalya is stunned for a moment by the whirlwind of ice that suddenly forms around Natalya. But as vulnrable as the wraiths are to fire, they are equally invulnrable to ice. The wraith struggles through the whirlwind and is just raising it's scimitar to strike the killing blow when there is a shout behind it.

"Yo, fucker! Watch your back!"

The wraith catches itself in midswing and turns around just in time to be clubbed by Karyl's energized guitar. There is a deep thump along with a small shockwave as the "axe" connects with the wraith's midsection. The wraith is sent flying, and smashes into what is left of a warehouse wall, breaking apart and dying on impact. Karyl grins, flips his guitar around, and plays a metal riff that can be heard across the battlefield.

"HA! That shithead didn't stand a chance!"

Karyl stops celebrating as he sees the rest of the companions facing down a new set of wraiths. He moves to where Natalya is, keeping his eyes locked on the warp gate.

"Hey babe, you okay down there?"