"Take Tiny to hunt today."  He told her.  "Tomrrow take him into the forest.  Shasha and the others will protect you.  Take Mertha, Beth and Lillith with you."  he caressed her face. "We are probably going to be outnumbered on the ground and in the air.  But we will fight.  They have a reason to fight now.  It would be nice if we had allies that would come to our aid, but, Ar's Station is to far away to send help even if we could get there .  I want  you safe.  Defend yourself if necessary."  He could see her wanting to fight.  But this was going to be a lot different then fighting one on one.  "Stay with the Sleen."  he told her.<br/><br/>He left her at the gate to go to the Parade field.  Word had spread all over the city.  Warriors gathered at the parade ground as did the Tarnsmen.  They saw him comming and all looked at him.  They seemed prouder and moved with an air of invincibility.  William came up to him.  "You found the Home Stone of Sadar?  It is said to have been destroyed."<br/><br/>"Daniel just smiled and said.  "Perhaps not.  Just lost, maybe."  He looked at the assembled warriors and tarnsmen forming up.  "We  have a battle to prepare for.  We are outnumbered, but we have something worth fighting for.  You all had nothing, have come from many places and had no home.  Well you have one here now, if you are willing to accept Sadar as your home and swear allegence to her HOME STONE!"  Each man raised his spear and brought the butt of it down to the ground in a loud thud, and sounded off with a  sound affirming it.   They Had a Home Stone, a home, a true home once more.  They had messed up once that had cast them out.  They were not going to do that again.  They had a second chance and they would not let their new Home Stone down.  Again Daniel saw the power that the  Home Stone had.  How it instilled in people such a fierce pride and feeling of a true home.  He felt it himself, it was intoxicating.  "We have two days to prepare.  Warriors to the walls, instruct the civilians on how to use a crossbow.  They can at least give us cover and perhaps kill some of the Bastards.  Officers to the battle field to discuss stratagy and what needs to be done.<br/><br/>The rest of the day was busy with the battle plan.  They would be out numbered so they had to devise a plan to  break up the army of Port Cos and give the warriors of Sadar a chance.  Even the Tarn force would be out numbered as Port Cos had a lot more tarns then they did.  Daniel was hoping his training would help them there.  The civilians on the walls where the battle would take place would be another key point of it.  But still he wished they had someone to help them.  Daniel brought all the patrols in and had his men ready to deploy at a moment's notice.  He was on the Grassy plain where the battle would take place surveying it.  When he turned the Ubar was there with his own warriors.  "They are yours to command Tarn Commander. "  the Ubar said.  Daniel smiled and pointed to William .  The Warriors immediately moved to report to him.  "You think we have a chance?"  the Ubar asked.<br/><br/>"A chance?  A slim one perhaps."  He looked out over the plain towards where Ar's Station would be.  "We will surely see tomorrow when they get here."<br/><br/>With all the preperations made Daniel returned home with William.  Rest was almost impossible as everyone's nerves were on edge.  He held Kyla close to him in their bed.  Morning came and with what little sleep he got he rose and prepared for the coming battle.  He would be in the Air with his Tarnsmen on Midnight.  William would lead the Ground Forces.  He walked Kyla and the other slaves to the Gate.  The Army of Cos was not far away but not close enough to see anything.  "Go."  he kissed Kyla passionately, "Take them to the Pack.  They will be safe in the woods.  Protect her Tiny.  Protect them all."  The sleen looked at him and nodded his head.  He could sense that something was going on and it was not something good.  He watched them all run to the forest and when they were within he turned and went to the Tarn Tower.<br/><br/>At the Edge of the Woods the Pack had gathered.  Alpha and Sasha had sensed something strange.  They also caught a strange scent on the wind, one they did not like.  They were there to greet Kyla and the other three slaves.  The sleen like before looked at them and their tails switched back and forth.  Tiny this time intervened between them and Sasha moved up next to him.  She growled at him and he back at her and then Sasha and Tiny did what she had done when Daniel and Kyla had come to them.  Soon the Pack moved about the slaves looking at them and sniffing the air about them.  Then they all moved to the edge of the forest looking at the Warriors of Sadar forming up into ranks before the walls.  Sasha and Alpha looked at Kyla as if they were waiting on her.  Tiny moved up beside Kyla and laid down on the ground and looked back at her and then at his back and back to her.<br/><br/>The Army of Port Cos arrived and formed up.  Their tarns filled the sky as Daniel and his Tarnsmen rose into the sky to form up.  Horns blew and the army of Port Cos came to a stop.  Sadar's forces were out numbered three to one both on the ground and in the air.  It did not take long before the army of Port Cos moved forward in battle formation.  As they neared, a hail of arrows filled the air, raining down on the Warriors of Port Cos.  It was something they did not expect.  For all of the Warriors were out side of the walls to face them.  They were not ready for it and a number of them went down.	The army charged the defenders then with battle cries and the Warriors of Sadar braced themselves.	A second flight of arrows came, flaming ones but the Warriors of Port Cos were ready and held up their shields to block the arrows.  But the flaming arrows were not meant for the Warriors, but the ground upon which they now stood.  Ground soaked in oil that ignighted at the touch of the flames from the arrows.  The forces of Port Cos were now cut in half and some were caught in the flames and screamed as they covered in oil began to burn.  A little surprise Daniel had cooked up for them.<br/><br/>In the Air Daniel engaged the Tarnsmen, with his own.  They dove and weaved about in the sky throwing spears at the enemy riders.  His tactic of having three on one began to work well for them.  They began to take out the Tarnsmen and the relaxed grip on the straps caused the tarn to turn away and just fly around in circles.  But to Daniels forces were taking loses as well.