10. Reborn

Complete story — includes the ending

The Black Hornet attack is repelled, but Marty is killed. As a result of the attack, the 2nd Mass and 14th Virginia are forced to stay at their base another night. The next morning, shortly after the arrival of another militia, they receive word that Washington, D.C. is surrounded by an impenetrable defensive wall. As a result, the plan is changed so that the other militias attack the wall as a distraction while Tom and Weaver lead a strike team through the city's service tunnels to assassinate the Espheni queen. In the tunnels, an Espheni hatchling attack separates the rest of the team from Tom and mortally wounds a pregnant Anne. During the attack, Hal takes Maggie to propose to her as they take cover and she accepts. Tom continues on alone and finally comes face to face with the Espheni queen in the ruins of the Lincoln Memorial. The queen explains that the attack on Earth was revenge for a previous attempt 1,500 years ago that failed and led to her daughter's death. The queen starts to drain Tom's blood, but he takes advantage of this fact and infects himself with the Dornia bioweapon. The queen absorbs the bioweapon through Tom's blood and dies. As expected, the bioweapon passes through the queen's connection to her race and the Espheni die out all over the world, finally freeing Earth. However, Anne dies of her wounds despite Weaver's best attempts to save her. Desperate, Tom takes her where he last saw the Dornia and pleads with them to save her in repayment for his actions. The Dornia take Anne as Tom is confronted by a mortally injured Pope who survived his attack on Tom's base. Pope realizes he takes no pleasure in Tom's misery and lays down his weapon before dying of his injuries. Months later, thousands of people gather at the rebuilt Lincoln Memorial to elect a new leader for a united humanity. Matt ends up writing a book about the invasion, Hal and Maggie are an engaged couple, and Ben speaks among the Volm delegation. Tom, who rejects offers to become that new leader, gives a speech to the masses, including his children, Maggie, Anne, Weaver and Cochise about how the Espheni invasion has given humanity a second chance as a united species.