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Lurking in the darkness, it waited. Its massive form was surprisingly well concealed in the undergrowth and foliage of the forest - not that there was anyone around to look for him. Or rather it. Raising its horrific parody of a human head; its face distorted and barely recognisable as human, it sniffed the air. It caught the scent of the first force shambling towards their target from the right - this force was only a mere three hundred strong, being the tattered remains of the force that had tracked the prey from the city. They would taste the flesh of their soon-to-be victims soon; for they would be the reinforcements. It craned its head to the left, its sense of smell informing it that the main force - at least a thousand strong, was nearing, and it would only be scant minutes before they arrived: an hour at worst. But they were just to stop the prey escaping, for it knew that they would not try to go back the way they had come, even though a weaker force approached from that directed, and would try to escape to the left from their dwelling. That was why the largest force was there - to stop, or at least, slow down any escapees, should the prey even survive that long. There were precious few groups of prey left on this continent - not that it had much of an understanding of the divisions of land - and this group had evaded the inevitable far longer than they had any right to. Indeed, they were fearsome opponants. But it knew they would flee before the savage surprise of this assault.

Silently and stealthily, it advanced upon the rear of the mansion, belly on the floor - at the head of three dozen undead. They were not normal, however - these were some of the strongest - having survived the nuclear explosion and having their power - and intelligence - enhanced tenfold. The lead ghoul itself was the worst of all - with skin like bullet proof body armor and an exoskeleton like steel. Its grasping claws - capable of ripping through the side of a car, an ability it had discovered through experience, reached forward, one after another, slowly pulling it closer to their targets' dwelling.

It was only a matter of minutes.







OOC: and y'all thought FITZZ had doomed us all.

GODDAMNED BLOODY LAGGGGGGGGGGG

Third time's a charm..

Oh for.... 'yay' are we all just interesting in dooming us all? If you really want, I can RP the circus coming to rescue Bonzo! So he can leave you guys behind to suffer horrific zombiefied DEATH!

That's real nice of you, GUO! I'm sure the zombie's would enjoy a starter meal!

Right. I elect Shadow is used as a large ungainly and entirely useless club kay?

Making an 'invulnerable' zombie must have a weakness. Maybe he'll choke on Shadow.

Hmmm.... I'm sure Shadow was mentioned to have adamantium bones.... maybe if the zombie tried to eat them?

To defeat uber zombie -

Get a lucky knife/eye attack.

OR

If you're smart, run.

Who said anything about defeating it?

Just making us get a move on, as I felt there was little action going on. Sure, it was building up, but I just made the tipping point. Besides, just make someone get eaten early and have him scream or something.

And here was me enjoying the break from the

OMFG zombi3s use the hordes of uber weapons!

thing.

Ah well, I guess it was boring for you, seeing as you had nothing to do. Still, I guess this way we wont have to bother with the whole Pheonix tension thing, as everyone else will have things on their mind.

Halon has an infinite amount of luck. He magically teleported from the battlebus and replaced himself with Bonzo, he fell out of a second story window unscathed, survived a nuclear explosion, escaped being ripped apart in an ambulance, etc. I think this thing is no issue.

I bet he'll bend this metal skeletoned critter into amusing shapes.

"Ah! That's a menacing arm, maybe if i bend it like this, it'll look suitably amusing!"

OOC:... well FFS, I can't leave you alone for a moment can I Dark?

I make a simple run to the store to pick up a few things and return to find uber ninja wolverine zombies creeping up on the house...

...Well....feth.

OOC: I'd hoped to be able to build up the whole Phoenix "situation" and then spread a nice zombie topping on it...thus allowing Silver plenty of 'event" material..but meh...all my dreams...crash

You know, I hoped that too, but 'what can ya do' its his rp as much as yours. Vsorry.

Still, easy peasy way to deal with them.

ghosty wrote:You know, I hoped that too, but 'what can ya do' its his rp as much as yours. Vsorry.

Still, easy peasy way to deal with them.

Easy peasy??...do tell.

Well metsl bones are never that good in practice. I mean, all one really needs is to get the zombie a bit hot, and...

Well Metal conducts heat very well, and part of the reason a human body can survive being say set on fire is because they are, in a relative sense, bad heat conductors, compared to metal. Soooooo, set him on fire, let his metal bones melt his brain. OR, electrocute him. Or perhaps just shoot himn through the eyes as Dark suggested. Its really not that hard to take him down considering.

Well if you find yourself with a chance to take him down, you've probably only got one shot at it.

Also, when I said "a matter of minutes" I actually meant like around 15-20 minutes, but the zombie's don't really have a concept of time..

Besides, I personally like the idea of Phoenix trying to get us all killed and Tombstone doing something about it in the middle of a super uber zombie attack in a burning house with ammunition store explosions.

Oh snap. I meant to do something about a clock ringing 12 midnight or something in that zombie post to herald day 5. Oh well.

Yeah, but that lacks pzazz. I mean, its hardly as backstabby if Pheonix says cheeseit! and runs into his limo, maybe shooting haphazardly on the way.

By the by, we haven't got any vehicles prepared, so everyone in the mansion is basically dead, except for a few adventurous fools trying some shenanigans.

IC: Keira woke up suddenly. The sky outside was brooding, and thick black clouds rolled across the night sky, lightning crackling in the distance. A storm was coming, in more than one sense. In the light of a thunder strike, the silhouettes of hundreds of ghouls were struck against the blackened sky.

"Oh sh*t!" She cried, and ran through the house to warn the others.

Hog, peered out of the window, swore, and drew his magnum. He charged after her.

Bonzo just sat at the table, looking serious as Kiera screamed her head off about the impending zombies.

"Come on, where the feth is your short fuse when we NEED IT?" Shouted Tombstone, spit flecking off his lips as he tried to jump start the unusually sedate Clown.

"ShOrT FuSE? SHoRt FuSe...... ThAT'S iT!" Realized Bonzo, a little light bulb lighting up in his head as he had a sudden brainwave. With no warning, he jumped up from the table, grabbed a chair and threw it out of a window.

"What you up to you stupid clown?" Shouted back Tombstone, confused by the sudden outburst. Bonzo simply smiled as he reached his hands out of the now shattered window, and turned a valve below it. To his satisfaction, the vast sprinkler system began to soak the zombies just making their way into the grounds.

"Wha?" Was all that Tombstone could get out as Bonzo turned around and immediately punched through the wall and grabbed a handful of insulated copper wires.

"wE LaY ThEsE OuT AnD WaTCh Em FRY!" Bonzo giggled as he began to pull the wires towards the window and threw the frayed ends into the now soaked lawn. "ThAt ShoUld HolD Em OfF, OR We CouLD JuSt ThRoW A TaSEr aT TheM....." Pondered Bonzo as Tombstone looked at him, his expression a mixture of desperation, exasperation and confusion.

OOC - No idea if this would actually work guys, but neither does Bonzo, so if you know it would/wouldn't work, please RP it as if not, I'll need another plan! XD

OOC: Well, it's a good idea.. but I'm not sure if it would work.. after all, they're not directly touching the source of the electricity and it is first going into the ground.. meh.. Other than that, do zombies really give a damn about being electricuted? Does the mansion even still have power going to it? Isn't Bonzo being electrecuted now?

To answer your questions:

The ground is wet, the zombies are wet, and there's a bunch of copper wire lying around with some electricity a flowing. Im pretty sure its gonna zap things.

Im not sure zombies themselves will care about it, but their muscles will spasm, and their brains will fry.

The mansion I assume has it's own generator, so its a running

And most likely.

IC: Keira watched Bonzo's madness with a mixture of shock and amazement. She then turned and ran for the armoury. Without any weapons, she really wasn't going to be much use. As she pelted through the house, Keira ran through every possibility that could go wrong. Well, lots of zombies was bad for a start. There was also the lack of a ready escape route. That needed to be dealt with immediately.

She was running so fast, she didn't have time to stop as she collided with the door to the armoury.

"Sonofabi-"

Grabbing her head and groaning meaningfully Keira opened the door and headed inside. Keira was no gun expert, and couldn't aim for sh*t, but she felt it was time to practice. Grabbing up an assault rifle from a rack and a scope, Keira began to move upstairs to find a decent viewpoint. Things were going to get a bit hairy from here on.

^ I knew you'd say all that (not the IC).. well, something like that anyway.

"Aw, come the hell on!" Halon said aloud as he looked out the window at the zombies getting close to them. "We just got here and this crap happens!"

"Guess we should stop going to safehouses then." Tombstone said "They just don't have the same meaning like they used to."

Halon didn't hear the last part of what Tombstone had said as he was busy getting the gatling gun out of the back of the truck to put it up somewhere, it was heavy so Dirty Dave decided to give him a hand moving it around.

"Where we puttin' this thing?" Dirty Dave asked, grunting due to the weight of the gun.

"I don't know!" Halon said sweating, "Either the roof or a higher floor, roof may be better for aiming it, but if the zombies get too close whoever's on it may get screwed."

Next thing they knew, the gatling was going to get set up on the roof. Halon decided to stay on the gun, luck was on his side so far, and he was probably faster on his feet than most of the bikers so if he needed to get to the ground he would have a better chance of getting there faster.

Tombstone fired out of the window Bonzo had tossed the copper wires from,dropping a ghoul or two.

He barked orders to Puppy and Spanky " Get your asses to the armory,get ammo...9MM,.45 cal,.223,7.62x39MM,.12 gauge and any explosives ya got, get guns to..and get 'em in the fething van now!"

The two younger bikers rushed off to follow Tombstones commands.

"Mother fething son of a .." Tombstone roared firing his AK-47 out the window again,he caught Phoenix staring at him out of the corner of his eye.

The biker lost control.

Tombstone was across the room in a split second,only Bam Bam seemed to be aware of what was about to happen,he attempted to draw his pistol trying to defend Phoenix...he didn't make it.

Tombstone came in low,his switchblade snapping open as he moved up in a vicious arc slicing Bam Bams throat to the point of decapitation.

The huge biker was dead before he hit the floor,a spray of arterial blood painting the wall as he fell.

Big Boy moved between Phoenix and Tombstone attempting to prevent his new boss from meeting the same fate as Bam Bam,Tombstone drew one of his pistols,ducking as Big Boy swung for his head,Tombstone drove the blade of his knife up fiercely into Big Boys testicles and slashed back viciously,castrating the man instantly.

As Big Boy fell to his knees,howling a high pitched scream,Tombstone fired two rounds through the bikers face,splattering his brains against the wall behind him.

Tombstone had gone berserk,he turned aiming his pistol at Phoenix,who collapsed back into a chair screaming for his life,the biker smiled ready to send the man to hell,when Jennifer spoke.

" Tombstone!!" she screamed " kill my father and you die next."

The biker glanced over at Jennifer quickly,she held her weapon aimed straight at him.

Tombstone grined evily at the young woman " What makes you think I give a feth Princess?!" he growled

One Eye blinked,everything had happened so quickly his mind was having a hard time processing it all.

zombies were every place outside,Tombstone had gone insane killing Big Boy and Bam Bam and now had his guns on Phoenix who's Daughter had her gun on Tombstone.

"Holy feth" he thought " can it get worse?"

He heard the sound of a assault riffle bolt being pulled back.

" Bitch" Daisy said " you go ahead and shoot him..and I'll cut you and your Father to pieces"

The young woman had an AR-15 aimed right at them.

" Well gak..I guess it can get worse" One Eye thought to himself " He had to get things under control."

The older biker drew his .45 and bellowed "could we all just settle the feth down before I have to kill everybody!?"

Keira sighted down her gun at a zombie staggering ahead of the swarm some 200 metres away. She squeezed of a couple of rounds from her vantage point, but none hit. She exhaled, and aimed again.

From downstairs she heard an eruption of gunfire. The others were probably preparing for a war.

"feth this." she swore as another round went wide. The zombie almost seemed smug. Keira aimed again, and fired off about half a clip. The spray of bullets kneecapped the fiend, but it still dragged itself forwards.

"fething gun!" Keira screamed, blaming her choice of weaponry.

She ran from the balcony and back through the house. A pair of bikers crashed past arms heaped with crates of ammo. Keira rummaged in the armoury and grabbed up something that could only be described as big and scary looking. A Barrett m82 was slung over her shoulders, along with a a pair of pistols stuck into her harness. Keira ran back through the house towards the balcony again, when a hand shot out of no where and grabbed her. Keira was halfway through the motions of pulling a gun on her assailent when she relaxed. It was hog. He was weilding what worryingly like an old tripod mounted MG42.

"Where you off to then?"

"Upstairs...where'd you get that?" she said, staring at his big gun (eheheh.)

Hog smiled.

"Not everyone's guns are in the armoury. This is ma baby. She's called Linda. Now, lets see to this swarm."

They raced back up the stairs, and towards the awaiting balcony.

His eyes snapped open. Shadow glanced around, gunshots, human yet alien screams of pain and anger a stark contrast to the cracking sound of weaponsfire. He felt dizzy, and he felt unconsciousness call to him once again. But this time he ignored it, whiping his eyes with his fingers - and when he looked up, everything seemed clear for the first time in what seemed a long time. He heard shouts from the opposite room; several screams and two gunshots. That gun sounds familiar.. he thought. But why?
Then he heard a wailing sound - a human scream to be sure, but not of pain, but of desperation.

"Tombstone! Kill my father and you die next!" A woman's voice.
"What makes you think I give a feth, Princess?" came an unusually familiar voice. What the hell.. I can't remember anything!
Another voice - a different woman's came from the room, "Bitch, you go ahead an' shoot him an' I'll cut you and your father to pieces!"
He heard a man's voice - this one seemed unfamiliar - and the accompanying shouted words, "could we all just settle the feth down beforeI have to kill everybody?"
As he wondered what the hell was going on, he looked down. After briefly studying his clothing - and more interestingly, the body armor over it - he noticed the two pistols holstered on either side of his belt.

He couldn't really say why he did what he did next, perhaps it was instinct, or maybe he was just crazy off his head from injury and radiation poisoning. He drew one of the pistols, and tried to get up, but weakly fell to the floor. Slowly, but surely, he began to drag himself towards the room where the voices were coming from.



"Phoenix, you're gonna die. Believe me you," Tombstone promised, the anger undisguised in his voice.
"Then you die with me, you bastard," was Phoenix's reply.
"Don't you dare, don't you fething dare!" Jennifer shrieked at him.
"Bitch, don't you dare!" Daisy shouted back at her.
"Everyone just fething put the guns down!" One Eye ordered, but to no avail. Nervous glances were exchanged between everyone in the room, noone willing to lower their weapon.

Then something happened that noone had expected.

"What the hell is going on?" Shouted the prone form of Shadow, who had his gun raised, and was wildy switching his aim between everyone in the room.
"Holy gak, Shadow, you okay?" Tombstone asked.
"Shut up!" Shadow shouted back.
"What the hell, you feeling alri-"
"Shut up! Shut the feth up!" He screamed again, panic clearly rising in his voice and expression.
"Now hold on a second.." One Eye began, moving towards Shadow, without realizing he still had his gun drawn. Shadow swung his pistol round and fired before One Eye had taken three steps.
"What the feth?" Daisy shouted.
"Shadow what the feth - you killed One Eye!" Tombstone called, almost training his aim on his friend.
"What the hell is going on? Where am I? Who am I? Who the feth are all of you?" Shadow shouted back. "What the feth is going on?"
Halon walked in, carrying the gatling gun with Dirty Dave. "Wow what the hell?" He asked.
Shadow swung his gun around once more, aiming at Halon. "Don't fething move! Take another fething step and I blow your head off!"


Tombstone glanced around, taking in what had just happened - Shadow, his friend who he'd just met a few days ago, had just killed One Eye - a man he'd known for years. Then there was still Phoenix to deal with. gak, he thought. This really isn't going well..

Ahh, we have another patrick on our hands.

Tombstone stared at Shadow for a brief second, and spoke " That man you just shot was like a Father to me...by all rights I should kill you..so if this doesn't prove I'm a friend to you nothing will"

The biker re holstered his pistols.

" Kill him!! Kill him now!!" Phoenix shouted at Jennifer.

Go on Princess" Tombstone said in a tired voice " pull that trigger..I don't fething care."

Jennifer stared at Tombstone and lowered her weapon " You did what you said you'd do,you got me to my Father..."

Tombstone nodded and motioned to Daisy to lower her weapon,she reluctantly did.

Shadow looked slightly puzzled,but remained watchful and anxious " No body move!...just ...just stay still."

A low groan escaped One Eye,Tombstones attention snapped to the old biker who lay crumpled on the floor..he was alive.

" Shadow...I'm going to help him" Tombstone said pointing at One Eye " I'm not going to try anything to hurt you..but if you feel like you have to kill me...then pull the trigger."

Halon was standing and staring bewildered at Shadow.

"What the hell happened?" Halon said loudly "More importantly what the hell did I do to get a gun pointed at me?"

"Shut up!" Shadow shouted, trying to grasp the situation.

"This is bullcrap man and you know it." Halon yelled back "Those things are out there and now we have a damn standoff inside? Who's fething idea was this?"

"I said shut up Halon." Shadow said while still aiming at Tombstone and then Phoenix and so on until he cycled the entire group.

Halon wanted to do something, the gatling gun was heavy and he wanted it set up or set down quickly.

Tombstone was moving slowly to his friend on the ground and Shadow was fixed on Tombstone. Halon decided to give putting the gun down a shot.

"I said don't move..." Shadow began and Halon began lowering the gun.

"So far so good." He thought to himself. The gun was almost touching the ground when it touched the ground.

Shadow immediately heard the clang and aimed towards Halon and Puppy.

"I was just putting it down, its heavy you know." Halon said raising his hands in the air.

Shadow continued scanning the room. Phoenix looked like he was making a move, Jennifer looked like she was making a move, hell even Puppy looked like he was making a move.

"Oh hell," Halon thought pulling his gun on Phoenix "if you can't beat 'em join 'em."

Surprisingly, Shadow didn't shoot at him. It was odd, really odd.