Pixie held her breath as she, her teammates, a few Purifiers and the Predator X beasts all appeared on Muir Island. She then turned to see people from the mansion who were not at the temple. They had been pulled in by her teleportation spell as well.

"Shite!" Megan yelled as she realized what had gone wrong, only to be cut short in her rant by a zombie charging at her. "Guys! Look out!" she yelled as she sunk her Soul Dagger into the neck of the zombie and cut it's head off. "This makes no sense! I wanted to send these things here, not us!"

"Oh, this is just peachy!" Tara yelled as she tried to rock the ground enough to send spikes through a couple of zombies. "Where the heck is X-23 anyway?"

"I don't know!" Pixie spouted as she looked over toward DreamFire. "Jen, how did I screw up so bad?"

"All the mystics around you may have thrown you off," Ewan said as he pulled his sword and cut the head off a zombie. "Maybe the zombies will distract the creatures until we find X-23? Jessie, be careful! I am not a fan of zombies. They can be relentless!"

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"Lovely!" Deirdre said as she pulled her bow out and strung an arrow up onto it. This didn't look like any Muir Island that she was used too. This place was crawling with zombies and now Predator X creatures. "Some how I don't think we were supposed to end up here! And Zombies...Wha the hell is going on?!" She said as an arrow went straight through one of the oncoming zombie's head.


"Well at least it looks like they can be killed the same way as they are in the movies!" Nastia said as she darted towards one of the zombies with her unhuman speed and tore it's head right from it's body. At least here she'd be able to help. "Oh this is really gross... She said as black putrid looking blood splattered all over her.

"These things are fast! Everyone watch each others backs. We don't need any of our team mates becoming zombie food or zombies themselves!" Deirdre said as she took down a zombie that was coming up behind her Uncle Ewan.

Deirdre sensed her mother and Thom were close and that relieved her fears,even though she knew that they had been through hell these last few hours. She could also tell her mother was locked in some sort of battle at the moment and she wished she could get to her and give her a hand.{{Mother. Thom. A group of us got teleported to Muir. Currently we're battling zombies and Predator creatures. We're okay at the moment, hopefully we'll meet up here in the next few minutes.}} She said telepathically to Karenza and Thom, not knowing if her message was heard or not.

Reynard looked around and yowled in fear when he saw zombies with more Predator X monsters. Would he and his companions ever be able to wake up from the nightmare? Did he wish to know the answer to his quiet question?
The fur on his back stood while he hissed. Reynard the cat hoped Jack was able to defeat their enemies. All he could do was wait and see.

Mr. Dragotti was confused when he found himself in a very unfamiliar area. He gasped the minute he viewed zombies and Predator X creatures. Wishing to defend his teammates, he held up his palm before he concentrated. Large bursts of fire emerged from his hand and consumed two of the decaying forms. His eyes widened in horror since they continued to approach him. *I don't think my fire power will burn their heads off!* he thought.

"So where exactly are we anyhow?" She called over to Deirdre as she took on another zombie. Nastia might have been a new vampire but she was getting a hang of her enhanced strength and speed very quickly.

"Muir Island. In the UK." Deirdre called over to Nastia.

"and we just...teleported here? Is that the right word, teleport?" Nastia asked as she ripped a limb from her zombie attacker. "I'm guessing that if I drink their blood, It would be like drinking motor oil, right? I'm so hungry right now."

Deirdre hadn't thought about that. Nastia was such a new vampire that she probably wasn't used to drinking animal blood or the synthetic stuff. Last thing they needed was to have a blood thirsty vampire on their hands. "Hang in there if you can, Nastia. Hopefully this will all be over soon enough and then we'll figure out what to do for you."

"Yeah, I'll try. Not sure if that's gonna be easy though." She growled and her fangs automatically popped out as she twisted the neck of a vampire. "Trust me, I don't want to do anything crazy either. I'll hold out as long as I can. But it's been a week since I've tasted blood."

"We've all been there Nastia."Jessie said as she landed near Deirdre and the other vampire. "Even after all this time it can still be hard to get used to the artificial stuff and Both me and Ewan speak from experience!" She said raising her left arm and engulfing a few nearby zombies in flames.

{"Deidre I am happy beyond words that you are ok.....When I saw what was going on it scared me a little to say the least."} She spoke telepathically to the other woman as the battle continued.

Ewan wanted to scream at this point because he knew no good would come of this unless they could get rid of one of their opposing creatures sets quickly. Nastia needed to feed, and he couldn't ask anyone to just stand there and be a blood tap. At the moment, that would be impossible.

"If we were closer to the research center, we could get you some blood from the blood bank to keep you steady, Nastia. Everything seems to have been destroyed."

"She can feed off me if needed. I've done it once or twice, right Gideon?" Jack said as he felt Reynard tense under his arm. "And Reynard, this is not a good place for you, but it will keep you safe," he said as he placed Reynard in a large bag he had slung over his shoulder. "No more bombs in there, but plenty of room for you."

{{Jessie, I think your mother is here, but I lost the feeling quickly. She must have gone to diamond form}} Ewan said as he spun to see others teleporting into the battle. {{I'm afraid Megan's spell went a bit berzerk back there}}

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{"I feel her luv and it would not surprise me with what we are encountering mom would do that."} She responded as she lit up more of the Zombies. {"Sometimes I feel like the only time both sides of me are at peace is in battle......Is that strange Ewan?"} She continued telepathically.

~ A distance from the drop zone of Pixie's teleport~

As Vincent quickly gathered his bearings, he realized they had been caught in Pixie's teleport and were now in the middle of a warzone. Coming hot in this kind of mess, there was little time to think, reacting quickly could mean life from death. And this situation was looking grim from the start.

Quickly slinging his AK over his shoulder, he removed from his coat a Beretta Cx4 storm carbine rifle and began to open fire on the closest zombies in the vicinity. The weapon was smaller and more compact,allowing for far more bursts and more dropped targets than the AK.

" Wade, how far are we from the kids?" By now, Wade was already knee deep in zombie bodies. " Feel my boomstick bitches." Between his blades and guns, Wade was a zombie killing machine. " Huh, what, I was doing my best Ash impression, except im much better looking than Bruce Campbell."

Wade then snapped back alongside Vincent and Outlaw. " The babysitters club is about eight clicks north east." Vincent cracked his carbine rifle across a zombie, pushign it back as he quickly reloaded. " We need to push to the kids, some of them are fighting hurt, need to get the situation stabilized."

No matter how many zombies were being dropped, they seemed to keep coming. It was likely the exact reason the X-Men were unable to advance as well. Shooting their way through the mass was a slow approach, Vincent decided to speed up the process. As Vincent's hand rose, the ground in front of him began to seperate, revealing a bright red glow from the underworld. Fire spit upwards from the crevice as soon, demonic hellhounds began to climb out from the hellish abyss.

" Go my pets, clear the path." The giant hellhounds charged into the zombie hordes, either tearing them apart of setting them ablaze. The streets began to become paved with more blood. " Follow the red brick road." Wade spouted out almost to a tune.

Vincent moved as quickly as he could without full on sprinting, so he could still keep precision on his burst fire. " When we get to the kids, we need to set up a perimeter with the heavy hitters, then we need to find a way to link up with Scott's team, they have medics and healers on board."

" Woohoo, let's rock n' roll." Wade spouted out as he continued to open fire on zombies, along with a well placed blade slash here and there. " So sweetcheeks, you a Left 4 dead girl or do you prefer Resident Evil, the fans want to know." He said to Outlaw as they ran. " Wait...heyyyyy where did lady nutjob go, i'm still pissed about me dougnuts being shot." Wade grumbled.

{{No, not strange at all}} Ewan said as he tried to find anyone else from the family, but none seemed to be close by. {{I can sense Scott, Piotr and a few others, but finding the family here is not that easy. Something must be blocking our links. Muir Island is close enough to home to be home. The Goddess is afoot, and I fear she is not pleased with whatever is going on in the shadows}}

Ewan took his sword and beheaded another zombie, all the while keeping an eye on those who had arrived after them. He saw a woman in clerical garb running with her sword held high straight at Deadpool. "Wade is here? Dear Goddess, that teleportation spell must have run off the rails!"

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Craig glanced at Reynard and almost felt sorry for him. The key word was almost since he still didn't like his ex-button man very much. *Poor Reynard is so vulnerable when he's a cat. He should be grateful to be on a pirate's shoulder. At least Jack knows how to fight* he thought. Mr. Dragotti continued to release manual bursts of fire at the zombies.

Reynard was confused when Craig noticed him. He thought his ex-boss should have focused on his surroundings instead of him. Then again maybe it would be a good thing if zombies ate him. He hissed at the creatures again. The feline wondered if Jack would be able to shoot the zombies' heads and defeat them.

" Its not your fault Megan, there was too much disruption in the energy levels from everyone else around, it threw your spell off." Jen called out as she still was not nearly a 100 percent after her near suicidal attack to take out a Predator X. Thankfully the remaining Predator X's and purifers were now busy with zombies as well.

But soon a massive zombie horde rushed in out of nowhere in the group of young x-men. Both Megan and Abbey were knocked down as the zombies were attempting to tear into them. Jen knew she was still hurt but it didn't matter. " You will leave my friends alone." Jen's eyes went into a flame color as she raised her hands. Every zombie in a 2 mile radius in all directions bursted into flames.

" You sicken me." She spouted as she then continued to build a whirlwind of searing flame and heat as she walked forward into more of the zombie horde. " I am the daughter of Jean Grey, and like her I hold the Phoenix within my veins, and it calls for your destruction." Jen let loose with a massive firestorm that tore through zombie and purifier alike.

Jen took a few steps back, then fell to her knees as blood trickled down from her mouth. She had over exerted herself even worse. But she kept pulling herself together to fight, like her mom surely would. But even though she had taken out dozens upon dozens of zombies, more began to surround her. " Got.....to....keep....fighting.."

Deirdre looked at Jessie. {{Thank you for the concern Jessie. Maybe once this nightmare is over you and I can go out for a few drinks and some laughs.}}Deirdre said telepathically to the woman as she fought. Once this was all over and done....and if they survived it, Deirdre was going to attempt to make some friends. It was something that she never thought was very important but now she was seeing the value in it.

"I just hate this feeling of hunger. It makes me sick to my stomach!" Nastia growled and then ripped another limb from a zombie. Usually she wasn't this enraged, but with the hunger setting in, she wasn't acting like herself. Maybe that was a good thing right now. She glanced over at Jack and smiled with her fangs sticking out slightly. "Although, taking a nibble on you wouldn't be so bad!" She winked and then took off towards another zombie.

Deirdre shook her head and then fired another arrow. "When we first got here I sensed Thom and my mother for a brief second. I tried to connect with them but nothing....." She said looking over at Ewan and Jessie.

"I'm worried, Gideon. I hate that I can't locate them or even speak to them."

{'We will do that!"} Jessie responded to Deirdre with a smile before her attention was taken back to the brilliant display by her sister Jennifer.

The children of Jean Grey were so much like her. Something that was always a concern for some at the school but whether they liked it or not both Rachel, Jennifer, Aeryn, and Jessie they're spirits burned with the same fire as there mother. But as much as they were alike Jessie was different from her sisters. She was as much a child of the celestial entity that had become apart of the Grey family as she was a child of Jean herself. Something that was both a blessing and a curse.

As she flew to her sisters aid she felt both feelings of happiness and concern. Her sister was back up to almost full health but with that second powerful display Jessie could feel that Jennifer would not be able to do that again for some time. "Sis you've got to watch yourself! You are not at full strength yet!" She put up a psi shield around Jennifer as she tended to her making sure she would be alright. "I know mom is smiling right now seeing what you just did."

As the fight raged on the attack had set back there opponents but as with any horde with just as many that are destroyed more are always ready to step in. She felt some of the undead after the display of power were focused on Jennifer and for Jessie she felt a need to protect her sibling even if she could handle herself. While keeping the shield up around Dreamfire her attention was drawn back to the newest group of undead quickly making there way towards them. Her eyes clouded over as black and orange colored flames engulfed her body before taking on the shape of the universal protector. "You are dealing with something you cannot possibly comprehend....." She said as the attackers coming towards her and Jennifer in seconds were turned to ash as the sound of screams of pain from the undead filled the air."

The black flames around her disappeared seeing the direct threat to the two women was gone. She looked down at Jennifer in a otherworldly tone to her voice she spoke. "I've lost my family once.....Never again."

Reynard focused on Jessie and seemed awestruck. Her psi shield impressed him quite a bit. His tail twitched in fascination as she turned the attackers into ash. He purred since she sided with him. Meowing, he turned to Jack again. He resumed his habit of hissing at enemies.

*This situation is no different from the temple! Adversaries are still surrounding us!* Craig thought as he frowned. Glancing at Jessie, he noticed as she turned opponents to ash. *Why can't I defeat our enemies like that?* he pondered while he looked unhappy. Scowling at the zombies, he released more bursts of manual fire. He was frustrated when his power didn't affect them much.

Not too long after the Pixie transported the X-Men to Muir, yet another portal opened. Immediately, the body of Dante was flung forth, his clothing charred and smoking as he flew backwards and slid across the ground. Despite the obvious severe injuries, he immediately rolled up to his knees and gripped the sword within his left hand; which was strangely D's unusually long Nodachi instead of Dante's typical broadsword.

"Look out for the.....What the hell?" As he pointed the blade at what he thought was the enemy he was just facing, Dante saw nothing but a sea of zombies, said sea which was now focused largely on him. Not surprising, considering that he was soaked in blood. The first creature of the undead came from his right, and it was only by sheer luck that the monster was spotted in Dante's confusion.

Though with little effort, he rose his handgun and quickly pumped three bullets into the face of the zombie, rendering it a non-issue. "D! Alucard! Where the hell are you guys?" It didn't take long for him to realize that his two friends were nowhere in sight and probably weren't anywhere within several miles of his location.

Aeryn has squeezed her eyes shut as she tried to call up the fire that burned inside her. She then opened them to see Jessie go to protect Jennifer. She never had a Phoenix inside her, so she had no clue how they felt when they used their powers to their greatest extent. Aeryn breathed out slowly and soon found her hands covered with fire.

{{Be careful, both of you}} Aeryn said to her sisters as she tried to set the zombies on fire. She looked at Mr. Dragotti and saw his fiery attack, and then she saw Dante Walker in the distance with a sword. "Mr. Dragotti! Can you make shapes with your fire? A fire sword might work at taking their heads off!" she said as she tried to shape her own fire but only got flaming whips instead of blades. She twirled and sent the fire whips at a zombie and managed to slice off its head. "Yes!"

Aeryn tried to push back thoughts of her missing brother Ryan as she continued to send whips of fire at the zombies. "We are going to get out of this, Mr. Dragotti! We're X-Men. And we have the angels on our side."

Blaze then moved back closer to Jennifer, Jessie, Abbey and Megan. "We have to beat these things back. I'll keep going until I drop. Just like you all do!"

{{Just like Ryan taught me}}

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Abbey quickly dodged a zombie as she had by now finally regained some energy after her massive attack back at the mansion. " This just gets better and better." Abbey still had her bone claws in her posession as she gripped them between her knuckles and began to drive through zombie skulls.

She seemed to actually enjoy taking the zombies down, perhaps an inherited characteristic from her father Stalik. " My mom and dad have to be here, does anyone see them?" She called out as she continued to phase out to avoid attacks, then drive her bone claws through the zombies heads.

Abbey finally spotted Stalik as she started to run in their direction, away from the rest of the group. It was then out of the corner of her eye she saw Rei admist the battle. Her feelings flushed instantly as she stopped in her tracks. " Rei!!!???" She screamed as she started to run in her direction, not knowing the dangers she was about to face.

" Ah hell." Roxy shouted out as she cracked her skateboard across the skull of a zombie as it splattered. " Abbey just ran off half cocked to find her parents, this isn't going so well." She looked at her skateboard that was now coevered in dried blood. " Ewww that is so going to stain."

Roxy no longer wanted to use her skateboard as a weapon so she reached into her back pockets and took out a slingshot. She began to pick up rocks on the groudn and injecting them with energy before loading them up and firing them at the zombies. " Eat this freak." She fired an explosive rock as it sunk into a zombies head, then exploded the zombies head.

But as she kept takign otu zombies, one of the Predator X's came barreling through the zombie hordes towards the group. " Not that thing again, anyone got any ideas that don't include us being on the snack menu today?" She fired a explosive rock at the Predator X but it didn't even stagger the beast. " I don't know what is worse, being zombie food or dinosaur food."

Reynard was quick to notice the portal that opened before a man appeared. He tilted his head out of curiosity for a moment. He saw the new arrival's weapons and meowed. That was when he saw and heard Aeryn. The feline seemed a bit surprised the minute she addressed his ex-boss.

Craig became more and more unhappy with every passing second. He was alert when Aeryn addressed him and ceased attacking his enemies. He shook his head and frowned. ''I don't think I can create shapes with my fire. I can only release bursts of flame and surround myself with my power.'' He was impressed the minute she formed flaming whips.

Ewan had been dispatching zombies wwhen he heard Roxy mention that the Predator X was coming their way yet again. "Bloody hell," he muttered as he looked over toward Deirdre and Gideon and their new friend Nastia. The girl needed blood, but first they needed to get rid of these damnable beasts.

"Does anyone have a med kit on them? Toss Nastia one of the synth blood packs!" he shouted as he looked at the charging creature. "If we can't kill the thing, we have to contain it. Jessie, can you use your wings to keep that thing back? Tara, we need you to dig the deepest ditch you ever have."

"Ewan, I am not Magma or Rictor!" Tara muttered as she placed her hands on the ground and started to open a fissure that moved away from the team and toward the charging beast. "OK, I got it going!"

"Jessie, once Tara gives the green light, let the thing run. Once it goes in the hole, Tara, close it. Jessie, you can use your fire to seal it. It will dig out eventually, but it might buy us some time."

"OK, let it rock!" Tara yelled as she ran toward Roxy.

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"Craig!" Jack yelled as he kept Reynard safely out of the reach of the zombies. "Can you take your fire and light up things? Like make it encase one of my swords? I know nothing about anything where mutant powers are concerned. I admit that freely. But I know a man like you can take the worst situation and turn it to your advantage. If you want to give it a shot, give me the word. We can also go with me slicing and you deep frying these things!"

Jack watched as Tara, Jessie and Ewan seemed to be hell bent on making a grave for that hideous dinosaur-like creature. "Wait. Are we anywhere near a cliff? Maybe we can drive some of these beasties over the edge?" he queried as he then saw Abbey run away from the group. "What say we keep an eye on the good Miss Pryde, Craig? She might be going headlong into a trap. Sri!"

Jack then saw Sri almost hip deep in decaying bodies. "She takes after both her parents, lucky girl. Sri! I think we should go after Abbey before she gets herself hurt!"

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*If only I could form a fire image of my late wife* Craig thought. He heard Ewan as he inquired about a med kit. He turned to him and shrugged to show he was helpless when it came to the situation. The pyrokinetic turned to Tara for a moment before Jack addressed him. He joined his companion's side and seemed impressed that Reynard was on the man's shoulder for so long. He heard Jack's questions and nodded.

Mr. Dragotti concentrated before fire formed around his body. ''I'm ready when you are, Jack!'' he said. He heard him while he suggested keeping a close eye on Miss Pryde. ''I can do that as well,'' he said.

Reynard was a little worried the minute Jack mentioned Craig using his fire ability to encase a sword. What if the blade got too close to his furry body? Then again he could trust Jack. He wasn't so sure about Mr. Dragotti considering their past together. Reynard meowed in a worried tone. He was especially anxious when fire appeared around Craig's form.

Jessie listened to Ewan as she kept a close eye on her sister. The shield held as long as Jennifer needed to to hold. "I hear you beloved and I am ready!"She said as she hovered off the ground, her powers manifesting again.

Ewan held his breath as Jessie let her shield down long enough for the Predator X to run straight into the ditch. Some zombies fell in with it, and that was a bonus. "Jessie, whenever you're ready, seal the hole!" he shouted as he winced for a moment. The ravens were now not only a tad annoying but also a bit unnerving. "Deirdre, something's wrong. Can you feel it? Not with your mother but with the Goddess herself."

As the Whisperer watched Vesta go to work, he prayed that whatever was going on with the Goddess was not as bad as it felt.

"Perhaps whatever made these zombies has upset the Morrigu?" he said as he looked at Deirdre and then up to Jessie. "I hope it is not more than that."

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Sri looked to jack as she drove her blaees through zombies. " I agree we should fol...." Sri stopped as her attention turned to something else going on. As part of the group tried to imprison one of the Predator X's, the second one came roaring behind the group, as almost the two were starting to communicate.

These beasts were smarter than planned, and if Cessily hadn't been knee deep fighting zombies, she would of been able to let the others know what was going on. Sri yelled out. " Guys stop what you're doing." But it seemed to be too late. As Tara tore open the ground, the debris form it began to build around the Predator X. He was taking the material into himself to not only repair injuries but to grow bigger, too big for the fissure created.

" Jack, we may have bigger problems, the creature just used the debris to reconstruct itself." Unfortunately Sri had been away from her mother for so long, her mystic abilities were weak compared to so many others about. But she had to try. " Let this work." She closed her eyes as energy drifted from her and merged with the debris as the Predator X collected it.

Soon the beast as it tried ot move, could not, it was stuck in place as it still tried to slash with its razor sharp claws. " I can only hold it for so long." Sri gritted her teeth, and to make it worse, purifiers started opening fire again at Sri. " Jack!!!!." Sri called out.

Jack spun as he heard Sri scream, keeping ahold of Reynard as he turned his attention to the Purifiers firing on her. "She's like a daughter to me, gentlemen," he said to Craig and Reynard. "I have to keep her safe. Craig, perhaps your fire will be most effective taking them out while I do this."

The good captain of the Black Pearl was not usually one to grab automatic weapons in a fight, but keeping Sri safe while she held off that other Predator X was his only priority at that moment beyond holding fast to Reynard.

"Bugger," he muttered as he found one gun on a dead Purifier. He started to fire at those attacking Sri as he tried not to think about losing the girl. "These bastards cannot be allowed to live. All the pain they have caused. It cannot go on."

Seeing an old school pirate firing an automatic was a sight to behold. It seemed like something out of those tricked out novels like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

"I will cross this globe to get rid of these bigotted fools!" Jack shouted as he continued to fire. "Can any other mystic back you up, Sri?"

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Reynard's ears flattened against his head when Sri called out. He heard Jack's words and worried if he was going to be left with Craig. He hissed at the very idea. Perhaps he could scratch Mr. Dragotti's expensive tie or puke on his three-piece suit!

Mr. Dragotti showed he understood Jack's wishes when he nodded. He seemed a bit impressed as the pirate used a gun. Turning to the other Purifiers, he scowled at them for attacking his companions. Releasing more manual fire, he showed no mercy. ''This is for everyone you harmed, Purifiers! Begone!'' he exclaimed before he literally dodged a bullet.

Sydney had been hanging on at Xavier's instead of going back to Buckland, and she hopped a ride she never expected on Dante's portal and wound up in the middle of some zombies before she had a chance to pull her gun or sword. "Oh, Cheese Wiz! Rose goes home and is bored to death, and I get to be zombie food. Oh, isn't this just the perfect ending to the perfect day?"

As she got out her sword, Sydney saw Dante in the distance holding a nodachi. "OK, that is just weird. Isn't that his friend's sword?" she said to the zombie to her left. "And why the hell am I asking you?" she said as she lopped the creature's head off.

Before she could get to Dante, Sydney realized where she was as her powers spiked. "Almost home! Woo hoo!" she shouted as she cut the head off another zombie. "Dante! Need a hand?" she said as she waved the limb of one of the zobmies at him.

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"Oh, this just blows chunks!" Jubilee said as she tried to stay close to Phenix in this fight. Both of them knew the value of a battle buddy, and being carried away by the zombie horde was something they could not afford to let happen.

"Babe, when this is over, we need to go someplace that does not involve zombies or crazy priests or humongous monsters! This is just nuts!"

Jubilee was also keeping an eye on Roxy as they all fought to get past the creepy critters. "Rox, Beast will have something to clean off the zombie goop. Hank always has that neat stuff stashed in the closet behind his desk. Ray guns from the Shi'ar. Asgardian ale. Zombie degreaser. You name it, he has it! And now, I have had it with you, zombie freakazoids!"

Jubes checked her gauntlets, and they were still good for mega-sized punches. She put one fist through a zombie's skull and then made a frowny face as the gore got on her uniform. "Hank better have gallons of that degreaser!"

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Vincent had been trying to make his way to the younger X-Men group when Abbey had ran past him. At the time he didn't think about it much, but now as he continued to cut a path through zombies, hsi attention was turned back behind him to see the horror unfold.

" Abigail noooo!!!!." Vincent yelled out as everything seemed to go numb and start moving in slow motion as he dropped his current gun and started to sprint in that direction. " No no no not another kid, no not this time, it can't be like this." He had seen this too much when he ran into the mutant concentration camps, somethign that still always weighed heavily on him.

Vincent made it too Abbey as he slid next to her and cradled her in his arms. He wasn't that close to Abbey besides sort of hanging around in the same groups, but he couldn't deal with losing another kid, not today. " Hold on in there, you got to hold on, you hear me." Tears formed in the corner of Vincent's eyes.

Zombies began to swarm around, sensing an easy meal. Vincent started to shake when he saw this. " How dare you." Vincent pulled out a sidearm, and began to open fire like a madman. " Come on you motherf*ckers, you want some meat, come eat me." He screamed out as the amount of spent bullet casings hitting the ground around him were uncanny.

Wade and Outlaw finally made it on the scene, taking out a few row of zombies to clear around Vincent and Abbey. But more kept coming as they sensed the blood and the easy food.

Then Wade had a lightbulb as he turned to Outlaw. " Hey I gots an idear, shoot me." Outlaw shook her head. " Wade this isn't the time for jokes and games now." Wade grabbed Outlaw's hand that held her gun. " This isn't a joke, shoot me, you know you wanna, just not in my handsome face."

Although hesitant, Outlaw rose her gun and shot Wade in the arm. Wade then rubbed his hand in the blood and splattered it all over the face of the closest zombies. He then began to run away from Vincent and Abbey as the zombies began to follow. " Come on suckers, I hear Wade is good this time of year."

Wade obviously being able to outrun them, he finally stopped and pulled a stick of C4 and a detonation switch. He then smeared his blood all over the C4. " Okay you redneck night of the living dead beeches, come and get it." Wade waited until the last second and started to run as the zombies surrounded the C4. he flipped the switch as a large explosion of blood,guts and bodyparts rained down. " And boom goes the dynamite."

Mr. Dragotti was quick to glance at Reynard as he remained with Jack. *At least that stupid feline isn't on me now. I can't bear the thought of him scratching my suit or puking on it! He's Jack's problem now!* he thought. He turned to the Purifiers again. That was when more fire emerged from his palms.

Reynard started to feel queasy from all the movement. He prepared to cough up a hairball and was happy when he didn't vomit. If only he was in Mr. Dragotti's arms! His ears flattened against his head due to the loud noises from the gun Jack obtained. He wondered when he would assume his human form again.

Ewan was at the breaking point when he heard Hank screaming over the commline. "Oh Goddess, not Stalik," he said as he closed his eyes and tried to call on as much healing power as the Goddess would allow him. "Jessie, no one else here can try to heal Stalik. I have to go," he said as he looked up at her in all her Phoenix glory. He then faltered for a moment as he turned to the rooftop in the distance. "Kari," he whispered as he tried to hone in on his sister but could not. "Jessie, watch that rooftop until I can get Stalik stablized. Whatever happens, don't let them kill my sisiter!"

As he took as moment to clear his mind, Ewan flew as fast as he could toward the downed Stalik.

TBC Ewan in the Where's Bruce Campbell thread

TBC everyone else here


OOC: Chris, Jessie can go with Ewan if you wish. Not sure of your plans

Despite everything that was going on, Dante was far too distracted to concentrate on the battle. Even with two Predator X's roaming nearby and posing a significant threat to himself and the other X-Men, he was too busy staring straight into the sky to really go off and attack. Every once in awhile, he cleaved through a zombie or two just to get them out of the way, but his attention was largely on the sky, as if he were looking for something. "Dammit..." Reaching into the front pocket of his trench coat, he then began to fumble around for a very specific artifact, though he was quickly interrupted by a zombie leaping on to his back.

With a grunt, Dante stumbled forward, frantically jerking his head about to avoid getting an open wound inflicted on him by the zombie. Even though he had a healing factor, fighting off zombification was not something he knew his body would be able to do, so simply avoiding it all together was far easier in this regard. "Ahh, I don't need this right now!"

At that moment, he was pretty much on the verge of being swarmed, and in mild desperation, he reached over his own head and grabbed a handful of zombie hair. In one fluid motion, the zombie was flipped and slammed into the ground with enough force to cause it to crack and shatter. From there, the corpse was tossed into its buddies. The nodachi was then hurled like a spear, impaling three more zombies in its flight path.

In the meantime, Dante eventually spotted Sydney and waved back. "Against these things, no help needed. Finding D and Alucard, I need help with. I still don't know how we got split up." He had an idea, of course, but he wasn't to sure. Either way, being away from D and Alucard right now wasn't beneficial toward the continued survival of his friends.