From Dusk Till Dawn...

[cityship]

...Okay, so maybe that movie was about vampires and not zombies.

But as the battle in the Vatican dragged on, it might feel like it had been going just that long.

And it showed no signs of letting up just yet.

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[aworldnevermade.livejournal.com]

Well, there's not all zombies down there... but the thousand-foot-long blasts of purple energy every ten or fifteen seconds, carving runnels down the ground of the Square, make Meluly's position as she tramples through the hordes pretty obvious. She's trying to channel them away from the Basilica, but the problem is that without any actual morale or intelligence, all she can do is vaporize a long line of zombies with each shot, with the rest simply surging in to fill the gaps again.

And the sheer mass of bodies has kept pressing her back, towards the entrance and vestibule. The power armor is strong enough to splatter individual zombies easily, but there's just so damn many of them that she keeps getting tugged along with surges of the mob, able to get herself more firing space only by dashing straight down the gaps the suit's own energy beam is opening.

[lastofkuith.livejournal.com]

"Those who are worn out, go back with Mister Hellstorm!" Pirogoeth shouted, looking at those who had come out with her and others who came later and might have gotten closer. "I will hold them at bay for you to get it!"

And then the cavalry arrived in the form of Dr. McNinja and Nanoha. She didn't know Nanoha, but she did remember the doctor.

"A fighter as well as medical aid? It seems thou hadn't left for long," Pirogoeth called to McNinja, helping with decreasing the body count. If McNinja remembered meeting the healer woman, he might note she also apparently sets things on fire.

[birthmural]

Pointing with his trident, Daimon sent a surge of soulfire at the zombies crowding his fellow soldiers, hoping to clear a pathway for everyone to converge. They could not go on like this forever, surrounded on all sides. This would require teamwork.

[starlightace]

From her vantage point up in the sky, the TSAB aerial ace could see the various people on the ground, separated from each other by waves and waves of zombies. So the least Nanoha could do was help them clear a path.

"Excelion Buster."

A magenta burst of energy erupted from Raising Heart in the form of a powerful beam that scythed through the air and the zombies alike, vaporizing undead flesh as long as she could sustain the power output, trailing a line of fire between the various pockets of resistance.

[lastofkuith.livejournal.com]

Pirogoeth trusted Daimon to clear the path before the people. She made sure none of the zombies rushed in from behind.

She was used to this. She fought out of villages like this. Kingdoms, caves, ships, everything that allowed a crowd almost.

She fought out of her own kingdom like this. She would not wear out easy. She could still fight and she would. She would not stop because she knew, she knew, that they would not stop until they could no longer move.