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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[notlewis]

At the sudden outburst of crazy old demon lady, there came the sound of a startled scream as Luis jumped three feet in the air, clattering medical supplies all over. A torrent of extremely filthy Spanish swear words burst out from his throat and he whipped his Red9 out and pointed it shakily at her.

"Jesus Christ, kill it!"

[immortalscot.livejournal.com]

Duncan had healed enough to wake up after they got him down to the bay. He had a feeling they were already wondering anywhere where all of his injuries had gone. He braced for the explanations he knew he'd have to give.

[itsmynamenow.livejournal.com]

Of course, Granny had to be evil. And Dr. Shouty - sorry Luis, but that name's probably going to stick - was at it again. Terry wanted to tell himself this day could not get any worse, but he was pretty sure he would just jinx it if he did.

While everyone else was focusing on the old woman, Terry noticed the little girl - did Lois just call her Sherry? - run past. "Ah, slag it," he cursed, making an attempt to grab her.

[in-venting.livejournal.com]

He almost had her, and she felt someone touch her but Sherry yanked herself through the fence and was long gone.

[cityship]

She's strong. She's strong, and doesn't seem to mind being pinned or impaled.

Nails that are far too sharp to be human slice at the drilltacles and she's freed, flying around the room again.

"I SMELL A FRESH SOUL!" She makes a dive for Vega.

[obscura-prodigy.livejournal.com]

Vega has a weapon. Vega is armed.

Something is hurtling at him. Fast. A threat to him and everybody else. An enemy.

Not just an enemy. An opponent.

And he has a gun.

Things seem to move slowly for him as adrenaline hits his system. He raises the gun, remembers without thinking what he was taught, sights it like he's been doing it his whole life, and fires.

[toariversodeep.livejournal.com]

And, at the same time, Roxie grabs the spider-thing from under the bed she's stashed it, twists, and hurls it like a shotput at the face of the demon... thing.

It's already scrabbling and spitting by the time it's in the air, and the fraction of a moment of travel is enough for it to full congeal into a white-shelled crab-spider-thing the size of a cat, full of teeth and claws and legs, and very very upset.

[addsperspective.livejournal.com]

Taking a quick step back, Ellen jerked her sidearm out of its holster and leveling it at the hag, flipped the safety off. What the !@#$ was going on? What was this woman and who had let her in?! These were all questions that ran through her mind. But there would be time for that later hopefully, right now, it was time to focus on keeping the kid safe.

Sighting quickly along the gun, she fired.

[bonnypiperlad]

Well, trying to bodily put himself between her and the kids didn't work. Jamie turns and starts to run towards Vega and the old woman. He's only got a moment after Vega and Ellen fire to make a decision - try and knock Vega out of the way, or attack the old woman herself. The crab-spider-thing Roxie throws is what decides him.

He murmurs a brief prayer, then there is a much louder yell as he flings himself after the old woman, sword flashing through the air.

"CREAG AN TUIRE!"

[raptorwithagun.livejournal.com]

Red Snout swiveled and leapt, his injured leg buckling slightly as he planted himself between the old woman and the children. No time for words. Just act. He leveled his rifle, not bothering to aim at this range. He fired once, then dropped the weapon, ready to lash out with tooth and claw if she came close enough.

[lilyofthedrills.livejournal.com]

And to add to the pile-on, drilltacles shot forward, attempting to impale the old woman on their whirring tips. Yuri, meanwhile, was too busy dropping to the ground, putting her arms over her head and screaming.

[itsmynamenow.livejournal.com]

"Slag," Terry hissed as Sherry slipped away from him. He was just considering going after her when all hell broke loose inside the med bay. Decision time - follow the little girl, or try to stop the old woman from wreaking havoc on everyone inside? He didn't like it, but Terry knew he had a better chance at helping the many over the one.

But rather then jump at the old woman like everyone else seemed happy to do, he practically tackled Vega. The kid was firing a gun at the old woman, which was a good idea, except for the fact that along with trying to protect the kids, everyone else was almost putting themselves into the line of fire. And a gunshot wound wasn't something they needed right now. So Terry leapt at Vega, trying to grab the gun and knock the barrel out of the way before the kid shot off any more friendly fire.

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

Kirk had sent Loren to look for volunteers to help the rear guard and the medbay was her first stop. She had opened the door to the medbay just as everyone started firing at the hag creature.

"Holy %$#%!"

[medicalmind.livejournal.com]

"$#!%" Scarlet jumped up as everyone moved at once, her initial instincts to shoot the thing that was screaming. She was, however, able to pick up on all the action around her, so instead she took up a defensive stance to protect the person she had been cleaning up, her gun out and trained on the devil-woman.

When Loren came in through the door, she spared the woman a glance, gesturing with one hand back the way she'd come.

"A little girl just ran out of here, blond hair, named Sherry. Go find her! We've got this." She could prioritize, even in a crisis. The kids were priority one, here. And while none of the others had been able to get out, initially, she could see the doors had been cleared up now.

[cityship]

Every shot knocks her back, damages her, but she just gets back up again.

Jamie hacks off an arm and then it starts crawling around the room, "jumping" from one surface to another.

"I'LL SWALLOW YOUR SOUL!"

[notlewis]

"MADRE DE CHRISTO, SON OF A-"

Luis whips his Red9 out from his belt and joins in with the shooting, trying to keep the old bitch pinned down or at least to where she can't swallow any souls all that easily.

At the back of his mind, he hears Leon's voice and sees his fist ready to knock his teeth out for letting Sherry get away, but the sad fact was, the little girl was priority #2 at the moment.

"Grab that arm and... kill it, or something!"

[morewildcherry.livejournal.com]

"Arm! Got it," Lois repeats, pulling out her gun and aiming. She's not a perfect shot, by any means, but she knows how to handle a weapon and aim.

After the arm she goes. Bang, bang.

[bonnypiperlad]

"Oh, so it's to be like that, is it?" While the shots aren't harming her as far as he can tell, Jamie hopes that they're slowing her down enough so what he wants to do will work. Because, if this doesn't work? He's in a world of trouble.

As multiple people try to keep the old woman pinned down, he brings his other hand over onto the claymore and switches his grip to a two-handed one. There is no battle cry this time - he wants to be as quiet as he can.

He starts to run once more. When he is close enough, he puts all his strength in a focused attack in an attempt to sever the monstrosity's head from its shoulders. It's the best shot he has...but will it be enough?

[cityship]

KERSLICE!

...That seems to have done it, yep.

One demonic zombie down.

But the arm is still running around, skittering quick enough to avoid gunfire.

[bonnypiperlad]

[And continuing over here.]