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Arklay forest

:: Alison was prepared to attack the snake with the full force of her powers. While she wasnt PHOBIC about them, she wasnt exactly FOND of them either. They seemed so sinister, so creepy....and even for the Seer who had seen many unspeakable horrors around the globe...a snake wasnt exactly something she WANTED to look at...ESPECIALLY a GIANT mutant snake that was as big and tall as a TREE.::

:: as she and Persephone ran forward, Persephone immediately reached out with her power over animals and Harbinger ran for Morgan, holding out her hand.::

Morgan

:: Morgan is surrounded by a swirl of dark,glowing orbs and TELEBLINKED from the Snake's graps over to and behind Alison.::

Morgan, it's allright...Persephone will take care of the snake.

:: Looking back quickly, Alison helps a distraught Morgan to move away from the area, to a bench near the cottage and sits her down. she looks up and watches as Persephone calms and subdues the giant, eriee snake.::

that thing...it doesnt even LOOK like a snake ive ever seen before.

:: she was THANKFULL that Persephone took over with dealing with it because she "saw" the OTHER abilities the snake would unleash if they had attacked. it would have been a harrowing battle. ::

:: as Ava came to see about Morgan, Alison looked up.::

She's calming down now...regulating her breathing. Nicely done with the snake. Your power over animals will come in handy here in the forest, there are all sorts of mutated creatures lurking about. that SNAKE...it travels in the water systems in the area...it got out of the mansion's water tank.

we better stay here...we dont have anything else to do and the forest is really a hidden danger.

:: checking over Morgan as the woman continued to stabilize.::

there's no serious injury, just a few scrapes and bruises.

:: looks at the now abandonned cottage. the breeze flowed as some dry leaves rustled and swirld around them and she looked at Ava.::

hard to believe this was once Sharon's "retreat". I'll contact Nicolas and Delilah...

:: Alison hadnt paid attention to the fact that Ava was about to tell her something about Sharon. Indeed, Alison hadnt even focused IN on that yet.::
 
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Rockefeller Center

[ Delilah wiped a hand over her forehead as the situation was disarmed. She pulled her gun and held it to the (hopefully ex) cop's chest while she waited for backup to arrive. Someone had already called the police as Delilah could hear sirens approaching. She held her badge high with her other hand so the uniforms wouldn't shoot her. She watched them handcuff the man and then gave her statement, promising to fill out a report when she returned to work.

Flexing her stiff arms and working some kinks out of her neck, she rejoined Nicolas. ]
 
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Bishop could feel a breeze as he stepped to the other side of the door – and that air had to be coming from somewhere. He peered into the blackness. What was down there? The feeble light from the basement showed the walls and floors to not be the same as found in the rest of the mansion. Bishop deduced that this must be a separate structure and not part of the house itself. He felt along the cool surface of the wall with his free hand, the other holding up his AK to the unknown.

He remembered intel about some kind of facility in the area – what they did there, he never knew. But perhaps the Spencers were connected to it somehow. It really was outside the scope of the mission, and Bishop could never be called overly curious, but something was drawing him down that hallway.

He jumped a little – and was glad no one was watching to see it – as a small electronic device began to vibrate in his pocket. It allowed him to stay ahead of the police and alert him to the goings on in the New York world of crime. Officers had been dispatched to a domestic disturbance where a third party and a flock of – birds? – had intervened.

Bishop shook his head. “Silver Swan…” he said with disgust.

He quickly turned back to the hallway as a low rumbling sound reached his ears. He pulled a flare from his vest and lit it. Looking back at him from the other end of the corridor was a huge beast. It had two arms and two legs like a man, but it was more like an animal – taller, scaly, with gigantic teeth and claws. As soon as the hall was lit, it began to run towards him. Bishop dropped the flare and fired the automatic weapon into it, but it kept coming.

Bishop retreated to the other side of the door, and pushed it shut as best as he could, shoving his body weight against it to brace it. The beast hit the other side of the door with tremendous force, causing Bishop to have to take a step backwards. He pushed again on the door, but the beast had managed to get a claw through the crookedly hung door. It slashed across Bishop’s arm and side, cutting into his Kevlar vest. He hit the protruding parts of the monster with the AK, but the butt shattered – worthless plastic, he cursed.

He pulled an incendiary grenade off his belt, pulled the pin, and threw it through a crack in the door. Giving the door one last shove, he ran as fast as he could up the stairs, and back to the stairs to the main house. He didn’t hear anything coming after him, but as he began up the stairs he heard another noise coming from the mansion. He knew THAT noise very well. Gunfire.

Barnett and Davidoff must have caught up with him. Going into the basement had been stupid – he had known he needed to get out of the mansion before they arrived and now he was stuck trying to avoid them AND the creatures that kept springing up here. What was wrong with him lately? These mistakes were going to get him killed. He applied pressure to his injured arm, clasped tight to his side, with a hand and he re-entered the mansion's main floor.
 
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Arklay Forest - fear...

<< Morgan was half dead with terror , her screams and the eldritch chimes set off birds that had been hidden before as they seem to scatter away in the air all around, while SHE was in the clutches of massive, albino white SNAKE.>>

<< she couldnt think...all her spells, her powers BEYOND her reach.>>

<< just as she began to black out, Harbinger and Persephone made the scene. She heard them both screaming her name and as she felt her body being WHISKED away by Harbinger's versatile teleblinking power and Persephone managed to exercise control on even this mutated creature and soon sent him on his way.>>

<< still shaking, coughing and sputtering a bit, her blonde hair having fallen forward, Alison held her and steadied her as Persephone came back and asked how she was. Morgan touched Persephone's arm....trembling.>>

oh...godd...goddess......

<< she didnt intend a pun. she had often invoked Hecate long before she even knew Persephone. she was so pale....and her violet eyes were misty from fear and shock.>>

the snake...wha...where IS IT?

<< she looked around feverishly....no sign of it...but the breeze caused dead leaves to blow about and the sounds of feral creatures off in the distance could be heard as afternoon turned into early evening...these were not normal creatures at all and suddenly Arklay's DANGER was becoming clear to the women. it was what you DIDNT SEE that could hurt you>>

<< Alison suggested they get inside the cottage and stay together as they couldnt abandon Haleigh and Alycia..>

Alison...are they allright? can you SEE them?

<< she said as th ey helped her up.>>

this forest....it must be FULL of creatures...what kind of things were they DOING at the mansion?? we cant even SEE it from here. maybe..maybe we should go AFTER them!

<< it was clear that Morgan was still shaken and understandibly so but even now, Alison and Ava could feel a forboding presence in the very air itself. this forest was a place of uncertainty and fear...how could Sharon have picked THIS of all places for her cottage retreat? >>
 
day becomes evening

<< even as both Morgan and Bishop were questining themselves and the place they were in....day was turning into early evening and they were BOTH about to find out just how much MORE there was to this place.>>

back in nyc

<< Delilah, who was also close to Morgan might have thought she was HEARING things even WITH her mutant perfect hearing as "eldritch chimes" began to ring in her head. Nicolas heard it too...due to his bond with Morgan. the ONLY time the chimes sounded like THIS was when Morgan was in extreme distress. ... and for "chimes" to sound off.... at least what they THOUGHT were "chimes"...more than two states away...it was both a testament to the bond Morgan shared with her best friend and her new companion AND what fear must be gripping her! and so they needed to contact Ava and Alison, only to find that NEITHER ONE was at Illustra >>

<< something was happening in Arklay.>>

<< the NYPD was now abuzz about the Silver Swan ...and media coverage was growing as some of the public WELCOMED this mysterious avenger of battered women while OTHERS were in hysterics over this silver clad woman and the birds that seem to follow her. Delilah was catching HELL for being so close to the Silver Swan and not attempting to arrest her, but little did they know her own connection to her OR that the silver swan was actually a resurrected Sharon Kelly!>>

back in Arklay Mansion

<< Bishop was now becoming all too aware of the enormity of the mansion. Back on the main floor and head out toward the foyer, he realized there were just as many UPPER levels that he didnt know about either. but he saw the remants of the battle between Black Widow , Alycia and the zombies out in the foyer and from the open doors to the west dining hall. the east doors were open too to that small exhibit museum.>>

<< Alycia and Haleigh were now on an upper floor, far out of his reach but the sound of his detonation would DEFINATELY not go unnoticed by Haleigh THIS time...he would have to leave, or risk being seen and NOW there wre THREE super powered women at Sharon's cottage, not to mention the emerging creatures of the evening around the forest...some of whom were FAR from natural. >>
 
:: Feeling Morgan touch her arm and exclaim goddess, Ava smiled softly, knowing there was no pun intended, but still finding it slightly humerous. ::

"Morgan, it's alright, the snakes gone."

:: Reassuring her, Ava didn't have to be told that there were other monsterous creatures lurking around the woods; she could feel them. In fact, many of them were watching/listening at that very moment. Some burried deep within the soil, others high in the trees. It was quite amazing actually...well from Ava's point of view atleast. ::

"Our safest bet would be to seek shelter in Sharon's old cottage until we hear word from Haleigh and Alycia. [helping Morgan to her feet] Come on."

:: Although Ava felt relatively safe out in the woods, she knew if Morgan came in contact with another snake [regardless of it's size] she would most likely go postal. Shelter was their best bet at the moment. ::

:: Walking with both woman toward Sharon's cottage, a rolling cloud of white fog began to overtake the woods, literally 'whiting' it out so no human or animal could see a single foot in front of them. ::

"Some cover...just in case."

:: Keeping a good 5 feet of clear air [no fog] in front of just herself, Alison, and Morgan, this would allow the woman to see where they were going. However, Alison would definitely be their 'eyes' until reaching Sharon's cottage. ::
 
Bishop silently crept along a hall and through several rooms back to the front of the house and the main foyer. Zombie and giant wasp bodies lay strewn about - someone was DEFINITELY here and he DEFINITELY didn't want to run into them.

He headed out the front door and into the cover of the forest. When he felt he was a safe distance away and out of sight, he sat down to field dress his wounds. He removed a small first aid kit from his backpack, pouring peroxide on the wounds in his arm and side, hardly showing any reaction to the pain. He then began to sew up the wounds in neat lines of stiches. Satisfied, he set off again, hoping to put as much distance between himself and the mansion as possible.
 
contacting the others

:: Harbinger looked around more and what Persephone sensed, SHE "foresaw"...::

there are so many creatures...many of whom are zombified but have "reacclimated" to this particular area...it has become a unique ecosystem in its own way....and in that, Mystech has provided an IRONIC area that would be of major scientific research....but as Persephone can verify, these creatures would sooner KILL any defenseless human than look at them.




:: As Morgan expressed the possibility of going after Haleigh and Alycia, Ava countered and Alison agreed as she and Ava helped Morgan along toward the cottage. ::

Ava is right, we better stick to your original plan...for our sake AND theirs. there's an unknown variable, even now that has has infiltrated the mansion. Not a DIRECT threat to Alycia and Haleigh but still, something to be noticed. I "see" them further inside, progressing carefully but steadily forward.

thank the goddess those two repaired their rift...other wise a moment like THIS would not be possible.


:: the fog began to roll in. it had been a LONG time since there had been an elemental on the team...not since TEMPEST, one of the founding members of the six! But Ava was in a whole other league and it showed.::

a sound move, Ava. this fog will cover us, AND confuse anything that might have its sights set on us....

:: pausing::

unless you count the sonar enhanced, zombiefied BATS that lurk around the rock formations near a waterfall several miles UP and near the mansion....

:: directing them along AND keeping her 'mind's eye' alert for any oncoming danger, Alison lead them quickly and carefully to the cottage. she felt like she was BACK to that night when SHE, Morgan, Delilah and Alexis came to rescue Sharon and Alycia from the Super Soldier!::

Ava, if you could raise the temperature inside just a tad. we may as well be comfortable here while we wait. ill seal the door and the windows with my TK and with my precognition, ANY thing coming will not get close before i know about it.

:: she looked around the cottage which was not lit at all and with nightfall coming, they'd need light.::

I better contact Delilah and Nicolas....

:: she looked at Morgan and Ava.::

Delilah is in the midst of extreme uncertainty right now...

at that moment, a pair of floating cobalt blue eyes pops open before Nicolas and Delilah. her voice echoes in the air around them.

Delilah, Nicolas? Ava and I are now in the Arklay Forest...Morgan was attacked by a gigantic, mutant albino snake of somekind. Persephone used her power to drive it away. clearly it was unnatural to this area..and given the water systems around here...there's no telling WHERE or WHEN it will resurface. This forest is a hotbed of mutated, even zombiefied creatures....castoffs of escapees from the mansion which is not too far away. We're in Sharon's cottage now and we've secured ourselves as we wait for Haleigh and Alycia.

:: she paused for a moment.::

Delilah....I know what's happened with Sharon. I've "seen" it and Ava was coming to tell me when i whisked us to Arklay. Are you allright?
 
[ Delilah was trying to figure out what they should do next, when suddenly she jerked her head around. ]

“Did you hear that?”

[ She spoke to Nicolas, while looking around her listening intently for the sound again. It sounded like chimes…

She pulled out her cell phone, and dialed Illustra. Could they please find Ms. Marble or Ms. Cassadine? Neither were on the premises? Thank you. ]

“Oh Jesus!”

[ Delilah was not expecting Alison’s eyes to pop out in front of her. She cringed as Alison told of the giant snake – she knew how afraid Morgan was of them. ]

Harbinger said:
Delilah....I know what's happened with Sharon. I've "seen" it and Ava was coming to tell me when i whisked us to Arklay. Are you allright?
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“We’re, we’re fine. They can’t figure out why I didn’t arrest Silver Swan, but I’ll make something up. As for Sharon…she’s certainly coming into her powers, that I’ll say. Do you need us out there with you?”
 
Nicolas already had a car picking up Sharon, and he was getting a report when he heard it. He answered Delilah.

Yes. THAT was chimes. And in distress!!

Nicolas looked in his own way as Delilah, and she confirmed what he already knew about Ava at least. That she was gone already.

He was not nearly as startled by the cobalt eyes, having an affinity for astral projection. He added to Delilah's report.

The incident has been somewhat minimized, and Sharon is headed back home. We can be at the cottage in moments of you need us...

He was clearly itching to rejoin Morgan. He knew how she felt about snakes, and he naturally wanted to protect her.
 
The girls find themselves in a museum of sorts.... pictures and exhibits line the walls like some kind of shrine to the Spencer legacy.... Haleigh tinkers around carelessly with the ornate weaponry, pokes fun at the Spencer family photos, and all around shows only mild interest... until she catches sight of a photo whose subject has her suddenly seeing red. She PUNCHES through the glass and extracts the photo....

"MALICE....."

She growls.... the woman in the picture is youthful but undoubtably JUST as malign.... and Haleigh holds a special kind of loathing for her... for Malice is directly responsible for so MUCH of the pain in Haleigh's past.... in fact.... Malice probably did MORE HARM to Haleigh than any other SINGLE person. She'd taken Haleigh's father, her childhood sweetheart Patrick, AND Cameron.... and that was just what Haleigh was AWARE of. Malice was GONE but Haleigh would FOREVER be dealing with the repercussions of what the woman had done.

"If I find one SHRED of evidence that Malice BELONGED here..... I'll burn this place to the goddamn ground. I erase ANY PROOF that this ever existed.... and then..... and then.... [balling her fist, crushing the picture] so help me.... if I ever discover who her FAMILY is.... I'll EXTERMINATE her bloodline."

Haleigh looked positively HOMICIDAL.... and Alycia practically had to DRAG her from the room... but they made their way upstairs... and Haleigh seemed to be coming back around to her slightly more pleasant self when Alycia asked for the keycard. Haleigh produced it, her expression distant but focused, and followed Alycia in. Wasps provided a temporary deterrent, but Haleigh helped Alycia to shoot them all down and soon they were moving once again. Alycia ruffled through the papers on the desk.... Haleigh inspected the jars and medical supplies while mentally cracking the code on the keypad. Alycia called her attention to a file.... on Sharon's son. Haleigh peered over Alycia's shoulder to get a look at it.

"Those sons of bitches..... I've done some pretty despicable things.... but not to kids. He's..... just a kid. They have NO limits..... they'll do ANYthing.... to ANYONE.... and for WHAT? fucking power hungry bastards."

A muffled sound made Haleigh's attention whip to the door they'd come through. It was a grenade.... she was SURE of it this time.

"Okay.... now I KNOW you heard that! [pushing the desk to barricade the door shut] We need to hurry, Alycia.... there's somebody else IN the mansion and they aren't so worried about keeping quiet. If THEY attract attention, WE risk getting caught too. [they keypad chimes and the door unlocks] Come on.... bring that file."
 
:: Entering the dusty cottage, Alison locked all the doors and windows, protecting the three of them from any unwanted guests. Keeping the fog thick outside [espeically around the cottage] it was slightly eerie to look out a window and see absolutely nothing. Slowly walking around the living area, Ava's healed boots softly tapped along the hardwood floors; a few boards creeking as she put weight on them. ::

"I feel like I should be in a Wes Craven horror movie or something. Three woman in an old cottage in the woods, late at night with looming fog....I can hear Jason's music now."

:: Ava spoke with a mix of sarcasm and deadpan humor. It wasn't her forte to stand around and wait for what happened next. She was very much a control freak and thrived off jumping into the thick of things and battling it head on. ::

[Sighing out] "I think i'll check the kitchen...maybe there's some bottled water or something I can salvage."

:: Walking out of the livingroom, Ava made her way into the kitchen, rummaging around basically to kill time. ::
 
astral projection

:: the floating cobalt blue eyes waited as Delilah and Nicolas responded. they both expressed interest in coming to the cottage but at this point, that was not a good idea.::

No. Persephone and I are here now with Morgan. She's plenty powerfull by herself but the SNAKE took her by surprise...this wasnt a normal creature by any means and THANKFULLY Persephone had the power to dissuade it inspite of its changes. We're going to wait HERE and no interfere with the course that Haleigh and ALycia are taking. Besides...they'll be rejoining us soon...out of NECESSITY.

You two need to go back to Illustra. Let Sharon return to her home under her own power. What's happening now is what NEEDS to happen. She's coming into her own but she's not out of danger...a fog is creeping closer toward her. and when the danger comes, Nicolas will be able to sense her ENOUGH to know when to get back there.

::the eyes looked at Delilah for a moment.::

Delilah, don't give in to confusion....dont waver now.

:: What was Alison referring to? Her warning was meant to speak to Delilah through and through....perhaops in a proactive attempt on the precog's part to ward off any doubt the mutant was having that could affect her judgement in the future. it would not be enough but with so much at stake, Alison had to try.::

Once you get back to Illustra, you'll find a data, image feed from Arklay being broadcast into the War Room courtesy of Haleigh.

:: and with that, the eyes close and Alison is gone. it wouldnt be long before the team was reunited....and it wouldnt be long before more situations started popping up
 
Arklay forest- the cottage

<< inside the cottage, as Alison sealed the doors and the windows and the fog creaped up. Morgan fashioned two floating magick orbs that would provide illumination for them inside. Persephone increased the temperature to a comfortable level and soon, the place felt a LITTLE less creepy.>>

<< Ava deadpanned about fullfilling more than one horror movie cliche and Morgan nodded as she took a moment to tend to her minor wounds.>>

only this time, it wont be jason, itll be mutant, zombiefied forest creatures. Jason would be JUST another glorified zombie after all WE'VE faced.

<< she thought about Nicolas....wonder what he was doing. he probably wanted to be near her and she could lie...she wouldnt mind being in his arms right now either.>>

i hope delilah and nicolas are having a better time with Sharon.

<< Morgan was unaware of the reports of the silver swan attacking a police officer or that it was in self defense actually.>>

No word from Haleigh yet either way, that must mean that she and alycia are making progress. I'm ready to get them out of there at a moments notice....i keep wanting to fly up there but i know we have to let things go the way they are meant to.

<< looking around at some of the tipped over furniture, Morgan began to sit some chairs upright for them to sit in.>>

Haleigh thought she registered the bio scan of another human besides Alycia when we first got here. lurking around the cottage, but i didnt see anyone at all. I wonder if it was just a hiker who was lost...or...?

<< unaware that Bishop himself was the perfect Haleigh had first detected and that HE was also inside Arklay until now. He had just emerged, wounded from a creature from a lower level and with documents that he had retrieved.>>

If you dont find anything in the kitchen, I can conjure/teleport us some things to snack on while we wait.
 
back in Arklay Mansion

:: Haleigh's reaction to Malice was as sharp as it was predatory.::

Haleigh...dont destroy this room ...we need to leave it as undisturbed as we can...

:: as Haleigh extracted the picture of a younger Malice, whose name appeared to simply be "Diana" Haleigh expressed a deep seated hatred for the woman. indeed, Malice had menaced Haleigh's family and her life for decades. the woman had cast a shadow over nearly EVERY member of the Six from FAR back. even though Alycia's father had died because a mystech owned insurance company denied him the medical care he needed, there was no evidence to indicate MALICE was DIRECTLY behind it. Of them all, Alycia had probably had the LEAST amount of contact with the woman actually and so while her sympathy went to Haleigh, it was easier for her in this instance to remain more cool headed a bout this. She pulled Haleigh along.::

come on! there's nothing here except more images and relics of the spencer family, the investors and other political/social dignitaries of the time.

:: up on another level and in the small medical storage unit, Haleigh looked over some of the jars with specimens, chemicals and other liquids while Alycia found , quite unexpectedly, Kyle Kelly's file.::

can you bring any of those along? :: points at the jars and other specimens.:: my government researchers and scientists could perhaps get a closer look at the virus that mystech has been cultivating now for decades.

:: as they looked at the file, both women were aghast at what they saw.::

they exposed Kyle to the G virus...an earlier, more unstable version of the T virus...he was just a CHILD!

:: as Haleigh heard that muffled sound, so too did Alycia.::

Yes...i DID hear it.

:: Haleigh barricades the first door they came through and Alycia prepares to go through the second one that Haleigh cracked the combination to.::

i hope we can get out of here.....


:: she said with uncertainty as she drew forth a wond that provided light and could also be used as an ENERGY BATON to fire concussive force blasts, or emitt blinding pulses of light and flares of energy from her leg holster.::


a passage way...it looks like it leads back through and BEHIND the rooms we passed down the corridor. so they had secret entries and tunnels all through this place.

:: down the passage they went, and sure enough...they could see through the two way mirrors into various rooms....many of which were long abandonned and clearly rooms that belong to mystech lab and research workes from time long past. there were walll pannels that could be used to release various forms of gas/vapors into the air, as well as monitor the vitals and stats of anyone in any given room.::

these must have been added on later....this kind of technology simply didnt exist in the mid to late 60s. computers were in their INFANCY. this mansion is a ruse all the way around....seemingly gothic and regal from the surface...but so muich more lays beneath the surface.

:: down the long hall....they heard what sounded like the house creaking and moaning...they finally reached another door...not immediately visible but there just the same. after feeling around for an obvious way to get in, Alycia found a slot for the key card ...::

good work on getting this card from Peter, Haleigh.

:: she slides it...and the door slides up. ALycia thrusts her energy baton forward and emits a pulse of light but nothing is there...nothing immediately.::

:: as they move inside, they find a room that looks like something out of emily dickenson book...wooden...old...only a small bed , a chair and a desk...and chains that were hanging from a wall. the room was filled with dust and cobwebs now and the chair was laying on its side...damaged.::

:: on the desk, there lay a candle with a cobweb connected it to the desk. it had not be used for a while.::

It looks like a room...but feels like a DUNGEON.

:: points to the chains on the wall...and the fact that there was a food tray on the floor nearby.::

and look!

:: tattered clothes..BOY'S clothes.::

clothes for a little boy!

:: they lay on the floor near the bed. and THEN...PAYDIRT....the JOURNAL that Alison spoke of...lay on the floor by the desk!::


the journal!

:: Alycia exclaimed a bit too loudly as she picked up the tattered book....::

:: at that moment, they heard more creaking and moaning of the house....and now they heard the muffled but heavy sound of slow, awkward FOOT FALLS...they werent coming from BISHOP either.::

what..what is THAT!?
 
at that moment

outside the mansion

<< Bishop didnt have long to rest, as he heard a slimey, slithering sound....and soon, from the ground, from the trees above...and from the slope near the water fall came giant, agressive zombiefied LEECHES....all zeroing in on HIM. this was in ADDITION to devil dogs that had become aware of his presence as well.>>

<< he may have done well to heed his OWN advice to Alycia all those years ago...for now in his attempts to destroy Sharon and expose Alycia, he may very well become FOOD for monsters himself!>>

<< the night was rolling in and there was faint traces of a fog from down the forest slope near where the cottage was. his exit strategy would not be as easy as he might have initially thought.>>

back inside the mansion

<< as Haleigh and Alycia heard the disjointed foot falls....they were coming CLOSER...and picking up pace.....it was still hard to tell from which direction at first...but at that moment, another sliding panel in the wall opened...to reveal a large, HULKING creature who easily dwarfed Haleigh and Alycia. a mishappen thing with only the slightest indication of humanoid origin. it was slouched over...with one arm that was longer than the other...a hump on its bak with tentacles coming out of it. three eyes, a long tongue .and wearing what looked like a hospital gown. he lumbered forward... ROARING as he now cornered Haleigh and Alycia in the room....this goblinesque creature was KYLE KELLY....and his body was now INDESTRUCTIBLE. blood dripped from his gaping mouth....and in his hands...were bones of long dead humans...as well as the broken chains still attached to the shakles around his wrists.>>

<< Haleigh and Alycia could TRY to fight him off...but the better thing to do would be for them to RUN FOR THEIR LIVES! at that moment...he swings...AT ALYCIA intending to PULP her with his massive fist. the SPEED and fluency of his moves contrasts his grotesque, oversized body..he's larger than even the SUPER SOLDIER.>>
 
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Haleigh obliges Alycia by packing some of the specimen jars in a foam lined steel case that subsequently disappears, headed for the Illustra War Room. They head further into the compound.... Haleigh ever with her gun at the ready as they explore. She's subconsciously 'clears' each room as they pass. She nods in agreement with Alycia's observation.

"Yes.... Mystech has always kept their technology up to date. It doesn't surprise me that this place is current. Mystech takes pride in their 'state of the art' badge."

Alycia slides the keycard through another secure door and commends Haleigh on having the foresight to grab it. Haleigh smiles and nods again, looking sly and sounding playfully confident.

"Thank you..... I've done this sort of thing a time or two."

She says with a wink... and a smirk that deteriorates as they enter the next chamber. It DOES look like a dungeon... it's dark and dank and NO place for a little boy. Alycia hones in on the journal, but Haleigh fixates on the clothing. She knelt down and picked up the little shirt.... it was clear that it hadn't been worn in quite some time... the print was faded and dirty but she could make out a rendering of Superman and the worn lettering that spelled 'Truth, Justice, and the American Way!'.... Haleigh looked pained.... Sharon's little boy had worn this.... and Mystech had taken that little boy away.... and like with Patrick, Mystech had crushed the goodness out.... and destroyed the humanity. In the distance, Alycia was saying something.....

Alycia said:
what....what is THAT?!
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"Huh?"

She questioned absently, but her senses immediately reacted to what Alycia was talking about. She leapt to her feet, closing the distance between her and Alycia so that they could present a UNIFIED front to whatever was bearing down on them. The silhouette of a LARGE and HULKING figure absolutely DWARFED them.... and immediately went for Alycia. Haleigh knew Alycia was likely to be incapacitated by a direct smash blow like that... but the hybrid had a much denser composition and could withstand heavier abuse than the unprotected human form... and so she had NO hesitation as she shoved Alycia out of the way and squared her torso to face the hit. She expected to be jarred... and she prepared to absorb the blow, then retaliate, and she lifts her handgun up towards his face.... but the creature was FAST and more coordinated than Haleigh had judged and absolutely SMITES her with such mighty force that she cries out and the CRUNCH of bone can actually be heard as he connects with her ribcage. The gun goes off, and Haleigh gets SLAMMED sideways towards Alycia.... she immediately RETHINKS the idea that they could fight the thing off... as she stumbles and ultimately crashes to the floor at Alycia's feet but is quick to scramble back to her feet and push Alycia again.

"Rrr- RUN!"

She croaks, ushering Alycia back out the way they came in.
 
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Escape from the mansion

:: Alycia gasps with shock as the massive creature appears....how could THAT have once been a LITTLE BOY? suddenly the sound from everything around her seemed to leave her as the creature attacked her. She was FROZEN by the sight of this grotesque creature....but Haleigh shoves her out of the way...she goes stumbling and falling onto the bed and quickly looks to see Haleigh fall ot the floor having taken the brunt of the blow.::

oh my god! is...is that HIM!?

:: Haleigh tells Alycia to RUN....and she knows thats the only thing that MIGHT keep them from being KILLED now. She goes to help Haleigh up, but the hybrid is able to get to her feet quickly on her own. ::



:: Alycia starts out the door down the corridor....and NOW suddenly it feels like a never ending black tunnel with barely any room to move, much less THINK or even BREATHE. with a flash of thought , ALycia brings forth a CLUSTER bomb....a small ball, the size of a large marble but packing enough concussive force to blast through 2 tons of thick concrete.::


her son.......what....has he....BECOME! forgive me, sharon.....

:: she looks back, flinging the cluster bomb over Haleigh's shoulder and it hits the floor at the creature's feet...DETONATING as Haleigh and Alycia run for it. the blast of light and force obscures the creature but its DOUBTFULL that even THAT is enough to kill him. ::

:: down the hall they run.....back into the medical storage room and the door shuts behind them. now out into the hall, Alycia slams th at door shut too.::

Okay....we've got it. now let's get the HELL OUT OF HERE!

:: the creature is coming....they can HEAR him! and they move down the corridor as fast as they can. thankfully there's not too much further to go....down the hall, one flight of stairs and now the main stair case back into the foyer!::

:: a few new zombies are lumbering about....but with her adrenaline going...Alycia can hardly CARE as she dashes past them. she and haleigh BOTH easily running around them as they make for the main doors.::

almost there!!

:: out the double doors they go....::

Made it........

:: spoke too soon!
 
one last scare

<< just as SOON as both women make it through the double doors stepping OUT from the mansion's insides....the ultimate fear is realized...as a massive hand reaches out...GRABBING Alycia by her hair and PULLING her back inside!>>

<< it happens as FAST as Haleigh can turn around and the doors slam shut!>>

<< They had done SO WELL....and now THIS. Haleigh , as strong and powerfull and as experience as she was, KNEW that she'd need assistance on getting Alycia away from him AND getting the hell out of there in one swoop. She'd have to call Morgan now before it was too late!>>

<< standing outside, Haleigh would notice traces of a fog the same fog called up by Persephone....THIS was beyond the normal mist generated by the water fall near by. and since the weather hadnt called for a fog , this was one more unusual occurence. she would also note that she had company, in the form of four zombie dobermans.>>

<< her time to act was SHORT at best, before the creature dragged Alycia to some other unknown part of the mansion ...unless he pulled her back in to simply throw her into the arms of ZOMBIES.>>
 
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oh my god! is...is that HIM!?
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"NOT [cough] ANYMORE!!!"

They race for the exit. Alycia throws a clusterbomb that the creature practically lumbers right through, Haleigh mentally lifts the desk that had previously barricaded the door over their heads and throws it at their attacker.... it slows him... but only just. His size and momentum carries him through the collision with the desk, but Haleigh doesn't look back to see if she was effective, she and Alycia spill out of the medical lab and down the stairs, Haleigh taking them two at a time as she hugs her left side protectively.... they rush past zombies in the foyer, Haleigh spinning out of the grasp of one and BOWLING OVER another as she runs for safety. they taste fresh air... Alycia exclaims freedom but it is short lived as she is SNATCHED back inside the mansion. Haleigh turns and lunges for her but is too late and the doors slam in her face.... Haleigh gasps and coughs, trying to regain her breath and wrench the door back open with one arm. Her ribs are killing her... she knows she needs help. There is a growl behind her, and she spins to greet it.... four devil dogs approach, menacing.

The TV in the cottage on the other side of the forest comes to life.... there is a short playback of Alycia getting pulled into the mansion and Haleigh getting buried by devil dogs that attack in unison like a pack of wolves. It is a burst transmission; a loud, effective attention getter.

Haleigh fights off the dogs but her range of motion is limited and the dogs instinctively ATTACK her weak side, forcing her to protect it even more and preventing her from any kind of offensive retaliation. She slams her fist down on the exposed backbone of one that lingers too close for too long, CRUSHING it and the animal yelps and falls away, paralyzed from the forequarters on back. Another dog clamps its jaws down on her right forearm, dragging her down and as she tries to protect her injured side with the other arm, she gets pulled to the ground. The dog bite doesn't break through the protection of Haleigh's BDU.... but 100lbs of supercanine is trying to rip her arm from the socket and Haleigh is definitely trying everything she can to get rid of it. She swings her arm, dog still attached, and smashes the dog against a tree to break free of its jaws. A third dog launches towards her, but is squashed by an ANVIL that Haleigh drops on it.

Haleigh unloads an automatic carbine handgun into the fourth dog.... there is one left [the one that bit her] but it is hobbling.... growling... but retreating slowly and Haleigh turns again on the mansion door, this time making the HINGES disintigrate and rushing back in, looking for Alycia.
 
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