originally posted in:The New Dojo
Arianna was silent for the most part, as she and her brother carried onwards to the door. She went first, opening - or attempting to open - the door and peeking inside.
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Haakon looked up and cursed as he raised his machine gun upwards and fired. He shot one of the figures and they raggdolled down and splattered on the steps beside Ari. As she looked at the creature, she saw that it wore black clothing and had sickly torn skin like the other dead creatures. But, this one had a blade in hand. Suddenly, the rest of he figures landed around the group as they stood on the steps. All of them wore black clothing and drew their variety of Melee weapons. There were eight, at the moment. But Ari and Isaac didn't know how many more were coming. Two stood in front of Haakon while the rest landed behind the group. "Come on kids! We gotta get to the top still!" The Jarl yelled as he open fired on the first target. The long toothed creature ran at Haakon and swung at him with a Katana but the Jarl blew its head off before it could complete the lunge. The six creatures behind them sprinted at the group while the one in front drew a large kukri knife.
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"Finally, these cucks are using [i]weapons[/i]!" Arianna laughed viciously, as if she found incredible joy within the fact of the monsters having weapons at last. Isaac made haste, looking for a way past the creatures as Arianna went to challenge them in combat.
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Then she quickly realized combat may not have been the way to go. More creatures dropped across the stairs, all armed with steel. Another dozen had jumped down and then another dozen after that. The only way was up, past the dead soldiers.
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Isaac had already figured that out, sprinting past the dead as he headed up. Arianna had noticed, as she yelled over the chair. "We need to go up!"
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"Up it is then!" Haakon suddenly yelled as he picked up Ari by her waist and lifted her over his shoulder. He did the same with with Scarlett who let out a yelp as he did so, and he began to charge up the stairs after Isaac. The dead ran after Haakon, and Ari would have to try and cover him from her interesting position.
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"Oh, for-" Arianna went quiet, as she began to rapidly slash with her blade: waves of energy were sent flying towards the chasing monsters, hopefully searing through their bodies.
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This tactic seemed to work for some of the black cloaked figures but they continued to rush at the large man as some of them survived the strikes. Haakon caught up with Isaac now and nearly ran past him before three more creatures jumped down into the steps above them. "BOY! TAKE CARE OF IT WILL YOU?!" He asked.
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"Oh, [i]fine[/i]!" Isaac roared back, in a considerably pissy and apparently bitchy attitude. He swung his left arm suddenly, the first that he waved upon exploding and showering the others. The other two found spikes digging into the flesh, before they split into two, as the spikes dissipated into blood afterwards.
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"See?! Look at ya now! You're being productive!" Haakon declared as he sprinted past the boy up the stairs.
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"Oh, please-" Isaac said in a somewhat furious tone, sprinting after Haakon in an attempt to catch up. After walking over the pool of blood that he had created, he then made a wall, blocking off the pathway from the zombies behind them.
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The dead couldn't pass which allowed the group to sprint up the steps further. The four of them were nearing the top before more dead leapt down. One of which landed on the railing of the steps and slashed at Arianna in her inhibiting state.
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Arianna barely blocked, gagging as she was left open. Her state had left her considerably rendered. "Isaac!" Without a word, the being was shredded from the inside, as Isaac kept running with almost inhuman determination.
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More creatures sprinted down the stairs to meet Isaac in combat, but Haakon continued to Sprint and he bashed through their ranks, leaving the three creatures prone as they fell.
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Isaac's immediate reaction was to let them explode as they hit the ground, and so they did: adrenaline was pumping through him now, as he carried onwards after Haakon.
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They continued to run up the steps, nearing the top now. The creatures sprinted out of the doors that branched off to the left but Scarlett shot at them and dropped them to the ground with her pistol blade. However, another creature jumped down in front of Isaac and slashed at him with a curved dagger.
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Isaac immediately batted away the blade with his shielded arm, proceeding to bash his fist into its jaw and, if it worked, sending it pummeling down below the group.
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It did so and reeled past him as it fell and crashed into the dead behind them. "Boy we gotta move!" Haakon yelled as he sprinted up further.
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Isaac made haste once more, sweat beading upon his head as he followed Haakon and the two females. He looked up to see just how high the throne room was, shaking his head.
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It seemed that they neared he last flight of stairs and as they made their way up to the final platform a large set of double doors revealed themselves to be closed. Haakon put the girls down and went to open it. He tugged but he couldn't get it open. "It's locked! Oh that's just great! Gimme a moment will you?!" He asked the three as he went to the door and started fiddling around with it. The creatures began to ascend the last flight of stairs now which meant that the three would have to hold them off
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"Goddamnit, Felix!" Arianna screamed over the chaos, as she raised up her bloodstained nodachi blade and let loose a roar of renewed vigor, dark red liquid dripping from her sword and body in general. While Isaac wasn't as bloodied or gory, he took position behind his sister, who awaited the monstrosities as they came: he would destroy those who were too close, if anything.
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As one of the dead got close it swung at Arianna with a vertical slice from its lower position. Meanwhile another ran towards Isaac, but then immediately directed itself towards Ari and swung at her as well.
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Arianna used the time to lock with the undead's blade, although she was fully unaware of the one which had suddenly turned towards her: its weapon slashed through her unarmored back, blood splattering upon the ground as she yelled in agony. Immediately, both undead's heads exploded and collapsed, as Arianna's very back began to stick itself back together.. "Fuсking FUСK." She roared, preparing herself for combat. Isaac regained himself, shaking his head as he prepared for more monsters.
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However, all the monsters continued to run at Ari. They didn't pay attention to Isaac at all as one more lunged at Ari with sharp claw like hands. Then, one of the creatures jumped into Isaac suddenly. It bashed past him, which knocked him to the ground..., And then it ran right at Scarlett, who shot the creature in the head and dropped it.
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"GODDAMNIT!" Arianna screamed, having to back away. Bodies and undead continued to explode, as if she was conducting their demise - meanwhile, Isaac had the fearful realization of what was happening, as he rose up and continued to fight.. He was becoming one of them.
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Then, the two heard a massive [i]crash![/i] behind them. As they turned, they saw that Haakon has put his foot through the door and knocked it open. He looked to the group, shrugged, then yelled. "COME ON! LETS MOVE!" As he ran through the doorway, Scarlett right behind him.