All Over The Island, Saturday Morning

[lockestheway]

The blasted heath was really enjoying itself now. Having turned everything in the campgrounds to ashes, it now spread to cover the park in full, twisting its creatures into grotesque shapes. Even sand on the beach had greyed, and tiny crabs were both growing bigger and more fearsome.

The taint climbed up the walls, destroying ivy and mosses that might have rested on them. It would take time for the rock and cement to grow brittle and crumble, but it would not be more than a few days before even the buildings of Fandom Town would submit, and turn to ashes.

The heath now reached its tendrils slowly into one direction. The dorms, once so far away, coming ever closer to its reach.

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[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Things were happening soon, so Bruce was up bright and early to get some extra practice in with some of his weapons. He stalked an area in the unexplored wooded area that seemed free of any creatures before deciding it was safe enough and settling in for target practice with throwing stars and bolas. The monsters were strong, but if he could tie up some to give one of Fandom's own heavy hitters a shot, that would be worth it.

After a few minutes of throwing things at trees, Bruce heard a noise. A twig snapping. Before he could duck behind a tree, a mutated teal deer was charging him. He grabbed a throwing star and threw it at the deer's neck as he leaped out of the way of the charge. The deer cried in rage and pain, but it didn't bring it down the way Bruce had hoped.

He got back to his feet quickly, but a second deer was upon him, ramming into him from behind and knocking him to the ground. It stalked toward him, reared back, and prepared to stomp down on him when he rolled onto his back and threw a flash grenade against the ground. The deer stumbled back, blinded, as Bruce pushed himself to his feet. He wasn't fast enough, though, as the first deer had returned to ram him into a tree with so much force that he was knocked out.

Bad time to go to sleep, Bruce.

[exboywonder.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, Bruce wasn't the only person who'd come out to this area to hone his skills a little while there was time. A large, three-pronged boomerang embedded itself into the deer's back before a streak of black dropped from a tree with a shoulder tackle.

Nightwing rolled to his feet quickly and spotted the second deer, which seemed to be comprehending shapes again. Nightwing grabbed a bola that Bruce had dropped, and when the deer started to charge him, he dove to the side and threw the bola at the deer's feet, tripping it up and sending it diving to the ground.

"Okay, I think we're done here. But thanks for playing along, guys!" Nightwing called as he sprinted toward the downed Bruce. He dropped a few smoke pellets to cover the escape as he grabbed Bruce, threw him over his shoulder, and hurried toward the businesses on Serendipity Place. He'd just hide Bruce in the back of the joke store for now. That should keep him out of trouble while everything went down.

[not_tylerdurden]

A shambling, slavering monster stalked the streets, back bent, hands curled into claws, features twisted into a grotesque parody of human form as it searched for its prey.

Of course, Calvin wasn't actually infected. At all. But try telling him that.

[heromaniac]

Momoko hadn't managed to make it into the dorms last night, and if she could see herself, she'd probably be glad of that. Sometimes. When she wasn't sniffing the air and wondering why the MEAT seemed so easy today. She wasn't so much hungry now as bored, and she kicked at the carcass at her feet, irritated.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully had a squirrel cornered. A regular squirrel, not a Pirate Radio squirrel. Good thing, or those guys would never let her live down what was about to happen next.

[heromaniac]

What actually happened was a very bored Momoko rushed through, swooping the squirrel up and away. Now she stood a few feet away, dangling the squirrel by the tail, swinging it in and out of Scully's reach, smiling.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"Hey!" Scully snarled after that much English. "MINE!"

And a run and a pass at the squirrel, aiming to grab its tiny ears.

[dollpocalypse]

Maybe Calvin wasn't infected. But his doppelganger really was.

Which was why, upon spotting Calvin, Topher-monster growled, low in his throat, and made a valiant attempt at raking his claws down Calvin's face. Just because.

[heromaniac]

"Heh" Momoko tossed it in the air, then jumped after it and over Scully, landing on her feet on the other side of her, the squirrel still in her possession. "Yours?" she growled, amused finally.

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

So, okay, Kenzi was bundled up in three layers of leather, with a saucepan strapped to her head, and a knife duct-taped to the top of her wrist and a baseball bat she'd finally tracked down and high-tops for running away, and she was looking for Bo.

Look, she never claimed to be a genius, Peter.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Snarllllll. That would be Scully, going for the tackle, and slashing her claws at Momoko's face. "Mine mine mine mine!"

[nookiepowered]

You know what they say about looking for trouble, Kenz? It'll find you.

Especially if you smell like dinner and wander around in the decaying woods like somebody blonder and more trashily dressed in part thirteen of a past-its-prime horror franchise.

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi whipped the baseball bat around. "Who's there?"

... now everyone knew she was. Oh man, she was stupid!

[nookiepowered]

Bo hissed and ducked out of the club-thing's range. That was kind of an answer, since English was a faint, muddy memory, but in case it wasn't clear enough, she followed that up with a growl and a lash of her tail.

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

The bat sagged as Kenzi stared, eyes huge. "Bo?!" She gaped, then: "You look like total shit!"

[nookiepowered]

There was something, way far in there, that was still Bo, to recognize Kenzi as familiar, maybe even the echo of a name, but the alien hunger swamped those thoughts, washing over them with a roar and her claw-tipped arms ripping forward.

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi screamed. Okay, so, she wasn't Wendy the Werewolf Stalker. The bat came up, and the knife-edged wrist too, and then Kenzi was just hoping to make Bo fall down long enough so she could climb a tree. Or something.

[nookiepowered]

So about that bat: when you were already fast and then an alien intelligence juiced you up like a shady college football coach with a syringe? It was less of a weapon and more a cool, something I can grab you by!

Which Bo was doing, holding onto the end like it was a Kenzi-handle specifically designed to pull the girl closer.

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi quit screaming, not wanting to attract more attention. Give her the bat! Wait, she'll have something to hit me with! Wait, she already has claws, who cares about the bat? DON'T GET CLOSER! Right, let go very very fast, and whip that hand with the knife at Bo's face.

And stumble back several steps, fumbling at the pack at her waist, fingers shaking.

[nookiepowered]

The bat came up to block the knife, but Bo wasn't really wired for using weapons that weren't her own body, anymore, so as soon as there was nothing stabbing at her, she flung the wood away and launched herself toward Kenzi again, hands reaching for her throat.

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"Ack keeecch Bo--" Why had she thought finding Bo and tying her up somewhere so she couldn't wander off was a good plan? Why?

Fumble fumble and her fingers closed on part one of her Ultimate Plan. YES! Even if her vision was starting to gray out!

Hairspray! Spraying! Everywhere!

[heromaniac]

Momoko laughed. It was not a pretty sound. Ahh. This was almost not-boring! She let Scully's tackle connect, keeping her arm extended and the MEAT away from the fun little one. "Poor hunter. Lost your game," she teased, elongated tongue flickering out past her grinning teeth to lick at the ooze Scully's claws were producing.

And also to send a quick lick to Scully's face. "Hmmmm. Tasty one. Don't lose this game."

[nookiepowered]

Hude, lidless black eyes shrieking in pain! Well... the mouth shrieked for them, but the effect was much the same. Bo stumbled back, hands off Kenzi and trying not to claw her own face off while wiping away the PAIN.

As Ultimate Plans go, it was not a bad start.

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

And if Kenzi could manage to get the damn lighter to light, it would have gone through fine! Fine!

Except her hands were shaking too hard to get it to ignite the hairspray like Wendy would do it, and she finally yelled "SCREW IT!" And sprayed the hairspray in Bo's direction.

And ran and ran and ran!

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

CHOMP.

Though she be little, she be fierce. Her teeth moved to sink into Momoko-thing's shoulder without further comment.