Those Who Slay Together, Stay Together

Lost in the Light

"...Ready." Isabella said hesitantly as Richtofen disposed of the remaining crawlers. 

It's about to get real intense... She thought, reloading while looking around as everyone positioned themselves around the pyramid. The all too familiar sound of boards being ripped down filled their ears as the inhuman moans of the undead drew closer. This is it...

The first few zombies stumbled past the power switch as they met their demise at the end of Nikolai's machine gun. 

"Want a sip of vodka?" He taunted before gunning down another member of Samantha's army. "Oh, you can't, you're dead!" He finished, laughing as he took out yet another reanimated soldier.

"Luck does not begin to describe what you've done..." Takeo commented dryly while holding down his side of the room.

Nikolai frowned, choosing to let that one slide as he glanced back at the two girls behind him. They were doing a good job of holding down the back of the room while Tank and Richtofen covered the front. We might just have chance at winning this time... The Soviet mused, turning his attention to the container of zombie souls.

"It's filling up!" He shouted excitedly, continuing to blast the zombies coming down the stairs as their souls were sucked into the tube.

"Woah! Did you see that flash?!" Dempsey called out from across the room as he took out a crawler with his rifle. "It's powering the machine!"

Sure enough, the pyramid had started to react, creaking and hissing as the souls of the undead began to provide power for the ancient technology. Isabella cheered alongside the Marine as she zapped a train with her wave gun, smiling as she heard the satisfying ding before watching them puff up and explode. 

"I do love me some Zeus Cannon, but I think I might have found my new favorite gun!" She giggled, using her new toy to obliterate more undead.

Brianna continued to watch her back, determined not to let her guard down for a second. After all, that's all it takes in this place. One second for everything to go wrong... She remembered before turning her attention back to the battle at hand.

"Zhis vill open your mind!" Richtofen cackled loudly as he blew a gas zombie apart with his ray gun. "Ahahahaha! Get it? Open your mind! Forget it..." A thick cloud of yellow mist covered the area as more zombies rushed in to take their fallen comrades place. They met their end quickly before the doctor stopped to reload.

"I got this!" Tank said cockily, stepping in front of the German as he readied his HK, sending a barrage of bullets towards the oncoming crowd.

"I did not ask for your help Dempshey!"

"Hey, Dickdoc, didn't think it was possible for me to hate you more..."

"UND I FEEL ZE SAME VAY YOU SCHTUPID-"

"Uh, it is overflowing with energy..." Nikolai commented, interrupting their argument as he watched more and more undead fill the room. "This is good thing, right?"

"It's full! Now what?!" Dempsey yelled, glancing over at the doctor who seemed to be ignoring him. A mechanical sound caught them all by surprise as the now full tube slowly retracted back into the base of the pyramid and four new empty tubes took it's place.

"You gotta be fuckin' kidding me..."

"STOP IT UNCLE EDWARD!" Samantha hissed, making everyone jump as the room began to shake. "YOU WILL NEVER WIN!"

"Ve vill see about zhat you little pest..." He growled, staring at the pyramid intensely, a look of absolute hatred plastered across his features. "You are zhe source of madness, not I."