***Action*** Zombies? on Mars!?

Who: Tara, Melissa, Jay, Phil, Others
Where: The beauty contest
When: After the last beach post.
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Melissa stood proudly on the winners podium, Tara wasn't bitter at
all, she was proud of her. After all, she deserved something to cheer
her up after Jack had died. She overheard a conversation in the
audience, it seemed to be about her and it made her laugh.
"Phwooor! I'd do her!" One surly bloke in a JMC security uniform said,
to a dark haired man stood next to him.
"That's my wife." Said Phil, glaring at the surly bloke.
"Smeg..."
"And it's Thursday..." Said Phil, cracking his knuckles.
"Have you been drinking at all boss?" Said the surly bloke, going slightly pale.
"Yes.... QUIVER BEFORE ME EVIL DOER!" Phil bellowed, going into full
blown Satan mode and thumping the bloke across the tent and into a
supporting strut.
The tent folded in on its self and collapsed onto of the people
inside, who began screaming in the confusion. Tara fumbled about in
the darkness and managed to find Melissa. She dragged her co-worker in
the direction that she thought was the edge of the tent.
---- Meanwhile ----
At the entrance to the resort, several people, who to the guards on
the door seemed drunk tried to barge their way onto the beach.
"Sorry lads, I can't let you in." One said, barring the path of the
gathering mob.
"Mmmmgghhhh!" One of the mob said, from his sewn up mouth and lunged
at the guard. The other 'people' in the crowd pushed forwards too,
overpowering the two men and crushing them.
The attackers staggered in, as if they were barely able to walk, and
ripped apart the security defence in a few moments. They pinned them
down, and ripped off their limbs, and still whilst the victims were
still alive, they separated their victims head from it's body. Each of
the stumbling attackers had a surgical scar around the top of their
skull, like they'd been operated on. Several onlookers to the fight
were unable to comprehend what was happening until the fight spread
out onto the beach and innocent sunbathers began to be slaughtered.
Jay had his eyes closed when the severed arm landed on his chest. He
opened his eyes and blinked, quite shocked to see the bloody stump
resting on his chest.
"That does it!" He said "Who threw this? I'll see your shore leave is
cancelled!" he yelled, then saw the carnage going on around him.
"Smeg.... SCRAMBLE!" He shouted, ordering the Blue Dwarfers to their
feet.
---- Back at the Tent ----
Tara and Melissa scrabbled out, after several others and dusted themselves off.
"Nicely done Ta....." Melissa started saying, before being cut short,
a hand red with Martian sand and dirt grabbing Melissa by the throat
and began to choke the life out of her.
"Melissa no!" Tara gasped, trying to pull the hands away from
Melissa's throat. More hands grabbed Tara and began to push her to the
ground, but all Tara could see was the pleading look in Melissa's eyes
as the breath was shaken out of her before Tara's view was obscured by
the frightening visage of one of the attackers. Gunshots rang out on
the beach and the attackers around Tara and Melissa fell dead.
"Come on Tara we have to get out of here." Jay barked, helping Tara
up. She pulled out of his grasp and ran over to where Melissa lay.
Purple bruises had already formed around her neck and Tara knew there
was no hope for her, she was already dead. The light in her eyes had
gone out and she was no more.
"Damnit! Why her!" Tara sobbed.
"Come on, we have to get outta here." Jay said, pulling Tara with him.
---- Later ----
The Blue Dwarfers were barricaded in a local pub. Several of the crew
had been giggling at the name on the sign.
"What the smeg is going on here?" Tara said. "It's like there are
zombies on Mars or something." she paused, thinking about Melissa. "I
swear i'm going to kill the son of a goit who killed Melissa though."
She looked grimly determined, a look she hadn't worn for a long time.
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OOC - Melissa is dead, with kind permission of Little Chris.
Kill some zombies you guys! They wont run out in a hurry, so kick some ass!