OU - Zombie War

"Alix, on your left! There are two zombies coming at you!"

"Oui, I see them!"

Several glass daggers shot toward the approaching zombies, impaling them to the wall. They let out a few low grunts before two more daggers impaled in both of their foreheads. The rotting bodies stilled before crumbling into dust with the night air carrying the remains away. The translucent blades returned to the female Sergeant, floating near her hand.

"Targets destroyed. This area is now safe."

"Yahoo! I got the last of them!"

Alix smiled as Xullivan came running up to her. The tall girl's knives were coated with green blood and some brain matter. Instead of keeping her distance when fighting, Xullivan went up close and personal with the zombies.

"Grandiose, Xullivan. None of them bit you, have they?"

"Nope~! It's not like I can become a zombie, I'm already dead," she giggled.

The shorter girl nodded. "Right. Now, we have to go find everyone else."

"Oh! Oh! I saw Sixal and Xandra head for the roof!" Xullivan flailed, waving her knives around.  

"Then we'll head there next," Alix said before letting out a loud sneeze. "Achoo!"

"Aww, you're still sick, Alix?"

"Yes…but this cold won't stop me from defending headquarters. Let's go."

Both silver-haired girls dashed toward the roof of Headquarters with the intent on helping their friends…well, Xullivan's friends. Alix didn't know those two girls well enough but they were allies and allies are always welcome in her book. As they turned a corner, the duo encountered more zombies in the stairwell. The French maiden shaped the glass into her glaive and swung with Xullivan lunging toward the horde.

"Remember to aim for their heads!" ordered young Sergeant.

"Gotcha!"

Zombies moaned as they hobbled toward the girls. Xullivan kicked one down before severing its head. But one undead monster made the mistake of grabbing her butt which earned it a swift kick to the crotch. That little action made the tall girl call upon her berserk element.

"Time to die!"

Xullivan jumped into the horde, manically laughing as she slaughtered numerous zombies. Alix watched in fear and fascination at her friend's attacks. Rotting body parts were thrown around the room, landing every which way. Shaking off her amazement, the Sergeant hurried over to the fray. Groups upon groups of zombies gathered to where the girls were, unbalancing the odds.

"Xullivan! There's too many of them now! We have to retreat!"

"No way! The more, the merrier," she manically laughed again as she kept hacking.

"Xullivan!"

The silver-haired artisan was busy dragging her friend away that she didn't notice a drooling mouth of canines aim at her head from behind. Before the teeth could chop down on her skull, a flash of silver blocked the attack while a flash of gold engulfed the head. Dxeloie helped Alix and Xullivan to safety, blocking the zombies with a silver shield. Saalxpl bought them some time by covering the monsters in gold. The four members managed to escape the zombies for a moment when they headed down a secret passageway. They stopped after Saalxpl felt that they were far away from the undead.

"Dxeloie! How did you find us?" Alix asked as she looked up at the woman she considered a world-sister.

The Shinning Maiden smiled and ruffled the younger girl's hair, grimaced as she felt some zombies guts mixed in the curls. She quickly extracted a handkerchief and wiped her hand.

"We were chasing a group down the hall when we encountered you two."

Saalxpl held back a berserker-Xullivan, who still wanted to fight. "Just what were you girls thinking taking on a horde that size?" she sternly commented.

Alix bowed her head. "Sorry…they just kept coming."

The Golden King nodded. "I see." Her ears then perked up at the sound of low moans coming from down the hall. "Damn…they caught up."

"YAY! MORE VICTIMS~!"

Xullivan wrenched herself free from the golden woman and took off. Alix was about to chase after but Dxeloie stopped her.

"We'll make sure that she's safe! Now go help your other friends!"

"But…"

"No buts! Now get!"

Before the French girl could utter another word, the metallic pair ran off after their taller companion.

"This is no way to treat your superior officer, you guys!" she shouted at their retreating forms.

Alix pouted as she hurried along to the roof. She only encountered only three zombies during her journey. Throwing open the door to her destination, Alix entered the rooftop.

"Sixal! Xandra!"

Instead of finding her friends in dire peril and in need of assistance, the silver-haired girl found the exact opposite. She saw the red-headed Sixal demolishing the creatures with Xandra sweeping up after her friend with her plants gobbling down some limbs in the process. Alix had jaw-dropped as she walked over.

"You two…did all this?"

The chess-user smirked at the petite maiden after one of her pieces to blow up the last of the undead. "Yep~"

"Although I wished that you didn't make such a mess, Sixal…" the pink-haired girl sighed.

Alix couldn't help but utter a soft chuckle. "Well, good job on destroying these creatures."

"No prob, Alix! Say wasn't Xullivan with you last I checked?"

"She was but her element took control and made her chase after the zombies…"

Xandra glanced at Alix while petted her plants on doing a good job. "And you let her go alone?"

The Sergeant shook her head. "No, Dxeloie and Saalxpl went with her to keep an eye on her."

Sixal frowned and scratched her head. "This is bad. Do you know if Vendox found out who sent the zombies after us?"

"I…haven't seen him after we all split up."

The Chess Queen sighed. "Well, I guess it's up to us three to find the cause." She then locked an arm around Xandra's. "Let's go."

Alix looked up at the night sky. "You two go on ahead. I'm going to go find Hellius."

"B-But, Alix…" Xandra stammered. "You shouldn't be alone during the invasion. We fight better in groups."

"I know, Xandra. But I'll be fine."

After bidding the French girl good-bye, Sixal and Xandra went back inside headquarters. Once they were out of sight, Alix ran toward the exit on the opposite side on the roofing area.

I'm sure Hellius is doing alright…but I can't help but worry.

Alix sailed down the stairs and down a hallway, leading her to the massive training room. Upon her arrival, she found the room to be dark and empty. The silver light of the full moon streamed through the large, arch glass windows, acting as the only illumination source. Alix cautiously walked inside and found nothing, not even one undead monster.

Zombies are crawling all over headquarters, but not here? I find this to be really odd.

Just then, the light in the room slowly dwindled, now casting crude silhouettes of said creatures. Whipping her head toward the windows, the female Sergeant found that the zombies were banging on the glass. Faint cracks began to form on the clear surface.

"Merde!"

Glass flew everywhere as the windows were smashed, letting the zombies free to enter the training room. Alix shaped her glaive into a shield and rapier, and took a defensive stance. Two immediately lunged at her but they were slashed away by her blade. Blood and guts soared through the air. The undead bodies kept coming at her, increasing her fear and flashing back to the hands at the chateau.

Like hell I'll let these disgusting things touch me!

Her translucent weapons began to crack from the force of strength she used. She cursed at herself for leaving her second pouch of glass back in her room.

I can't keep this up…my wounds from my last mission haven't healed completely and add my cold into the mix…

A zombie aimed a punch to her shield, making it shatter and her to fall back against the wall. Series of groans and snarls echoed in the room as the monsters advanced toward the fallen girl. Alix closed her eyes, waiting for her impending doom. After waiting a few seconds, she felt no attack.

What the…

"ALIX!"

The French Nobody looked up upon recognizing the voice as her boyfriend's. "Hellius?"

The horde in front of her started to get blown away by a large pair of claws. Loud shrieks came from the zombies who ere destroyed, their bodies dissolving into dust as their heads were severed from their necks. Hellius panted heavily as he approached her, covering in guts and rotting skin. The petite girl scrambled up and stepped toward the larger man, wrapping her arms around him in a tight hug.

"You're safe…" she muttered softly.

"Yeah, I am."

Hellius pushed Alix back and looked toward the remaining zombies. He gave a small smirk.

"Shall we show these bastards that Org-Underground is not to be trifled with?"

Alix picked up her rapier and the broken shield, shaping them back into a glaive. "Oui~!"

The pair rushed toward the horde, brandishing their weapons. Hellius's claws tore out fleshy innards with Alix severing heads by twirling her glaive. It took all night and some of the early morning to rid the base of the zombies. Most of the members suffered from minor injuries and cuts with others feeling exhaustion and fatigue. Vendox and Mary Danx assigned those who weren't injured to cleaning jobs.

"Argh…it's going to take me forever to get the smell of rotting flesh out of my clothes," Alix groaned.

She, Xullivan, Sixal, and Xandra were lounging in the common room, shirking on their clean-up duties. Alix and Xandra were sitting on the couch with Sixal sitting on the arm. Xullivan was busy balancing a bucket of water on her head, swaying slightly.

"Your clothes? Please! I'm still finding zombie guts in my hair," the Chess Queen snorted.

Xandra petted a plant, who was suffering from a sick stomach. "I don't think my plants can handle eating any more limbs."

"But the worse thing about this zombie war was that it totally ruined our Halloween party!" the taller girl whined.

All four girls shared a heavy sigh. Since the headquarters was still in need of renovations after the attack and that the holiday was over, the Halloween party was officially done with. Alix leaned back against the couch and tapped her chin.

"You know…we could go to Halloween Town and have some fun."

Upon hearing her homeworld being mentioned, Xullivan cheered happily but she forgot about the bucket, causing it to tumble and fall over her head, soaking her in water.

"Let's go!" she said, her voice muffled from under the bucket.

The four girls gathered the cleaning supplies and stuffed them back in a closet. After making sure that the coast was clear, a portal opened up and whisked them away to the twisted and macabre world.