Stair Well, Sub Level 5, Negative Island Prison - 22:31PM, 3rd September
"I hate stairs" Deadpool panted as he climbed the final flight of steps to Sub Level 5 where the next beacon was located, "They are my mortal enemy." De Largo rolled his eyes and looked through the double doors. Deadpool limped up before pushing him out of the way glowering through the glass. At the other end of the hall there was a security guard standing around his hands clutching a riot baton and his hand-gun. Squinting and tilting his head Deadpool peeled his mask up and sneezed showering the glass with mucus. The guard heard the noise and headed towards the door as Deadpool ducked down to where De Largo was sprawled, the older man punching him in the face.
"Do we have any of them rascally shape-shifters in here?" Deadpool asked in an attempt to imitate Yosemite Sam, twitching the faux moustache he wore.
"Not to my knowledge although at least three of the inmates can…" De Largo begun to explain as Deadpool interrupted him by blowing a raspberry, "Yeah not interested, wouldn't have listened any way." he announced opening the door. "He's all yours officer." he told the guard pushing De Largo forward.
"What are you doing?" De Largo asked as the guard robotically took him inside.
"Bon Voyage Warden," Deadpool replied happily closing the door. "Finally the monkey is off my back, now to stop playing games and get out of here." he cheered. Down below there was a loud slap and a deep unseated mumbling, Deadpool's mind raced until he heard another wet sounding slap hit the stairs. "Tiger Shark, I thought we had got rid of that guy." he told the invisible De Largo. "Wait Impurest Cheese wrote that the guard walked robotically. But that could mean…oh no what have I done. Wait what did I do? Oh yeah something potentially bad." Quickly he opened the door and sprinted after the guard as he and De Largo turned into a medical supply room. The guard closed the door and locked it just as Deadpool reached their position, inside there was what sounded like a scuffle and then a gun-shot rang out. Using all his might Deadpool smashed through the door to see De Largo bleeding out on the floor, the guard hovering over him.
"De Largo, good buddy stay with me." Deadpool yelled as he bounced on De Largo giving the man a clumsy attempt to resuscitate him, pounding on his chest with the wrong end of the Difibulators. Turning he pointed at the guard, "Are you a man or a Muppet?" he asked, "If you're a Muppet, you're a very manly Muppet; if you're a man then you are a Muppet of a man." he sung.
"I'm neither." Skein announced as she slipped out from behind the shelves, retracting the golden threads snaking up into the guard's spine, dropping him onto the floor. "I'm free, I killed De Largo."
"How dare you, he was my way out." Deadpool moaned lashing out with his Katana slicing through the threads as they shot towards him. Moving fast he intercepted Skein and slammed her against the shelf, bottles of pills and boxes of gloves showering the pair. Skein smiled and kissed Deadpool before knocking him backwards onto the pile of corpses before heading to the door. Straining she tried to open it as a figure ran past the door, before turning out the security lights, plunging the room into darkness.
"Well that's ominous." Deadpool stated, "Don't worry baby I'll protect you from the dark." he told Skein as he locked lips with her. Over at the back of the room a light flickered and Skein shone the tiny pocket torch on Deadpool as he locked lips with De Largo, "Oh yeah baby you can bite if you want to." he announced before opening his eyes. "Argh I kissed a dead man." he screamed, "And he kissed back." He looked over to Skein who arched her eyebrows, "He kissed back he's alive." he yelled.
"Uh is that meant to happen?" Skein asked as something pushed against De Largo's chest. Deadpool recoiled before removing the dead guard's pistol and holding onto Skein's leg with the other. "They mostly come at night…mostly." he chattered as Skein tried to shake him off.
"Please tell me that you're just referring to a film and not real life." Skein whispered as she caught sight of the bulging De Largo corpse. In a sudden fountain of blood and gore De Largo exploded and something slithered off into the room. "What is it?"
"A Xenomorph, it must have infected him." Deadpool replied.
"A Xeno-what?" Skein asked. "Is this some kind of bug hunt?" she asked as the chest-buster slithered along one of the shelves. Swinging the torch around she caught sight of slick green scales sliding along the shelf and reached out with her powers and controlled Deadpool's arm making him squeeze the trigger and empty the three rounds in the pistol, all of them missing the slithering menace.
"Seriously learn how to aim." Deadpool said slapping her before scanning the room, now where is it?" he asked. As the words left his lips something flung itself at him grabbing onto his face chewing and drooling toxic spit onto him. Skein panicked and ran to the door panging and yelling something in Romanian as the creature tried to work its way down Deadpool's throat. Suddenly a light flared by the door and Skein jumped back as somebody cut through the door before kicking it open. Silhouetted in the doorway was Redback who had quite possibly stumbled on the strangest scene she had ever seen. Deadpool pulled the creature back before grabbing it by the neck, "Why the hell do I have six foot of eel trying to stuff it's self down my neck and how am I going to get out of here." he screamed as he throttled Body Steeler, the fish like villain thrashing and hissing angrily.
Dark Energy Focusing Centre, Sub Level 5 - 22:47PM, 3rd September
Pit Viper hurried into the Dark Energy Focusing Centre where Osborne stood with Yelana and another man as a woman dressed in a bronze unitard and cape fired electricity into the computerized aligning system the rings eventually in a position to channel energy into the warp gate.
"Hold it bitch." the man in motorcycle leathers and a helmet with a pair of stylized ant mandibles over the mouth warned Pit Viper approached Osborne.
"It's okay Bullet Ant, Pit Viper is an associate of mine, I presume the Hobgoblin is dead?" he asked.
"No but Creel, Blade and the Tattooed Man are, the Goblin killed them whilst trying to escape from us." Pit Viper told him, "He seems more interested in preventing people from leaving then actually escaping himself."
"Hmm so we are the only people who know about this active grid." Norman mused, "Ion is the system charged?" he yelled.
"Yes but the guidance computer has to be re-set." Ion replied as she floated over on an electrified disc of energy. "Somebody will have to stay behind to set it."
"Ms. Lance, your sacrifice is most kind." Norman told Pit Viper as Ion expanded the disc she was riding on to raise the other four villains up to the warp gate. "When you escape, I have no doubt that you will stay here for long, come to the location I am about to give you. Meet us at the Café Ole in Caracas, Venezuela." he ordered. Pit Viper went to the console and typed in the co-ordinates before powering up the gate. In a flash Osborne was gone as where his cronies, leaving Pit Viper alone. Smirking she stalked off back towards where the shoot out between the Hobgoblin and his victims had been, with any luck she would find somebody willing to help her out of the prison.
Mess Hall, Sub Level 6 - 23:07PM, 3rd September
"Take it easy." Tate told Skein as she wrapped a bandage around her arm, the soothing oil she had sprayed on the surface working to neutralize the venom of Body Steeler had spat on it.
"What about me?" Deadpool whined rubbing his arm, "It's all red and flaky."
"That's what it normally looks like." Tate replied, "Now what on Earth went on in that Storeroom?" she asked.
"Skein killed the guard and used him as bait for me and De Largo, then she tried to kill De Largo but he had a snake in his chest that tried to eat us." Deadpool blurted out.
"I'm an Eel jerk." Body Steeler hissed from the weighted down box positioned over the cooker, "And by all rights I should be given a ticket out of here, I killed the warden."
"Don't talk about De Largo like that he was my best friend and you killed him." Deadpool wailed. "Oh my god you basted you killed De Largo mother fucker."
"Really because on the way here you said at various times on the journey that I, Tate, Captain America, Darth Vader, an Oreo and LMD 22 were all your best friends." Skein stated, "You even included Body Steeler on that list and he tried to impregnate you or something."
"Hey it made me feel special." Body Steeler announced, "And it was infest, I don't knock people up, at least not in this body." he hissed.
"Okay Eel, you answer my questions or else." Deadpool announced
"Or else what?" Body Steeler asked.
"Or else I turn the heat on and we get Eel fajitas for diner." Deadpool told him, "You'll be the first meal on my new TV show on Chanel Screwball, Cooking with Deadpool. The Mouth is not just for Talking."
"Your kidding." Body Steeler hissed.
"First you need one Green Moray Eel." Deadpool stated, "Around 7ft makes enough eating for a large party. Now since eel's don't like fire I recommend throwing it straight onto the fire while it's wriggling. Turn the heat up to as high as it will go and remember don't use a microwave, the radiation might cause him to mutate."
"Okay enough I'll talk." Body Steeler spat, "Just turn off the oven."
"Okay how did you get into De Largo's body?" Skein asked
"You know when he went for a trip to the head." Body Steeler stated, "I got him then, he was finished in two minutes, even was going to wash his hands until I came up out of the U Bend and made him my own, of course it took me a while to get everything working." he snickered.
"You monster." Deadpool said dramatically, "Attacking a man on a toilet, that's dreadful conduct in combat sir although it would explain the smell." he added.
"I believe that's all you need to know." Janissaries' voice said from the Mess Hall speakers, "You have failed Mr. Wilson, as for you Mr. Jackson, once you escape your free to go and leave this facility, well done."
"How long did you know?" Deadpool growled
"Since Body Steeler slipped over the bowl." Janissary answered, "There are camera's in the toilets."
"Oh god does that mean." Skein asked
"Yes, your little confrontation with Ms. Conrad was documented, sad that she died so soon after." Janissary announced, "It's actually going on this Siege's greatest hits along with Mr. Wilson's reaction when I tell Ms. Williams that her patient is up and about, looking for food. That is all."
"What did he mean by that?" Deadpool asked cautiously.
"I met Blade in the Armoury shortly after everyone had left, he had come to see me about his condition and how he was running out of time. He asked if I could create a synthetic cure for his affliction, but because of my abilities create chemicals from blood he deemed it to risky. Luckily I should have been able to create a version from the chemicals in certain medical supplies. Unfortunately the Hobgoblin killed him before I could administer the serum." Tate explained.
"But he's alive now?" Deadpool asked, "How is that?"
"Blade is at least part Vampire." Tate said shyly
"You mean he sparkle's in the sunlight or drinks True Blood in a bar in Louisiana?" Deadpool asked, "Not a Dracula Vampire right."
"I don't know theoretically his Vampire side heals him, it's likely that he may be working off base instinct as he looks for nourishment, in this case blood."
"Blood." Deadpool squeaked, "He won't want mine its yellow."
"Oh grow up." Tate said loosing her cool, "We have to find him before he drains everyone in this prison. If we don't everyone will either be dead or blood suckers themselves and if an army of super villain vampires escape to Earth then we may as well crown Dracula king of America."
"It's that bad." Skein said weakly.
"Seems so." Deadpool announced, "Okay everybody lather on the garlic paste and sharpen your stakes we're going vampire hunting." he added as he walked out of the room, Tate and Skein following him out. As the door slammed the door to the corridor opened and Body Steeler, still trapped in the box, heard heavy boot steps cross the floor.
"Hey buddy help me out of here before it becomes to hot to handle." he hissed. Suddenly underneath his body the oven's pilot light sprung to life before the box was engulfed in fire, the criminal eel thrashing as he was burnt alive. Cursing and spluttering he was dimly aware of a voice, gravelly and thick, like a man so heavily fatigued that he could barley speak.
"Justice is Served."