No more enemies were infesting the mansion, so leaving the building was a simple matter. When they got outside, however, a vampress and the pack of dogs that wanted to eat Martyr were waiting for them. The vampress went down with one crossbow bolt, but the dogs took more time to take care of; they were, however, easily defeated. After dodging a few of the whips and saving an innocent, Matt and the Hunters reached the gate to the Warden's mansion and left the grounds.
Back in the prison compound, the Messengers conferred to the Hunters that they needed to find the entrance to Death Row. By doing so, they would be lead to Arkady, and if they defeated him, this madness would end. There were, however, quite a few cops that didn't want the Hunters to reach Death Row; and all of them had shotguns. Judge activated Word of Power, and wiped out most of the bunch, but two flamethrower cops came to replace those that fell. A Fortress Beam to the head took care of one of them, and the other was decapitated by Avenger's back swing. After sheading a lot of blood on the complex's grounds, they discovered a key. The key unlocked the gate to Death Row and the Hunters pressed onward.
Beyond the gate to Death Row, there was a large series of catwalks. The catwalks were elevated bridges leading from one building to the next in the compound. The first building the Hunters came to was the psychiatric ward. The zombies that appeared were those of ordinary prisoners in yellow, but now there were psychopathic zombies in green as well! The Hunters charged into the fray, hacking away at the undead. Eventually, the zombie prisoners fell dead once again. When they started to move ahead, Matt suddenly said, "I know how to deal with psychopaths, because all of my friends are nuts!"
The Hunters tried to smile, but they were worried about the vampire bite wound that Matt had received earlier; despite Matt's ability to heal, the injury still wasn't repaired. Judge lead the group ahead to the right, across more catwalks. Matt stayed behind and searched for more zombies on the previous rooftop. When he didn't find any, he flew to catch up with the rest of the group. After continuing along the catwalk a ways, they discovered a human standing at the corner. When they went up to her she said, "A large group of women in black leather took prisoners further along these catwalks. Please save them."
No sooner had the woman finished speaking, vampresses appeared out of thin air! Matt:"Speaking of women in black leather..." Without a second's hesitation, Matt unleashed a Mini Necro Blade Dragon straight through one of the vampress's chests. A crossbow bolt instantly killed another. The third was fulled full of lead by the other three Hunters. Despite her resistance to bullets, the intense barrage eventually killed the vampress. Now that this catwalk was clear, the Hunters walked until they reached the end; at the end of the catwalk, the roof to the Holding Cells and the Infirmary began.
The group continued along the catwalk, in a straight forward motion. A massive amount of prison rot and psycho rot got in their way. Matt charged in with Blades extended and started hacking up the rot. Once he had plowed through to the other side, he released a Mini Necro Blade Dragon that pierced through a row of twenty rot. The formerly daunting force of 100 was reduced to a mere fifty. The other Hunters joined in and continued what Matt started, hacking every rot they came across until the last one fell.
They continued in this manner until they reached the end of the roof; that's where things started to get really crazy. Vampresses were dropping from the sky by the dozens and red Gargoyles were appearing at the same rate! To top it all of, dozens of psycho and prison rot were appearing as well! Avenger:"Oh, what the hell's goin' on?"
Matt extended his Blades and his Dragon Chains, using them as 150 foot long whips while his Blades did the hand-to-hand work. The other Hunters did what they did best; Judge prayed and unleashed the Word of Power, killing all the rot in the 16 foot range of the blast. Defender's Ward did damage to the enemies while forming a 16-foot radial barrier around the others. Martyr's Retribution made her immune to the physical harm being done to her while she counter attacked, and Avenger cast Smite, unleashing the powerful radial attack on his enemies. The blast sent further away enemies flying off the roof to their doom while those closer to Avenger combusted and disintegrated into dust. Matt was doing extreme amounts of damage with his Blades and his Chains were whipping all the vampresses and zombies within the range; the zombies were being decapitated and split in half with ease, thus their deaths were quick.
None of the Hunters escaped this battle without any wounds; the mortal Hunters were near death and completely exhausted. Matt, on the other hand, healed up his wounds quickly and his Healing Factor gave him nearly limitless energy. Seeing that the others weren't so lucky, Matt cut himself and used his Blood Trick on the other four. Almost instantly, all of their wounds healed and they were invigorated anew. After thanking Matt for his aid, Judge lead the group back towards where the roof connected, with a silver key in hand. After making it back to the Holding Cells roof, Judge made a right, towards a gate. The gate was guarded by three flamethrower cops, but these were eliminated quickly with a pair of Mini Necro Blade Dragon blasts. The initial two went to the corners of the gate and met in the middle, where the third stood. With no further obstacles in the way, Judge unlocked the gate and the Hunters pressed onward to another moonlit rooftop!
The new roof appeared to be completely empty, but Matt's heightened senses told him different. Once they reached the middle of the roof, another army of rot, vampresses, and gargoyles appeared. This army was nowhere near as large as the previous one, but the Hunters were not ready for another long battle just yet! Matt knew it, and so he decided to end the battle before it ever began. Matt:"Necro Blade Dragon!" The green beast surged forward and eliminated every monster that it came into contact with, either through its potency of 25 atomic bombs or the anti-undead power it possessed. After using his power, Matt winced a little; he showed no emotion but Matt knew what was going on: the venom was starting to affect his will to fight!
In the middle of the pool of blood that formed, they saw a silver key. Nothing else of use appeared to be on the rooftop, so the group headed back towards the `crossroad'. The group went straight this time, heading towards the last section of rooftop there was. Matt:"The prisoners are just ahead. I can sense them and a few of those freakin' vampresses. If we're going to save all eight, we'll have to hurry. Alright, I'll fly ahead, you guys catch up." Matt did as he said he would. He flew ahead towards the captives. He was flying so fast that by the time the vampresses knew he was there, Matt had freed the captives and extended his Blades, ready to fight to the death.
Matt's wound festered intensely when he was surrounded, so he was glad when he saw a vampress get hit with a crossbow bolt. The pain was intense, but Matt didn't back down; he killed any vampress that got close enough to him to be killed with a slash of his Blades. The others fired bullets and arrows at the vampresses to kill them. Eventually, this battle ended in the Hunters' favor and the vampresses dropped a silver key, which lead into the bowels of the prison. The group headed back to the "crossroad" and they saw a stairwell exit. After using the key on the door, the group descended into the higher floors of the prison!
