Carter leapt high, soaring through the cavern's library, before he hit one of the large stone shelves. Clinging to it like some sort of bug, his sword now in his left hand, he looked down at Drago and sneered. The body-snatcher was using Marshal's powers to the fullest, his arms and legs bulging with new muscle, rock hard scales covered his neck and chest, eyes reptilian and cold. He spun his own sword, slowly moving towards Carter, licking his lips.

Picking up a stack of papers, Carter look down at Drago. "I imagine this is something very important." He balled his hand into a fist, the brittle paper turned to dust. "Oops." He grabbed another stack, tearing and ripping everything he could find. "You must have been gathering theses for years and years…no more copies left." He let the paper fall like confetti. "Again…oops."

Drago snarled, his fingers turning to claws. "You are not doing well to ease my temper, brother."

"You started this, Drago. I am merely finishing it." Carter glared at him, and as he spoke his words seemed to boom all about them, as if, for the very first time, Carter truly was speaking God's own words, "I will cut your hands and feet from your limbs. I will slit your throat and gouge out your eyes. I will rip out your tongue and drive my sword through your spine. And as you are reduced to ashes, your name will remembered for a new reason. 'Go tell of Drago…the fool that dared to cross Carter Daniels…the fool that shot his Valencia!'" At the mention of his daughter's name, Carter shoved himself from the bookcase, slamming into Drago full force. Swords fell as the two resorted tofist and claws, tearing and striking and ripping and beating one another. Whammy flames swirled about the two as Carter's glowing skin was cut and healed within seconds, Drago howling and snapping for his 'brother's' throat.

It was at this moment that Fredrick decided to arrive, flanked by two of his 'siblings'. The corpses tilted their head, confused to see Drago and the man Drago had said would be their need leader, battling one another.

Fredrick went from confused to rage within seconds. "I told you! I told you he would betray us!"

Carter held up his hand, blasting one of the corpses. "Mom and dad are chatting right now…f- off."

Drago snarled, hands grasping at Carter's throat. "He's right, Fredrick. Leave."

"He is ruining everything! He is killing my family! Let me kill him!" he motioned for one of his siblings to care of this, the corpse raising a gun.

"NO!" Carter and Drago roared, both rushing forward, grabbing a corpse and ripping it in half. "GET OUT!" They both screamed before going back at one another, blood staining the ground as they grappled.

Fredrick cradled one of the severed heads in his arms, staring at them in horror and rage. "You dare…you dare…..YOU DARE!" He held out his arms, veins popping in his throat. "MY BROTHERS! SISTER! RETURN TO ME!"

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Terrence blinked, turning to Sarah. "Are they…running away?"

She nodded. "Yes…yes they are." She said in utter surprise. The bodies they had been fighting had, just seconds ago, looking up, twitched, and then darted away, leaving the two of them standing there like fools. "I don't suppose this means we got lucky?"

"No…it means someone else got unlucky." Terrence tapped his headset. "Micah…come on, lets see if these stupid things will work…Micah!"

"Right here."

Terrence turned, finding Micah, West and Tina standing there, looking at the two of them dully.

"Look!" Tina said happily. "I found my daddy!" She held up an acid etched skull. "We bonded."

"Well, that's nice. Anyone able to get the base?"

West frowned. "Not at all. Signals being blocked down here."

"Why were the corpses leaving?" Micah said. "We had more of them come swarming us…only to just run."

"Something called them back." Terrence said. "And I think we should take this opportunity to get out of here."

"I…agree!" Carter called out over the headset.

"Carter?" Sarah called out, pressing the earpiece tighter to her head. "Carter!?"

"Yeah!" Carter called out, grunting. "Listen…you guys…get out of here!"

"Where are you?"

"Fredrick's family home!" Carter called out. "Damn it!" She heard her brother grunt, followed by the sound of his fists striking flesh.

"What's going on?"

"The zombies…they all turn tail and run?

"Yeah, why is that?"

"Me." Carter panted. "They are coming to kill me and Drago…if we don't kill each other first!"

"WHAT?"

"Get the hell out of here, ok? Get everyone and go! I'll clean up."

"Carter!"

"That's an order, Sarah! Get out of here, now!" And with that, Carter killed the feed.

Sarah turned to Terrence. "What…what do we do?"

Terrence looked at her, before glancing at West and Micah, who nodded. "Never leave a man behind." He cocked his gun. "Lets go."

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"That's the last of them!" Tony Stark told Lee, before the artist reduced him to a drawing once more.

"Thank you Tony." Lee said, looking back at the prison. Still they could hear the sounds of battle raging in the place, as Joseph and Adriana sought to bring it down on top of them. "What do we do now?"

Malcolm frowned. "You get the kids secured…we clean up."

"Clean up?" Kelly asked.

"Yeah." Malcolm said coldly, rolling his head back and forth. "Prof. Frey, would you do the honors?"

Linda smirked, eyes glowing blue.

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"Stupid! Arogant! Bitch!" Joseph roared, punching her in the face over and over again. "Thinking you understand! Thinking you are in control!" He seized her by the throat. "You know nothing!"

The building rumbled around them.

"All your little projects, all your little plans, they are worthless. Nothing matters…nothing. Not life, not death, not anything. Its all useless."

"Then why do you go-go-go-go on?"

Joseph smirked. "Because, dear woman, I dream that maybe, I will finally find the person who, through facing me, will make this world worth something."

The building rumbled again.

Joseph slowly turned, watching as the floor buckled, the walls cracked, and the ceiling began to cave in. All around them a roar was forming.

"We…we have to go-go-go-go-go."

"No…we don't." Joseph said with a mad smile, eyes alit as the wall gave way and 10,000 gallons of waters rushed towards them. He lowered his head as the water reched them. "Hehe…it doesn't matter."

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"Come on, is that the best you have?" Carter demanded, swinging his katana and nearly taking off Drago's head.

"Far from it, brother." Drago snapped, rearing back and locking his jaws on Carter's right arm. He screamed, pulling away, Drago likcing his lips as he swollen the flesh. Carter looked down at his healing skin, then once more at his opponent. "I will gobble you up piece by piece, removed all traces of the Metatron, until only Abaddon remains."

"Yeah, not in the mood for that." Carter said, firing a blast of whammy energy.

Fredrick continued to taunt them, telling them both how his family was coming and would make them both pay.

"Fredrick, when I am done, I am going to kill you." Drago snarled.

Carter smirked. "Finally we agree on something!" He swung his sword. "But you think too small Drago…you want to kill him?" Carter spun his blade. "I plan on taking Hell down."

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Author's Note: Yes, a very short chapter. But we are only two away from the finale, and what I have planned will make it all worth it.