Laying to Rest

Walt frowned seeing Jubilee's and Gwenom's predicament. He dodged Z-T'Challa and deflected his claws by kicking Z-Rogers shield in the way then engaged the octopus tentacles to fend T'Challa off momentarily. He swung the bowie knife at Rogers. Rogers blocked with the shield and Walt drew his revolver quickly with his offhand and fired.

He'd managed to hit Black Cat above twice forcing her back from Jubilee momentarily and smiled grimly. Seems that this one didn't have luck probability!

Rogers lunged trying to grab and bite him but he slammed T'Challa into Rogers and refocused his attention on the two opponents.

Jubilee fired a blast at Dazzler as she ran to Gwen. Dazzler absorbed the force and light but not the heat. It seared her and the blast countered her attack on Gwenom. Jubilee got between her and Gwen and said one word. "Switch!"

Gwenom understood as she recovered and sprang up to face Black Cat instead firing her webs as she swang her way. Felicia dodged her first shot but her second hit her foot sticking her in place as Gwen finished her swing and kicked her knocking her down. She used her strength to drive forward with the knives into her surprised opponent.

Jubilee grimaced as she kept detonating plasmoids into the charred and smoking zombie. She couldn't afford to relent on her opponent. "Gawd... I hate this world!"

Walt had retracted the tentacles again. He didn't want them to get too damaged and T'Challa had scratched them up pretty badly. He knew he couldn't shoot through the suit but it looked like T'Challa had ripped the mouth cover off himself so he could bite people. Walt shot through the vulnerable opening just before Rogers kicked the gun from his hand and slammed him with his shield.

Walt seeing T'Challa not getting up focused on Rogers. He'd dodge Rogers bite again as Rogers blocked the bowie knife with his shield. Walt dropped the knife and grabbed the shield while kicking Rogers knee. They went down and suddenly Rogers stopped smiling maniacally.

"No!" Rogers said as he felt Walt kneel over him and bear down, his strength was almost as great as his but leverage was on Walt's side.

"Yes," Walt said and drove the edge of the shield down into Rogers head. It made a resonate sound of finality as it struck.

"Glurgh!" Roared the jawless Zombie T'Challa as it dove for him in a frenzied rage. But with a "thwip" sound his momentum was arrested by webbing as a small but precise explosion detonated in the zombies gaping ruined mouth with a "bang".

Walt looked up at Jubilee and Gwenom. "Are you both alright?"

Jubilee and Gwen both checked themselves over and nodded smiling at each other in relief. Gwen swung them both down. "We're both fine!"

Walt breathed a sigh of relief. Jubilee came over and started checking him over with her hands. "Are you alright?"

Walt smiled at her concern. "I'm alright. Bumps and bruises mostly. No scratches and no bites." She watched him grab his left hand with his right and jerk. "Dislocated a finger. I'm just sorry things got messy. Watch the doors. We don't know if we attracted any attention. "

Gwen and Jubilee nodded. Walt, and Friday, inspected the zombies with a small sigh. "What were you four doing here? Hmmmm... plan to turn New York into New Wakanda with former president Rogers help?"

(("It looks like a plan to use some of Reed Richards technology to open gates to other worlds to aquire "livestock" for feeding purposes. Apparently only the zombies who have fed routinely are capable of rational thought, Boss."))

Walt shook his head. "Well glad to nip that plan in the bud. What's thus about depleted vibranium?"

(("Seems someone came and smuggled out a large amount of vibranium. They wanted to collect fallen heroes stores of the metal as well as grab more from other Marvel worlds."))

Walt frowned. "Sounds like our perpetrators M.O.. Well that explains why these guys were here. Let's see... vibranium, huh?" Walt picked up the shield. "Sorry to get you dirty old girl..." he wiped the shield clean and retrieved his pistol. He looked at the shield a longtime before setting it down gently on top of a table. "You deserve better... they all do."

(("You're being sentimental again. Objects do not have feelings. It's a dead-end world plot wise, Walter. Sentimentality is foolish. It's no different than using the other weapons you've confiscated. As you always say-"))

""Use every advantage", I know Friday... fine." He looked at the shield. "I don't know if you'd want to come with me but I don't like the idea of you left behind in this rotten world."

He picked up the shield before opening the next room. It was what he'd thought. Bodies of other heroes and villains. Most had already been stripped for parts and equipment. "Friday is there a way out if here?"

(("Hanger three has a QuinJet, Boss. It looks like that was their way out of here."))

Walt shook his head. "Alright. Looks like we have a gate machine to blow up and that'll do nicely. Let's get on it and lay these folks to rest. Just another mess to clean up."

"That resolves that nicely. Looking forward I can see how the branch terminates successfully. The removal of some of the relics not withstanding no zombies or deadite specimens left the world and they prevented the opportunity fir specimens to escape. That was my only concern. Anything else is another Watchers problem... Thank you for the popcorn."

"You don't have to go right away if you don't want to, guy," Stan said. "If we get lucky there might be a pool or shower scene to watch now that they've finnished cleaning up!"

The Watcher for the two zombie storylines stares at him before shaking his head and retrieving his chair. "No, thank you. Farewell."

"Oh!" Says Deadpool jumping up to hand him his request form. "Could you turn this in for me? It might get processed faster if it's from an "official" Watcher and not a temp."

He accepts the form and nods. "I'll see that it is turned in right away."

"Thanks for stopping by!" Deadpool said as he and Stan waved.

"See," said Stan. "Some of them are weirdos but they're OK... mostly."

Deadpool nodded. "Yeah... not so bad... those cloaks though. So not in fashion anymore!"

Stan rolled his eyes. "Look who's talking kid!"

"What was that?" Deadpool asked.

Stan smiled. "I said we should keep watching. Come back over and sit!"

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