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Fault steps up and yells, "Back off!" at the closest creature.  It stops a moment, its body still in shadows, and it appears to tilt its head.  Then sharp claws rise in front of its face in a defensive gesture, and it lowers itself to pounce on Fault.

At station 2, Jade and Lot step out of the "Employees Only" room.  The train appears to be fully operational to their left.  Laz, Mitose and Sam are facing Lot and Jade.  They are helping Sam stay on his feet when suddenly something drops right in the center of the group.  It is one of the creatures, and a drool is oozing from its mouth.  It is only about five feet tall, you notice, but it is crouched and ready to pounce.

Back at station 1, the creature is emitting a growl from deep within its gut.  The other creatures begin to growl in unison.  Fault is still well behind the white line, but the EM machine's signal has significantly weakened.  Snow, Viper, Ted, Elle, and unconscious Yusaku Kamakura huddle close to the machine.

Ted raises the sniper rifle.  "Should I fire at it?  What if I risk bringing them all on us?"

The mutant at station 2, looks back and forth at the two groups as if deciding who poses the most risk.

A sound near the train draws your attention there.  It is like the sound of nails against a chalkboard.  Another mutant is crawling up the side of the train, its sharp claws actually digging into the metal as it climbs.

And down the tracks, you hear something else.  The large thing, whatever it is, is getting closer.  It lets out a bellow like the call of a humpback whale that reverberates throughout the building.

At the sound, the mutant between you smiles, revealing razor sharp teeth.  Its claws are fully extended as it slowly turns and prepares to pounce...on Jade.
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Laz looks around at the others in confusion, his hand drops to his gun but he is unsure of what to do.

 "Well, I'm out of ideas, so yes, Ted, shoot it. Shoot as many as you can, as fast as you can."
 Fault hefts his EM rifle into position and aims it at the growling creature in front of him. "If that doesn't work, we'll just have to try this."

Jade lifts EM Rifle since the LAW 80 has too wide of a blast radius.  She says, "Come and get me, you mutant from the underworld!"  She will fire as soon as the mutant jumps at her.

Lot's eyes widen as he watches Jade lift her EM rifle.  Not quite ready to find out what effects it will have on both mutant and gunner, or those around them, he snaps his pistol towards the mutant and fires.

OOC:  Using fast draw to eliminate the penalty for a snap shot.
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Mitose looks about slowly, and whispers harshly, "We cannot stand our ground here...we'll be surrounded, we've no defense."  He looks about and then at the scientist, "How far is the train?  Can our numbers hold it against an attack from these things?"

[The train door is about 30-40 feet away since you are standing on the platform.]

Snow takes on a creature, standing back to back with any member of the group.