Laz looks at Fault disbeleive in his eyes. "No, save your energy because we are all gonna need it."

 Fault nods, completely oblivious to Lazarus' expression. "Good point," he says seriously.

With Elle and Sam secure for the moment Lot charcges forward to the train controls and examines them briefly.  Far more important at this point was getting the train moving again, better to outrun the mutants than fight them off.

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Lot tosses a glance at Snow on his way over to the lever.  He seems torn between getting to the lever and helping his injured teammate.  With a growl he abandons his plan and runs to his allies aid.

"Damnit, if we are going to die we might as well die fighting and not in our sleep.  Someone get this goddamn train moving before we are buried up to our necks in razor sharp claws."

Lot pulls Snow into a sitting position and jabs an inhibitor into his shoulder just above the wounded arm.  Afterwards he begins to wrap a bandage tightly around the bleeding arm hoping that the combination of bandage and inhibitor will stop the bleeding quickly.
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Jade lowers the LAW and attempts to speed up the train like she did before.  "Good idea," she says.  "Speed may be our ally here."

Lot gives Snow an injection and begins bandaging him up.

Jade tries to speed up the traincar.  It is not responding.  In fact, if anything, it is slowing down -- losing momentum.

Snow awakes from unconsciousness, feeling much better but still hurt badly.

Lot snaps a look at Jade wondering why they were not accelerating yet.  The situation was becomming grim, in only moments they would be torn to shreds by the mutants.  With his options running out Lot abandons the bandaging for the moment and pulls out the flare gun.  Aiming it at the hole in the ceiling he fires, signaling their position for the Hyperion.

 Fault runs to the front of the train. "Jade! Rocket-launcher! Now," he stammers, stabbing a finger toward the pursuing horde. "Fire at the big one!"

Snow just takes a cople of seconds to re-orientat himself then loads his shotgun and gets some cover from a train bench.

Seems like a fight  could go down so Laz prepares himself. He takes a cue from Snow and takes some cover while waiting for any mutants.

Jade resumes preparing the LAW for a launch at the approaching horde of mutants.

Jade lifts the rocket launcher to her shoulder and prepares to fire.

Elle rubs her head and gets on her knees to inspect the mutant.

Above you, several mutants are ripping holes through the steel roof and ceiling, preparing to descend.

The doors to the subway car slam close and stop, somewhat stifling the outside sound, even though the rumbling of the train and screech of the mutants flows through the broken front window and the holes in the ceiling.

Jade fires, and there is an explosive whoosh as the rocket hits its mark.  An explosion of mutant bodies and squeal of pain is drowned by the explosion.  It is hard to tell the results in the dark, and because the explosion has thrown a thick layer of dust over everything.

"We have to get this back to Zion to investigate it," Elle says, pointing to the slimy dead mutant, apparently disinterested in the chaos around her.

Sam is also waking up, but still very groggy from the drugs.

Snow and Laz are under cover.  They peek out to see what Jade has done.

First one mutant, then two, crawl out from the explosion, making fast headway to the train.  Then you see more.  The horde has been reduced, but it is still there.  And it is still coming forward.  Jade has just bought you some more time.

You hear a squeal of joy as one of the mutants on the ceiling is breaking through the last layer and preparing to jump down through the hole.

A sudden beeping sound draws your attention down to the screen by Jade.  A message is flashing.

TRACKS BLOCKED AHEAD. DANGER. EMERGENCY BRAKES ENGAGED.

Funny.  You don't feel any brakes engaging.

Another message flashes red:

COLLISION IMMINENT. DISENGAGE THROTTLE. 30 SECONDS TO IMPACT.

Laz's eyes are wide as he sees the mess Jade makes but they grow even wider when he sees the still approaching mutants. He attempts to head for the controls if the path is clear.

"The throttle's already disengaged," Jade yells at the computer.  "The brakes don't work.  We've got to jump."  She looks warily out at the approaching horde of mutants.

"Doors are closed, so it's either up through the holes past those mutants coming in...or out this front broken window and into the horde."

She begins to reload the LAW for another shot into the horde.

Snow fires his shotgun into the main mass of the mutant on the roof, shouting

so can everyone jump out? who needs help?

"Getting out doesnt sound like an option.  Those mutants will be on us in just seconds after we jump.  Im going to find out what kind of obstruction we are looking at here.  Be ready to jump, but who says we cant plow right through it?"

Lot fast-draws his pistol and runs for the back of the train, the end facing the obstruction.  He smashes a window with the butt of his pistol when he arrives to clear his view of filthy glass and looks for what could be blocking the tracks.

"We've lost one to that jump already...I'm with Lot, check to see if we can plow through.  We'll have to brace ourselves to the rear of the car, strap ourselves in with the rope if need be, and ride itout." Mitose gestures for Elle and Sam to start moving to ther ear.

Seeing the hole that a Mutant as made, he pauses beneath it to fire upwards.

Laz saw that he could do nothing with the controls so he goes with Lot to the window.

 Fault turns to Jade and points emphatically at the empty air in the center of the horde-filled tunnel. "Aim past them! Shoot the big noisy one!" He glances out the front of the train. "It's obviously their leader, so there's a good 50% chance that killing it will cause the mutants to flee!"
 He shrugs, "Well, y'know that or it'll send them into a berserker frenzy."

Snow shrugs, Who wants to live forever anyway Then shouts to Elle as he fires at the mutant on the roof Elle, get over here and hold onto something....

Laz moves toward the controls.  He squeezes in next to Jade, who is reloading the LAW.

Lot is running to the back of the train, pistol drawn.

Snow fires his shotgun into the main mass in the hole being opened on the train.  The mutant is hit, squeals, and then slams into the concrete ceiling of the subway above.  There is a thump, thump, thump on the top of the ceiling moving toward the front of the train.  Then you see the mutilated body fall out onto the tracks in the path of the oncoming horde.

Sam is looking at Elle and the mutant.  He rubs his wounds.  "We must get this body back for analysis," he says.  "Our analysis before leaving the Matrix showed that they repelled the Sentinels.  If we can harness that--"

His words are cut off as Mitose fires up at one of the mutants making a hole in the ceiling.  He hits something that squeals, but then it moves back in position, hiding behind the hole it is opening up.

Snow is recovering from his shots and unconsciousness.

The screen flashes still:

TRACKS BLOCKED AHEAD. DANGER. EMERGENCY BRAKES ENGAGED.

COLLISION IMMINENT. DISENGAGE THROTTLE. 20 SECONDS TO IMPACT.

Then a new message lights up.

TERMINUS DETECTED. 30 SECONDS TO END OF TRACKS.

Lot begins banging on the back window to break it.  That's when he notices the light at the end of the tunnel...literally.  The traincar is about to surface from the underground into an open air track.  It will exit the subway in approximately 10 seconds.

Laz follows Lot to the back window.

Jade fires the LAW into the center of the tunnel per Fault's suggestion.  The missile explodes in the distance, throwing up rubble and dust.  You don't know its effect, but the horde seems unaffected.  It continues toward you.

With a crash, the rear window of the traincar shatters.  Wind begins rushing through from the rear to the front windows, both of which are broken now.

It appears that two more mutants are on the ceiling of the traincar trying to break through, plus the one that survived Mitose's bullet.

In the darkness, Lot and Laz cannot yet see what is blocking the tracks ahead.

"Jade, I hope you saved another rocket.  Looks like we are going to reach the outside very soon.  When we do be ready to collapse the tunnel behind us.

Lot continues to watch out the window until they are outside.  Perhaps then he could see what was blocking their way, leaving enough time to jump or head back to the other end of the train.

Laz had a look of confusion on his face. "What are we going to do folks this isn't going well?"

Snow watches the train roof, waiting for sign of the mutants. If one shows its ugly face he'll aim at it then fire.