Terror Gauntlet
By Wyldsong 3 Comments
Alright, so I have had this idea for awhile now, and I thought I'd throw it out and see what kind of response I get.
Here is your setting...a decimated city, in ruins and in flames:
Team one is lead by one of my favorite horror movie icons:
Ashley J. Williams
http://www.comicvine.com/ash/29-11302/
Ash has his boomstick (unlimited ammo of course), his trusty chainsaw, and his metal hand.
Team two is lead by one of my favorite comic book duos:
Cassie Hack and Vlad
http://www.comicvine.com/cassie-hack/29-47906/
http://www.comicvine.com/vlad/29-47905/
Vlad has his huge butcher knives, Cassie has a baseball bat, a hatchet, and well...Vlad.
There are 9 steps to this gauntlet as the team leaders try and navigate through a decimated cityscape to reach salvation on the other side. And of course, being a terror gauntlet, each step is a surprise/ambush for our hapless heroes:
Step 1: The group turns a corner and runs into 20 Zombie "Walkers", the original old school Romero style zombies.
Step 2: After a short rest, and regrouping, the group travels a few miles and is set upon by:
Michael Myers
http://www.comicvine.com/michael-myers/29-46825/
Leather Face
http://www.comicvine.com/leatherface/29-41461/
And 5 people infected with the Rage Virus (from the movie 28 Days Later, etc.)
Step 3: Again, our group tries to rest in that terrified, one eye opened kind of way when they are ambushed by:
Father Wrath (Undead version)
http://www.comicvine.com/father-wrath/29-55357/
Ms. America (Ouroboros Ascension)
http://www.comicvine.com/emily-cristy/29-54139/
Step 4: Deciding that maybe sitting still for a nap wasn't such a great idea, the group gets on the move, and sees a grocery store. Deciding that some supplies and the all important twinkie might be in order, the group is hit by 10 zombie runners (modern style Dawn of the Dead remake and Zombieland zombies).
Step 5: While leaving the store and trying to decide if it is safe to eat the twinkie after the zombie bits have been cleaned from it, the group is set upon by:
Evil Ash
http://www.comicvine.com/evil-ash/29-45785/
5 Deadites (Evil Dead and Army of Darkness anyone?)
Step 6: Tired, scared, and needing a potty break, our group finds an alleyway that looks deserted. Little do they know, scaling the walls and looking for a snack is:
The Fly (1986 movie edition)
Step 7: The group makes it another few miles running and screaming (well, maybe our fearless leaders aren't screaming), when appearing suddenly out of nowhere in front of the group, as he is known to do, and will continue to do until dealt with is:
Jason X (the uber scifi rendition of Mr. Voorhees)
http://www.comicvine.com/jason-voorhees/29-41459/
Step 8: After a double, no make that triple tap, or really a quadruple tap on Mr. Voorhees after he has been blown to bits, decapitated, and filled full of lead, the group decides to try and rest, again (will they never learn?), when sneaking up behind them is a:
Tracker Predator w/2 "alien dogs" (see the new Predators flick)
Step 9: The end is in sight! They can see the bus that will take them out of this terror filled city, but wouldn't you know it, between the group and the bus are two terrible foes from the movie The Relic, and the book The Relic (both slightly different takes on a cool beast):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relic_(novel)
Mbwun
Kothoga
So, the idea is not at which step will either group not make it and fail or who can make it all the way through. Our group leaders are trained horror movie/comic survival experts, so they will make it even if their respective groups bite the dust. The grading points here are:
Who can make it out with the most civilians, and how many are lost during each step?
Who does the run in the least amount of time?
Who does it with more style and has the most "Zombie Kills of the Week" as it were?