Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

[aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato)]

Shelton got out of the van and looked at the planes. He tried his best to look nonchalant, folding his arms and plastering a look of cool indifference on his face; nevertheless he was well aware that he never did any of this when he was really nonchalant.

So when DS-2 came sheepishly over to him, and jumped on the opportunity to focus on something else. "Where were you during the evacuation?" he asked. "You were supposed to be flanking......why is there only three of you?"

Narcissus couldn't meet his eyes. "We strafed the prison base one final time. Cebriones was sniped out of the driver's seat."

Shelton didn't say anything for a long time. "I specifically ordered you guys to retreat with us." He put his palms to his face. "Maybe next time you'll listen to me. Now I have to talk to O'Neill about finding a replacement."

[Mirumoto_Kenjiro]

(Idaho)

A guard approached DS-2.  "Your plane is ready for transport," he said.  "And it's best to hurry.  This little section of Idaho won't be around much longer..."

Another guard waved to flag Trinity's vehicle...

Another two planes are prepared and waiting, one of which is for Dr O'Niell..."

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(USMC Base)

"It wasn't much in that most of you are civilians," Vic replied.  "He's sort of piecing together the events of carnage we've all had since Pelvanida.  So far, he's been told we're fighting foreign terrorist cells..."

[MrDrake]

(Idaho)

Soon, Trinity stopped at the airfield and got out of her vehicle, still wearing her sunglasses on as she looked to the plane, closing the door to her car as she approached the guards "Any luck in contacting Drake?"

"Uh, no ma'am, no such luck yet, no answer, except for a machine on the other end" one of the guards replied back.

Trinity sighed just a little bit "That was his A.I" she motioned for them to hand over the phone, to which one of the guards did so.

She called Drake's number once again, and seconds later, the A.I picked up on the other end.

***

"I have already told you not to call again..." the A.I, known only as Soundwave, begun in its monotone voice "Ah, Ms. Trinity, no, I'm afraid that Drake is unavailable at the moment.....yes, I am able to pass on a message for him" after noting down the message before speaking again "He also wishes to pass on the message that the Hydra is very much near completion, it shall be ready in the following hours"

***

"Good, keep me informed on the progress of the Hydra" Trinity told Soundwave before hanging up and giving the phone back to the guards, speaking to them next "Where is this plane heading to anyway? What is its destination?"

***

Meanwhile, Aimee and the others were still contemplating on what to do when Hailey had remembered something else "Actually, now that I think of it, you lot best head off to wherever the others are....I have some business I do need to take care of"

Aimee looked to Hailey for a second and grabbed her, pulling her off to the side "Business? What kind of business are you talking about? Cause it better not be heading back to Dragonstorm again"

"Actually, it's nothing like that, well, it is Dragonstorm related....it's actually...I've got to stop something, it's....complicated is all" Hailey answered back as she looked over to Neku, then back to Aimee again "Just let me do this alright? Cause if I don't....there wont be anything stoping the Hydra...."

"Whoa, hold up....the Hydra? Trinity mentioned something like that to me a while ago....when I was fighting her that is" Aimee thought for a moment "How long will you be there?"

Hailey looked to the side for a moment before answering Aimee "Long enough I suppose...."

Aimee arched an eyebrow to Hailey for a moment, wondering what she actually meant by that "As long as you promise me, and Neku, that you'll be back afterwards"

Hailey continued to look to the side and shook her head lightly "I can't....I can't promise that....."

[aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato)]

Shelton approached O'Neill and Montgomery, who were just getting out of the car and filled them in on the situation.

"Sorry, but we just don't have the time right now to conduct the interviews and evaluations necessary to promote a new individual to your DS team," replied O'Neill. "You'll just have to continue as a four-man team."

Shelton suddenly thought of something. "What about Dr. Gallo? He's proven himself in combat and in the laboratory; he's a pragmatic fighter, and he's well versed in science and technology."

O'Neill looked at him. "You do have a good working relationship with Dr. Gallo. I suppose in light of the dire times we can bypass the normal advancement procedures."

He turned to Kerzach. "Do you accept the promotion?"

[Serris]

Dr. Kerzach nodded. "I humbly accept this position," he said.

Dr. O'Neill nodded. "All right then. Now I suggest you get aboard the planes. We're on a very tight schedule," he said. He then headed to the small airfield and boarded a plane with Montgomery.

"Simpson? You coming or what?" Dr. Kerzach asked as he started walking to the airfield.

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"What about Dr. Wayne, Dr. Williams, Cpl. Stern, Agito, Slash and Aydin?" Alfred asked.

Spc. Crota yawned as he uncoiled himself on the helicopter's floor. "I saw Aydin, Agito and Slash with Shakila. As for the two others, I don't know," he said.

(OOC - Dr. Zanasiu, Dr. Landon, Aisha,  Slash, Agito, Aydin, Shakila are in 1 helicopter.)

[Mirumoto_Kenjiro]

(USMC Base)

As soon as Zanasiu's chopper was filled, the ramp closed and the Chinook began to lift from the ground...

Ivory Squad waited in the second for the others...

(OOC:  Crimson Squad is in Zanasiu's Chopper)

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Guards soon entered the storage room, and were quick to find the lovers inside.  "Alright you two," the guard said sternly.  "You got a chopper to catch.  And I suggest you get a move on before you miss it..."

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(Idaho)

As soon as O'Niell and Montgomery loaded onto the plane before the doors shut and the plane was taxied to the runway...

DS-2 was being guided to the second, while a co-pilot from the third approached Trinity.  "Good evening, ma'am.  We have recieved orders to initially fly you to New Peenemunde Harbor, but we were also ordered to comply to a different destination of your choosing..."

[aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato)]

"Hey, I'm your commanding officer now, you refer to me as 'sir,'" joked Shelton, following behind him.

The rest of DS-2 fell in step behind them.

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Sharon had followed Zachary into his helicopter. "Wow, it's amazing seeing so many of the old gang here," she smiled. "Though I notice some, such as Siberys, Neku, and Shelton, are missing. What happened to them?"

[MrDrake]

"Good" Trinity begun as she begun to walk towards the plane with the co-pilot "I need to make a stop off in Washington D.C along the way to the harbour, I have some matters I need to check in with there, however, might I also ask what other orders you have after you have dropped me off at my destination?"

***

Kiara groaned a little bit as she sat up a little bit, looking over to the guard "A chopper? Why didn't we get informed about this earlier on?" she asked the guard and put her shirt back on, to which she slid off the table and onto the ground, using both her crutch and Kagetora as support before starting to make her way to said chopper with Kagetora.

[Serris]

"Syberis volunteered to be the test subject of a bioweapon designed to disable the psychic powers of various experiments - permanently," Zachary replied with a sigh.

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Cpl. Stern had returned from his "personal business" and arrived at the conference room to find it empty.

He mentally swore and headed to the mess hall, now teeming with soldiers and civilian employees.

He stopped a passing African man in "digital camo" BDUs.

"Have you seen Dr. Zanasiu?" Cpl. Stern asked.

The man nodded. "You mean a medium height, black haired guy with grey eyes?"

"That would be him."

"Yeah, he just boarded a helicopter."

Cpl. Stern's heart leapt into his throat. He quickly sprinted down to the airfield just as he saw the Chinook take off. He spotted Kagetora and Kiara heading towards the last remaining helicopter. He sprinted after them and entered the helicopter just as the pilot was preparing to take off.

"Kiara! Kagetora! The pilot's about to take off!" he shouted over the throbbing of the helicopter's rotors.

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Dr. Wayne turned to Dr. Williams. "I don't know about you," she said. "But I don't want to get arrested. I'm taking the helicopters out of here. Then maybe I can ditch the group somewhere."

She then got up and headed out of the mess hall.

[Nick22]

Dr Landon looked out the wondow at the land below as the helicopter started to rise.. " Well Folks start cranking out explanations because they will be demanded of us when we reach our destination..
_ Yeah, and my father connections and pull only go so far.. he might be able to get nme off with a wrist slap, if I'm lucky.. but I'm not sure if my luck will hold..' Aisha said

[Mirumoto_Kenjiro]

(Idaho)

"Actually, our orders are to take you where ever you wish to go," the co-pilot answered.

DS-2 was led to the second plane, which was ready for boarding...

O'Niell's plane reached the runway, and took off into the sky...

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(USMC Base)

In the first chopper as it was rising, Ice replied to Dr Landon and Aisha.  "Relax...  We're going to OUR base of operations.  We won't have problems there."

"He's right," Vic added.  "The only reason the other bases cooperated with us before is because we told them we were fighting terrorists.  They still know nothing about Dragonstorm..."

[Cancerian Tiger]

Dr. Williams thought about what Dr. Wayne had just said, and she realized she did not want to get arrested either.

"Wait for me," she spoke up as she followed Dr. Wayne out of the mess hall.

[aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato)]

"So...this plane is completely safe?" Shelton nervously asked their escort, glancing at the chassis and the pilot, who was a thin, seedy man with stringy white hair. "And what class of pilot's certificate does that man have?"

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Sharon nodded. "And Neku and Shelton aren't helping out? I mean, Shelton I can understand, he wasn't exactly a willing participant in the whole terrorist incident, but Neku I thought would jump at the call. Did he settle down with Snow or something?"

[Serris]

(OOC - Starfall has turned over his RP characters into the public domain.)

Roux teleported Cale, and Aedelwulf to the airfield just as the last helicopter prepared to take off.

They then bolted aboard the landing ramp.

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Dr. Wayne had managed to get onto the airfield just by sheer luck. She glanced around and saw one helicopter.

"Wait for us!" she shouted. She then looked behind her to see if Dr. Williams was following.

[MrDrake]

(OOC: Since Starfall said he wont be coming back, and is handing out his characters to others, I'm gonna take control of Neku....so hands off him XD)

(Idaho)

Neku could not help but overhear what was going on between Aimee and Hailey, especially in regards to what Hailey was telling her friend, and he could not believe it, to the point on which he decided to interject "No...no, no, no, no, no" he begun, stepping inbetween Hailey and Aimee, looking at Hailey "I can't....I can't let you go though with this, it's just too dangerous"

Hailey looked to Neku with a little groan of her own "This is why I didn't want you knowing about this, cause this is exactly what I was afraid you were going to say....getting all worried about me....it's just something I don't want you to have to do is all"

Neku seemed to then think for a moment "Who is it that you need to stop anyway? I know I heard something about a Hydra....but of course, I'm guessing that there is someone that needs to let it off its leash....figutavly speaking of course"

Hailey paused for a moment "His name is Drake"

"Drake? Wait a second, wasn't he the one with that flute from before?" Neku asked a bit more curiously now, arching an eyebrow even "What the hell is he doing with a Hydra?"

"Not sure, all I know is, I've got to destroy it before it's released" Hailey replied back.

"Well, where do you need to go for that?" Dr. Hazel soon spoke up.

"Las Vegas" Hailey replied back as she folded her arms in the process.

Neku hessitated for a moment before he spoke up again "I'm going with you, there's no way in hell I'm going to let you take on Drake yourself"

[Mirumoto_Kenjiro]

(USMC Base)

The second helicopter was starting to lift off, but landed again long enough for the final passengers to board...

Soldiers on the ground escorted the doctors under the rotor wash to the Chinook...

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(Idaho)

"Do you want to stay here in the area and risk getting caught?" the escort replied to Simpson sternly.

[Serris]

(OOC - Dr. Wayne and Dr. Williams are on the same helicopter as Alfred, Kagetora, Cpl. Stern and the others)

"You two must be the Southport refugees," Alfred said just as Dr. Wayne climbed aboard and strapped herself in.

"Don't think I wanted to come with you," Dr. Wayne said bitterly.

Cpl. Stern said nothing but eyed the new women suspiciously.

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Agito and Slash looked at Dr. Zanasiu.

"So now our mission truly ends," Slash said.

Dr. Zanasiu shook his head. "No, this is where is starts," he said.

[MrDrake]

"Excuse me" Dr. Hazel soon spoke up to interupt three that were having a talk, walking over to them as she looked to the three of them "For now, I would imagine it would be best that we all head to Las Vegas, it would at least be better than staying out here near the base anyway, we can talk more about this Drake character when we're over there" she then looked over to Viper and motioned for her and Zara to come over.

Neku gave off a light shrug in the process "I guess we really have no choice in the matter....although, we really need to get in contact with the group"

And that's when Aimee remembered something and snapped her fingers lightly "Alfred, he's got a cellphone as far as I know"

Dr. Hazel looked to Viper for a moment "Take us to Ceaser's Palace in Las Vegas"

Viper gave off a nod back and grabbed onto who she could, which was Zara and Dr. Hazel, to which Dr. Hazel quickly grabbed onto Aimee, who in turn, grabbed onto Hailey, to which she grabbed onto Neku and were soon, teleported out of Idaho and reappeared moments later outside Ceaser's Palace in Las Vegas.

***

(Las Vegas)

There was a bit of a problem, as Viper stumbled back, teleporting so many people at once took quiet a bit out of her as she grabbed her forehead and groaned some.

"She gonna be alright?" Hailey asked Dr. Hazel.

Dr. Hazel gave off a nod back "Yes, don't worry about it, I guess teleporting so many people at once took quiet a bit out of her....she just needs to relax for a bit"

"And I need to find a phone, I still do recall Alfred's number in my mind, which I hope I can get in contact with" Aimee looked to Ceaser's Palace and shrugged "I can always try in there"

"I'd love to join you and all that Aimee, but if I leave it any longer, that Hydra might already be active and I might already be too late in stopping it" Hailey told Aimee, walking up to her and placing a hand onto her shoulder.

Aimee looked to Hailey for a moment "Yeah, I know, save the world and what have you....alright, alright, just, still....be careful....and Neku, look after her....please...."

Neku gave off a nod back "Don't you worry about that Aimee, I'll protect Hailey with my life"

Aimee gave them a smile before she walked off, heading for the actual entrance of Ceaser's Palace, heading inside in order to find a phone.  She asked around till she had finally gotten an answer and was lead over to the public phones.  She picked up the reciever and rummaged around in her pockets, pulling out a few coins she had and put two of them into the phone slot before dialing the number to Alfred's cellphone.

[aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato)]

Shelton begrudgingly got on the plane.

"Don't worry, commander," said Narcissus comfortingly. "It's just a short flight. What could possibly go wrong?"

Shelton put his face in his hands. "Did you have to say that?," he groaned.

[Serris]

Dr. Kerzach looked at Narcissus. "Don't tempt fate," he said coldly as he buckled himself in.

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Alfred's cellphone rang. He was rather surprised to see that it still held a charge, albeit a very small one.

"Hello," he said.

"Who is it?" Cpl. Stern asked.

Alfred shook his head and waited for a reply.