Darwin's Soldiers

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #260 on:** November 15, 2008, 02:53:13 AM

But Oli wasn't slowing down, instead crashing into Werner before he could react. Within seconds, Werner was hitting the ground, clutching his head, and an enraged ostrich was bearing down on Shelton. Before he do anything, Oli grabbed him around the neck with one of his taloned feet.

"You were wondering how I would strangle you," Oli gloated in his ear. "Well, now you know. Looks like your Mensa status won't help you now..."

Suddenly, there were crashes of light, and Oli stiffened up twice. Shelton felt a bullet shoot past his head.

Werner was on his knees, a PPK in his hand. "Shelton, get out of the way, I don't want to hit you!"

Oli took advantage of Werner's hesitation, and charged him. Warner fired once, twice...

Both shots hit Oli hard, but when Werner fired again, nothing happened. Oli kicked the gun out of Werner's hands and jumped him, talons slashing...

But Werner wasn't finished yet. Bending backwards to avoid the talons, he withdrew a knife from his labcoat and pinwheeled it, stabbing Oli right through the throat.

Oli hit the ground hard, a triumphant smile embedded on his expression forever. Shelton rushed over and helped Werner to his feet. "Werner, are you okay?"

Behind him, the radio cackled. "What the hell is going on up there?"

Shelton jumped up. "It works! We got the radios online!" He broadcast an all-call to every member of Zanasiu's team. "We got radio! Big Brother's back in the saddle!"

(OOC: How's that, f-22? You want any changes?)

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #261 on:** November 15, 2008, 11:28:07 AM

(OCC: It's good)
Werner stood there breathing hard letting reality catch up with him. "Yeah I'm ok,' werner said.

Serris · **Reply #262 on:** November 15, 2008, 11:56:52 AM

James's radio crackled. He picked it up and heard Shelton's voice. "Aw yes! Guys! We have communications!"

"Ok, we're good to go!" Zachary said.

"Shelton, we are fighting a large mantis-beetle creature, it does not seem to be affected by normal weapons. Shall we use the experimental weapons?" James radioed to Shelton.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #263 on:** November 15, 2008, 01:41:00 PM

Hawkeye slowly forced himself up, his systems rapidly rebooting, and turned towards Dr. Joe.
"Thanks. You made sure I was alright. I owe you one. For now, however..."
He turned around, facing the creature.
"This...problem needs to be taken care of."
He said, aiming his cannon arm...

Neku leaned back, dodging a swipe.
"Ummm...Shelton? Hope you don't mind, but...I'm using this sword right now..."
He said into his radio, striking upward to strike the creature's claw.

Kagetora swore into the radio, firing another round at the enemy...

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #264 on:** November 15, 2008, 05:15:40 PM

Shelton hesitated before responding. "You've gotta make the call on experimental weaponry, James, I'm not there, but again, it's untested, unverified, unpredictable! Half the stuff I didn't work on, and have no clue if it works right or even what it's supposed to do!

"Knock yourself out with the sword, Neku, but remember that it works best on unshielded, fleshy areas, like the eyes, if there are any.

"Everyone, if it's a mantis-beetle creature, then you probably need to break through its exoskeleton before you can use your traditional weaponry. Look for something that either produces extreme heat or a concentrated beam. Both would work best against material shielding, but since Snow had already tried the heat thing, you might have to go with the latter."

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #265 on:** November 15, 2008, 06:07:30 PM

"Geez,' werner said.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #266 on:** November 15, 2008, 07:17:02 PM

The monster swung its four blades this way and that, towards any direction where bullets were hitting its armor hide. It roared in frustration as it was too slow for its smaller prey...

Dr. Joe hid behind a nearby crate and gave cover fire as Snow joined her.

"I'm so sorry, Dr. Joe..." Snow began.

"It's not your fault," Dr. Joe interrupted as she reloaded. "You brought that thing out into the open. If we can find something around here to kill it, you can blind it long enough for us to close in."

Vic moved from box to box, firing as he ran. He found something that looked like a rifle crate and cracked it open. He pulled out what looks like a sharpshooter's rifle with a scope and a strange sort of power cell where the chamber resides. It didn't take him long to find a power switch and the rifle began to hum with life. Slinging his original rifle over his shoulder, he grabbed two more of the odd rifles and slid them hard towards the others...

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #267 on:** November 15, 2008, 08:53:25 PM

Neku dodged back behind the crate with Snow.
"This guy's one tough nut to crack, huh?"
He then seemed to brighten as he had an idea.
"A beam, huh? Hey, Snow...D'you think you can manage another stream of fire at him?"
He asked...

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #268 on:** November 15, 2008, 11:16:17 PM

werner sat down in a chair before noticing a large gash in his arm that was bleeding.

Serris · **Reply #269 on:** November 16, 2008, 03:35:14 AM

(OOC - lbt/cty_lover, I sent a you a PM briefing you about th whole situation)

James grabbed one of the rifles Vic slid to him. He slung his shotgun over his back and hefted the rifle.

James powered up the rifle, took aim at the creature and fired. He felt no recoil nor heard any noise from the rifle, just a loud shriek from the creature. "Nice choice, Vic! I helped develop these laser rifles, but I'm not too sure how long the lasing elements last." James fired again.

Zachary noticed the effect of the laser rifle James was using. He crawled out from behind the crate he was using as cover and grabbed the other rifle.

Zachary powered it up and fired two shots at the creature before the rifle vibrated. He ignored it and tried to fire again only to notice the words, "Power cell depleted." on the digital display on top of the rifle. He sighed and placed the rifle on the crate. He moved over to a gun locker and opened it. He grabbed a large rifle with cooling fins on the barrel and a magazine but also had a power cell attached.

He took aim at the creature with his new weapon and sent a high velocity steel slug into the creature's back. "Ow! The recoil on this thing is brutal!"

-----

Over in a lab a fair distance from the AWTR, a terrorist team leader was discussing the situation with his fellows.

"Ok, it seems the group that's been giving us the most trouble is holed up in the AWTR and thanks to Cale and his squad they'll have their hands full with some of the sublevel inhabitants. That should give us enough time to dispose of some more of these infidels. We head towards the experiment quarters."

"How do a bunch of scientists manage to eliminate one of our most well trained squads?" a terrorist demanded.

"I don't know but they aren't soldiers, we are." the leader replied.

(OOC - this group is controllable by anyone)

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #270 on:** November 16, 2008, 05:38:28 PM

The insect reeled as a sharp pain pierced through its armor shell into its side, giving off a shriek of rage and agony. Black icor poured from the hole given by the new weapon...

Vic saw this happen and took aim with the new rifle and fired. A quiet beam of light shot through the air and into one of the scythe-arm shoulders, unhinging the arm as it dropped to the floor with a metallic crash. He looked back at his rifle and noticed it too was losing power fast. "We have to make our shots count!" he called back.

"I can try..." Snow answered Neku as she turned around and sent a wave of fire towards the monster, blinding it in bright flames...

Dr. Joe looked over to see Snow's handiwork. "It's distracted!" she shouted. "Someone take it out!"

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #271 on:** November 16, 2008, 07:36:52 PM

As the flames burned around the creature, Neku used kinesis to take control of them, focusing them into a tight beam, which was amplified by his electricity. The beam struck the creature, burrowing into it's armored hide...

Hawkeye launched a beam of energy from his wrist cannon, further damaging the creature, and circled it warily...

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #272 on:** November 16, 2008, 11:44:25 PM

"We need the help of that medical person I forgot what his name was here again,' werner said over the raido.

Serris · **Reply #273 on:** November 16, 2008, 11:48:13 PM

James fired another shot at the creature's back. He took a breath and fired his last shot at the creature's back before the laser rifle vibrated and powered down.

Zachary also braced himself and aimed for the creature's head and fired.

----

Meanwhile, a thin anthro Beagle in a lab coat was walking through the halls. He entered one of the labs and noticed that the lab notebook he was looking for was missing.

"Hmm. This is not good. 'Dragonstorm' could be in serious trouble." He sniffed the air. "Dr. Zanasiu! You'll pay for this."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #274 on:** November 17, 2008, 12:25:39 AM

"Werner!" Shelton had suddenly noticed Werner's arm. Ripping off yet another strip from his lab coat, Shelton tied off the upper forearm, attempting to stop the bleeding. He grabbed the bottle of alcohol, then realized that disinfecting the wound might not be the best thing to do. He hit the intercom. "I'm with Werner on this one. Vic or that Cobalt medic, you either need to get up here or give me orders over the phone, because this slash looks way worse than the hits on his kneecaps."

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #275 on:** November 17, 2008, 12:36:26 AM

'Yes yes it does' werner said.

Serris · **Reply #276 on:** November 17, 2008, 06:21:44 PM

James heard Shelton over the radio.

"Vic! You'd better get to the control room; Werner's been attacked and seriously injured." James shouted over the gunfire.

Zachary took aim and fired his last shot before the powercell on his weapon was depleted.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #277 on:** November 17, 2008, 06:31:41 PM

The experiment twisted and reeled in pain as hit after hit pierced into its soft interior and concentrated heat from Snow and Neku filtered its way through the holes. One shot each from Zachary and Vic has finally blew half of its head and face off. The creature stiffened and fell to the floor with a hard thud, twitching like a bug taking a can full of Raid. (gruesome, ain't it? :blink: )

Vic heard from James about the control room and dropped the dead rifle for his original as he moved behind cover out the AWTR towards the control room. "Vic to Shelton," he replied over the radio. "I'm coming to your position."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #278 on:** November 17, 2008, 07:19:03 PM

"Thank God," breathed Shelton. "He's bleeding extensively from a gash along his left forearm. I've used a strip of cloth as a makeshift tourniquet, but it's only slowing the bleeding. I've got alcohol and iodine, but I don't know if I should disinfect it."

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #279 on:** November 17, 2008, 07:50:29 PM

Hawkeye and Kagetora walked over to Werner's side, each looking him over. Hawkeye let a small click of his scanner be heard, then, a moment later, spoke.
"The wound isn't that bad, save for the bleeding. If we can seal the wound, he'll recover with no lasting injury, but he'll have some scarring."
He said, clicking his scanner lens back.
Kagetora nodded.
"And...how do you propose we stop the bleeding?"
He asked, looking at the wound again...

Neku stood next to Snow, smiling at her.
"Hey...That was some heck of a job out there, Snow. You were awesome. I think that deserves a little...reward."
He said, leaning in and giving her a small kiss on the cheek...