Darwin's Soldiers

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #500 on:** January 19, 2009, 11:32:35 PM

Neku smiled at Snow, though something seemed to be troubling him as he whispered his thanks into her ear...

Hawkeye sat quietly next to Dr. Joe, silently pondering whether or not to tell her how he felt about her...
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As Kagetora and Murakami dueled, the darkness claimed them.
"Hah. The darkness was never your strength, was it, traitor?"

Murakami laughed as he circled around to Kagetora's flank, lunging him and driving his blade deep into Kagetora's heart.
"And so you die in the darkness, like the coward you are..."
He boasted, then felt Kagetora force himself forward, driving the blade deeper into himself as he heard the other ninja whisper in a weak hiss...

"If I am to...die in the darkness...you're coming with...me..."
Kagetora laughed, taking a grenade and an incendiary shuriken from his packs, and priming them both.

"And so...we two shadows that were bound by fate...die in a final lock..."

He chuckled as the grenade and shuriken both detonated, killing the pair in a fiery explosion, one final blaze of glory for a fallen ninja...

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #501 on:** January 20, 2009, 12:33:38 AM

"I wonder if news of what has happened here has broken out,' werner said.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #502 on:** January 20, 2009, 03:42:55 PM

"If it has, they're sure taking their sweet time to send us some reinforcements," commented Shelton. Flashlight on, he led the way down a dark hallway. "Kerzach, you read any incoming life signs?"

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From the cafeteria, the Deer suddenly recieved a transmission. "Quiet! We've got mail!"

From the radio, Montgomery spoke: "Pergama, this is Gorgythion. We've taken Tenedos."

The deer looked up excitedly. "We've got the control room!" he told his mates excitedly. Switching back to the radio, he ordered, "Gorgythion, this is Calchas, I and the Coterie are trapped in Pyrimidines, use your new powers to clear us a way to Tenedos."

Serris · **Reply #503 on:** January 20, 2009, 04:29:13 PM

Montgomery grinned. He locked the armories and the AWTR. "Let's see them deal with this!" Montgomery then disabled the emergency lights in the compound except for the ones in the control room.

Hicks chuckled. "Let's see them get through this." He then went over to the remaining terminal and engaged the blast doors, blocking off the back of the base.

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Dr. Kerzach looked at his laptop. "I don't have much power left but there are no life signs approaching. But there is activity in the hanger."

Suddenly a message popped up on the laptop. "Blast doors closing. Evacuate personnel from Area 312"

"Area 312? Isn't that the back of Pelvanida? Shelton! Someone's got the aux control or the main control room! Let's hope the backup generators die before they do something worse like gas the labs with the CO2 fire extinguishing system or set the autoturrets on us."

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The Dhole took advantage of the emergency lights to make their way down into the basement. Suddenly the lights completely died, drenching the area in darkness.

The Dhole switched on her flashlight. "Be careful, there's is very little light here."

James and Zachary followed the Dhole.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #504 on:** January 20, 2009, 08:39:26 PM

"Crap," swore Shelton. "If they close all blast doors, we'll be cut off from auxiliary control."

"We've got to keep going anyways," said Siberys. "Maybe there's a way through the doors anyway."

"They wouldn't be very effective blast doors if there were." Shelton thought. "change in plans. This way."

"Where are we going?"

The beam of Shelton's flashlight showed the bottom of a flight of stairs. "We're going around all the blast doors. Or, to be specific, over them."

"But they're on every floor."

Shelton rapped a sign as he climbed past it. It read: ROOF ENTRANCE.

"Like I said, we're going over them."

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #505 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:20:19 PM

Snow blushed for a moment from Neku's response, when without warning, the rest of the cafeteria goes dark, leaving the German Shepherd's fire as the only light source.

Dr. Joe sprung to her feet. "I hope this doesn't get any worse..."

Sounds of an explosion echoed nearby.

"Where was that coming from?"

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With his special glasses on, Vic could still see clearly in the darkness. He took the lead as they reached the door on the top of the stairs. He spots a keypad, but there were no signs of light through its circuitry. Undeterred, he uses the stock of his rifle to crack the cover off and inspect it. "Anyone have some sort of power source?" he asked. "We can give this pad enough power to open the door...or if someone has something that can blow the door out instead..."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #506 on:** January 21, 2009, 02:50:43 AM

"Hmmm..." muttered Shelton. "Maybe if we tinker with the circuitry, we can override the doorlock, or demagnetize the hinges with a polarizing burst, if we double back and look for a portable sensitizer..."

The Iguana guard heard footsteps coming. "Don't think there'll be time for that," he announced, putting Werner's stretcher down and holding rifle at the ready.

"This isn't good," said Siberys. "We're in a corner!"

"Hold them off for one minute!" said Shelton, grabbing Kerzach's laptop. "We'll have to get you a new one of these, sorry." And he quickly got to work. "Just one minute!"

Serris · **Reply #507 on:** January 21, 2009, 07:43:43 PM

The Iguana guard looked over the Nevada desert. It was noon but he was sure that at least 3 days had passed. He readied his shotgun and kept his eye out. He heard voices but they did not sound friendly.

Siberys gestured and the rebar he was using as a weapon hovered in the air.

"What do I do if they start shooting?" Dr. Kerzach asked.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #508 on:** January 21, 2009, 08:17:18 PM

There was a large electrical sizzle from behind the door, and it opened. Standing on the other side of it was Cale, his right arm still smoking from the discharge.
"Quickly! This way!"
He hissed, looking around for any guards...
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As the lights died, Neku slid slightly closer to Snow, grateful that she could malipulate fire as well as she could.
"Here...Let me help with that..."
He said gently, creating a small, bright sphere of electricity in his own hand, then levitating it into the air, creating a brighter light around the room...

Next to Dr. Joe, Hawkeye stiffened, and then quickly looked around the area, filters clicking in his scanner eye.
"That explosion came from...the central command room. That...That's where Kagetora and Murakami were! What could've..."
He trailed off, worry apparent in his voice...

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #509 on:** January 21, 2009, 09:36:00 PM

(OOC: I'm confused. Is Cale at the door where Shelton's team is, or is he in the central command room?)

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #510 on:** January 21, 2009, 09:40:55 PM

(OOC: He's near Shelton and the others. And he's now marked as a hostile to the terrorists. He's switching sides.)

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #511 on:** January 21, 2009, 09:58:08 PM

Vic jumped back as Cale appeared from the other side of the door. "What the..." He immediately raised his gun to fire...

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Snow looked up and smiled at Neku, his own powers adding to the light she's giving for the others.

Dr. Joe felt a cold shiver run up and down her spine, when she noticed something as Neku brightened the room. "Hey...did we lose someone?"

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #512 on:** January 21, 2009, 10:51:34 PM

Cale raised his hands.
"Don't shoot. I'm not here to cause trouble. They turned on me...And now I'm asking for your help...I can understand if you don't trust me, though..."
He said, then shot a bolt of lightning out to strike a terrorist guard rounding the corner...
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Neku smiled back at Snow, then leaned in and lightly kissed her on the nose...

Hawkeye nodded.
"Besides the others who went off to look for the renegade scientists, Kagetora stayed behind in the main control room, fighting the other ninja. I'm worried for his safety..."
He said, lightly placing a wing around Dr. Joe's shoulders...

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #513 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:11:39 PM

"Shelton! What do we do?" called Siberys, looking back and forth at Cale, and then the attacking terrorists.

Shelton scrambled behind Cale. "I'm willing to take my chances!" he yelled back. "He could have brought the ceiling down on us if he had wanted to!"

The Iguana guard ducked behind a corner and opened fire from close range. "It's too cramped in here!" he yelled. "We should retreat to the roof so we have some elbow room!"

Serris · **Reply #514 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:23:02 PM

The Cobalt Squad soldier in the cafeteria was finished doing his search. He was holding a flashlight.

He then turned to Dr. Joe and Hawkeye. "O'Neill has escaped."

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #515 on:** January 22, 2009, 01:42:24 AM

"I thought he would pull something like this,' hans said.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #516 on:** January 22, 2009, 10:10:11 PM

Vic hesitated for a moment before turning his gun in the other direction moving next to the guard. The light of day radiating into the stairwell forced him to knock his glasses off to dangle around his neck with the help of a chord, and then aiming down to fire at the oncoming threat. "Get Werner outside! I'll provide cover!"

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Dr. Joe cursed under her breath when the word of O'Neil escaping reached her ears. But then an idea popped into her head. She turned and looked up at Hawkeye. "I have to get back to my lab for something, and I need someone to come with me."

Snow smiled back as Neku kissed her, but her attention then turned to Dr. Joe's sudden request.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #517 on:** January 22, 2009, 10:39:51 PM

Hawkeye looked at Dr. Joe, then smiled the best he could, and nodded.
"In that case, I'll go with you, if you'll have me."
He said, his eyes lighting up slightly...

Neku smiled at Snow.
"You want to go with Dr. Joe too? I'm okay with that. We can go together."
He said, his eyes bright with happiness...
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Cale turned towards the roof, then looked at the others.
"Go on ahead! I'll stay back and cover the rear!"
He said, looking for any approaching enemies...

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #518 on:** January 23, 2009, 01:07:55 AM

Fine by me, thought Shelton, sprinting the rest of the way up the stairs. He led the way onto the roof.

Below them, terrorist sharpshooters guarding the perimeter spotted movement on the roof. Training their scopes at the people on the roof, they started popping off shots.

The Iguana guard fell as his rifle was blasted out of his arms by a well-placed shot. "Get down!" he yelled.

Shelton rolled behind a solar-paneled square of roofing jutting out of the roof. Opening Kerzach's laptop, he scanned the roof, calculating the relative location of the exit they needed to depart down.

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #519 on:** January 23, 2009, 01:11:30 AM

"Does anyone have some gernades,' werner asked from behind his cover.