Darwin's Soldiers

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #580 on:** February 23, 2009, 11:00:36 PM

Neku nodded. As the group advanced, they spied their final Cobalt soldier signaling them from down a hallway. Creeping closer, they spotted the soldiers guarding the entrance.

"Let's do this," whispered Neku, shooting a blast of lightning. The furthest soldier collapsed in a spasm of blinding electricity.

"Now!"

Serris · **Reply #581 on:** February 25, 2009, 12:02:09 AM

James, Zachary and the Dhole immediately opened fire. They mowed down some of the rogue soldiers in a hail of gunfire.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #582 on:** February 25, 2009, 01:03:05 AM

"Scan complete, sir!" cried Broughton. "They're right on top of us!"

The commander jumped to his feet. "Surround me!" He yelled.

His guards did so. Carstairs and his four men took the entrance.

"Sir!" cired one of Carstairs' men, "The prisoners! They've escaped!"

He stuck his head through the perfectly circular hole in the wall, and cried as his body disentigrated into a haze of anti-matter.

"Don't let them enter!" Cried the terrorist commander. "Protect me at all costs!"

Outside, the Cobalt team made a break from cover to take up positions on the other side of the room, catching the remaining terrorists outside the control room in a crossfire. Another of Carstairs' men fell with a cry.

Serris · **Reply #583 on:** February 25, 2009, 04:42:56 PM

By now the terrorists were trying to return fire against James, Zachary and the Dhole.

James reloaded and continued pouring blasting any terrorists he could see. He caught a terrorist in the chest and grazed another one. He ducked behind the wall to avoid a retaliatory burst.

The Dhole swapped out another magazine and continued shooting. She shot one of the rogue guards several times. "It feels so wrong to shoot at the Pelvanida guards!"

"Well, they're working with the terrorists; thus they're terrorists!" Zachary countered. He took aim at another rogue Pelvanida guard and shot him in the chest.

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The sounds of gunfire were faintly heard by the armored canine.

"Wait, they're shooting. We must hurry!" the canine said. He ran to the armory and handed Mossberg 500 shotguns and a pouch filled with shotgun shells to Dr. Kerzach, Werner and Siberys.

"I don't know how to use this!" Dr. Kerzach complained. He handed the shotgun back.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #584 on:** February 25, 2009, 10:47:53 PM

The canine took it. "Let's go!" And he led the way out and towards the sound of shooting.

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Hawkeye fired a burst from his wrist launcher, eliminating the two guards on either side and hitting one of the two remaining Pelvanida guards in the knee. "James," he said. "I have a gas grenade that'll give us a major advantage in this fight, but I don't want to use it if Shelton is in there."

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Pietrson cried as a bullet broke his kneecap. He fell to the floor. "Help!" he cried, extending a hand to Carstairs, but Carstairs retreated further onto the control room, leaving Pietrson alone and exposed in the doorway.

Serris · **Reply #585 on:** February 26, 2009, 09:12:09 PM

Siberys warily took the shotgun. He was used to striking his foes with telekinetically thrown objects. He then followed the canine and Dr. Kerzach. "Werner! You coming?"

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James, Zachary and the Dhole pushed further. James's two shotgun blasts killed 2 other rogue guards. Zachary's burst of M-16 fire killed 1 rogue guard and wounded another. The Dhole's burst of AK-47 fire, killed 2 more rogue guards.

"We're almost there!" The Dhole shouted over the gunfire.

"Hawkeye! Don't use the gas grenade! Though my companions have airpacks, Shelton doesn't." James said.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #586 on:** February 26, 2009, 10:23:04 PM

The final sublevel guards followed Siberys out of the room, leaving Vic and Neville Iver, the Iguana guard, still unconscious on the floor...

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Another minute of shooting, and the remaining guards were dead. The team inched closer, keeping out of sight of those in the control room.

As everyone took up positions to either side of the door, the Cobalt team crept over from the other direction. As they passed the wall, one of them peeked into the nearby lab, and quickly alerted his companions. The commander took out his radio, and covered his head in his jacket as he whispered into the mouth piece.

"James," he whispered. "Shelton and some other guy are safe in the next lab. We can fire at will."

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #587 on:** February 27, 2009, 01:11:11 AM

(Heh. Well, I guess I should be glad you guys didn't kill off my guys. Looks like...I'm back here to stay!)

As a small detachment of terrorists closed in on the group from behind, a ceiling grate broke loose, and Cale, the halved wolf, named Slash, and the Straitjacket bound figure, Agito, dropped from the opening accompanied by a familiar black-clad figure. The four quickly cut their way through the group, running to join James and the others...

Serris · **Reply #588 on:** February 27, 2009, 01:12:42 AM

"Hawkeye! Use the gas grenade!" James shouted. He then put on the mask and turned on the airflow. Zachary and the Dhole did the same.

James and his group reloaded their weapons. "When the commander gives the signal we rush in." James said, his voice carrying through the built in radio in his mask.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #589 on:** February 27, 2009, 10:51:02 AM

Hawkeye pulled the pin and rolled it into the control room. There was a cry from inside and the sound of shooting, just before it went off, sending a rush of acrid smoke billowing out of the control room. Screams were heard coming out of the control room.

The Cobalt commander sent a burst of static across the radio, his signal to go. His team charged into the control room, weapons drawn.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #590 on:** February 27, 2009, 01:51:35 PM

As the static came over the radio, Kagetora's group joined the attack, each protected by an electric filter created by Cale.
Slash lunged forward, his power compressing the air in front of him into a blade, cutting through a pair of terrorists. Agito was next into the fray, projecting spikes from his sleeves and spinning about to terminate another foe. Cale and Kagetora were the last two in, with Cale casting two bolts of deadly lightning into the gathered enemies as Kagetora opened fire with his submachine gun...
"Heads up! Here comes the Calvary!"
Yelled Cale, grinning...

Serris · **Reply #591 on:** February 27, 2009, 04:10:37 PM

James, the Dhole and Zachary moved forward as the radio crackled with static and charged into the control room.

One of the terrorists turned around at the noise and saw 3 figures wearing firefighter's masks. The smoke from the grenade made them look like demons.

He opened his mouth to scream and tried to draw his weapon but James killed him with a shotgun blast to the chest. Another rogue Pelvanida guard tried to shoot at James but the acrid smoke made it hard for him to aim. His burst went wide and struck a nearby wall. James quickly shot the offending guard twice and killed him.

Zachary and the Dhole cut down 4 more terrorists with a well aimed burst of gunfire.

"Shelton! Where are you?!" the Dhole shouted into her radio. She dove behind a console and reloaded.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #592 on:** February 27, 2009, 07:26:19 PM

Broughton fell, clutching his throat, as the commander wheeled around. In the smoke, he couldn't see anything.

"Men?" he gasped. "Rally around me! I must be defended at all-"

A flash of red, and then he saw darkness. Nothing.

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All was quiet as the smoke cleared. Then Shelton, waving fumes out of his face, stepped back through the hole into the control room. "Great timing, guys. They'd been giving me the Guantanamo treatment for the last--" He broke off, noticing the commander, who'd been shot through the eye. "Woah. Which one of you got him?"

Everyone looked at each other.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #593 on:** February 27, 2009, 10:50:22 PM

Cale smirked, looking rather amused.
"That...would be me, I'm afraid. Was I...supposed to not?"
He asked, looking somewhat embarrassed...

Serris · **Reply #594 on:** February 27, 2009, 11:05:16 PM

James was reloading his shotgun. "Well, it doesn't matter. Okay, Shelton, we need to see where the terrorist HQ is; once we find that out, we will lead an all out assault on there and eliminate the terrorist threat."

Just then the armored canine walked in. "Well, it seems like I missed the party."

Dr. Kerzach went up to Shelton. "Hey, Shelton! Need any help now?"

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #595 on:** February 28, 2009, 12:38:16 AM

Shelton grinned, whacking him on the back. "You bet! We need to pinpoint the terrorist HQ for an attack, with damaged computers. Same old thing." He crossed over to the monitors and began typing. "Say, you didn't perchance see my radio-flashlight lying on the ground and grab it, did you? I didn't turn it off, luckily."

Behind him, there was a groan. The Pelvanida guard in the doorway with the shattered kneecap tried to get to his feet.

The canine looked over. "Pietrson. You traitor. Do I have permission to do with him as I please?" he asked James.

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #596 on:** February 28, 2009, 12:46:49 AM

"Well it looks like we've just about defeated the terrorists,' werner said.

Serris · **Reply #597 on:** February 28, 2009, 12:48:57 AM

Dr. Kerzach handed the radio-flashlight back to Shelton. He found a console that was undamaged by the gunfire and booted it up. He bought up the scanners. A warning box popped up on the screen. "Damn it! There's a fire in the cafeteria."

James turned to the armored canine. "Extract info from him then kill him if you so desire."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #598 on:** February 28, 2009, 12:50:03 AM

"Sprinklers still work," said Shelton. "We can put it out. Hey, wait..." He tapped the monitor. "What's that?"

(OOC: He's referring to the opening leading to the Dragonstorm Base, which Hicks and Monty left open. Just in case we want Kerzach or James to say that.))

Serris · **Reply #599 on:** February 28, 2009, 01:03:07 AM

Dr. Kerzach looked at the monitor. "Hmm. It looks like some construction workers were careless." He then activated the CO2 system. "Well, the fire's out."

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The alarms blared inside the Dragonstorm base as several tons of CO2 flooded the cafeteria and entered the base.

"Hicks! You idiot! You...didn't...seal..." the Deer managed to cough out before he collapsed from the lack of oxygen.

(OOC - I'm not going to have the group assault the Dragonstorm base. I'll leave that for the sequel.)