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Darwin's Soldiers 2: Survival of the Fittest

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(OOC - You did noticed the OOC I made a while back that stated that these troopers <unknown to the characters> are Dragonstorm personnel? I was planning for the Chameleon sniper to take out the guards watching Clyco, introduce himself, explain what happened and take him back to Carson City Camp.)

"We're from Fort Tessect." the Human guard replied. "Sent over to eliminate Dr. Zanasiu and secure Pelvanida."

"I have a feeling something's up." The German Shepherd guard replied. "I mean, this entire base is empty and we haven't found any hostages. Do you think we've been lured into an ambush?"

The Human guard shook his head. Suddenly, his radio beeped. He listened to it and shook his head.

"Just came in. Some of the tank drivers reported shooting at a Corvette hurtling from Pelvanida. They said it looked like Dr. Zanasiu was at the wheel. Also two tanks were reported destroyed by some Humvees, apparently with stolen weaponry." the Human said, putting his radio back.

"He escaped with his men!?" the German Shepherd said.

"Sounds like it but Carson City Sheriff's Office, Carson Camp and the Nevada Highway Patrol have been alerted."

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The Chameleon sniper swore as the guards and Clyco retreated into the testing chamber. He could not shoot them as he could not see them.

"Let's hope Dr. Z and his gang get to Carson City and speak to General Moby before these guys wreck Pelvanida or worse." he muttered.  

(OOC - The Chameleon sniper is from Carson City Camp and an ally of Dr. Zanasiu.)

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(OOC: But Carson City base is on Dragonstorm's side right?)

"Well it sounds like you guys are in a pretty messy situation, eh?" asked Clyco rhetorically as he finished loading the shells and clicked the hammer into place, taking the safety off.

"From my experience, the thing about ambushes is they tend to happen when you least expect them."

On that note Srgt. Clyco turned on a dime and shot at one of the guards point blank, blasting him right in the chest.  Before the other guard could register what had just happened, Clyco loosed three close range shots at him, ripping him to shreds and spattering blood everywhere.

One thing Clyco liked about Spaz guns, they never ever broke.

The guard nearest to him was still breathing.  Clyco pulled out his sidearm, and cocked it.

"One lesson you Dragonstorm guys should have learned already, never confront your enemy next to a gun locker.  This one's for Sam Cardon."

And Clyco shot him twice in the face.

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(OOC - Carson City Camp is an allied base. Ft. Tessect is an enemy base. Dr. Zanasiu is taking his men to Carson City Camp to try retake Pelvanida.)

Dr. Zanasiu and his group were now closer to Carson City.  The convoy was spearheaded by a Humvee and the Corvette was in the middle, protected by the other Humvees.

"Just a few more miles." Dr. Zanasiu said. The sign he passed read Carson City Camp: 50 miles.

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Alfred was sipping his black coffee as he drove the rear guard Humvee. "Let's hope we don't have to engage in a massive firefight."

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"Corporal Stern, you are aware that we may need to leave the state of Nevada or even the entire country because of this fiasco, right?" Zachary asked. He was driving the Humvee at the head.

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(OOC: It would be very interesting if this convoy encountered the platoon of tanks that battled the Dragonstorm convoy)


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(OOC - They will but the tanks and their crew will be encountered at Carson City Camp, not on the road.)

Two other special forces troopers entered the AWTR but the Chameleon sniper quickly  shot them through the head, leaving large spatters of blood on the doorway. To the now dead snipers, it looked like they had been shot from nowhere as the AWTR seemed to be empty.

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Aisha continued looking ahead as the miles flew by. ' i'm going to have a lot to tell my dad..' she said sadly. "Dragonstorm was much further along than we suspected, ands its going to take a long time to catch up with them and eliminate them.."
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"We're in even deeper [censored] now. Because of the special forces incident." Alfred said, sighing. "To be honest, this whole situation overwhelmed me; I mean in a few days I go from construction worker to action hero."

"Guys, we're at Carson City Camp." the radio crackled
 
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As Zachary drove his Humvee into the entrance, several guards surrounded him and ordered him out.

Zachary showed the guard his identification and let him through. Dr. Zanasiu did the same.

"Aisha, we're next." Alfred whispered as he pulled up to the gate.

"State your business!" a guard ordered.

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Dr. Zanasiu and Zachary parked their vehicles and rushed into General Moby's office.

"General Moby, sir. We've..." Dr. Zanasiu began.

"I know." General Moby replied. "It's as I feared; Dragonstorm has allies everywhere. Luckily I have contacted Ft. Tessect and they have rectified the situation and are ordering their troops to withdraw from Pelvanida under penalty of treason. Also, we have found strange signals that match our frequency. We will need to wait until your allies arrive then we can discuss everything."


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Aisha pulled out her military ID. "we're here to see the general,on very important business." dr Landon shopwed the guard his credentials..
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The guard let Aisha, Dr. Landon and Alfred through.

Alfred parked his Humvee and entered Gen. Moby's office.

Dr. Zanasiu, Dr. Bailey, Zachary, Nixon, Dr. Greene and PFC Reynolds were already present.

"Okay now that everyone's here. Let's start the briefing shall we?" Gen. Moby said.

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well, its really bad General. Worse than we thought" Aisha said. "Dragonstorm is now a serious national security threat.. and they need to be weeded out.."
_ Yes, thwy managed to eludeour pursuit of them.. you saw the carnage in Vegas.. they was Dragonstorm cutting their way through the city, and us trying to keep up.." Dr Landon said..
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General Moby nodded. "I have been in contact with Ft. Tessect. They are ordering their troops to withdraw from Pelvanida under penalty of treason. So far it seems that they are complying but there are some there who we suspect are under Dragonstorm's payroll."

"General, if I may interrupt. I noticed that there are some Canadian tanks present." Dr. Greene said.

"About that Dr. Greene, they claimed to have engaged what they think is a Dragonstorm convoy outside Las Vegas. They are being questioned about it." General Moby responded. "In addition, we intercepted this transmission, which was broadcast on the same frequency as our radios."

He then pulled out a magnetic reel to reel recorder from under his desk and played it.

Soon this was heard throughout the briefing room: "This is Dr. Christopher O'Donnell. I am calling from Carson City Camp and General Moby has authorized use of this channel. I am alerting you to the fact that a Dr. James Zanasiu has seized control of the base with a group of his fellow scientists. They have killed all the guards and they have taken the whole facility. I am one of the lucky ones to escape. O'Donnell out."

"See the obvious problem there?" General Moby asked. "We NEVER allow use of our channel by anyone other than US military personnel."

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Meanwhile, Vic was called in to his superior's office for a report.  His commander, a Raccoon Dog with a rank of Major, was waiting.

"You requested for me, sir?" Vic saluted.

"I have, Lieutenant.  Your group did quite a bit of progress to expose Dragonstorm.  The data you've acquired revealed much of their operations, their projects, and even a few more facilities they're using as backup if Pelvanida is discovered.  Now is the time we started planning for strikes against these bases, and that will need more soldiers for the mission.  Also...because that Pelvanida we know is out of business, it would be unlikely we'll need Professor Smithson and the experiments for the immediate future..."

"So...how do I fit into the mission?  The reason I was needed last time was because I too know my way around the base."

"You also have experience against these Dragonstorm abominations, and even though Commander Jones died of mortal wounds, you still have an excellent record as a combat medic.  You and Sergeant Aiko are still needed for these missions.  Your friend Snow might still be useful, if she wants to of course.  She may now be a legal citizen, but she's no soldier."

"I'll speak of it further with her.  We had left some friends back before, and..."

"Dr Zainasiu and his company?  New 'Dragonstorm' terrorists?  We know they aren't whom they are claimed to be by the military, but as of now, our hands are tied.  We can only help them by destroying Dragonstorm.  Hopefully your friend will think more on helping complete the mission as well as finding her boyfriend..."

"Yes, sir..."

"Stick around, Lieutenant.  I may need to talk to you again soon.  Dismissed."

The two saluted, and Vic walked out of the office back to the mess hall...


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"Any questions?" General Moby said.

"Just one. Are we getting any reinforcements?" Dr. Zanasiu asked.

General Moby shook his head. "I will be sending Cobalt Squad but nothing else."

"Cobalt Squad?" Alfred asked.

"They're the squad who helped us secure Pelvanida during the terrorist attack a few months back." Dr. Zanasiu replied. "We can trust them."

"Dismissed." General Moby said.

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One thing General, please contact my father and give us an update on our progress." Aisha said " he promised to pay you" She said turning to Dr Zaniusu and the others. " "and He will. So I'm giving you an option. You can take the money now, or you can defer it until after we stop dragonstorm for good.. What will it be.. Alfred, You'll get paid as well, since you've been such a big help.."She added looking at her friends.
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"I'd rather not take it now. It would prove a hinderance in our operations to stop Dragonstorm." Alfred said.

"Same here." Dr. Zanasiu said

"We may need to take some as we will probably have to be living out of our Humvees and hotels. I mean, Dragonstorm's basically slandered us, big time. And until we clean this mess up, we'd better stay the hell out of Nevada." Dr. Greene said.

"So where can we go?" Nixon asked.

"Dragonstorm's convoy was heading north. So we'd best head to Oregon and Washington state." Zachary said.

General Moby made a gesture for everyone to be silent as he dialed Dr. Tenne's number. He then put Dr. Tennes on speakerphone.

"Hello, this is General Moby. I have some terrible news to report. Dragonstorm has escaped and they have seized control of Pelvanida. We are mounting an operation to retake Pelvanida. Your daughter and Dr. Zanasiu are safe but due to either a mix up or false transmission they got tagged as being part of Dragonstorm."

"I hope Shelton and Dr. Kerzach are okay." Dr. Zanasiu muttered.

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The Admiral responded " General, pull whatever strings you have to, to make sure they stay safe. This news is bad, although judging by my contacts, not surprising.  They are now a full-fledged  national security threat.. Gentlemen, you have suceeded somewhat.. they are now more out in the open, they wouldn't have tried to slander you if you weren't gettingh close. Yes they mamnaged to escape, but now we are going to go after them. I'm going obver to the White House later this afternoon to present a briefing to the president. including info I've obtained from contacts and from the information you've given me.. those allied with Dragonstorm will be exposed in time.. they will face the consequences, and they will be severe. For now, go after them.. and once they are dealt with, not only will your names be cleared , your compensation will be greatly augmented. Good luck to all of you.. Tennnes out."
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Dr. Zanasiu gulped. "I guess we'd better head back to Pelvanida."

"Yeah, let's get moving." Dr. Greene said.

He along with Alfred, Zachary and Nixon got up and headed out the door.

"Good luck." General Moby said. At this moment, a fax came through. He read the fax.

"Ft. Tessect's troops are leaving Pelvanida. You are to assume that anyone remaining there is a rogue and you may use lethal force." General Moby read

Dr. Zanasiu and PFC Reynolds got up and headed out the door to their vehicles.

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Alfred then spotted a squad of 5 soldiers near the Humvee. Two of the soldiers carried Mossberg 500 shotguns and the rest carried M4 carbines.
 
"Are you Cobalt Squad?" Alfred asked.

The squad leader, a short but muscular Human nodded. "This is Cobalt Squad and I am known as Cobalt Leader."

Zachary grinned as she spotted Cobalt Leader. "So I guess we meet again?"

Cobalt Leader nodded. "Too bad it had to be at this time."


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I'll tell them" aisha said "Its shoot on sight, right?' Aisha had remained behind to the gather he things, now she headed back outside where she meet up with the Others ' We have been authorized to use lethal force. Shoot on sight' She said to the others. ' anyone remaining at Pelvanida is considered an enemy.."
Dr landon climbed into the back seat. "Lets go after these scum!"
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Alfred got into Aisha and Dr. Landon's Humvee and started the engine.

Dr. Zanasiu got into "his" Corvette.

Werner got into the laser Humvee where Hans was the gunner.

Zachary got into the laser Humvee where PFC Reynolds was the gunner.

Nixon got into the railgun Humvee where Dr. Greene was serving as the gunner.

The Cobalt squad got into their own armored vehicle: A Stryker infantry fighting vehicle.

The IFV drove out of Carson City Camp with the Humvees and the Corvette following.

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"Wait, why didn't General Moby tell us about what the Canadian tank pilots know?" Alfred asked.

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Because he just got that information as we were leaving ' Aisha replied. ' Had I not stopped to get my  things in order, we woouldn't know about the authorization of lethal force.."
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