Darwin's Soldiers 2: Survival of the Fittest

Nick22 · **Reply #860 on:** October 02, 2009, 01:31:16 AM

Aisha looked at DR Landon. "I'll help tend to DrBailey..
As he said this Aisha heard footsteps.. "Hold on I'm going to check it out.." Shhe burst from the room and noticed the last surviving attacker : Hey! Drop yiour weapon.. and I'll spare you!' She called out.." Aiming and hitting a area above the mans head.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #861 on:** October 02, 2009, 02:13:14 AM

Reynolds dropped his weapon and put his hands behind his head. "It doesn't matter," he said. "Even if you don't kill me, the person who's coming will."

(OOC: I'm referring to Deathwind, who from MK's post sounds like he's about to attack then control room? Do I have that right? If not, I can change Reynolds' line to refer to the death penalty.)

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Shelton was speechless. He turned to Kerzach. "That's the second time Zenarchis has totally appeared where he had no right to. Can anything be taken at face value with these people?"

Nick22 · **Reply #862 on:** October 02, 2009, 02:38:07 AM

"You join us.. and we'll see to it, that.. you get out of here alive" Aisha said.. "What is your name?' he asked as she picked up his gun..

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #863 on:** October 02, 2009, 03:10:22 AM

"Christopher Reynolds, Private First Class, Pelvanida Security Force," Reynolds replied. "I'll tell you what you want to know, if it'll help lessen my sentence once I go to jail for aiding an illegal project."

Serris · **Reply #864 on:** October 02, 2009, 06:22:31 PM

Zachary dragged a battered metal first aid kit out from under the rubble and handed it to Aisha.

Hans and Werner grabbed Reynolds and escorted him to a corner where they kept their weapons trained on him.

"I can't guarantee anything, but if you cooperate, I will try to lessen your sentence." Hans said. "First off, how many people you know are working with Dragonstorm?"

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Two of the "guards" in the towers spotted the convoy through their night vision goggles. "Operation Exodus must be online!"

One of the guards pulled out a radio. "Bradley, Operation Exodus is..." Suddenly, a powerful blow knocked the radio from his hands.

He reached for his sidearm but two bullets to the head killed him.

His companion, a tough looking Female Hyena, drew her sidearm and shot one of the assailants before she too was gunned down.

The surviving assailant radioed the Lab 101 control room. "Control 2, this is Sgt. Barnes, my partner and I have caught two impostors and we have dealt with them. Unfortunately, my partner was killed. Sgt. Barnes out."

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The Ostrich pulled out his radio as it beeped. All he heard was "Bradley, Operation Exodus is..." then several gunshots. He then turned to the soldiers. "The Pelvanida Guards have killed two ADSA operatives. And I think Operation Exodus is starting."

"Operation Exodus is the evacuation, by truck, of key Dragonstorm personnel and experiments. It's hinted that an entire lab is to be lifted from Pelvanida and placed on a truck but we're not exactly sure." the Lemur replied. "And judging from that we'll need all the help we can get to stop it."

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In another tower four other guards spotted the convoy. They radioed Dr. Branston.

"Dr. Branston, this is Tower Four. Convoy is in sight. Tower Four out." the guard radioed.

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Dr. Branston nodded. He pressed a button on the console that disconnected the lab from the rest of the base. The rumble of machinery and the low thuds of locks disengaging echoed through the lab.

"Ariol, this is Branston, Lab 101 has been disengaged and ready for lifting. At your command, I will disconnect the power link and allow your men to load the lab onto the truck and hook up the trailer generator to the lab. Branston out." Dr. Branston radioed. He then grabbed the intercom.

"This is Dr. Branston, all locks have been disengaged and the convoy is in sight. When Ariol gives the word, the lab will be lifted by crane onto the truck. You will feel the lab being lifted but stay calm."

"Good work." the technician replied to Sgt. Barnes's transmission.

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Dr. Zanasiu and Alfred entered the control room.

"What took so long?" Zachary asked.

"We had to shoot it out with some of Dragonstorm's troops. We were trying to hold them off so Aisha and Dr. Landon could get to the control room. Luckily Corporal Stern, was there to assist us. We owe him our lives." Dr. Zanasiu replied.

Alfred nodded. "Had it not been for him we would have died when our supply of shotshells vanished. But because of him, we're alive."

"But we still have no ammo." Dr. Zanasiu replied.

(OOC - I had Dr. Zanasiu and Alfred kill the assassins sent after them in the cafeteria. This was a way to justify how Dr. Landon and Aisha got to the control room.)

(OOC - Can I assume Corporal Stern helped Dr. Zanasiu and Alfred kill the assassins?)

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #865 on:** October 02, 2009, 06:50:44 PM

"Something's happening with an Operation Exodus," reported Bradley, holding the radio to his ear. "But I didn't hear what."

"What's Operation Exodus?" asked Hans.

Bradley shook his head. "I don't know. And I don't need first aid," he added quickly as Hans withdrew some morphine and approached him. "The shoulder 's not bothering me. Focus your attention on Bailey and Riley."

"You've been shot," said Hans. "You're losing a lot of blood."

Meanwhile, Reynolds looked at James. "You must be Dr. Zanasiu. I don't know of any guards that stayed in the same room as you and came out alive.

"If you want specific names, I've heard rumors about Dr. Jeston and Dr. O'Neill, and when Delta Leader talks about who gives her our orders, it sounds like she's talking about Dr. Branston, but other than that, us guards are largely kept out of the loop. I can't even tell you what Dragonstorm is about.

"But if you mean numbers of personnel, it sounds like around 50 scientists were involved from the get-go, though lately that number has gotten much smaller from fatalities. There are also many lesser individuals involved, like assistants and guards like me, but we do little more than serve a function for the scientists. We aren't involved in the policy-making or whatever happens to the missing experiments."

Serris · **Reply #866 on:** October 02, 2009, 07:21:29 PM

Dr. Zanasiu narrowed his eyes. "Dr. O'Neill? I had an ugly encounter with someone of that name when Pelvanida was attacked by terrorists. Is his first name Keegan and is he a Shire draft horse?" he asked.

"I killed Dr. Jeston. I would have liked to take him alive but I had no choice after he attacked James with a crowbar." Alfred replied.

Dr. Bailey heard snatches of the conversation between PFC Reynolds and his interrogators. "Wait..." he winced as pain shot through his injured leg. "Dr. Ian Branston was my assistant. He beat me up and threw me in a closet when I threatened to leave the base and expose Dragonstorm."

Werner's face darkened. "Sounds like this Dr. Branston guy is one of the ringleaders."

Dr. Zanasiu h eld a hand to his forehead in thought. "Wait, I remember that during the terrorist assault a few months back, I found a DVD in a lab. I can't remember the circumstances or exactly what's on it but I remember this name, Dr. Johnson Zenarchis and I think he was high ranking Dragonstorm scientist or something."

Zachary nodded. "We found him, dead, in a lab. Looked like one of his assistants stabbed him to death or something."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #867 on:** October 02, 2009, 08:14:42 PM

"Really?" Reynolds furrowed his brow. "About an hour ago, every member of our squadron had been been given an option: Half of us were to stage an assault on the control room, and half of us were to escort Dr. Zenarchis to Lab 101. And yes, the O'Neill I'm thinking of was indeed a Shire Draft Horse."

Serris · **Reply #868 on:** October 02, 2009, 08:35:38 PM

"I should have clarified. We found Dr. Zenarchis dead several months ago during the terrorist attack." Dr. Zanasiu replied.

"That's the same O'Neill!" Zachary exclaimed.

"What is this Operation Exodus?" Dr. Bradley asked.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #869 on:** October 02, 2009, 08:44:16 PM

"It's the plan to evacuate Dragonstorm in case the project is threatened. Basically one of the labs in the base is designed to detach itself from the base and be transported to safety. I was just informed that due to my failure Operation Exodus is leaving without me," Reynolds replied bitterly.

Serris · **Reply #870 on:** October 02, 2009, 11:31:00 PM

"Which lab is it?" Zachary asked.

"Is there a drive train or something we can destroy to strand the lab?" Hans asked. He managed to successfully staunch the flow of blood from Bradley's shoulder.

"How close are the escorts?" Alfred asked.

Dr. Zanasiu swore. "We'd better get moving. We'll have to find this lab and strand it here. The only problem is we need to find which lab it is and that takes time we don't have."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #871 on:** October 03, 2009, 02:36:04 AM

"It's the new lab, added during the recent remodeling," said Reynolds. "And you're too late; I'm sure the Lab is disengaged and being loaded onto the transports as we speak. It'll be heading out by the time you reach it."

Nick22 · **Reply #872 on:** October 03, 2009, 02:43:19 AM

well, the information you've given us will help you at trial, should there even be a trial.." aisha said to reynolds..'right now the priority is stopping that lab if thats at all possible.. if not then we need to get out of here.. and warn the country than there is a very dangerous group afoot oin this country..

Serris · **Reply #873 on:** October 03, 2009, 06:58:22 PM

"We'll have to head to the main hanger. The only problem is, I have no idea how to drive an armored vehicle." Dr. Zanasiu said.

"Shouldn't we head to the AWTR?" Zachary said.

"Not sure if we have time. It's pretty far from the main hanger. However, the laser and magnetic weapons will provide a major boost to our firepower." Hans replied.

Alfred shook his head. "Installing the new weapons on the vehicles will take far too long. However, when I was doing construction work in the hanger, I noticed that some of the armored vehicles had some rather bizarre looking turrets. Those vehicles might be test platforms for those new weapons."

"Clyco, Stern any chance of getting the US military to help intercept them?" Dr. Bailey asked.

(OOC - Caustizer, you can start the beginnings of the joint US/Canadian invasion, just don't have them arrive until Lab 101 is loaded and headed out (That will be Kenjiro's posts).)

Noname · **Reply #874 on:** October 03, 2009, 07:01:32 PM

"Yes. I think we have an excellent chance. There is an aircraft carrier not far from here. It was the ship that carried the plane I parachuted out of. If we contact US forces immediately, they should be able to scramble something in that direction." Corporal Stern replied.

Serris · **Reply #875 on:** October 03, 2009, 07:22:32 PM

Dr. Bailey found an undamaged console. "Unfortunately, the power's out."

Hans was looking through broken window with a pair of night vision binoculars. "Even if we could restore the power, we can't contact anyone. It looks like they blew up the radio towers before they left."

Dr. Zanasiu sighed. "Bastards thought of everything. And these portable radios aren't powerful enough to contact them."

Zachary returned with a container of shotshells. "Thought you and Alfred could use some ammo."

"Thanks." Alfred said. He began reloading his weapon and filling his pockets with shells. Dr. Zanasiu did the same.

"With the radio tower gone, we'll have no choice but to return to Carson City Camp and get reinforcements that way." Zachary said.

"It's a drive of several hours to Carson City Camp and back. By PFC Reynold's information, they are getting to leave very soon. We have to pursue them ourselves." Dr. Zanasiu said. He then turned to everyone in the room. "Any other ideas besides a car chase?"

Nick22 · **Reply #876 on:** October 03, 2009, 10:32:02 PM

We need to get going ' Reynolds you are coming with us.. If you help us stop them. it will mitigate any help you gave them.."Aisha said.. putting an extra round of ammo into her pocket.."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #877 on:** October 04, 2009, 12:41:33 AM

"Do you trust me with a weapon?" Reynolds asked curiously, raising one eyebrow.

(OOC: I forgot to say, Reynolds is added to the public domain.)

Nick22 · **Reply #878 on:** October 04, 2009, 01:13:00 AM

we have no choice but to trust you' Aisha said..tossing a gun to him.."besides, if you report back to dragonstorm it will be the last thing you'll ever do, they'll likely kill you on the spot..."

Serris · **Reply #879 on:** October 04, 2009, 01:13:54 AM

"To be 100 percent blunt, no." Dr. Bailey said.

"No time to be picky." Alfred said.

"He can help in other ways. I still don't trust him." Dr. Zanasiu said.

"Clyco, Stern, I assume you have experience driving armored vehicles?" Zachary asked.

"What?"

Zachary nodded. "Lab 101's escorts are probably armed. The armored vehicles will probably have the best chance of surviving."

"Yeah, but we've got..." Dr. Zanasiu counted all the soldiers in the room. "Four who can drive such vehicles. And I assume that we'll need one to serve as a gunner."

"We can always take the armored Humvees. They drive similar to an ordinary car but we'll still need a gunner."

Dr. Zanasiu nodded. "That means we have 4 Humvees with gunners."

"I think taking at least one heavier vehicle like a Stryker might be needed." Zachary added.

"I guess that means we'll have to take weapons and swipe some Pelvanida employees' personal vehicles?" Dr. Zanasiu asked.

Zachary nodded. "If it comes down to it, we'll have to. Granted it will take a lot of time; we'll have to root through all the labs and try to find which key belongs to which car."

"I wonder if our vehicles are still functional?" Alfred asked.

"Probably not." Zachary replied.