Darwin's Soldiers 2: Survival of the Fittest

Serris · **Reply #960 on:** October 11, 2009, 02:34:51 AM

"I think it may have been one of the ADSA members Bradley sent to help us." Dr. Zanasiu replied. He swerved around a spike strip, demolishing a street sign in the process. He then radioed everyone else. "Shelton and Kerzach are alive! They're inside Lab 101."

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O'Neill drew his pistol and peered inside the elevator shaft and spotted a pair of legs. His ears also swiveled as Shelton spoke.

"Hey, who are you talking to!" O'Neill shouted up the elevator shaft.

(OOC - Yes, it makes sense that Shelton would know first about it because he's there while Aiko, Feral and everyone else have to dig through the computer banks and break encryption.)

Nick22 · **Reply #961 on:** October 11, 2009, 02:39:32 AM

Aisha Continued keeping an eye in front of them as they slowly gained ground on the dragonstorm vehicles.. ' when we get close enough, i'm shooting out thier tires' She said to Alfred. " Just get me close enough for a good look.."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #962 on:** October 11, 2009, 02:44:36 AM

Shelton's blood ran cold. "Got to go!" he hissed, And looked around wildly. There was nowhere to hide. Unless...

This elevator shaft opened into the road. If Shelton could get the person to climb up after him, maybe he could knock him into the road.

Holding onto the top rung like a vice, Shelton crawled onto the roof of the lab. Luckily wires and pipes stuck out of the roof of the lab, and he pressed his feet against two secure ones, keeping him from sliding off the lab and getting crushed by the following convoy.

He clipped his radio to his belt. That left his hand free, which he curled into a fist and cocked, aimed right at the elevator opening.

C'mon..., he thought to himself. Show your face, I dare you...

(OOC: Were you planning on Shelton doing something else? I can't let him respond to O'Neill, since Oneill knows his voice. I'm thinking Oneill uses the last of his composure to get himself back into the machine room, and Shelton can follow and knock him out with the flashlight. Or O'Neill can fall to his death, whichever works.)

Serris · **Reply #963 on:** October 11, 2009, 03:12:18 AM

(OOC - I want O'Neill to survive into the next RP. Shelton can disarm him <perhaps by knocking his pistol onto the road?> and O'Neill will wisely retreat into the machinery room, there he expects to fight Shelton. Shelton can then either knock him out or lock him in the machinery room or both. Obviously, Shelton will not fight O'Neill hand to hand.)
(OOC - Remember that there are other armed vehicles in the convoy.)

"I can see them!" Alfred shouted. "Aisha, everyone, get ready to start shooting!"

Almost at the same time, a gatling gun popped up from one of the escorting SUVs and began firing.

"Oh [censored]!" Alfred shouted, jerking the truck to dodge the gunfire.

Dr. Greene fired a grenade at the SUV. The jerking threw his aim off and the grenade missed the turret and landed on the sidewalk. Dr. Greene reloaded and fired again, this time, the grenade landed on the hood of the SUV and killed the driver and immobilized the SUV.

"Nice shooting!" Nixon said. He shot an armed man stumbling out of the wrecked SUV.

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Dr. Zanasiu and Zachary managed to find the convoy but they were behind everyone else.

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PFC Reynolds had finally managed to fill the tanks of the Stryker vehicle. He sped out of the gas station, following the trail of destruction wrought by the chase.

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Keegan swore as he got no response. He holstered his pistol, grabbed the rungs of the ladder and climbed up to the roof, when he got to the top, he held on with one hand and blindly aimed his pistol around the roof. "Show yourself!"

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #964 on:** October 11, 2009, 03:17:17 AM

(OOC: did you mean to put something where that quotation mark is? and how do I get Shelton to fight O'Neill without O'Neill getting a good look? Seems Shelton would need to gt rid of O'Neill before O'Neill has time to register what his attacker looks like,)

Serris · **Reply #965 on:** October 11, 2009, 03:27:02 AM

(OOC - Shelton can knock O'Neill off the ladder but O'Neill can catch himself before he falls onto the road. O'Neill will then retreat into the machinery room)

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #966 on:** October 11, 2009, 03:57:43 AM

Shelton lunged forward, knocking the pistol out of O'Neill's hand, where it skittered along the rooftop and fell onto the road below.

O'Neill let out a cry before his assailant punched him in the hand holding the rung, causing him to fall backwards and hit the elevator shaft. As he slid down, he managed to push off with his legs and come to a crash in the machinery room, preventing his own death by asphalt.

He started to get to his knees, rubbing his eyes, when the attacker leapt down from the rungs and smashed something heavy into his face. O'Neill hit the ground and stayed there.

Shelton, panting heavily, put the flashlight back on his belt. "That was for the salad incident." He checked O'Neill's pulse. He was unconscious, but alive.

Shelton wanted nothing more than to evacuate the crime scene, but instead climbed back up the rungs until he had radio reception. Then he radioed James again.

"James! Sorry about that! I'm okay! but I've got something important to tell you! There's a 50 kilo fusion bomb located back at Pelvanida, with a timer of thirty minutes! I'm guessing Branston's going to activate it once this lab is safely away, but everyone in Pelvanida, Carson City, Las Vegas, they'll either die or suffer serious side effects! And I have no clue how much time's left!"

Serris · **Reply #967 on:** October 12, 2009, 12:01:01 AM

"What!?" Dr. Zanasiu shouted. "You're telling me there's a [censored] bomb at Pelvanida?!" He then radioed everyone on the team. "Everyone, this is James, Shelton has reported that a bomb is at Pelvanida, he has no idea when the bomb will be set off. Decide whether we should break off the chase and return to Pelvanida or try and catch Lab 101 and see if we can stop the detonation."

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Dr. Branston tried to activate the left autocannon. He swore as it failed to activate.

"Someone check the autocannon out! And see if Keegan's all right." Dr. Branston ordered over the PA system.

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Dr. Kerzach got out of his seat. He entered the machinery room and closed the door behind himself. "Shelton, are you there?"

Nick22 · **Reply #968 on:** October 12, 2009, 12:10:43 AM

A Bomb! Turn around Alfred!' Aisha said.."If that bomb goes off, vegas will be downwind from it.. can we get back there in 30 minutes?"

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #969 on:** October 12, 2009, 12:11:18 AM

"If we follow Lab 101, we'll escape the blast radius and survive to fight another day," said Hans. "Plus if leave we'd be abandoning Shelton."
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Shelton climbed back into the machine room. "Kerzach, we need to get out of here. I warned James about the bomb, but O'Neill discovered me and I had to knock him out. He didn't get a good look at me, but it won't matter if they find us here."

Serris · **Reply #970 on:** October 12, 2009, 12:35:20 AM

James nodded. "Pelvanida's mostly empty anyways. I hate to say it but we won't make it back in 30 minutes. Besides, it doesn't feel right to leave Shelton here."

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Alfred shook his head. "It's..." He looked at the clock. "0232. It took us over 4 hours to get from Pelvanida to the heart of Vegas. We can't make it back. And there's the risk that we could get caught in the blast zone."

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PFC Reynolds shook his head. "James, we cannot make it back to Pelvanida in time. I'm sorry but we'll have to sacrifice it."

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Zachary and Werner radioed in simultaneously. "James, we must sacrifice Pelvanida. There is no way we can make it back in time."

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James sighed and radioed Shelton. "Shelton, we can't make it back to Pelvanida. At best, the bomb detonates while we're several hundred miles from it and turns Pelvanida into a smoking crater. At worst, we're inside the blast zone and we get fatally irradiated or incinerated."

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"[censored]!" Dr. Kerzach muttered. "How the hell can we jump out of a lab when it's going like 60+ miles per hour?"

Suddenly, the lab began to slow down and something glass was heard breaking against the side of the lab as well as gunfire.

"We can ditch now!"

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Dr. Branston radioed the truck driver. "What the hell is going on?!"

"The LVMPD organized a [censored] posse! Now we've got armed civilians and cops to deal with." The driver radioed back.

Dr. Branston radioed the driver back. "I don't give a [censored] who they are! If they won't move, kill them!"

He then remaining autocannon and the exterior cameras. He saw the armed escorts shooting it out with the armed civilians and police. He also noticed another group of armed civilians and police coming from the right side. One of the civilians hurled a molotov cocktail which burst against the side of the lab.

Dr. Branston grinned and proceeded to mow down the mob with a short bursts of explosive shells.

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"What the hell?" Alfred asked. He saw the posse engaging the Dragonstorm convoy but the convoy's escorts were making short work of the posse, even though a molotov cocktail set one of the armed SUVS on fire.

(OOC - Pure fusion bombs don't produce fallout. They only produce short lived neutrons. However, it is justifiable that the characters act like there will be fallout as they automatically assume it is a huge fission bomb or a "traditional" fusion bomb <uses a fission bomb as a trigger>.)

Nick22 · **Reply #971 on:** October 12, 2009, 12:43:48 AM

Aisha pulled her gun aimed for the whells and fired there was loud bang as obne of her bullets found its mark in the right back tire of the nearby armored tank..

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #972 on:** October 12, 2009, 12:51:51 AM

(OOC:Wait, really? I thought the whole point was to leave Shelton and Kerzach there. Then they serve as inside agents when James and co. find Lab 101 in the third RP. and Pelvanida is going to explode?)

Serris · **Reply #973 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:02:32 AM

(OOC - The roof will be set on fire and it is a 10+ foot drop to pavement. Shelton and Kerzach will remain in Lab 101.)
(OOC - The characters think Pelvanida's going to explode but Dr. Branston and Dr. Zenarchis have not triggered the countdown yet.)

A molotov cocktail landed on the roof of the lab, setting it on fire.

More gunfire could be heard.

"On second thought. Let's not ditch." Dr. Kerzach said.

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The armored SUV swiveled its gatling gun and shot at Alfred's truck. Suddenly, half the gatling gun fell off.

Behind Alfred's truck was Dr. Zanasiu's laser armed Humvee.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #974 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:05:27 AM

"Talk about a rock and a hard place," groaned Shelton, looking at the speeding road outside and the approaching people inside. "We could escape through the bathroom, but we won't be in any position to help James and the others."

Nick22 · **Reply #975 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:09:03 AM

Aisha ducked in as the SUV fired at them.. "Don't stop Aldfred, we're not letting them get away...' She grinned as Zanuisu's lasr sliced through the gun, rendering it useless.

Serris · **Reply #976 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:17:08 AM

"Not to mention we'll get shot. You hear the gunfire outside?" Dr. Kerzach said. "If we ditch, the crowd will think we're Dragonstorm scientists and they'll try to kill us."

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The convoy soon made short work of the posse. Even the police officers chasing Zachary and Dr. Zanasiu retreated.

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"We're rolling!" The truck driver called out through the radio.

"Good. Who do those pests think they are? Rambo?" Dr. Branston replied via radio.

The convoy soon continued on its path though the city.

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Nixon shot a man who tried to throw a molotov cocktail into the bed.

Dr. Greene was forced to grenade a bunch of armed civilians when they shot at Alfred's truck.

"Hey, the fountains of the Bellagio Hotel." Alfred said, spotting the famed fountains, uninterrupted by the fierce battle that played out in front of it."

"No time to enjoy the sights." Dr. Greene said, reloading his grenade launcher.

"I'm very low on ammo. Any chance we can stop by a gun store?" Nixon asked.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #977 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:21:11 AM

Shelton looked at O'Neill. "Should we bring him into the bathroom? That way whoever's coming won't find him, but I don't know what we'll do after that."

Nick22 · **Reply #978 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:21:39 AM

We Stop, They might get away" Aisha said " Conserve your ammo as best you can, if they get away, I'm going to have to explain to my father how we failed to stop them.."

Serris · **Reply #979 on:** October 12, 2009, 02:34:56 AM

"Why not?" Dr. Kerzach said. He then picked up O'Neill's legs. "Damn it! This guy's heavy."

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"Not to mention we'll see a rash of kidnappings in any city or town near where they set up their lab." Dr. Greene said. "You do know that we have found documents that hint at Dragonstorm kidnapping children to turn into these creatures. For all we know Ridley may once have been a Hawk boy, kidnapped and turned into a weapon of war."

Nixon sniffled slightly. "I know, I just feel guilty that we've been using him. I mean, we were using the weapons we despised. But anyways, is there a chance we can rehabilitate the rescued Dragonstorm experiments or do we have to destroy them?"

Dr. Greene shook his head. "Destroying them is the humane thing. They have no free will, they are little more than living robots."

Alfred said nothing but continued driving.