Darwin's Soldiers 2: Survival of the Fittest

Nick22 · **Reply #980 on:** October 12, 2009, 02:44:16 AM

And what if they don't want to be destroyed? they can still serve a purpose.. we can try and bring them back to what they once were" Aisha said fiercely..

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #981 on:** October 12, 2009, 03:00:38 AM

Shelton grabbed the other leg. Together, they dragged him through the hole in the bathroom.

"Shh!" hissed Shelton, standing flat against the wall out of sight of the hole as the door to the machinery room swung open.

Serris · **Reply #982 on:** October 12, 2009, 03:51:50 PM

Dr. Greene shook his head. "This process is irreversible. The few documents that we have deciphered state that their brain is actually removed and replaced in the process."

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"Keegan! Are you all right?" the man asked.

Dr. Kerzach realized that he could not mimic Keegan's voice because of Keegan's light Irish brogue did not match with his own New Jersey accent. He pressed himself against the bathroom door.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #983 on:** October 12, 2009, 08:33:14 PM

(OOC: I didn;t actually have any plan for whoever comez through that door. I assumed you had something planned. Feel free to control whoever comes to check the autocannon.)

The idea to mimic O'Neill's voice never even occured to Shelton. He was busy being very, very quiet.

Noname · **Reply #984 on:** October 12, 2009, 08:36:28 PM

"What do you mean, Greene?" Corporal Stern asked. "What exactly did they do? This is a very major violation of the Geneva convention."

Serris · **Reply #985 on:** October 12, 2009, 08:53:07 PM

"Dragonstorm scientists have been engaged in kidnapping children for their experiments. The deciphered documents we have state that the brain of the subjects are removed and replaced with an artificial neural net. This leaves them with severely limited to nonexistent capacity for higher thought processes. They are little more than robots." Dr. Greene said.

"If anything, this is less 'illegal' than what Dragonstorm is doing! Yes, we had to kill some civilians but they attacked us first, even when we showed our weapons and threatened to fire." Nixon countered.

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The man looked around and not finding Keegan, turned around and closed the door behind himself.

"Shelton, the coast is clear." Dr. Kerzach whispered.

Noname · **Reply #986 on:** October 12, 2009, 09:26:06 PM

"It's worse than I feared" Stern replied. "We had intelligence suggesting this, but we didn't believe it. When these thugs are brought to justice, there will be hell to pay. The trial for these criminals will rival that of Nuremberg..."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #987 on:** October 12, 2009, 09:32:26 PM

"Where now?" asked Shelton. "Back to the main room, or see if we can do more to help James and his team?"

Serris · **Reply #988 on:** October 12, 2009, 09:33:47 PM

"If we do this right, there won't even be a trial!" Dr. Greene said bitterly, clutching his rifle.

"Seeing what these guys have done, I'm all for just simply lining them up against a wall and shooting them." Alfred replied.

"Remember that even though the Nazis' crimes were known, we still treated them to a fair trial." Nixon said.

"[censored] fair trial in this case!" Dr. Greene spat. "We're chasing them and we've almost got them. I say we simply catch them and shoot them."

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"We'd better get back to the main room. They may get suspicious on why we were in the bathroom for a few hours." Dr. Kerzach said. He then exited the machinery room.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #989 on:** October 12, 2009, 09:41:53 PM

"We're not exactly doing so awesome at that whole catching part," reminded Nixon, ducking as a grenade bounced off the top of the car and landed on the pavement behind them, exploding. "Has any of our artillery penetrated the armor around Lab 101?"

Serris · **Reply #990 on:** October 12, 2009, 10:01:21 PM

Dr. Greene fired a grenade at Lab 101, he managed to mangle the autoturret but the explosion did nothing else. He then stitched the lab with his rifle, doing nothing but dent the armor in some places.

"Damn it!" Dr. Greene said. "We'll need need a cannon or missiles to take it down."

A grenade thrown from a convoy vehicle landed in the bed. Nixon hastily threw it over the side, where it blew up a newspaper box. Nixon shot one of the tires on the truck, to no effect.

"Guys, aiming for the tires on the truck doesn't work. They're using a new airless tire." Nixon said.

Noname · **Reply #991 on:** October 12, 2009, 10:26:43 PM

"Then shoot the gas tank!" Corporal Stern told Nixon. "It isn't invincible, even with run-flat tires."

Recalling the earlier comment on the Nazis... Stern didn't want to break any rules on international law in killing captured prisoners... but he was tempted to in the case of these monsters.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #992 on:** October 13, 2009, 12:55:40 AM

Shelton nodded. "I'll go first this time." He exited the bathroom and calmly walked back to his seat. Or at least, the spot of ground he'd christened his seat.

"Hey, Ian, when are we gonna blow that base up?" asked one of the scientists.

"Quiet," snapped the Black man. "When the commander makes his decision, you will all know. Trust us."

Shelton had forgotten about the bomb momentarily. He'd been so focused on warning James, he hadn't realized that saving Pelvanida was the more important goal. He started thinking of what he and Kerzach could do to stop the bomb themselves.

Serris · **Reply #993 on:** October 13, 2009, 01:44:59 AM

"I've worked with large trucks like these and the fuel tanks are in the front." Nixon said.

Alfred sped the truck up until they were right next to the fuel tank. "Go for it!"

Nixon loaded the last round in his shotgun and shot a hole in the fuel tank. Diesel fuel began to pour from the fist sized hole.

"Nice!" Dr. Greene said. He aimed at the truck and shot at the window only to find out that it was armored glass and the shots did not penetrate it. He shot at the engine compartment but it too was armored.

Suddenly, the truck tried to ram Alfred off the road. Alfred was forced to slow down to avoid getting forced into streetlight.

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An alarm suddenly sounded in the lab.

Dr. Branston checked the console and noticed that one of the fuel tanks was leaking. He quickly pumped the remaining fuel in the internal tank in front of the lab.

"What was that?" a scientist asked.

"Fuel leak, bastards must have shot out one of the auxiluary tanks." the Black man replied.

"Shelton, how can we stop the bomb? We can't hijack the truck." Dr. Kerzach asked.

Nick22 · **Reply #994 on:** October 13, 2009, 01:57:57 AM

AIsha took aim and fired. her bullet rattled throughg the hole Nixon had made. it blew a hole in a secomd auxillary tank, and burst out through the other side with a huge bang.. " Just keep it close so i can get another good shot.. I'm taking out the driver" Aisha said..'These bastards are not going to surrender willingly, we'll end up likely having to shoot them.. which is fine by me.."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #995 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:11:01 AM

"Listen, I've been thinking," Shelton started, taking advantage of the rampant whispering that broke out after the second tank got shot. "Neither you nor I know a thing about explosives, so I don't want to even attempt to go there. But we know a thing about timers. If we can find the timer and shut it down, we'll have effectively rendered the bomb useless."

Serris · **Reply #996 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:24:08 AM

Alarms rang through the lab.

Dr. Branston pumped the remaining fuel into the internal tank and silenced the alarm. "Both auxilary tanks are gone."

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"Aisha, the truck's armored. We couldn't damage the engine or the driver's compartment with our weapons." Dr. Greene said. He fired a grenade at the truck only to have it roll off the hood and detonate underneath the cab with no visible effect.

"Looks like the external fuel tanks are the only unarmored parts." Nixon said.

Alfred kept the pickup truck close to the lab. Suddenly, he felt a huge jolt; the truck had actually rammed him.

"Hang on!" Alfred grunted, wrestling with the steering wheel. It was no use, he slowed down but ended up crashing the pickup truck through a cafe, much to the shock of the horrified patrons.

Alfred, Dr. Greene and Nixon grabbed their weapons and got out of the wrecked pickup truck.

Dr. Greene looked at the Humvees chasing after the lab. "Damn it! We have no vehicle now!"

Nixon heard the deep growl of a powerful engine and he spotted a Lamborghini Gallardo idling in front of a posh looking hotel. He winked. "Yes we do now!"

He went up the Lambo and leaned on the car. "Sir, may I borrow this vehicle?"

"Get lost! And buy your own [censored] car!" the driver, a German Shepherd in a nice suit, snarled.

Nixon aimed his shotgun at the driver. "I asked nicely. But I'm not going to be nice now. Get out of the car!"

The driver, raised his hands and exited the Gallardo. Nixon got into the car and drove to where the Nixon, Dr. Landon, Aisha and Alfred were standing.

"There's only one seat left." Nixon said.

Alfred shrugged. "Nice ride but a bit impractical." He spotted a skinny Throughbred horse unlocking a convertible. "Excuse me."

He then ran over to the Thoroughbred. "Excuse me sir, but I'm with a group of soldiers and we need to commandeer this vehicle."

The Throughbred said nothing but got in the vehicle and prepared to start the engine. He barely got the key in the ignition when Alfred seized him and threw him onto the pavement and drove off with the convertible.

He drove it to where Aisha, Dr. Landon and Dr. Greene were.

"Got another ride." Alfred said.

"What about the Lambo I 'borrowed'?" Nixon asked.

"Keep it. It's the fastest and most agile vehicle we've got."

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Dr. Branston grinned as he looked at the exterior cameras showing the driver of the lab ramming one of the pursuing vehicles. He then activated the PA system. "Folks, I'd say we're almost there. Our helpful driver has just sent one of the pursuing vehicles through a cafe window. They're pretty much done for,"

Nick22 · **Reply #997 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:45:25 AM

Aisha Whipped out her checkbook and quickly wrote out a check. " Heres 300 grabd " She said tossing the check to the horse, who was racinf after them. Aisha and Dr Landion climbed in... as the horse picked up the check, the car sped away. 'wow' the horse murmured to himself as he walked away with the check. " they just gave me 5 times what I paid for for the car.. "
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'lets hope this car goes faster than 100' Aisha said putting her checkbook away.."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #998 on:** October 13, 2009, 03:12:11 AM

"If we're almost there, then we're almost out of time," whispered Shelton, as the surrounding scientists cheered. "We need to get Branston away from--"

He was interrupted by a screech from the bathroom. "O'Neill's been hurt!" yelled a Deer scientist, leaping out of the bathroom. "He's in here!"

Caustizer · **Reply #999 on:** October 13, 2009, 09:52:20 AM

(OOC: The invaders of Pelvada is now in the public domain, feel free to initiate the tank invasion when you choose)