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Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

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Neku nodded.
<Alright.  Creative, huh?  I can do that.>
He jumped into the air, breaking through the floor with a force blast, using a second one to push himself upward.  He did this two more times, and once he was on the right floor, he bolted toward the ballroom, relying on his innate ability to read the system through it's power output...
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Over Vic's radio, Kagetora's voice crackled out.
"We're not your enemies here, Vic.  We're on your side.  All of us."


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aisha stirred from her sleep and felt Roux's soft fur pressing against her " Roux? time to wake up" she said softly.. petting and stroking Roux's fur..'Its time for breakfast.." she said.
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(OOC - Assume Sharon, Dr. Williams and Dr. Wayne are all sharing one room.)

(Hampton Inn, Cornova, NM)

Alfred stretched as he got off the couch. "Good morning," he said. The then rubbed his jaw, it was still sore from where he was punched at the bat yesterday.

He then headed to the bathroom to wash up.

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Gustave was in his room, drinking some coffee in an attempt to deal with his hangover.

Spc. Crota - fully clothed - and Sgt. Masters slithered out the door and headed downstairs to breakfast.

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Dr. Williams stretched as she rolled off of the couch she was sleeping on. Sharon was washing up in the bathroom

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Dr. Zanasiu woke up to find Chase staring at the window. "Chase, is something the matter?" he asked.

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(New Peenemunde Harbor, FL)

Dr. Kerzach put his switchblade away and ran to help Shelton.

"You okay?" he asked. He then helped Shelton to his feet. "We'd better find some place to stash the body."

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Dr Landon was next to wake up.
Morning guys Aisha said to them " how did you sleep yesterday?"
 Eh I slept alright. bed was pretty irm, so I can't complsin. i hate those overly soft beds, to be honest, I can never get comfortable with them." he added.
Well, roux kept me company" aisha replied. " I didn't get cold at any rate..
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Shelton washed his face off in the sink and took several gulps of water. He tried to control his shaking. "Jesus," he breathed. "Achilles...I just...he was..."

After a few deep breaths, he got a hold of himself. "You're right," he agreed. He grimaced as he glanced at the mutilated body. Luckily, most of Achilles' damage was internal, leaving only a few rivulets of blood among the pool of steaming coffee. "He had discovered our secret, and I had no other options. But I don't know what we should do with the body."

After a thought, he decided the first course of action would be to wrap the head in paper towels to prevent any more blood from spilling out.


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Dr. Kerzach thought a moment. Suddenly, an idea came to mind.

"If they do experiments here like at Pelvanida, we can toss his body into the incinerator used for disposing of dead experiments and hazardous waste," Dr. Kerzach said. "Or failing that, we  drive out of the base with the body and dump it on a lonely highway."

"Now the only problem is how do we get his body out of here without being noticedand explain his absence?" he muttered.

He scratched his chin. Suddenly, he had another idea. "Or we can explain to our superiors that Achilles attacked you in a fit of rage upon learning that you were promoted instead of him and you killed him in self-defense. There, problem solved!" he said, snapping his fingers.

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"That works!" smiled Shelton. "He even mentioned that he was next in line before I passed him up!"

Shelton had rolled Achilles aside and was attempting to mop up the coffee using paper towels. "Do you know where the incinerator is?" he asked.


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Dr. Kerzach left to get a mop as soon as Shelton was finished speaking.

"I know where it is but the whole process is automated so as to minimize exposure to toxins or pathogens; it's going to be tricky to place his body in there," Dr. Kerzach said, mopping up the spilled coffee. "Not to mention, we can't toss his body in the incinerator and tell them you killed him in self-defense, it looks suspicious. Finally, we can't trek across the campus with a dead guy in tow."

Luckily, no one had come in to investigate the mess in the kitchenette.

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(Drake's Headquarters)

Drake moved his flute to his mouth as he spoke to Hailey "You see, this is where it will all end for you Hailey, I'm afraid that your run has to come to an end, I mean hey, it was good, but I'm afraid that it just was not good enough in the end, the Hydra is active, I am still alive and you, my dear girl, are about to die"

And without a moment more to spare, he started to play on his flute, the music already starting to affect Hailey as she started to dance around, to which Drake just smirked to himself as he continued to play.

The Hydra gave off a roar as it seemed to just watch Hailey dance, one of its head snapping forward towards Hailey as acid dripped from its mouth and onto the ground, almost striking Hailey.

"Once I'm free from your music Drake....you are dead meat..." Hailey snarled slightly as she continued to dance unwillingly.

***

Soundwave, in turn, flashed his eyes as he seemed to just vanish from where he was before reappearing on the same floor as where Neku was heading for.  He changed his own coding around, only slightly to disguise himself as none other than Hailey, but in a rather beautiful red dress.

He waited for Neku to arrive on the scene as he just stood there, watching and waiting, ignoring the fact that the AI Shelton had escaped him for the time being.  He was not his top priority right now, Neku was.

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(Las Vegas)

After a few hours of searching, Xanthus finally came across Aimee's profile as he seemed to smirk, just ever so slightly "Well now, this is interesting, she had gone missing for a while, a month by the looks of things, then she seemed to just reappear, but where did you go I wonder?"

He continued to read through her profile, connecting up dots, in particular, in regards to Hailey and Aydin "Friends I see, how intruiging....I must meet these two at some point, hopefuly you can lead me to them...." he continued to speak to himself with a light sounding chuckle.

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(Washington D.C)

It didn't take long for Trinity to subdue Zara in hand to hand combat "And here I thought you were suppose to be good at fighting" she looked over to Viper "Now then, let's get down to business, shall we? Vladimir requires your presence, as you are well aware of..."

Viper, however, decided to interupt Trinity at that point "You should be lucky Alice isn't here, otherwise, she would give you a run for your money"

"Alice? And might I ask who this....Alice is?" Trinity decided to ask, stepping over, towards Viper.

"She has robotic arms and she's a fox" Viper replied back.

That's when Trinity stopped for a moment and gave off a laugh "Really? And where is this Alice now?"

"Las Vegas" Viper replied, giving off a small smile, believing that trinity had no way of getting to Las Vegas all that easily.

'So, that's where you're hiding now....' Trinity turned by that point and started to walk out of the room, guards pouring into the room in the process to aprehend the two experiments.

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Trinity approached Vladimir "I'm afraid I must go, there is something I need to do in Vegas"

"If you're talking about that vixen, Aimee....no need, Xanthus is already sorting her out" Vladimir replied back to Trinity "He already sent me some information about his....companion....that he's with, a vixen named Aimee, so don't worry, once Xanthus is able to gain acess to this, so called, anti-Dragonstorm group, the one that destroyed your facility, she, along with everyone else in that group will be taken care of"


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AI Shelton ducked into the nearest ballroom, checking to see if Soundwave was following him. Just to be safe, he rearranged his pixels into a fashionable white tuxedo and converted the pixels forming his ponytail and beard into a black glove to hide the missing pixels from his left hand.

In an attempt to look like a regular AI, he politely walked up to an unpaired lady and asked, "Madam, may I have this dance?"

She glared at him with unfathomable hatred and walked off.

AI Shelton watched her go with piqued curiosity. That was certainly unusual.


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(Crimson Squad)

Everyone on board seemed frozen in confusion at the response on radio.

"How'd they get the frequency?" Aiko said.

"It may be part of their powers evolving," Dr Joe replied.  "It's not part of any Pelvanida projects."

"Don't count out Snow here," Vic responded.  "She came a long way when she was on the ship."

Snow blushed.

"Either way, it's bad news for us and Dr Zanasiu," Dr Joe was not convinced.

Vic paused in thought.

"You have a plan?" Fox asked.

"A gut feeling actually..." Vic picked up the radio.  "Crimson Leader to Hawkeye.  Come in."

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(New Mexico)

Chase's gaze turned to the ceiling, and a cold shiver went down his spine.  "Something's here..." he whispered...

(OCC:  Who's playing Shakila again?)


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Soundwave changed his voice to be able to match Hailey's voice for the time being as he walked forward, the high heels he was wearing taping along the ground with each step that he took.

***

Shakila had found a room for herself to be able to use, just temporarily at least as she turned her laptop on.  She wanted to at least get into contact with someone she knew.

She set up a live video feed to her source who did take some time to answer, but did so none the less "Hey sis" Shakila spoke.

On the other end was another female cat, black as well, well, except for some white in her fluff of hair "One week, one week and you hadn't gotten in contact with me, and all I asked was a simple "How are you?" question" she gave off a small laugh "But I'm not mad, nah, no reason for me to be mad, was just worried, wondering when you would get in contact with me again, that's all"

"Yeah, well, things haven't exactly been all peachy where I am..."

Her sister cut her off "Which is where exactly?"

"Don't worry about that at the moment, it's not important, but uh, how is New York City?" Shakila asked back in order to change the subject.

Her sister shook her head back "Eh, same old stuff really, Times Suqare is still under repear since that attack....and the Statue of Liberty....I don't think they're going to worry about rebuilding it again, unless the French decide to just hand another one over, and I highly doubt they'll do something like that ever again" she spoke with a quick laugh.

"Yeah, that's true" Shakila spoke back with a quick shrug a dnall little snicker herself "But other than that, I take it everything is fine Shayla?"

"Yeah, it's all rather fine and dandy and what not....to a point anyway....but at least I'm keeping out of trouble, which I hope you're doing the same, cause you don't want mum and dad worrying" Shayla answered back, arching an eyebrow at her sister.

Shakila just gave off a small laugh back, giving a small smile too, but yet, said nothing on the matter.

(OOC: As you can see, I play her;), and yes, the damge is refeering to my Zero Hour story)


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Neku dashed around the corner, freezing in place as he saw Soundwave.
"H-Hailey?  No, it can't be her.  You another program sent to screw with my head?"
He said, visibly shaking and nervous...
<Shelton, is Hailey near you?>
He asked via communicator...
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Hawkeye's voice came over the Radio.  
"This is Hawkeye.  Go ahead, Crimson Leader."
He replied.  In the back of the truck, Slash pulled out a phone, sending a message to Shakila, as Kagetora sent a similar greeting to Kiara, hoping she was alright...


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AI Shelton didn't answer. He had something more important on his mind.

Every single dancer in the ballroom was glaring at him. Most of them were still dancing, but every pair of eyes was frowning in his direction. And dancing his way.

"Soundwave must have alerted the neutral AI to the fact that I'm a rogue program," Shelton spoke aloud to himself. "Also, it appears they didn't code that part of me that could internally monologue."

Shelton started to back up. He was near one of the walls, only a few NPCs stood in his way.

As they closed in on him, he quickly reloaded his index finger.

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"Can we just dump him in the harbor?" Shelton asked, pointing out the kitchenette window to the crystal blue waters outside. "I mean, they'll find him, but they won't know who killed him."


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Dr. Kerzach nodded. "Sure, now help me clean up and carry his body somewhere," he said.

He then continued mopping up the spilled coffee.

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Shelton wrapped a new layer of paper towels around Achilles' head; the blood was starting to seep through. "I can finish that," he motioned for the mop. "You should check if the coast is clear because you aren't covered in coffee."

He lowered his voice. "Also, sorry for all this trouble. I probably should have thought of a cleaner way to kill him, but everything happened kinda fast."

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With the dancers closing in around him like a swarm of enemies in the old game Robots, AI Shelton spun, faced the nearest wall, and fired a shot at each AI in that path. They fell, blood staining their fancy dresses, and Shelton made a break for it.

Once the bullets were fired, the dancers turned primal, hissing and bearing their nails. Those near furniture picked it up and wielded it as a weapon.

But they didn't get the chance to use it because Shelton fought off the individuals grasping at his clothes and hurled himself headfirst at the wall. He barely had time to remove his solidity code before he slid through the wall and crashed into a steel cabinet.

He was in a kitchen. The cooks had been busy at work preparing hors d'Ășuvres, but at the sound of the crash they all looked up.

Shelton got to his feet and brushed himself off. "Sorry, about that, gentlemen," he started, but then noticed that all the cooks had grabbed knives and other cooking utensils and were grinning wickedly at him.


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(Crimson Squad)

"You have to know by now that what happened earlier isn't making you trustworthy," Vic replied, "But if the others believe that some chip is what controlled you, then there may be a second chance.  However, I can't simply trust your words just yet, so we'll start off with some information about the group you were with.  What is Oruboros, and what is their connection to Dragonstorm?"

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(New Peenemunde Harbor)

Ezekiel pondered in his office over what he had said before about something, and then turned on the com.  "Report, Stalker."

Static, then a reply.  "The prey are beneath me.  I am ready to hunt..."

"You said there is a telepath among them.  Take him alive, if you can, and bring him to the nearest base.  He could be useful."

A pause.  "As you command..."

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(Crimson Base)

Back in the infirmary, things were back to normal, and nurses were checking on patients.  Neville was visited in his room, and Kiara was lying in bed in a room next to his...


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Soundwave looked to Neku for a moment "What's the matter....Neku? You don't trust me anymore? Has this place started to affect the way you think? The way you see things? Do you no longer know what is reality? And what isn't?" he looked at Neku for a moment more, awaiting for his next answer.

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Hailey started to turn up the heat around her as she was still dancing away and soon enough, it happened, she had produced enough heat for Drake to stop playing as his flute was now a bit too hot to touch.

Hailey turned around immediatly and fired a fireball at Drake's flute, knocking it out of his hand before firing a second one to strike it in midair, destroying it "No more games now Drake" she spoke, glaring to him.

Drake was still rather ticked off with what Hailey had just done as he took a few steps back "So, you want to play it that way, huh? Very well then" he spoke, still stepping back and up against his desk.

Hailey continued to eye him before she had to turn quickly and punch to incoming Hydra heads in the face with a firey fist, which only caused both heads to growl and strike again as Hailey had to then dodge the strikes.

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(Crimson Base)

Kiara sat up in the bed where she was, her injuries had healed up quite a bit from before now, enough for her to at least sit up and walk properly.  Yet, she just decided to stay seated for the time being, her head hitting the back of the wall with a groan, having missed the phone call she had recieved.


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Neku tapped the side of his head.
"I'm smarter than I look... Soundwave.  Hailey wasn't wearing that.  So unless she magically created clothing like an AI, you're not her.  Plus, I 'heard' you and Drake earlier.  You really should encrypt your communications better."
He taunted, noticing the flickering electrical field around "her", eyes glowing blue...
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Hawkeye nodded.
"I'll tell you what I can.  Oruboros is a side ally of Dragonstorm, responsible for eliminating anything that becomes a threat to the project.  They're well- funded, well-trained, and, most importantly, have several powerful experiments on their side.  They've perfected a way to give even normal people powers equal to any psi experiment, and they aren't picky about who they use as test subjects."
He said, pausing briefly...