Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

MrDrake · **Reply #4200 on:** May 30, 2011, 02:16:04 AM

Shakila stopped as well, looking at the dead bodie around "They look rather pale as it is....I wonder if they've been dead for years on end....otherwise, that just wouldn't make any sense....as if, their life force wa just sucked right out of them"

She paused for a moment "Wait a sec....Death....it has to be him"

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4201 on:** May 30, 2011, 02:48:33 AM

"...Yeah, they died all right," Shelton agreed, casting a glance at her and wondering again if she was ready to be moving. "Nobody ever comes down here, but we shouldn't stay long. We have to move to the electrical closet on the second floor; there I can recharge my taser and access the security room next door."

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Ezekiel frowned. "Well, I'm certainly not interested in working with an anthropomorphic plague. Count me out."

"Your other option is to take on a rogue AI who has full control of the base systems," O'Neil reminded. "You know New Peenemunde better than anyone; surely you understand that no single man has any chance of taking on the whole base alone."

"I'm not just any man," Ezekiel countered, brandishing his iron staff/scepter. "I'm the man that took a small fishing farm and turned it into the most powerful and sophisticated armory in the state. I will not relinquish this base, not after everything I've put into it." With that, he darted out of the door to take on Soundwave."

O'Neil watched him go. "Idiot," he muttered. "At least he can provide a distraction, which will increaseour odds of getting out alive." He turned to Trinity. "Where should we head to first?"

MrDrake · **Reply #4202 on:** May 30, 2011, 03:34:09 AM

As Calchas was alone in the room, Death finally appeared again. he was only there to see what had transpire in his absence. His gaze looked upon Calchas "Well now, this is a new turn of events....what happened to your little prisoner?" he asked, floating around the chair "You allowed for her to escape?"

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Trinity though for a moment "It would be best to leave this place, as much as I do not wish to. We'll need to head to the planes and get one up and runbning, ready to leave" her gaze shifted to Pestilence "If you wish to join us, you may"

"It will not matter if I stay or go....the plague will happen regardless" Pestilence answered simply.

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Soundwave's attention was upon the Hydra still being built as an experiment approached him, whispering into his....well, where his ear was suppose to be. The AI nodded back and went to intercept Ezekiel.

Serris · **Reply #4203 on:** May 31, 2011, 01:39:30 AM

(Platanna Town, TX)

Dr. Zanasiu nodded and stood in line. He paid for a cabin for Dr. Williams, Sharon and himself. He got cabin #6. "Hey, Sharon, Doc Williams, I'll meet you in cabin #6."

He then headed out to get his luggage.

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Gustave entered Alfred's cabin with his own luggage. The shower was running and Alfred was nowhere to be seen.

The cabin's inner supports and floors were made of rough-hewn timber that gave a rustic and rugged feel to the area. A polished chunk of what appeared to be a type of metal ore served as a paperweight for a stack of papers that contained local attractions.

A large rug with Native American inspired designs covered the floor. Gustave sat on the couch and turned on the TV to channel surf.

Nick22 · **Reply #4204 on:** May 31, 2011, 11:31:05 AM

aisha grabbed the finished popcorn and handed it to roux.. ' here you go' he said as she grabbed a couple sodas from the minifridge.. ' hope you like root beer because bsides that.all they have is diet stuff..' aisha said as she sat down next to Roux.. " ok rues for watching the movie; 1 we watch the movie
2 you ask before kissing me touching me or aything of that sort.. 3If the movie stinks we can switch it.
Any questions..

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4205 on:** June 01, 2011, 04:52:49 AM

O'Neil nodded. "The hallways will have security cameras activated; we should escape through the air vents. If it's it's all right with you, Trinity, I'd prefer if you led. If SouNdwave has any traps set at the end, you would be the most prepared to deal with them."

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Shelton and Shakila reached the security room. Shelton plugged his flashlight/taser into the wall and set to work on the computers. He pressed his hand against a scanner to activate the monitors. ROSS would be little help now; Texas Base was extremely securely protected against external interference. Only Shelton's security clearance will help them now.

"Shakila?" he asked. "Do you feel capable of hacking right now?"

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Calchas could barely move. His eyes, wide and fearful, looked at the terrible monstrosity standing over his helpless figure.

"Help...help...help me..." was all he could force out. With all of his remaining strength, he added "...please..."

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Sharon shifted her feet. "I tried several times to engage him in conversation, but he never seems very interested in me. I'll ask him questions and topic-starters, and he'll only give succinct, simple responses before focusing on something else. To be honest, Dr. Zanasiu is a much better conversationalist, and he shows honest friendliness towards me."

She realized she hadn't given Anne time to speak. "What do you think?"

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4206 on:** June 01, 2011, 04:42:53 PM

Roux nodded and cuddled up to Aisha happily.
"Okay~!"
She said with a cute giggle...
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Neku stood there, then sagged to his knees, swords clattering to the ground around him.
"Heh...we did it...way to go, Aimee. Hailey...you were...amazing..."
He said weakly...

Nick22 · **Reply #4207 on:** June 01, 2011, 04:44:50 PM

Aisha turned the movie obn and started watching the movie, but by the first few scenes she coulfd tell the movie wasn';t going to be that good.. the acting was not very good, and the plot was pretty predictable..

MrDrake · **Reply #4208 on:** June 02, 2011, 12:13:20 AM

"That's understandable" Trinity nodded back to O'Neil as she lead the way towards the hanger "It's rather difficult to tell what Soundwave may have waiting for us at the end of this rabbit hole" she arrived at where the air vents were as she jumped up, grabbing onto the side of it as she pulled herself in before turning to help O'Neil up as well.

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Soundwave approached Ezekiel "You have not left this facility as ordered, I take it that you do not value your own life and instead, wish to face immediate termination?"

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"That all depends on if whatever it you want me to hack will actually help us out or not....cause honestly, I don't want to waste my time hacking into something that wont get us anywhere in the end" Shakila replied back rather plainly.

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Death simply looked at Calchas "Begging for your life does not work aganst myself, I have no intention on saving lives, only taking them, and your life is no different to ever other being that I have enountered on this planet"

At first, a pause did happen....until he reached forward, his hand going right into Calchas' chest and grabbing onto his heart "Your life essence shall surfice myself....greatly" and already, Death was starting to steal the very life esenceof Calchas before pulling his hand out, along with the heart of Calchas, crushing the heart in his hand.

"A shame too, and you seemed to have such potential too" Death chuckled as he dropped the crushed heart onto the ground.

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Aimee shrugged "Well hey, I saw an opening and took it"

Xanthus however, still sounded displeased "We still have the other Horsemen to deal with, and I doubt that even Death himself will be this easy to kill"

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #4209 on:** June 02, 2011, 01:08:49 AM

"I wish the answer was as easy as it appears. Based on what you're saying, Dr. Zanasiu seems like the right answer. However, he must not only sound right but also feel right. Your mind may say he's better for you, but what does your heart feel about him?" Dr. Williams replied.

Serris · **Reply #4210 on:** June 03, 2011, 05:48:42 PM

(Platanna Town, TX)

Dr. Zanasiu entered his cabin. It was the same rustic style cabin as the others. He put his luggage in the closet and went to use the bathroom.

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Try as he may, Gustave still could not shake the feeling that someone was watching him.

He grabbed his keys and headed outside to soothe his nerves.

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(New Peenemunde Harbor, FL)

Dr. O'Neill easily hoisted himself into the air vent once Trinity helped pull him up.

Since Trinity had chosen the main air intake duct, it was tall enough for them for them to kneel down. Unfortunately, it was totally dark. Luckily, he had a small flashlight with him.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4211 on:** June 03, 2011, 06:16:47 PM

"Your job is to let me know when security chatter starts up," Shelton explained, easing Shakila into a swivel chair and rolling her to one of the monitors. "I'm about to do a lot of complicated, technically allowed actions, but its guaranteed to eventually raise some eyebrows. I need to know exactly when that happens."

He pointed at a rapidly refreshing code box. "That's a live feed of the regular security override/oversight programs. They're not a problem. Once it looks like anything user-based is happening, then our time starts running out. And for God's sake, let me know right away if anything with the word 'admin' starts poking around."

He then got to work overriding the electronic lock on the back door and resetting the security passwords on the security checkpoints from there to here.

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Sharon thought. "I'm honestly not sure yet," she admitted. "Everything's gone so fast in the last few days, and I had had a crush on Zachary for such a long time when we both were at Pelvanida..."

Spc. Crota slithered over. "So, what are you ladies gossiping about over here?" He smiled suggestively, revealing a mouth of razor sharp fangs.

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StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4212 on:** June 06, 2011, 05:49:38 PM

Roux smiled softly, rubbing along Aisha's back with a murr.
"Mmm...this movie is really cheesy..."
She giggled...

Nick22 · **Reply #4213 on:** June 06, 2011, 10:46:11 PM

yeah it is " aoisha said stoppping the movie with a click of the mouse..' do you want to watch another movie? She asked
_ Dr Landon stood outside getting some fresk air. soon they would head off to do some recon work.. for now the others were getting settled in..

Serris · **Reply #4214 on:** June 08, 2011, 12:29:15 AM

Gustave stood outside on the porch of his cabin. He inhaled the crisp desert air.

He then spotted Dr. Landon and approached him.

"Couldn't sleep, eh?" he asked with a toothy smile.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4215 on:** June 08, 2011, 04:38:08 AM

Sharon frowned. "None of your business," she snapped.

She led Anne away. "We were about to...go outside. Get to know Gustave."

Crota had been about to follow them, but upon mention of Gustave, stopped. "Uhh, you girls have fun then," he started slithering elsewhere. "Nice talking to you!"

"Sorry about that," Sharon muttered, eyes narrowed. "I just figured he wouldn't want to follow us since Gustave is out here."

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Elsewhere in Texas Base, a technician started noticing when the security cameras and autoturrets were being set in a feedback loop and the electronic doorlocks were having their passwords reset.

He contacted Roderick deSancho, the systems administrator, who said he'd get on the problem. First thing, deSancho logged in and used his administrative privileges to check the camera command logs.

Nick22 · **Reply #4216 on:** June 08, 2011, 11:47:03 PM

Yeah, just whiling the time until we go on the recon mission. Hopefully that place will have something useful to help locate and destroy the remaining Dragonstorm bases.." Landon replied. " You settleed in yet Gustave?

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4217 on:** June 09, 2011, 01:26:25 AM

Roux smiled and snuggled against Aisha.
"Mmm...only if you want to...hun..."
She said softly...

Serris · **Reply #4218 on:** June 09, 2011, 01:26:39 AM

Gustave nodded. "Yeah, same here," he said.

He then looked over his shoulder to a clump of scrubby bushes next to his cabin.

"Hey, do you get the feeling that we're being watched?" he asked.

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Alfred had changed into his pajamas and was asleep on his bed.

Nick22 · **Reply #4219 on:** June 09, 2011, 01:32:04 AM

wasn't that the punchline in an old Bug Bunny cartoon " Landon cracked .."But just to be sure I'll go over and check out the bushes..
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if you don't want to watch a movie.. what do you want to watch? Aisha said to roux, noticing her paws starting to move up her sides..