Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #440 on:** February 25, 2010, 11:34:46 PM

"Well he is somehow involved in this,' hans said.

Serris · **Reply #441 on:** February 26, 2010, 01:07:50 AM

Alfred flicked out his cell phone and called Aisha's room. "Aisha, Aimee and I are having a light meal before we head out to the city," he said, "Make sure you tell Cpl. Stern so he doesn't think something bad happened to us," he said.

Nick22 · **Reply #442 on:** February 26, 2010, 01:21:55 AM

Sure thing' came the Reply.." you guys have fun.. just in case, you do have a weapon on you?.. we wouldn't want another fight breaking out again.."

MrDrake · **Reply #443 on:** February 26, 2010, 01:29:39 AM

Aimee folded up the newspaper for the time being, deciding to read some more it once they got to a shop. She took a glance around as Alfred continued to talk on the phone, trying to find a good shop to visit, her sight coming onto a cafe as she shrugged lightly "I guess that'll have to do" she spoke, stepping inside and looking to the menu they had before looking to the food cabinets, seeing what food was available.

Serris · **Reply #444 on:** February 26, 2010, 01:36:36 AM

"Do my massive fists and muscles count?" Alfred replied, only half jokingly. "In any case, bye," he said. He then hung up the phone.

He then followed Aimee into a cafe. The cafe was a small European style cafe named "Cederwood Cafe".

He sat down at a table near the entrance.

MrDrake · **Reply #445 on:** February 26, 2010, 01:51:19 AM

Aimee had grabbed a sandwhich and a drink, a milkshake actually as she sat down with Alfred, putting the newspaper down onto the table as she took a bite of her sandwhich as she read the article more closely before she pulled out her piece of paper of notes and scribbled something else down onto it, well, a few other things before taking another bite out of her sandwhich and looked to Alfred "Aren't you going to get something to eat? I mean, you did say you were hungry"

Nick22 · **Reply #446 on:** February 26, 2010, 01:52:33 AM

Aisha heard the half-jest and laughed as Alfred hung up the Phone, she then returned to watching the show about Chocolate it was now on the Hershey's brand.

Serris · **Reply #447 on:** February 26, 2010, 01:59:52 AM

Alfred got up and ordered a roasted portabella mushroom sandwich and a bottle of iced tea. In a few minutes, his order was ready and he took it and sat next to Aimee.

He bit into the sandwich. "Aimee, I have a funny story to tell you. You'll never guess how I got involved in this whole thing,"

The noise of the lively cafe prevented anyone else from eavesdropping.

MrDrake · **Reply #448 on:** February 26, 2010, 02:04:24 AM

Aimee looked over to Alfred as she continued to eat her sandwhich and taking a few more sips of her milkshake "Oh? And what would that be?" she decided to ask, now starting to get rather curious about it, although, being curious would also get one into trouble as well.

She was indeed listning to Alfred, but yet, also circled a few things on the article as well, seeming to be keywords by the looks of things anyway, mainly the name she was after, the name of the city, the date the article was published.

Serris · **Reply #449 on:** February 26, 2010, 02:23:51 AM

"I was a construction worker before this. And I literally got dragged into this by Aisha. To this day, I have no idea how I, a Bison who can tip over a 3 ton pickup truck barehanded, got physically dragged around by a Human," Alfred said between bites of his sandwich.

MrDrake · **Reply #450 on:** February 26, 2010, 02:29:58 AM

"A construction worker?" Aimee asked as she soon, had finished off her sandwhich "That's something different, and being pulled around by a human....odd, I mean, I've never heard of that happening to a bison in particular" she gave off a light shrug as she continued to sip at her milkshake "And I know you don't need any explanation from me, I mean, I've provided all I know at the moment, you're like me, pretty much have gotten dragged into all this as well"

She paused for a moment, looking to her notes, then back to Alfred "And, I should also thank you for helping me out back at the mall as well, but it's just that one thing I'm trying to figure out is that me killing people....I don't even know if that's actually who I am or not, it's still all just....fuzzy, all these notes I've written down, I'm trying to piece my memory together some more still and so far, this does seem to be the most effective way to do it, makes it easier to think about it as well"

Noname · **Reply #451 on:** February 26, 2010, 02:56:45 AM

Stern was alone with Aimee and the rest. He had been quiet lately, trying to get a handle on events. First, there was Dragonstorm. He had parachuted in during their last attack, and had aided the forces that opposed them. Next came the move to Oregon, then he had found Aimee again. Aimee...

His thoughts drifted back to an earlier time. A happier time, but hardly an innocent one.

Five years earlier...

The music at the party was loud and the strobe lights were disorienting. Nevertheless, Private Stern tried to enjoy it. Aimee was way into it, by contrast. Going in there, Stern knew that Vulpines had keener senses of smell than he did, and it was more than the lights and the music that excited them; it was the pheromones. Even if he could smell them, the corporal considered the very thought of being attracted to one of these creatures to be disgusting. The sheer mix of smells and sights was overwhelming, especially for the less prepared, like Aimee.

"Thomaaaasssss, are you havin a good time?! I AM!" Aimee used Stern's first name, and was clearly drunk. Her orange fur was stained by three kinds of alcohol, and her breath, never the freshest, was most foul.

"Aimee, we should get you out of here. In your condition, you might go off and do something you might regret."

"Awww... come on! Don't you want somma this? It's good sh..." THUD

The Vulpine girl fell down before saying the profanity. Stern picked her up and took her out of the room, to the hootering and hollering of the other Vulpines, all of whom assumed he was going to do something very much unbecoming of an honorable man. He the learned that he only took her to her house and left her untouched, they would have been very disappointed.

Present Time

"Aimee, do you remember anything of our time together on the reservations?" Stern hoped to jog her memory by bringing those times back up. Good times.

Serris · **Reply #452 on:** February 26, 2010, 02:58:19 AM

Alfred looked at Cpl. Stern. "Cpl., do you wish for me to give you two some privacy?" he asked, finishing off his meal.

Noname · **Reply #453 on:** February 26, 2010, 03:02:44 AM

"No, that's okay. Nothing really bad or inappropriate happened between us there. I think it is a good idea to mention it. Sometimes, thinking about old memories can bring back other old memories. Aimee? Do you know the name of that song from the strobe light party?" Stern knew what it was called.

MrDrake · **Reply #454 on:** February 26, 2010, 03:09:48 AM

Aimee looked at Stern, a rather blank look upon her face as she just shook her head "Sorry, I can't recall that at the moment, nothing about a party, or music playing, or anything like that" she spoke as she rubbed her face a little bit as well, taking a few more sips of her milkshake as well.

Noname · **Reply #455 on:** February 26, 2010, 03:18:08 AM

Stern took a sip of his concord grape shake. It wasn't all that good. Worst $2.50 he had ever spent. "What do you remember, Aimee? Surely there must be something floating around in there. I cannot bring myself to think that anyone, even a group as twisted as dragonstorm or as sick as the reptoids could take those away from you."

MrDrake · **Reply #456 on:** February 26, 2010, 03:22:57 AM

"That's....what I'm trying to figure out, all my notes here, everything...." Aimee continued to sip at her milkshake before it was all gone as she spoke again "I just don't really know who I am....you said something about a party....when did that happen anyway?" she asked rather curiously at that point "I mean, I just don't recall going to any sort of part of any sort" she scratched her head lightly as she let off a sigh.

Serris · **Reply #457 on:** February 26, 2010, 03:42:57 AM

Alfred was busy reading a newspaper. His eyes practically fell out of his head as he stumbled upon an article that warned about an escaped experiment from Trinity Labs as well as offering a reward. The experiment in question looked a lot like Aimee.

"A...A....Aimee! Look at this!" Alfred said, placing the newspaper in front of her. Alfred's face then grew hard. "Looks like those punks in the mall wanted to collect that reward," he added.

MrDrake · **Reply #458 on:** February 26, 2010, 03:54:22 AM

Aimee looked to the news article, then to Alfred and Stern before looking back to the article again. She looked to the article she was reading previously before tearing out the article that Alfred had shown her, however, she was silent, well, almost silent as she was muttering a few things to herself as she begun to circle a few things in the article and jotting down a few more things onto her piece of paper.

She had added her own notes to the article in question as well, one in particular was about finding out who, or what the experiment was, only adding in some keywords like 'who?', 'where?' and 'me?' mainly, especially on the location on the labs and on who the experiment was, if it was actually her or not.

Serris · **Reply #459 on:** February 26, 2010, 07:40:59 PM

Alfred was sipping a mug of hot tea. "Cpl. Stern, Aimee, we shoudl get ready to head back soon," he said, looking at the clock. "We're leaving at 7:00 PM." he added.

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Spc. Crota was inside Cobalt Squad's room. The other members were watching TV or reading.

"Spc. Crota, you and Sgt. Masters will be joining Neville on guard duty," Cobalt Leader said.

PFC Reynolds was reading the newspaper.

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Dr. Zanasiu nodded. "Wasn't he killed during the terrorist attacks?" he asked.