Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

MrDrake · **Reply #460 on:** February 26, 2010, 10:08:30 PM

Aimee, at the moment, had stopped listning to what both Alfred and Stern were saying, just concentrated on the news articles at the moment, rubbing her head a little bit, as if she was trying to figure out something with both articles "It just doesn't make any sense...." she muttered to herself "Why would they allow....me...or something that looks like me, get advertised in the newspaper?" she asked herself, completely forgetting that both Alfred and Stern were still at the table.

Serris · **Reply #461 on:** February 26, 2010, 10:37:57 PM

Alfred had finished and paid for his meal. He then phoned Aisha. "Aisha, Cpl. Stern, Aimee and myself are heading back to the hotel," he said. He thene hung up the phone.

"Stern, Aimee, are you two done with your meals?" Alfred asked.

MrDrake · **Reply #462 on:** February 26, 2010, 11:03:17 PM

Aimee had already been done with her meal, but at the moment, was still too concentrated on the articles to even hear what Alfred had asked her, still muttering to herself "I need to know what this....newspaper company knows....they know something they're not telling me..." she spoke to herself.

Serris · **Reply #463 on:** February 26, 2010, 11:59:59 PM

"I wonder if that newspaper company knows anything about what we're looking for," Alfred said. He then got up and grabbed another newspaper, opening it to the same page he showed Aimee. "Corporal, what is your opinion on this article? The experiment in this article bears a striking similarity to Aimee," he said.

Noname · **Reply #464 on:** February 27, 2010, 12:04:06 AM

Stern grabbed the paper and took a look at it. After 30 seconds, he had reached his conclusion. "Yeah, that's her alright. Damn. I had hoped it wouldn't come to this. Having her suffer was bad enough, but for it to be made public, for her suffering to be made into a media circus, a thing for others to be... entertained with. Ugh."

The Corporal threw the paper down in utter disgust.

Serris · **Reply #465 on:** February 27, 2010, 12:07:17 AM

"The press disgusts me," Alfred said. "First the Vegas incident, then the mall incident and now this. I shudder to think what would have happened had the foreman of the logging camp decided to get us in the newspaper. In any case, we should be getting back to the hotel."

He then got up and walked out of the cafe.

MrDrake · **Reply #466 on:** February 27, 2010, 12:13:44 AM

Aimee soon enough, realized the Alfred was leaving as she tore out the article from the newspaper she had bought earlier on, stuffing everything into her pockets as she followed Alfred out of the cafe "Now you know why, after dinner, that I need to go and see the newspaper company....I need questions answered...."

Noname · **Reply #467 on:** February 27, 2010, 12:17:14 AM

"We should go there as soon as we can" Stern agreed. "I have a few choice words to tell whoever wrote that article. Maybe I'll give him some suffering to write a story about!" It was rare that the corporal became this agitated. Aimee's wellbeing really was his most sensitive issue.

Serris · **Reply #468 on:** February 27, 2010, 12:50:59 AM

Zachary looked at his watch. It was 6:50 PM. He was surfing the net in the lobby. He was surfing the net in the lobby. "Alfred, Aimee and Cpl. Stern are going to be late," he said.

PFC Reynolds, the other two Cobalt Squad soldiers and Cobalt Leader changed into civilian clothes. Cobalt Leader wore a dark blue shirt and dark blue athletic pants. The Mongoose soldier wore a light grey shirt and black pants. The female Cobalt Squad member wore cargo pants and a tan shirt. Both of them had pistols in hip holsters.

Spc. Crota and Sgt. Masters were still wearing their uniforms.

"Have a nice night," Spc. Crota said. His voice barely hid the resentment he had for being stuck on guard duty.

MrDrake · **Reply #469 on:** February 27, 2010, 01:38:39 AM

Within the same cafe that Alfred, Aimee and Stern had left, sat a woman, wearing a feorda-style hat at the very least anyway, to cover her appearance. She watched the three of them leave the cafe as she pulled out a cellphone, dialing a number before placing it to her ear "Yes, Lincoln City, looks like your little experiment is coming home" she spoke into the cellphone "Yes, I'll be there in due time....I do have some coffee to finish off after all, ta for now" and with that, she hung up.

She was human, but what she was doing at the cafe or anything like that was a bit of a mystery at the moment as she took her cup of coffee and begun to sip at it, a newspaper on the table, opened up to the same page that had the story about Aimee as she just smiled to herself.

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Outside, Aimee looked to Stern and shook her head "No, please, don't do it rough or anything like that, I do want to keep it rather....simple, I don't want to raise a ruckus or anything like that"

Serris · **Reply #470 on:** February 27, 2010, 04:00:38 AM

"Corporal, threatening the newspaper employees will get us nowhere, except arrested. But let's discuss what we found with Dr. Zanasiu and the rest of the group," Alfred said as they made their way back to the hotel. Even though it was night time, the streets were still full of people.

MrDrake · **Reply #471 on:** February 27, 2010, 04:06:23 AM

"I'd....I'd rather not tell them actually, I mean, I'd rather deal with this one more personally, I don't want anyone else to have to worry about it or anything like that" Aimee answered back as she glanced at all the people walking past them "So please, can you not tell them about it?"

Serris · **Reply #472 on:** February 27, 2010, 07:37:13 PM

"Understood," Alfred said.

The group had now made their way into the lobby where Zachary was browsing the Internet.

"Hey, Alfred, Cpl. Stern and Aimee, all ready for a night in the city?" Zachary asked.

Alfred nodded. "Corporal Stern, Aimee, I need to give my groceries to Aisha," he said. "Oh, Corporal, I have a bit of an embarrassing request. I lost my gun at the logging camp a while back so I was wondering if I could borrow a gun from you?"

Zachary shrugged. "Guess we'd better bring our weapons," he said.

Serris · **Reply #473 on:** February 27, 2010, 08:25:41 PM

Dr. Zanasiu looked at the wall clock. "Hans, Werner, I'm heading out," he said.

When he got out, he encountered Neville in the hallways.

"So, Neville, you heading out with us?" Dr. Zanasiu asked.

Neville shook his head. "I'm supposed to be guarding Hans and Werner. Spc. Crota and Sgt. Masters will be guarding your room," he said. He then lowered his voice. "The valuables are there," he added.

He then knocked on the door to Hans's room.

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #474 on:** February 27, 2010, 09:18:18 PM

'Ok see you later,' hans said. "Come in,' hans said when he heard the knock.

Serris · **Reply #475 on:** February 27, 2010, 09:25:04 PM

Neville walked into the room. "Hello Hans, Werner. Cobalt Leader assigned me to be your guard," he said. He was carrying a a case that held Dr. Zanasiu's shotgun and some extra ammunition. His pistol was in its holster strapped to his leg.

He then got to work unpacking and loading the shotgun. "

Noname · **Reply #476 on:** February 27, 2010, 09:26:02 PM

"I'm ready for a night on the town..." Stern to the others, but paused for a moment to remember his previous nights out with Aimee. Those were simpler, happier times. "... but we should all remain vigilant. I don't think that Dragonstorm is going to just leave us alone."

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #477 on:** February 27, 2010, 09:33:11 PM

"Good to hear,' hans said. Werner continued to look at the emails with a piece of paper with a number of possible meaning to the first email to his right with a pencil in his hand.

MrDrake · **Reply #478 on:** February 27, 2010, 09:36:50 PM

"Yeah, I'm ready to head into the city as well" Aimee added in, not because of dinner this time, but mainly because she was after answers, questions she was going to ask the local newspaper company about, dinner for her, was now the last thing on her mind.

Serris · **Reply #479 on:** February 27, 2010, 09:37:08 PM

"If anything, there is even more risk due to the anonymity of the big city," Zachary said.

"True that," Alfred said. "Meanwhile, I've got to get Dr. Landon and Aisha," he added. He then picked up his groceries and climbed up the stairs to the 2nd floor.

Dr. Zanasiu, dressed in grey sweatpants and a light grey long sleeved shirt along with Dr. Bailey's pistol in hip holster, disembarked from the elevator and sat on a couch. Dr. Bailey, dressed in a yellow t-shirt that matched his eyes and blue jeans followed Dr. Zanasiu. A bulge in the front pocket revealed that he was carrying pepper spray.

"Now we need to wait for Cobalt Leader, PFC. Reynolds, and the two Cobalt soldiers," Zachary said.

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Alfred knocked on Aisha's door. "Aisha, it's me Alfred. I got your groceries," he said.