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Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

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Aimee thought for a second "Yeah, alright, best to see them first, then I guess Stern and I can just meet you guys at the seafood place afterwards, that is, once we're done and all"


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The van was now on the highway, which was crowded with other vehicles.

Dr. Zanasiu noticed the city limits of Lincoln City coming into view. He could also see the lights of ships in the distance.

In a few more minutes, the van entered the city. The "city" was actually more like a large town but there were still nightclubs and other tourist attractions present. Throngs of people were walking around and enjoying the sights.

Dr. Zanasiu parked on the street, turned off the engine, got out of the van and fed the meter.

Zachary, Dr. Bailey and Alfred got out of the van.

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Sgt. Masters was watching Die Hard on HBO. "You know, the Pelvanida incident bears a disturbing similarity to the plot of Die Hard - or so how Dr. Zanasiu told of it," he said.


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The flash grenade detonated just above the group.  The noise was great, but knowing of fighting in close quarters where noise can travel and is amplified, they wore tight-fitting ear coms and plugs.  In immediate response, they fired with continuous bursts at the opening...

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Eron and Mallard quickly moved from the flooding hatch and started moving towards the upper sub-levels of the ship to flank the enemy squad...

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Ariol leaned against a scientist's desk as he waited for Dr Tsang to be brought in...

(OOC:  Floe Rider's the tugboat, right?)


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"Okay, so I guess I'll meet you guys at that seafood place then" Aimee told them as she got out of the van and pulled out the yellow page she had ripped out from the phonebook "I shouldn't be too long...." she then looked over at Stern "So, you coming? Or, do you want to join them for dinner?"


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(OOC - Yes, Floe Rider is the tugboat.)

Two of Rho squad were cut down by the weapons fire but the survivors returned fire down the stairwell.

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Chi Squad marched Dr. Tsang and his assistants back to the lab where Ariol was located.

"Ariol! Dr. Tsang and his two assistants have been captured," Chi Leader said.

The rest of Chi Squad had their weapons trained on Dr. Tsang.

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Zachary, Dr. Bailey and Alfred waited for everyone else to get out of the van.

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Spc. Crota heard someone knocking on the door. "Hans, Werner are you expecting any guests?" he asked.

Sgt. Masters and Neville trained their weapons on the door.


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aisha and dr landon climbed out of the van, aisha heading over towards Alfred, landon did as well. at least at first..
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Dr. Zanasiu looked at the map. "It looks like the Neptune's Bounty has a coastal view," he said.

"That's a change of scenery from forests," Dr. Bailey replied.

Dr. Zanasiu then headed towards the shore with Alfred, Zachary and Dr. Bailey following him.

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Aimee watched as everyone walked off as she turned in another direction and started to walk off as well in order to find the newspaper company.  As she walked, she glanced at the other stores around before coming to a hault, looking back to the page for the address once more before walking off once again.


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"Do you see anything, Aimee?" Corporal Stern was with her, keeping watch, lest some danger befall her. "I don't see any sign of Dragonstorm. I wish we did. I'd teach them what it means to mess with us."


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Aimee continued to look around before she motioned towards a newspaper company building "Right there" she spoke as she looked behind her for any Dragonstorm herself before entering the building and walking right over to reception.

The receptionist in question was a feline, whom looked to be only 17 years of age or so and was tossing a ball of yarn up and down in her paws, not even paying attention to Aimee who had walked over.

"Um, excuse me? I called earlier wanting some information" Aimee spoke up to the feline.

The feline put the ball of yarn down as she swung the chair around to face Aimee "You had? Or right, the one who's after that Gabriel woman....right?" she asked, sounding a little bored as well.

"Yeah, that's me, I was just wondering if you actually had any information on her at all, mainly on who she is, or who she works for, anything like that, well, that, and this article right here" Aimee replied as she showed the feline the article that had information on an experiment that looked like her.

The feline looked at the article, then looked at Aimee, then back to the article "Odd, it looks much like you, and it was taken not that long ago either" she thought for a second as she turned to the computer and had a look through what there was on it "Well, there could be some information stored that could be of some use I suppose...."

"So, you don't know yourself?" Aimee asked her, leaning forward, resting her elbows on the desk.

"I'm just the receptionist, they don't tell me things most, if not, anytime at all, they tend to keep things rather hush hush around here, then again, I don't bother asking questions" she spoke back as continued to look on the computer "Then again, I didn't even want this job myself, but it was the only one available at the time...." she looked rather closely at the computer screen "Well, that Gabriel person apparantly came in before, at the time of that article you have right there to give our reporters information on it, but why....who knows, it doesn't say a thing in here about that part"

Aimee thought for a second "Well, they do seem to be connected by the sounds of it, I've got to find that Gabriel woman.....is there a contact number on there? Or an address? Or something along those lines?"

The feline looked back to Aimee once more "Okay, you mind if I ask why it's so important to find her?"

Aimee sighed "It's to do with my past alright, I just need some questions answered is all and I just have a feeling she has something to do with it....my past has been....rather fuzzy"

The feline thought for a second "Tell you what, my boss isn't here right now" she spoke as she stood up, looking over in the direction of the boss's office "His computer might have the answers you're looking for"

"Be that as it may, the computer is probabally password protected" Aimee told her back as she too looked over towards the office.

"Yeah, it probabally is, but that's not going to stop me" the feline smirked back as she started to walk towards the office "You want answers, especially if it's to do with your past, then I'll be more than happy to help out, especially with someone like yourself who has such a fuzzy past, besides....I am getting rather curious myself"


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Dr. Zanasiu got a table for the group at the restraunt.

The waiter led the group to a table on the porch that offered a view of the sea.

"What would you all like to drink?" the waiter asked.

"Coke," Alfred said.

"Ice tea, unsweetened," Dr. Zanasiu said.

"Ice water," Dr. Bailey said.

"Sweet ice tea for all of us," Cobalt Leader said.

"Sprite," Zachary said.

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I'll Have a sprite as well" aisha said looking up from the menu..
_ Dr Landon followed Stern and aimee as they entered the newspaper building. Noticing an abandoned newpaper,, he picked it up sat down and started reading it, spreading it out so his face was covered.. the inside section had a notice on upcoming lefgislation which would classify eco-terrorists as 'enemy combatants' "So much for "change I can believe in" he muttered.
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Zachary looked around. "Hey where's Dr. Landon?" he asked, sipping his sprite.

Alfred shrugged. "Are you sure he went to the right place?" he asked.

"I saw him following us on our way here," Dr. Zanasiu said.

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Haven't seen him, but i'm sure He'll turn up" aisha said studying the menu, for acting that appealed to her..
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"Do you think he went to follow Aimee and Cpl. Stern?" Dr. Bailey asked. He was eating some bread that he dipped in a spicy olive oil.

Alfred swallowed his piece of bread. "Aimee and Cpl. Stern explicitly told me that they wish to investigate the issue on their own," he said.

"Well, Dr. Landon should do a good job at keeping an eye on them."

The fried calamari that Dr. Zanasiu ordered arrived at the table.

Cobalt Leader grabbed a piece and ate it.

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"Do you have a name by any chance?" Aimee decided to ask the feline rather curiously now.

"Shakila" the feline replied as she used one of her claws to start to pick at the lock, managing to unlock the door and opening it up "And you?"

"Aimee" Aimee answered back as the two of them stepped into the office "Stern, mind keeping an eye out in case anyone comes back?"

Shakila walked over to the office desk and sat down, switching on the computer, to which it asked for a password.  She begun to type at the keyboard, taking guesses at different passwords, but with no luck, so she switched the computer off and walked over to the hard drive.  Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out a small portable screwdriver and begun to unscrew the hard drive before inside it, she flicked one little switch before turning the computer back on, having now overridden the password on the computer "I am so going to get fired for this...."

Aimee looked over to Shakila "Well now, that's actually....pretty impresive" she told her.

"It's nothing" Shakila replied back as she started to look through various files on the computer "Hello, and what do we have here? Dr. Ian Branston, looks like my boss is meeting with him at what seems to be a place called...Lab 101 to discuss....Dragonstorm?"

"Dragonstorm?" Aimee looked at the computer "That's not good, some of those Dragonstorm people tried to kill me earlier on today"

"Well, it seems as though my boss might have something to do with them, that and look at this, meeting with another person.....Gabriel, the woman you asked me about before" Shakila replied back as she continued to look on the computer some more.

"Gabriel? Anything on someone called....Kain by any chance? Or the Trinity Facility?" Aimee decided to ask next, now getting more curious.

"Let's see what we have" Shakila continued to seach files "The closest thing to the Trinity Facility is that he was discussing it with Gabriel and Dr. Ian Branston, nothing on a location of it, or nothing on this Kain person either" and that's when she stumbled upon something else on the computer "Go to my desk and get me a disk, or a USB drive or something"

Aimee did so, asking no questions as she picked up a USB flash drive from the desk and headed back over to Shakila, handing it to her.

Shakila popped the flash drive into the computer "This information is far too precious not to have a copy of" she spoke as she begun to copy everything onto the flash drive.  While it was copying, she showed Aimee what she had found "What do you make of this?"

"I don't know, it looks like blueprints for a building" Aimee spoke, looking at it some more "Maybe it's the blueprints for the Lab 101?"

"It's possible" Shakila answered back as the files continued to copy over onto the flash drive.

"So, why help us out anyway?" Aimee decided to ask her.

Shakila looked to Aimee for a moment "Hard to say really, just something about you and your friend over there" she spoke, motioning to Stern "Something about you two just made me want to help out, that, and I was curious on what my boss hasn't been telling me lately, and now I can see why"

Aimee though for a second, glancing over to Stern before looking back to Shakila "We could use your help, that is, if you want to join us"

"Join you?" Shakila at first, wasn't so sure on it as the young feline pondered it for a moment or so "Well, since I am probabally going to get fired for this....I believe I'll accept your offer"


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"I find your sudden drive of 'heroism' annoying, Dr. Tsang," Ariol said as he walked toward him.  "You disobeyed my direct orders.  Now how about explaining why you decided to undermine me and Dragonstorm to let loose a superweapon on this ship?"

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Mallard & Eron found themselves tracking the noise of gunfire to where the Dragonstorm guards have kept the rest of the team at bay.  Just as they reached the hall, they find themselves facing a menacing beast staring back at them from the other end of the hall.

Deathwind let off an unearthly scream of mindless anger as he saw the intruders for the first time...


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Dr Landon continued reading the paper, stealing glances every so often in the direction of Auiimee, Stern and Shakila He was now oion the opinion section near the back of the paper, which mostly dealt with local issues, letters for and against this or that proposal, and one letter proposing a 30 million acre new national park in middle Alaska. "The Yukon National preserve" hmm has a ruing to it.." he said. "its a gigantic park though about 1/12th of the state...
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"A Pelvanida experiment was detected on this ship. Besides, I thought giving 'Deathwind' a little test run would be beneficial, a little quality control if you will," Dr. Tsang replied.

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"Are you ready to order?" a Ferret waiter asked.

"Yes, I am. I'll have the blackened mahi-mahi," Dr. Zanasiu said.

"I'll take the Dungeoness crabs," Dr. Bailey said.

"I'll take the roasted mushroom sandwich," Alfred said.

"I'll have the shrimp pasta," Cobalt Leader said.

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Soon, the copy over was finished as Shakila removed the flash drive and put it into her pockets "I'll hold onto it for now, if these Dragontorm things are after you, then you wouldn't want to loose all this information" she then proceeded to switching off the computer before standing up.

"We're actually heading off to dinner as well, if you want to join us, you can" Aimee told Shakila next as the two left the office.

"I do thank you for your dinner offer, but I shall pass on that part, I do need to pick up some things from my place, I shall meet you....where now?" Shakila asked her.

"Well, if you're not going to meet us at Neptunes Bounty, then.....the Redwood Inn is where we'll be" Aimee told the feline.

"Ah, the Redwood Inn, I do know that place, very well then, I shall meet you lot there, I shouldn't be too long myself" Shakila then looked to Aimee once more, then over to Stern next "Just, how many of you guys are there?"

Aimee shrugged slightly "A good seven at least, probabally more, I didn't really count them myself"

"Seven eh? Interesting number..." Shakila walked past Aimee, running a finger across the vulpine's cheek in the process as she walked over to Stern "Your little girlfriend over there is rather friendly and nice"

"Um, I'm not his girlfriend" Aimee spoke up upon overhearing Shakila speak.

Shakila let off a small little chuckle "Very well then, I shall meet you lot at the Redwood Inn" she spoke as she turned and walked out of the building, starting to walk down the road.

Aimee walked over to Stern "You think she'll be fine by herself?" she asked him.