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Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

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Dr Landon followed Alred into the resteraunt, while Aisha started looking around outside, the patio was raised above a slope who gradually descended to the ocean.. 'better start looking for anything out the ordinary..
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"Hey what are you doing here!?" a Wolverine chef demanded as he spotted Alfred prowling around the back.

"I am here to search for someone. Did you see a Fox with cybernetic arms chasing a Human?" he asked.

"No. Now get out!"

Alfred ignored him and continued searching.

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I am a member of the health board " Dr Landon replied " here to do a surprise inspection. we've had complaints about the cleanliness of plates,.. and the quality of food.." he said with a frown to the cook..
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"Okay, then whose the Bison?" the chef asked, pointing to Alfred who had opened a walk-in freezer.

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"Surrounded Sea this is Floe Rider. We have you on radar. Estimated time of arrival, one hour," the radio blared.

"Roger that, Floe Rider, Surrounded Sea out," Capt. Lutra said into the radio.

He then radioed Ariol. "Ariol, Floe Rider's arriving in an hour to tow us. Capt. Lutra out," he said.

(OOC - Surrounded Sea is the name of the converted supertanker/lab.)

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an inexperienced assistant. hes new" Landon said " he dioesn't have all the regulations down yet.. this is among the first inspections he has been on.. " He whispered to the Cook " Why they stick me with greenhorns is beyond me.. oh well.. I'll need to check the downstairs and the dry storage..
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The chef shrugged. "Go on," he said to Dr. Landon.

Alfred was now examining a storeroom containing nothing but cans of food.

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Cpl. Stern was waiting out back with his sidearm out in case Aimee or the woman she was chasing appeared.

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Dr Landown went down into the basement and looked around at the stored food. It was actually in very good order the resteraunt had passed a legit inspection two months prior. the labels on the food showed all of them had been peurchased within the past year.. " well, nothing of interest here" Landn said as he finishd looking on both sides.. He headed back upstairs. " well the basement is fine the only problem is theres a puddle of standing water down there, do you have a subterrean stream underneath the building..? its not a big deal just needs to be swept up down the drain..
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Alfred returned from the storeroom. "I found a container of floor cleaner next to a container of tomato paste. That is in violation of Section 13-37 of the Oregon health code which states 'toxic substances must not be stored in the same area as edibles'," he said to the chef.

He then turned to Dr. Landon. "Anything you found?" He then lowered his voice to a whisper. "Where could Aimee be?"

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Dr Landon shook his head " Shes not here..' He whispered in anearly inaudible voice.. 'raising his voice he said We'll be going right after we check the areas over there he pointed to the back area by the staff enterance..
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The woman in question was now not far from the restaraunt with Aimee still chasing her as she bolted across the busy road, with much flexibility as well, leaping onto a car before jumping off it and onto a passing truck as she just smirked to Aimee.

Aimee watched as cars continued to drive on by, looking to the mysterious woman before taking the chance and rushing out onto the busy road, almost in turn, being hit by a bus, but narrowly missing it as by now, her heart was racing as another bus drove down to which she took a deep breath and jumped at it, clinging onto it, only to cause the drive to swerve frantically in a panic.

"She's determined.....I'll give her that" the woman watched on as the truck started to slow down, nearing a gas station as the woman jumped off, yet, still kept an eye on Aimee.

Aimee in turn, was thrown off as the bus driving slammed on the breaks of the bus as she fell to the ground, a car in turn, swerving aside to miss hitting her before swerving again to miss another on coming car.  Aimee got to her feet, shaking off what bruises she had at the moment and looked around to where the woman could be.

She had completely forgotten about everyone else now, not even knowing that they were all worried about her as she was still determined to catch this woman, her eyesight stopping at the gas station as she went after her once more.


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Alfred returned from the back area and went up to Dr. Landon. "There's no trace of Aimee and that woman," he whispered. He then turned to the chef. "Your staff entrance lacks a nonslip floor covering but is otherwise up to code," he said.

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Cpl. Stern trudged back to Neptune's Bounty after he lost sight of the two.

"You find them?" Dr. Bailey asked.

Cpl. Stern shook his head. "I lost sight of them; they could be anywhere in Lincoln City," he replied.

"Damn it! That means that we'll have to get the police involved!" Zachary said.

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Aimee rushed over the woman and grabbed her, slamming her against a car that was getting refiled with gas "What do you know about Kain!?"

The woman only let off a small chuckle "Kain? I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to tell you that" she glanced around as she was being held against the car "But we're alone, which is good....let me go and I can tell you a few more things"

Aimee hessitated for a moment, her paws were around the woman's throat by that point, glaring at her before punching the car and letting her go.  People were indeed staring at them, but the woman in question ignore them as she moved off the car and looked to Aimee.

"Kain, tell me what you know about him" Aimee more or less demanded.

The woman just chuckled again "Like I said before, I can not tell you anything about Kain....but you'll know more in due time"

Aimee let off a rather light sounding growl "Fine, what about the Trinity Facility? Where the hell is it?"

"I'm sorry, but you're running out of interesting questions" she begun as Aimee spoke once more.

"What do you know about Gabriel?" Aimee decided to ask her.

"Ah, now that is an interesting question, Gabriel, I can assure you that Gabriel is not her true name"

"What is her real name?"

There was a pause as she let off a rather light smirk "If you must know, her real name is Trinity"

"Where can I find her?" Aimee asked next, her fists clenched a little bit.

"You're talking to her right now" the woman laughed "And I have orders from Kain to terminate you on sight.....you've outlived your usefulness I'm afraid" she added in, reaching into coat with both her hand and pulling out two handguns, aiming them both right at Aimee.

Aimee seemed to freeze up for a moment, especially with the guns pointed at her "But why didn't you do it before?"

"Simple, I didn't want any of your friends to interfere, otherwise, it would make my job that much harder" Trinity stepped forwards towards Aimee "I'm amazed though, that you had survived this far, then again, I am not suprised either, considering the fact that you had found your friend Corpral Thomas Stern"

"How do you know about him?" Aimee asked, stepping back a little bit, doing whatever she could to draw it out, hoping she could give others more time to find her.

"Not too much I'm afraid, but enough to know that you and him had some sort of past together, as you and him have been to the same military related facilities, visiting each other for some sort of exchange program or whatever it is you want to call it" Trinity replied back as someone attempted to approach her to break it up, only to have her point a gun at him and fire a shot, shotting said person in the chest before turning back to Aimee once more.


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The gas station owner, who witnessed the shooting, dialed 911.

She locked the door and drew her pistol.

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"So what do we do? Go to the police station and file a missing persons report or look for her ourselves?" Zachary asked.

"We don't have much time. We head to the police," Dr. Zanasiu said.

Suddenly, the sound of sirens pierced the air as a police car sped by with its lights flashing.

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Trinity looked around upon hearing the sirens "Police...." she looked back to Aimee, keeping her pistols aimed at her "We're not finished here" she withdrew her pistols, placing them back into her coat as she stepped backwards.

Aimee however, stepped forward towards her, her fists clenched yet again "You took away everything from me, you and Kain....everything about my life....you ruined it...."

"Such hatred inside of you, good....you should fuel it, use it to your advantage, or are you too weak to do such a thing? Too..pathetic? Perhaps doing this was for the best of you after all" Trinity smirked back "Your old self was far too.....useless...."

Aimee growled some more as she glared hard at Trinity.

"What's the matter? Out of words?" Trinity chuckled some more as she continued to step backwards, noticing the police cars not far in the distance now "Oh, and here, I think this will do you some good" she spoke, reaching back into her coat and tossed one of her handguns at Aimee.

As Aimee went to reach for it, grabbing it, she looked back to notice that Trinity had vanished from sight, tossing the handgun aside in anger as she punched another car in much frustration "She was right there....right within my grasp....but she slipped away....." she then fell to the ground, onto her knees, punching the ground next as the police arrived on the scene.


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(OOC:  Dr Joe is African-American.  I don't think I've ever mentioned it, so for that I'm sorry.)

Cautiously, the two remaining in the car stepped out to back up Dr Joe, who rolled her eyes watching Zanasiu.  "Seriously, do I have to start showing my credentials now?"  She pulled out her ID and handed it to Dr Zanasiu, including her old Pelvanida badge.

She too saw the police cars as they drove by.  "We'll have to talk later then.  We may have something on Lab 101, and you may need some help taking Dragonstorm down.  But not out in the open like this."

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Deathwind, however did not see Rho Squad as an ally, but as another barrier in his way.  Organic blades retracted out of his forearms...

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"Matthews, keep an eye out for a Dragonstorm experiment," Vic called.  "There should be one up there!"

"Aye, sir!"


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Dr. Zanasiu looked at the credentials. "Ah, welcome Dr. Joe. In any case, I apologize for the rudeness. If you wish to talk, meet us at the Redwood Inn at Culeston," he said.

The Cobalt soldiers and Cobalt Leader visibly relaxed and introduced themselves to Dr. Joe.

Cpl. Stern, Alfred, Zachary and Dr. Bailey introduced themselves as well.

"Dr. Joe, " Alfred said, "we met someone named Aimee and we last saw her chasing a strange woman."

"I believe the police may lead us right to her and we have no time to waste," Dr. Zanasiu said.

"Let's get moving then!" Cobalt Leader said.

Dr. Zanasiu, the Cobalt soldiers, Cobalt Leader, Alfred, Cpl. Stern, Zachary and Dr. Bailey ran down the streets following the lights of the police cars.

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Rho Squad glanced at Deathwind.

"Deathwind, the enemies are past us. You are welcome to kill them," Rho Leader said.

A Rho soldier returned some fire that was sent his way.

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Capt. Lutra radioed Ariol. "Ariol, have you dealt with Dr. Tsang? Also, Floe Rider's estimated arrival time is 1 hour," he said into the radio.

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"Dr Tsang is in holding for the time being," Ariol replied.  "Chi Squad has gone to fetch Deathwind.  An original like him is worth far more money than both our lives."

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Deathwind grabbed the shooting Rho soldier by the neck and pinned him up against the wall.  "They are mine to kill alone!" he growled.

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"We gotta clear that path," Mallard said, "or the others are dead ducks."

Eron cocked an eyebrow at him.  "So only you birds could use that analogy?"  He looked down the passageway.  "You think my baseball arm is up to it?"

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Dr Joe started to follow, but one of her bodyguards, an Eagle, stopped her.  "Sorry, Professor.  I can't allow you to risk your life any further than already.  You'll meet them back at the Inn."

"Fine...  But I'm still driving."

The Maned Wolf returned with take-out, and the group piled back into the car and drove off...


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Chi Squad had now found Deathwind. "Deathwind, Ariol has ordered you to return to a safe place. We'll risk our lives to get the intruders," a Chi soldier said.

"Hey! Let Deathwind do his thing!" Rho Leader replied.

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The group arrived on scene just before the police did so.

"Aimee! What happened?" Dr. Zanasiu asked.

"Hands up!" a police officer shouted.

Around them, several police officers had their weapons drawn and aimed at the group.

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The police officers got out of their vehicles and started to speak with others, one in particular speaking to the gas attendant as another office approached Aimee "Are you quiet alright?" he asked her.

Aimee sat down on the back of her legs, staying quiet at first, glancing up at the police officer as he spoke, yet again to her "Can you tell me what happened here?"

No answer again, well, Aimee was muttering something to herself which had nothing to do what with what the police officer was asking her "She escaped....I could've stopped her....but I couldn't...."

"Who are you talking about?" the police officer asked her.

Aimee looked up at the police officer and shook her head "You wouldn't be able to help me out even if you tried....you probabally wouldn't even care in the end"

"Look, if you just tell me your side of the story...." he begun, only to be interupted by Aimee whom had stood back up.

"What use is it hmm? All you lot will do is probabally get whatever information you want and sort it out your way, you wouldn't even understand what I have been through....no....I don't need your help with it.....she's mine to find and I don't want any police officers getting involved and taking that away from me" Aimee snapped back "No, I'll deal with this myself"

The police officer let off a sigh of defeat after that, looking over to the gun "Is that your gun?" he asked her next.

However, Aimee just ignored the question that was asked as she looked around once more, muttering to herself as she patted her pockets, finding that what she had in her pockets, her notes, the newspaper articles and the book were all gone "No....no, no, no, no, no....this can't be happening....." she spoke as she pulled her pockets inside out, but nothing.

"What is it?" the police officer asked her next.

"Shut up for a moment" Aimee snapped back before talking some more to herself "Think, think, think....what....Trinity...." she muttered, remember when she had her against the car.  She had stollen what was in Aimee's pocket while Aimee was preoccupied with her.  She slammed her hand against the side of one of the police cars in frustration.

"Alright young lady" the police officer begun as he approached her "Perhaps it's best if we talk about this some more down at the station" he added on, placing an arm onto her shoulder.

"We have....nothing to talk about...." Aimee grumbled back, moving her shoulders in order to stop the police officer from having her hand on her shoulder.

"I think it would be in your best interest" the police officer told her back.

"My best interest? How the hell do you know what my best interest is? You do not know me" Aimee replied back, now poking the officer in the chest.


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That is quite enough " aisha said coming up to her.. she hads arrived must in time to overhear the last of the conversation. he had wandered around before seeing the others running down the street. she had made a quick turn and followed them.  " This officer is only trying to help Aimee.. "
- Dr landon nodded to the cook and headed out of the resteraunt when he had gotten far enough away to be  out of hearing, he began to mutter to himself
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