Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

[Serris]

Dr. Zanasiu, Hans, Werner, Spc. Crota, Sgt. Masters, Cpl. Stern, Alfred, Dr. Bailey, Zachary and Cobalt Squad burst out into the exit.

They were in the back of the hospital next to the large cryogenic tank that stored oxygen.

"Where to now?" Zachary asked.

"Any place but here," Cobalt Leader replied.

"We'll head down that way," Alfred said, pointing to a small dirt path that led to a construction site. A small bulldozer was on the side of the path.

"Construction pathway?" Dr. Zanasiu replied.

"We don't have a choice."

The group then headed down the pathway.

[MrDrake]

"Easy for you to say...." Aimee muttered in regards to cybernetic arms.

Jayden covered his eyes best he could, but of course, that didn't help one bit as SWAT arrived on the scene.  He took a look at them before approaching them, showing them his badge "Special Agent Jayden....FBI actually" he told them, no longer able to hide it.

"Wait, FBI? I thought you were just a cop" Shakila spoke up.

Jayden looked back at her "Well, with all the recent activity that's been happening, my office had sent me down to help out with the investigation on who has been causing all of this destruction" he then turned to the SWAT leader "They're with me, I've got them sorted, stand down and search out the rest of this building"

Jayden was indeed, giving everyone else what time they could to actually escape by sending the SWAT team away for the time being anyway.

[aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato)]

"My Dragonstorm jacket is still in the back of our van," panted Shelton. "I hope none of you left something in there that would identify you to the cops, because they'd probably think you were members of Dragonstorm."

[Serris]

Zachary shrugged. "Don't think so,"

"My wallet's here," Alfred said, feeling his pockets.

Luckily for them as they ran down the construction path, no one was working there.

"So what's our plan now?" Dr. Bailey asked.

"Get to a hotel, clean up and get some new clothes," Hans said.

[MrDrake]

Aimee and Shakila had followed the group off as well as Jayden waited for the SWAT team to search out the rest of the hospital, leaving the group alone before he took off himself to catch up to them.

Once he approached, he spoke "I've got them busy searching the rest of the place, you guys at the very least will have time to escape and become unknown once again"

[Serris]

Alfred sat down on a pile of concrete pipes at the construction site. "Thanks," he said.

"We can't stay on the run forever," Dr. Zanasiu said.

"We don't have a choice," Zachary replied.

"Do hospitals have security cameras?" Dr. Bailey asked.

"Most do. Why?" Zachary paled. "Oh s---. We should probably get out of town," he said.

Neville spat on the ground. "Do you think we can really cram everyone into my car and your truck?" he said.

"We should probably return to Culeston mall and get our vehicles," Alfred said.

"Know any other ways to Culeston mall besides passing in front of the hospital?"

[MrDrake]

Jayden thought for a second, yet, just shook his head "I'm afraid I'm out of ideas on that part myself" he told the group with his arms folded.

Aimee just snarled lightly at Jayden, her trust in him had defiently gone down, since he had kept, what he really was, from everyone more or less as she just glared at him "I knew it.....cops, FBI, all the same, just useless...." she grumbled to herself some as well.

[Nick22]

dr Landon  turned and headed out after the others.. Aisha meanwhile was giving jayden a loook ' Soo exactly how much have you learned from this case Jayden? FBI doesn't exactly have a good reputation these days...

[MrDrake]

"Well, from what experiences I have been though lately, there is something going on, although, I do not know what it is exactly, it's all a bit vague actually, something tells me you know something I don't know, like what that....thing was that had cut off my hand" Jayden told Aisha back in regards to Subject 19.

[Serris]

"What is that thing's name?" Hans asked.

"We don't need to know its name to kill it," Cobalt Leader replied.

"Guys, maybe we shouldn't talk about that stuff here," Cpl. Stern said. "We never know who is listening."

"Stern's got a good point," Werner said.

Alfred leaned back on his seat of concrete pipes. "So what's our next move?" he asked.

Dr. Zanasiu shook his head. "We'll have to go back to Culeston Mall," he said.

"Yeah all my s---'s in my truck."

[Noname]

"Is there any way to get back there faster? Time is of the essence here, and we can't afford any more delays!" Stern had been in bad situations before, but this could very well have been the worst of them.

[aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato)]

"I'd prefer somewhere where we could get a decent night's sleep for once." Shelton leaned on a fence post which promptly collapsed under him. He came back up cursing loudly.

[MrDrake]

"That, and I left that DVD in the van as well" Aimee told the group, looking over to Jayden, still annoyed with him too.

"So, anyone actually have an idea on how we can get there without being unseen?" Shakila asked "I mean, I have nothing I need from the vehicles myself, since all my stuff was destroyed back at the inn, so really, I need a new laptop once we reach whatever mall we're going to, and trust me, I've got enough for myself as well" she let off a light little purr herself.

"How much money do you actually have?" Aimee asked her rather curiously.

"Oh, don't worry about that, I've got plenty" Shakila replied back.

Jayden soon, spoke up, mainly to Shakila "And how did you get so much money anyway? No job could pay for that and after paying for those hospital fees...."

Shakila seemed to let off a very light growl by that point "Fine, if you must know Mr. FBI guy, hacking, my speciality.....so....stealing money is rather easy, and from wherever I can too, loading it all onto this credit card of mine"

Jayden then seemed to click onto something "You.....you're the infamous Internet Ghost, arent you? Business going out of, well, business from money being stolen from them by a hacker"

"Hey, I didn't mean for anyone to go out of business, that was not intentional" Shakila almost seemed to snap back, as this topic for her, was rather picky.

[aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato)]

"You're a hacker too?" exclaimed Shelton, impressed. "I mean, I never stole money with my skills," he added hastily, glancing at Jayden. "I had a legitimate job that I enjoyed. But it was practically a job requirement for the position of control room admin that I held."

[Serris]

Dr. Zanasiu shrugged. "I'm really surprised we haven't been arrested yet. They're still trying to find out who destroyed the Vegas Strip," he said.

Alfred stood up on the pipes. Across the street, in the distance was Culeston Mall or what was left of it.  "If we can cut across the road from here. We can make it to the mall without being seen," he said.

Zachary looked at the road through the chain link fence. "Guys, this road looks rather busy and there are no stoplights or crosswalks so crossing here may not be the best idea," he said.

"Hey, anyone see Pvt. Garner?" Spc. Crota asked.

"He was in the hospital before we left," Sgt. Masters said.

"He's probably trying to find us," Dr. Bailey said.

"Or he got arrested," Dr. Zanasiu said.

[Noname]

"If he's still alive" Corporal Stern quickly added. "Garner knew what he was getting into when this all began. He knew the risks. If he is alive, we should do something to find him, but if he is dead, all we can do is to honor his memory. And we should cross somewhere else, maybe at the next block north of here. "

[Serris]

Alfred shook his head. "The hospital is swarming with SWAT team members," he said.

"So that doesn't mean that we should simply ditch him," Cobalt Leader replied. He was leaning on a pallet of cinderblocks.

Dr. Zanasiu turned to Jayden. "Jay, you're with the FBI, right? Could you go back to the hospital and see if you can find Pvt. Garner?" he asked. "We'll meet you at Culeston Mall," he said.

Zachary peeked out and noticed that traffic had suddenly stopped as, unbeknownst to them, an accident a few miles away from the construction site shut down the road. "Guys! Now's our chance!"

Alfred, Zachary, Cobalt Squad, Dr.Bailey and Dr. Zanasiu leapt to their feet, exited the construction site and bolted across the empty road.

[Noname]

Stern was no more than a step behind the rest of them, taking the rear. He didn't suspect anyone was following them, although that was the least of his problems. It was the least of all of their problems, as a 16-wheeler truck came through, literally smashing through traffic!

"Zanasiu! Everyone! Look out!" Stern saw that it was heading right for them!

[Serris]

Dr. Zanasiu leapt the rest of the way onto the sidewalk as soon as he heard Cpl. Stern shout. Upon landing, he fell down. "Damn it! I think I  twisted my ankle!" he said between clenched teeth.

Alfred, Zachary, Dr. Bailey and Cobalt Squad scattered as soon as they heard the shout. Spc. Crota, Alfred, Zachary and Sgt. Masters made it to the other side, while Dr. Bailey, Cobalt Leader and the rest of the Cobalt Squad dashed back to the side of the road they were previously on.

"That was strange," Zachary said.

"Not really, large trucks can lose their brakes and go out of control. Seen it myself," Alfred replied.

"Yeah, but you'd think the driver would try to avoid us."

[Noname]

"Of COURSE he didn't try to avoid us! Don't you see, that truck was almost certainly full of the agents of-"

BLAM!!

Stern hit the ground as Dragonstorm agents came out of the back of the truck. The Corporal had correctly guessed that this was no accident.