Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1380 on:** April 21, 2010, 01:49:40 AM

As Shelton and the others approached the clearing house, one of the other supervisors ran up to them. "Oh, thank God you've got them! We don't have much time!" He waved towards the back entrance of the clearing house. "Quickly! Follow me?"

"Wait, what's going on?" asked Shelton.

But it was too late. The man was already sprinting towards the back entrance. Confused, Shelton mused, "I...guess we follow him," and started off.

MrDrake · **Reply #1381 on:** April 21, 2010, 01:51:48 AM

"Uh....okay?" Shakila asked, confused herself before just shrugging it off and followed Shelton.

Aimee too followed Shelton and Shakila with Hailey following not too far behind either, still quiet for the time being.

Noname · **Reply #1382 on:** April 21, 2010, 01:53:36 AM

"This has 'trap' written all over it. Either he's a competitor who is about the pull a dirty trick, or he works for Dragonstorm. Either way, we are walking into trouble." Stern was right, for not two seconds after he told this to the others, a voice that was gutteral and somewhat high-pitched barked out a response.

"I'll say you are."

Stern's head swung around, facing the source of the voice. The Corporal was now looking at a vulpine, like Aimee, dressed in a green camouflage-style shirt and shorts, armed with an M-16 rifle.

Serris · **Reply #1383 on:** April 21, 2010, 01:54:07 AM

Some staff were passing out rulebooks to the competitors

Neville accepted it and opened it to the first page. "Corporal, we may not even be doing the same competition. All the competitions occur simultaneously and it is random which competitor does which," he said.

Spc. Crota's tail vibrated faster, causing the rattling to increase in pitch, and his mouth was slightly open, revealing his fangs. It was rather obvious he was irritated. "How long does it take to set up the f---ing range?" he asked.

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<Got it,> James said mentally.

Alfred was in the bathroom.

Noname · **Reply #1384 on:** April 21, 2010, 01:57:57 AM

<Guys, we have an issue here. I think this goes far beyond the scope of the competition.> Stern's eyes were fixed on the male Vulpine, not wanting to let the armed mammal out of his sights as long as there was a potential for danger.

<Oh, trying to communicate with those chips, are you? Too bad you aren't the only ones with them.> The vulpine's mouth didn't move, but Stern could "hear" that. Worse, it seemed that this fox was able to listen in on Stern's communications.

MrDrake · **Reply #1385 on:** April 21, 2010, 01:59:45 AM

Trinity accepted it as she too started to flick through the pages of the bok, chuckling slightly to herself as well "Interesting rules for such a simple competition....it seems like they put too much into something so simple....it's as if they want to complicate everything....." she then quietened her voice by that point "Would be so much easier if real bullets were used in every section....real instead of these....fake ones...."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1386 on:** April 21, 2010, 02:05:28 AM

The man led the four into the back entrance of the house. A bunch of "hostiles," trained employees assigned to try and kill the competitors that will be charging into the building in seconds.

Several of the employees attempted to usher the girls into different areas of the house. "Quickly, tie them up quickly!" the man urged.

"Wait, stop! What the hell is going on?" Shelton interrupted.

"These are the hostages, right?" said the other supervisor.

Shelton realized he was talking about several employees supposed to serve as hostages for the competitors to rescue. "No, these aren't the hostages! There's been a mistake!"

"It was your job to grab the hostages!" the other supervisor yelled, punching his clipboard. "I cleaned your section for you, but you were supposed to grab the hostages!"

Outside, they heard a cheer as the timer for the first 'clearing' competition started counting down from ten, to start the match.

Serris · **Reply #1387 on:** April 21, 2010, 02:11:08 AM

Dr. Zanasiu's jaw dropped. <Shelton! Get security! Hans! Werner! keep your guns ready! Stern thinks someone may be taking the competition way too seriously!> he said mentally.

He saw a counter on the TV screen countdown from 10 as to signal the start of the competitions start.

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Neville, Spc. Crota and Cobalt Leader, sensing something was wrong, reached for their pistols only to realize that they had unloaded them to comply with regulations.

One of the competitors, a Fruit Bat, had overheard Trinity speaking thanks to her sensitive ears. "You know that Schutzhund had some image problems thanks to some idiot politicians and we only recently cleaned it up, right? We don't want to - no pun intended - shoot ourselves in the foot by using real bullets and accidentally killing someone," he said.

Noname · **Reply #1388 on:** April 21, 2010, 02:12:18 AM

<Does no one else see the stupid fox?! If this competition is a trap- oh... damn it!>

"Say what you have to say, Vulpine, and be gone! My comrades seem oblivious to your warnings and mine, so I have to go in and fish them out of the fire. If there is a trap, tell me about it and tell me now!" Stern never received the signal that Zanasiu sent out, as it wasn't directed to him.

" 'Stupid fox' is it? Alright human, I'll tell you. The tournaments are supposed to involve live fire against targets, but it is not supposed to be directed against living beings. The targets your comrades are shooting? Some of them are going to shoot back. Real weapons have been embedded in a number of the courses. I don't know which ones."

Stern thought about it for a moment. How could he trust this Vulpine to tell the truth? But it didn't matter either way. If the Fox was lying, Stern would be expected to go to the course. If the fox was telling the truth, he would have to save the others, or at least warn them. His course of action was clear. Without saying a word, the Corporal ran to the first building, where there were several hostages.

MrDrake · **Reply #1389 on:** April 21, 2010, 02:16:40 AM

(OOC: Cookies for you Serris for mentioning a fruit bat! Another one of my favourite animals ^^)

Trinity only chuckled back at what the Fruit Bat had just said, keeping her pistols at her sides "Just keep thinking that" was all she had said as she looked over at the countdown timer.

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"Wait a second, hostages?" Shakila gave off a small groan as she looked to Shelton <You never mentioned we'd be hostages for the competition....> she told him.

Hailey froze up for a second, already having a thought in her mind, well, a thought that was a bad one to her, however, she didn't say a word to anyone as she still kept to herself some more.

Aimee looked to Hailey "Hey, it'll be alright....they're just games, nothign real about them"

"Yeah...I guess so...." Hailey replied back.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1390 on:** April 21, 2010, 02:27:42 AM

The buzzer went off, and with a cheer, the first trio of contestants burst into the building. Caught unaware, the hostiles returned fire. Bullets whizzed around.

"There aren't going to be hostages for this round then!" Shelton yelled back, ducking as a bullet knocked his orange hat off. "I'm getting them out of here!"

He tried to leave the building, but the door was locked from the inside. "What the hell?"

"People aren't supposed to leave the building while the contest is in progress!" shouted the other supervisor.

Shelton looked as the competitors drew nearer. "We need to find some way out of the building!" he yelled to the girls. "I'm heading for the second floor!"

Noname · **Reply #1391 on:** April 21, 2010, 02:29:33 AM

"I'm not sure what's supposed to happen and what might be a trap!" Stern shouted so that the others could hear him. "I'll just try to... to... <There's a bomb in here, right? It is a fake bomb? If I find it, I can defuse it.>

MrDrake · **Reply #1392 on:** April 21, 2010, 02:36:13 AM

Kiara looked over to Stern "You obviously don't know how these games are played, first time by the looks of things for you" the Coyote had been to these games before, since they were open to Canines first and of course, her being from the Canine family, was allowed to attend them "Allow me to elaborate, as far as I could tell, what was going on before was last minute preperations, hostages for a section of the competitions, granted, I don't know if the hostages will be alright or not, however, you can not go barging into whatever area you want to, you've got to wait to see what game you're going to be participating in first"

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Hailey touched her pocket, as if she wanted to reach for her gun that she had still had on her, something she hadn't gotten rid of at the moment, but decided against it, especially as she didn't really want to shoot anyone anymore "Uh, I agree....we should go..."

Serris · **Reply #1393 on:** April 21, 2010, 02:37:08 AM

(OOC - clearing and bomb searching competitions do not take place in the same houses.)

Neville was receiving his ammunition load for the outdoor practical shooting exercise. He quickly loaded both his weapons and waited for the starting signal. He received one additional magazine for both weapons. He was alone in the area except for a drone overhead and an official watching from behind a pane of bulletproof glass.

A shrill whistle signaled the start. Neville burst into the arena and scanned with his rifle. He spotted one of the targets peeking out from behind an oil drum. He quickly fired a single shot striking the target. He swiveled around and spotted another target and fire but just has he fired, the target receded behind a wall.

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Two security guards entered the house that Cpl. Stern had burst into. The house was intended to be part of the clearing exercise but it was delayed thanks to Cpl. Stern's intrusion.

"Sir, you are not allowed to enter any area unless you have been slotted into that competition. Please remove yourself from this house and wait for your assignment or you will be disqualified," the first guard said.

Noname · **Reply #1394 on:** April 21, 2010, 02:42:13 AM

(OOC- What the new fox was also trying to warn them about is that there is a REAL bomb somewhere. I had to cut that part short because you had the characters move on as if nothing had happened. )

"It won't matter WHAT part of the games take place if the contestants are DEAD by the end of them! There are more important things at stake than some stupids $%#@! course I could pass with my eyes closed! Some of the obstacles are trapped; there are LIVE rounds on this course, or so I've been told. " Stern would not be disqualified for trying to SAVE LIVES, he thought.

<You'd better listen to what he says. He's right, you know.> The vulpine contacted everyone in the area that had the chips implanted into them. Where this fox was was anyone's guess, but he was in range of the others, so it couldn't have been too far.

MrDrake · **Reply #1395 on:** April 21, 2010, 03:27:55 AM

Trinity recieved her ammo and stepped out onto the firing range, loading the ammo into her pistol before aiming at a target that had popped up and fired. She then aimed her second pistol at another target and fired, each shot striking their targets.

***

Jayden was watching the competition unfold, however, he was rather weary of what the male Vulpine had been saying, as he had hinted some worrying in the voice of the male Vulpine as well. He glanced over at Trinity with what she was doing, but ignored it for the time being, believing her to be just another competitor as he moved off, deciding to instead, search the premises.

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Marcus on the other hand, was out back still, alone for the time being as he was finishing up with what he was suppose to be doing before he grabbed a laptop and opened it up to check out who was in the competition via hacking their system. He looked at the list of names before stopping upon one "Thomas Stern? How....interesting...." he chuckled to himself some.

Noname · **Reply #1396 on:** April 21, 2010, 03:35:11 AM

"Until it is certain that this course won't KILL anyone, I would strongly suggest that I have a look through it, alright? And if you would be so kind as to tell me what I am slated for, please do, not that it will matter if this turns out to be a deathtrap." Stern was getting very annoyed; the people in charge of the course seemed to care more about official matters than the lives of those in the course. Stern could pass the course almost literally with his eyes closed, but he was far more concerned about keeping everyone alive.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1397 on:** April 21, 2010, 04:50:27 AM

On the second floor, Shelton calmed down, as the bullets were now out of earshot. "All right," he said, taking some deep breaths. "Maybe I over-reacted. We don't need to get out of the house, we just need to wait for the competitors get up here, and we can just explain to them--"

The door next to him flung open, sending him careening into the far wall. One of the competitors rolled into the room, reloading from a crouching position.

The other two burst in from other doors. "There they are!" one exclaimed.

One of them extended a hand. "Come on," he said, "We're going to get you out of here,"

MrDrake · **Reply #1398 on:** April 21, 2010, 05:01:07 AM

As the competitors burst into the room, Hailey seemed to hessitate straight away by quickly grabbing onto Aimee's hand, to which Aimee ignored it for the time being as she could tell Hailey was a bit jumpy at the moment.

Aimee was still rather weary on the competitors as she looked at them, but remained silent herself as Hailey was still holding onto her hand.

Shakila on the other hand, had stepped back a bit from when they had entered the room, glaring at them some as one spoke up to her "We're here to get you out of here"

"And how do i know you wont shoot me in the end?" Shakila just about snapped back.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1399 on:** April 21, 2010, 05:02:56 AM

The competitor was confused. "You are the hostages, right?"

"Were they briefed on this?" asked another.