Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

[Nick22]

possibly. in that case all we need to do is for you to hold them off long enough for Dr Landon or me to shoot and kill them..' Aisha said...

[MrDrake]

Subject 19 walked back to where the scientist in question was "What progress have you made so far?"

"In the 15 minutes, not a lot actually, all I was able to figure out from this vial of liquid is that it is able to rearrange one's DNA stucture, but how, I'm afraid that I do not know..." the scientist begun as Subject 19 approached him.

She reached over and grabbed the vial as the scientist spoke again "I'm afraid that if you want to know more about it, I need the full one hour at the very least...."

Subject 19 glanced over him "Rearanging one's DNA you say? Unexpected results....it's good enough for me...." with her free hand, her claws formed and without warning, she bought said hand up and stabbed him rather quickly in the throat before pulling out her claws.

The scientist grabbed his own throat by that point and looked to her, his throat was indeed, bleeding rather badly as he fell to his knees and seconds later, onto his stomach, having lost a bit too much blood from his throat....he was dead.

"Such a shame too....." Subject 19 spoke with a little chuckle as she looked at the vial once again before walking over to the table and grabbing a syringe, a rather fat looking one as she opened it up and poured the contents of the vial into the syringe, closing it up as she held it in her non clawed hand with another little chuckle again.

[Cancerian Tiger]

Meanwhile, as Anne was getting her cup of coffee, she thought she heard the sound of someone dying.  She set the white ceramic coffee mug down and entered the corridor.  It was when she heard the sound of an evil chuckle that her spine tingled.  She was certain a murder had taken place, and that whoever did it was in the same building.

Oh, S***, she thought to herself as she took another corridor and unlocked a janitor's closet.  Once she was in, she quietly shut the door and locked herself in.  Whoever or whatever was out there was scaring the hell out of her, and she did not want to face this individual unless it was necessary.

[MrDrake]

Subject 19 had soon stepped over the body of the scientist as she gave off a bored sounding sigh as she walked down the hallway, allowing her clawed hand to run along the side of the wall as she walked down.

She was getting rather close to where Anne had been hiding, in fact, Anne would be able to hear the scraping of Subject 19's claws along the wall "Rearanges DNA.....how rather interesting.....and I know just what I shall try it on first....although killing that scientist guy wasn't the best plan....should've tried it on him first....oh well...." she spoke to herself, unaware that Anne was in hearing distance as well.

However, Subject 19 did stop for a moment, looking directly at the janitor's closet and reached for the handle of it, only to be interupted by the janitor in question.

"Hey you....you're not suppose to be here" he told her as he approached her.

Subject 19 had gotten a smirk upon her face and grabbed the janitor by the throat the moment he got close and slammed him against the door before stabbing him with the syringe, injecting only a small amount of the liquid into him.

What happened next was rather different, the janitor fell to his knees and let off a yell, his face felt like it was burning, his spine in question popped out a little, giving it a more of a spikey look....much like the Abomination had on The Incredible Hulk movie.  His hands and feet became a bit longer, he was taking on what seemed to be a zombie-dog like look, yet, most of his facial features remained the same, just more feral like as he started to snarl and snap a bit.

Subject 19 seemed to be rather pleased with what had just happened and with a swing of her clawed hand, blood was spalttered upon the wall, she had killed her little test subject and started to simply walk off again, leaving the body of the mutated janitor there on the ground.

[Serris]

Alfred shuddered as he continued driving down the forest path. The dense forest offered little light so he decided to turn his headlights on. "Blech. Fight those things in hand-to-hand combat? I probably wouldn't be able to do much against them," he said.

[Nick22]

we won't last 5 seconds on our own Alfred, you'd stand a better chance than we would.." Landon replied " Hopefully it won't come to that..'

[Mirumoto_Kenjiro]

(OCC:  The satellite itself has an AI intelligence that reports when something is in suspicion of threatening Dragonstorm.)

An air base of the Air National Guard have responded to the terrorist threat sent by Crimson Base, and have mobilized a wing of F-15 Eagles to the sky.  A small squad of Humvees also dispatched from the base...

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Dr Joe was called to General Sterm's office.

"I just checked on the rest of the team," Dr Joe began.  "They should be ready soon..."

"That's not why I called you here, Professor.  Did you get any results on what we need for the Dragonstorm weapons?"

"We still need samples of DNA from the Dragonstorm experiments to make an effective bioweapon against them."

"But you did make one..."

"A generic brand, sir.  It's indiscriminate against ALL living experiments."

"So?"

"It could also kill Snow, Ice, and any others on our side!"  Before Sterm commented, Dr Joe stopped him.  "And I won't accept to allow them to be sacrificed!"

"Fine...  But time is running out.  The Prison Base has just dispatched a group of its projects to possibly Lab 101."

"I doubt they're true Dragonstorm embryos, sir.  Most likely inmates being worked on."

"I still don't want to have the Air National Guard being torn apart thinking they're out to get some simple terrorist cell.  I need a solution to taking down Dragonstorm for good."

"Yes, sir..."

(OCC:  Weren't there Anti-Dragonstorm scientists who met the Crimson Squad team back in the second RP?)

[Cancerian Tiger]

Anne simply remained silent from the combination of the murder she had just witnessed and for her own safety.  Whatever that thing was out there, she did not want to have any trouble with it.

As soon as that thing is gone, I'm calling for help, she thought to herself as she remained in the closet.

[MrDrake]

Subject 19 had walked off out of the building, her claw reverting back to its normal state again as she was rather pleased with what she had just found out.

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Jayden continued to follow everyone else along the road "Geez, how far is this place?" he asked himself as he glanced over to Shakila.

Shakila only shrugged back a little bit "Does it really matter? I mean, if this is a Dragonstorm place, then those Dragonstorm experiments should be there.....and in turn.....will have a big fat fail written all over this plan" she replied back rather skeptically still.

[Cancerian Tiger]

As soon as she was sure it was gone, Anne cautiously exited the closet, doing her best not to step in guts and blood.  When she got away from the scene, she headed for the nearest phone and dialed for the operator.

"Hello, Operator?  Yes, I need to speak to the FBI right away," Anne said as she kept watching her surroundings.  Moments later, the FBI line was answered.

"Hello?  This is Dr. Anne Williams down at the science lab.  Somebody was used for an experiment and killed," she said.

[MrDrake]

She got an answer, it was a male's voice on the other end "Special Agent Johnson....uh huh, alright....I'll need you to come in for some questions" he told her as he looked to someone else, motioning for them to head down to the science lab to investigate it while he in turn, were going to see if he could speak to Dr. Anne about what had just happened.

Within half an hour, police and FBI were at the scene of the crime, examining both the body of the scientist and the janitor.

In turn, Agent Johnson was waiting for Dr. Anne to arrive, waiting in his office for her.

[Nick22]

So how long roughly until we get there? a half Hour? an hour? Two hours.."
Aisha said reaching inside her pursue and pulled out a small container of Pringles sour Cream and Onion flavor..

[Serris]

(OOC - There are two surviving anti-Dragonstorm scientists: Dr. Allan Falco <a Ostrich> and Dr. Erik Bjurling <a Lemur>)

Dr. Allan Falco and Dr. Erik Bjurling, two former ADSA members, who were now working on a biological weapon intended to target Dragonstorm experiments. Both of them were eating lunch in the mess hall.

"So how is the progress going?" a Wolverine guard asked. He was eating a fish sandwich.

"Not good. We know that psi-experiments produce several unique brain proteins thanks to the genetic modifications. It is these brain proteins that grants them their psychic powers. We have made a 'less than lethal' transgenic prion that induces these proteins to change their conformation. As the function of the protein is related to its conformation, this change renders the protein useless and thus disables their powers," Dr. Falco said.

"I didn't really get too much of that but I have a question is it ready to use?"

Dr. Bjurling shook his head. "Not unless we can get it to target the Dragonstorm experiments. So far, what we can gather is that it will affect all psi-experiments who are injected or inhale the agent. The other issue is that protein transformations are not instantaneous. We have done simulations and we have calculated that noticeable results will appear in three or so weeks. After about three or four months, the subject's psychic powers will be completely disabled. Finally, there is a real risk that exposure to this prion in non psi experiments could induce healthy proteins to start misfolding and forming plaques in the brain. This could lead to early onset Alzheimer's disease or similar neurodegenerative diseases," he said.

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Alfred shook his head. "I don't know. But it seems like we've been driving for at least an hour," he said.

[Mirumoto_Kenjiro]

Dr Joe walked in as Dr Falco & Dr Bjurling were explaining the new weapon to a guard.  "As soon as we get viable DNA from a Dragonstorm experiment," she added, "then the weapon will be better programmed to target Dragonstorm.  Speaking of which, did any DNA get salvaged from the wreck at sea?"

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The fighter wing took position as it moved to intercept the convoy...

[aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato)]

(OOC:Also Mr. Wayne Anthony [human] and Dr. Fenton Bradley [Bengal Tiger]. They were both wounded in the second RP, but neither were killed.)

"The shutdown of healthy proteins is also a danger in the psi-experiments themselves," noted a human scientist, coming up behind the three with a fresh tray of food. He sat down beside Dr. Falco.

Dr. Falco looked over. "Ah, Mr. Anthony, you've finally come in from Washington. Is the Bureau done with you?"

The human nodded. He extended a hand to Dr. Joe. "We've met in Pelvanida, but only in passing. I'm Wayne Anthony, co-founder of the Anti-Dragonstorm Alliance. I've been held by the FBI for questioning since the destruction of Pelvanida, but unfortunately was not very high on their list, and have just been cleared for release."

"Have you made contact with Dr. Bradley?" asked Dr. Bjurling. "He's currently in the lab working on the bioweapon."

Anthony nodded. "Spoke with Fenton on the phone during the flight in. He's brought me up to speed on our progress."

[StarfallRaptor]

Hawkeye chuckled.

"You all seem to forget that I'm here.  My augmentations should allow me to stand up to one.  More then that, and I'd even be outclassed."
He said calmly.  Ryu nodded.

"Given a single opponent, I can defeat them.  Should be able to, at the least.  It's a simple matter of destroying weak points.  That *should* cripple them."
He added.

[Cancerian Tiger]

It wasn't much longer before Anne arrived at Agent Johnson's office.  She knocked on the door to let him know she was there.

[Serris]

Dr. Falco shook his head. "Unfortunately, what we managed to retrieve has been severely damaged. It turns out the vials that were stolen carried a 'self-destruct charge' that would release powdered sodium hypochlorite into them, ruining the DNA in them. In addition, Dr. Drake has managed to salvage many files from the Pelvanida computers that we removed from the ruins. However, the reports by Dr. Stan Lee are irrevocably lost," he said.

"Uh, not to sound like an idiot but what is so important about Dr. Stan Lee's files?" Dr. Bjurling asked, munching on a roll.

"He was the first person to discover the mechanism behind psychic powers in 1963. But it took nearly thirty years of research before we could create the first psion; a telekinete we codenamed 'Jean Gray'."

Dr. Bjurling facepalmed. "You named your first experiment after a character from a comic book!?"

"Hey, what can I say? A lot of the scientists who worked on the project were big fans of the X-Men comics," Dr. Falco replied.

Dr. Bjurling sipped his tea. "And the guy who started this shares his name with the creator of the X-Men," he muttered.

"Contact Dr. Lee and see if we can arrange a trip here!" Wayne replied.

"I don't know if you remember this," Dr. Falco said. "But Dr. Lee died seventeen years ago. 'Jean Gray' accidentally killed him and several other scientists when her telekinetic powers went out of control. We were forced to euthanize her as there was no way of curing her or stabilizing her powers. Luckily, telling the families of the deceased that they were involved in a serious construction accident was a pretty good way to account for the severe trauma caused by the bodies from being repeatedly battered against the walls and floors."  

Wayne swore under his breath. The bioweapon was going to take a lot of time to perfect. Time that was running out.

[MrDrake]

Agent Johnson was sitting in his office as he heard a knock on the door and looked up to see Dr. Anne had arrived "Please, come in, take a seat" the gorilla told her "You had contacted me about a murder at the facility you work at, am I correct? Please, tell me of the details on what you had seen there, anything which would help this investigation...like the murderer, did you see what they looked like by any chance? Their method of killing? Anything like that?"

[Cancerian Tiger]

Anne took a seat in Agent Johnson's office.

'Yes, I called about a murder.  What happened was I was hiding in a janitor's closet, and this female came over to the door.  Just as she was about to open the door, the janitor confronted her.  Whatever this female was then injected the janitor with something that caused him to turn into some kind of monster.  The female then grew long claws out of one of her hands and killed the janitor with one swipe.  She then left the building.  I waited until she was gone before I called you," Anne explained to Agent Johnson.