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Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

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Trinity sighed some as she grabbed the phone "Yes?" was all she asked as she listened in to what the warden had to tell her.

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The scientist just shrugged back and walked out of the room.  Viper in turn, peered out from behind the desk slightly as she watched the scientist leave "Maybe....she can help me out...." she wondered a tad out loud, yet, didn't make a move at the moment as she watched what the Colonel and his team were doing.


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"Crota, can you please not act like a complete asshat for once?" Zachary asked.

Spc. Crota opened his mouth and bared his fangs - roughly analogous to the middle finger gesture - at Zachary.

"Crota, if you do not like Hans, you are free not to interact with him. If you are finding that difficult, you are free to remain here while we head to our next mission," Cpl. Stern said.

Dr. Bailey then turned to Shakila. "Which is why were are going to use tactics other than bursting in there and ripping the place up. We can either subpoena materials or try and trick the people into letting us look around," he said.

"I remember seeing somewhere that Rara Terra Smelting has had some issues with OSHA, we could investigate there under the pretense of being OSHA inspectors," Alfred said.

Gustave looked at Dr. Landon. "Yes, Dr. Branston is dead," he replied.

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A bit anti-climatically.. i wasn;t sure if had gotten a good shot at him' Aisha replied " still hes one less pain in the rear to worry about..Trinity however is the next person on my 'kick their ass' list...' Aisha replied ' i like the vblff and bs approach..."
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(USMC Base)

"Meanwhile," Dr Joe continued on screen, "the two Squads will have to return to Crimson Base for rearming.  And hopefully by then, we'll have successfully duplicated a formula for a serum Dragonstorm created for any rogue experiments."

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(Idaho Base)

"My patience is thinning with your games in this facility," Ms Race said through a speakphone.  "You have five minutes to finish this, or I will finish it for you.  And I will not care if your 'pet' soldier is in the crossfire..."

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In position, the lead Elite Guard fires a shotgun round into the lock and kicks the door open, but the squad finds nothing.

"I thought you said she was in here!" the Colonel radioed in.

"She still is," came a reply in the radio.

One Elite turned his head, and catches Viper hiding behind the desk in his sight...


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"So what do we do?" Dr. Zanasiu asked. "We have to rearm too."

"You guys wield standard civilian legal weapons. Go to a gun store and go on a shopping spree," Spc. Crota said.

"Okay, fair enough now about where we can stay..."

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"Oh crap" Viper spoke and teleported away, but where, even she wasn't entirely sure hersel.  She reappeared on the other side of the base in a janitor's closet as she gave off a grumble herself "This....is not what I had in mind...." she spoke as she teleported a second time and reappeared on the other side of the door...

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Trinity just smirked to herself with what Ms. Race had to say "Don't you worry Ms. Race....if Hailey is unable to finish of Aimee....then Im afraid that I would have to take matters into my own hands" she spoke as she continued to watch the fight between Aimee and Hailey.

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Aimee continued to duck and dodge Hailey's attacks and shook her head slightly "Forgive me for this Hailey....but....it's for your own god" she spoke as she ducked from one of Hailey's punches and struck Hailey back across the face followed by a second punch to her stomach before following up with an uppercut.

Hailey was struck and stumbled back from the punches some, failing to be engulfed for a few minutes as Aimee approached her, grabbing Hailey by the throat and slamming her up against the nearest piece of wall.

Aimee continued to try and think on her feet and got another idea "Ugh....I don't really want to have to do this.....but I'm kinda out of options right now....." she spoke and seconds later, actually ended up kissing Hailey, right on the lips as she thought to herself "If you still have a crush on me....then this should, by all accounts....work......I hope...."

After breaking from the kiss, Aimee let go of Hailey and stepped back "Come on....please work....I really....really don't want to have to do that again...." she spoke as she looked at Hailey.

Hailey fell to her hands and knees.  Her mind had been somewhat repaired, thanks to Neku earlier on....and what was more, it was as if other memories were starting to return to her "A....A....Aimee?" she finally spoke something and looked up at her friend.

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(Southport)

Subject 19 stumbled around some more from being blasted, yet, gave off a rather loud sounding roar, yet, was blasted again as she fell down, the plaga bursting out from her back again as it swayed around some.


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From outside of the base, several sniper rounds fired out at Hailey's head, missing both her and Aimee, and thudding into the wall near the two...


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We do need a place to stay for the night..' Dr Labdon agreed.. ' once we all rearm then we cabnn start looking for a oplace to stay for the night, even if its a cheap dumpy motel..."
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Meanwhile, a message indicating that Dr. Bjurling was ready appeared on Dr. Bailey's laptop.

He opened it.

"Hello, everyone. I know you can't really respond so I'm going to assume you said hello back," Dr. Bjurling said. He then cleared his throat. "In any case, Dr. Bjurling, Dr. Falco, Dr. Bradley and I have found an alternative to the prion based bioweapon. This one exploits the fact that a cell will attach complementary RNA strands to mRNA that is to be degraded by ribonucleases. This is simply a purified and concentrated version of the natural complementary strand found in experiments. Unfortunately since at least five genes that control psionic powers, this weapon is specific. So far, we have only been able to target temperature control, IE pyrokinesis and cyrokinesis. The weapon itself consists of virii that have been stripped off their their genetic material and replaced by the complementary RNA strand. While we expect this to be temporary compared to the prion that attacks the brain, this one should not affect non experiments as they lack the cell receptors that the modified virus will latch onto to inject the RNA."

A vial of a clear liquid came into view. "This is enough for about two doses," he said.

Spc. Crota fell asleep, paying no heed to Dr. Bjurling's biochemistry lesson.

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Trinity watched how Hailey was now reacting as her facial expression changed to look as though she was now concerned on what was happening.  She looked to Neku and smirked "Since Hailey is now failing to carry out what it is that I have asked her to do...." she then waved her hand slightly "Kill them"

Aimee in turn, grabbed Hailey and pulled her behind the nearest building as the bullets struck the wall "Hailey? You okay?"

Hailey glanced up to Aimee and opened her mouth, to the point in which more words actually came out, an actual sentence "Y-Y-Yeah.....I think so...." she managed to say, yet, looked at Aimee some more "You....you kissed me....."

"Yeah, I know, just don't expect another one alright? I was out options okay?" Aimee replied back as she peered back out and looked over to Trinity and Neku "What's Neku doing here? Do you know?"

"I think so, from what I was able to pick up, I think he was here to try and rescue me, but all I know was that Drake did something to his mind....made him a slave to Trinity" Hailey replied back as she ignited her hands in flame.

"And this Drake fellow.....he did the same to you?" Aimee asked back.

Hailey just nodded back to Aimee "Yeah, as far as I know anyway"

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Trinity looked back to Neku once more "My patience is running thin at the moment, either you kill them, or I step in and kill all three of you" she grabbed Neku by the back of the head and pushed him forward "Now get going if you value your life"


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Neku's eyes flashed blue as he nodded, both his swords flaring to life.
"Orders understood."
He said, lunging at Hailey and Aimee...


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"I kind of like the fail-safe serum Dragonstorm made better..." Fox muttered.

"Well, if you want your group to make use of what we got started," Vic replied to Dr Zanasiu, "you're all welcome to come back to Utah with us.  However, our Squads have some other targets to hit."

"Vic's right," Dr Joe added on screen.  "As far as our data goes, we still have very little info on this Trinity person's operations without your help.  The more we can get on all the major players, the better."

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(Idaho Base)

The Colonel gritted his teeth in anger.  "She's gone again!" he radioed.  "Find her!"

"We're working on it," the supervisor said on the other line.  "The electromagnetic field around her may be wearing off, but she can still be located.  I think she has a Dragonstorm DNA signature on her..."

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Breathtaker did not have long to wait, as another door opened, and five prison inmates, obviously worked on by Dragonstorm with grafted weapons, walked in.  Their necks were scarred for unknown reasons, but it left them unable to speak.  Their eyes, however, revealed their intentions...

Breathtaker smirked.  "I am so going to enjoy this..."

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(Southport)

Waving the smoke from his view, the guard notices the plaga on the monster's back.  "There's something on her back!" he radioed to Azrael.

"Shoot it then!" Azrael replied as he cut down another beast.  "It should do some damage!"

The guard raised his sub-machine gun at the plaga and fired...

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Meanwhile, the helicopter makes one banking move before heading out the city...


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so, in short you've found an serum that target creature who pyrokentic abilitis.. fascinating.. although I'm not sure how that would work on creature who don't have those powers...dr landon said " still its better than nothing. " how long would it take to make more doses?"
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Aimee turned and saw Neku approaching the two of them "Ah crap" she spoke as she grabbed Hailey and pulled her away "Looks like he's still under the brainwashed techniques of Drake"

Hailey thought for a second and looked to Aimee "Wait here, maybe I could convince him to stop" she spoke as she stepped out into view to face off against Neku "Neku....please, don't do this....if I can fight the control....then you can too....you're better than this, you don't just listen to someone like Trinity and do her dirty work"

"She's insane....she'll get herself killed if she's not careful" Aimee muttered to herself as she glanced around to check her surroundings.

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Viper, meanwhile, remained where she was, still trying to decide on what to actually do in the end "If I leave now....what's stopping these freaks in tracking me? Knowing my luck, they'll end up tracking me across America...." she muttered as she looked down one of the hallways, then down another before starting to move away.

She rubbed her fur a little bit "And yet, I can still feel the effects of the electricity on me...." she grumbled some as well as she continued to walk on.

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(Southport)

The plaga on Subject 19's back took the gunfire, unable to do anything back as a defence mechanism.  The plaga in turn, begun to bleed as it flailed around some more.


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O'Neill had just finished filling in the assembled about the important events and repercussions of the battle at Lab 101.

"To finish off," he concluded, snapping his fingers and summoning an aide onto the stage carrying a collection of pins, "we have compiled the accounts of every survivor, and several instances of heroism were cited by multiple reports. To those individuals, we will now be awarding Special Commendations for Bravery Under Fire. To begin, I'd like to commend everyone who was in the SUV that took the lead after the capture of Dr. Branston. Their risk saved the entire convoy, and stood them out to the enemy, and to us. Commander Roger Simpson, Commander Rucker Jamesson, Doctor Bradley Gallo, driver Darien Walters."

Shelton, surprised, stood up and started walking up to the podium. He was the first to get there. O'Neill handed him the medal, bowing his head in an equestrian sign of respect, and suddenly Shelton realized that everyone in the lecture hall was clapping for him.


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Commander Jamesson, a lithe Golden Retriever, was the next to receive the award. He bowed his head as medal was draped around his neck.

The lecture hall erupted into applause.

Dr. Kerzach was after him. He too, bowed his head as the medal was draped around his neck by Dr. O'Neill.

He grinned widely as they applauded. Suddenly, he realized what he had done. No! I am Dr. Yuri Kerzach, ally of James! Not Dr. Bradley Gallo Dragonstorm scientist! he thought.

As he stepped off the stage, Darien Walters, a dour looking Englishman, followed him.

Dr. Kerzach looked at the medal dangling from his neck. He glanced at the blood-red ribbon and the rather beautiful gold medallion that depicted a single dragon flying upwards out of a fire. He sighed, he was proud to have been awarded a medal but at the same time, he felt shameful accepting it.

I am not Dr. Bradley Gallo. he reminded himself constantly.

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"Um, Aisha, Dr. Bjurling can't hear you," Dr. Bailey said.

Dr. Zanasiu cleared his throat. "So what targets are you looking at?" he asked.

"If I may, Rara-Terra Smelting and Weyland-Yutani look like good places to start," Alfred said.

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(Idaho Base)

Some the guards watching the doors, shook their heads at the 'reception'.  "Scientists..." Murmered one of them.  "They think of themselves as soldiers.  The only reason they made it here is because the Marine Corp are lousy shots today..."

"Shut it!" hissed the other.  "No griping!"  He paused as he recieved orders from the Colonel.

The guards attending the doors readied their weapons and stepped outside.  They've got word a prisoner's on the loose...

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Breathtaker cracked his neck, and then made his move...

In seconds, he was a cloud of vapor and shot across the arena behind one of the prisoners, materializing afterwards, but he had already struck.  The prisoner behind him seemed frozen in time, until his head fell off first.  The others spun around, but only to see the experiment change again and flies above them, materializing back more than five feet above the next victim, and dropping down to slash him to pieces with his fighting knives...

The nearest inmate then tried to rush him, but Breathtaker 'broke' into mist when he was hit, and the Dragonstorm weapon stabbed him in the base of the skull, killing him instantly.  The last two decided to attack him together, but this time Breathtaker simply drew two small knives and threw them each into the necks of the final targets...

A scientist monitoring the test stopped his watch and examined it, before showing it to anyone else in the second-story room.  "Not even a minute long..." he chuckled...

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In little time, the second Elite squad was ready and began their search for the experiment.  They were much closer than the Colonel...

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(USMC Base)

As Dr Zanasiu asked, Vic had Aiko pull up a map with three blinking red markers.  "We already have the Idaho base on our list," Vic started, "but we got two more we know of to take out.  There's a base just off the coast of Texas, disguised as a juvenile detention center, where they may be doing the same stuff they're doing at the prison, plus a possible recruitment center for mercenaries and terrorists to join the 'cause' of Dragonstorm.  The last is the one we know least of all, along the eastern Florida coast.  This is probably where they made a satellite known as Dragonstorm AI-1 and launched it into orbit.  It's the same satellite that nearly devastated a base belonging to the Oregon Air National Guard, and it may still be operational.  We have a Navy frigate watching it now, but we now know of a Dragonstorm AI-2 stored at this base.  What it is, we don't know, but we gotta take that out too."

"Before we joined you at Lab 101," Dr Joe added on screen, "we first tracked down the SS Surrounded Sea, a sea-going base of Dragonstorm, and stopped Dragonstorm from trying to gain funding from potential buyers who were to visit the ship before it was sunk.  The survivors, however, may have been picked up by their allies before we could get them, but we did enough damage to Dragonstorm's finances to slow them down."


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Neku twirled his swords as he approached them, though his eyes showed hesitation and conflict, almost like he was fighting against himself as he moved...


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Hailey looked at him, her right hand in flames and clenched up "Uh, Neku? You okay?" she asked him, tilting her head to the side a little bit, yet, was still ready to stike him if she needed to, but only if he were to strike first as she watched his movements carefully.


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Neku shook his head, trying to regain control of himself.
"H-Hailey... Run!"
He said pleadingly...
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On the outskirts of the base, a young feline sniper readied his rifle, aiming at Neku's head...