Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #3240 on:** October 17, 2010, 05:58:18 AM

(Las Vegas)

The woman watched the two leave. "We shall..." she whispered, "but only in Hell..." She then walked her own path and out of sight by the time the first police cars arrived...

MrDrake · **Reply #3241 on:** October 17, 2010, 06:21:04 AM

(Las Vegas)

Soon, police cars were seen speeding down the Las Vegas Strip, skidding to a halt outside their destintion of Caeser's Palace as Aimee and Xanthus continued to walk onwards, to which Xanthus spoke up to Aimee "I suggest we head down that way" he motioned towards one of the streets.

"You're not in charge here, so shut up" Aimee snapped back at him as she just kept on walking "We keep on walking this way" she added on as Xanthus just gave off another light chuckle as he continued to follow her.

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(Idaho/Washington D.C)

As Trinity relaxed on the plane, she motioned for one of the guards to walk over to her before asking him one simple question "How much longer is it to Washington D.C? Because if it is going to be some time, then at least make yourself useful and get me something to eat"

(OOC: Should've mentioned on what Xanthus is wearing too....which is simply a pair of pants/jeans and that's it, no shirt....and of course, no shoesfor himself either)

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #3242 on:** October 17, 2010, 02:50:20 PM

"Come on..." Shelton muttered to himself, "have to reach the radio..."

His knuckles were white, his hands were in a death grip around the stand under the chair. But he had to let go.

He compromised, inching up to grab the life preserver instead, and sliding it out, freeing himself without opening his hands. Crawling down the aisle, he cast his hand out and grasped the skittering radio.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #3243 on:** October 17, 2010, 05:10:40 PM

Suddenly, from behind Aimee, an unknown assailant stepped out of the shadows, as another aimed a pistol at Xanthus.
"Aimee. It's about time we found you."
The figure said...

MrDrake · **Reply #3244 on:** October 17, 2010, 06:03:54 PM

Aimee stopped in her tracks and gave off an annoyed sounding sigh "Listen, I don't know who you are, or how the hell you even know my name, but please, do me a favour....piss off....I have had enough bull**** to deal with today as it is, and I don't need anyone else getting on my nerves as it is"

Xanthus however, just gave off a chuckle as the pistol was aimed at him "Put the weapon down, before you hurt yourself....or before I decide to injure you, and perhaps, if you're lucky.....kill you as well"

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #3245 on:** October 17, 2010, 09:54:25 PM

"Sounds good to me," Dr. Williams replied. She then saw Dr. Wayne become upset.

"Hey," she added as she gently rested a paw on Dr. Wayne's arm. "Whatever is wrong, try not to let it cloud your mind. We both need to have clear minds if we're going to pull this off."

Serris · **Reply #3246 on:** October 18, 2010, 12:06:03 AM

(OOC - Where is Hawkeye?)

"What's odd?" Sharon asked. She then looked out the window and saw all the guards. "Do you normally greet incoming choppers with this many guards?" she added.

"Guys, we should probably get out and get ready," Dr. Zanasiu said, stepping out of the helicopter. Zachary, Dr. Bailey and Gustave followed.

Cale, Agito, Slash, Kagetora and Roux were next.

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Dr. Wayne took a deep breath. "I just lost everything. Everything. Family, friends. Gone," she said, trying to keep her sobs under control.

"You could always come with us," Alfred said.

"But...But you guys are soldiers. I...I can't do that. I..." she trailed off.

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Cobalt Squad exited their helicopter, Hans, Werner, Aedelwulf and PFC. Cpl. Stern and Reynolds followed him.

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The plastic cup went flying into the wall as Siberys clenched his fists. "What!?" he shouted. "Southport got nuked!?"

"----! Is there anything these guys won't stoop too!?"

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #3247 on:** October 18, 2010, 01:14:49 AM

(Crimson Base)

Dr Joe was startled by the glass breaking, momentarily unaware of the large window pane between her and the broken shards. She sighed in relief. "From our reports," she replied, "we believe that the reason for Southport was to cover up some sort of virus that took most of the population. This virus was NOT a typical pass-time for Dragonstorm. There's some unknown person that's loosely collaborating with Dragonstorm..."

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Most of Crimson Squad left the chopper, except for Vic, Snow, and Ice. Ice told his commander what he heard.

Vic turned to the two ladies. "If you two really want to leave," he said, "then we only have to check your records and you can go. Hopefully, you aren't as involved more than you think. Dragonstorm tends to know about us more than we'd like..."

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Ivory Squad left the chopper towards the head guard. "What's the meaning of this?"

"Orders, Ivory Leader," the guard replied. "Your team, Crimson and Cobalt Squadrons are free to enter, but everyone else is to be escorted to Hangar 4..."

"What for?"

"I wasn't told why, sir. Just orders from Professor Smithson."

Fox nodded, then looked to his team. "You go on ahead. I think I'll stick around."

Cole Pantera, a former SEAL before joining Ivory Squad, protested. "But Cap, we should..." He was cut off by the Fox's cold stare, and he shut up.

The rest of Ivory Squad walked away to the main building...

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(DS-2 Plane)

The private jet worked to gain speed while the escorts were busy with the terrorists. Some of the Messerschmitts have managed to come around one of the escorts and landed a hail of bullets on it. An engine ruptures, and the plane quickly lost control and plummeted towards the earth...

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #3248 on:** October 18, 2010, 01:27:17 AM

Hawkeye nodded.
"Very well. If that's the orders, I suppose..."
He paused and lashed out, knocking one of the guards into his teammates as Cale, Agito, Slash, and Kagetora all leapt into action as well, attacking, stunning and disarming the guards with little trouble...

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #3249 on:** October 18, 2010, 01:19:03 PM

Shelton flipped open the radio and cast his mind around, trying to think of Hans' frequency. He realized it was unlikely that Hans would have kept the same radio for the last five months. He'll have to try and reach his thought chip.

Strapping himself into the middle chair of the three in the nearest aisle, Shelton beckoned Narcissus and Kerzach, the closest passengers in the plane. <Brace me!> he ordered them. <I need to be steady!>

Narcissus climbed over and held on to Shelton's left side.

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"What's the point of stopping Dragonstorm if the atrocities we commit are just as bad as theirs?" exclaimed Anthony bitterly. "I'm pretty sure Dragonstorm never killed everybody in an entire town with a nuclear bomb."

"And America continues its distinction of being the only country in the world to use nukes in conflict," Dr. Bjurling commented wryly.

"It's sad, but we have to look to the future," reminded Dr. Bradley. "The serum is finished, and we've administered it to our first subject. Siberys, try to pick up something."

Siberys pointed his hand at the handheld video game console on the cot. Nothing happened. "It worked. My powers have been neutralized," he smiled. "I'm normal."

"Excellent," said Dr. Falco. "Now we need to get it to Dr. Zanasiu for field use."

"It hasn't undergone clearance, or even a second testing," said Dr. Bjurling.

Serris · **Reply #3250 on:** October 19, 2010, 01:38:20 AM

Cobalt Squad went with Ivory Squad. They had went away before Hawkeye and Cale's attack on the guards.

"So why can't James and the rest of the group come along?" Cobalt Leader asked the head guard.

Spc. Crota and Sgt. Masters slithered along the tarmac. Sgt. Masters as usual, had a lit cigarette dangling from his mouth.

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"Hawkeye! What the f--- do you think you are doing!?" Alfred shouted. He was a little hesitant to jump into the battle.

Aedelwulf leapt into the fray, trying to restrain Kagetora.

"I knew they were trouble!" Gustave shouted, charging into battle with his claws at the ready.

"Gustave! No!" Hans shouted.

James stared in shock at the melee that was currently going on. He could hardly believe that his former allies suddenly decided to attack friendlies...or were they Dragonstorm troops that he had not noticed?

"James! Get Cobalt Squad!" Zachary shouted as he and Alfred waded into the battle to try and separate the combatants.

James did so, bolting for the main building.

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Dr. Kerzach braced the other side of Shelton. "Ready when you are Simpson," he said.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #3251 on:** October 19, 2010, 02:24:17 AM

(Crimson Base)

Fox watched what happened, and drew his gun. "Ivory Squad!! To arms!!"

The Ivory Squad heard him clearly and ran back, drawing their weapons...

Crimson Squad were quick to draw their own weapons, and aiming at Kagetora, Slash, Agito, Cale, Hawkeye, and Roux...

Vic heard the commotion and left the chopper, followed closely by Snow. He had a glimpse of Zanasiu heading for the main building. "Crimson Leader to security! DO NOT shoot at the scientist coming your way! I repeat! DO NOT shoot at Dr Zanasiu! Call back Cobalt Squad immediately and get reinforcements! The Dragonstorm moles are making their move!"

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As Dr Joe watched on, her beeper went off. She read the message on it, and her face paled. "Bless you, Chase..." She then took off out of the laboratory...

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(Trinity's Plane)

While in flight, a call comes in on the plane's phone. A guard answers it, and his face twists to confusion. "Um...ma'am," he addressed Trinity. "Someone with an odd voice wants to speak with a Gabriel. I thought it would be a prank, but the caller says he's the head of security of New Peenemunde Harbor..."

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(DS-2 Plane)

The jet tries to pick up speed over the flat lands of the central United States, while evading fire from the Messerschmitts.

"Of all the places to be chased," the co-pilot cursed, "it has to be the open plains with no place to hide..."

Nick22 · **Reply #3252 on:** October 19, 2010, 07:59:44 PM

Dr Landon started hurrying after the others " great.. we're ging to be in even more trouble after this stunt" He said to Alfred. " Come on Alfred" Aisha said " Lets go get the others under control..."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #3253 on:** October 19, 2010, 08:58:11 PM

Shelton fished a screwdriver out of his pocket and, despite the rattling of the plane, started converting his radio-flashlight into a thought-signal amplifier. Luckily he had already been working on adapting his radio-flashlight so it could tap into the thought network, and while he'd never gotten that to work, he had all the pieces he needed for this.

The power cell was going to be drained in a matter of seconds, so he had to keep turning the power crank while he transmitted. "Keep your heads as far away from mine as possible," he ordered. "If the plane rotates directions, be prepared for an extremely loud voice in your head temporarily, if you get in the way of me and my contact."

He started cranking, and sending his message. <Hans! This is urgent! Respond immediately!>

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Hans had his knife out, but didn't want to attack his old friends. He was startled to hear Shelton. <Shelton? Is that you?>

<Hans, we're being attacked-->

<So are we! Hawkeye, Kagetora, those two sublevel experiments, they've just turned on us!>

<Hans, I don't care right now! We have literally seconds to talk! Shut up!>

Hans was shocked into silence.

Shelton continued. <We are under attack by terrorist planes from your old friends, and are imminently going to be shot down. Is there anything you can tell us to help us?>

Hans thought, but he was kinda distracted at the moment. <The Messerschmitt design was chosen because most of the terrorists were German immigrants, like myself. The armor itself is very thin, especially on the underbelly and backside, due to scarcity of supplies. The planes are sensitive to sharp turns, as the wings are-->

The radio died. Shelton didn't get the rest of the message.

But he'd gotten enough. Shrugging Kerzach and Narcissus off, he staggered into the cockpit. "The Messerschmitts are vulnerable to sharp turns!" he informed the pilots "See how quickly you can force them to veer left or right; if they turn too fast, they'll cause structural damage to their wings or their pilots may black out!"

(OOC: 4,000th post!

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Serris · **Reply #3254 on:** October 19, 2010, 11:13:54 PM

Dr. Zanasiu burst into the main building. "Cale, Kagetora... the others, they're...they're attacking the soldiers!" he panted out.

Cobalt Leader immediately leapt to his feet. "Fetch me a rifle," he said to the nearest soldier.

"What?"

"Fetch me some rifles!"

"But..."

"Do it!"

The soldier ran to the armory.

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Dr. Wayne grabbed Dr. Williams. "Come on! Let's get out of here!" she said, running to the aforementioned hangar or what she thought was it.

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Aedelwulf grabbed Kagetora in a chokehold. "Kagetora, what the f--- has gotten into you!?" he demanded.

"Al, you and I are the physically strongest ones! We'll take the Hawk!" Gustave said.

Alfred nodded. "Aisha, Dr. Landon, Hans, Werner, Zach, deal with the others!" he said.

Alfred, being the heavier one, tackled Hawkeye, slamming all 420+ pounds of his body into him.

Gustave then followed up with a tail whip to one of Hawkeye's arms from his muscular tail.

Nick22 · **Reply #3255 on:** October 19, 2010, 11:17:20 PM

Great, just geat!" Aisha said running after Dr Zanisu. Dr Landon held out his gun as hee ran after her ' These guys aren't helping our cause" He muttered as they ran ...

MrDrake · **Reply #3256 on:** October 20, 2010, 01:55:29 AM

(Trinity's Plane)

Trinity sighed somewhat as she stood up from her seat and walked over to the guard, retrieving the phone from him and placing it to her ear before speaking up "This is Gabriel speaking"

***

(Las Vegas)

Aimee turned around, but saw that the mysterious figure she had been talking to just before, had just left, to which she only grumbled to herself some and went back to walking onwards.

Xanthus on the other hand, decided to not say a word as it started to rain, but yet, found that Aimee wasn't far from where a motel was, yet, he just remained quiet all the while as he continued to followed her a few feet behind her.

Aimee cross the street over to the motel in question, walking inside and up to the clerk "I need to borrow a phone"

The clerk motioned for the payphone in the same area, to which Aimee only groaned even more. The girl had no loose change, no money, what so ever as she practically flopped down into a nearby chair and burried her hands in her face "Great, just bloody great, I'm completely broke....can't afford to call anyone, nor can I even afford a room at a motel"

Xanthus looked at Aimee for a moment before he approached the clerk at the counter. He reached into his pocket, all the while staring at the clerk. The clerk already seemed to be rather intimidated by what Xanthus was going to do, not trusting him one bit.

And in one swift motion, Xanthus did it....he placed some money on the counter "One room"

The clerk's heart was already racing as it was as he had to give off a sigh of relief, glad that it wasn't a weapon of some sort that was going to be used on him and decided that it was in his best interest to get a room for them, turning around and taking a key and handing it over to Xanthus "Here, room....7...." he gulped.

Xanthus took the key and walked over to Aimee "We have a room...." was all he told her andwalked off, heading towards the room. Aimee got up and followed Xanthus over to the room that they were given the key to.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #3257 on:** October 20, 2010, 01:55:59 AM

(Crimson Base)

Inside the compound, soldiers hurried to the armory and began unloading their arsenal of bullpup rifles and ammunition. Some of these are being delivered to Dr Zanasiu and Cobalt Squad as the base's soldiers were backing them up...

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Soldiers guarding the hangar noticed the two women coming their way. They hurriedly waved them over to safety...

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Dr Joe jumped into a Jeep outside the laboratory towards the main compound. "What's happened?" she questioned the driver.

"It's as you said, ma'am," the driver replied. "The moles' just started attacking the escorts."

"It's Chase who knew of them. Are the DS-Countermeasures rifles in the hangar as they were supposed to?"

"Yes ma'am, but the fight's on the landing pad!"

"Then take me to the hangar!"

The Jeep increases speed to save time...

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(DS-2 Plane)

As ordered, the pilot decreased speed and started making sharp turns left and right just fifty feet from the ground. The terrorists followed suit, but were moving wider than the jet. This gave the remaining escort enough time to send a burst of cannon fire into the cockpit of the trailing Messerschmitt...

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(Trinity's Plane)

On the other end, the voice sounded male but robotic. "This is Ezekiel," he answered. "I just got word from Kyriel in Las Vegas. You might be having some company in DC. Just one mechanized vixen and a Hunter remained in Nevada and may be trying to find the Anti-Dragonstorm base of operations..."

MrDrake · **Reply #3258 on:** October 20, 2010, 02:10:52 AM

(Trinity's Plane)

"Former project of mine?" Trinity had to think for a moment before realizing what Ezekiel was actually going on about "I'll deal with it once I arrive in DC"

Serris · **Reply #3259 on:** October 20, 2010, 11:17:27 PM

Cobalt Squad quickly accepted the rifles as did Dr. Zanasiu. They then bolted out of the hangar - Sgt. Masters and Spc. Crota being the slowest ones.

Cobalt Leader was the first on the hangar. he raised his rifle to fire only to see Alfred and Gustave engaging Hawkeye in hand-to-hand combat. He was mildly amused to see that those two actually fought the cybernetic warrior to a standstill but he still could not shoot without the risk of hitting his allies.

Cpl. Stern drew his pistol but found it difficult to aim as Zachary, Gustave, Aedelwulf, Alfred and Hans were all trying to subdue the moles.

Dr. Bailey had hiding inside the Chinook helicopter when the fighting broke out.

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Dr. Wayne quickly bolted into the hangar with Dr. Williams in tow.

She sat down on a 5 gallon bucket that was repurposed as a seat and wiped her brow.