Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #3260 on:** October 22, 2010, 06:05:55 AM

Shelton braced himself as the jet shuddered through another turn. His fear of flying forgotten in the adrenaline rush, he heard the enemy plane crash and burn behind them. "How many are left?" he asked, gripping the backs of the pilot's and co-pilot's seats for balance.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #3261 on:** October 23, 2010, 01:43:01 AM

(Trinity's Plane)

"Then I guess I'll leave you to your work then," Ezekiel replied on the phone.

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(DS-2 Plane)

"Radar says three left," said the co-pilot, then a whistling rocket shoots by the cockpit window...

Outside, the Messerschmitts stopped trying to chase via tight turns and started to climb quickly, followed by the escort...

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(Crimson Base)

The soldiers by the hangar hunkered down behind the open doors, standing guard as the fight goes on...

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Dr Joe's jeep reached the other end of the hangar, and Dr Joe came in through the other side with reinforcements at the ready...

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #3262 on:** October 23, 2010, 02:00:59 AM

"What do we do now?" Dr. Williams panted, wanting to know what Dr. Wayne had in mind.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #3263 on:** October 23, 2010, 02:34:43 PM

"So, what exactly do you plan on doing now?" asked Shelton, dropping to one knee momentarily to regain his balance. "Can we tell the escort that where the wings meet the frame is a weak spot?"

(OOC: Is Sharon or Aydin where the fight with Starfall's characters is?)

Serris · **Reply #3264 on:** October 24, 2010, 02:43:18 AM

(OOC - Sharon and Aydin are near the fight.)

Dr. Wayne shook her head. "I...I don't know," she said. "I...I can't think of what to do now. I have no home, no job, nothing but the clothes on my back and a wallet," she said. "I don't think I have a choice but to join up with these people. Hopefully, they'll be willing to let me tag along as a noncombatant," she said.

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"Vic! We can't shoot without hitting our allies!" Cpl. Stern shouted. He winced as saw Gustave take Hawkeye's metal fist to the jaw then Alfred punch Hawkeye in the face - to little effect.

Hans and Zachary were trying to catch Roux but she teleported repeatedly, dodging their attempts to catch her and harassing her two attempted captors with a series of punches and kicks from unusual angles.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #3265 on:** October 26, 2010, 12:27:57 AM

Gustave, in his momentary surprise at being punched in the face, didn't see the retaliatory bayonet slicing at his chest.

Aydin leaped forward and blocked the bayonet with a knife of his own. "I got your back--" Suddenly Hawkeye pirouetted and whacked Aydin with the broad side of the bayonet, sending him tumbling, but by this point Gustave had fully recovered.

Serris · **Reply #3266 on:** October 26, 2010, 12:45:17 AM

Zachary staggered as Roux punched him from the left. He lashed back with a left hook but Roux teleported and kicked him in the ribs then teleported to slam a palm into his chin.

Zachary spat some blood on the tarmac as he tried to clear his head.

Hans finally grabbed her in a chokehold but she teleported out his grasp and smirked. "So strong but yet-" she teleported behind Hans and kicked him down "-so slow."

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Gustave nodded. "Thanks Aydin. I guess I owe you an apology," he said. He spat out a conical tooth that was knocked free from the vicious blow. He did not care about that as the tooth would regrow.

Hawkeye tried to bayonet the dazed Aydin. Suddenly, there was the sound of screeching metal as Alfred seized his bayonet arm and pulled back with all his might.

"Hey, Hawkeye," Alfred said between ragged breaths; he was strong but Hawkeye's hydraulic limbs were just as strong if not as strong as his own muscle and did not fatigue. "Remember when I asked why James was somewhat afraid of me? I answered that question on my own!"

With that, he pulled even harder, trying to tear Hawkeye's arm from its mountings or at least damage its hydraulics.

Gustave ran up to Hawkeye and started battering him with punches, kicks, tail strikes and hammerfists.

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Dr. Bailey peeked out of the helicopter and saw Alfred and Gustave fighting Hawkeye in hand-to-hand combat. He knew Alfred was strong but seeing him and Gustave fight a cybernetic warrior to a standstill was, frankly amazing.

"Why would Hawkeye do something like this? We trusted him!" Dr. Bailey shouted.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #3267 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:07:50 AM

(Crimson Base)

Vic looked to Fox, who then looked at Johnny, one of his Ivory Squad experiments. "John! Bring them down!"

"Really?" Johnny started. "I can't pick between friend and foe..."

"We'll handle that later! At least get the moles!"

Johnny rasied his hands in defense, and turned back to the fight and began to wave his hands. The very air in the area began to buzz with electricity, and then anything that was metal was suddenly pulled to the ground. Some of the soldiers that were too close had their rifles pulled to the ground, which they can't pick back up...

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Dr Joe entered the hangar and ran to the open end to the runway, seeing the fight. She momentarily looked to the women already taking shelter before looking to a table with large rifles strewn across it. "Get those rifles loaded!" she ordered some soldiers inside the hangar...

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(DS-2 Plane)

The firing upon the jet stopped when the Messerschmitts raised altitude.

"Gun it!" the co-pilot shouted.

The pilot leveled off and increased speed. He looked out his window to see where they are. The sound of jet engines buzzed by them as a shape shot past the fleeing plane. "Back up... That should keep those bastards busy. Now to base..."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #3268 on:** October 26, 2010, 01:11:50 AM

Ironically, Aydin had been knocked out and didn't hear Gustave's compliment.

"Zachary!" Sharon dove into the fray, surprising Roux with a kick to the back and knocking her to the ground. "You stay away from him!"

Roux recovered quickly. "And what do you plan on doing that he couldn't?" she smirked, teleporting behind Sharon and slashing her claws.

But Sharon had anticipated the move and slipped to the side. "I've been watching you for the past few minutes. I know how you think," she shot back, drawing something from her pocket. "Why don't you come at me from the front and make it a fair fight?"

"If you insist..." cackled Roux, charging at her, but seconds before reaching her she teleported behind Sharon. To her shock, Sharon had predicted the move, this time spinning backward and backhanding a small black rectangle into Roux's chest. Roux hit the ground hard, the wind knocked out of her.

"Maybe you should have insisted on some armor, you half-naked freak!" Sharon yelled, taking advantage of the delay to kick Roux hard in the head, and then running to Zachary. "Are you all right?" she asked.

"What the hell was that?" Hans asked, covering her and keeping an eye on Roux, knife still drawn.

"I converted my camera into a stun gun," she replied, resetting the black rectangle. "Be thankful, because I just lost the only remaining photos of my house and my old town."

Serris · **Reply #3269 on:** October 27, 2010, 04:57:20 PM

Cpl. Stern's pistol was pulled out of his hand and stuck to the ground.

Cobalt Squad's weapons suffered the same fate.

Dr. Zanasiu stayed as far back as possible as he tried to draw a bead on Slash, the more dangerous of the experiments.

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Aedelwulf's metallic arms dragged him to the ground but he had Kagetora in front of him so he essentially ended up pinning him to the ground.

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"Fine!" Zachary replied. He tried to move only to find his feet stuck to the ground. "Actually, my horseshoes are stuck to the tarmac. Probably by the same force that pulled Cpl. Stern's pistol away."

Hans took a step closer to Roux and suddenly, his combat knife was wrenched out of his hand and pinned to the ground by Johnny's intense magnetic field. "Well, I am thankful for that. So what do you

"Hey can someone get me some duct tape or something?" Sharon asked.

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Hawkeye had been pinned by the intense magnetic field. His metal armor was covered in dents and scratches from the beating that Alfred and Gustave had given to him.

Alfred massaged his bleeding knuckles; his skin and muscles were extremely tough but he was not used to repeatedly punching metal. And the bayonet arm was oddly bent. He then touched some bruises on his face from where Hawkeye had punched him.

Gustave's knuckles were only slightly scraped - his scales gave him much better protection. Gustave spat some more broken conical teeth on the ground as he massaged his jaw. He paid his broken teeth no heed as they would eventually grow back.

"So shall we finish him off?" Gustave asked.

"With what?" Alfred replied.

"You carry a knife right?"

Alfred reached behind him and drew out a knife with a 7 inch blade. "Yeah."

"Perfect," Gustave said, taking the knife and kneeling down on Hawkeye's back. He then looked around his head and neck, feeling with his fingers. "Now if I can find where his spinal cord connects to the implants in his head, I can sever them."

(OOC - Gustave will not succeed in killing Hawkeye.)

Nick22 · **Reply #3270 on:** October 27, 2010, 05:15:09 PM

Both Aisha and Dr Landon recoiled as their weapons were jerked away from them by the magnetic field " spo, much for carrying guns..' Aishe muttered , on the one hand, the guns were empty anyway, but on the other, they were now without a means to protect themselves..

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #3271 on:** October 27, 2010, 09:59:24 PM

"I believe Aydin carried duct tape!" yelled Stern, "if you can get to him somehow, I'm kind of busy at the moment!"

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Shelton tried to see what it was that just flew past them, but the plane was moving too quickly, and he suddenly remembered his aerophobia.

Stumbling back to the bathroom, he slammed the door shut behind him and tried to throw up, but was thwarted by the fact that he hadn't eaten anything in two days.

"I can't even get airsick without problems occuring," he complained, staggering back to his seat.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #3272 on:** October 27, 2010, 10:26:12 PM

(Crimson Base)

The plan on the whole may have backfired in trying to bring down all the traitors, but they couldn't make use of weapons in the least. So that leaves...

"Snow! Ice!" Vic called.

Ice didn't need explaining, and he took off into the fray for a showdown with Cale...

Snow was reluctant, but she also moves in to where Aedelwolf is pinning Kagetora on the runway. Her paw clenches into a fist, and yellow flames bursts from nowhere to envelop her fist...

"Saber 9!" Fox ordered.

Saber 9 gave a short nod and quickly ran to assist Hans in facing Roux...

"We only have two of them down," Fox said to Johnny. "Shorten the field to keep on them! We need guns back for the rest!"

Johnny complied, concentrating his powers on Hawkeye and Aedelwolf, who is keeping Kagetora down. Most of the firearms pulled down by the magnetism shook slightly by the change, and the soldiers managed to pick back up their weapons...

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While Dr Joe was helping to load the rifles, she finds Chase in the hangar. She stops what she's doing and ran to him. "What are you doing here?"

"I want to help," Chase replied.

"It's too dangerous right now. And you helped us out a great deal already. Just stay inside and out of danger..."

Chase sighed and nodded...

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(DS-2 Plane)

The the pursuers now left to the reinforcements, the plane continued to shoot its way across the country to Florida...

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(New Peenemunde Harbor)

A plane arrived (NOT DS-2) at the airstrip and makes its way to the hangar for unloading. Projects Breathtaker and Siren, as well as their scientists, step out after a long flight...

Serris · **Reply #3273 on:** October 28, 2010, 12:11:45 AM

Gustave swore as his knife was ripped from his grasp and pinned to the ground. He still straddled Hawkeye with his knee in his back.

"Hey we need a medic!" he shouted, pointing to the unconscious Aydin laying on the tarmac.

Alfred went up to a soldier and asked for directions to the infirmary, which he was helpfully directed to. He then left the tarmac and entered the main building.

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Cobalt Squad, Cpl. Stern and Dr. Zanasiu immediately picked their weapons back up and opened fire on Slash and Agito. Spc. Crota's pistol fire was punctuated by his screaming every possible profanity he could think of at the two, including some rather distasteful slurs against mammals, which earned him ugly looks from Cpl. Stern, Cobalt Leader, Sgt. Masters and Dr. Zanasiu.

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Zachary was able to walk again and he sprinted over to a mechanic's cart and grabbed a roll of duct tape.

He then swiftly bound Roux's arms, legs and muzzle.

Hans meanwhile, held his knife to her throat.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #3274 on:** October 28, 2010, 12:53:36 AM

Vic saw the unconscious Aydin and went to grab his medical bag, which he dropped when the fight started. When he pulled, the bag refused to budge. Cursing, he left the bag where it was and ran to Aydin, checking him before pulling him away from the fight...

Snow reached Gustave and Hawkeye and kneeled near the traitor's head. She placed her non-flaming hand on the back of his head, then images began to race through her sense of sight, her telepathy suddenly kicking into high gear...

Ice reached where Cale stood, cracking his knuckles and his neck as he was ready...

Serris · **Reply #3275 on:** October 29, 2010, 05:43:55 PM

(OOC - Starfall will allow control of his characters until they are subdued.)

Dr. Zanasiu winced as an air blade nicked his shoulder but he kept firing. Agito and Slash had been shot several times but they were still fighting.

One of Agito's steel spikes lodged in a soldier's chest but the hard armor plate kept him alive. The blow had winded him though.

Gustave went after after Slash. He looked around for something to use as a weapon and settled on the toolbox on the mechanic's cart. He picked it up and threw it as hard as possible at Slash.

Spc. Crota and Sgt. Masters were too low for them to hit.

Slash chuckled and tossed a blade of air at the toolbox, leaving a massive dent in it as it was knocked aside.

"Try again!" he cackled, throwing another air blade at Gustave, who was struck in the back, luckily his bony scutes protected him serious injury.

"That was my favorite vest you f---er!" he shouted. He seized the heavy mechanic's cart, hoisted it over his head and threw it Slash.

"What the-?!" Cpl. Stern asked as the heavy cart sail through the air.

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Cale looked at Ice. "Come on," he said coldly as arcs of electricity danced along his arms.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #3276 on:** October 29, 2010, 08:29:15 PM

One of the DS-2 soldiers viewed Shelton with disdain. <Why did they give us such a wimpy commander?> he complained to Narcissus in a private message.

<Hey, Achilles, I don't think it's such a great idea to be insulting the commander, especially when he's right here,> cautioned Narcissus.

<Not going to stop me. I'm not afraid of a pussy,> Achilles replied, casting an arrogant glance at Shelton.

To his surprise Shelton met his eye. "It's Commander Pussy to you."

Achilles gawked. "That was a private message!" he stammered out.

"Really? Maybe you should complain to someone who doesn't know the technology inside and out! Seeing as how I was the one who embedded your thought chip, you really should have known better than to assume I have no ways of circumventing the safeguards."

Achilles folded his arms and turned away to look out the window.

<Be careful of what you thought-send in the future,> Shelton warned him.

Serris · **Reply #3277 on:** October 31, 2010, 09:22:59 PM

Slash cackled as he took off a soldier's hand with a well aimed air blade.

Another bullet crashed into his side but he paid it no heed.

He turned around to fling another air blade at Cobalt Leader but when he did so, he was plowed down by the heavy mechanic's cart. He tried to push it off of him but the impact had injured him significantly enough that he could not move the heavy cart.

"He's down!" Sgt. Masters shouted. He holstered his pistol and grabbed a pair of handcuffs out of a pocket in his uniform and slithered forward but a metal spike that narrowly missed impaling him made him stop.

"Not so fast, serpent," Agito said with a laugh, approaching him with a wicked looking steel spike in hand.

Sgt. Masters dropped the handcuffs, drew his pistol and fired, shooting Agito square in the head.

Agito toppled over, blood pouring from his massive head wound.

Sgt. Masters wasted no time in taking his metal spike and tossing it away and handcuffing him. "Vic! We've taken both of them down. We'll need to take them to the infirmary! They're badly hurt!" he shouted.

"Why can't we just kill them?" Gustave asked bitterly. He pulled out a steel spike that had embedded itself in a bony plate near his shoulder and tossed it on the ground.

"We need info," Dr. Zanasiu said, putting his rifle down. He had run out of ammunition.

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Cale sent an arcing tendril of electricity at Ice. Both his fists were sheathed in arcing blue-white bolts of electricity.

(OOC - Agito will live through this injury.)

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #3278 on:** November 01, 2010, 11:54:48 PM

Agito shuddered once more, and with the last of his strength he looked up, and locked eyes with Shakila. An evil grin spread over his face, and then he collapsed unconscious.

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"Zach, do you need to go to the infirmary too?" asked Sharon nervously.

Zach shook his head. "No, I'm fine," he said. He glanced at Hans, who was trying to contain a grin. "What are you smiling at?" he asked.

Hans chuckled. "You'll see. Stern should be back from the kitchens soon. Told him to report to James."

As if on cue, Stern came trotting up to Dr. Zanasiu, looking confused. <Hans told me to get you this,> he said, handing him two vials of saline solution. <I don't know why.>

Serris · **Reply #3279 on:** November 02, 2010, 12:35:55 AM

Dr. Zanasiu looked at the saline solution and pocketed it. "Ah, that'll do fine," he said.

"I don't get it, what are you doing to do with it?" Cpl. Stern asked.

"Short out Cale. But I can't get close enough."

"Perhaps we can be of assistance?" Spc. Crota said, slithering up to the two. Sgt. Masters was already next to him.

"Thank you," Dr. Zanasiu said, handing the two vials to the two serpentine soldiers. "Pour these on Cale when you get close enough. That should stun him and allow you to subdue him."

"Will do, Doctor," Spc. Crota said, saluting Dr. Zanasiu.

Spc. Crota and Sgt. Masters slithered towards Cale in the far end of the tarmac.

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Dr. Wayne looked out the door of the hangar. "I think its safe now," she said.