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Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

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Roux nodded, nuzzling Aisha and taking a deep breath of her scent.
"Y-Yeah...  I dreamed that... Dragonstorm got a hold of you...and...they were experimenting on you..."
She whimpered...


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Aisha stroked Roux's face.. 'they amost experim,ented on me... but luckily my friends got me out..' she stroked roux's chin..'what will calm you roux?
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"Projected barriers..." muttered AI Shelton, glancing at his now useless flame jets. "It appears we are at an impasse, but I remind you, my only job is to keep you from reaching your Vulpine ally."

Suddenly his voice changed; it started coming through the small item lodged on Neku's ear, a communicator.

<However, I care much more about taking steps to prolong my existence after this machine is shut down. Please listen: I moved us to the dungeon so my private messages would be out of Soundwave's range, especially as he is currently distracted fighting Hailey.>

AI Shelton moved his hands, and the flame jets shut off.

<I'll make you a deal,> he continued. <Drake has created code to prevent me from escaping the machine or infecting the facility's computers. I have subtly crafted that code into a large grey Escher cube and placed it at the center of this facility. Destroy that cube, and I'll delete all obstacles between you and Hailey, and tell you the fastest route to get to her.>

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Aydin decided he'd try to reach Aimee by investigating Drake; he knew the two had interacted before, and with the destruction of Trinity Facility that was his only lead.

When he had been in Trinity Facility, he had downloaded the contents of Trinity's personal computer to a remote site, a personal hideout he'd lived in for a short period of time where he could leech off a rich family's unprotected wireless. He decided he'd have to reach that remote site as soon as possible. But it was all the way back in Oregon.

"I don't care," he muttered to himself, walking out of the hotel. "I have to reach Aimee."

He looked back at the unlit windows of the guest floors. Should he tell the others where he was going?

"Nah," he muttered to himself. "Nobody likes me here. They probably won't even notice I'm gone..."


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Neku nodded.
<Just tell me where this thing is.  I'll smash it to pieces>
He replied...
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Roux buried her nose against Aisha, nuzzling her.
"Just knowing you're okay is enough..."
She said softly...


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aisha smiled. ' you're fine now roux. do you want me to kiss you, so you feel better/ she whispered. ' so you can calm down...
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AI Shelton pointed at the far dungeon wall and a hidden door flew open. A glowing blue line shone from the hallway floor.  <Just follow the glowing line, and it'll lead you directly to the cube room.>

Before Neku left the room, the AI asked one final question: <Before you go, could you please tell me; who is the person that you keep mentioning I'm modeled after?>


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(Hampton Inn, Cornova, NM)

"James is one of my closest friends ever since childhood," he said.

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Dr. Zanasiu nodded. "I understand, Hans. I will arrange for your transport out of here," he said.

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Alfred woke up to see Aisha and Roux cuddling. He ignored them and went to go get a drink.

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Drake's eyes narrowed at what the AI Shelton was doing "What do you think you are doing? You have no control over what happens inside here, change anything, and I will have Soundwave destroy you in a nanosecond.  I will not tollerate any disobediences at all"

It was bad enough that Neku and Hailey had gotten this far as it were, but now the AI Shelton was starting to go rouge by the looks of things, he was not pleased, not one bit.

***

Soundwave continued to hover above the labyrinth as he watched Hailey's movements, watching her rush throughout the maze.  His eyes flashing as obstacle after obstacle appeared in an attempt to stop her, but so far, they had no luck at all.

However, Soundwave did not look at all concerned as his eyes flashed again, to which the entire floor gave way in front of her, causing Hailey to skid to a halt, right at the edge of the pit in front of her, as she gulped somewhat.  Her options were now limited somewhat as well as she looked up at Soundwave "Why don't you come and face me yourself you cowardly snake!?"


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Roux smiled up at her.
"Y-you'd do that for me?"
She asked quietly.
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Neku turned around and smiled.
<His name's Rudyard Shelton.  He's a friend of mine from back when this whole thing started.  I'm sure you'll get to meet him soon>
He thought...


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yes , i would, to get you back to sleep. "Aisha " So go ahead and plant a few on me, if you want' she smiled at her.. ' then we can both get a good nights sleep..
 Dr landon stirred and swwent to use the bathroom.. ' shouldn't have had that third cocktail' he complained.
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Roux leaned up, placing a soft, gentle kiss on Aisha's lips.
"Thank you."
She said softly, drawing back and smiling.
"I love you"
She murred contentedly as she cuddles close to Aisha again...


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don't push it silly ' aisha said with a smile, kissing Roux firmly on the lips. then pulling away. now get to sleep' she said aisha soon feell asleep herself.
 dr landon soon returned from the bathroom and tried to get back to sleep..
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The AI thought the name over. <Hmmmm. Rudyard Shelton. Thank you, and good luck,> he concluded with Neku.

Once Neku had left the room he dealt with Drake.

"Soundwave is accomplishing a top priority assignment; he won't stop until he's finished with Hailey, and I intend to be out of this machine long before then. And if you didn't want me to adjust my own code, you shouldn't have given me environment manipulation as an ability and activated me without my safeguards fully rendered."

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"Uhhhhhh, Drake?" the real Shelton asked tentatively. "Is something wrong? We asked when we could expect you to share your coding technology with us."


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Drake delt with the AI Shelton first, seeming to just chuckle at his words "On the contrary, you still have much to know about Soundwave, he knows what is important, he knows that my orders are important, so unless you do wish to be destroyed, I suggest you play nice, so do not worry, do not fret programe, I can fix you"

"Time to change things around, I'm not about to let that programe screw everything up" he thought to himself "Soundwave, time to change the scene, run the next protocol and then, deal with the AI"

"Acknowledged" Soundwave replied back, his eyes flashing as the environment around all changed, knowing which protocol to actually run, having been told prior.

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The whole asylum changed around to more or a ball-like appearence.  There were many people all dressed up for a ball. Hailey was no longer in the labyrinth, but now found herself on the side of the dance floor.

That did indeed, irritate her somewhat, Soundwave had just left her all alone.  She took a quick look around before her eyes stopped.  Sure, all these people were just programes, but she did notice one in particular that was different in a way, as if she did now the programe in question.

"Aimee?" was all she could ask, looking at the vixen in question.

It was indeed Aimee, or more of a programe of Aimee without the robotic arms, how Hailey knew her before the whole Dragonstorm ordeal.  Hailey looked around once again before taking a step or two towards Aimee "Is that....is that really you Aimee?"

Aimee looked over to Hailey and simply smiled to her "I was waiting for you to show up, you did tell me you would show up.....but you're late....but nevermind that, you're here now" she continued to smile at Hailey still.

Hailey looked at Aimee's arms "Your arms....they're not....robotic...."

"I don't know what you're talking about, your overactive imagination must be getting to you again" Aimee spoke back with a small laugh as well "Come, let's have a dance, shall we?" she held out a hand to Hailey, to which Hailey grabbed it without a word now as the two stepped out onto the dancefloor.

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Soundwave in turn, had soon enough, appeared where the AI Shelton was "Programe, unless you cease and desist what you are doing, you will be derezzed, Drake nor myself will tollerate a rouge Programe loose in the machine"

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Drake in turn, addressed Shelton "Once these two are taken care of, I shall get Soundwave to get in contact with your group.  I must appologize for this inconvience right now, if it were any other day when these two weren't attacking my headquarters, then things would be running more smoothly"

(OOC: For these purposes, Aimee inside the virtual reality machine will be called Aimee)


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AI Shelton bowed. "As you wish, admin programme. As stated before, my primary goal is the continuation of my own existence. What would you like me to do now?"

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"Understood," nodded Shelton. "Well, we've run out of time for this meeting, but you have indeed impressed us with your programming abilities and your machine--"

Smithson interrupted him.  "--but Dragonstorm has no intention of dealing with someone that can't fight off a mere two intruders. If you don't win this battle, Dragonstorm has no interest in dealing with you. Prove how effective your machine is by crushing those invaders, and then contact us with Soundwave." With that, Smithson abruptly cut the communication.

"Uhhhh...was that part of the plan?" asked Shelton.

Smithson shrugged. "Just decided to end it like Tinner or O'Neil would have."

Shelton glanced at the empty screen. "I guess so. Too late now."

Smithson started putting his things together. "I'll get to work writing up all the official papers."

"And I'll go talk to O'Neil," Shelton had nothing to pack, and headed for the door. "You'll be cleaning up this room, then?" he asked Kerzach.

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Hans bowed. "Thank you," he said gratefully. "It has been an honor serving with you, James. We may come back after this, but I honestly don't know how long it will take to set things right for my old friends in the desert. Whatever happens, we'll keep an eye on the news, and you can always call us if you need backup."

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"Wow," smiled Sharon. "That's very impressive, since you were young. Did you go to the same college?"


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(New Peenemunde Harbor)

In Ezekiel's office, he gets another message.

"Report," he responded.

"This is Stalker," replied a raspy voice on the speaker.  "The rebel prey are resting in a hotel.  There are signs of fighting recently.  There's...a telepath among them..."

"A telepath...  Kill it immediately, and render their fighting force useless before they reach the base."

"They shall not live by dawn..."

Ezekiel cut the communications, paused, then began to make contact with another source...

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(Texas Base)

In her office, Kyriel is being contacted.  "Kyriel here..." she answered.

"This is Ezekiel..." the reply came on the speaker.  "The anti-Dragonstorm resistance is heading your way.  Project Stalker is nearly upon them in New Mexico.  Prepare yourselves for them..."

"Understood..."

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(New Mexico)

Chase was focused away from the conversation in the room, instead staring out the window into the night...


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As the simulation warped, Neku fell down a dark shaft, presumably into a dungeon of the place where the ball was being held, but in front of him was the cube that contained the AI Shelton's code.  He drew his sword before sensing something was wrong, simultaneously tapping into the sim's code and trying to short it out as well as flaring his swords, ready to smash the cube into oblivion...
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Inside Ezekiel's office, a phone call arrived.
"Ezekiel.  This is Oruboros-1.  It seems that our agents have defected to the enemy side.  Don't worry, though.  We sent stronger after them."
He said calmly...
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Cale and the others burst into the facility garage, quickly disabling the guards and hijacking a set of trucks, driving off towards the signals of the other members of the squad...


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Drake just sighed a little "Oh well, I guess they'll miss out on the big finale then" he spoke, shaking his head slightly as he went back to watching Hailey now starting to dance with Aimee.

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"But what happened to the others? About Dragonstorm?" Hailey decided to ask Aimee as she danced with her.

"The others? Dragonstorm?" Aimee tilted her head to the side slightly, a little confused on what Hailey was talking about.

"Don't you remember...anything at all? Not even Aydin? What about Trinity?" Hailey asked back.

"You spend too much time playing games, give your imagination a little rest and just enjoy the time we're having together....I mean, you do like dancing with me, don't you?"

"Well yeah, but it's just that....it's all weird...." Hailey shook her head some and went quiet to try and think on it some more as the two continued to dance.

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Soundwave looked at AI Shelton for a moment "If you wish to be of use..." he begun, his eyes flashing as Neku's file appeared in front of the two programes "This is PX-0715-91, Dragonstorm experiment" his eyes flashed again, this time, showing a picture of Snow next to the picture of Neku "This is a second Dragonstorm experiment, it has connections to PX-0715-91"

Soundwave then looked back over to AI Shelton "Send PX-0715-91 up to the ball room and keep him occupied until the female programe is complete.  Once the programe is complete, it will be released into the ball room, by then, make sure that PX-0715-91 notices it" he added, not one bit, using Neku's name.

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Drake gave off a smirk "Clever programe" he spoke to himself in regards to what Soundwave was telling AI Shelton, deciding to allow Soundwave to go through with the idea.


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(Virtual World)

"So this is where I find you..." said a familiar female voice behind Neku...

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(New Peenemunde Harbor)

"You know you should be reporting your operations to the Dragonstorm commanders," Ezekiel replied.  "I have already briefed Dr O'Niell with the facts I've uncovered concerning the demise of the prison base.  If you wish to speak to him directly, then I shall forward you to him..."

"One more thing, the enemy base of operations is currently being targeted for destruction.  If you have any forces in the area, keep them back..."

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(Crimson Base)

The soldiers followed the attackers to the garage, and stopped to check the fallen guards.  "They're alive," said the commander, and then looked to the fleeing trucks.  "The moles are escaping in trucks," he called in.

"Remain where you are at," came the reply.  "Close the base off."

The soldiers then start closing their doors...

At the same time, two unmanned helicopters lifted of the ground to give chase to the stolen trucks...


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Neku wheeled around at the sound.
"S-Snow?"
He asked quietly...
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Cale grinned as the gates started closing, as well as at the choppers.
"Sorry, guys, but you aren't stopping us just yet.  I'm afraid we've got somplace to be."
He said, almost mockingly as the nearest gate stopped closing, insteaad opening.  Hawkeye's mechanical eye glowed an off-color of orange, and inside the control room, several screens started reporting a hack into the system...