Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4100 on:** April 28, 2011, 05:25:15 PM

Shelton changed into a Texan uniform, but didn't run the water. Pressing his ear against the curtain, he waited until he heard Kerzach's shower running, and sneaked back out of the barracks. What he was planning to do would probably blow his Dragonstorm alias, and he couldn't afford to risk Kerzach's cover as well.

<ROSS?> he asked. <Are you ready?>

<I am,> ROSS answered gravely. <Let's go rescue Shakila.>

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Tentatively, Sharon tried to talk to Zachary again. "Did you hear about Aydin? Pretty horrible, huh?"

She instantly regretted saying it. The death of a teammate, what a horrible ice breaker for a conversation...

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From New Peenemunde, the missile streaked out of the harbor salvo chamber, and rocketed off towards it's target...

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #4101 on:** April 29, 2011, 01:20:58 AM

"Good luck. I hope it works out," Dr. Williams replied before she picked up one of the local newsppers and sat down in a nearby chair.

Serris · **Reply #4102 on:** April 29, 2011, 05:58:50 PM

Zachary nodded. "I know. All he wanted to do was rescue Aimee. Maybe we should have treated him nicer," he said, sipping from his bottle of water. "Did Sharon really just try to strike up a conversation by bringing up a teammate's death?" he wondered.

"Hey, Sharon, Dr. Williams, Zach, we're leaving now," Dr. Zanasiu said as he threw his trash away.

MrDrake · **Reply #4103 on:** April 30, 2011, 06:19:37 PM

War was not ready to slow down one bit. He ignored the fact that Neku had seemed to summon another blade by the looks of things and instead, just started to approach him.

As War approached, a fireball had struck him in the back of the head, causing him tostop for just a moment, taking a quick glance back to see whom had fired said fireball.

Hailey stood there, engulfed in flames. She looked over to Neku "Sorry, but we couldn't find any of the other Horsemen anywhere"

War simply chuckled at that remark "That is because they are not here....it is only myself, the other Horsemen, they are busy with other matters....." he looked between both Neku and Hailey "But do tell me, where are your other friends?"

"Relax War.....they'll be here very, very soon" Hailey answered back as she walked around War in order to join up with Neku.

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Soundwave by that point, spoke over the intercom to all in the facility "Attention Dragonstorm personel, a request is needed to be fulfilled, the result in failing to fullfill the request is instant termination. Meet myself in the hanger for detail on the request that is needed to be fullfilled"

As he finished speaking, he decided to also get into contact with Calchas as well. Passing a message onto the personel there to have Calchas get back to him as soon as possible.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4104 on:** May 01, 2011, 01:58:55 AM

O'Neil had just watched the missile streak out of the harbor, and was rather annoyed when he heard Soundwave's response over the intercom. "What does that blasted AI want now?" he muttered. Nevertheless, he headed for the hangar. Most of the troops were trained well enough to stay at their posts as long as O'Neil or Ezekiel did not order them to do otherwise.

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Calchas' eyes widened as he almost finished the antidote to Kyriel's poison. He just had to synthesize a few more elements...

"Mr. Babcock!" A technician burst in. "Phone call on line--"

"Out, I say out!" burst Calchas, spinning around. The technician got the hell out of there.

Calchas threw his tools across the room in anger; the disruption had ruined his synthesizing process. Shakila would be dead in less than ten minutes.

"No matter," he finally decided. "I'll just proceed with the interrogation. Four hours is more than enough for me to finish the antidote for myself afterwards."

He decided he didn't want to leave anything to question, so he locked the door to his laboratory and requested two guards to block the entrance. He then removed his lower clothing and walked toward his restrained prisoner calling, "Shakila..."

(OOC: Don't worry, he's not going to get the opportunity to do anything; Shelton is almost there, and then he and Shakila are going to beat the crap out of him.)

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"How do you deal with it?" Sharon asked, as they got up and headed for the vans. "You've lost so many teammates...we didn't lose anybody on the team back in Pelvanida." She broke off temporarily. "I don't know if 'm prepared for this..."

MrDrake · **Reply #4105 on:** May 01, 2011, 02:07:09 AM

Pestilence decided that, for now, there was no need to board a plane. No, there was something else that had caught his attention. Soundwave was curious about something, and the Horsemen decided to go and investigate, especially considering the fact that his pilot had decided to run off.

As he walked towards where Soundwave had headed to, he saw someone else. He tilted his head to the side slightly as he examined the mysterious person, but thought nothing of it in the end.

Soundwave in turn, turned to face O'Neil "So, you had answered my call, good. As you know, the Hydra is still to be built, and I must oversee such a project personally, I require you to find the location of Project War. Project Pestilence had mentioned something to do with Las Vegas, confirm it"

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"What?" Shakila sneered at Calchas, her eyes narrowed at him, eevn though she was feeling rather weak still, thanks to the poison within her body.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4106 on:** May 01, 2011, 02:21:11 AM

"It's time for the last part of the interrogation," he hissed in her ear. "The part where I get to do whatever I want, and you lie down and take it." He groped her breasts roughly. "You know what I'm referring to, don't you...?"

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Shelton found his way to Calchas' office after being directed by a flustered assistant who had just come from there. Making his way there, he saw two armed guards were guarding the entrance.

He readied his flashlight, and walked up to them. "Message from Zenarchis."

"No one may enter," the guard replied.

"Check my credentials, I'm sure you'll find my rank is high enough," Shelton replied, handing over his DS-2 badge.

The guard examined the badge, and while he wasn't looking, Shelton jabbed him in the neck with the flashlight and clicked it on. On the plane, he'd modified the light into a taser, and the guard fell in a burst of blue sparks.

The other guard reacted, but ROSS cut the lights in that section, surprising the guard enough for Shelton to drop to his knees and smash the man in the kneecaps with the fallen guard's gun. He then finished the man off with a taser to the face.

<How many more shots do we have?> ROSS asked.

<One,> said Shelton. <But that's all we need.>

MrDrake · **Reply #4107 on:** May 01, 2011, 02:24:08 AM

Shakila just continued to glare at him still. The moment he groped her breasts, she spat in his face "Of course I do....but do you know what you're even talking about yourself?"

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4108 on:** May 01, 2011, 02:32:17 AM

"I don't take orders from you," O'Neil sneered. "You're not even alive."

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Calchas glared. "Is there anything that will scare you?" he hissed angrily. "Why, won't, you, get, scared?" he yelled, slapping her in the face between every word.

Suddenly the door opened behind them, and Calchas spun around. "What are you doing in here?" he exclaimed angrily at Shelton, who took a couple seconds to realize what he was seeing. "I specifically requested that nobody interrupt me?"

"What the hell were you about to do to her?" Shelton exclaimed.

"None of your business!" Calchas strode toward Shelton angrily.

Shelton readied his taser, even while nervously noticing that Calchas was much bigger and stronger than he was. "Shakila, are you all right?" he asked, casting his eyes around for a backup weapon.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4109 on:** May 01, 2011, 03:23:33 AM

Neku smiled at Hailey.
"Hey there, Hailey. Glad you could make it."
He said with a chuckle, focusing back on War...
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MrDrake · **Reply #4110 on:** May 01, 2011, 03:30:33 AM

"Yeah, was kinda hoping that you would've killed him by now" Hailey replied, motioning to War somewhat "But ah well" she shrugged casually, still staying engulfed in flames "Just means more fun for us then"

War just looked at the two of them. Yet, he seemed to make no movement to advance. It was almost as if he was no waiting for something, or someone.

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Soundwave was not pleased to hear what O'Neil retaliated back, retaliating by grabbing the head, moving O'Neil's head back some "Your life means nothing to me, however, if you value your own life, you will complete this task for me....and I will consider letting you live"

He then let go of O'Neil "Choose wisely"

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"Yeah, I guess you could say that....sort of....I'll tell you about it once he's subdued" Shakila answered Shelton back, all the while, waiting for him to free her.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4111 on:** May 01, 2011, 06:07:14 AM

O'Neil glared back. "If you are so powerful, why can't you confirm it yourself? You already have control of our base computers, I'm sure. You AI have a tendency to do that."

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"Subdued...yeah, I can totally subdue him," Shelton tried to keep his voice steady, but he didn't sound too sure of himself.

Calchas rounded on Shelton, who fired the taser, sending Calchas staggering back. But it was only a minor solution, Calchas would be back on his feet soon.

Shelton observed the restraining chair. <ROSS, the chair, what do you know?>

<Checking. Custom-made Torq-Vu Romanian Restraining Chair, ordered from CapitaNull in late 2005, assembly required. Electrical attachments were not part of original design.>

<What do you know that actually helps me?> Shelton exclaimed exasperatedly. Calchas was almost up, so Shelton chucked the flashlight at his head to keep him down.

<Assuming the customizations didn't remove this feature, you'll need a ridged cylindrical key to unlock the user.>

Shelton checked Calchas' pants, which still lay near the door where he'd removed them, and got the key. Dashing to Shakila, he fumbled with her left arm and managed to unlock one hand before Calchas grabbed him and dragged him away from the chair.

"Shakila!" Shelton lobbed the key awkwardly in her direction before Calchas buried two punches into his face. Shelton fought back, getting a lucky kick in the exposed groin. Calchas grunted, but otherwise it barely phased him.

MrDrake · **Reply #4112 on:** May 01, 2011, 06:46:51 AM

"As I have already stated before, I do need to see the completion of the Hydra project, however, if you feel the need to be rather complex with your actions, then you can instead, to be useful, go and check on the status of the Hydra....personally, I do not want any screw ups with that project" Soundwave spoke to O'Neil.

Pestilence in turn had been listening in on the conversation, yet, said nothing as his ears twitched, a bug of his returning to him. It buzzed around his head for a moment before he turned and looked out to the hanger at the plane that was landing "She's here"

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Shakila in turn, attempted to get the second one free, but had no idea on how to get it off <Shelton, how the hell did you get the other one off?> she asked Shelton, unaware of ROSS at all.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4113 on:** May 01, 2011, 06:58:31 AM

"You're an artificial intelligence, you can do multiple things at once," O'Neil retorted, but resigned himself to going and locating War. "I'll inform you of his whereabouts in roughly ten minutes."

Returning to the computer in his office, he sent an encrypted message to Zenarchis informing him of the situation and warning him not to visit New Peenumunde.

MrDrake · **Reply #4114 on:** May 01, 2011, 07:53:00 AM

"10 minutes and no more. Go over the 10 minute mark and I will not be very pleased at all" Soundwave told O'Neil plainly beofre he turned around and headed off to the hanger the Hydra was being built in.

In turn, Trinity stepped out of the plane as it landed. She approached one of the on duty guards in the vicinity to speak to him "O'Neil, take me to him"

The guard saluted to her and turned, heading off for O'Neil's office with Trinity following him.

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The guard knocked upon the office door to O'Neil's office "Sir, Trinity's here"

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4115 on:** May 01, 2011, 01:48:14 PM

O'Neil looked at the guard. "Ah, good. Maybe she'll be able to spread some light on what to do in this Soundwave situation."

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The key hit Shakila in the side of her stomach, coming to a rest on the chair next to her.

Calchas was able to get another good hit on Shelton, sending him skidding backward toward his desk. Shelton tried to get to his feet, spitting out blood.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4116 on:** May 01, 2011, 10:20:43 PM

Neku smirked and twirled his sword, both blades hovering behind him.
"Hey, he's tougher than I thought he was. But I'm glad you got here when you did. Now you get to watch me kick his ass."
He chuckled...

MrDrake · **Reply #4117 on:** May 02, 2011, 12:51:11 AM

Trinity entered the room "O'Neil" she nodded to him "I understand that things have taken a bit of a fall around here....care to enlighten me on what has transpired around here?"

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"You're going to take him on yourself?" Hailey shook her head "Sorry Neku, but I can't let you have all the fun, now can I?" she spoke with a smirk, getting into a fighting position herself.

By that point, Aimee and Xanthus had finally arrived "Next time, don't rush off ahead like that Hailey!" Aimee called out to Hailey.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to leave you two behind" Hailey replied back.

Xanthus looked over War for a moment "He's going to be a tough one to kill....his file is an interesting one, modeled after the Horseman War....fighting is what he know....and that armour will be tough to pierce....after all, he is called War for a reason"

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Shakila fumbled for the key before unlocking the other strap of hers. As she unlocked it, she moved away from the seat in question, finally free herself.

She looked over to Shelton and Calchas before walking over and tapping Calchas on the should before punching him in the face....only to hurt her hand doing so "Oww...."

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4118 on:** May 02, 2011, 01:26:05 AM

Neku smiled at them.
"Heh...good to see you guys."
He chuckled...

MrDrake · **Reply #4119 on:** May 02, 2011, 01:59:24 AM

"Well, we couldn't very well let you have all the fun, now could we?" Aimee asked back with a small smirk as she looked to War.

Xanthus stepped back slightly "Aimee, you and your friends keep him busy while I try and figure out the best way to take him down....it shouldn't take too long"

Aimee nodded to Xanthus and went to join Hailey and Neku.

War in turn, looked to the three of them and took a single step towards them "This should be much more amussing than just me and him" he spoke in regards to Neku.

"Let me guess, War's being a tough bastard to kill?" Hailey asked Neku as she readied herself for an attack by War.

Aimee in turn, got ready as well "Well, whichever the case is, if we can't destroy him soon, Xanthus should hopefully had found a weakness....we've just got to keep War preoccupied is all"

"And hopefully not die in the process" Hailey chimed in.