Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #4220 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:46:18 AM

"Did something happen between him and Gustave?" Dr. Williams asked in a whisper.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4221 on:** June 10, 2011, 03:01:15 AM

Roux snuggled close to Aisha.
"Mmmm...nah...How about cuddles now?"
She asked sweetly...

MrDrake · **Reply #4222 on:** June 10, 2011, 08:45:32 PM

Back in Vegas, their rest had not been left for long as he appeared again. After having dealt with Calchas, Death had felt something was off and came to Vegas again. He saw the scene in front of himself and sighed. War had fallen.

His gaze turned to those responsible "My, I am impressed, you managed to bring down a Horseman....and it only took you a few hours to do so" he chuckled at the group, his eyes watching the four of them "But I can't help but wonder, after you had killed War, what then, hmm? What are your plans now?"

"We don't have to answer that to like of you" Hailey retorted back.

"No, of course you don't have to....what was I thinking?" Death chuckled lightly. He moved quickly as he started to float around Hailey in particular, placing his deathly hands upon her shoulders "You seem to be just that independant, wanting to destroy these....Dragonstorm characters as you wish, doing what you wish, without a care in the world....but you see, there's a problem with that....since you killed War, I am now down one Horseman, and well, it's only fair that I return the favour"

Death's tone then became that much more serious "By killing one of you, I'll give you but one whole minute to decide, fail to choose in the allocated timeframe and I'll decide for you on who I'll be killing first"

He then moved away from the group "Time starts now"

"We wont chose who's going to die, that's just insane!" Aimee yelled at Death.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4223 on:** June 10, 2011, 11:22:32 PM

Neku staggered to his feet.
"Choose who's gonna die, huh...? I know who's gonna die. And it's gonna be you!"
He said, quickly raising a barrier around his friends before pushing them away from him and Death before raising a massive psychic wall around them both.

MrDrake · **Reply #4224 on:** June 11, 2011, 01:57:55 AM

Death just floated there, unphased by what had just happened as he looked at them "So, I see that you value your own lives very little....very well then, seems like time between us has run short" he rushed at them, starting to float around the barrier, a finger touching it as he chuckled "Oh, and your cheap palor tricks will not keep me out"

His hand reached forward as he started to break through the barrier itself "My power far surpasses the likes of yourself and your friends....if you thought War was dangerous....you have yet to experince what I am able to do" he continued to push forward in breaching the barriers.

Hailey hessitated, looking between her friends and Death before she lunged forward at Death "Stay back!" she called out, grabbing onto him as she pushed him to the ground, her fists engulfed in flames.

Death simply chuckled at that, retaliating with his own move, his fist reaching into Hailey's chest, right for her heart as he started to drain her power and life from her "Oh, and incase you were wondering my choice was to kill you from the start"

He started to then lift her up as if it were nothing, his hand clearly in her chest as it remained clasped around her head, as he just listened to Hailey starting to scream as she tried to grab onto Death, but with no luck "And try not to get any ideas on rescuing her....she will die, one way or another"

"Let her go!" Aimee called out, her fists clenched.

Serris · **Reply #4225 on:** June 11, 2011, 02:46:31 AM

Sharon shrugged. "I don't know," she replied. "But Gustave doesn't seem to like Cobalt Squad that much."

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Meanwhile, Gustave decided to follow Dr. Landon into the bushes. There was no need for a flashlight thanks to the moon.

Gustave frowned as he spotted footprints and what looked like tire tracks in the sandy ground.

"Dr. Landon, I think someone's been spying on us," he said.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4226 on:** June 11, 2011, 03:17:05 AM

Neku stepped towards Hailey, then stopped, blades clattering to the ground around him.
"Hailey! I...I love you!"
He yelled at her, unsure if she could hear him or not...

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4227 on:** June 11, 2011, 03:24:12 AM

Shelton continued typing, glancing at Shakila occasionally to make sure she was checking to see if anyone was poking around what he was doing.

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DeSancho saw that someone was definitely messing around with the base systems. He sent a command to reactivate the security cameras.

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Ezekiel brandished his staff. All the autoturrets in the room turned to face Soundwave.

"Soundwave, this is your last warning! I created this base, and no machine will ever take it away from me!"

He smiled. "Actually, I'm not even going to give you a warning."

He commanded the autoturrets to start firing.

MrDrake · **Reply #4228 on:** June 11, 2011, 03:25:39 AM

"Neku....I....I love you....too..." Hailey managed to splutter out as blood was coughed up.

"How....pitiful....how....disgusting...." Death chuckled, squeezing at her heart even more, causing Hailey to cough up even more blood.

"Hailey...." was all Aimee could say as she just had to watch on, fists clenched as she looked up at Death, eyes narrowed.

Death squeezed tighter and tigher still until it happened, Hailey's heart was beating no more "Shame too, she seemed like such a promissing member of your little group too" he pulled the heart out, holding the dead body by the neck "Here" he then threw her heart down to Neku "At least you'll have her heart with you at all times"

And in one swift movement, he snapped the neck of the dead Hailey, his hand reaching for her throat and pulling it out, dropping it down to the ground before finally, throwing her body down onto the ground in front of them.

His gazed upon Neku "Look on thr bright side, at least she served a useful purpose....she gave me more energy to use" he chuckled, rather darkly for that matter.

"You....you just....killed her....you....you monster!" Aimee called out to Death "She was my best friend, and you killed her!"

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Soundwave only stood there as the turrets fired at him. The bullets seeming to have no effect on him as he started to walk towards Ezekiel "Then allow myself to be the first in doing so"

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4229 on:** June 11, 2011, 03:30:28 AM

Neku stood in shock for a moment, tears welling in his eyes, before an electrical aura flared up around him and consumed him as he roared a bestial, demonic roar.
"You!!! I'm going to...KILL YOU!!!!!"
He screamed, the electricity around him striking the area all around him as it caused his skin to literally burn off and disintegrate around him...

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4230 on:** June 11, 2011, 03:39:43 AM

Ezekiel narrowed his eyes. Somersaulting out of the room, he cut the lights to the room and smashed his staff onto the floor, sending a shockwave that sent panels falling from the rafters.

He then sent several lightning bolts that crackled into the darkened room.

MrDrake · **Reply #4231 on:** June 11, 2011, 03:52:01 AM

Death only chuckled at Neku's words "Such big talk for such a worthless being...don't you worry, you will get your revenge on me, but not yet....all in due time" he grinned at him as he turned to Aimee quickly whom had leapt at him, only to allow her to phase right through him "Amussing...."

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Soundwave stopped as the room went dark, his eyes changing to allow for night vision. His head whirled upwards as the pannels started to fall from the ceiling "A feeble attempt to try and disable myself, chance of success...."

He then jumped backwards, away from the falling pannels, aiming his hand and firing, what seemed to be a rocket from his fists where Ezekiel had leapt to as the lightning arced in "...12%" he fired a second rocket in the samedirection before he activated thrusters and rushed forward.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4232 on:** June 11, 2011, 03:56:48 AM

Shelton glanced at the system. "I think we're about done...wait a minute..." he glanced back at the security cams. "Shakila! The sysadmin is right in the middle of what I'm doing!"

He grabbed her arm. "We need to go right now!"

He glanced a final time at the screens, wondering if they still had time to escape.

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The rocket collided with another lighting bolt Ezekiel had sent out. The rocket exploded in an electric cloud about halfway from both participants.

Ezekiel was blasted off his feet, flying down the hallway. He got to his feet, wincing. He had hurt his ankle.

Gritting his teeth, he supported himself on his staff and marched back down the hallway towards Soundwave.

MrDrake · **Reply #4233 on:** June 11, 2011, 04:04:42 AM

"Wait, I'm sure I can keep him preoccupied with something, trust me on this" Shakila added in a few more things and sent it back at the sysadmin. Basically, they were all nothing but popups, just for him, but in particular, for porn sites "That should but us some more time"

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Soundwave in turn, started to approach Ezekiel, those claws appearing from his wrists again, but waiting for the right moment to strke him.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4234 on:** June 11, 2011, 04:11:58 AM

Ezekiel brandished his staff as he marched into the room. His extensive training allows him to see in less than 10% light, but for now, he pretended he couldn't see exactly where Soundwave was.

He continued limping into the room, every muscle in his body poised to deflect...

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Shelton smiled. "Cool. We might stand a chance now. But we still need to get moving now."

Stil holding her hand, he jogged down the hallway, attempting to see how fast he could get her to run in her weakened state.

Three doors, one security checkpoint, and they'd be home safe. Or at least, outside the base.

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Montgomery walked down the the sysadmin's office. "Yes?" He asked, poking his head in. "What do you--?"

He paused. DeSancho was frantically trying to delete pornographic popups from his desktop.

DeSancho looked over frantically. "It's not what it looks like! An intruder had put a virus in my computer!"

"I see." Montgomery didn't look pleased. "I'll send the guards around to check the important systems. And I hope you're telling the truth..."

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4235 on:** June 11, 2011, 09:22:03 PM

Neku roared in fury, then, even with Death in his immaterial state, slammed him to the ground with a savage punch...

MrDrake · **Reply #4236 on:** June 11, 2011, 09:35:31 PM

"My, you are the amussing kind...." Death told Neku, grabbing hold of him, lifting him up before he flung him aside, almost as if it were without a care in doing so. He noticed on how Neku was reacting so far as well, getting an idea of his own "Perhaps you would like to be my replacement War? You seem to like fighting quite a bit"

Xanthus however, spoke up to Neku "I would suggest going against what Death wishes....even if you do get on Death's good side, I very much doubt he would do what you want him to do" his gaze glanced back to Death again.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4237 on:** June 11, 2011, 09:43:20 PM

Neku's only response to either of them was to launch electrical shots at both Death and Xanthus...

MrDrake · **Reply #4238 on:** June 11, 2011, 09:49:08 PM

Death just chuckled back "Very well then, have fun" was all he had said and vanished from sight, leaving Aimee and Xanthus alone with Neku.

Xanthus had to jump aside from the incoming electrical blast before he directed his next sentence at Aimee "For now, I propose we subdue your friend here before he does anything drastic, then, get a proper plan together from there"

"Since when did you start caring for others?" Aimee asked back a bit sarcastically as her eyes remained on Neku all the while.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4239 on:** June 12, 2011, 10:02:21 PM

Shelton and Shakila raced past the first door. "Two...to...go..." Shelton panted.

A pair of guards turned a corner and almost crashed into the racing couple. "Hey!" one yelled, as the pair shot by.

<Don't stop, don't stop!> Shelton panted.