Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4340 on:** July 29, 2011, 09:54:10 PM

Reaching the jeep, Shelton hoisted Shakila into the back and rolled over the back door. Bullets pinged off the armored frame. "Okay, time to go!" he exclaimed, gritting his teeth and forcing himself to stay calm.

It seemed that every security guard in the base had come out and was shooting at them.

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Cursing the entire time, deSancho finally got Shakila's porn pop-ups out of his computer. "There!" He radioed Montgomery. "I've got the security cameras back online."

"Oh excellent. Now we can see the empty hallways the suspects vacated ten minutes ago," Montgomery's voice came back, dully sarcastic. "I'm going to have to talk to Zenarchis about this. Don't contact me again unless you have names."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4341 on:** July 31, 2011, 06:45:24 PM

Wayne Anthony walked into the hotel and asked the clerk. He flashed an official government badge. "Is there a Dr. James Zanasiu staying here?" he asked.

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"I actually think I'll take a quick shower before we head out," said Sharon. It'll be fast. Like two minutes."

She suddenly felt very self-conscious. Should she be talking to James about showering?

Serris · **Reply #4342 on:** August 03, 2011, 02:00:53 AM

The clerk looked at his guest register on the computer. Seeing as Dr. Zanasiu paid for his cabin in cash and under a false name, there were no matches.

"So why exactly is a g-man looking for this doctor?" he asked

Luckily for the two, the few people in the office were too busy eating breakfast and watching the news to care about the two.

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Neville adjusted the holster and pistol he was loaned. He and Kiara had endured a long and uncomfortable drive from Utah.

"Let's hope this is the right hotel," he said bitterly.

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Dr. Zanasiu quickly tossed his washcloth on the counter. "Erm, okay, I'm heading out to grab breakfast!"

He then quickly bolted out of the cabin before Sharon or Anne could see him blush.

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"So how bad is it?" Alfred asked as Dr. Landon examined his eyes.

Gustave stirred. "I'm grabbing breakfast."

He then entered the bathroom to wash up.

(OOC - yeah, let's have Kiara and Neville in that van)
(OOC - the "hotel" is more like a group of cabins.)

Nick22 · **Reply #4343 on:** August 03, 2011, 02:10:25 AM

Not Bad, your eyes are still a bit bloodshot from the interaction with the poison, but i see no long-lasting damage. you should be completely fine in a couple hours- well as long as you don't get hit with poison again you should be ready to go. You were lucky Alfred that we had the anti-dore and got it to you so quickly..' Landon said.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4344 on:** August 03, 2011, 01:05:15 PM

"Can't say, government business." Anthony showed his ADSA card, the one that contained pictures of James, Shelton, Dr. Joe, and Werner. "He's the one in the upper left-hand corner. Any of these ring bells?"

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Sharon appreciated finally having all the necessities to shower, since the hotel kept the shower stocked with shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and fluffy towels.

If only they would supply fresh clothes, she thought, frowning as she stripped off her Southport mechanics uniform. Sometimes having an enhanced sense of smell was a bit of a nuisance.

After 45 minutes of straight scrubbing, she sighed. The smell of ash and grease wouldn't be leaving that easy. Good enough for now.

She wrapped a towel around her chest to her thigh, and poked her head out of the bathroom. "Hey, Anne, do you have any spare sets of clothing? Mine are absolutely disgusting."

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Siberys nodded in agreement. "Agreed. I want to see my old friends."

He glanced over. "Not to sound callous, but how did both of you survive the bombing? Kiara's room was on the top floor."

Serris · **Reply #4345 on:** August 05, 2011, 01:29:23 AM

The clerk looked at the picture of James on the card and scratched his chin. "Haven't seen him."

It was at this moment that James, Zachary and Gustave entered the main office.

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Alfred nodded. "Good to hear. I'll meet you in the main office to get breakfast once I wash up."

He then grabbed his clothes and entered the bathroom.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4346 on:** August 06, 2011, 11:02:47 PM

After escaping Texas Base, the group had made their way to a hideout set up by Slash and Agito's team. Currently, Shelton was preparing cold tea in the room where Shakila was sleeping in a cot.

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Wayne quickly noticed him. "Dr. Zanasiu!" He rushed over. "It's good to see you and your teammates again, sir," (he nodded politely at Alfred and Gustave) "but I'm sorry to say that this isn't under the best of circumstances."

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Siberys noticed James. "Hey! We found him! It's James!"

He quickly unclipped his seat belt and started out of the car.

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #4347 on:** August 07, 2011, 01:10:52 AM

"Unfortunately, I do not. Sorry about that," Dr. Williams replied to Sharon.

Serris · **Reply #4348 on:** August 08, 2011, 10:18:39 AM

"Hello, Anthony," Dr. Zanasiu said calmly. "we were just in the process of getting breakfast."

"Nice to see you, how are things?" Zachary asked.

The clerk completely ignored the three and focused on a Wolverine couple who wanted to check in.

"Excuse me," the clerk said. "But you are blocking traffic."

Gustave said nothing but stepped aside.

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Neville quickly undid his seatbelt. "Kiara! They've found the rest of the team!"

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4349 on:** August 08, 2011, 10:45:03 AM

Inside their safe house, Slash paced back and forth, while Agito simply sat, tossing small items into the air and catching them on his spikes.
"Is Shakila...going to be okay?"
He asked nervously. Hawkeye nodded from the corner.
"Most likely. She will wake up soon, I hope."
He said, staring at the door to the room she was in...
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Alongside Kiara, Kagetora simply undid his seatbelt, smiling softly at her...

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4350 on:** August 08, 2011, 06:04:05 PM

Shelton walked out of her room. "Exhaustion takes a while to recover from," said Shelton. "She drained herself of energy from that escape."

He handed Slash the cold tea. "If she's receptive upon waking up, see if she'll drink this. It's just herbal tea, but it'll help with the dizziness she's going to have."

Shelton finally picked up that they might want to be alone with Shakila once she awoke. "You can stay with her, just try to stay quiet until she wakes up. Hawkeye, if I could talk with you for a moment..."

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Sharon thought. "Hmmm. Okay, thanks."

She looked back into the bathroom. There was a white bathrobe, not really designed for public wear, but it would do until she found some new clothes. At least she had high self-esteem, or she could never convince herself to wear it in public.

She walked back out. "I hope nobody minds if I wear this," she said to Anne. "Ready to go to breakfast?"

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"Crimson Base has been destroyed," Wayne said simply. "Near total devastation, almost 90% of the personnel were killed. PFC Reynolds, Bradley, Falco, Bjurling, Sterm... They're all dead."

Wayne glanced behind him as Siberys entered the hotel, smiling. "I'm alive only because it turns out the serum only removes experimental powers for about a day. Siberys re-gained his telekinesis soon enough to put up a protective barrier. But the others were too far away."

Siberys, who just reached the group and heard what was being said, looked down sadly. His dreams of being a normal civilian had been crushed.

Wayne Anthony took a shoebox out of a backpack. "This is for you, Dr. Zanasiu. Keep it close. It's a standard-issue military pistol fully loaded with the only serum-infused bullets that survived the bombing. Each bullet will neutralize an experiment's powers for 24 hours, but once the magazine is empty, it's just another gun. Use each shot wisely."

Serris · **Reply #4351 on:** August 09, 2011, 12:26:40 AM

Dr. Zanasiu nodded. "Thanks," he said. He then turned to Zachary. "Can you put this in cabin?" he tried very hard not to let the flood of emotions overwhelm him; breaking down in front of the team would be bad for morale.

Zachary accepted the shoebox and left the area.

Cobalt Squad entered with Dr. Bailey and Dr. Wayne in tow.

"You gonna stand or you gonna get food?" Spc. Crota asked he slithered up to the line, which was now starting to get quwit long.

Gustave returned with some catfish sausage patties and sat down at a table near a large geode. He grabbed a newspaper and started reading.

"So. Care to join myself and the team for breakfast?" Dr. Zanasiu asked Wayne.

Cobalt Leader sighed; he was very well versed in reading people and saw that Dr. Zanasiu was hiding something.

Nick22 · **Reply #4352 on:** August 09, 2011, 12:34:33 AM

Aisha and Dr landon soon joined the rest of thier group for nreakfast.. ' Landon got a paper and started reading it reading while he sipped at a cup of coffee..
Aisha grabbed some pancakes and hash browns..

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4353 on:** August 09, 2011, 01:05:11 AM

Roux giggled and walked into the room, dressed in an oversized T-shirt and blue jeans that she kept fidgeting with.
"Hi there, everyone!"
She said brightly...
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Slash nodded, smiling slightly at Shelton.
"That was brave, what you did back at that base. You're a good guy, Shelton."
He said, as Agito nodded wordlessly. Hawkeye chuckled.
"Of course you can, Shelton."
He replied...

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #4354 on:** August 09, 2011, 01:39:56 AM

"Ready when you are," Dr. Williams said in response. "Coffee sounds really good right now."

Nick22 · **Reply #4355 on:** August 11, 2011, 11:25:54 PM

so what our next move after breakfast?' aisha asked " i hacve a hunch that we need to keep moving, we can't afford to spend too much time here, is my estimation.. "
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We can't be too open about our movements Aisha" Landon replied ' Don't forgwet we still have a lot of 'legal issues' we are facing if we don;t nab Dragonstorm soon.. issues that will have us in orange the rest of our natural lives, ot at leadsty most of them..

Serris · **Reply #4356 on:** August 12, 2011, 01:46:08 AM

"Guys," Cobalt Leader said as he passed by Aisha and Dr. Landon, "I really shouldn't have to tell you that these sort of things shouldn't be talked about in public."

Luckily the TV was showing a sports broadcast so the noise was able to hide their speech.

Cobalt Leader then took a table near Wayne. The Mongoose Cobalt soldier was already starting his meal of a catfish sausage patty sandwich.

Nick22 · **Reply #4357 on:** August 12, 2011, 07:40:45 PM

I wasn't talking too loud' aisha replied but the point had been made so she switched it to another topic..which was the weather it was expected to hit 100 in the area in the next couple days..

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4358 on:** August 13, 2011, 09:30:50 AM

"I was scared out of my mind the whole time," Shelton admitted. "Fear lends wings. You guys arrived at the nick of time, I should be complicating you. Thanks, though."

He then turned to Hawkeye. "Hey, Hawkeye, you were able to intercept my radio signals earlier. In a few days time, would you be able to transfer sound and television waves to a designated receiver in real time? And, on an unrelated note, does this group know where James' group is, or have plans to meet up with James' group?"

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"Can't, I'm afraid," Wayne shook his head regretfully. "I'm under orders to bring Drs. Smithson and Summers back to Crimson as soon as possible. Their medical skills are badly needed; few medics survived the bombing."

"We won't ask you to spare any of your medics," chimed in Siberys. "You'll probably be needing them, since you're the only group still in a position to strike back at Dragonstorm."

Wayne glanced back at the door as Neville led Kiara and Kagetora into the hotel. "Oh, you have a few friends who hitched a ride with us. They'll be excited to see you again."

Leaving them to their reunion, Wayne walked over to the clerk to find out what rooms Dr. Joe, Vic, and their team were staying in.

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After putting her mechanics uniform in one of the hotel washing machines, Sharon walked down to breakfast. She hoped they had some good bacon, or even sausage. She'd developed a taste for Canadian sausage while in Southport.

Spc. Crota openly gaped at her robe.

Sharon noticed. "What?" she asked defensively.

"Why aren't you wearing any clothes?" he asked bluntly.

"They're in the wash!" she snapped back, unconsciously pulling her robe tighter. "And this is a perfectly decent-sized bathrobe!"

Crota shrugged. "Don't bother me if you wear less. You should dress like that more often."

"Crota..." Masters muttered under his breath.

(OOC: Should Siberys stay with James' team, or should he return to Crimson Base?)

Serris · **Reply #4359 on:** August 15, 2011, 11:54:49 PM

Dr. Zanasiu nearly choked on his catfish sausage. "Neville!?"

Neville smiled. "Yep, it's me. Fancy meeting you here."

"Erm yeah," he said as Zachary clapped him on the back.

Spc. Crota slithered over to Gustave's table. There, he and Alfred were sharing off color jokes, rather loudly too. That table was also shared by Dr. Bailey and Dr. Wayne continued eating breakfast, paying no heed to the dirty looks that the other guests shot them.