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Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

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"Five minutes left!" Sharon shouted as she burst through a door.

The group was now in the motor pool of the prison where their vehicles were located.

"Get in!" Alfred said. He quite literally tossed the two snakes into the backseat of his SUV, eliciting a stream of profanities from Spc. Crota. He started the engine as Gustave jumped in beside him.

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Dr. Zanasiu, Sharon, Neville and Zachary got into their SUV.

"How much time?" Dr. Zanasiu asked as he started the engine.

Sharon looked at the SUV's clock and made some calculations. "We've got about three minutes.

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Aisha and Dr Landon Climbed in  , or more accurately jumped in,  the back seat of the car. " floor it Al! Landon yelled, both he and Aisha were winded from the running " We've onl;y got a couple minutes before this oplace blows up and levels everything around here1"
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"Ow! Watch where you're f---ing landing!" Spc. Crota shouted as Dr. Landon accidentally landed on his tail.

Alfred nodded and slammed on the accelerator, peeling out of the motor pool and speeding down the desert road.

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"Two minutes left!" Sharon said.

Dr. Zanasiu leaned out the window. "Kiara! Dr. Williams! Roux! Kagetora! Dr. Wayne! Dr. Bailey! Hurry the f--- up!" he shouted, pointing to the last SUV (the one that Cobalt Squad had arrived in).

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roux';s in here
 aisha said pointinig to the vixen who had appeared next to her. ' just tell everyone else to bust butt..'
 lerts just worry about drinving as fast as you can alfred' landon said ' sorry about the tail' he said to crota..
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Once everyone was filed into a vehicle, Sharon yelled, "Hit it!" to James, who was driving.

Crota massaged his ribs and glanced at Alfred but he didn't grimace or glare. Alfred had just carried him and Masters to safety, after all.

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Shelton was almost to the rock when he heard a gruff voice yell, "Hey, you!"

He turned to see a group of angry Dragonstorm workers stomping toward him. "Who are you and what are you doing?" one of them demanded.

"Eli Storke," Shelton said quickly, an identity he had temporarily assumed in Pelvanida.

"Well, Dr. Storke," asked the most unpleasant of the bunch. "why are you wandering around outside?"

"Uh, just getting some air." Shelton smiled weakly. He realized the head worker was probably the lead supervisor, who had the authority to boss around anyone off-duty.

The worker jabbed his thumb back at the base. "Get yer ass back in there and take your break in the staff room. For all your degrees, scientists like you never seem to add the fifteen-minute walk back to your lab into the lunch hour."

"No, I can't go back in there!" Shelton protested.

"And why not, huh?"

"I--uh..." Shelton checked his watch. "Oh, hell, you'll see in thirty seconds. Just watch."


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Dr. Zanasiu nodded and slammed on the accelerator, kicking up a massive cloud of dust as he sped out of the motor pool.

"Thirty seconds left!" Sharon called out as she watched the facility recede into the distance.

Dr. Zanasiu pushed the accelerator all the way to the floor.

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(Deadwood)

As the three minute mark had passed, Kiara had left the building and walked towards the vehicles, holding something in her hands before entering a vehicle herself, one that hadn't left just yet.  She looked at the vial of liquid she was holding onto before looking at who was in the same vehicle that she was with her "Alright, let's go, I'm ready"

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(Washington DC Base)

Trinity nodded to O'Neil before she got herself ready, looking at the experiment in front of her "Very well then, let's dance" and with that, she started to open fire upon the creature, yet, watched as it started toteleport around the room, yet, Trinity did manage to still hit the creature, as she just kept the creature busy for now.

The experiment got close to Trinity and swung at her, only for Trinity to duck underneath the swing of the claw, only to in turn, be struck by a second swing of it, knockking her backwards "It's learning....at a faster rate....just hurry up O'Neil" Trinity muttered to herself, wiping her mouth as she reloaded her guns again.

Zara in turn, looked to O'Neil "Anything you need me to do to hurry up this process?"


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In the control room with DeSancho, Montgomery noticed the SUVs burning rubber on the security camera.

"Now what are those people up to?" he muttered to himself, raising his eyebrows suspiciously.

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Zachary watched nervously as his watch ticked down the few remaining seconds. Three...two...one...


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(OOC - Shall Montgomery live or die?)

(Texas Road)

Several massive explosions tore through the dusk air as the charges detonated, reducing the laboratories to rubble. Surprisingly, the prison on the surface was only slightly rocked - thanks to the use of dampening systems that were originally designed to mitigate earthquake damage.

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(Washington DC Base)

With one last push, O'Neill had fully pressurized the hydraulic system.  Despite the chilly atmosphere of the empty reactor silo, he was drenched in sweat.

Wiping his sweat drenched mane out of his eyes, he walked over to the emergency generators and did one last check.

He then pressed the starter button. After a few short seconds of the powerful engine coughing and sputtering, it came to life with a low throaty rumble.

The lights in the reactor silo flickered and then came to life.

"All right, we've got power, so let's - holy f---!" His eyes widened as he finally noticed the monster.

He quickly fumbled for his shotgun but managed to draw a bead on the creature and fire a single shot.

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(OOC: The plan was that Montgomery die, unless you need him for something. So...everybody on the upper floors of the base  survived?)


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(OOC - Yeah, Montgomery can die. The surface of the base is undamaged and everyone survives.)

Dr. Zanasiu saw some shapes behind a rock. He immediately recognized one of them as Shelton.

He slowed the SUV down and radioed everyone. "Guy's it's Shelton! And it looks like he's in deep s---!"

Sharon then unfastened her seat belt. She was out of ammo for her shotgun so she just grabbed a large crescent wrench out of her toolbox.  

Dr. Zanasiu checked his own gun and found that he was missing ammo as well. In lieu of a gun, he grabbed the heavy flashlight sitting in the driver's side door.

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Alfred stopped his vehicle. "Great, and I'm out of ammo," he muttered as he unfastened his seat belt. He then drew his knife from its sheath on his belt.

Gustave stepped out and cracked his knuckles. "Well, time to bust some heads!"

(OOC - I plan on having the fight between the Dragonstorm employees and our heroes be a battle without firearms.)

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The hidden Dragonstorm base was filled with fire and smoke. DeSancho had third degree burns across his entire body, splintered teeth, fractured shins, and his dental plate was somewhere under his spine.

Coughing painfully and screaming at the same time, he tried to move and only succeeded in barely turning his head to see the lifeless eyes of Montgomery's charred body inches from his own.

It was the last thing he ever saw.

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The workers continued to stare at the completely intact prison.

"Yeah?" the leader said.

Shelton checked his watch. "Should have been...uh....it should have happened already."

"Still waiting." The leader looked at him one final time. His eyebrows furrowed in suspicion. "What's your name again? Come to think of it, I don't remember ever seeing you before." He put his hand on the cosh clipped to his belt.

"S-Simpson," Shelton stuttered. That was the name he'd used before, right?

"Lemme see your ID, Simpson."

Shelton fumbled for his wallet, and his shaking hands dropped it. As he bent down to pick it up, he noticed two Humvees that had just left the underground parking lot.

Hoping to God it was James, he slipped his wallet into his sleeve, grabbed two handfuls of sand and flung it in his assailants' face. He then made a break for the cars.

Several workers cried out and the leader cursed loudly. Drawing his cosh, he led the charge after Shelton, who had less than a few seconds' head start on them.


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"Everyone! Get out and get ready to rumble!" Alfred shouted as he stepped out of the SUV with his knife in hand.

Spc. Crota and Sgt. Masters exited the SUV with their combat knives in hand.

Zachary was holding a tire iron he had grabbed from the back of the SUV.

Before anyone can do anything, Gustave ran and tackled the man chasing Shelton, sending him flying through the air.

"Shelton, get in the SUV!" Gustave growled.

The man he had tackled dusted himself off with a chuckle. "Such a savage fighting style, I was trained to deal with this!"

The man in question was one of the correctional officers in the detention center.

Gustave cracked his neck. "I'll show you savage!" He then ran at the man, who easily took advantage of his momentum to send him to the ground, dazing him for a moment.

The man then kicked Gustave in the head several times with his combat boots. Gustave yelped as one of the kicks struck him square in the eye.

"All right, no more Mr.-Nice-Croc," he growled. He then grabbed the guard's leg as he came down for a second stomp and twisted it with so much force that he snapped his ankle.

With a cry of pain, the guard went down and Gustave took the opportunity to finish him off with a stomp to the head so vicious that his face was completely caved in.

He then noticed the other guards charging him. "Bring it."

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"Well, I guess that means we have to join in," Zachary said, seeing as the group of Humans and anthros were were now running towards Shelton and Gustave with weapons - mostly expandable batons, blackjacks and knives - drawn.

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Shelton scrambled into the car and took a deep breath. Beside him, Sharon was the first person to leap forward and cover Gustave's flank, crescent wrench brandished defensively.

Alfred charged a man with his knife. The man faltered, seeing a huge bison charging him, and paid for it with a knife embedded in his liver. However with his last breath he swung his blackjack into Alfred's head, who crumpled unconscious to the ground with a grunt.

One man with a baton swung at Sharon who blocked it. She then backhanded her little fire mallet, which hit the guy in the eye but he still managed to dodge her next attack.

Crota used his knife defensively in favor of sinking his fangs into a mongoose's shin. The mongoose cried out and Crota easily defeated the poison-ridden mammal. He then slithered towards a man who had just knocked out Masters with a surprise spinning kick.

"We're outnumbered two to one," Zachary muttered under his breath, gripping his tire iron and hanging in the back. "Maybe we should retreat."


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(Washington DC Base)

The creature took on the shot from O'Neil's weapon, only for said wound to start healing up again.  It then seemed to teleport away, reappearing near O'Neil, ready to strike him down before Zara pushed him out of the way and took the strike herself, the creature's claws impaling themselves into Zara's stomach.

The creature just stared at Zara for a second before it teleportated away with her, reappearing a second time as it slammed her into a reactor, removing its claws from her stomach as it did so.

Zara staggered a bit before she shook it off, yet, coughed up some blood "Jeez, that's smart...." was all she could say, staring the creature down, her claws at the ready "You want to play games again, fine, I'm all for a game" she looked to Trinity and gave her a slight nod.

Trinity nodded back to Zara as she walked over to O'Neil "Change of plans, we'll let her hold the creature off, she seems to be able to take a beating from it as it is.....my guess is that she's just another rouge experiment as well" she glanced over to Zara and the creature, than back to O'Neil again "Let's get going, we need to destroy this place, and that creature as well....if she's caught in the explosion as well....then so be it"


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(OOC - I have a plan on how this is going to end. Gustave will be beaten unconscious but when they bring him to the hospital, he's already died from the multiple injuries he received while fighting them. Alfred will spend a night or so in the hospital before being released with a major headache. Dr. Wayne will be another casualty )

(TX Road)

Dr. Zanasiu was grappling with one of the men, whom he had disarmed but lost his flashlight in the process. He quickly broke free by kneeing the man in the groin several times. He then kicked the man in the knee, bending it backwards with a sickening crack. The man collapsed to the ground hollering in pain and clutching his injured knee. The former Pelvanida biologist finished the man off with a vicious kick to the head.

Never seen that side of James before. Sharon thought. She blocked another swipe from the baton wielding man. Suddenly, she felt an intense pain in her head. The man had actually grabbed hold of one of her ears - despite the fact that she had flattened them back to avoid this. She elbowed her attacker in the stomach, and then punched him with the wrench she had in her hand, causing him to stagger back. Suddenly, she saw someone move behind him with a baton raised. "James! Watch-"

Sharon was cut off as the man slammed his baton into her ribs. In a fit of rage and pain, she seized the man's arm and disarmed him with a quick bite to his hand, causing him to drop the baton. She kicked the baton aside and finished the man off with a powerful swing of her crescent wrench.

When that was over she clutched her ribs as they burned from the painful blow she received seconds ago. "F---!"

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Dr. Zanasiu turned around only to get knocked to the ground by a powerful blow. The man quickly pinned him and raised his baton. He blocked the first blow with his left arm. He screamed as the painful impact landed and his arm went numb. Thinking quickly, he drew his legs up under his body and drove them into the man's chest with as much force as possible. The man coughed as all the air was driven from his body, forcing him to loosen his grip.

The Pelvandia scientist then threw a vicious straight punch with his good arm into the guard's face, breaking his nose and causing him to yelp. He then tried to stand up but the guard was too strong.

"Help!" he shouted.

"Shut up!" the guard snarled, whacking Dr. Zanasiu in the shoulder with his baton. The scientist swore as his entire right arm went numb from the blow.

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Spc. Crota stopped and glared at Zachary. "Hey ass----, Alfred just got knocked out, you wanna leave him behind? You're damn lucky you're not part of the US Army, else you'd get court-martialed!"

"Crota, just shut up for now," Neville said, stepping out of the other SUV. In his hand was a fire extinguisher. He looked around and saw Gustave being set upon by two titanic guards. He knew that Gustave possessed titanic strength but even he was not capable of taking on two super-strong anthros. He also looked at Zachary who was much more powerfully built than he was. "Zach! Help Gustave! I'll deal with the others!"

Zachary looked at the three combatants with some trepedition. Nevertheless, he swallowed his fear and got his tire iron ready.

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A few minutes after Spc. Crota's conversation with Neville and Zachary, he found Sgt. Master's unconscious form. The man who had knocked him out was nowhere to be found.

He then noticed one of them - in a bit of irony, a Boa Constrictor - had circled around and was trying to get into the SUV where Shelton was hiding; thanks to his low profile, he had been overlooked by the other combatants. The Rattlesnake swore and slithered as fast as he could towards the SUV.

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Gustave, meanwhile, was engaged in a absolutely vicious two-on-one battle with the guards - a Rhino and a Bison. Two smaller figures near him indicated that he had already killed two of the guards attacking him.

One of the guards swung a wooden baton at his head. Gustave caught it in his mouth and snapped it like a toothpick.

A wound on his chest - caused by the Rhino's horn - steadily dripped blood but he paid it no heed as he bit down on the guards arm. Some of his teeth came loose as the guard's massive fist crashed into his jaw.  

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Dr. Bailey and Dr. Wayne were watching the battle from their SUVs.  

"Erm, shouldn't we help them?" Dr. Wayne asked. Even though she had fought against the zombies at Southport, she was still reluctant to jump into the fray. Even if she knew that the others would do the same for her.

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(Washington DC Base)

O'Neill bolted from the reactor silo. He kept the glow stick attached to his shotgun as he looked around.

He then spotted a sign that read "Aux Control" room. Granted, the sign was lying on the floor but he assumed that it was in the right place.

"The aux control room is down this hall," he said. He then ran down the hall with his shotgun at the ready.

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"Not sure how we could..." Shelton muttered off-handedly, who was already working on such an idea. He glanced at the radio-flashlight in his hand. Then outside. James and his allies were facing away from the vans, while most of their attackers were facing towards it. "Oh! There's one thing we could do! Start looking for lights!"

He shined his flashlight in the face of the man fighting James, who squinted and briefly closed his eyes.

Dr. Wayne glanced at the large flashlight James had dropped. It was very close to the vans. She unclipped her seatbelt and climbed out of the car, assuming a defensive crouch.

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Neville shot three men in the face with the extinguisher, then clubbed their skulls in while they tried to clear their vision. Blocking a jab from a cosh-wielding chameleon, he grabbed his secondary-- a drill--  and disemboweled his attacker through the stomach.

(OOC: Wasn't sure how you planned to kill Dr. Wayne, but if you didn't have one, giving you the opportunity. Otherwise she could just successfully get the light.)



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Dr. Zanasiu took that opportunity to headbutt the man as hard as possible. Both men staggered from the blow but suddenly, the man attacking the Pelvanida biologist went limp.

He looked up and saw Zachary with a tire iron in hand. "You okay?"

Dr. Zanasiu tried to get one of his arms moving again. "Both my arms are numb and back hurts but other than that, I'm fine."

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Not too far away, a set of black armored SUVs rolled over a hill, approaching the other members of the Anti-Dragonstorm group.  Roux tensed, as did Kagetora and the others...