Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

MrDrake · **Reply #4980 on:** June 12, 2012, 11:48:37 PM

"It's simple, you're a big guy, so all you have to do is go in there and punch that metal thing in the face multiple times. Simple isn't it?" Nixx asked Alfred back, though a bit sarcastically as did so, still leaning right into him before her gaze shifted over to Shelton.

She let off a sigh "Fine, I'll go....besides, I think they need the help anyway" she spoke with confidence.

Serris · **Reply #4981 on:** June 13, 2012, 12:04:22 PM

Alfred nodded.

"Hey Al! You gonna go ass kicking without me?" a voice said.

Alfred turned around and saw who it was - Gustave. "Nope. We've got three people heading up to climb onto the catwalks above that room," he said, pointing to the one way glass.

"Sorry, climbing ain't my thing," Gustave replied.

Alfred shrugged. "Suit yourself. By the way, don't bring any metal when you fight the dude in powered armor; he'll just destroy it.

Gustave shrugged and put his gun and ammunition bandolier aside. He then noticed the bag of syringes by Nixx's feet. "She a druggie or something?"

"Nah. She stole them from here. Knowing what Dragonstorm does, it's probably some kind of super serum." Alfred immediately regretted what he had said; Gustave was known for making rash decisions.

Gustave smirked and grabbed a syringe filled with what looked like liquid metal. He read the label - metal integration catalyst. He popped the protective cover off and prepared to inject it right into a vein on his arm.

"Gustave! Are you nuts!? How do you know that thing's not gonna kill you?"

"Let me deal with that when it comes! And look at her!" Gustave snapped. He pointed to an empty syringe by Nixx's feet. "She's perfectly healthy!"

Before anyone could stop him, he plunged the syringe into his arm and injected its contents. Suddenly, he gritted his teeth and started swearing as tears of pain began to flow from his eyes. Without warning, he grabbed hold of a filing cabinet, tore off a large portion and almost unbelievably, ate it!

Alfred immediately lunged at Gustave and tackled him. He then gasped as he noticed that Gustave's dark green scales had turned dull grey - the color of steel.

The massive Nile Crocodile dumped Alfred aside and proceeded to eat some more metal. It was then they noticed that his teeth had turned to metal and the scutes on his back had changed from bony knobs to knobs of steel.

Several minutes later, Gustave's transformation had finished. He appeared to be the same as before, except his scales had the gleam of metal. He smiled, revealing metallic teeth. "Now why didn't I do this before?"

"Because you didn't have access to this before?" Neville deadpanned.

"So... is that just cosmetic?" Alfred asked.

Gustave plunged his now metallic claws into a filing cabinet and tore three long gouges in it. "Nope."

"So what did that s--- do to him?"

Neville had found a piece of paper in the bag and started reading it. "It looks like what Gustave injected uses nanites to infuse metal into his bones, skin and scales. His bones are almost unbreakable and his skin and scales can deflect edged weapons and low caliber gunfire - such as pistols; he's still vulnerable to rifle fire. Unfortunately, he can no longer swim because of how dense his body is and his weight is probably in the half ton range - which means that we're gonna have problems finding a car or building that can support him. And magnetic fields can completely immobilize him."

"So I guess, he now literally is the Iron Crocodile?" Alfred said. "But seriously Gustave, you can't go out in public like that!"

"Well, we'll find a way to reverse it!" Gustave snapped. "And besides, I'm a essentially a half ton golem. Do you think anyone is stupid enough to mess with someone who can tear them in half? Now come on, let's go reduce Soundwave to a pile of scrap metal!"

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Dr. Bailey swore as the deluge rendered the laptop non functional. All he could do was pray that Soundwave didn't find him.

(OOC - Yeah Gustave's transformation was kind of planned the moment I saw that bag of serum. I mean with a nickname like "Iron Crocodile", you think he wouldn't take it?)

Nick22 · **Reply #4982 on:** June 13, 2012, 03:58:44 PM

Labndon and aisha stared at Gustaves Transformed figure " Why are you guys suddenly iunjecting yourselves with that stuff ? we don't even know whats in them? They could contain anything from the Ebola virus to adamantium! Landon said ' Give me the syringes so I can lok at them.. after all I am a doctor..

MrDrake · **Reply #4983 on:** June 13, 2012, 05:16:04 PM

Nixx seemed as though she was just looking annoyed at the moment, arms folded in annoyance "You didn't ask if you could steal my....things! I stole them fair and square!" she seemed to yell back at Gustave before she let off a light grumble and grabbed her bag again, strapping it back around herself.

"But that does give me a new idea!" Nixx added in, mood seemed to have changed almost straight away, back to brightly again "You there!" she pointed to Gustave "You can help him fight that thing in there, and what you can do...go in there and eat him"

"And I didn't steal these from here, took them from another place, where me and Zyanya came from, the place that's sort of like America, but is really south of it....South America, that's the one....in....Brazil" Nixx added in "So therefore, these are mine"

Zyanya herself walked into the room, already taken note of the half dressed Nixx as her eye did seem to twitch lightly "Okay, why do you not have your shirt on anymore? What happened to it?"

Nixx turned to see Zyanya standing there and grinned rather childishly "Well, you know how it is, you fight robots, shirt gets damaged beyond repair, shirt is taken off, people drool over how I look"

"Please....for the love of Cihuateteo....put. a. shirt. on" Zyanya spoke, sounding annoyed herself.

"Pfft, you're just jealous is all" Nixx retaliated back, placing an arm around Zyanya.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4984 on:** June 13, 2012, 08:55:37 PM

Sharon gasped. "I want to be made out of metal!"

"I don't think anyone else should be taking those syringes," Neville cautioned.

"You're not the boss of me!" Sharon retorted. But she merely folded her arms. Nixx looked mad enough that Gustave had stolen one of her syringes. She didn't want to get on the wrong side of the shirtless crazy.

"I didn't know the Mayans invented nanites," said Mongoose soldier, amazed. Everyone ignored him.

"Hello, everyone...?" Shelton said slowly, barely taking in the fact that the room had doubled and a crocodile that had threatened to kill him was now chewing through file cabinets. "...the battle? Crota's near death...? Can y'all get moving?"

MrDrake · **Reply #4985 on:** June 13, 2012, 09:31:38 PM

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm on it" Nixx spoke, waving her right arm as if to wave off Shelton somewhat as she grabbed the small radio and for now, shoved it into the bag of syringes before she headed off....without the need in taking any explosive material with her.

Aimee looked into the room, taking note of the rather big creature in the back of said room before she looked to the others "Okay, I may have missed something here....but what the hell is that thing?" she had to question.

Nixx on the other hand, had found a air vent and already, started to climb into it. Yet, as she got into it, she noticed that it was quite cramped, though she just seemed to shrug it off as she started to crawl through it, the best of her ability whilst lugging the bag behind her....all the while, just making noise.

Zyanya glanced upwards at the noise coming from the air vent and groaned as she gave off a facepalm of her own at what Nixx was even doing before her attention turned to the Mongoose Soldier "Mayans didn't invent them, they were just left behind in a labrotory in Brazil is all, one I just so happened to stumble upon....where I found her"

Serris · **Reply #4986 on:** June 15, 2012, 01:00:18 AM

Neville frowned. "Seriously, no injecting weird s--- into your body anymore! We're lucky that Gustave didn't die or get turned into some monster!"

Gustave nodded and glanced at Shelton. "All right, who's coming with me and Alfred to to take apart f---er in a metal suit?"

Sharon, Dr. Zanasiu, Sgt. Masters, Neville and the Mongoose Cobalt soldier stepped forward.

"All right then, let's move out!"

Dr. Zanasiu scowled. "Didn't remember handling leadership to him," he muttered.

"Don't provoke the Iron Crocodile," Neville replied as he snatched a piece of rebar from the ground to use as club.

"Hey, where's Al?" Sgt. Masters said, looking around the room.

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Alfred had made his way to the room where Soundwave was. He quickly scrambled up a stairway to the catwalks. True to Shelton's words, conveyor belts crisscrossed the area.

Unfortunately, he had no idea where to smash holes in the ceiling. Shrugging, he grabbed large piece of cast iron that weighed well over three hundred pounds and heaved it over the railing. The heavy piece of metal smashed through the rafters and plunged towards the ground floor. He then grabbed another piece of metal and threw it over another section of railing.

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A loud crash shocked Dr. Bailey. He looked through the veil of water from the sprinklers and saw a large hole in the ceiling. Below that was a hunk of cast iron weighing several hundred pounds. Another crash and a similar sized piece of metal narrowly missed Spc. Crota.

"Crota!" he shouted. "Move! Someone's dropping metal on us!"

Thinking quickly, he leapt to his feet and dashed for the incapacitated soldier.

MrDrake · **Reply #4987 on:** June 15, 2012, 06:07:04 AM

Nixx had finally made it to where she wanted to get to as her hands turned to metal and in turn, she grabbed hold of the bottom of the air vent and started to push against it, though seeming to grunt as she did so before she finally managed to rip it open, pushing it wide enough for herself to get through.

She glanced downwards at the room bellow, seeing the others still confronting Soundwave, until she noticed metal being dropped down, in an attempt to strike Soundwave, causing her to roll her eyes at that "Idiots..." she muttered, whistling away to herself a bit tunelessly as she climbed out of said hole, hanging off from it, allowing for her wings to once again, expand as she floated where she was.

Her eyes gazed down at the group again as she pulled out the radio and turned it on, allowing for "Another One Bites The Dust" to start playing as she herself as she left it by the opening of the air vent as she slowly started to decend before landing on the ground, right in front of Soundwave "And that is how you make an-" however, before she could finish her sentence, she was cut off as Soundwave grabbed her by the throat and lifted her up into the air "-entrance...." she finally added in.

Soundwave just looked at Nixx, however, his eyes did gaze up towards where the metal was being dropped, missing himself by mere inches before he turned slightly and just seemed to toss Nixx carelessly across the room "Your foolish quest shall end here" he spoke as he again, opened fire with his machine guns upon the group.

***

Aimee stepped forward "Well, it's what we're here for isn't it? Put an end to all this madness?" she asked with a light shrug.

Zyanya nodded as she stepped forward "I'm afraid I don't have a choice in the matter, so I guess, you can count me in....a pesar de que probablemente va a morir una muerte horrible y dolorosa" she spoke, last part of course being in Spanish.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4988 on:** June 15, 2012, 02:42:06 PM

"Close, close, keep trying Alfred!" Shelton radioed. Then he remembered the radios don't work.

Gustave didn't bother with any doors and simply smashed through the one-way window, hitting the ground with a roll and charging the rhino, snarling and flaring his nostrils.

Shelton swore loudly as glass scattered across the room. "Will someone warn that crocodile about the rust turrets?" he spat as Sharon, Neville, Masters, and Mongoose dashed out of the security room to reach Soundwave's lair safely. "They're like his mortal enemies now."

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Crota groaned and tried to crawl. Now that the shock was wearing off, he was slowly realizing that there wasn't as much actual damage as he thought. "Wish I could thank that Crimson soldier who gave this to me..." he groaned. Noticing that Bailey was trying to help him, he gave up control of his direction and let the scientist choose where they moved.

MrDrake · **Reply #4989 on:** June 16, 2012, 01:59:51 AM

Nixx slid across the ground with a slight groan before she pushed herself back up to her feet again. Her eyes gazed as the others started to join them in the fight as she just hummed along to the song that was still playing away as she reached into her bag again. She pulled out one syringe, but it was empty as she tossed it over her shoulders with a light shrug and repeated the process, trying to find a syringe that was still fill of liquid.

She found one that had a green-like liquid in it as she just looked at it in her hands. This one had no label on it, yet, she still shrugged it off.

"Do not tell me you're going to-" Aimee begun, only to have Nixx inject herself with the syringe "You just did...."

"She does that" Zyanya explained to Aimee simply as her gaze turned back to Soundwave. However, by that point, robots started to converge on the room. Flying robots as well as non-flying ones, consisting of the normal ones, a few with rust weapons and some bulkier ones with arc cannons.

Nixx just stood there, waiting for the effects of the serum to take place, yet, not even sure what to expect until eight long spider-like legs shot out from her back and lifted her up from the ground while her hands first turned into metal before said metal hands turned into metal-like crab claws instead. Rather sharp ones for that matter as Nixx looked at what just happened "Whoa...." was all she had to say as she snapped her new claw hands together before they shifted shape again into blades, to which Nixx arched an eyebrow at that before letting off a small smirk.

(ooc: By the way, yes, "Another One Bites The Dust" is more or less the fight music....that Nixx chose for the boss battle....wanting to make it more interesting, so others will be able to hear said song playing, cause of the radio in the air vents that Nixx left inside....for safe keeping XD)

Serris · **Reply #4990 on:** June 18, 2012, 01:37:45 PM

Despite Spc. Crota weighing much less than a Human, it was still somewhat difficult for Dr. Bailey to move him to safety thanks to the combination of machine gun fire and Dr. Bailey's poor fitness. The fact that Alfred was throwing large pieces of metal from above didn't help matters either.

Luckily, he managed to safely drag the wounded soldier into a doorway just as a heavy thud shook the room.

He peeked out from the door way and saw of all things Gustave!

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"You!" Gustave rumbled pointing a metallic finger at Soundwave. "You and me! One on one!"

A robot snuck up on him with its arm cannon ready. Gustave backhanded the robot, completely tearing its head off.

A piece of metal dropped from above crushed several robots.

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Alfred looked around and rubbed his aching arms. Holes littered the ceiling below him and there were no more pieces of metal to throw.

He grabbed one of the railings, ripped it free of its mountings to use as a club and dashed down the stairways.

There he met the others.

"All right, ready to rock and roll?" Alfred asked.

Sharon peered through the doorway that led to where Soundwave was located. "Yeah, lots of robots are there along with Soundwave."

Neville sized up the situation. "Those with guns, stay in the corridor and shoot the robots. Those with melee weapons" - he looked at his own piece of rebar - "on second thought. Those with great strength and melee weapons, fight Soundwave."

He then ran off.

"Hey! Where are you going!" Sgt. Masters shouted.

"I'm going to see if there's an armory that's still intact!" Neville shouted as he ran down the left branch of a T-junction.

Dr. Zanasiu sighed as he readied his shotgun. "Well, it's do or die," he said, drawing a bead on a robot and pulling the trigger.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4991 on:** June 19, 2012, 02:05:15 AM

Now that Alfred had cleared the way, Shelton activated the conveyor belts on the floor above. Boat engines now crashed into the room on a regular and semi-random basis.

"Make sure to always look up!" He cautioned the people who were now dashing towards the room. The engines had a decent chance of eventually hitting Soundwave, but if too many of his allies enter the floor he'll have to deactivate the convryor.belts for their own safety.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4992 on:** June 22, 2012, 11:27:59 PM

Neku grinned, spinning his swords, then swinging his arms out, several swords forming from electricity behind him and shaping into large wings as he formed a glowing visor over his eyes.
"Let's commence the game, shall we?"
He chuckled, leaping into the fray, immediately spinning around and using his summoned swords to slash a few robots to bits around him. Cale smirked, leaping down, then cloaking out before a few of the robots had their heads fly off, landing near his location. Hawkeye stayed far back from the fray, launching razor feathers and pulse cannon rounds into the robots. Kagetora immediately flicked slightly, launching a string of sword slashes.

Nick22 · **Reply #4993 on:** June 22, 2012, 11:46:14 PM

( what should I do with Landon and Aisha? Should i have them just hang out while the battle is going on? since I don;rt think they'll be too much help agaoinst Soundwave..

MrDrake · **Reply #4994 on:** June 23, 2012, 01:36:24 AM

"Oh, this should actually be rather fun" Nixx grinned at her new found powers, at her blade hands before she charged ahead, the spider legs holding her up off the ground before retracting somewhat as her own feet landed upon the ground and in turn, she started to take down robot after robot, slicing through them as if they were butter.

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Soundwave on the other hand, gazed in the direction of Gustave, looking at him for a few moments, as if to analyze his powers he had right now before retracting his weapons "It will not matter, your powers will not be able to chew through my armour, as I understand that your powers allow for you to chew through metal. My armour is not only metal, but infused with diamonds"

His hands started to flex before he stepped forward towards Gustave, for now, going to reply on hand to hand combat before he pulled back a fist and swung it, aiming to dislocate Gustave's jaw.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4995 on:** June 24, 2012, 03:58:04 AM

"Aisha, you have pilot training, don't you?" asked Shelton. "This isn't exactly the same thing as operating a wing turret but it's close."

He brought her a map with a route highlighted. "On the wall opposite ours, you can see it through the window, there's stationed machine gun. Somebody's currently firing it at our teammates. If you can get over there by crossing through these maintenance halls, you can provide covering fire. Landon, you should head the same way, where you'll find Crota and Bailey hiding on the other side of that door there. Both appear to need medical attention, Crota mostly."

Nick22 · **Reply #4996 on:** June 24, 2012, 02:40:18 PM

Alright, we'll get over there... since we can't use radoes, we'll have to rely onj running iunto them' Landon saiid. i'm on it aisha replied. once the threaqts taiken care off you should be clear to take on Soundwave' the pair headed off towards the door. aisha wsplit from landon who stopped and openede a door to find bailey and crota crouched behing a makeshift desk..

Serris · **Reply #4997 on:** June 26, 2012, 12:01:02 AM

Gustave deflected the punch and retaliated with one of his own. "Yeah, like that'll help!"

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"Hey Doc!" Spc. Crota said as he saw Dr. Landon. "Glad to see ya!" He gasped as pain shot up his back. He then carefully slithered up to the doctor. "I don't think anything's broken but ya got some painkillers and a gun so I can get back in the fight?"

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A modified shotgun twirled from the robot that Kagetora had destroyed and struck Neville's feet. He picked up the weapon and tried to find the trigger. He swore as he realized it was electrically fired and the wires had been cut.

"Sharon!" he shouted, handing over the gun. "Can you rig up a switch so I can actually use this thing?"

Sharon slid some more shells into her shotgun."What?" she asked.

"This gun! Modify it so I can use it!" Neville shouted.

Sharon tossed Neville her shotgun and took the arm cannon. She retreated to a small workbench covered with electronics of all descriptions and got to work tinkering with the gun.

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Alfred had lost his piece of rebar - by jamming it through the chest of a robot - and was now fighting the robots with nothing more than his bare hands and titanic strength. He grabbed one robot and hurled it into another, destroying both of them.

Nick22 · **Reply #4998 on:** June 26, 2012, 12:57:12 AM

painkillers first, then you go back into the fray ' Landon said pulling out some medical instruments ' bailey how are you doing? i'll check you after i see cRota here' he added..
- aisha made her way towards the turret dodging the gunfoire from its operator. she managed to get off a couple shots in return fire before ducking behind a barrell

MrDrake · **Reply #4999 on:** June 26, 2012, 05:01:08 PM

Nixx by that point, started to hum away to herself somewhat as she continued to slice robots apart with her blade-like hands "Spider-Nixx, Spider-Nixx, does whatever a Spider-Nixx does, can she swing, from a web? No she can't, she has no web shooting powers.....look out, here comes the Spider-Nixx"

***

Soundwave again, swung another first at Gustave, meeting his own fist with Gustave's own fist as their knuckles clashed. Though Soundwave again, swung his other fist at Gustave before he himself struck the crocodile in the head with a simple headbutt.

(ooc: Usually, I'm certain that headbutts are suppose to hurt, haven't tried one myself and don't wish to, but I would imagine in this case, it wouldn't affect Soundwave, since it's just a suit he's using XD)