Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #5260 on:** April 20, 2013, 01:15:57 AM

Hawkeye shuddered as his primary systems flickered back online, and he made his way resolutely out of the medical area to the top deck, nodding to Gustave.
"This one's mine..."
He chuckled, armor flaring to life as he took off, joining his squad in fighting off the last ghosts of Dragonstorm...

Nick22 · **Reply #5261 on:** April 20, 2013, 01:30:55 AM

no, give those syringes to landon, hes a doctor, he should be able to make good use of them. you will need to rely on your own abilities nixx. poewer doesnt come from a needle, it comes from within. you've been jabbing yourself with these needles for so long you've become addicted to t, forgoing your own abilities for those in the myraid of drugs in these vials.' aisha said firmly. 'if you use those needles you may never be able to free yoursekf from the addiction to them. i would, in the strongest terms, advise against it.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #5262 on:** April 22, 2013, 11:19:14 PM

Kagetora flipped over the mechanized Murakami, slashing at his back repeatedly, only to have each strike parried as Murakami turned his entire torso. Kagetora swore, dodging back from another barrage of furious sword slashes.

Above the carrier, Hawkeye clashed with the Dragonstorm experiment he had engaged, the two locked in a deadly airborne duel...

Roux teleported quickly past the female bat, grinning and chuckling.
"Too slow~"
She taunted...

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #5263 on:** April 25, 2013, 03:11:47 AM

Nixx glanced at the battle in the sky. "I think I'll just sit this one out..." she said, in response to Aimee's suggestion she give up her syringes.

Zyanya shook her head, here was her chance to look better than Nixx! "I'm coming Roux!" she yelled, flying up and taking a swing at the bat.

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Sharon and Aimee darted through the underbelly of the battleship, and came up against the remaining androids. Sharon's eyes lit up.

"Aimee, get to the deck and tell me how it's looking!" she called, tossing her a walkie-talkie from a bench. Aimee nodded and ran upstairs.

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After a few minutes, Aimee observed the bow deck. "Nobody's here," she reported to Sharon. Everybody fighting/on deck was on the stern.

"Good, keep it that way," Sharon's muffled voice came through.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #5264 on:** April 30, 2013, 10:11:29 AM

No sooner than Aimee had said that she was safe than a brace of mechanical tentacles burst through the floor and grabbed her by the waist, lifting her off the ground...

Hawkeye saw Zyanya attack the Bat, and, taking advantage of the distraction, flipped over, grabbing his opponent and throwing it into the bat, knocking them both flying across the water...

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #5265 on:** April 30, 2013, 12:21:14 PM

Aimee yelped in surprise when she suddenly found herself airborne and betentacled*. Not one to give up that easily, she grabbed one of the appendages and tried valiantly to snap it. "Let's see how good doc did on these arms," she gritted through clenched teeth, prepared to fight to the end.

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Zyanya dodged the flying foes and, getting overzealous, zoomed after her chiropteran foe. Taking a swing at her hit-and-run style, she missed and sent herself skidding into the surf. She quickly rightnened herself, rubbing her face and eyes stinging with chlorine to remind her of her less-than-stellar performance.

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Back on board the ship, Nixx ducked as a piece of debris embedded itself in the forward deck. "What can we do to help?" she asked Gustave, who wasn't even hiding, and seemed as interested as her in participating.

(OOC: That's a real word!
That's a real word! also Starfall if you bring the fight back onto the deck, Gustave can join in, and Sharon's about to bring redshirts so the bad guys can kill some ~~people~~ robots.)

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #5266 on:** May 02, 2013, 08:51:10 PM

Hawkeye darted in, throwing his opponent to the ship deck with a ship-shaking crash, landing next to Gustave.
"Ready to kick some ass?"
He joked...

As the tentacles grabbed Aimee, Cale flickered into view, slashing at the tentacles, severing the ones holding her and catching her in his arms...

Serris · **Reply #5267 on:** May 02, 2013, 10:14:32 PM

Gustave smiled and delivered two thunderous punches with his metal fists to the dazed experiment. He then jumped atop the experiment. Wrapping his steely hands around the experiment's head, he began squeezing in an attempt to pulverize his opponent's head. At the same time; he was hoping his 1,500 metal frame crushed his opponent.

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Meanwhile, Alfred and Zachary were busy chopping away at the metallic tentacles that had compromised the engine room.

Alfred swung his fire ax, severing a tentacle that reached towards Zachary. "There's got to be an easier way!" he shouted.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #5268 on:** May 03, 2013, 02:49:13 AM

"Cale," smiled Aimee, "you were always there for me, weren't you..."

Before she had another chance to speak several more tentacles swung for them; they would not be able to leave the maw of the beast.

"Do you know where the heart is?" asked Aimee, as a tentacle narrowly scraped under her. "And can you create a weapon for me using that electric power of yours?"

Nick22 · **Reply #5269 on:** May 07, 2013, 08:04:12 PM

landon anmd Aisha were usning anything they could get their hands on to drive off the tectacles.. ' got any vials of acid? Aisha yellwed as she wacked at the nearest tectacle with a scapel..

Serris · **Reply #5270 on:** May 08, 2013, 01:08:55 AM

Sharon fought alongside Zachary and Alfred with some kind of odd electrical polearm she had cobbled together from an arc welder and a long fiberglass pole.

A cracking hiss sounded as she jabbed a tentacle with the weapon's electrified tip. "I really wish we hadn't run out of ammo!"

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Neville joined Aisha and Dr. Landon in battle. The distinct roar of an acetylene torch accompanied him.

He hefted the torch and starting swinging it in an attempt to burn away the tentacles. "Guys, y'all know what the hell is goin' on!?"

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #5271 on:** May 08, 2013, 04:36:36 PM

Sharon dodged a waving tentacle and parried with her polearm. "Unfortunately, my reinforcements were programmed to head to the decks, so they won't be helping us here!"

"Reinforcements?" asked Neville.

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On the stern, a force of armed robots (most of the ones that weren't running the ship) marched up to aid Gustave and his allies. Hefting rifles, they opened fire on the Dragonstorm experiments.

When a bullet whizzed past Zyanya, she angrily blasted it into scrap before realizing they were allies. "Oops..." she muttered.

Nixx however took the opportunity to grab the fallen android's rifle and fall into rank.

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Another platoon of robots march onto the bow deck, but are immediately set upon by the tentacles, unable to proceed to rescue Cale and Aimee. Nobody else was going to be able to penetrate that far; they were on their own.

Nick22 · **Reply #5272 on:** May 09, 2013, 07:36:06 PM

i'm guessing these are Dragonstorm experiments, off hand ' Landon said as a burned tentacle fell to the ground before him. ' we must not have destroyed them all yet...

Serris · **Reply #5273 on:** May 14, 2013, 08:12:07 PM

Dr. Zanasiu cursed as he watched the battle going on through the security systems. The door shuddered as something battered it.

Noticing the radio on the console, he suddenly got a bright idea.

Seizing the radio and turning it to VHF 16, he immediately broadcast a "mayday" call.

"Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! This is MV Absolution, we are under attack!"

The door shuddered in its frame as something struck it again. Dr. Zanasiu snatched a 25 mm flare pistol from its box and loaded a parachute flare It was a far cry from his shotgun but it was better than nothing.

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Dr. Kerzach watched the battle from the life raft. He sighed. "Why won't Dragonstorm f---ing die already!"

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #5274 on:** May 14, 2013, 08:30:16 PM

Aimee smiled as she grasped Cale's proffered glass sword. "Thanks," she gave him a quick kiss before dropping out of his grasp. several tentacles snapped at her as she fell but she sliced each one off with well-timed swings before landing on the ocean. Holding her breath, she swam for the belly of the beast.

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Sharon was thinking the same thing as James. Under her direction, her team lured the tentacles into a room with an industrial-size pressurized gas canister bolted to the wall. She and Neville waited until most of the tentacles were in the line of fire and yelled "go!"

Alfred punched a hole in the canister with the polearm and Zachary lit the gas leak with the acetylene torch, forming an incredibly dangerous flamethrower. Everybody fled the room with minor burns but the tentacles were incinerated quickly.

"Bet it felt that!" shouted Neville.

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Aimee suddenly became the beast's second priority, and to her relief the tentacles moved away from her to deal with something on the boat.

She reflected on the beast's form; a large hulking translucent blob, like a jelly fish. All of its armor seemed to be in its tentacles. This must have been some sort of Dragonstorm Man-O-War for patrolling the sea.

There were still too many tentacles surrounding its form, but she could see its inner organs, and what was definitely the brain/heart. If the personnel on the boat could force it to divert more tentacles to the fight above, she'd be clear to cut her way in and finish it for good.

Nick22 · **Reply #5275 on:** May 18, 2013, 10:55:25 PM

lamdon and Aisha covered Neville as bast they could. the acris smell of burning flesh and metal filled it room, causing aushas eyes to water heavily.. ' hopefully this will be the ladt of them once we're done' she gasped.. ' landon jabbed a couple of nixxs syringes into the nearest tectacles drawing highpitched screams of pain..

Serris · **Reply #5276 on:** May 19, 2013, 12:07:29 AM

Gustave felt the experiment's metal reinforced skull buckle under his tremendous strength. Applying even more pressure, he squeezed until he heard a popping noise.

The experiment immediately went limp. Wasting no time, lest the experiment regenerate, he seized the experiment's head in one hand and the body in the other. Groaning with exertion, he pulled until he decapitated the cyborg. He then pitched the body and head over the side.

Hawkeye had already crippled the Bat experiment. Gustave smirked and snatched the wounded cyborg with one massive hand.

"This ends now," he growled. With that said, he swung the cyborg headfirst into the deck so hard it left a divot in the metal. Several more swings later, he tossed the creature overboard.

He then saw the androids shooting at a swarm of tentacles at the ship's bow. "Goody, more fun!"

He cracked his knuckles and charged into battle.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #5277 on:** May 19, 2013, 02:10:17 AM

The tentacles swung everywhere, destroying most of the androids. Gustave crushed several in his bare hands. They then decided he was the most dangerous enemy and wrapped him up tightly, trying to drag him overboard.

"No you don't..." groaned Gustave, fighting back by digging his fingers into the deck. With his weight, a dunk in the ocean ensured a watery grave. But more and more tentacles came to reinforce the others, and slowly he started sliding along the blood-soaked deck.

"Gustave!" Sharon's team burst onto the deck. Alfred immediately jumped in to help his friend and got swatted into the aft bulkhead for his troubles. Zachary resorted to throwing his acetylene torch since it had run out of fuel, to complete ineffectiveness. Neville stabbed several tentacles but then felt two wrap around his ankles and flip him onto his back.

Nixx emptied her clip, glanced at the weapon for several seconds, then gave up on trying to guess how to reload. "Oh to hell with this. Where did Aisha go with my syringes?"

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By this time Aimee's teeth were chattering and her entire body was shivering from the cold surf. But her metallic arms were ready as ever when her opportunity came; at last the tentacles were sparse enough to navigate.

After getting a gulp of salty air, Aimee dolphin-kicked her way past several undulating tentacles, keeping a close grip on her sword. She was almost to the medusa of the creature when something brushed her thigh, and suddenly there was a whirl of motion everywhere.

With no other choice Aimee flailed the sword wildly and severed several of the assaulting digits, and kicked forward until her outstretched hand bounced off the gelatinous membrane of the beast. Slicing off something that had grabbed her leg, she climbed forward with both hands, squinting through the inky ichor staining the water from her amputations. A brief clear moment and she saw the pulsing brain/heart right below her. Without hesitation she plunged her blade and arm through, right up to her shoulder.

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With a start, all the pressure on Gustave ceased, and he clawed his way to safety. The tentacles flailed wildly, and then went limp. The battleship slowly started sliding out of the creature's grasp.

The personnel on the deck ran to the railing and observed the floating carcass. After a few seconds Aimee surfaced, gasping for air.

"Someone get her!" exclaimed Sharon.

"It's all right, the raft has her covered!" noted Zachary, pointing at Cobalt Squad's lifeboat which was making the return trip to the battleship.

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Shelton and Masters pulled Aimee's shivering form into the boat. Shelton reluctantly surrendered his coat and Aimee wrapped herself up gratefully.

Aimee glanced at Neku lying next to her. "Were you able to avenge Hailey?" she asked. A bit blunt perhaps, but Hailey had been her best friend and she wanted to know.

Crota waved at the people on the deck. "Yo, get us up there!"

Serris · **Reply #5278 on:** May 21, 2013, 12:11:31 AM

Gustave saw the people on the boat. He grabbed hold of a cable hanging from a lifeboat davit that had been destroyed by a tentacle and pulled the remainder of the cable out.

"S---! They're too far to reach!" he exclaimed. He then noticed a line throwing gun mounted on a railing. He swiveled it towards the boat but found that battle damage had froze it in place.

In response, he ripped the cannon free of its mountings and raised it to his shoulder. He pulled the trigger and a rocket shot out of the gun as it carried the line to the lifeboat.

Zachary and Alfred rushed over to help secure the line.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #5279 on:** May 26, 2013, 12:48:57 AM

After the line was secured Shelton was the first onto the battleship deck. Masters and Crota were slower because they were carrying Neku. Aimee insisted on climbing herself and refused medical help once back with the others.

"I'm absolutely fine," she told Landon, before he could say anything. "I just need a real outfit."

She headed for the ship's crew rooms to borrow a uniform.

"Hey, good to see you all again," shivered Shelton, still sopping wet. "I'm amazed so many of us made it through in one piece!"