Infinite Project | (IC)

[Tewi_Inaba]

Woods | California

It took Alex a moment to decipher what had actually happened. In fact it wasn't until three separate bullets struck his back torso that he realized Jason was now behind him. At this moment it all hit him at once and he could process the maneuver the super soldier had taken. The bullets ran into his deflection yet again, this time bouncing back at him but barely missing him due to the speed of his own plunder into the ground. while not the most graceful of maneuvers Alex had to admit, thus far the super soldier had outmaneuvered him at every turn. But that was about to end.

After deflecting the bullets Alex altered the direction of his own moment, bringing him straight down towards the ground and slamming into it at 500MPH all while diverting the negative force vectors away from his body and into the ground, but also spreading them out rather than pushing down in one place. This way instead of burring himself up to his chin in dirt he would simply create a shock wave in the ground strong enough to uproot the nearby trees. It was as if he had caused a small earthquake on his landing spot. He was still for a second after he landed, letting his body settle before gasping for hair and taking in a deep breath. Alex used the shock wave he had created to find where Jason would be landing. He finally opened his eyes again. There was no way any man or machine could survive that, or at least not without broken limbs and parts. It should have been a simple stroll over to where Jason was now laying, but sure enough he got up again after only about 3 seconds. Cursing at himself under his breath for taking it easy he pushed himself forward again, going from 0 to 60 in under a second, but this time making sure he could stop on a dime if he needed to. "You keep running away like I'm going to hurt you but you're kicking your ass for me." He called out to him once he was in earshot. for the time being Alex made no hostel movements. He didnt' attack or draw either of his weapons, he simply called out to him to see what he would do. But despite his cocky attitude, Alex was out of breath and clearly still recovering from his last feat of speed.

[S121]

Woods | California

Everything seemed to be going according to plan up until a blip appeared on Jason's radar. Not just that, but it was moving right at him, and fast! Jason was not planning to stick around and for what came next, so he let go of the log and pushed off with his feet as hard as he could while performing a backflip. If the pursuer was this adamant to catch him, then Jason would have to resort to lethal force. A quarter-way into his flip, Jason pulled out his GC Model .600 Avenger Custom Magnum and continued on to the half-way point of his flip. Once the pursuer was sighted, Jason fired off three shots dead ahead of the target, meaning that they would strike the upper-half of the person. Three-quarters of the way, Jason clenched his teeth and quickly slammed his magnum back into its holster as he fell back to earth for quite possibly the nastiest landing he had ever faced.

His armor protected against most of the damage and even the massive deceleration, but there was NO WAY he was going to gracefully slow down. One boot touched the ground as he tried to sprint, but he was moving too fast. His second boot made contact with the ground, but tore plant matter and dirt, losing all friction. Immediately after, Jason's forward and downward momentum slammed his knees into the ground, and although there was just the smallest amount of contact, it had the most catastrophic result. His knees caught the ground, which whipped his torso around and slammed it into the dirt. Jason's head hit dirt hard, but he still kept moving, bouncing about ten feet as his body had nowhere else to go but up and over, violently jack-knifing him into the air. Jason's body tore through the foliage, only hitting the ground a second time 50 feet away, then a bit closer the next time. The third time, Jason slammed straight into a tree with his shoulder and ricochet off, splintering almost the trunk and felling it. His trajectory was altered only marginally as he continued to tumble, finally stopping dead silent about 400 feet from his initial contact with the ground. Trees were marred, plants were eviscerated, and there were massive abrasions in the soil where he skipped along the ground.

Although Jason had such a superhuman reaction time to even see bullets, it all felt like it happened so fast, as if he were in a haze. The only thing he could hear after stopping was the ringing in his ears. After about a second, he forced himself up off the ground and looked about in a daze, trying to make sense of his environment. He couldn't see through his blurred vision, but it was good enough for him to know that he had taken one hell of a spill. Despite that though, or perhaps because of his daze, Jason rose to his feet and stumbled onward, just barely catching a tree and pushing off with his hand, trudging forward.

[SUSTIC]

Military owned backroad in California

The two Soldiers who were previously dealing with the truck were now taking cover behind the military tank from earlier. Hearing what the 'hostiles' said, one of the soldiers turned to his partner and spoke. "They're after our commanding officer? Shit..." One of them spoke.

"Don't worry just hold your fire. The boss can hold his own." The other of the two soldiers spoke as they held their guard behind the tank.

Meanwhile the two soldiers with 013 finally took notice of the approaching armored figure who seemed to stop within speaking distance. At first the two soldiers aimed their weapons and prepared to fire, but were stopped when their leader held out his hand as a signal of 'stop'.

013 then observed the armored figure and with a sharp stare he spoke up. "What is it to you?" He spoke, being more than ready to fight if need be.

[Kristia]

Military owned backroad in California


Yet another shot would be heard from the blonde's bolt action rifle, this one hitting the ground next to the two soldiers, the tiny rocks and dust rising centimeters from their boots "Next bullet will be lethal, we just seek for your commanding officer." Lynchwood warned as she took cover from some of the ruined vehicles "If you shoot again, I will retaliate." she warned.

Meanwhile, Samantha was now at speaking distance of the soldier leader "Do not move, are you the commanding officer?" she asked, revolver aimed and ready, knife prepared to be used too.

[Tewi_Inaba]

Woods | California

Alex was continuing forward, using his echo location each time his foot touched the ground. At first it seemed like Jason had stopped and Alex would finally catch up to him, But the very next step he took showed otherwise. the man Alex was chasing managed to grab onto one of the very logs he had thrown at him and was now using them like a giant snowboard. ("What's this guys primary function, running away?") he thought to himself. This being seemed less and less like a living organism the longer the hunt went on, leading Alex to think he must have been mechanical. If that were the case then there would be no reason to hold back in a fight. If the government created this robot then i could only be used to further their goals.

Alex cursed under his breath and struck the ground with his foot once more. He used every bit of calculating power he had, getting a slight boost from the adrenaline rush as he put his next plan into action.thanks to his echo location he knew where the last of the tree's he tossed would have landed or crashed into another tree. Aiming for that general area, Alex took a deep breath and held it, pushing himself off the ground one last time, accelerating his body's movement to 500MPH to match the logs he had thrown. Meanwhile he also hand alter the vectors of the wind that pushed back against him or the "wind resistance" as known by most. He aimed it away from himself, pushing it diagonally to each of his sides, making him cut through the air like a knife. It was hard for Alex to follow Jason with his eyes while moving this quickly, eventually he just shut them, letting his echo location do the seeing for him. Light may have been faster than sound but the echos saw more than his eyes could see at once. Alex wold catch up to him while Jason lost speed due to gravity and the wind resistance of himself and the logs. He aimed to finally catch him whenever his ride ended.

[S121]

(Celldweller (Extended) - Narrow Escape (2:12))
Woods | California

Jason thought he had scared off his chaser, but the sound of something ripping through the air indicated that as a no. Jason heard the wooshing of air before a log passed to his right and struck the ground nearby, partially exploding and shattering from the impact. The splinters danced across Jason's armored body as he threw up his hands to shield himself, slowing just a bit to see where they came from. Upon looking back, he saw more approach, many more. It had seemed Jason pissed off whoever was following him. That being said, he certainly wanted to put as much distance between the two of them as possible, and perhaps this guy just gave him the means to do so. Reacting with the superhuman reflexes bestowed upon him, Jason put away his railgun and directed some of his nanomachines to his fingertips and arms. Such an experience made him wince from the pain as they burrowed out from his bloodstream and towards his skin and skeletal joints, further reinforcing them. This caused internal bleeding and severe bruising, but he could heal. For now, he just needed to hitch a ride.

He may have slowed down just a little bit before, but that was all worth it when he jumped up. Upon, jumping up, Jason caught the side of one of the logs and buried his fingers deep into the wood. Bark and wood splintered and flew out from Jason's fingers dragging against its surface, finally grinding to a halt about halfway down the length of the tree. His muscles strained and tore in a couple places and his joints felt like they would pull themselves apart, but the nanomachines did their work and kept his body mostly stable, despite the massive acceleration. If Alex had performed his echolocation again, he would have seen Jason just flying away, much faster than before. Meanwhile, while one log seemed to lose momentum and fall to the ground, or if one was about to hit an oncoming tree, Jason would push off hard against the log he was on and hop to another one, digging his fingers into it and continuing the ride for as long as he could.

[Tewi_Inaba]

Where bears go to shit | California

Alex was actually impressed that his target was outpacing him yet again, It wasn't normal or even good for a human to be moving this fast. Was he perhaps some sort of android? He didn't have time to think about it though as before he even knew what happened, a large tungsten round suddenly struck him squire in his forehead. Luckily for Alex his years of training had drilled it into his head never to drop his deflection unless he was sure that he wasn't in any immediate danger. The moment the round rached his deflection it bounced away heading back towards Jason. only to strike on of the many trees being toppled over as he ran before the round fully disintegrated.

Alex had been cautious up until then not to accidentally hurt the person he was chasing, but all of that went out the window the moment they made the first shot. Alex reached out for all the trees within range either as they were falling or knocking them over himself, only to accelerate them to 500MPH in Jason's direction. Whatever this metal man was, he was dangerous. While many of them were just aimed in Jason's general direction, some were heading right for him. If he just tried to keep running without dodging, he would surely get hit.

[S121]

(Celldweller - Narrow Escape)
Woods | California

Jason grit his teeth as he saw his pursuer gaining on him yet again, and this time Jason was getting quite agitated. This time Jason gave it his all and ran at a powerful 70 mph at first, then began to alter his legs with his nanomachines, unlocking the higher potential of his body and engaging in a bout of hysterical strength. He was now running at close to 100 mph, slamming through trees and barreling through the woods. All semblance of stealth was lost, and Jason just wanted to get away. His railgun was just about done charging a full shot, which was good enough for Jason. He simply couldn't wait for it to finish charging. In one swift motion, Jason pulled the weapon from his back, jumped into the air, and spun so that he was facing in the direction of his stalker. A piercing bang echoed in Jason's local area, but his target wouldn't be able to hear it until the round reached their destination. This 16 mm x 65 mm Tungsten round was travelling at an insane mach 9 and tore through trees like they weren't even there.

Meanwhile, Jason had landed back in the direction he was facing before and kept his speed, giving just about all he had to getting away, all while the next round charged.

[Tewi_Inaba]

Woods | California

Now that Alex could see Jason with Echo location, it made it a lot easier to follow him. He knew when he was speeding up and changing direction, which allowed Alex to alter his own direction and magnitude. He sped up now, pushing his own vectors forward even faster and pushing all wind resistance away from him. Jason would have seen this person gaining on him through his radar even now, heading at a good 80MPH. Alex didnt' like moving this fast without some sort of armor or case around him, but he could do it for a little while, at least long enough to catch up with his new target.

[S121]

(Celldweller - Narrow Escape)
Woods | California

There was no mistaking it from the snapping of trees and foliage, Jason was being followed. Right when he saw the unknown entity fly back into his radar, Jason sharply inhaled and burst into a sprint, increasing his speed from a brisk 40 mph to a blistering 60 as he toppled over trees and ripped through bushes alike, even going so far as to running against the sides of them if they looked too thick to run through. In either case, he needed to escape! In addition to increasing his speed, Jason altered his route yet again, this time taking a sharp diagonal to his right and continued like that until a good quarter mile, to which he altered his route again by taking a hard left. His railgun was almost fully charged, and once it was, he was going to make sure they got the message he didn't want to be followed.

[Tewi_Inaba]

Woods | California

As Alex landed for a second time, he could vaguely feel it with his echo location. the armored man running what Alex assumed to be as quickly as he could away from him. Whoever this figure was he was defensively aware that he was being followed. What's more it seemed this revelation caused him to speed up. Weather it was out of fear, desperation or just an unwillingness to get caught again. In truth Alex didn't know what he was chasing. Maybe he was a metal monster who knew oly how to kill, or maybe he was a prisoner fighting for his freedom. In either case it would have been irrevocable of him to leave the man alone. He needed to either help him....or stop him.

The armored man however left his range as quickly as he had been found, seeming to be changing his direction as well as his speed. Alex saw jut enough to get an idea of where he was heading and pushed himself forward, this time straight forward. There were many trees and other large plants in his way but they did nothing to slow him down. He ran through them as if he were running through wet paper, pushing all of the vectors against the tree and causing them to snap like twigs. He was heading at a good 50 MPH at this point, moving unhindered by the forest and causing quite a bit of noise as he did so.

[S121]

Woods | California

Jason was making great pace until he heard a large thud come from behind. It seemed quite distant, though closer than the battle going on back at the truck. Was he being followed? That thought put Jason at unease as he turned around and continued running, only instead of simply running in a straight line, he opted to running diagonally to his left, altering his course. Meanwhile, he kept a close eye on his radar. It appeared that there was in fact someone following him, and they seemed rather close. Seeing how there would be a confrontation sooner or later, Jason pulled out his ELGS-X07 EXECUTIONER Railgun and prepped it for combat, letting the capacitors charge. Meanwhile, he increased the pace of his running, going so far as to lunging through shrubbery and hopping past trees. Hopefully he could outpace them, and if he couldn't then he would need to resort to alternative tactics.

[Koishi]

Sacramento Alleyways

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Her eyebrow twitched as the voice approached. Was that the marshmallow gas man from earlier? Could they be there at a more inconvenient time? Well, the answer was probably yes, but it didn't cross her mind at the moment as did the events of the last 5 minutes.

"You's... could've picked a better timethingy. I's... be busy. N' wrapped up in stuffs. N' am disappearin'. Agains." Koi replied as they glanced over to the fellow's direction, slowly walking to the apartment's backdoor.

[Tewi_Inaba]

Woods | California

It took a moment for Alex to descend back the the ground, landing with enough force to leave cracks and ripples in the ground. this send out a much stronger single now, spreading farther. He felt around with his echo location, but failed to find his target yet again. What's worse the sound of him crashing down would probably alert the very person he was giving chase. As if on cue however Network sent a message to his phone, updating Alex on the location of his target. Whoever this was, he had moved a quarter mile in under a minute. He was fast, but not faster than Alex. He jumped again, just as fast but aiming for a shorter distance, He had to find out who this mystery person was. Although Jason's radar would probably alert him to his tail.

[S121]

Woods | California

As time ticked by, Jason surged through the foliage in his way, taking care not to leave any particularly large traces he was there, but certainly not slowing down either. He darted past the trunk of a tree, over a log, down a steep hill and nearly tumbling, falling to one knee as he made it down the slope. He then began to sprint faster now that the terrain seemed to be a little more even, though not by much. There was still bushes, trees, and various other obstacles in his way. He did not know how far or how long he would have to run to leave the forest, but he was determined to escape.