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Tabatha Strossen didn't like how today was going. Not like anyone would like a giant creature destorying a major city. But no, this was a bad day for science as well.
Tab had been flown in to a makeshift research/military camp North of the Clover Grove, on the rocky hills that overlooked the city. Perfect view of the monster and its spawn, but nothing really of use to scientists. Sure, they enjoyed ooing and aahing at it just as much as the grunts, for a little while, but it wasn't like they could get any hard data on the creature just by looking at it.
Now of course no one suggested anyone go right up to the thing and get a sample, not even scientific over-enthusiasm could be that crazy, but samples from the little monsters seemed to be beyond the ability of the military as well. At first they thought the scis needed LIVE samples, that ended well... one person dead and two seriously hurt, not just broken bones but some unknown toxin, though it didn't seem to be fatal. They did get a partial DNA reading on it before the equipment got destroyed in the brawl, but the part that was done being sequenced looked like standard squid DNA.
By the time that mess was over, the military agreed to bring a corpse next time, but their time was up. As Tabatha went behind the camp for some quiet and a drink, she just happened to look up in time to see a cruise missile headed for the monster. She knew that this hadn't worked before, so something must be up. On instinct she dove into a small cave, about 15 m deep, that was in the hill. As such, she was saved from the utter destruction the camp took only a few seconds later.
The nuke fizzled, but the North side got alot more damage then the rest of the city. Still, the people in the camp could have survived, if they'd noticed. As it was, the vast majority of them were killed when a truck overturned on them from the shockwave. The other four were killed by various other means.
Tab hid well in the cave, though she took a few minor cuts when some rocks fell. After the shaking stopped, she cautiously ventured out. She wasn't prepared for the sight that awaited. The tents were blown over and flattened, all the equipment gone, and worst of all, everyone dead. No good news at all.
Tab had been flown in to a makeshift research/military camp North of the Clover Grove, on the rocky hills that overlooked the city. Perfect view of the monster and its spawn, but nothing really of use to scientists. Sure, they enjoyed ooing and aahing at it just as much as the grunts, for a little while, but it wasn't like they could get any hard data on the creature just by looking at it.
Now of course no one suggested anyone go right up to the thing and get a sample, not even scientific over-enthusiasm could be that crazy, but samples from the little monsters seemed to be beyond the ability of the military as well. At first they thought the scis needed LIVE samples, that ended well... one person dead and two seriously hurt, not just broken bones but some unknown toxin, though it didn't seem to be fatal. They did get a partial DNA reading on it before the equipment got destroyed in the brawl, but the part that was done being sequenced looked like standard squid DNA.
By the time that mess was over, the military agreed to bring a corpse next time, but their time was up. As Tabatha went behind the camp for some quiet and a drink, she just happened to look up in time to see a cruise missile headed for the monster. She knew that this hadn't worked before, so something must be up. On instinct she dove into a small cave, about 15 m deep, that was in the hill. As such, she was saved from the utter destruction the camp took only a few seconds later.
The nuke fizzled, but the North side got alot more damage then the rest of the city. Still, the people in the camp could have survived, if they'd noticed. As it was, the vast majority of them were killed when a truck overturned on them from the shockwave. The other four were killed by various other means.
Tab hid well in the cave, though she took a few minor cuts when some rocks fell. After the shaking stopped, she cautiously ventured out. She wasn't prepared for the sight that awaited. The tents were blown over and flattened, all the equipment gone, and worst of all, everyone dead. No good news at all.