[h1][b]Henry Olin[/b] And [color=green]Michelle Gallus[/color][/h1]
[i]Written in collaboration with [@SepticGentleman] and [@Mr Allen J] (The Infinite)[/i]
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[b]"How many?"[/b]

"Twelve... thirteen, I'm seeing. Six armed."

Henry was silent for a moment. He backed up and pressed himself to the wall as much as his spikes and huge body would let him. He reached around and grabbed the police shotgun stapped to the left side of his back. It had rubber bullets that wouldn't kill, but it'd definitely provide some breathing room if he needed it. He breathed, and in a low voice began speaking again, trying to keep as quiet as possible.

[b]"How heavily armed are we talking here?"[/b]

"I see one with a Mossberg 500, three with Uzis, one with an AK... last one has a SPAS-12."

[b]"Anything else?"[/b]

"Rest have melee weapons... bats with sawblades, crowbars..." There was a bit of a pause before Eli said, "One of them has a cinder block that says "the truth"."

[b]"I'm keeping that when I get it from him."[/b] Henry said. He scratched the back of his head. He could hear them coming now. No doubt he'd be in some shit soon.

[b]"Are there any meta-human NEST agents in my area?"[/b]

"I see uh... five, total, closest is..." Henry sighed a bit as he continued, "Gallus. Christ."

[b]"Never met 'em. What do they do?"[/b]

"Oh, she's tons of fun. You two will get along [i]fast[/i]. Adaptive super-system focusing on reptillian strengths, she's like your... bitch-cousin."

[b]"Send her down. I dont want to chance these guys alone if they're meta humans."[/b]

"Calling her now."

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The familar heat of Verthaven's night was all Michelle felt against her skin as she walked down the streets of Union Point Hills. Normally, she would be anywhere but here, but she wanted to patrol UPH, just in case the Fiends try something. She walked by a row of buildings until she passed an alleyway - instinctively, she turned to look down it, but there was no one there - before she kept walking. The communicator on her chest started buzzing, and she grabbed it, sliding it to her lips, and quickly speaking into it, [color=green]"Agent Gallus, speaking."[/color]

"Hey, uh, excuse me. Agent Gallus, this is Elias Winzer. Operator for Agent Henry Olin, Dragonfly."

[color=green][i]Never heard of either of ya'.[/i][/color] Michelle thought to herself, looking at the communicator - letting Eli's words hang in the air for a bit. [color=green]"Yeah, what is it? Is my assistance required somewhere?"[/color]

"Dragonfly's running an operation in the sewers to track Fiend activity and movement. There's a group of... thirteen or so armed coming his way. He wants backup. You know, in case they have powers or something. You're the closest agent."

[color=green]"Yeah, give me his location, and I'll head straight there."[/color] Michelle immediately answered.

"He's underneath the Bazaar Riviera. Hurry, I need to go to provide overwatch. I'll keep you both updated when you get down there."

[color=green]"Gallus out."[/color] Michelle said as she removed her finger from the button. Alright, head over to the Bazaar Riviera, and kick some Fiend ass. What she wanted to do to begin with. She turned around, and quickly went back over to her humvee, and pressed the unlock button on her keys, slid in, and turned the ignition on. She pulled out of her parking space, and started driving down the street fast as possible. It took her some time before she reached the Bazaar Riviera - and she reached back and grabbed her AA-12. She grabbed her communicator as she approached the manhole, [color=green]"Alright, I'm heading down now."[/color]

"He's down the sewer wall to your right. Be warned, he's... not what you'd expect."

She reached down, and grabbed the man hole cover, and lifted it up effortlessly. She put her shotgun over her shoulder, as she slowly began her descent into the sewers. By the time she reached the bottom - she regreted this decision. Her nose was filled with the scent of human excretement. Hm. She can deal with it. She'll just be without her sense of smell for awhile. Michelle reached around her back and put her shotgun in her hands. Michelle moved in slowly, it was dark down here. Her night vision helped, but she didn't want to get surprised and blown to pieces by a hail of bullets.

[b]"Hey!" [/b]came a deep, but low voice. [b]"Over here!"[/b]

Immediately, Michelle's ears perked up to the new voice. She turned towards him, [i]hoping[/i] that this is the Agent Dragonfly that she's supposed to meet. She kept walking until....

His huge shape pushed off from the wall. He was huge. Much larger than her- tall enough to reach the ceiling of the sewer with ease. It was obvious he wasn't human. His body was covered in spikes, he had large arms and was very muscular. His head looked more like Godzilla's and his tail was something and and of itself. He was dressed in heavy NEST armor. It was obvious he was a specialist. Not a normal NEST agent. On his left arm there was a large rectangular object, easily over four feet long. He took one look at her and grabbed it's edge, and pulled it off. A detachible shield of some kind. Then he offered it to her.

[b]"They have guns. Mossberg 500, three with Uzis, one with an AK, and a SPAS-12. Rest have melee weapons. Maybe small arms. I can take bullets well enough. So you'll need this more than me."
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[color=green]"... I was expecting someone taller."[/color] Michelle joked, and put her hand on her hip. Well, Eli was right when he said Dragonfly's not who she thought he was. Then again, in this world, nothing's what you think it is. Michelle reached over to grab the shield, and held it. Looks like they're dealing with an average group of Fiends. Heavily armed, but Michelle knew that most of them couldn't shoot worth shit. That doesn't mean she'll underestimate them. Her strategy would be to surprise them, and take them all off guard while they're figuring out what's going on.

[b]"Also, one has a cinder block named 'The Truth'. I want to keep that as a souvenir, if possible... How close are they, Eli?"[/b]

"You should both be hearing me now... Uh, fuck. Ten, fifteen feet? It's hard to tell exactly."

Henry seemed to rumble. He turned back to Michelle and looked her over for a moment before speaking. [b]"If the shield fails for whatever reason, you can jump behind me. Now... countdown's on you. I'd like to catch them before they catch us. Remember, this is no kill, if you can help it."[/b]

[color=green]"Fuck, they're this close?"[/color] Michelle hissed underneath her breath. They're close. She slammed her back against the wall, with her shield held tightly in hand. Henry told her to count, and catch them off guard. Just like she liked it. [color=green]"Alright... three... two..."[/color] Michelle trailed off for a moment, pausing. This was the moment where everything goes wrong, wasn't it? She let out a sigh, before letting out, [color=green]... one![/color] 

The reaction was relatively immediate. Henry simply took a small canister off of his vest and pulled the pin off.

[b]"Bo-yah."[/b] He said out loud, and tossed it behind the corner. He turned his head and put his hand over Michelle's face. There was a very loud banging noise, and a bright flash. He quickly took his hand off of Michelle and began to move. He was slow to rush out because of his size, but they still managed to catch most of the Fiends off guard. There were seventeen of them, rather than twelve or thirteen. In the dark it must've been hard to distinguish a fast moving group. They were dazed and confused and were sitting ducks. They could take out two or three before they realized what was going on.

Michelle was quick to rush right past the slow and lumbering Henry, weapons in hand. She stood sideways so that the shield covered as much of her as possible. She pointed her automatic shotgun at the crowd of Fiends, and went full auto. A hail of ruber bullets came out the gun, and every time it hit a Fiend, it left one hell of a bruise, and sent them flying backwards. In less than a few seconds, the clip was empty, but the devestation remained. She took a few steps back, and got behind Henry for a moment in order to have an opening to reload. Then, she slapped another clip in, and went right back out for them.

Henry on the other hand, was taking a different approach.

His M4/90 was small compared to his body and he rarely used it because his finger didn't really fit in the trigger's notch- but he didn't need accuracy in a situation like this. Unlike Michelle, who aimed for the Fiends themselves- he aimed for the ground. He had found from experience that it tended to hurt more. And in his benefit, achieved more of a spread.

But the Fiends were relatively quick to recover. One in the back, who had been carrying the Uzis, began spraying while laughing maniacally. Henry rumbled and wheeled around as fast as he could to allow his armor to absorb the brunt of the damage. One of the other fiends was moving around him with a shotgun. He could see it, but he couldn't react while under fire.

[b]"Gallus, give me a hand here!"[/b]

[color=green]"[i]Shit![/i]"[/color] Michelle hissed through her teeth. Someone was coming around Henry, but she was quick. Right when the Fiend was about to enter Henry's blindspot - he was met by Michelle's shoving her shield right into his face. Which sent him flying backwards, incapaciated. She could have hit him harder, but they weren't out to kill the Fiends. She arched around, and had her shotgun in hand as she returned fire. The Fiends were firing on her as much as Henry - fortunately the shield absorbed much of the fire as possible. Yet, she knew it wasn't invincible. She stuck her shotgun out, and shot the Fiend with the Uzi right in the chest with the rubber bullet - he dramatically flew backwards.

Henry immediately reared up to his full height. [b]"Duck!"[/b] He yelled, and then wheeled around. His tail followed after him, nailing two or so Fiends that had moved around Michelle herself and sent them into the Sewer's wall. Now that he was turned and in a better position, he reached out with one humungous arm and grabbed the Fiend with the shotgun that had been coming his way, his hand wrapping around his body almost fully and pinning his arms to his sizes. He roared and threw the man, into another two wielding a baseball bat and a machete respectively. He wasn't fast enough to follow up, but Michelle was quicker than Henry. Michelle pushed in, and started swinging her shield like a blunt club. Sending Fiends flying with every powerful swing of her arms. One Fiend flew into another, and then one ran around and tried to hit her from behind. Michelle swiped her shotgun out, and hit him outside the head with it, and knocked him over, too.

Then, as fast as it had begun, the conflict was over. Henry breathed heavily- recovering from the sudden burst of movement. He had a lot of stamina, yes, but prolonged fighting would take its tole on anyone. He might need to get his back checked out too. He probably had several bullets lodged into his armor. As the adrenaline left his system pain began to set in more. It wasn't anything he couldn't work with, but it was still there. A powerful breath left his nose and he stood up fully.

[b]"Thank you, Gallus. That would've been... harder without you."[/b] he finally said, looking around him at the many bodies. [b]"There are two more down the sewers. Moving a lot faster than these guys. Help me cuff them and tie them up. We'll get them again in a moment."[/b] he finished.

The last of the Fiends were dispatched, and that was enough to make Michelle exhale. Now that was a rush, and, far as she could tell, not a single Fiend was dead. So, job well done? Not quite. According to Dragonfly, there were still more Fiends in the sewers. She was wondering what the hell they were up to down here - probably using the sewers as a network to get around quietly. Well, that ends tonight. [color=green]"Affirmative."[/color] Michelle nodded her head, as she knelt down, and cuffed as many Fiends as possible.

"Me again." said Eli suddenly. "The two runners you saw earlier are currently in a conflict. One... wolf or, dog-like man, and the other is a reddish, giant, humanoid that seems to be protecting a third person of interest. Female, looks like." he said. "I'll keep you updated."

Henry snorted and gathered several of the Fiends and lined them up against pipes as Michelle cuffed them, and then Eli spoke up again.

"Your roar just echoed down to their location. The dog meta is retreating. The red-giant has expired. The woman hasn't moved much."

Henry looked to Michelle, and then around them for a head count. Most of the Fiends were either tied to a wall and cuffed or cuffed with their legs tied on the floor. [b]"Have someone come and collect the subdued. Moving out."[/b] Henry replied. He turned to Michelle and nodded his head.

[b]"Go, I'll be right behind you."[/b] Henry said as he leaned down and grabbed a rectangular object.

The last Fiend was being cuffed, and Michelle heard the entire conversation. Okay, there's a civilian in the mix? And someone just died? This day just keeps getting better. She stood straight up, and grabbed her shield (which she wasn't sure would last much longer). She silently kept moving on orders of Agent Olin. She moved slow as ever, prepared for anything. She came in view of some woman... and a disintegrating mass of flesh (It smelled [i]worse[/i] than the sewer). [color=green]"[i]Hey![/i]"[/color] She shouted, putting up her hand (the one holding the shield) to get her attention - but the woman took off down another tunnel. [color=green]"Wait! We're here to help!"[/color] She shouted - but the woman just kept running.

[color=green]"Fuck, do we go after her? She might run into more trouble."[/color]

Henry finally lumbered up behind her. Looking onward at the small red and yellow blur that his heat pits allowed him to see. He shook his head. [b]"We wont be able to catch her right now. We can't risk our own safety. Not yet. Best get to the surface and regroup. I'll fill you in on the operation once we get up there. If you want, I'll buy dinner."[/b]