[hr][h1][i][color=dodgerblue]Lihua Vuhong[/color].[/i][/h1][hr] With the team assembled, Lihua felt that it was appropriate to slip into something more appropriate. The last thing that she wanted to do was go into - what was going to be the fight of her life - dressed like she was never going to leave the house. She stepped out of the viewing room with the rest of the NEST Agents, and walked towards the female's changing room. "Agent Vuhong," A voice came from behind hers. Leon's. Good grief, she knew [i]exactly[/i] where this was going. Leon walked up, and crossed his arms. "I know what you said to him." Leon said to her, as her back faced him. "And you were crossing the line back there. Threatening his kid like that." Lihua let out a sigh. "... Whatever keeps him in line." "Look, I understand what you're going through, and I know what you [i]really[/i] meant there..." Leon put his hand up. "What you just did could get you fired ten times. Good thing that I managed to lie to Maximilian about what happened in there." Letting out another sigh, Lihua opened her mouth to say something, but kept it close. He should already be peaking in her mind, so he should already know what's on her mind. [i]Whatever's necessary. I refuse to even attempt to excuse, or justify, my actions.[/i] Leon took a step over to Lihua, and put his hand on her shoulder, and turned her around. They faced each other, looking at each other eye-to-eye. "Only reason why I'm not reporting you is because we need as many legit Agents on the field as possible." Leon leaned in a little closer. "But you seriously need to cool down. If you don't, I'll have no choice but to file a report to Max." Lihua let out a sigh. Before she spoke, "Perhaps... you're right. I have been ignoring my creed. Acting erratic won't solve any problems." She also accepted responsibility for what she did. "It was cruel, but I was so overcome with rage. I... don't intend on doing anything to his child." "I know, but just tone it back a bit." Leon said. "You know that we'll defeat the Changeling Unit before they do anything to your kid." He turned off and started walking, before giving Lihua the salute. "Adiós, Agent Vuhong." While he walked off, Lihua looked to the side, before letting out a sigh. He was right, she was acting erratic. Though, she was glad he didn't mention going to their level. Because she's [i]long[/i] past the point of holding the moral high-ground. She let out one final sigh before she proceeded into the locker room. It was empty, probably because most of the NEST Agents that were already had already suited up. She quickly scrolled through the lockers until she had reached her own. She put her key in, and turned it open. She laid eyes upon her own armor. The one that she barely wears, except on the few combat missions she accompanies the other Agents on. This was one of those uncommon circumstances that called for it. Hanging from a hangar was her armor, a black flak-jacket, with a black longcoat over it. Along with padded combat pants, a tactical belt (and two holsters), steel-toe combat boots, gloves, and a shirt to wear under the armor. Her battle-dress. It wasn't all that different from the armor she wore while working with the Gai Hexin Yuan. Except, a bit less intimidating. Whatever works. First thing that she did was slip the pistol out of her pants, and put it on the bench behind her. Lihua took her shirt off, and dropped her pants. Before she slipped on the shirt, and the pants. Before she put on the rest of the armor. She looked like she was ready to roll. She grabbed her pistol, and put it in her holster. She let out a sigh. She figured that she'd send Meifeng a text so she can get her car back from her... but figured that this is something that she'll keep from Meifeng. She's worried enough as is. Lihua quickly pulled out her iPhone and sent Meifeng a text; [u]Meifeng, me and Lijuan are spending the rest of the day with your uncle. You can hold the car for a little longer.[/u] [hr][h1][i][color=red]Meifeng Vuhong[/color].[/i][/h1][hr] [i]Still no response from Anna...[/i] Meifeng quickly peaked at her phone as she awaited a answer from Anna. Anna didn't even respond to her text last night. The longer she waited, the more she realized that maybe Anna feel the same way that Meifeng did. That she got her hopes up over and kiss, and confessed herself. Maybe Anna was ashamed of this. Or wanted to distance herself from her best friend because of what happened. Meifeng wished that Anna would just... talk to her. Just a little. She felt so hurt. The light turned green, and Meifeng pushed the gas pedal. Her windshield wipers were pushing the rain off her window. Meifeng let out a sigh as she threw the phone into the other seat and kept driving. It's raining, she doesn't know where her friends are (Or if they're even down to hang), and going shopping seemed so empty without some friends. Meifeng arched her head, and looked out the window. Her phone rung again, and she quickly went off to grab it, and read it. [u]Meifeng, me and Lijuan are spending the rest of the day with your uncle. You can hold the car for a little longer.[/u] Good. She'll have the house to herself... if Mika wasn't there. Meifeng let out another sigh as she kept driving to nowhere, and nowhere's far. She chose to pull over, she was in Chinatown at the moment. She knew that she was barred from going to the Estella isle, but she wanted to see Anna. She doubted if she wanted to see her. Meifeng kicked her feet on top of the steering wheel, and started typing away at it. Just checking Facebook for anything that's up. Again, her phone buzzed, and, since she had it open, she immediately checked it. It was from Cindy: [u]Yo, Meifeng, dat bitch Sophia is throwin a party in da fire shores. wanna go fuck it up?[/u] Sophia. Yeeeeeeah, Sophia Hoss. One of the queen bitches from Academy 12 that thought that she was special because she had a little money, and a superpower. Meifeng and her buttheads a lot. And she was tossing some party? It'll be the perfect stress reliever. Meifeng quickly pounded away a response: [u]Hell yeh girl. lemme assemble the squad[/u] [u]yeah, u go ahead. it's not until 8, so we have plenty of time[/u] This is [i]bound[/i] to get Meifeng's mind off Anna (And her tiddies). Meifeng shifted the gear into drive, before speeding off. [hr][b][u]8: 23 PM[/u][/b] The night fell upon Verthaven, and the two groups of people put their separate missions in motion. NEST, beginning their battle against the Changeling Unit and their conspirators. Meifeng and her group were prepared to sabotage a party. Little did either group know that they were in for the battles of their lives. The rain from earlier had faded away. [hr][h1][i][color=dodgerblue]Lihua Vuhong[/color], [color=lawngreen]Sonya Mayfield[/color], & [color=Maroon]Mark Emerson[/color].[/i][/h1] [i]Written in collaboration with [b][@DeadBeatWalking][/b].[/i][hr] "Alright, here is the plan." Lihua said to Mark as they all stood in the middle of the armory. NEST had went over to his house, and retrieved his armor. He'll certainly need it for this operation. Agent Inkshade - who had reverted to her true form, a large black humanoid comprised of ink. Which her body was see-through, so one could spot her bones and organs through her skin. Lihua looked over at Sonya. Who was leaned up against the nearest wall, with her arms crossed, and her sniper (Which she had swapped out with a Barrett [i].50 Cal[/i]). She had a sullen look on her face. Because there was a [i]big[/i] part of her that didn't agree with this plan - but what else could they do? Lihua held a C4 bomb in her hand. "Agent Inkshade here will slip underneath your armor, and you will go into the Changeling hideout. Once there, she will sneak out, and plant these bombs that you'll be carrying in. The two of you will plant the bombs, and we will threaten to blow them all to hell if they don't give up the children. Clear?" Lihua said. "Remember [i]who's[/i] on the line here, Mark." Mark nodded, holding his helmet under his arm. "Don't worry. I've done enough double-crossing for one day." With a chuckle, he put on the helmet, clipping it down at the sides and taking in a deep breath. He stared at Lihua for a moment, noting the eerie recreation of their first encounter now that he was in his armor. He felt like Lihua noticed too. This man disgusted her, but she was certain that her threats could keep him in line. Even if he betrayed them, Lihua had some Agents stake-out his home. So, the second things go wrong, they'll take Marigold before he even has a chance to get there (Or lay down a sick-ass trap). And there was a tracker on Mark's armor (He didn't know about it, of course). She nodded her head, and slapped the C4 into a green gym bag (Which contained the rest of the bombs). She handed Mark the bag, and nodded her head. "Agent Inkshade," Lihua said as she turned her head to the Aberrant that was standing right next to her. Inkshade turned into a puddle of ink, and quickly creeped into the seeps of Mark's armor. Until she was completely inside. Touching his skin. "... Might be a [i]little[/i] uncomfortable, but you know what to do." Lihua said. As she turned to Agent Merryday, who gave her a narrow glare. "... Just be careful in there, Inky." Sonya said. "Alright, I think we're ready. Maximilian should have our ride ready." Lihua said. [hr][h1][i][color=dodgerblue]Lihua Vuhong[/color], [color=lawngreen]Sonya Mayfield[/color], & The Agents of NEST.[/i][/h1] [hider=Timesplitters 1 OST - Docks][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FtwISEQPNU[/youtube][/hider][hr] "Area looks clear," Sonya said into the comms, looking down the sights of her 50 .cal from the roof of an abandoned building. Fortunately, Sonya had night vision, and enhanced senses. She was able to see the areas. "Agent Vahan?" Max said to the man that was right next to him as he leaned up against a wall. Leon had his fingers on the side of his head as he quickly scanned the area. He checked every corner, every building, every cranny. There wasn't a single Changeling in sight. "Can't see any, boss." Leon spoke into the comms, just to alert everyone. "Then again, they could be invisible." He shrugged. "Alright, coast is clear, everyone move up." Max said, before the group moved ahead. Sonya jumped over to the next building, and the rest of the group were spread out as they quickly moved to the next area. Keeping to the shadows. The group assigned to battle the Changeling Unit were a medium-sized group, consisting of some of NEST's Metahumans, and many faceless guntoting Agents. They were placed in their battle dresses, and armed to the teeth (Max made a note that everyone carries a canister for containment foam to take out the big ones). They were spread out, in small groups of two. Not spread out so far that they couldn't come to another's aid if they get attacked, but far enough so that the entire group doesn't get killed in a single blast or ambush. The groups of NEST Agents were Sonya and Henry. Max and Leon. Lihua and Helena. And, of course, Maria and Mark. Lihua pushed herself against the wall. Before she looked at the datapad. "We're almost here...." Lihua moaned to herself. She pressed her earpiece, and said, "We're in position, Mark, time for you to begin the plan." [hr][h1][i][color=red]Meifeng Vuhong[/color], [color=aqua]Jennifer Caspin[/color], [color=plum]Trevor Obott[/color], & [color=Springgreen]Cindy Keagan[/color].[/i][/h1][hr] Meifeng was standing on top of a hill behind some bushes. Knelt down, with a red Nike gym bag at her feet. Looking at the party from a distance, which was right down the hill, with a small road leading up into it. They had an entire section of the beach all to themselves. It was closed off by a fence. This was one of the private beaches that the rich people bought, and closed off to themselves for whatever reason. This was either a beach owned by Sophia's family, or they just broke into this random beach and threw a party. It was quite exciting. There were teens everywhere, beer, and people had brought cars onto the beach. People were dancing everywhere. Now, in the middle of the beach was this fancy three-story beach house. Which was crawling with people. Meifeng had to bet that's where Sophia had to be, and where Meifeng should not be. Now, she sent convincing texts to all of her friends in order to get them here. On this hill (She also instructed them to park their cars far away from the place). She kept scoping out the area. Meifeng saw this as training for her to be a NEST Agent. She was scoping out an area for a mission. Just looking for ways to fuck it all up. And she was going to have fun doing it. Especially with the little secret in this gym bag. She turned to it, and started tapping it with her hand. The bag started buzzing faintly. Footsteps came up, and Meifeng turned around. Looks like the squad all showed up on time. Cindy, Jennifer, Lucille, and Trevor. "Heeeeeeeeeey," Meifeng said to her group. Standing straight up as she put her hands on her hips. "Looks like the gang's all here." "Yup, you got it girl." Cindy said with a chipper smile on her face, and her hands on her hips just like Meifeng. She had changed her outfit. It wasn't exactly party-wear, but Cindy thought that she had looked fashionable. She had wore a rather short skirt, with a white dress shirt, and a black tie. She also has on black boots. She twirled around the tie in her hand. "Yeah, Meifeng, you said that it was important, what is it?" Jennifer quickly asked. Specifically about the text that Meifeng sent her, implying that it was very urgent. "Oh..." Meifeng hadn't thought about her plan to string Jen along this far. She smiled like a fool, before ruffing her hand through her hair. "Well, you see, I kinda lied so I could get you to help with ruining this otherwise fabulous party..." "Ugh." Jen said, as she immediately turned around. "I don't think you remember, but the last time we went to a party, it went to hell. And now you want to [i]sabotage[/i] one, and possibly get our asses kicked? No, I don't think so." Jen started walking away. "C'moooooooon, Jen. It'll be like old times!" Meifeng said, but Jen kept walking. Meifeng crossed her arms, and looked off to the side. "Jen... I just want to hang out with you. Jesus. You can't keep mulling about what happened forever." "Yeah, don't go, Jen. I wanna get to know you, too." Cindy pleaded. Having little idea about what Meifeng was talking about. "It'll be fun pulling a few pranks on these assholes." Trevor was looking at the party from, but he figured that he'd say something to get Jen to stick around. "Yeah, just relaaaaaaaaax...." Trevor trailed off a bit. In truth, Trevor just wanted to stare at Jen's butt. "Alright, I'll stay." Jen said. "But the second something goes wrong, I'm leaving." "Yay!" Meifeng said, clapping her hands. "... Do you even have a plan?" Jen asked, raising an eyebrow. "Yeah," Meifeng said as she threw a thumb over her shoulder. "We go in, and fuck it up." "... Nice plan." Jen rolled her eyes. [hr][h1][i]REAPER.[/i][/h1][hr] "... How many Metahumans are here?" A man asked, with a strong figure, and a bald head. "At least ten. All from Academy 12." His woman companion said, as she looked at the party through high tech binoculars. Every face was scanned, and cross-referenced the Hands of Science's database of Metahumans, and possible Metahumans. "Any that we need?" The Man asked. "The doctors wanted telekinesis, and there's two telekinetics in the party." The woman said. "The rest of the boys will move in." Footsteps came up to them, as a woman, wearing a white suit, and had blonde hair, walked up. She said, "... But aren't you forgetting the new group that's staking them out as well?" She pointed off to the side, towards Meifeng's group. "Alright, boss." The woman scanned them. [i]Meifeng Vuhong, Hydrokinesis. Cindy Keagan, Haylokinesis. Lucille Hartigan, Telekinetically enhanced strength. Jennifer Caspin, Regeneration. Trevor Obott, Narcotic Emission.[/i] "We don't to add Water, or Glass, manipulation to the REAPER stockpile, do we?" The Woman asked. "No." The Boss said. "Besides, Meifeng's the daughter of a high ranking NEST Agent. She'll just ramp up Anti-Hands of Science's efforts until they find her. What we're after is the telekinetics. They''ll be useful editions to the REAPER arsenal." She said. "Just grab them, and run off. Our teleporters are busy elsewhere." "Right, boss." The two said in Unison.