[hr][h1][i]The Changeling Unit.[/i][/h1][hider=Massive Attack - Angel][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiK2JlBpzvI[/youtube][/hider] [hr] A lite cigarette fell from her red lips, before it was crushed underneath a boot. Guard duty tonight. She'll have to repress her nicotine urges for tonight. A light like that could be spotted by any competent soldier. Which, now that the Changeling Unit is outed, they have to worry about [i]now[/i]. Before, they could just chill, and rely on their anonymity, now... that isn't an option. Heartbreaker was resting in one of the taller apartment buildings, not too far away from the Casino. She knelt down, and observed the area through her scope. She didn't need any nightvision goggles, because [i]she[/i] is the night vision. Nothing but darkness. Heartbreaker let out a sigh. A brief wind blew by, and sent her longcoat fluttering - revealing her holsters, with her revolvers in them. It's going to be hell on her knees if she has to do this all night. She stood straight up, and stepped over to a chair, which was left behind by the former inhabitants, she pulled it over to the broken window, and sat down on it. [i]All better...[/i] She thought to herself as she leaned back in the chair with a dumb smile on her face.. Her icy-blue skin contrasted well with the moonlight. With her black outfit, it made her very hard to spot. She stood up, and stuck her head out the window to peak. With her excellent eyesight, she didn't see a single target. There was a sound. Heartbreaker turned around, and took a few steps to pivot - only to immediately draw her revolver (At lightning speeds) when she saw an unexpected guest in the doorway. It only took one heartbeat to get her gun out, one to line up the shot... and she put the revolver back into it's holster. "Damn it, Mannequin." Heartbreaker hissed, rolling her eyes up into her head. "One of these days, Mannequin. Gonna actually fuckin' shoot you." The Mannequin... It was hard to put into words what it was. It appeared to be a Mannequin doll, like one artists use to pose. It's body shape was nothing human, only similar in anatomy. Crafted out of a light-grey ceramic, it had little features that made it look human - with the features it [i]does[/i] have making it look much more uncanny. It's ceramic shell was smooth, and segmented to allow it to move. It had balls acting as joints for it's limbs. Underneath the shell, were red wires, weaved to appear like human muscles. With a few dangling, disconnected. What made it odd was the light-blood splatter that coated it's limbs, and shell. It's limbs were long, and had several joints. It's legs were long enough to make it ten feet tall - yet, since it was always hunched, walking strangely, it didn't always appear to reach that full height. It's fingers were long, and oddly human-like. All topped off with it's head, it had no face, no features... Other than a actual human eyeball, with a strange, organic, mass, surrounding it. It moved erratically. And it's [i]lifeless[/i]. "... Heartbreaker." The Mannequin spoke, in it's whispering, monotone, sounding vaguely robotic. "Yeah, what is it?" Heartbreaker asked, putting her hands on her hips. "You and Witchmother find someone to add to your little project?" [i]Because God, say no.[/i] "I am... unable to find proper [i]samples.[/i]" Mannequin said. It's body was unmoving, still as a statue. Only it's eye moving strangely. "I cannot find the right person to add to... my masterpiece..." Heartbreaker kept a toothy smile on her face. Looking at the Mannequin. This was just standard procedure, the Mannequin is [i]creepy as fuck[/i]. "There is no one... pure enough. Pure enough to [i]preserve[/i] it forever." The Mannequin walked past Heartbreaker - yet, his walk was more like a limp than an actual walk. It walked over to the window. "This city... it's a wasteland of sin. I had to eliminate a tortured soul earlier today. I... hope I can find that one precious soul worthy of my art...." "Yeah..." Heartbreaker tried to force a cheerful, and supportive tone - but what Mannequin wanted to do was fucked up. Even for her standards. She scratched the back of her neck. "You take care now. Don't want you or Witch Mother getting captured." "We will be fine. Long as I have mask of anonymity." Mannequin whispered. "Yet... that is not what I came here to ask you." The Mannequin said, leaning in very close to Heartbreaker's face. "What is it?" Heartbreaker raised an eyebrow. Something inside of her was telling her to keep a hand close to her gun. "The Changeling Unit... I feel we have a problem...." He broke the distance between himself and Heartbreaker. "Hm? What the hell is it this time...?" Heartbreaker said, irritated. "I... caught word... NEST put out a calling." The Mannequin started off, limping a circle around Heartbreaker. He leaned in very close to Heartbreaker's face again. "A calling for Metahumans with wings." "Where are you going...?" "Who do we know of has wings?" "Blackbird..." "I tried to get in contact with him... I could not get reception." He pulled back away from Heartbreaker and continued walking circles around him. "I... went to his home, snuck in, and he was not there... Only his daughter. [i]Oh[/i]... I value her [i]purity.[/i]" "Son of a bitch..." Heartbreaker hissed, snapping her fingers. "If that dumbfuck got himself captured...." "It might be worse than that... NEST could have gotten information out of him, [i]if[/i] he was captured." Mannequin suddenly stopped, fresh blood dripping down his hands. "I heavily advise that we... vacate. Leave bombs behind for NEST to find." "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck... [i]fuck[/i]...." Heartbreaker shook her head as she immediately grabbed her rifle, and before she could look through the scope, the side of a building collapsed. It fucked collapsed. That doesn't just happen for no reason. There has to be... She immediately looked into the scopes. She saw Acid-Scar, and Smoke step right outside the building to investigate - only to get greeted by a firing squad of NEST Agents. "Fuck!" Heartbreaker shouted. "Mannequin! We have a problem!" The Mannequin stepped over, and stuck his head out the window to look. He said nothing. Heartbreaker kept looking down the sights. Fuck. There were [i]quite[/i] a few NEST Agents in here. They had the casino surrounded! Heartbreaker knew that she'd only be able to take out a [i]few[/i] before they find out where she is. However, her sights landed on the tall Asian chick. She was about to take a shot, when her sights gazed down at the switch. Her eyes went wide, as she immediately realized what it was. "Fuck! They have the building wired to explode. Deadman switch." Which meant the second they take any of the NESTies out, every one of the Changelings in there (Including Witch Mother, who she actually [i]likes[/i]) are going to be blown to pieces. Know what? Fuck this. "Alright, Mannequin, I hate to say this, but looks like NEST has pulled a fast one on us!" Heartbreaker said, defeated as she grabbed her rifle. "Let's bail, before they figure out we're here." She didn't even wait for a response, she just hauled ass right out the door. Because of a few super-system enhancements, she could run a lot faster than average. Mannequin latched himself onto the ceiling, and started crawling on the walls using van der waals force. He was climbing on the walls like a speedy lizard. Heartbreaker kicked the door open, and ran through - followed by the Mannequin, who leaped onto the ground next to her. She sprinted out of there - the explosion threw her off balance a bit. She nearly tumbled over - but quickly regained herself and kept running. The Mannequin was running, too. It's sprint was... bizzare. It looked as if it was about to fall over, upper body leaning all over the place as if it was too heavy for it's legs to handle. Yet, it stayed up on it's own two feet. For a moment, Heartbreaker glanced at the chaos. Looks like NEST has some brass balls for blowing up the Changeling Unit's hideout, [i]and[/i] going after them for the kill. Means they aren't playing. Heartbreaker knew it was the best decision to stay out of it. They kept running. However, right in front of them, Heartbreaker saw the Witch Mother... Well, at least [i]someone[/i] in a robe. Heartbreaker passed her, and got a glance at her aged, weathered, face. "Come on!" Heartbreaker grabbed onto her wrist, and pulled the Witch Mother along. Who could barely even keep up with her pace. She heard a [i]heavy[/i] crowd of footsteps behind her. "... [i]There they are, [b]after them![/b][/i]" Heartbreaker mentally shouted "fuck" as she heard the Agents shout, pick up pace. Heartbreaker, pulled out her revolver at lightning speeds, twirling it, as she quickly turned around, and fired off a round. It hit a masked NEST Agent right in the chest, knocking him right on his ass... but didn't penetrate. "Fucking body armor!" Heartbreaker shouted as she twirled the chambers. "Make every shot count!" She said to herself, pulling the revolver right back into it's holster. Alright, they were coming up on a corner. She could dip around this corner, and run into a building or something. "... [i][b]FREEZE![/b][/i]" A line of NEST Agents emerged from around the corner, and quickly formed a line in front of her. Leveling their weapons at her. Utterly shattering her hopes and dreams. Heartbreaker quickly came to a stop, but kept her hand on her revolver as she quickly looked around. She was searching for an exit. "Drop your weapon!" One of the Agents ordered. The Mannequin was standing hunched over, sole eye scanning the area. It could take one, or two, shots before it starts breaking. Like hell they were going to surrender. A green blast of a green, glowing, gaseous energy came from one of the roofs like a flamethrower, and utterly [i]burned[/i] the line of NEST Agents in front of them. Standing on top of one of the rooftops was a woman, tall, had Arabian skin-tone and facial features. She sported bright green hair, which she flicked aside as she put a wicked smile on her face. "[i]Fig.[/i]" Heartbreaker said with a smile. The NEST Agents quickly turned their sights onto Fig, and opened fire, but the woman created a box out of the energy. Which quickly solidified. The bullets impacted the box, and cracked the shield like glass - each bullet created a wave throughout the dome. While Fig kept a smile on her face. Heartbreaker quickly jumped into the air, and spun in a circle. Her revolvers were spinning around her fingers - and she fired off two shots that hit NEST Agents in the chest. Knocking them back. Mannequin squatted down, and shot himself off the ground. He attached himself to the wall, and leaped to another wall. She quickly started running. "After her!" A NEST Agent said. While a few were focused on Fig, the rest went after Heartbreaker and the Mannequin. Fig simply took a few steps back, until she was out of their line of fine. Before dispersing the field. The NEST Agents that were focusing on her assumed that she had retreated, before chasing after Heartbreaker. Fig created a pathway of smooth solidified energy. Which looped around, and ended on a roof further up street. She stepped on it, and created skates out of the energy. She skated down the path after Heartbreaker and their NEST pursuers. Heartbreaker, and the Witch Mother, were still running with the NEST Agents behind them. Then something occured to her; [i]Where am I supposed to run with these fuckers right on my ass?[/i] Well, she'll keep running until there isn't anywhere else to run! Something will come along. Fig jumped down from the roof, and Heartbreaker merely nodded her head as Fig ran alongside her. A golden light came from above, and Heartbreaker looked over her shoulder - only to immediately witness the golden visage of Echo (Maximilian's golden copy), flying at her with a fist cocked. Heartbreaker flipped forward, and did a handstand, as Echo punched the sidewalk, making one hell of a hole. Heartbreaker, as she was flipping back onto her feet, quickly pulled out her revolver. It only took one heartbeat to get her gun out, one to line up the shot with Maximilian flying in the air... Before she could pull the trigger, Echo used his superior speed to swipe the revolver out of her hand. "It's over Heartbreaker." Maximilian said, crossing his arms as he floated in the air. In the distance, she could see the Agents of NEST approaching. All the ones that were in the fight. [i]Looks like the Changeling Unit lost that one.[/i] The thoughts ran through her head as she stood on her feet. She looked around. NEST Agents were pushing in. Agents in front of her, Agents behind her. She looked up, and they had taken position on the roofs, too! She was utterly surrounded as every NEST Agent in the Ghost town was surrounding her. Maximilian and Helena floated down and landed on the street. Maximilian had deployed Echo in front of himself, just to guard against any attacks. Echo floated in front of Max, acting as a shield, before they both stopped. Echo crossed his arms. "It's over Heartbreaker. Surrender." Max said as he pointed at her. Heartbreaker kept her hand on her revolver. Giving Max (Well, echo) the eagle eye. "... [i]Like hell it is.[/i]" Heartbreaker hissed with anger, as she came to admit defeat. [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][sub][@Defacto][@DJAtomika][@Spoopy Scary][/sub][hr] The REAPER Agents had just about pulled Lucille out of the party. They were nearing the edges. They were, fortunately for Lucille, stopped, when emerald-green spikes of glass erupted from the sand, blocking their path. They quickly looked around for an exit, but they only saw glass. "What the hell!?" The male REAPER said, as he quickly pulled his leg back, and kicked one of the spikes. It shattered on impact, but there were still a few behind it, but he noticed that there was a girl walking up. He quickly reached for his pistol. This was Cindy's handiwork, of course. She had turned the sand the beach was made out of into glass, and quickly created constructs. She didn't know if this would work or not, but she at least had to try. She walked up to the cage of spikes, a worried look on her face. While she wanted to help her, these people probably had guns on them or something. Cindy's heroic resolve was being overwhelmed by her fear. [i]No, gotta do this.[/i] Cindy thought to herself. Just as a confidence booster, Cindy grabbed the glass spike in front of her, and quickly pumped it full of glass. Increasing it's size, and width - until it was a glass pane. Most importantly, making it dense and compact. In fact, she made the outermost layer of glass soft, while the layer underneath was hard. She read something about bulletproof glass, and [i]can[/i] do it... she never tested the theory. So, she hoped that this worked. She put as much glass. "Alright, I'm only going to tell ya'll this once, let her go." Cindy warned them, trying to sound foreboding as possible. However, she was failing, she was sweating, and breathing heavily. Looking around. "... And what are you going to do if we don't?" The woman asked, before she instinctively winced when a emerald glass blade was raised to her throat. She looked, and saw that the same was done to her partner. "I'm gonna do [i]that[/i], bitch." Cindy spat out. Another glass blade raised up into the air, and [i]carefully[/i] cut the bag that was put over Lucille's head. Just so she can see. "Now, only going to warn you again." "Fuck you!" The REAPER said, as he pulled a revolver and quickly leveled it at Cindy. "Oh shit!" Cindy immediately panicked, she jumped out of the way, and unwittingly lost focus, the glass shards that she was threatening them with dropped, and did no damage. The man pulled the trigger, and the raging boom of the revolver echoed through the party. The bullet impacted the glass shield... but was stopped. It left a heavy dent in the pane, but didn't penetrate it. Glass dust dropped down from it. After she realized that she wasn't dead, Cindy looked up, and saw that the bullet didn't even go through. This was a huge confidence booster. "Alright, warned ya!" Cindy shouted, as she jumped up to her feet, raising her hands. The glass spikes she had created shattered with a hellish sound that reverberated throughout the party. The glass shards started floating the air, and when Cindy closed her palm, many of the glass shards flew at the man's hand (that was holding the gun). When he looked at his hand... it wasn't pretty. There were at least a [i]hundred[/i] shards of glass in his hand, some of which impaling his arm. The wounds were oozing blood, and he couldn't [i]move[/i] his hand without experiencing excruciating pain. His hand was shredded to bits. Cindy had stepped from behind the shield, feeling much more confident in herself. He let out a yell of pain as he dropped his gun, and fell backwards. Grabbing onto his wrist as he rolled on the ground. Cindy covered his gun in a glass dome. The other woman reached for her gun, but glass shards shot into her leg, and, while it wasn't as bad as her partner, she had to get down on her knee and yelp as blood oozed down her leg. The sand swirled upwards as it was turned into glass. Cindy forced as much of the powder-y glass into the woman's gun as possible. Filling the barrel, and the clip, with glass powder. Before she quickly solidified it into one piece, and clogged the gun. Rendering it useless. Parts of Cindy's body had been converted to a green glass, which is what happens when she uses her power. Her entire right cheek was glass, along with much of her hands. She quickly turned her hands back into flesh, and looked up at Lucille. The girl was completely safe, safe from harm. She had dispatched her would-be kidnappers, but Cindy needed to get Lucy to safety, and get that damn collar off her. "Lucy, run!" Lucy ran off, and Cindy gathered glass to restrain them... "... Look at you two." The Boss said through their comms. Observing the hole thing. "Dispatched by a teenager. Pitiful. Looks like there's a good reason you guys are NEST dropouts." The Boss paused for a moment, to let the words hang in the air. "... However, I have [i]just[/i] the thing to turn the battle in your favor." The two were listening... but the pain was incredible. "... Just take the serums.[i] Then [/i]you'll see how it feels to be a man like God." She taunted. "Better be quick, because she looks about ready to finish you." The woman fell over on her side, and quickly reached into her pocket, and pulled out the glowing syringe. "Wait, what is-" Cindy said, before the REAPER jammed the syringe into her thigh. That's when [i]it[/i] happened... [center][hider=Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdjzU0c9YGg[/youtube][/hider][/center] A transformation. Glowing green energy surged through the woman's system for a moment, illuminating her entire nervous system. She started shaking uncontrollably, and let out a scream of utter pain into the sky as a pilar of fire erupted from her mouth. Suddenly, one hand erupted in fire, and the other exploded with ice. She came to terms with her transformation, looking at her hand. All REAPER Agents are given basic training in the Mutagen, but they never said it'd give you [i]two[/i] powers. She felt so... [i]... Powerful.[/i] "Huh, what?!" Cindy took steps back, assembling the glass around her. The glass shards were being pushed out of her body, and the wounds were being healed over. The woman quickly turned to Cindy, and swiped her hand at her, creating a massive burst of fire. Cindy quickly turned the sand into glass, and created a pane to shield her, but the fire seeped over the pane, and the sheer heat [i]burned[/i]. Cindy let out a cry of pain, as her skin got a lot more red. Meanwhile, the REAPER Agent quickly crawled over to her partner, and pulled the syringe out of his pocket. She jammed it into his neck, and that sent a pulse of the green Metahuman energy through his system that lite his nervous system up. His hands started swirling from sand from the beach, as rocks floated lazily around him. He started floating in the air on a pillar of spinning sand. His hand turned into stone, and the glass fell out, and stone filled in the gaps. Regenerating his wounds. After the process finished, the pillar of sand dissipated, and the man stood on his feet. "This is nice, very nice..." He said, examining his hand. "... Looks like I'm going to have fun tearing you to pieces." He quickly thrusted his hand outward, and a wave of sand flew at Cindy. The girl quickly pulled the pane of glass that she had used to stop the bullet, and used it as a shield. It impacted the pane with sheer force. Didn't break it, but pushed the shield, which threw Cindy back onto the ground. She tried to get back up, but sand binded her limbs. Cindy quickly turned it against them by turning the sand into glass, and used it's help to pull herself back up. They walked around the pane, man was riding a pillar of sand, and the woman was walking. One hand brandishing ice, and another glowing fire. Cindy was turning the sand into glass, as she heard... water. Like a wave was right behind her. In fact, a crescent moon shaped wave of water flew over her head, and knocked the man right off his pillar. It sent him flying, while the woman managed to dodge. Meifeng landed not too far away from Cindy, and the girl looked up at her, and she looked [i]ready[/i]. [hr] "How have I been?" Meifeng put her hands on her hips, turning her head as she gave him a funny look. "I've been doing fuckin' awesome, Cole!" She said, feigning confidence. The boy, Cole, was kinda cute. He was a twig, and a huge nerd... but still cute. Though, not Meifeng's kind of guy. He was a bit... off, and if Meifeng had to be honest with herself, she didn't want to deal with it. And Cole probably wouldn't return the fee... Oh! That gave her an excellent idea! Just have a little fun with Cole. Meifeng slapped her hand on Cole's other shoulder, and wrapped her arm around him, pulling him in tightly. Good thing that they were on par in terms of height. She walked Cole over to Reyna. "Hello, hello, hello, everybody! I'd like you introduce you all to my new [i]boyfriend![/i]" Meifeng loudly as possible announced, with a half-smile on her face. She shook her head at Reyna, before she continued, "My own personal love-slave! Cute isn't he?" She gave Cole a slap on the butt. "Uh-huh, y-yeah... hehe...." Jennifer put her hand to the back of her head, brushing some hair out of the way. She quickly looked away to see what was going on. She knew that Meifeng was just screwing with him, but she found it hard to find[i] funny[/i]. "Hey, I wo-" That's when the raging boom of the revolver caught everyone off guard. It utterly overwhelmed the music for a moment. No one even noticed the sound of it impacting glass. They were too busy panicking, and rushing for the exit. "[i]Yo! Oh, shit![/i]" Meifeng immediately let go of Cole, and hunched over, throwing her hands over her head. "[i]Jesus Christ![/i]" Jen dropped down, praying to God that she wasn't going to be shot again. She felt the pain of being shot again, and again, and again (It was hard to forget). Meifeng was the first to raise her head, and look around. It was hard to get a good view with everyone screaming. "... I think we should leave!" Jen had to shout over the panicking crowds. "Yeah... Lemme just go find the others." Meifeng said, looking over her shoulder, as she stood up, scanning the area for when. "Stick clo-" Meifeng caught sight of a green pane that looked awful lot like Cindy's handiwork. That's when a wave of sand smacked that thing, and knocked down the person behind it that [i]had[/i] to be Cindy. "Oh shit, Cindy!" Meifeng immediately burst into a sprint. She had no idea what was going on, or who these people were, but she was going to help her friend no matter what. Meifeng summoned some water out of her pocket dimension, and created a spinning pillar on water. She leaped on it, and rode it to the fight. "Oh shit!" Jen shouted, shaking in fear. She couldn't move, only stammer out the words, "S-something always happens! There's always [i]something[/i] with this god damn city!" She watched on, wondering what she could do to help. Meifeng was riding the wave, before it flung her up into the air, forming a orb around her leg. She quickly kicked her out for a roundhouse kick, and created a wave in the shape of a crescent. She packed as much force behind as she god damn could, and when it hit, it sent the man flying backwards. That was satisfying enough. Meifeng's feet hit the ground not too far away from Cindy. Then she mouthed the words with cold fury... "... Get the [i]fuck[/i] away from her." Meifeng spat the words out with cold fury uncharacteristic with her previous personality. [hr][h1][i]REAPER.[/i][/h1][hr] "... All is going according to plan." The boss said to herself, with a grin on her face. She had to avoid laughing. This was what the Hands of Science really wanted, otherwise she wouldn't be here for a simple kidnapping mission. If only these stupid, naive, rookies, realized the trap Dr. Cross set on them. The Boss wondered if they thought something was up if they were going on a kidnapping operation with only two people, and no back up. Of course the plan was not kidnapping. It was to start a fight, and test this new experimental strain of Mutagen. The Boss thought it might be fun to give two useless rookies the serum, and send them into battle with some rookies of their own. In a party full of people where they're bound to get noticed and captured. The Boss was happy that the girl confronted them, and forced them to use the Mutagen. Otherwise, she would have to go down there and stir up a fight herself. Now, all she has to do is see how well this [i]Experimental Mutagen[/i] works.