[hr][i][h1]The Changeling Unit.[/h1][/i][hr] The Berserker crashed through another building, and it collapsed behind her. Her monstrous form deflected bullets as she moved. It seemed that absolutely nothing could stop her, and she was completely invincible. RAVEN was focused on the other Changelings - not that they'd be able to do much to stop her. She came to a skidding stop before a group of fleeing civilians. They panicked and screamed as they desperately ran away from the giant beast. The Berserker let out a roar before she began her monstrous charge, and went through the crowds of civilians like it was nothing. Whoever wasn't trampled (and gruesomely crushed) was launched out of the way. She was content with tearing through hordes of civilians, but she was wondering just [i]when[/i] they'd get Heartbreaker out of there. They were wasting time, and risking her neck making her cut through these NEST bastards. "[i]It's time.[/i]" The Mannequin's monotone, robotic, voice whispered into her ear. Immediately, the brute came to a skidding stop as she jerked her body in the other direction, putting her hand on the ground to help come to a stop. She was facing NEST Headquarters. Grinning, the bestial woman began a charge towards the base in a straight line. No matter what got in her way, it was shattered to pieces. Berserker ran through another building, creating a massive cloud of dust as she finally made the final stretch to the NEST base. Which was guarded by a team of Agents, all aiming their firearms at her. She was greeted with a hail of bullets that didn't seem to do anything to her. They only bounced off, and gracefully hit the ground. Didn't do anything to impede her as she literally ran through them, few survived, and ran through the front gate of the NEST Headquarters. Continuing her charge through the base, knocking over any vehicles that got in her way. She made it to the front doors of the NEST Headquarters. There was a cacophony of broken glass, and shattered metal, as the Berserker ran through the front doors of the base like it was nothing. She came to another sliding stop, her momentum coming to a stop. A portal opened behind the Berserker, and Luis was the first to step out with his meat cleaver slung over his shoulder. "[i]Aaaaaaah...[/i]" Luis said, with a grin on his face. "You know the plan boys, we're heading straight up to the detention center." The Berserker slammed her fists together. "Oh? Berserker," Luis started off, "Tear the base apart. Cause as much damage as possible - we'll call you if we need you." The Berserker roared as she madly charged into the NEST Headquarters. Running through a wall, and leaving behind a trail of destruction. Luis laughed as the rest of the Changeling Unit stood behind him. "Follow my lead, boys!" Luis said, "I have [i]just[/i] the ace in the hole!" Luis started running, followed by the Changeling Unit. They would need to contact Jennifer. After all, she knows more than what they do. [hr][i][h1][color=aqua]Jennifer Caspin[/color], [color=DarkSlateBlue]Reed Taylor[/color], [color=salmon]Haruka[/color] & [color=cornflowerblue]Shizuka[/color] [color=fa8072]T[/color][color=e78381]a[/color][color=d58591]k[/color][color=c288a0]a[/color][color=af8bb0]s[/color][color=9c8dbf]h[/color][color=8a90ce]i[/color][color=7792de]r[/color][color=6495ed]o[/color][/h1][sup]([@Mr Allen J], [@tsukune] and [@Zombiedude101])[/sup][/i][hr] It was a relief getting away from that disaster. The bomb inside Jennifer was going to [i]kill[/i] her - even if Luis never detonates it. While she was in the backseat of the humvee, Jennifer was still a tad worried about the others. She was hoping that they'd kick the Changeling Unit's ass, just so this nightmare of hers will come to an end. However, a part of knew if the Changeling Unit was defeated, they might set off the bomb inside of her out of spite. She has run this scenario through her head a thousand times, and it still terrifies the hell out of her. The Humvee came to a stop in front of the NEST Headquarters, and Maria said, "We're here." As she reverted to her human form (That was immune to rain), she hopped out the car, and opened the door for the others. Before she started proceeding into NEST Headquarters. Jennifer reluctantly got out of the car, and followed after Maria. Reed shortly followed suit, with Shizuka towing his wobbling twin to bring up the rear. Maria turned back into her true form the very moment that she made it inside the NEST Headquarters. She pointed down towards the hallway, ordering the group, "Follow me." Maria said as she ran through the halls of the NEST Headquarters. With the group behind her, she eventually lead them to the NEST lounge. "Just... stay put in here." Maria pointed inside, completely unsure of what to do with them. "Shizuka, if you're going to lend a hand - I'm heading back out into the field n-" Before she could mouth the last word, a loud bang hit the building, and Maria turned her head around. "Oh no." Maria realized that the Changelings brought the party to them. An alarm loudly blared throughout the building. Dana's voice echoed through the comms, "[i]Alert! This is not a drill! Headquarters has been compromised![/i]" Haruka clutched his brother - he was shaking quite badly, but he A fear crept up inside of Jennifer when she heard the words. These Changelings were prone to random acts of violence, anything could happen. Especially if they find their way over here. "Stick with me." Maria said, "I'll get everyone to safety." "Alright, I'll keep you covered," Reed affirmed her. [hr][i][h1][color=plum]Trevor Obott[/color], [color=springgreen]Cindy Keagan[/color], [color=Gray]Quentin Taylor[/color], & Task Force RAVEN.[/h1] [sup]([@Mr Allen J] and [@Zombiedude101])[/sup][/i][hr] Maximilian landed through the crashed front door of the NEST Headquarters, and looked around. "Damn it." He hissed to himself as he saw the trail of footsteps. They didn't know about this new brute they're throwing around at everyone. The rest of RAVEN stepped into the lobby behind him. Having to step over all the dead bodies the Berserker left behind. Quentin's gaze frantically passed over the bodies, searching for any sign of Cass or Reed, yet found brief respite when not a sign of them was found. He hoped to.. whatever there was, that neither of them would be turn up among the dead. Upon stepping into the room, Trevor whistled in surprise, "Looks like they did a number on this place." "Then let's move, before they do worse," Quentin shot at him with an urgent tone, fearful that any time wasted was time left to the Changelings to do even further harm. He took a couple of steps forward and grunted as he remembered the metal needle lodged in his side and an urge to yank the damned thing out, despite knowing it'd probably have done more harm than good. "Hey, bud," Trevor said, quickly pointing at the metal needle in his side. "Need to take a moment to let me patch you up?" He asked. "No time for that." Quentin shook his head, loading another slug. "Hold on for a second, Taylor," Maximilian said as he pressed his comm piece. "Dana, where are the Changelings now?" "Third floor." Dana spoke into the comms. "Heading towards the detention center, just as predicted." "Hm..." Maximilian rubbed his chin. "We'll have to cut them off." "Heartbreaker," Quentin pointed out, to nobody's surprise. "They get that collar off her, that's another two guns in their hands." Somehow, he couldn't help but recall the threat she'd made on Cass and Reed. God-dammit, if anything happened to either of them, he was going to do the same to her. "They've playing right into my trap." Maximilian grinned, "This is all apart of my plan to bring them all down for good. But, first, we need to get to the detention center before they do." Maximilian said, before pressing the earpiece again. "Dana, send as many Agents as possible to stall them." "We'll do everything we can - but we have another problem," Dana noted. "One of them is tearing through Headquarters, ripping the place apart." She was referring to the Berserker. "None of our weapons work on her - it's like... she's [i]unstoppable[/i]." Pausing for a moment to consider this, Maximilian finally said, "We'll have to handle her." Loud footsteps started coming towards them. "Um," Cindy said, pointing down the hallway, "You mean [i]her?[/i]" The Berserker was charging down the hallway at high speeds towards the RAVENs. Letting out a hellish roar with every step. "Oh shit!" Trevor said. Maximilian didn't even say a word, he just sent out Echo, and sent him flying at the brute at high speeds. The golden copy came up to the brute, and cocked it's fist back for a powerful punch - that did absolutely nothing but crack Echo's fist. The Berserker swatted Echo aside, and the golden copy went through a wall, exploding into a cloud of dust. "What the hell?!" Maximilian shouted - very few Metahumans could tank a full force punch from Echo. Helena flashstepped out of the way. Diving aside, Quentin quickly pushed himself to his feet instantly reached for one of the suppressant grenades still clinging to his gear and twisted the capsule, briefly shouting at Cindy, "Bring a shield up around them, I've got this!" Still holding onto the canister, he leveled his 870 with the Beserker's mass and fired off a slug at her mountain-esque form, not intending so much to do any damage so as to draw her attention away from them. "Come on!" He seethed. The bullet ricochet off her form, and was quite successful in getting her attention. She turned towards Quentin, reaching out to grab him and put him through a wall. Quentin quickly took a dive yet again, this time dropping the canister where he was, hoping to fill the room with the suppressant gas and impair her vision, if not outright make it difficult for her to breathe. Only catch here was that if his mask shattered - his odds were about as good as hers. Cindy didn't waste a second, she created a pane of glass (A mixture of both the glass she created, and the glass she gathered). The glass heated up, and curved inwards and created a shield around the RAVENS. The gas quickly filled the room, and she took a few steps back, and the shield followed. That was a risky move Quentin was taking - but their only hope was getting the Berserker out of the fight. Trevor took a few steps back, and exclaimed, "How the hell are we supposed to kill that thing?!" The Berserker tried to turn towards Quentin, but once the red gas started filling the room, the Berserker knew what he was trying to do, and only had a short window to get out of there, or she'd risk getting sedated. Instead of going towards Quentin, and the other RAVENs, she kept running until she broke another hole through the walls of the building. The gas escaped behind her as she ran out into the rainy streets. She started sliding, turning around as she jammed her hand into the ground to slow down. She faced back towards the entrance. "Nice work, Agent Taylor," Maximilian said. "But we have to get up there, [i]now[/i]. She was trying to slow us down." "She sure as hell did a good job of [i]that[/i]." Cindy said. Quentin nodded towards the direction of the stairs. "Yeah, we should get moving before [i]she[/i] comes back." Cindy moved the shield along to keep the gas out of their faces towards the stairs. The second their back was to the stairs, she left the glass shield there and started running up the stairs with the rest of RAVEN. [hr][i][h1][color=Yellow]Mika Baozai[/color][/h1][/i][hr] While everyone was going to war with the Changeling Unit, Mika was doing more important things. Sleeping. Mika was sleeping in one of the beds, with Lijuan resting on top of her. Blissfully unaware that the Changeling Unit was attacking the base. She was content with remaining asleep anyway. That was until the loud crash of the Berserker breaching the base, and the alarms started blaring. She was still half-asleep, her vision was a tad blurry. Lijuan started crying as Mika reached for her glasses. It was only a moment or two before Mika realized that the alarms was telling her that the base was under attack from whoever. "Oh no." Mika looked down at the infant that was resting on top of her. Cindy said that she'd be gone for a few minutes - she's not back now. Which meant that something happened during the whole engagement. Without Auntie, or Meifeng, she had little idea of what to do. She was just one girl trapped in this building with an infant. She didn't know which place was safe. So, she figured that she'd find the furthest place away from all this chaos and hide there until this blows over. Mika grabbed the crying infant, and kept her close as she ran as fast as she could to the door, swung it open, then stepped outside. Mika quickly looked from the left, then to the right - Before her heart sank, and her eyes went wide. In her mission to avoid them, Mika came face to face with evil personified. The Changeling Unit leisurely walking down the hallway. Mika froze. Unsure of how to deal with this. Luis had grinned - almost like he got a new toy to play with. However, taking a hard look at her, Luis realized just [i]who[/i] she was. The Unit kept walking as normal, and they walked around Mika - who was too scared to even move - as if she was an obstruction. However, Luis stopped right next to her, and shared some words, "It's not safe for you here, friend." He stated. "Find somewhere to hide. Hate for you to get hurt." They continued their march through the NEST Headquarters like it was nothing. Luis laughed once she was out of earshot. "... The boss would have a fit if we laid a finger on her." [hr][i][h1]The Changeling Unit.[/h1][/i][hr] Luis charged down the hallway, and two NEST agents were unfortunate enough to be in his path, he swiped them down with his meat cleaver and left behind the dismembered corpses. He kept running down the hallway, with the Changeling Unit in tow. Up until they turned a corner, and was immediately met with a hail of assault rifle fire. The bullets shredded Luis to the bits before he could react. He was falling backwards - before the Skin walker's hand stretched out and grabbed Luis. His body was quickly regenerating, and he had a look of irritation on his face. "... [i]God damn it.[/i]" Luis said as he got back up, the bullets being pushed out of his body, and the wounds closing. "They're probably about to whip out the containment foam, and that [i]annoying[/i] gas. Vicious, act as a shield, Light, light 'em up." Both of them nodded as Count Vicious quickly raised his hand into the air, and metal spikes erupted out of the walls and floors, and he pulled them off. They started floating as Vicious started walking forward, and Primitive Light got behind him. He was hit with a hail of bullets, but before they could pull out any tools, the spikes flew out and ravaged them. Turns out that Primitive Light wasn't even needed. "Retreat!" An agent (Who was fortunate enough to avoid the metal barrage) shouted. His team retreated, and he turned around - but Skinwalker's hand stretched out and grabbed him by the back. He pulled him back towards the Changelings. Before he could pull out any guns, Count Vicious bent them into uselessness. Luis stood over the Agent, looking down while a sadistic smile etched it's way across his lips. He knelt down, and looked the Agent face to face, "Hello, friend, it's great to see you." The Agent spit in his face. It reminded Luis of his fight with that man yesterday. And it was a challenge not to tear his head off. "Rude." Luis said, standing right up and snapping his fingers. "Primitive Light, give him a jolt." Without wasting another second, Primitive Light pointed her hand at the Agent, and fired some electricity into his chest. The man violently convulsed, and screamed in pain. The electricity left his body through his foot, and he was gasping. "Now..." Luis said. "Tell me which cell holds my dearest friend Heartbreaker, or I'll pass you off to the Unit, and they'll torture you one at a time." "Fuck you." The Agent said. "Vicious, Light." Luis picked up the Agent by the collar of his shirt, and slammed him up against the wall. "Show him your [i]favorite[/i] technique." Count Vicious pulled some metal, and created three rings with some jagged spikes pointing inwards. He opened up the rings, and violently put them around the man's arms and legs, getting the spikes nice and deep. The man started loudly screaming. Primitive Light grabbed onto both rings, and started transferring heat into the rings, and the heat transfer was so good that the rings got extremely hot. They started cooking the flesh and bones of the man, and he started screaming twice as loud. Shaking violently. "Alright, alright!" The Agent shouted. "She's in cell 382 in the D block!" Count Vicious pulled the rings off. "But they're waiting for you." The Agent said. "Oh, I know." Luis said. He jammed his fingers into the Agent's body. "But we have no use for you anymore." The Agent loudly screamed as Luis sucked all the blood out of his body until he was nothing but an empty husk. Hmph. Luis knew that the Changelings were a force to be reckoned with... but with this many agents running around trying to kill them, it'd be a challenge to get Heartbreaker out. And Luis would rather not lose more good Changelings. Fortunately, he had an idea to keep NEST's hands full. Luis started running, gesturing for the Changeling Unit to follow behind him. He kept moving until they made it to the jail cells. Every prisoner NEST has captured in Verthaven, and beyond, is resting in here. Which gives Luis the perfect idea! He snapped his finger, and Count Vicious tried to pull the doors open, but to no luck. "Ah, clever." Luis said as he rubbed his chin. "They must mix their doors with something nonmetallic to keep the metal types from just waltzing in and causing a jail break." He shrugged. "Good thing I have another idea." Luis pressed the button on his earpiece. "Berserker, we need you on the third floor." The Berserker - who was about to run back into the NEST Headquarters - nodded her head and looked up. Gauging the distance. She started running, and jumped up to the third floor of the NEST Headquarters. She made it through the wall like it was nothing. Before she started running - tracking the sent of blood which would lead her right to the Changeling Unit. Right when they were in her sight, she came to a sliding stop right before Luis. "These people have been unlawfully imprisoned by a corrupt system...." Luis trailed off, before he gave the Berserker a cocky look. "... Free them." The Berserker nodded her head, and walked over to the nearest cell door, and slowly pushed her hand through. Interestingly, the door deformed and broke around her hand, even as she slowly put her hand through it. Once her hand was all the way through, she grabbed onto it, and yanked it off. Revealing a female prisoner with a suppressant collar around her neck. "Hello there." Luis said, as he stepped through the door and grabbed onto her collar. "We are here to liberate you!" He tightened his grip, and crushed the collar underneath his hand like it was nothing. Sparks flew as the collar fell off. Luis turned around, and snapped his fingers. The Berserker rammed her hand into the wall, and started running, breaking every door open as she tore through the place like it was made out of Styrofoam. The doors hit the ground, and every prisoner stepped out. "You're free now!" Luis loudly shouted. "[i]How-ever,[/i] we will not secure your exit of this hellhole - that's [i]your[/i] job.... and they're going to be trying extra hard to get you back in your cells." Luis put his hand on his chest, and leaned forward a bit. "But we have one request," He raised a finger up into the air. "Cause as much damage on the way out, please." The prisoners loudly roared as they started running - the Changeling Unit began walking against the tide towards the D block. This should buy them [i]lots[/i] of time. [hr][i][h1][color=plum]Trevor Obott[/color], [color=springgreen]Cindy Keagan[/color], [color=Gray]Quentin Taylor[/color], & Task Force RAVEN.[/h1] [sup]([@Mr Allen J] and [@Zombiedude101])[/sup][/i][hr] The group was running up the stairs at breakneck speeds. Trying to get to the detention center fast as possible. "Maximilian, we have [i]another[/i] problem." Dana spoke into comms. Trevor loudly sighed. "Oh what [i]now?![/i]" Earning him a look from his sister Scarlet. "The Changeling Unit are breaking out prisoners, and they're tearing apart Headquarters." Dana said, "Worst of all, they're heading straight to the D block." Maximilian groaned, "Damn it!" He turned towards the rest of the group. "Dana, above all else, stay safe." He ordered her. "Our priority is the Changeling Unit - keep forces defending the D-block. Praetorian out." "..... Grrrrrreat." Cindy groaned. "The crazies just keep piling up." She said. "We gotta stop them." "And we will." Maximilian said. "We just have to get there." Right when they were reaching the final stretch to the third floor, the door shot open, and three prisoners made it out. The two groups exchanged looks as they quickly realized what was about to happen. One of the prisoner's hands burst into flames, and he shot his hands forwards and created a stream of flames directed right at the front of the group. Maximilian deployed his echo to take the blunt of the flames, and Cindy created a glass shield to take the rest of the flames so no one got burnt. Quentin pushed his shotgun through a gap in the shield and squeezed back on the trigger once Echo dissipated, firing off a slug at the fire-spewing inmate's mid-section. The metal projectile hit him right in the heart, and he stumbled over. Falling off the railing (Hitting his head on whatever was in the way). Maximilian quickly sent his Echo forward and letting out a barrage of punches, quickly launching back the other two prisoners before they even had time to react. Echo disappeared in that moment, and Maximilian turned around, "Alright, we don't have time for this," Max started off. "Lethal force is authorized when dealing with any and all hostiles." They didn't have time, or the energy, to non-lethally disable them. Though Cindy and Trevor were worried. While they killed plenty of the monsters... they never killed a [i]person[/i] before. Quentin, one the other hand, had no qualms with doing what was necessary when Cass and Reed's lives were on the line. Everyone nodded. "Good." Maximilian said. "We need to get a move on... we should get out of here before more shows up." He preemptively deployed his Echo, and opened the door, he scanned the area. First checking his weak left, then looking to the right. The coast was clear. "Clear." He spoke into the comms as he got out of the stairwell. The rest of RAVEN followed behind him. "Dana," Maximilian spoke into comms. "Where are they now?" "Approaching the D-Block... they're still letting out everyone they can along the way." Dana answered. "At this rate, they're going to be there before you arrive." Maximilian was silent for a moment. He was contemplating a change of plans... but he was wondering if it was worth the risk. "Ease up on the defense." Maximilian said. "Let them get to "Heartbreaker's" cell." He remembered that he had Dana change the information for each cell, just in case any traitors are within the ranks. Heartbreaker isn't in the cell that the computers say she is. All that's in there is an empty cell. "Are you sure?" Dana said. "Heartbreaker's not in there... this should throw their hole plan out of whack as they try to find out where Heartbreaker [i]really[/i] is." Maximilian said. "While they're trying to figure out what to do next, then we'll pounce on them with a significant force." "... Or it could make them go for a more desperate strategy." Dana answered. "I'm going to follow your judgement on this matter." "Just buy us some time." Maximilian said. He turned back towards the RAVENS - specifically Nikki. "Agent Swarm Queen?" He added her. Nikki piped up and said, "Yeah?" "Use your bugs to give us a good idea of the area - potentially tag any hostiles so we aren't caught off guard." Nikki nodded her head and put her power to good use. She had a swarm of bugs on her at all times. Hidden underneath (and on) her armor up until she needed it. Up until now, she was content with using that pistol of hers, now she has use for her insects. She sent her aerial arthropods out into the hallway, and they tagged everything that moved (Or had heat on it). She couldn't tell who was who... but they'd figure that one out later. "Done." Nikki nodded her head, and looked up at Maximilian. "Let's go RAVENs." Maximilian said, holding a pistol in hand as they got a move on.