[hr][i][h1]The Changeling Unit.[/h1][/i][hr] With anarchy taking reign all around them, the Changeling Unit needed to do little to keep NEST off their tails. Luis kept marching with the Changeling Unit in tow. That meat cleaver slung over his shoulder as he ran through the halls of the prison. The place was rather... desolate. The Changeling Unit didn't let out any prisoners from this section yet. Luis would, but, as they were walking forward, they came across an impressive defensive line. Except, it was rather... undermanned. "It's them!" One of the NEST Agents shouted as they took aim at the Unit. "Berserker." Luis ordered, and just calmly pointed forward as the brute ran on past him. She was met with a hail of bullets that did absolutely nothing to her. The Agents did one last desperate move to get out of the way, but they had little time before the Berserker hit their defensive line and sent the Agents flying. The rest were cut down by the Changeling Unit's combined ability. Luis loudly laughed as he took slow steps "Looks like NEST ain't as mighty as they make themselves to be!" There wasn't anymore NESTies to worry about. Just smooth sailing from here on in. Luis' plan stretched them too thin to properly handle them. Which meant there was no more opposition from here on in. All they had to do was scroll up to Heartbreaker's cell, then just teleport out of here with Heartbreaker. They'll think about how they'll recruit the Devil later. "Cell 379..." Luis muttered to himself as he counted cells. "380... 381...." There she is, Cell 382. Where Heartbreaker is. Luis stepped aside, while pointing a thumb at the door. "Berserker, would you kindly?" He said. The Brute walked up to the door, and slammed both hands into the side of the door. Before she grabbed it, and yanked it open. Throwing the door aside, it hit the ground a few times creating a loud metallic clang. "Heartbreaker!" Luis said as he stepped into the cell. "Oh how I missed you...." There was no one here. "What the shit?" Luis said, as he finally realized that he's been duped. "Wait... the bastard was just [i]begging[/i] us to stop. He had the balls to give us the wrong information?" He asked himself. "Or.... was he misinformed in the first place!" God damn it! That was their only lead- "Watch out!" The Contessa shouted as she dove aside, using the cell as cover. Before the Changelings could properly react, a storm of glass shards had hit them. It would have made Luis grin - what were they expecting? Bullets did nothing to slow them down - if it wasn't for the fact that the glass had thoroughly penetrated Wraith. Instead of the glass doing little, she started getting woozy, almost falling over if it wasn't for Shade grabbing her. That was when Maximilian's Echo flew in incredibly fast and delivered a massive punch straight to Wraith's face. The punch hit her so hard that her skull shattered into a million pieces, and blood flew everywhere. Shade was barely able to take the blunt of the punch and was knocked back. However, he was enraged by the death of his sister. "Changelings..." Luis said as he jumped out of the cell. He stuck his hand out. "... [i]Attack![/i]" [hr][i][h1][color=plum]Trevor Obott[/color], [color=springgreen]Cindy Keagan[/color], [color=Gray]Quentin Taylor[/color], & Task Force RAVEN vs The Changeling Unit.[/h1] [sup]([@Mr Allen J] and [@Zombiedude101])[/sup][/i][hr][hider=One Piece OST - Can't Escape, Fight!][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGUoxXO5iQk[/youtube][/hider][hr] NEST was able to catch up to the Changeling Unit, and fortunately, was capable of getting the drop on them for once. They turned a corner. Maximilian put his hand up, signalling for them to stop. He peaked from around the corner, and saw that the Changeling Unit was just opening the door to Heartbreaker's "cell". Which meant they only had a brief window of opportunity to get them before they pull their next move. And he had the perfect idea. "Cindy, Trevor," Maximilian addressed them, "I'll be quick, Cindy put some of Trevor's drug on your glass shards and throw it at them. This might be our only chance to catch them off guard." Both nodded their heads at Cindy produced some glass shards off her body - quickly creating a bowl, then filling it with glass shards. Trevor put his hands over it, creating as much as his drug as he could, and filling the bowl with it. Cindy swished around the glass so that it gets all over the glass. "Good." Maximilian said. "Open fire on my signal." He stated, lifting his hand up into the air. Right when Luis stepped inside the cell. "Go!" He said. Cindy didn't waste a second in making the glass float out of the bowl, and fly right towards the dastardly villains at high speeds. She was aiming for the center mass, trying to get many of them as possible. However, the person to take the blunt of the glass storm was Wraith, who was stabbed many times with the drugged glass. The only two to take the assault was, unfortunately, Primitive Light, and Count Vicious (Two people who wouldn't even be touched by the glass). Maximilian capitalized on the ambush, and sent Echo flying at the Unit at high speeds. He threw one punch at the drugged Changeling, and killed her in one solid blow to the face. Even if only one of them, killing one of them was still an advantage. And, best of all, it was one of those telekinetic siblings that was a pain in their ass. "Open fire!" Maximilian said, pointing his finger forward, and the rest of RAVEN opened fire upon the Changeling Unit. Quentin fired off an array of slugs in rapid succession, firmly racking the pump action of his 870 after each shot. Count Vicious put his hand up, and focused to the best of his ability, attempting to catch the bullets, but he was only successful in grabbing a few. While Flashbang opened a wide portal in front of the Changelings, and a portal leading directly into NEST. It went without saying that the Agents stopped shooting. "Berserker!" Luis pointed right into the portal that was created in front of them leading to the RAVENs. The Berserker ran through the portal, and landed in the center of the group, and went right through the floor. "Oh shit!" Cindy shouted as she desperately tried to dive out of the way. She barely missed the Berserker's impact. Helena grabbed onto Nikki, and the two flash stepped out of the way. While Scarlet managed to grab Trevor and Savannah and run off using her speed. The rest of RAVEN got out of the way. Quentin had only barely pulled back the moment when he noticed the portal overhead, narrowly avoiding being crushed under the Berserker's mass. He was glad he'd kept one canister in reserve, because he had a feeling that he was going to need it. The Changelings had no stake in this fight (Especially since they already lost one member), perhaps it was time that Luis uses that little [i]leverage[/i]. However, they can't search with RAVEN bearing down on them like this. Time to pull a little trick... Luis leaned in on Flashbang, and whispered something into her ear. The teleporter nodded her head, before dispelling both portals, and jumping inside. Leaving the Changelings to face off against RAVEN. Luis faced them down with a devious look on his face. All they have to do is hold off NEST until Flashbang comes back with the surprise. "Find cover." Maximilian ordered as he summoned his Echo to act as a shield for the other NEST Agents as they scrambled for cover. Cindy knew that her glass wasn't much, but she reinforced the panels enough to act as a shield. One of the panels was taken as cover by Quentin, who pointed his 870 down towards the Changelings and opened fire, firmly racking the pump-action after each shot Count Vicious produced metal walls to act as shields for the Changelings, which they promptly took cover behind save for Primitive Light, and the Butcher who stood tall in face of the danger. The Butcher looked down towards his leader - who simply pointed towards the RAVENs - and the metal brute nodded and proceeded forward. While Primitive Light was sparking with electricity, she pointed both hands forward and sent out several torrents of electricity at the fleeing RAVENs. The Mannequin hopped on the roof, and started crawling along it like an insect. In the heat of the battle, Flashbang opened up another portal and walked back in, holding a strange device with a canister holding a purple gas. When Luis saw her, he grinned widely, and grabbed onto the device. Count Vicious guarded him with several metal spires spawned out of the ground. Luis said, "Let's see how they handle this...." He lustfully grinned. This was a little concoction that the Mannequin and the Witch Mother made up. This was going to be [i]nasty[/i] once it's been deployed. He nodded at Flashbang as she handed him a revolver - one of Heartbreaker's spares (She'll have to suck this up). "Hello RAVEN!" Luis loudly shouted as he dove from behind cover and threw the canister at them at high speeds. "Here's a [i]surprise[/i] for you!" He loudly shouted as he leveled the revolver at the canister and fired it. Piercing the gas containment part. What was released into the air at high speeds was a dangerous acidic gas. A toxic substance that was capable of causing third degree chemical burns in seconds. The gas began degrading the walls and floor. Right before the gas could hit them, the Changeling Unit retreated into a portal. Teleporting to a lower floor of the building. Luis didn't want to use the gas [i]this[/i] early in the fight, but they needed something to buy them some time while Luis changes plans. [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] "RAVEN, retreat!" Maximilian said. He really wished that Adam was still here. "What the hell is that?!" Cindy shouted as the gas pushed towards them at high speeds. Naturally, Cindy created a glass shield around them. Unlike the metal that was being degraded by the acid, it did little to the glass due to glass' natural resistance to corrosion and the sort. She let out a sigh. However, going off the pained screams of Helena Page, not everyone got away in time. Helena's right arm was [i]severely[/i] burned by the acid. It burned right through her armor, and her hand was a fleshy red color. She was loudly screaming. "Whoa, whoa, calm down lady!" Trevor said as he and Scarlet grabbed Helena and gently lowered her to the ground. Fortunately, he was able to dodge the super acid. When he put Helena on the ground, he managed to infuse her with his drugs. The liquid jump started her healing process, and she quickly regenerated. Almost every bug that Nikki had was melted, and she felt a mental backlash like no other. Her nose started bleeding, and she fell to her behind. Quentin took a knee beside her to steady her fall, yet that brief moment of respite also reminded him of the needle lodged in his side as the pain flared up again - not that it was the kind of thing he could've forgotten anyway. Gritting his teeth to bear it, he looked towards Max. "Dana, we need an emergency air jet ASAP!" He loudly shouted into comms as he composed himself. "On it." Dana said as she started pressing buttons on her keyboard. The vents into the prison started turning and quickly sucking up the poisonous gas. However, the destructive acidic properties began to damage the equipment. A large red icon appeared on Dana's screen, flashing "Malfunction". "Oh?" Dana started off. "Oh no. Whatever that gas is, it just broke the decontamination... but it should be [i]mostly[/i] clear." "Damn it." Maximilian said. "Every time we think we got them, they just slip in between our fingers." "One thing's for sure," Dana said, "They're not leaving without Heartbreaker." "But can we let them keep tearin' apart the building like this?" Cindy critically asked. "We'll have to stop them." Maximilian said. Luis' Changeling's are certainly something. They're no pushovers, that's for sure. Maximilian had a better time squaring off against the previous Changeling group. "So now what?" Trevor asked as his drug did his work. "I see two people outta the fight for a bit, and we barely even made any progress against those bastards." Trevor stated. "Dana, where are they now?" Maximilian asked. "Oh..." Dana checked comms. "They're heading downwards... breaking every camera they see along the way." She narrowed her eyes as she looked at the monitors. "I don't know what their angle is... if they were planning on escaping, they would have just teleported..." "Can you give us an idea of where they are?" Maximilian asked. "They're heading for the stairs. Destroying everything in their way." "Alright," Maximilian looked over his shoulder. With Helena and Nikki injured, and Trevor tending to them, that's at [i]least[/i] three people out of the fight. Maximilian didn't want to leave them alone either. "Someone stay behind to keep an eye on them... the rest of you, with me." Maximilian clenched his fists. "We're going to end this." [hr][i][h1]The Changeling Unit.[/h1][/i][hr] Luis was running down the halls with the rest of the Changeling Unit. Trashing everything in their path (Even the most unimportant locations). He [i]wishes[/i] that he could get at the main database and trash that and at least ruin something for NEST along the way, but with all the heat on them, it was best if they get Heartbreaker and get out of there. Fortunately, Luis had a plan. If his prediction was correct RAVEN was hot on their trail - if he's going to make good use of that puppet of his, she'll need to get really close to Maximilian, or whoever the hell is their mission control. He's unsure of what exactly they're doing, but getting them together might be helpful. Luis pointed ahead of the group, and said, "Take out the cameras ahead." Count Vicious and Primitive Light started breaking the cameras ahead of them by being the metal, and shooting electricity at the cameras. Which gave Luis plenty of coverage as he sent a little text to Jen. [pre]Hello my little humming bird - we're going to be paying you a visit. I hope you're ready![/pre] Fortunately, Luis has Jennifer's cellphone tracked, so he can easily track down the Cockroach from anywhere in the world. How great is that?! Luis began running. Funny, she was heading upwards. That must be the next Changeling destination! [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] Maria pulled the trigger of her pistol, and the bullet rang out through the air and shot an escaped prisoner in the chest. "Jesus, Dana!" Maria said as she pressed her earpiece. "It's a madhouse in here, what happened?!" "The Changeling Unit released some prisoners from the D-through-E blocks to slow us down," Dana calmly noted. "Just maneuver around them - keep heading towards mission control with the civilians, and I'll take it from there." Shizuka couldn't even spare a second to bitch about how the situation had gone down the bad route just as he had predicted - not with him in charge of making sure the useless Haruka and the injured cop were kept out of physical harm with his intangibility, but he also had to put his twin in a literal arm lock. "We have to get Akemi---" "For God's sake, dear brother," Shizuka finally snapped at him. "She's a [i]superpowered[/i] grownup. Worry about your sorry ass first, dammit!" Reed wasn't far behind them, eyes darting from one place to another as he continuously surveyed the area while they progressed through the building. "How bad are things, what kind of situation's come up now?" He asked, checking over his shoulder for any sign of more coming towards them. "Well," Maria started off as she looked back at Reed. "We have a [i]lot[/i] of bad guys running around now." Maria simply shrugged. "...Great." To be frank, Reed was astounded by how casually she'd said it. Maybe it was a NEST thing; would've explained a lot about Quentin, but to him? It felt like the whole world was grinding down into rubble. And in the middle of it, somewhere, were his elder brother and his uncle - the latter of which he hadn't even seen since the attack. But, he had bigger things to worry about now, like getting these people through. He tossed Maria an upwards nod, "Just keep me updated with whatever you can, I don't have a radio." "Will do!" Maria said, gesturing for everyone to come along. "Come on, move it!" Compared to this NEST type, Reed felt like he was barely holding together; only keeping up with her because the alternative was shirking his duty. Cass would've probably made a snarky remark about 'us normies' by now, if he'd been here. Wherever he was. Jennifer wasn't feeling that much better. She was carrying herself in the center of the group, and hoping for as long as possible before the illness overcomes her, and she's down on her knees again. She clutched her stomach. In the middle of the chaos, Jennifer's phone buzzed (Fortunately, she had it set to vibrate). Jennifer reached into her pocket and pulled it out, and her eyes shot open. [pre]Hello my little humming bird - we're going to be paying you a visit. I hope you're ready![/pre] [i]Oh no.[/i] Not only do they have a way of tracking her, but they're heading right for her. With everyone here. In between walking, she quickly glanced at them. She didn't want anyone else getting hurt because of her. She didn't know how to alert them without tipping them off that she's their mole. "Jen?" Reed was the first to pick up on her distress, not least because she was clutching her stomach and in pain, by the look of things. Shizuka rolled his eyes - he wasn't sure if there's really something wrong with Jennifer or it was just an act. (What's more, why at this fucking moment?) Whatever it was, it did pull Haruka's mind away from their aunt to the blonde. He relaxed his grip - and his twin slipped out of his arms, moving uncertainly towards Jennifer. "Yeah..." Jen said, almost immediately realizing what Reed meant. "I'm coming." As she stumbled more towards them. "Um, Maria," Dana muttered into the comms. "We [i]have[/i] a problem." "What is it?" Maria asked. "The Changeling Unit is heading in your direction." Dana sated. "What?!" Maria said. "We can't fight them!" "Which is why I'm advising that you get over here, double time." Dana said. "Maximilian and the others are trying to cut them off as we speak." Maria shook her head. "Alright, we gotta go. [i]Now.[/i]" Nodding to that, Reed turned his sights back towards Jen and wanted to ensure that neither she nor anyone else would be left behind. "Come on, let's go," He repeated after Maria. First the Changelings freed these psycho prisoners to wreck havoc in the Headquarters, and now they were coming for them? What the hell was going on? The white-haired boy let out a groan. "This just keeps getting better and better..." "Just stick with me." Maria said as she double-timed it, quickly running. She wasn't one for direct fights - her only hope was to use her ink powers to cause a distraction, then wing it. Maria kept running, wondering if running to mission control was even a [i]smart[/i] decision given that a horde of super villains was heading right towards them - but they'd have to come up with something on the way back. They'd have to trust Maximilian on this. Everything was seeming so crazy. While they were running, they came up to a crossroad in the hallway. Maria quickly peeked around the corner, to check for threats, before signalling the others it was clear. The rest of the group ran out before she followed them. However, no amount of corner checking could prepare them for a portal opening behind of them. Utterly undercutting Dana's attempts at tracking them down. Luis was the first to step through the portal with his meat cleaver over his shoulder - raising it up into the air over Maria. And all of this happened so fast that they barely got time to react. "[i]Maria, move![/i]" Dana's reflexes were sharp enough to warn Maria before it was too late. Maria, opting out of wondering what Dana was talking about, turned into her pure ink form and hopped off to the side. The meat cleaver hit the ground and split the floor in two - creating a loud bang. Luis looked quite annoyed. While he wanted Jen to crawl off towards Maximilian, he would have just [i]loved[/i] to take another RAVEN out of the mix - but seems like she's faster and smarter than she looks. "Oh shit!" Jennifer looked behind her as she saw the scene unfold. She didn't expect all of [i]this[/i] to go down. Luis was just hell bent on tracking her down...but she was wondering what he wanted. Haruka was just as thunderstruck as Jennifer. From the previous encounter back at the row house, he felt that this Changeling guy wasn't someone he would want to cross paths with - not only had he bumped into him twice within such a short time, being anywhere near this bloodthirsty psychopath absolutely terrified the poor boy. Shizuka didn't like the sight of Luis as much as his brother, but he couldn't afford to feel scared - he had to be more focused than before, because his ability was the only thing to keep the two powerless people in tow alive. If he gave in to his emotions it would be game over for all of them. He pulled his trembling brother to him and reached out for the cop's uninjured arm, speaking to them in a low (and shaky) voice. "If you don't wanna die here, better stay close to me." Startled, Reed glanced toward Shizuka for a moment, confused, before his gaze shifted back towards the unnerving sight of the Changeling Leader. Luis stood straight up, facing Maria as she quickly reformed. He closed the distance, intending to cut her off, with his cleaver ready. But the ink-woman opened her mouth and sprayed a thick, black, torrent of ink right into Luis' eyeballs. He tried to keep the motion going, but Maria was once again quick enough to dive off to the side, her ink form giving her unmatched close quarters speed and agility. She took the time to grab her pistol and utterly [i]empty[/i] her clip. Round after round went into Luis' body, up until he fell backwards and hit the ground. "[i]Run![/i]" Maria shouted as she turned into a single stream of ink, moving along the ground like a snake - the rest of the group didn't need to be told twice. Luis got up, and wiped the ink from his eyes, and growled. The rest of the Changeling Unit stepped through the portal. Personally, he would have the Berserker tear this whole place apart if it wasn't for the mere [i]feeling[/i] that it'd be a bad idea. All he needs is for Jennifer and Maximilian to be lead together, then he was going to pull his master plan. "Jen, get away from them!" Reed shouted, stubbornly wrenching his arm away from Shizuka and aiming downrange, hoping to stall them with his own volley of gunfire. Jen didn't even waste a second in doubling the pace. Though, she was wondering if she should split off from the group - since the Changelings [i]were[/i] after her. She has never felt so guilty before in her life. The barrage of bullets did little to bother the Changeling Unit. Luis was already riddled with bullets - and Reed's rounds didn't do anything worse. Count Vicious caught most of the rounds, they came to a slow halt in the air before they fell down. However, he didn't catch all the bullets. When the Berserker stepped through the portal - she was barely prepared when the bullet grazed against the side of her neck. Instead of just skidding off like the RAVENs expected, the bullet caused visible damage to her neck, and blood started pouring out. The Berserker let out a roar as she grasped her neck. Luis quickly looked over to her, and narrowed his eyes, "[i]Damn it![/i]" It was enough of a distraction, giving Maria a chance to leap forward, reforming her body in midair as she turned around. When her hand hit the ground, she generated a large amount of black ink that splashed upwards until it absolutely consumed the hallway - it quickly took a solid form. It won't hold them for long, but it'll buy them some time at least. Then the group kept on running. Luis was getting [i]very[/i] irritated. He's going to flay this Ink woman [i]alive[/i]. He grabbed his Meat Cleaver, and pointed ahead, the Berserker rushed past him and shattered the solid ink into crumbles like it was nothing. Which was enough for the rest of the Changeling Unit to step over it like it was nothing. Maximilian and his RAVENs are really slacking now. They should be here by now. Just keep up on them, and eliminate them. Maria had little idea as to what to do with the Changeling Unit on their tail. She kept running until she came up on a turn. The group made a right, and Maria briefly looked behind herself to see Luis catching up on her, with that blade in hand. A tentacle came out of her body and grabbed another clip of ammo and loaded it up. Luis gained on her, and swung his sword. Maria dodged again, turning around to spray him with another jet of ink - but Luis threw his sword up to defend against the ink. This woman was annoying Luis like no other. Time to kill her. Using his blade, he rushed after her, ramming her and knocking her down into a crossroad. He raised his meat cleaver up into the air. Maria quickly turned into ink and dove out of the way. Annoying Luis [i]yet[/i] again as he did nothing but ruin this nice floor. While he was trying to pull the blade out of the ground, he noticed a golden light flying towards him at high speeds. He got hit square in the cheek by the high speed blow square to his jaw that sent him flying down the hallway. He angrily groaned as the Echo faded away before any of the Changelings could get a blow on it. Luis got up, and looked at the group of NEST Agents aiming their weapons down the hallway. They utterly unloaded on Luis, every bullet striking him several times. Utterly decimating his body, as he fell backwards. It didn't kill him - he only regenerated in the meantime. Worst of all, he hasn't consumed any blood in awhile. His buffs are starting to fade, he couldn't regenerate as quickly as before either. The rest of the Changeling Unit took to Luis' aid. Primitive Light fired a stream of electricity that ravaged the NEST Agents that couldn't dodge in time. While Count Vicious was throwing blades of steel at them - which were deflected by Echo's fists. Count Vicious put his hand up and created a metal wall that the Berserker got behind, just in time to shield her from a slug fired off by Quentin. She needed to wait for Jennifer to get out of the way before she goes crazy. Cindy threw up a glass shield to stop anymore electrical attacks from Primitive Light. Though, it looks like they were trying to defend the Berserker now. Jen was relieved that they finally arrived - but she was worried since she didn't see Trevor anywhere. She was [i]praying[/i] that he didn't get killed or anything. Jennifer, like a calm doe, grabbed onto Cindy's hand, "Where's Trevor?" Jen asked. "He's behind helping the others!" Cindy said. "Get moving, we got this!" "Come on," Quentin urged them, placing himself in front of the others as Reed moved past them. "Have you seen Cass?" The younger of the Taylor brothers asked, before he caught sight of the needle lodged in Quentin's side and his eyes widened in shock. "Oh, fuck - what happened to your-" He asked with a startled tone, only for his elder brother to cut him off. "It doesn't matter, just go! We've got this!" Maximilian stood in front of Maria and the rest of the group with his arms crossed. "Get them out of here." He said to Maria. "Get to Mission Control at once." Maria nodded her head and lead the group out of there.