[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 quickly threw open the door to the mission control room. A large room that had row after row of computer screens, and overworked members of I&I behind them. There was also a squad of NEST Agents positioned in the room - just in case the Changelings come through here. Most notably was Dana Alcott behind them, turning her head towards the new comers, taking off her headset. "You're here." Dana nodded her head. "Great. Get in now, you'll be out of the way of the fight here." She quickly turned her head back towards the screen, putting her headset on. Maria nodded her head, and closed the door behind her after everyone else got in. She'll make sure that everything is okay before she heads back out to join the fight with the others. Hopefully bringing an end to this madness. By the door, Reed took up a position just in case things went to shit all over again. Given he could barely use his other arm, he took an opportunity to check how many bullets he had left. [i]Better make all of them count,[/i] he thought. Jennifer found herself a seat in the corner of the room, and sat down away from everyone else. She was trying her best to keep the attention off herself. Though, she was hoping that Luis would just leave his pursuit here. If not, she would just... sacrifice herself. It's what he wants anyway. Jennifer sighed as she spun around in her chair. The twins settled themselves down in the other corner of the room. Haruka opened his mouth, hoping to ask about Holly since he didn't see her anywhere in here, but Shizuka shook his head and mouthed, "[i]Not now.[/i]" Seeing how everyone was taking position in the room, Dana looked up towards Maria, "Is everyone okay?" She asked. "Yeah, far as I can tell." Before anyone could say anything, the door opened again, and stepping through it was Trevor and Scarlet Obott, Helena Page, and Nikki Biyung. Trevor walked in with a swagger, and a cocky smile on his face, "Alright, alright, [i]alright,[/i] we're back in action!" Dana smiled, and said, "Good, good, you're finally back on your feet." Trevor turned towards the group, "Glad to see ya'll made it back safe." He nodded at them. "So, where are they?" Jennifer nodded her head seeing that Trevor was in one piece. "They're fighting in the I&I branch on the floor below us." There was a loud explosion that rocked the building. Dana closed her eyes and shrugged. "...They could use the help." "Alright, Agent Obott is on the way." Trevor saluted the crippled woman, and turned around. Getting ready to walk out when a question dawned on the boy. He turned around, looking over his shoulder, "Y'know, I was wonderin'..." He trailed off. "...If that Changeling they lookin' for wasn't in that cell, just where is she?" "She's..." Dana trailed, wondering if she should answer this question. "...Hidden. Underneath the building in the basement." She nodded her head. "Far as I can tell, there's very little chance of the Changelings finding her." "Heh, hell," Trevor snorted. "If they keep tearin' up the building like this, they just [i]might[/i]." Dana, for a moment, considered what he said. They might [i]just[/i]. They were far stronger than Dana had anticipated. "We need all the help we can in holding them off. Once the others get back, we should be able to take them out." Dana said. "I'll lead you there." Dana said as she turned back towards the screens. "Alrighty, then," Trevor said, clutching his rifle. "Task Force [i]RAVEN,[/i] is [i]outie.[/i]" He pulled out of the room with the rest of the RAVENS. However, this was said in earshot of Jennifer, who heard the whole damn thing. This created a little bit of a conflict inside the girl. She [i]is[/i] their mole... she's virtually one of them now. If she gives them what they want - where Heartbreaker is - then they won't kill her family. Right? [i]Right?[/i] They'll just have that psychopath back on the street, and then her family will have lived another day. NEST will probably just kill her and it'll all be for naught. Jennifer sighed, looking around to make sure that nobody could see her pull out her phone and text messaged Luis. A tear ran down her cheek as she pressed send. [pre]Heartbreaker is being kept in the basement.[/pre] After sending it, she deleted the text message from her phone - and removed the whole thread with Luis. She slid it back into her hoodie pocket and sat down gracefully. For a moment, Reed shifted his gaze back over towards Dana and the screens in front of her. It occurred to him that they could've used it to find Cass, prompting him to speak up. "...Dana, is it?" He began, before realizing that Cass would want them to focus on more important matters. Instead, he shook his head, muttering to himself, "Nevermind." "Ye-yeah?" Dana answered, ready to answer any of his questions - but he dropped the subject. She figured that she'd get back to work. Out of the corner of his eye, Haruka spotted Jennifer shedding tears when she was sitting down, but before he could make a move towards her he was distracted by his brother who began to speak in Japanese, "[i]I've been wondering: why did the Changelings come for us just now? And why would they bother to lead Max's team to us - to save us?[/i]" "[i]Well---[/i]" "[i]I really have a bad feeling about this...[/i]" Shizuka trailed off, lost in thought. "[i]I don't get what those psychopaths are planning, and it feels like they know our every move.[/i]" "[i]Hang on - are you suggesting that there's a traitor among us?[/i]" Haruka frowned. "[i]That is not possible.[/i]" Shizuka shrugged, and replied in a bored tone, "[i]Or maybe they've got a telepath, or a clairvoyant... Who knows? They're obviously not after me and you, so I guess it's just me being paranoid, as usual.[/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] Maximilian's Echo struck Luis down with two precise blows to the chest that sent him flying down the hallway. What was left of Luis' trench coat fell off his muscular body. Luis slammed his fist on the ground as Maximilian approached throwing some punches. However, Luis pressed his own earpiece and shouted, "Flashbang!" A portal opened up to his side and Luis rolled in, dodging a blow from Maximilian. The RAVEN grit his teeth as another portal opened up behind him, and Luis swung his blade at Maximilian - which was caught by Echo. The same trick as before. Maximilian wondered what Bloodsucker was thinking of now. The two engaged in a struggle as Luis tried to push the blade into him. "What?" Maximilian taunted. "Running out of tricks?" "Oh?" Luis said. "This is just a rehash!" A portal opened behind Maximilian, and Flashbang, from the other side of the portal, aimed a pistol at Maximilian and opened fire, aimed at his center of mass. One of the bullets struck him in the back - his armor stopped the bullet from piercing him, but he leaned forward. Which was enough for Luis to gain some ground, shoving Maximilian forward and swinging his blade upwards. Cutting the RAVEN's shoulder in a bloody display. He wasn't dead, but he was falling backwards - and Echo started to fade away. "Finally!" Luis said. "I was wondering when you'd slip up!" He jumped up into the air, meat cleaver raised over his head. Ready to make this death [i]flashy![/i] "Shit!" Quentin exclaimed, frantically shifting his aim back towards Luis in an effort to stop him, yet he realized all too late that he was out - Helena flash stepped in just in time and rammed Luis midair. She hurt the hell out of her shoulder, but it knocked Luis right over on the ground. He could only sigh. Helena quickly flash stepped to Maximilian, kneeling down to grab him, before she flashstepped out with Maximilian. Covering their retreat, Quentin reached for his sidearm and... "Shit!" Cindy shouted as she watched the scene. It happened so fast that she could barely help Maximilian in time. Not with Count Vicious throwing metal at her glass shield. So far, she's been guarding other NEST Agents with her shield. Ultra dense, and multi-layered glass that's tough enough to take even the strongest hits. The barrage of blades pierced through her glass shield, aiming at her, but it didn't break it. Only getting stuck. Cindy willed the glass around it to push the metal out, and it hit the ground. She quickly reformed her shield. "Calvary has arrived!" Trevor shouted as he ran up, with the others in tow. "Nice job announcing it." Cindy groaned to herself. They needed to take out one of the Changelings, quickly. Nikki had already gathered another swarm of insects that consumed her in a black cloud that very few eyes could pierce. Shade was gathering loose metal and wildly tossing it at the RAVENs, furious that his sister was killed by Maximilian like this. Nikki capitalized on the situation, and threw her entire swarm at Shade. He could barely dodge in time before a swarm of insects was utterly [i]eating him alive[/i]. From head-to-toe, he was being attacked by the swarm of insects. Cindy quickly fired off a volley of glass at Shade that pierced through his body. Ultimately, Shade fell over dead. While Luis was preparing for the next attack, his phone buzzed. It must be his favorite hummingbird! Luis pointed at the cameras overhead and Count Vicious and Primitive Light destroyed them. "I need some privacy." Luis said as he retreated into the hallway. Count Vicious filled the hallway with spikes as they kept fighting, which prompted Quentin to duck behind cover - he sure as hell wasn't falling for that trap again. Fortunately, Luis' phone survived the fight. He leaned up against the wall as the glow of the screen filled Luis with delight. [pre]Heartbreaker is being kept in the basement.[/pre] That makes so much sense now. They couldn't find Heartbreaker because she was far away from them as possible! Luis had a general idea of where to at least look now. "I have received news of where Heartbreaker is being held." Luis said, "Berserker, Mannequin, Flashbang with me - everyone else, tear the place up." A portal opened up and Luis jumped in, followed by the Mannequin. The Berserker wasn't actively participating in the fight. Due to Luis' belief that they are fully capable of handling RAVEN on their own, he sent the Berserker off to trash as much as NEST Headquarters as possible. Raze it all to the ground and leave it nonfunctional. If they do kill NEST, then they'll destroy this building anyway. If they don't, then they just gave NEST a major disadvantage. The Berserker ran through an office sect, trashing a great deal of NEST computers - virtually unobstructed as she kept her destructive momentum going and destroyed more of the building. Once she received her orders, a portal opened up in front of herself and she ran in. [hr][i][h1]The Changeling Unit.[/h1][/i][hr] The portal lead into the lobby of the NEST Headquarters, and Luis stepped into the place with the meat cleaver slung over his shoulder. He looked around, every camera in here was smashed by the Berserker during her rampage - or rendered useless. Which meant that they had a brief window of opportunity to explore the basement before NEST figures out that the Changelings got the drop on them. There wasn't too many people here other than the escaping prisoners. Luis would be fond of having the Berserker fall through the floor, but he didn't want to risk Heartbreaker getting injured in the wall. He pointed at the floor and ordered, "Berserker, give us a little peek." Growling, the Berserker walked over, and jammed her hands into the ground like it was nothing, before flipping over a large chunk of the floor. Revealing the basement. Luis as he simply hopped down followed by the rest of the Changeling Unit. They all landed (The Berserker hit the ground with a thud). They landed in a dark hallway... very dusty and dirty. Plenty of signs that people don't come down here much. Now, they would have to find Heartbreaker. If there [i]is[/i] a secret prison underneath the Headquarters, they have no idea how to navigate it. However, they have the perfect search dog. "Berserker," Luis pointed down the hallway. "Would you do the honors?" The Brute stepped up, and raised her nose up into the air and took in several deep whiffs of air. Her breathing was very bestial. When she caught a scent, she slammed her foot into the ground and started walking. Her pace was much like a jog. Followed by the rest of the Changeling Unit, the Berserker went through the halls of the basement. Chasing a scent that could lead to anyone. The Changeling Unit came up to a long hallway, that lead to a big metal door. Guarded by a squad of Agents. That's when the Berserker picked up speed, letting out a hellish roar. "[i]They're he-[/i]" The Agent tried to speak into the comms before the Berserker rammed right on through them. It felt like they were being hit with a tank going one hundred miles an hour. Many of them were splattered on impact. The Berserker kept her momentum going until she pieced through the door and came to a sliding stop. There was a cloud of dust. "...[i]Berserker![/i]" Luis shouted as the dust faded. "Control yourself. You had no idea what was on the other side! You could have killed Heartbreaker!" The Berserker growled - almost sounding like she was muttering some words. The dust settled, and it revealed a dark prison. Much like the other prisons they tore through... but this seems like a secret prison. Just the place they'd hide Heartbreaker. Luis grinned. "Oh Natalie!" Luis loudly shouted. "I am here to rescue you from the clutches of NEST!" The rest of the Changeling Unit looked at him like he was strange. Luis looked annoyed, he merely pointed at the door. "... [i]Find Heartbreaker.[/i]" The Berserker nodded her head as she walked over to the cell doors, and sniffed. Her precise nose was tracking down Heartbreaker's familiar scent. Until she came up to the cell that had Heartbreaker's mighty scent. She grabbed onto both sides of the cell door and yanked it off like it was nothing. Heartbreaker was just sitting there on her bed cooly. She barely even looked up. [hr][hider=Massive Attack - Angel][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiK2JlBpzvI[/youtube][/hider][hr] "...Took you long enough," Heartbreaker said as she rolled her eyes. "I was sitting in here on my ass for a week straight, answering the same fuckin' questions over and over again." She rolled her eyes. Heartbreaker got up off the bed and walked out the door. She walked right up to Luis - who was grinning like a fool - and immediately spat a giant glob in his face. "...Nice to see you, too." Luis said as he reached out to Heartbreaker and broke the collar around her neck with his bare hands. It crushed it, and yanked it off, throwing it to the ground. A portal opened up, and Luis reached inside. He grabbed a gun holster belt, and handed it to Heartbreaker. She put them on. Then Luis reached into the portal again and pulled out two revolvers. "Here are the [i]twins.[/i]" Luis said with a grin on her face. Heartbreaker grinned as she put the revolvers in the holster. "...[i]The bitch has[/i] returned!" Now that they have Heartbreaker... they could pull out now. However, they have some time. Luis rubbed his chin. [i]However,[/i] Luis sees [i]lots[/i] of potential in these prisoners. He snapped his fingers and said, "Berserker, liberate them." The Berserker nodded her head as she began walking to every cell door and ripping them off the hinges, throwing them to the ground. Confused prisoners began walking out, and chatter filled the room. Witch Mother and Fig were among the liberated, and they walked up to Luis, earning a grin from the Changeling leader. "Hello, hello, hello!" Luis loudly said. "Welcome, I am Luis, the bloodsucker, leader of the Changeling Unit." He introduced himself, getting confused looks from the prisoners. "Have you all been locked down here for [i]that[/i] long?" Luis asked. "Know what? Forget it. The point is, you're about to learn a lot about me... because I am offering each of you the deal of a lifetime..." He started laughing. "I am offering each of you two choices..." Luis nodded his head over to Flashbang, who nodded her head. A portal opened up right behind Luis - who pointed at it. "... Step into the portal if you want a chance to join the Changeling Unit," Luis started off. "Or... get back into your cells. Simple as that." "Haha!" One of the prisoners - a man in his sixties, chubby, - laughed. "Screw that you bastard, I'm out of here." He quickly turned around and started running. The poor bastard didn't even make it a single step before a bullet raged through his heart. Putting a hole clean through his chest. He only let out a cry of pain as he hit the ground. Dead. Heartbreaker was spinning her smoking gun in the air, half-grinning as she put it back in her revolver. A testament to how fast she can draw a gun, and how perfectly she can aim. Luis just stared at the dead prisoner for a second. "Well," Luis shrugged, before he asked, "Who else wants to try that? I implore you." Some of the prisoners faced Luis, before stepping towards the portal. Luis stopped them when he raised his hand up into the air. "Before you step into that portal... I'll let you know that joining my team isn't easy... I'll only allow those I feel are dedicated enough to the Changeling cause to join." Luis explained, before he clapped his hands together. "You'll have to go through trials that will change you as a person... give you a mighty sin that will haunt you for the rest of your life." Some of the prisoners would rather not take their chances with Luis, and went back to their cells (They can probably escape when Luis leaves). One particular individual; a shaven-headed hispanic wearing a suppression collar with more than a fair share of tattoos indicating past Sur-13 and eMe affiliations, took a step forward with an arched brow. "This pay well?" The inmate asked, clearly itching to get out of that collar. "Yes, yes, yes." Luis answered. "The Changeling business is excellent... long as you pull your weight that is." He looked before the group that was before him. "But, let's save our questions until after we get through the portal, shall we? NEST is going to be here any second..." Luis looked over towards the door, "...and I'm not breaking any collars until you are through the portal. So, I doubt any of you want to be here when that happens." A wolfish smile formed across the inmate's face. "Then I'll look forward to this arrangement." He nodded to Luis, before following the rest into the portal, followed by the Changeling Unit. Only Luis stood outside of it for a moment, laughing. "... Mission successful." He said as he stepped inside, and it closed behind him. [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] Dana was simply monitoring the fight between RAVEN and the Changeling Unit. Hoping that RAVEN would be able to kill them and put an end to this fight. However, she noticed a few had pulled out of the fight. "Huh...?" Dana said to herself as she switched monitors... unfortunately, the Changelings were destroying as many cameras as possible. "[i]They're he-[/i]" Someone yelled into Dana's comms, and she was caught off guard. Wait, she recognizes... Oh no. Dana quickly switched cameras and observed the secret prison. "Oh no." Dana said to herself. "[i]RAVEN, we have a problem![/i]" Dana shouted into the comms. "They found Heartbreaker!" "... Wh-what?!" Maximilian exclaimed while he was on his back. He pressed his earpiece and said, "How did they find the secret prison!?" "I don't know!" Dana said. "No one's close enough to stop them! They're letting everyone out!" "[i]Damn it![/i]" Maximilian slammed his fist onto the ground. "We-" Right when Maximilian said that, a portal opened up behind the Changeling Unit - and they quickly hopped in. Leaving the destroyed base as it is. Cindy was honestly surprised that they left - but happy. They can finally stop fighting with these monsters. "Yo, what [i]the hell[/i] are ya'll talking about?!" Cindy asked. "We had Heartbreaker in a secret prison.... but the Changelings somehow found it." Dana said. "I don't know how - but what's [i]important[/i] now is that they have liberated every incarcerated Changeling [i]and[/i] they got the Level-S prisoners to join them." Quentin could barely contain his frustration at the notion of that [i]bitch[/i] getting loose again, especially after what she'd threatened before - and what she'd do now she was out. "Well that's fucking great. Now that bitch is out, who knows what they'll do." His palms tightened into fists, a vice strong enough to squeeze blood from a stone if there was one between them. Truth be told, he wondered whether or not they'd have been better off if he'd pulled the trigger back in that facility. "Calm down Agent Taylor." Maximilian said from his lying down position. He grinned. "We were prepared for this...." He started off. "While she was captured, we had a tracking device implanted deep in her..." He chuckled a bit. "No matter where she goes we'll know [i]exactly[/i] where she is." That at least softened Quentin's resolve. "Alright," he conceded, though he hadn't forgotten all that these assholes had done to get to her. "But these animals need putting [i]down[/i]. All the damage done to us, to our people - to other people out there, their families. Hell, I don't even know if anything's happened to [i]my[/i] family." Odds were still out there on whether or not Cass would turn up among the dead. He was afraid, terrified of losing the old man and one of things that helped keep that under wraps was his targeted frustration towards the Changelings. Cindy noticed that Quentin was getting mighty pissed when Heartbreaker got out. She didn't know what was the deal with that - but whatever happened, it wasn't good. "Maximilian," Helena said. "You should have Trevor tend to your wounds soon as possible." "Yeah, yeah..." Trevor said as he walked up, already dispensing the drugs out of his hand. He quickly pressed onto Maximilian's open wound (getting some of the man's blood on him), but putting Max under the effects of his drug. Agent Cornell dropped his head to the metal floor. The wound in his shoulder started healing. Though, Trevor remembered all the damage Quentin took. "You need a heal, too?" Quentin glanced down towards the needle, which was rather jaggedly poking out through his punctured vest. The sight was surreal, to say the least; had he not encountered that hulking mass all that time ago and picked up its regenerative abilities, he'd have been dead by now. But he was lucky, for that at least. "If you don't mind," he nodded, "Feels like having a knife stuck in my gut." "Yeah, yeah, just lie down." Trevor ordered Quentin, gently pushing him to the ground. "You might hit your head if I do it while standing." "Yeah, I'm sure," Quentin nodded, un-slinging his spent 870 and setting it on the ground, before going on to undo his tactical vest as best as he could. To say the least, getting that thing off with the needle still lodged in his side would be impossible, but he could help as best he could by loosening it up. Then he sat back against the wall, then laid flat, then clamped his fingers around the needle. "Get ready to do your stuff once this thing's out," he said, grimacing at what was about to come. "Ready and waiting, Agent Taylor." Trevor said. Quentin clenched his teeth and pulled the metal spike outwards, as straight and smoothly as he could, grunting through the pain as he felt the wound re-exposed. Luckily, his own regenerative abilities had 'stabilised' the wound to a degree, stopping him from immediately bleeding to death altogether and once it was out, Trevor grabbed onto Quentin, and the man should immediately be affected by his drug. However, he focused a bit and transferred a bit more of his drug into Quentin. Trevor's healing narcotic soon did its work. Quentin dropped the blood-coated spide as the sensation of his side being ripped open soon dulled to a soothing rate, his body relaxing as it took an effect over his system. As a side effect, it dulled his other senses; calming his own personal frustrations and tensions. While NEST can lick their wounds, Trevor just [i]knew[/i] that with that Heartbreaker bitch (Whoever she was, all Trevor knew was that she was bagged in the raid) back on the streets, this is just the [i]beginning[/i]. He heard about the random massacres they did in churches - of all places.