Jack Baker

@, Raze quickly helped White with her injury, pressing the cloth down on her leg for her with one hoof. He sighed, taking off his mask with the other. "What a day..." he said, looking at the changeling on the floor, then looked back at White, who looked distressed. "Calm down, hun... it'll be alright," he said, trying to reassure her. He put a hoof to her face.

Raze quickly made his way down when he saw the suited pony and the flames he quickly met White along the way, and quickly took her hoof as they both made their way back up to the roof. Standing in front of her, he quickly took out his guns, reloaded them, and pointed them at the doorway, waiting for the suited pony to come through.

Raze, who had his hooves held to his face from the brightness of Royal's spell, lifted them down after the light had disappeared. The first thing he saw was Lightning and Clover, hugging the pegasus after it was all over. He stayed where he was, smiling at the heartwarming scene. Royal, after a few minutes of unconsciousness, slowly woke up, feeling a bit dizzy. "Wha... where am I? What happened?" he said, confused.

Raze thought about it for a second, then made up his mind. "Go. Just run. Take the Pegasus--I mean changeling-- with you. I'll take care of them... Don't worry, I'll catch up to you." He took off his mask and lifted hers up, kissing her on the cheek before putting it back on and climbing up to the roof, dual machine guns at the ready. He took a deep breath, focused, and knocked the door to the roof down. The changelings, about twenty of them, were surrounding him in a circle. Before they could react, Raze let loose a torrent of bullet from his guns, running at the group, letting out a blood-curdling yell. He slowly spread his hooves in opposite directions, taking out the changelings at his sides. When it was finished, he was panting. He could feel the adrenaline rush through his veins as he looked around, everyone dead at his hooves. He took out the empty magazines of the machine guns, and put the weapons inside his jacket as he made his way down the stairs.

@Midnight_Aurora Raze kept the guns up. "Chrysalis... as in the changeling queen? And I don't know what you're talking about. That organization only does protests, they're not violent; that's just what you and your kind think. It's none of your business to know why I'm doing this..." He looked up, hearing the sounds of changelings coming from above outside, and became worried. White was still upstairs. "White! Hurry up, there's more of them!" he yelled, then looked back at Chrysteel. "I hope the rest of it wasn't a lie, or you're in big trouble..." he said, walking up to her and chopping her in a vital point in the neck, knocking her unconscious.

@Midnight_Aurora The changeling, ready to strike, felt a strong force on his neck, and collapsed instantly. His focus lost, he reverted back to his original form. Without hesitation, Raze pointed his MP5s at the strange pony who just knocked out the changeling. "Who the hell are you? How did you know he was a changeling?" he said, referring to the changeling next to her. "And who's coming? I don't want an explanation later, I want an explanation now." He aimed the guns at her head.

Yeah, I think that would make sense, since they're unconscious and all. Their ability to keep up the transformation wares off when their concentration does.

@Midnight_Aurora Raze heard commotion on the floor below him. "We got company..." he said to White. "Go on and get what you need. I'll check it out." Looking on the ground, he found another MP5 on a changeling corpse, which he took. He slowly walked down the stairs, until he saw two ponies, whom he thought probably walked in by accident. He sighed. Their situation was compromised. If they were loyalists to the queen, and most ponies were, they would probably report them to the nearest changeling outpost. But maybe, he could reason out with them... "Move on, you two. There's nothing to see here..." he said.

@@Midnight_Aurora, The changeling decided to change into a regular earth pony stallion, one with an orange coat and any generic cutie mark you might find on a pony walking the streets of Manehattan. When he was finished transforming, he looked at Chrysteel and nodded. "Let's get going..." he said, taking off. ----------- A few hours later ------------- 3:20 PM April 24, XXXX Manehattan, Equestria W 5452 Celestial Ave The changeling arrived at the scene, and the first thing he saw was a broken door, and the corpses of his fellow changelings. "In the Queen's name..." he said, walking inside and taking a look around. Some were knocked out by magic, but others were brutally shot and beaten, barely recognizable.

@@Lightning Bliss, Royal nodded, still keeping his focus, exhausted. The spell was almost complete. Suddenly, the cards began to levitate slightly off the ground, and the pattern glowing much more intensely than before. His horn began to glow a bright white, and he felt his strength falter. With the last of his energy, he completed the spell, sending a beam of magic at the pattern. The cards shot up, forming the spiral pattern around Hurricane, and shot out beams of magic at her, the purification now in progress. He looked at his work, and smiled to himself, before collapsing from exhaustion.

@@Midnight_Aurora, He shook her hoof eagerly. "Agreed. But know I will do everything in my power to prove it to her... there will be no mercy from me, do you understand?" Suddenly, a changeling servant ran up to them, looking panicked. "Urgent news! Another one of our bases is being attacked again, this time in Manehattan! The queen wants you to take care of it, quickly!"

@Midnight_Aurora As the changeling walked through the archives, he also began to search for information behind the name "6 Elements". Since the contents of the archives were stored in alphabetical order, he started by going to section E. When he arrived, he narrowed his search by looking for anything with the word "elements" in it. "Elements of Chemicals, Magical Elements..." he read the titles of the books and scrolls quietly. Suddenly, his gaze fell upon the eyes of a rather large book. He took it off the shelf and read the title. "The Elements of Harmony: A History of the Six Elements that Brought Peace to Our World..." He turned to Chrysteel. "Hey! I found something," he said to her. Not bothering to wait for her to come, he opened the book and began to read. "The Elements of Harmony are six magical artifacts that represent different aspects of harmony. Taken from the tree of Harmony from Princesses Celestia and Luna thousands of years ago, they were used by the former when the latter became the evil creature known as Nightmare Moon, banishing her to the moon entirely." He skipped a few pages, then continued. "There are six Elements that make up the Elements of Harmony: Honesty, Laughter, Kindness, Generosity, Loyalty, and Magic. They only work if each specific Element is wielded by one who embodies the trait of the Element, and they are used together. They are usually used during events of anarchy and danger, usually as a last resort, in order to restore peace and order..." He closed the book. They took their name from an artifact that was used to save their kind... he thought. Perhaps they think that they could do the same thing, and restore peace and order to their kingdom by destroying and driving us out. We are the danger; they are only thing that can stop us. That's why they picked the name...

With the guards distracted by White, Raze came out of cover, firing his MP5 at the changelings, quickly running through the door as he did so. He went inside another, smaller room, where two guards were located inside. Before they could react, Raze shot one in the chest twice, killing him, and kicked the other, knocking him down to the ground. He stood over him, and shot him in the head. He came out of the room and looked around. No one else was around. "Clear!" he said, telling White it was ok to proceed.

Raze quickly donned his bear mask, then followed White in when she barged through the door. As she quickly took out the two guards, he scanned the room. Seeing that a changeling guard drew a pistol at him, he quickly grabbed his hoof, and slid the gun from it, disarming him He quickly pointed the barrel at the guard's head, and shot him point blank, leaving a small hole in the place he shot him. At the sound of the gunshot, one of the changelings from the other room charged in. He looked larger than the others, and was wielding dual MP5s. Raze quickly rolled out of the way, bringing White down with him as the room was showered with bullets. Raze quickly recovered and fired at him, unloading the entire clip on the large changeling. He coughed up blood, then fell with a loud thud, dead. Raze took a deep breath, then examined the changeling. He looked at the guns, and their clips. Empty. However, he saw that the guard had four spare, two for each gun. Raze quickly loaded in two fresh clips, then took the two that were left. "Now we're talking..." he said quietly, then turned his attention to White. He helped her up, searching for any wounds. "Are you okay? Did he get you anywhere?" he asked her.

@Pripyat Pony @Twinkfeather Two changeling guards standing near the station, minding their own business, when they heard a loud blast. Quickly turning to the source of the noise, they saw two ponies, one a Pegasus, the other a unicorn, both wearing masks. "HEY!" one yelled, grabbing his baton. The other did the same. They both started flying quickly towards both of them, batons raised.

((OOC: I should have posted sooner, so sorry...)) Royal was a bit nervous at what the possesed Hurricane was saying; nevertheless, he still kept on reciting the spell, trying to speed up the reading. He couldn't be interuppted, as that would break the spell. The pattern on the ground soon glowed much more brightly as the spell went on, illuminating the cave.

@, Raze stood up, straightening his leather jacket. "Alright. Let's get this over with." He took the letter that came with White's mask, and read the location. "W 5452 Celestial Ave..." he said out loud. "I think I know where that is. Come on, it shouldn't be that far..." He let White exit the house before him, and slowly shut and locked the door behind him. ---------------- A few minutes later ---------------- Raze paid for the cab he flagged down for both of them as they both arrived at the building. From the outside, it appeared to be three floors tall, and was quite large. No windows on the ground floor, so they couldn't see what was going on inside. Raze whistled. "Well, this is definitely bigger than the building I went to..." he said. He looked at White. "Are you ready?"

@@Midnight_Aurora, "Hmph," the changeling grunted, letting the information sink in. "So, a resistance group named after something that was used to defeat the queen, starts attacking changeling bases out of nowhere, and now we're in charge of trying to protect said bases... with no information at all about how these rebels operate?" he shook his head. "Ridiculous. What if extra security doesn't work? What if they avoid them completely...? Sounds like the queen is scared if you ask me."

@Midnight_Aurora The challenger's interest was piqued at the sound of "stopping a resistance." He stood up. "Wait..." He approached Chrysteel. "Stopping a new resistance destroying all of our bases, you say? I've always wanted to crush some pony scum. I'm interested. Tell me more..."

@Midnight_Aurora The challenger grunted in annoyance. "Talk is cheap, puny girl. Save it for the competition, then we'll talk... If you can still talk, that is." He turned away, resuming whatever he was doing. One changeling asked him if he thought he was capable of defeating the queen's first. "I am more than capable..." he told him.

Raze stood up, thinking of something. "Well... just go along with what they want you to do. Seeing as though there's only one way in, you want to be quick about going inside. Take out any guards you first come across, don't worry about your surroundings. Once they're down, then take some time to look around, then act accordingly..." He sat back down, and held a hoof to White's face. "I'm coming with you. That way you'll be able to focus on getting whatever you need to get without changlings harassing you."

Raze, after listening to White's story, nodded and sighed. "You too, huh..." he said, then pulled out the bear mask he was carrying with him, showing it to her. "I got the same call and the same package, only mine came with a set of instructions and not sabotage equipment. Didn't really know what to make of it, so I decided to go along with it in order to make sense of what was going on. A few minutes later, I'm in a building being attacked by changlings, trying to find some important CD. I'm forced to kill everyone inside, find the CD, and leave..." He sat up, looking at White. "And here I am." He sighed, looking out a window. "I thought I was done with fighting ever since the Royal Guard sent me home... apparently not..."

Raze hugged White, seeing she was obviously distressed. "Hey, calm down... don't worry, we'll find a way to get her back for you." He looked down at his coat. "I can explain this. Now, come on..." Taking her by the hoof, he led her to a couch in the living room, gently setting her down and sitting next to her. "About the blood... I, uh, got invovled in something.... that required me to "take out" a couple changlings. It was pretty serious... Almost got shot... but I had to. I felt like something might've happened if I didn't..." He looked at White. "Now, start from the beginning. Tell me exactly what happened."

@Midnight_Aurora Chrysalis thought about what her daughter had said, then decided. "Very well. I'll leave you to it. But just in case..." She looked to one of her servants. " Tell the commanders to increase security in all places, immediately!" The servant nodded, then flew out of the throne room.

@, 12:42 PM April 24, XXXX Manehattan, Equestria After getting a cab from the station, Raze finally arrived at White Rose's mother's house. He paid the cab, made his way to the door, and gave a light knock. He looked down. A bit of Changling blood caked his jacket. He sighed. "Crap... Well, I guess I'll try to explain what happened... Though she probably won't like it," he said to himself, waiting for her to answer. ((OOC: Also, @Twinkfeather, please be patient. I'm sure Inference will post soon. And please, post whatever questions or problems you have in the OOC, or like what I'm doing now, but don't make it a full post on here.))