//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: Queen of the Reapers // Story: inFAMOUS: Friendship is Power // by Playtindo //------------------------------// A few days after the fight with Kessler, Moya was able to inform the group that she had found out where the leader of the Reapers, Sasha, was hiding. The entire group of seven conduits were now standing on the roof of a building overlooking the entrance to the Jefferson tunnel, which had been turned into a fortress. He dialed up Moya's number before they began their assault. "Alright Moya, were near the Jefferson tunnel." "Since the entrance is blocked, your going to have to figure out a way to get down there. Your best bet is to head into that compound the Reapers have constructed, and look for a way to open that gate." "Couldn't we just break the door down?" Applejack asked. " Ah have super strength, ah could just bust it down," "You could," Moya replied. "But that tunnel is old. There's no telling what could happen to it if you busted through. They could also have hostages, who would get crushed before they could have any chance of escape." "Didn't have to be that harsh 'bout it," Applejack muttered. "I think I have a plan," Twilight announced as she put her hood up. She pointed to Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, "You two will fly up and take out the three guard towers, we can't have those bastards sniping us." "Count on us!" Rainbow said as she cracked her knuckles. After that she placed brass knuckles on each hand. "Rarity, you deal with the suicide bombers," Rarity grimaced as she was given her task. Suicide bomber Reapers would always rush the group with two live grenades that would detonate when in close proximity of the group. She quickly found out a good way of dealing with those psychos, by trapping them in walls that were at least eight feet high. And if that didn't work, a simple blunt rock spike to the stomach would leave them incapacitated long enough to take them down. "Applejack and Pinkie," She said, "Wait by the gate, and when it opens, rush in and take down as many Reapers as possible." "Got it, sugarcube." Applejack said. "ALRIGHT! Time to lay the smack down!" Pinkie exclaimed, hopping up and down like a giddy school girl. "Cole and I will assault the compound, any questions?" After a short silence, Cole's hands sparked with electricity. "Then lets do this." He said as he jumped towards the door that led into the compound. After feeding some electricity into the opening mechanism, they were to enter the compound. A squad of Reapers was quick to start shooting a them, but they didn't count on Twilight to catch and redirect the bullets back at them. A sniper on the third tower saw the other two snipers fall by the hands of Rainbow and Fluttershy, and began to try and snipe both of them. He was about to get a good shot on Rainbow when she suddenly vanished and reappeared directly in front of him, her fist connecting with his face in seconds. Two mounted machine guns pinned down Twilight and Cole for a few moments while Rarity was hiding behind a wall that she created. She had both of her hands on the ground and seemed to be concentrating. Before they could ask what she was doing they heard the sound of rock moving very fast and two separate THWACKS before the machine gun fire stopped, followed by the sound of someone landing on the ground. Rarity quickly looked over her cover, as did Cole and Twilight, to see the gunners on the ground, grasping their backs in pain. They looked up at the machine guns to see a blunt spike of rock jutting out of the front of both of them. "Well," Rarity began as she walked gracefully over to a control box, pressed a button, and the sound of the main gate into the tunnel slowly opening reverberated for a few moments. "That was easy." The group burst into Sasha's chamber, which was a large room with four large columns and a few other areas of dry land, since the rest of the room's floor was covered in tar. You think I don't see her? The way your parading her around like a common jesabelle? The group turned to see a woman in a red hooded jacked and what looked like mutated legs sitting on a chair that hung from the ceiling, resting her head on one of her hands. "What's your problem?" Rainbow exclaimed as the group formed a line across from Sasha. I see everything now, Kessler. ALL of it! "You know Kessler?!" Twilight exclaimed as she ignited her energy blades. "Yes, but you'll find out more at our meal tonight," She got up from her seat and walked into the tar until she was ankle deep in it, her throne ascending into the ceiling. "Of course I told you we were going out to dinner, silly girl." And with that she vanished under the tar, reappearing right in front of Cole, who had stopped her just in the nick of time and grabbed one of the four cylindrical devices attached to her shoulders, and yanked it off. This seemed to cause her pain as she reeled back as more tar leaked from her shoulder. She screeched at the group before vanishing into the tar again. "Rarity! Create a platform in the center of the room!" Cole shouted. "Right!" She replied as she slammed her hands into the ground, a decently sized platform erupting in the center of the room. The group then scattered across the room, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash in the air, while everyone else found a platform to stand on. Rarity crouched down on the platform she made, her right hand on the ground in case of an attack. Before she could try to move another location, Sasha leaped out of the tar and attempted to grab her. In response, Rarity raised her right hand as chunks of earth surrounded her hand as it connected with Sasha's stomach. before she could vanish under the tar, a blunt rock spike struck her in the back, forcing her onto the platform, giving Rarity enough time to rip another cylinder off of Sasha, causing the woman to scream in agony before leaping back into the tar. STOP TRYING TO CONFUSE ME! The words seemed to echo in their minds as massive Reapers began to materialize around them. They began to shoot them, and they dissipated the second a bolt of any power hit them. "They're just illusions!" Cole shouted as he continued to shoot the 'Reapers'. "Focus on finding Sasha!" "I'm right here, darling!" He heard as Sasha's arms wrapped around him. He could feel her trying to pull him into the tar, but he instinctively grabbed her third shoulder cylinder and yanked it off. She fell into the tar, disappearing the second she made contact. WHY! WHY DO YOU LOVE HER, KESSLER? I'LL KILL HER AND WEAR HER SKIN LIKE A ROBE! Twilight could feel the woman's rage as Sasha leaped for her. Twilight jumped back and grabbed Sasha, holding her for as long as possible. "RARITY! DO IT!" Rarity's hands immediately slammed into the ground. Seconds later, every rock formation and platform elevated a few feet, along with a new platform right behind Sasha. Twilight grabbed the last device on Sasha's shoulder and ripped it from it's socket. Sasha screamed in pain as she was flung onto the ground. Before she could act several rocks sprung up from the ground, trapping her hands and feet. (End the music here if you played it.) The group gathered around the defeated woman. Twilight was panting as she crouched down to get a better look at Sasha, who had a defeated and angry look on her face. "None of you will ever control your powers, they will always control you." She said as Twilight crouched down to begin the interrogation. "We just want answers. Tell us what we want to know, and we won't hurt your any more." "What do you want to know?" She asked, looking at Twilight with bored eyes. "Do you know where Kessler is?" Sasha chuckled evilly before answering. " You really are a fool, aren't you? Your not looking for Kessler. Your looking for the organization that he runs, The First Sons." "The First Sons?" Rainbow asked. "The group that made the Ray Sphere, I doubt that they still have it. Since they have been combing the city for weeks." Before they could ask another question the wall to their right exploded, scattering the group as several armed men rushed in, grabbed Sasha, and left before anyone could recover from the blast. Twilight was disoriented as she made her way through the now-crumbling tunnel, she could hear the distant cries of her friends, but they were too far away to be of any use. Before a wave of black overcame her vision she saw a person that she didn't recognize running towards her.