//------------------------------// // Chapter 14 // Story: Wedding Bells Bug Hunt // by Trinary //------------------------------// The circle of changelings around the six mares drew tighter, like a noose. Rainbow Dash’s eyes darted this way and that. Changelings buzzed around, blocking off the windows and doors. Even if she could barrel through them, there’d be no way the rest of her friends could hope to follow.   Her eyes glanced down to the Element of Harmony around her neck. The ruby lightning bolt seemed less bold, less vibrant than before. It could have easily been her imagination, but…   “Rainbow Dash?” Twilight’s voice interrupted her. Dash looked over to see Twilight approaching, her shoulders slumped. “I—we—wanted to say…”   “Really not the time for this,” Rainbow interrupted. The looming horde of changelings was enough to make the issue with her and her friends pretty irrelevant at the moment. “We’ll talk later, Twi.”   “Assuming there even is a later.” Rarity bit her lip. “Without the Elements—”   “My poor little ponies.” Chrysalis shook her head. “This sort of thing would never happen in my hives. Of course, that’s perhaps too high a standard. After all, we are legion. We are—”   “—a pain in the flank.” Rainbow snorted. “That’s all. You’re old hat. Heck, at least Sombra fought me face to face. I guess that what made him a king … and you a nag.”   Chrysalis let out something between a screech and a roar. The changelings charged. “Princess Celestia never did teach you about diplomacy, did she?” Rarity sighed as she dug her hooves in.   Rainbow Dash shrugged and flexed her wings. “Could never even spell it.” With a manic grin she zoomed ahead, meeting the changelings’ charge with one of her own. Unprepared for such an act, the changelings in the forefront were scattered, but not without landing several blows on Rainbow. Blood dripped freely from a gash on her cheek where the serrated limb of a changeling struck her. Seeing their friend injured hardened the resolve of her friends, who leapt into the fray with increased vigor.   “Does anypony actually have a plan, exactly?” Twilight asked as she levitated one changeling and tossed him at an oncoming group.   “Isn’t that your job?” Rainbow asked as she traded blows with another one. “Can’t you just blast them all away?”   Twilight grimaced and teleported over to her, barely noticing the two changelings slamming into each other when she vanished. “When I, er, lost control—I flooded the room with ambient magical energy.” Seeing the blank look on Dash’s face, she elaborated. “It’s like filling a room with fog. Only instead of not being able to see clearly, it’s hard for unicorns inside to use their full magic.”   Rainbow groaned. “Great…” She soon found herself grappling with another changeling, narrowly holding it back as its fangs snapped mere inches from her muzzle. The menacing green eyes of her attacker suddenly widened, then rolled upwards as the changeling collapsed. Dash looked up to see Applejack holding a broken piece of what looked like a table leg. “Thanks.”   “Anytime.”   Rainbow looked over to Chrysalis, who had not joined the battle and merely stood, watching. “That the best you got?” She snorted contemptuously. Chrysalis merely smiled as if to say, ‘now that you mention it…’ and nodded to the changelings nearest her. Before Rainbow’s eyes the changeling shifted into…herself!   She whipped her head around as all over the room, the changelings were turning themselves into duplicates of herself and her friends. “Ya had to ask?” Applejack groaned.   “Shut up.”   “Ain’t this some sort of fantasy of yours?” The farmpony looked around. “You filling up a room with yourself?”   Rainbow Dash eyerolled. “Ha ha. Hey AJ, go find some of your copies. That way, you can go buck yourse—whoa!” Rainbow Dash ducked just as a particularly aggressive Fluttershy took a swing at her. She backpeddled, trying some distance between herself and the thing wearing Fluttershy’s face. It’s no big deal, it’s not actually Fluttershy that I’ll be punching in the face. She frowned. Gyah, even in my head that sounds SO wrong.   The Fluttershy changeling seemed to pick up on it, smiling as it amped up the Fluttershyness--the wide aquamarine eyes, the look of hope and wonder--and Rainbow Dash had no choice but to beat it to a pulp. Dash closed her eyes. So it looks like Fluttershy. Big deal. It’s not the pony I’ve known since flight camp, the pony who always fixed me up after a crash … the pony who accused me of being unappreciative and saw me get dragged away in chains to the dungeons. Rainbow Dash wasn’t a psychiatrist and didn’t know the sort of terms they employed. But she sure understood the meaning behind ‘catharsis.’ I’ve been having the worst day ever. I was thrown in jail, had my friends doubt, had ME doubt me and I’m mad as Tartarus … but I know who I can take it all out on! Her right front hoof solidly connected with not-Fluttershy’s face. “All right, who else wants some?” When Rarity ran away from a trio of Applejacks--no doubt one of her worst nightmares--Rainbow Dash bowled into them. She buffeted the first around the head and neck with her wings before moving in close buck it in the ribs. “How d’you like these apples?” “Why you…” Rainbow was a bit surprised, she hadn’t expected them to actually answer back, much less in Applejack’s voice. Using her momentary surprise, the changeling wrapped its hooves around Rainbow’s neck. The flush of anger of being restrained by a friend--again--lent her her strength. Dash elbowed the changeling repeatedly in the stomach until it let her go, grasping at itself. The final changeling Rainbow slugged in the jaw, wincing slightly as the blow set her hoof ringing. Even before the dazed changeling hit the floor, Rainbow Dash was looking around for more opponents to fight. With barely a glance, she reached out and grabbed a Rarity-changeling by the shoulder and spun it around. Then she planted her hoof in its chest. “Beast!” The Rarity changeling spat, retaliating with a stinging blow that clipped Rainbow’s ear, and hurt. “That’s it,” Rainbow growled. “No more miss nice pony, I’m going to squash you into bug juice!” Sniffing haughtily just like Rarity, her opponent dropped into an elegant poise. “Bug juice yourself, fake! I warn you, I may be a lady, but I know tai-chi!” Rainbow growled, then paused. “Wait a sec … Rarity?” Rarity lowered her hooves. “Rainbow?” Hastily, Dash lowered hers too. “Uh, sorry about that.” “Er ... yes, me as well,” Rarity shuffled awkwardly. The ease the two of them had nearly come to blows was disquieting enough: after all the suspicion from earlier, the nagging feeling that it might not have been an accident couldn’t be completely snuffed out. “Yeah,” Rainbow did her own awkward shuffle. “Heat of the moment, adrenaline rush--you know how it is." “Yes, quite,” Rarity agreed quickly. “It is rather difficult to tell the difference, what with—” “SKREEE!” A changeling pounced at the two of them as they were distracted. "Gyah!" Rainbow Dash grappled with the changeling, holding it in place as it struggled. That is, until Rarity intervened. “Hee-yah!” With startling speed she dispatched the foe with a roundhouse kick. Rainbow couldn’t help but blink and smile in appreciation. “Heh, nice move, Rares!” “Thank you, darling,” Rarity panted. “Perhaps we should focus on the battle, though?” “Right,” Dash nodded as she leapt back into the fray. “And watch your back!” The freewheeling chaos of the battle continued, with each pony utilizing their own unique fighting styles. Some were more unique than others. “Can’t catch me!” Pinkie Pie hopped here and there, always one step ahead of the changelings who repeatedly dove after her. Rarity and Twilight stood back to back, using their magic to great effect. Twilight froze a patch of floor beneath them changelings, causing them to skitter and fall. Others she simply knocked away with direct magical blasts. Rarity settled for dragging over a nearby table and using it to swat the changelings away. Even as the six friends fought, other changelings moved to attack Cadance and Shining Armor. They couldn’t easily avoid them, as they were determined to keep themselves between the foals and the invaders. “Bring it on you ugly bugs!” Shining Armor’s horn flashed again and again as he blasted changelings away. The overload from Twilight’s earlier outburst prevent him from using his trademark shield spell, but he could still fight.   And so could Cadance. “Ruin my wedding?” Cadance blasted a changeling against the far wall. “I don’t think so!” While she was dealing with the first changeling, another latched itself around her hindlegs. Shining Armor saw red. “Get your hooves off my wife!” He roared as he slammed both his front hooves against the changeling, knocking it away. Two more leapt from up from behind and tackled him. “Get your hooves off my husband!” Cadance returned the favor, using her magic to lift up the two changelings and smack them together. Rainbow grabbed a distracted Twilight-changeling and spun her around to face her. As she readied her hoof, the Twilight yelped and held up her hooves. “Rainbow it’s the real me!” Thinking quickly she blurted out, “Remember the sleepover at my house? Clown makeup?” That caused Rainbow to quickly lower her hooves. “Gyah, this is confusing!”   Twilight nodded ruefully, then paused as her horn lit up, preparing a spell. Rainbow Dash tensed, expecting the worst. “Rainbow, get down!” Twilight yelled. She obeyed just in time. Twilight’s spell smacked an approaching Twilight-changeling into a wall.   “Thanks…” Rainbow stood, shaking herself off. “Maybe it’d be easier if we just fought our own fakes?”   “I thought of that,” Twilight sighed. “But they just kept changing appearances.”   Rainbow looked out over the chaotic scene. Applejack was being piled on by a group of Applejacks. Rarity was grappling with a Fluttershy—Rainbow hoped not the real one—while Pinkie was bouncing around randomly, eluding every changeling that tried to tackle her. “What a mess.” “We need some time to think!” Twilight turned to where her brother and (soon to-be) sister-in-law were fighting. “We have to get over to Cadance and Shining Armor.”   Rainbow looked at the changelings between them and the others. “Okay then, we’re just going to have to rush ‘em.”   Applejack rolled her shoulders, cracking her neck as she took up a position by Rainbow. “Gotcha.” She looked to Rarity. “Just pretend they’re standing between you and the last fancy dress on sale.” AJ smirked, prompting a glower from Rarity—which only made her smile even more.   “On three.” Rainbow looked around. “One…” she paused. “Twothree!” The group broke into gallop, with Rainbow and Applejack’s hooves and Twilight’s magic clearing a path for them to get to their destination. They dove into the ranks of changelings like a wedge, forcing the ones assaulting Shining and Cadance to either turn to meet this new threat--only to be attacked from behind. It wasn’t long before the two groups had united, but not without sustaining injuries. Fluttershy winced as she clutched her wing to her side, her feathers askew. Applejack’s left eye was surrounded by a darkening bruise and was winced shut. “Twilight!” Shining Armor hugged her as soon as they reunited. A pained, apologetic look crossed his face as he thought of how he’d almost gone through his wedding with an imposter of his sister for a best mare. “I didn’t—”   However, Twilight recognized that they had more immediate priorities. “No time for that right now! Shining we need you to put up your shield spell around us, now!”   Shining paused briefly, then nodded. “Right. Just keep them off me for a minute. I need to focus.” He closed his eyes and concentrated as his horn began to glow. A few changelings attempted to rush them, but between six capable mares and one thoroughly pissed bride, they stood no chance of getting close to Shining Armor. Soon he opened his eyes and his surprisingly pink shield of magic energy had emerged; surrounding the group, as well as the foals they’d been protecting, in a bubble. One brave or foolhardy changeling slammed against the side of the shield...only to have Pinkie Pie imitating the smushed expression on his face from inside the bubble. Twilight cast her own spell once the shield was up, a burst of magic like her earlier outburst, but more controlled and on a much smaller scale. When none of them were revealed to be changelings, they all let out a sigh of relief. Wish we had that back when this mess was starting out, Rainbow Dash rued to herself. Outside, the fighting continued as several changelings, all still in their pony guises, hadn’t noticed the flight of the genuine articles. They continued struggling with one another, one Rainbow-changelings bucking another. With an annoyed facehoof and sharp shriek from a higher-up, all the changelings dropped their glamours and revert to their true forms, ending the fight. “Rainbow Dash!” She barely had time to turn around before Dinky Doo hopped up and hugged her around the neck. “Are you a'kay?!”   "Yeah, I'm fine." Rainbow hugged her back, discreetly trying to hide her injuries. "How're you doing?"   “Kinda better now,” Dinky looked around at all the changelings, in various states of disguise. “But I'm still kinda scared. I know I'm not supposedta be, 'cause you're here an' you an' your friends make things, better, but I dunno where you're gonna get a flyswatter that big.”   Dash chuckled and gave the filly a squeeze. "Hey, it's okay. We'll take care of it. You just stick close to Princess Cadance and Shining Armor, okay?"   “A'kay.” Dinky gave her a fillyish peck before reluctantly letting go. “Be careful, alright Rainbow? I love you.”   Rainbow felt herself untense. "Love you too."   “We can’t hide behind my shield forever,” Shining grunted, sweat dripping down his face as he strained to maintain it, changelings continuing to pound against it. Cadance looked at the group. “The Elements of Harmony? Is there any chance you get them to work?” Rainbow Dash avoided eye-contact with all of them. She didn’t want to know if they were all looking at her or not. It was Twilight who, mercifully, fielded the question. “It’s … complicated,” she admitted fidgeting slightly. “I think we can … with time.” “Time isn’t something we have a lot of.” Shining Armor pointed out with a grunt as small cracks began to appear in the shield. “We need the Elements.”   “What are you—nevermind,” Applejack rolled her eyes. “Ah’m more than willin’ to knock these bugs around all day, but Ah don’t think we’re gonna git anywhere just doing that. There’s a lot more of them then there are us.”   Fluttershy looked around quailing as several changelings who looked like Pinkie demonstratively licked their teeth. “If only we knew where Princess Celestia was…”   Rainbow’s patience frayed. “Well I didn’t see her down in the dungeons with me, so I don’t really know where she is! Do you?” The reminder of her brief imprisonment caused her friends to collectively wince. Dash closed her eyes. Ugh, not helping … head in the game Rainbow!   Twilight thought about the actual question behind Rainbow’s harshness. “If the changeling Queen had replaced the Princess all this time, she probably wouldn’t have hid her too far away,” she mused. “Keeping her imprisoned must take a lot of energy and effort, so Chrysalis would have to be nearby to make sure she didn’t escape.” “But what if the Princess is in another castle?” Pinkie Pie asked. A momentary hesitation lent Twilight’s following words an extra weight. “If we can’t get to the Princess … then I don’t know what else we can do. This is our best chance.” “Then we’ll just have to make it work.” Applejack nodded. “That sounds all well and good,” Rarity sighed. “But we’re not about to get to her trapped in here. And with the Elements of Harmony being … indisposed, that limits our options.” Rainbow Dash turned around, getting everypony’s attention by stomping her hoof. “Hey. It’s not the glowing gems that make us awesome.” She looked, one by one, at each of her friends. “We do that all on our own.” “Ah reckon she’s right.” Applejack nodded. “It ain’t the Elements that make us friends … s’other way around.” “And Elements or not, we’re always gonna be friends. No matter what … stuff comes up.” Rainbow nodded to her friends. “I think we can take these guys. Together—we can do anything.”   “And together, we can be justice!” Pinkie exclaimed. Everypony gave her a look. “It sounded cooler in my head…” She offered weakly. “Okay so, we have a plan,” Rainbow decided. “Bust out of here and get the Princess.”   Applejack gave her a flat look. “And how are we s’posed to get past all them changelings and their queen?” “And what about Sweetie Belle and her friends?” Rarity tossed in, looking worriedly at the huddled foals. “We can’t leave them here with her.” She glowered at Chrysalis. “And we can hardly bring them into danger with us either.” Rainbow Dash rubbed her face. “...Fine, we have part of a plan.” “Actually,” Twilight interrupted. “That’s more of an outline for what we want a plan to accomplish, rather than being a plan in and of itself…” It was times like this that facehooving was invented. “Okay, so its a plan in the stage of development that needs to be 20% more refined, happy?” Rainbow asked, dialing the sarcasm up to twelve. Cadance swiftly headed off any other distractions, seeing Shining strain as the shield began to buckle. “Girls, you go look for Princess Celestia. Shining Armor and I will keep the changelings off your backs and protect the foals.” “You can’t do that all on your own!” Twilight objected loudly, over the thuds of the changelings as they slammed themselves against the shield. Shining Armor winced. “If we don’t, they’ll swarm you literally the second you head for the door.”   Rainbow looked around. Thing was, they were both right. The group would need a distraction and support to get out of the room without being mobbed from behind by the entire changeling swarm. But there was no way just two ponies—even ones as magically gifted as Shining Armor and Cadance—would be able to do that for more than ten seconds flat. That was when she spotted Cloud Kicker and Derpy Doo, still struggling to get over to their little sister and daughter, respectively. “Shining, can you make a hole in the shield to let me out for a sec?”   “Making a hole isn’t the problem.” Shining said grimly, his voice strained as the cracks became larger and larger. “What’re you thinking?”   Rainbow was blunt. “We need an army. Gonna go talk to a pony who knows about army stuff. Just give me an opening.” Shining grunted and she took that for agreement. She turned to the shield edge, waiting for the opening.   “Rainbow…” She turned around as Applejack put a hoof on her shoulder. “Be careful, sugarcube.”   She got a wry smile in return. “If being careful would save us, sure. But it isn’t. Chillax, I’m not about to get swatted by a bug.” Dash turned around again just in time for an aperture to open at the top of the shield’s dome. She flew up and over the surrounding changelings. Flying swiftly, she made her way over to her other friends. "Cloud!" Cloud looked up from the changeling she'd just finished subduing with a very painful-looking joint lock. "Yeah?" "We need a distraction!" She started, pausing briefly to acquaint a nearby changeling with her hoof. "Me and the gang are gonna bust out of here and look for Celestia. Twilight thinks she's probably somewhere in the castle." Rainbow spoke quickly. "But I need you and Derpy to help Shining Armor and Cadance keep these bugs contained here while we look." Cloud finished leaving a large changeling-shaped dent in one of the walls before answering Rainbow's request. "I'll do what I can, but there are a lot of bugs here, and we're kinda short on weapons. And soldiers. Plus we gotta protect the kids too.” "I know, I know, but this is our best shot." Rainbow whipped her head around, trying to take stock of everything. "Cadance and Shining Armor are about to whip up a big flash. That'll distract them and give you the chance to me and the girls break through." She paused. "I need you, otherwise everything's gonna completely turn into horseapples." Cloud nodded, slowly meeting Rainbow's eyes. "If you need me, I'll always be there for you." She paused, slowly licking her lips. "Don't get yourself killed trying to be a hero." "No need killing myself to try," she smirked. "I'm already a big goddamn hero, and so are my friends. You included." Cloud grinned. "Dash, you say the sweetest things." A changeling pounced at her back, but Cloud dodged to the side, grabbed it by the neck, and slammed its head hard into one of the nearby tables. "Dammit, bugs! Dash and I are having a moment!" Rainbow snorted. “There’ll be time for moments later. Right now I want you to take these creeps down to a ballroom blitz.” Cloud's eyes lit up in glee. "You got yourself a deal, hotflanks!" She whirled around and pounced onto a trio of changelings who were busy menacing a pair of the nobles. "That's not what I---oh never mind. Just be ready!" With that Rainbow turned around and fought her way back to the rest of her friends in Shining Armor's shield. Rainbow Dash flew above the collapsing barrier Shining Armor had made. “Rainbow Dash!” Shining called up. “Did you do what you wanted to?” When Rainbow nodded, he looked to Cadance and shared a brief glance. “All right, when we say ‘now,’ cover your eyes! You’ll get your distraction.” Inside the ponies bade their little sisters goodbye. Applejack held Apple Bloom tight. “Here, Ah want y’all to hold this for me.” She took off her hat and plopped in on her little sister’s head. “That way, you’ll know Ah’ll be back for it, and so you know just how much I love you, ‘kay?” Apple Bloom sniffed and hugged her tight. Rarity fussed and dabbed Sweetie Belle’s tears away with a hooferchief. “Now now, mustn’t fret … Mother would be so upset if she saw you ruin your adorable face with tears. It’ll be fine.” Rainbow smiled down at Dinky. “It's gonna be okay kids, stay close to each other and away from the changelings." “A'kay!” Dinky nodded. Then she paused. “”Um ... how're we gonna know who's a changeling?” “It'll be fine Dinky,” Dash assured her. “The changelings are just trying to mess with me and my friends. Everypony else is fine." “They can't do that!” Dinky gasped. “That's Miss Cloud Kicker's job!” Rainbow let out a strangled snort. "Heh, yeah. That's why it won't work." “YEAH! Go get 'em, Rainbow!” Dinky cheered.   “Get ready--” Shining Armor warned them. “NOW!” The ponies barely had enough warning to close their eyes and cover them with their hooves as Cadance and Shining Armor combined their strength to emit an enormous bright flash. Changelings shrieked at the sudden blinding light, as did a number of unfortunate pony bystanders. Rainbow Dash opened her eyes as soon as she dared. “Okay, now’s our chance. Let’s go!” The six ponies barreled through the confused and blinded changelings, making it to the door and out to freedom. As soon as they were out, Derpy and Cloud Kicker, who had positioned themselves close by, shut the door behind them. “After them!” Queen Chrysalis bellowed. The changelings rallied themselves and moved towards the door. But Cloud and Derpy stood in their way. “You’ll have to get past us first!” Cloud barked. From her dias, Chrysalis heard her and laughed. “A simple enough task … you are greatly outnumbered.” “But they aren’t alone,” She turned around to see Cadance and Shining Armor join Cloud and Derpy. Cadance’s declaration hung in the air like a challenge. A moment later Big Macintosh, who had been held at bay by several changelings before the flare, joined them. Chrysalis’ mood was unchanged. “Ah, the concerned family and friends. How sweet. You think this changes anything?” Cloud Kicker smirked. “We’ve got a mom whose daughter your bugs made the mistake to threaten,” she nodded to Derpy, her eyes both fixed firmly on Dinky. “A princess baby-sitter and sister-in-law,” Cadance whickered and pointed her horn right at Chrysalis, “and two big brothers who would do anything for their little sisters.” “You can just call us the B.B.B.B.B.F.F.s,” Shining Armor rolled his shoulders, limbering up. “Er…?” Big Macintosh looked at him in confusion. Shining Armor’s smile was vaguely predatory when he explained. “Big Brothers Best Bug Bashers Friends Forever.” Macintosh snorted, stomping his massive hooves as he looked out across the changelings. “Eeyup.” Cloud tossed her mane. “And then there’s me. Not only did you threaten my little sister, not only did you attack and capture my family in the guards, but you played your sick little mind games with one of my best friends.” Her eyes narrowed as she spread her wings, pawing at the ground challengingly. “Rainbow Dash has always been there for me, for all of us. And now I’m going to step up and be there for her. You’ve gone and thoroughly pissed us off: now we’re going to show you what happens when you mess with ponies’ loved ones.” “It doesn’t matter.” The changeling queen gestured widely. “Your Princesses are gone. Your guards have been replaced or neutralized and your Elements have failed. And the ponies here...” her lip curled in disdain as the guests and attendees shrank away even from her gaze. “...are useless.” “I wouldn’t be so sure.” Angered at being interrupted, Chrysalis whipped her head around to spot the interloper, an elegantly dressed white unicorn with a monocle and slim mustache. Fancy Pants regarded the her. “I know what you, what most ponies, think of the Canterlot elite. You think we’re just ceremonial ornaments, loudmouths and cowards. And we may well be that. But this is our city, and it needs us!” There was a tense moment when it looked like Fancy Pants’ exhortations fell on deaf ears. But then a pony hesitantly took a step away from the wall and over to the group by the door. Then another joined moved to follow the first. A trickle at first, but then it became a flood. Not everypony did. Many stayed away, trying to avoid the danger they knew they were not equipped to face. Perhaps even most. But enough joined the group by the door: pegasi, unicorns, earth ponies, crystal ponies, even seaponies gestured defiantly from their ornate tubs and pools. Among them included several of Canterlot’s most prominent citizens. “We may not be the heroes who get stories told about them,” Cloud Kicker nodded to her allies. “But even the second-stringers can stand up to monsters like you.” “And you really think you can stop me, when your friends could not?” Chrysalis drawled. Cloud shrugged. “Probably not. But we can give them a chance to get a second shot at it.” “Noble,” Chrysalis sounded bored. “While I’m sure you’re eager to prove yourselves, I have elsewhere to be.” She turned her head. “Guards! Deal with this!” A deep, booming voice answered her. “Yes, your Majesty.” The ranks of the changelings parted to reveal an enormous changeling, sized and proportioned like Big Macintosh. It was either wearing blue armor, or segments of its chitin was a different color. It wore a helmet and its eyes radiated malice. Several others stepped out to flank the first, obviously their leader. There were ten of them in total. “I must be going.” Chrysalis’ smile was coy and mirthless as she faced the ponies. “I’ll be sure to give your heroes your regards…” she spread her wings and flew towards one of the windows. She shifted into her Princess Celestia disguise just as the changelings opened it for her. Cloud Kicker watched her go, idly wondering if she could hope to follow her out … but the changelings resealed the window as soon as the Queen had left. Besides, the Changeling Captain had other plans. “Apologies, meat.” The large changeling guard rumbled, his voice like boulders rolling down a mountain as he spread his wings, blocking any potential avenue. “But you’re not going anywhere.”