inFAMOUS Rush

Chapter 1: First Glimpse

Somewhere on top of the buildings, two men stood there, watching the whole city go crazy. One of them was a tall and bald man, wearing a yellow and black jacket. He was wearing black pants with a white symbol on his left leg and black gloves. His name was Cole MacGrath. The other was a heavy weight man. Shorter than the older man, he was on the couch, reading a comic book and his name was Zeke Dunbar.

Cole: I thought you were gonna watch TV?

Zeke: Batteries are dead again...you mind puttin' on the freak show?

Cole: Sure. Glad it's good for something.

Zeke: Probably need to charge 'em all-TV's a hog.

Cole wandered around the building,musing his electric powers to charge up the batteries until they were all green.

Zeke: Nice job, man, boob tube's workin!" Zeke said.

Cole: Weird-feels like I got more power.

Zeke: Yeah? Try fryin' those dummies over there. With all the nut-balls runnin' around, it'd be nice to see how much juice you're packin'.

Cole didn't mind arguing about this, it was nice to get some exercise now and then. He burnt almost every stuffed dummy into a crisp. All of a sudden, they saw something coming in. It was a plane, flying over Cole and Zeke and half of Empire City.

Zeke: Whoo, you see that? Flyin' so low, thought it was going to crash into us.

Just then, the TV came on. A man was explaining that the government dropped some food for the people in the city. With this chance at hand, Cole decides to go for it.

Cole: Told you they'd drop food.

Zeke: Man, you must be out of your mind. You think any of those pencil-necks gives a crap about us? This is a PR stunt.

Cole: That isn't gonna stop you from pigging out though, is it?

Zeke: No it ain't. Zeke's gotta eat!

Cole: You take the stairs, I'm using the express elevator.

Zeke: Awe man, you get to have all the fun.

As Zeke took the stairs, Cole jumped all the way from the building and onto the ground, landing on his feet.

Cole: That's what I'm talking about.

Zeke finally caught up with Cole, breathing heavily.

Zeke: Whoo, that was one impressive jump, man. Wish I could do something like that-runnin' down all those stairs, really ain't my style.

Zeke began to take off, leading Cole to a certain destination.

Zeke: Hey, Cole, before we head over to Archer, I need to pick up a new sex shooter.

Cole: Here we go.

Zeke: Nah, that was awesome, the second you touched it, the electricity in your hands cooks off the powder and the whole thing goes KA-BAM! The look on your face was priceless.

Cole: Speak for yourself, I nearly blew my hand off.

Zeke: Which is why you won't be touching the new one. Traded this guy one of my home-made batteries for it.

Cole: The ones that explode when you use 'em?

Zeke: Yeah, he doesn't know that. C'mon, told me he was going to leave it in a parking lot a few blocks from here.

The two continued to talk as they made there way to Archer. Once they made it, there was a little situation. There were four cars parked in the back.

Zeke: Ah, c'mon...he told me he was going to leave it under a car, I figured there'd be only one. We'll never find it.

Cole: Stand back, I got an idea.

He focused his powers on the cars and created a shockwave, bouncing the cars back and flipping them over. Underneath, was the present that Zeke was looking for.

Zeke: Outstandin', man, I didn't know you could do something like that.

Cole: Me neither...there was this surge...

Zeke: Hey man, you don't look so hot.

Cole: Drained all of a sudden...hang on a sec...

Cole walked to the electricity source and began to drain it's power. He could feel himself gaining more power and recovering.

Cole: Did you see that?

Zeke: Man, your a walking battery! You must have to recharge whenever you fire off a bunch of juice.

Cole: I can feel the electricity surging through me, almost like I'm being healed by it.

Zeke: This rocks so hard. C'mon, let's haul tail over to Archer Square 'fore someone take all the brewskis.

Cole followed behind. Just then, he gets a incoming call on his walking talkie, strapped to his bag.

?: Cole you there?

Cole: Hey, babe.

?: You hear they dropped some food?

Cole: Yeah. Zeke and me are heading over there.

?: How are you feeling?

Cole: Alright, I guess. Powers are all over the place. Used to be I could barely power a light bulb. Now I'm jumping off of buildings and frying the junk on Zeke's roof.

?: You jumped off a building? What were you thinking?

Cole: Relax, I'm fine.

?: Just take it easy. After what happened to Amy. I couldn't...

Cole: Yeah.

?: See you guys at Archer Square. I love you.

When they got there, the food that was dropped was way too high on a building. Half the city was already there.

Zeke: Whew, boy that's stuck up there. I hate to say it pal, but you're the only guy here who'd live from a fall like that. Gotta climb up there and knock that stuff free.

With that, Cole began to climb the building and make his way to the barrels of food. With the flick of his wrist, Cole shocked the ropes and released the food. But before he knew it, the enemies of Empire City showed up. They were called the "Reapers". If no one stopped them, they'd take all the food and the city would starve. Cole jumped down the building and took out the Reapers. They were no match for him. Shock, after shock, after shock, the Reapers were beaten. The people came back and began to eat away. Finally, Trish showed up to assist the people.

Cole: Hey, Trish.

Trish: I'm so glad you got the food down. These poor people are starving.

Cole: Just doing what I can. Someone had to help them.

Zeke: Those idiots dropped us canned prunes. Now who the hell would want to eat this crap?

Just then, the same man on the TV before showed up again. He showed a clip of someone with a package and blowing it up, destroying the entire city. Turns out that the man in the clip was Cole. Everyone was shocked at this scene, especially Cole, Trish and Zeke. Cole tried to explain to Trish that what happened wasn't his fault but she refused to listen and walked away. Even the people of the city were giving Cole rotten looks, believing he's was actually responsible for the explosion. Cole and Zeke begin to make a run for it, trying to escape the crowd. They managed to escape as they headed for the bridge to escape the city.

Zeke: Listen man, I'm almost at the bridge. Since everyone here hates your guts, we gotta get out of town, pronto-like.

Cole: I'll meet you there. And Zeke-thanks for watching my back.

Zeke: Ha, sure man. I ain't about to do anything that might upset you. See ya.

Cole dashed his way through a city that wanted him dead. It wasn't easy but he finally made it to the bridge. There, Zeke and many other people were waiting to leave.

Zeke: Stampton Bridge, the fastest way out of town. That is, if you can get us past those baton-wielding goons.

Cole: Were getting out of here, one way or another. Follow my lead.

The two began to walk through the crowd the police announces that they would use force if it was necessary. Cole wasn't going to stand for this. He ran through the crowd and fought off the guards. Once they were taken out, the doors opened and he and Zeke lead the people through the cops and into the other side. Zeke assisted with backup cover fire, while Cole fought the guards head on. There progression was astounding, they made there with ease and made it to the end. However, things got bad, there quest for freedom had come to a tragic end.

Narration:

The gate opened to a wall of razor wire and machine guns. Zeke made a break for it, smashed in the gate to the Decontamination Unit...and fell headlong into the harbor. And I moved. Faster that he knew he could. I was then greeted by a name. This FBI agent, Moya, had seen the footage of me at ground zero and came here to wait, figuring I'd try to escape, knowing I had powers. She explained that before the blast, her husband john had in been assigned to infiltrate the First Sons...a shadowy group working on a project they called the "Ray Sphere", a device designed to drain the neuro-electric energy from a group of people and concentrate it into an individual. She lost contact with John the night of the blast. Despite all her connections Moya was losing hope. Yet she found me, somehow believing I could be trusted, ready to make me an offer: I go back to the city, find john and the Ray Sphere...and she'll get me out of the quarantine and clear my name. This whole Ray Sphere thing sounds crazy to me...but suddenly I'm a human light socket, so maybe I should cut her some slack.

When Cole returns to the city, he meets up with Zeke, who had survived the fall.

Zeke: Cole? Man, it's good to see you.

Cole: Nice work on that gate, Wrecking Ball.

Zeke: Hey, lived through the fall, no problem. But gettin' back to shore, well, let's just say I'm no Michael Phelps.

Cole: Yeah, that's an understatement.

Zeke: Hey, take it easy Lightning Rod. So how did you live through that? Bullets flyin' everywhere, all over the place-figured you were a goner.

Cole: Let's head home. I'll fill you in on the way.

By the time they got to the building, it was already dark and Cole had finally finished the explanation.

Cole: And it drains neural-electric energy.

Zeke: I knew it! All the stuff I've been saying, every word is true, governments in cahoots with a secret organization: The Ray Sphere, damn, it all makes sense now.

Cole: Calm down. You're going to hurt yourself.

Zeke: That Ray Sphere must dish out powers to anyone controlling it. You gotta bring it back here!

Cole: Sure, I could use a sidekick.

Zeke: Nah, hell with that, Zeke Jedediah Dunbar is his own man.

Cole: Your middle name is Jedediah?

Zeke: Yes it is, after my grandfather. Strong man, for a man his size. Uh, I don't know where Zeke comes from but I'm certain...

Cole: You need to take a nap, and a bath. I got things to do.

A little while later, Moya contacts him on his phone.

Moya: I've already got a couple of leads for you; the coordinates have been uploaded into your phone. Give me a call when you're in position.

He then headed off to his next assignment, running through the streets and coming across people who wanted him dead or just hated him...blaming his actions for causing the quarantine. He began running past an alley...and his eye was caught onto something. Some strange glowing pink light.

Cole: What the hell...? Zeke, you there?

Zeke: Hey, brother, what's up?

Cole: I found something strange, in the alleyway and...you gotta see it to believe it.

Zeke: I'm on my way.

Cole took a few steps closer to the glowing vortex, examining it further.

Cole: What in the hell is this?

He waiting on a bench, checking the time every 5 minutes, wondering where Zeke was. 3 hours later, Zeke finally shows up.

Zeke: Hey, brother, sorry I'm late, Reapers almost saw me.

Cole: Glad you finally showed up.

Zeke: So, what's the deal, man, what did you want me to see?

Cole: This...

He led Zeke into the alley and showed him the pink vortex.

Zeke: Whoa, what the hell is that thing?

Cole: No idea.

Zeke: You think this was here, when the Ray Sphere exploded?

Cole: Maybe, I'm not sensing any type of energy, that I've come across.

He took a step forward too it and stuck his hand out, when he did, out of nowhere it grabbed his arm.

Cole: What...what in the hell?

The vortex had a hold of Cole's arm, pulling him closer and closer into the vortex. Zeke grabbed his other arm, trying to pull him back but it was no use. The vortex pulled Cole closer and began swallowing him, along with Zeke. Before they knew it, the two were completely swallowed up. Cole's mind went blank, the only thing that went through his head was Empire City, his ticket out of the quarantine, the hatred of the entire city, his ex-girlfriend, Trish...and a faint voice. It was calling out his name. Suddenly, Cole began to come around, the voice becoming more and more clear. When he opened his eyes, it was Zeke.

Zeke: Thank goodness, I thought I lost you there.

Cole tried getting up on his feet, with Zeke's help. He looked around and saw that there surrounding were different, the crumbled building of Empire City were no longer there...the sun was high in the sky and the buildings looked different, they were well put together and the people looked so much different from the ones in Empire City.

Cole: Where the hell are we...this isn't Empire City.

Zeke: Yeah, I know, at first I thought I was dreamin but then i realized that everything is real, the people, the trees, everything...

Cole: So, if this isn't a dream, then that means...

Zeke: That means that we did it, were out of that hell hole, Empire City!