Somewhere in-between-Ok, this is my first chapter thing. Just some kind of background for the idea I had for the game... I never want things to end XD

The story will actually take place after the 'good' ending.**CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR SECOND GAME**

Cole didn't know what to think about this woman. One minute, he was surveying the city of New Marais, the next she was telling him she had worked with Wolfe on the sphere.

"I'm sorry to spring all of this on you, but I've been looking for you for quite some time now. I regret not being able to contact you sooner, but it was difficult to move around in Empire city..." She paused. "What was... Empire city."

Cole was silent. Adria sat down on a crate, folding her arms. Her dark brown hair was in a braid, her clothes dirty. The jeans she wore were torn, and her blouse was missing a part of a sleeve. She looked like a wreck, but healthy enough. She had been out on the streets for days, almost a week now. Crime was still around, and with the militia making trouble, it was rough to be on your own.

Her brown eyes searched his, trying to figure out what he was thinking. His face was stone though, it was useless. "I heard Wolfe was... Not able to make it, that's kind of the reason I came. To help you. I've seen what the beast has done, and I want to help you stop him." She added. A noise rattled behind her, and she shot up, drawing a gun.

"Relax, it's just a rat." He finally spoke, and she watched as the rodent came scurrying out from an old bag. "Sorry." Adria apologized. "My nerves have been on edge this week, dodging bullets and hi-jacking a couple cars." Cole brought his head up.

"You stole a car?"

"I had to do something, some of those rednecks were on my trail. There was a guy passed out in the backseat anyway, he only woke up after I crashed it into a fence." She muttered, wiping the sweat off her forehead. "Could we go somewhere else? There's too many places to hide in here, I don't like these warehouses."

Cole stood up, walked toward the door. He peaked out first, then gave the signal for her to follow.

"Cole!" Adria yelled over the blast of a rocket. It had been another week since she met the 'Demon of Empire city', and getting to the blast cores was harder than it seemed. Shooting a militia, she ran over to Kuo, who had just frozen a small group of them. "Nice to be a conduit huh?" Adria smiled, leaning against a propane tank, which probably wasn't the best idea in the world, but she was tired.

"Where is he?" She panted, Kuo looking over her shoulder. There was a large crashing sound, followed by a flash of electricity.

"Right there." Kuo answered. Adria smirked. She hadn't known him as long as the others, but he was predictable enough. He didn't go anywhere without leaving some kind of mark. She was just glad he was on their side.

Adria had lost track of the days after she met Cole, and was sitting on the couch, putting batteries in the remote that Zeke had 'dropped'. Suddenly, Zeke came running up, mumbling something about Cole being a star.

"Alright, all ready, get to a T.V.!" He said into the radio. This caught Adria's attention. "Hey, what's going on-" She was cut off by Zeke, who was staring at the television, when a picture of Cole came up.

She watched, half amused, half horrified as Zeke ran an ad to 'all the single ladies out there', giving them his cell number.

"Zeke, you bastard." Was his friend's reply, which left Zeke laughing so hard, he almost fell over.

"Zeke, you're an idiot." She laughed, and it wasn't long before Kuo called Zeke's cell, complaining about not being serious enough.

Adria was never bored.