Two days had passed and Delsin still had nothing to help him find his new mystery Conduit. He tried listening into the news broadcasts to see if they had any abnormal events to report, but they just spewed the same old "Don't trust Bio-terrorists. They are here to kill you" crap.

Sticking his hand into his jeans pocket and pulling out his phone, Delsin decided it was time to get some help. "Fetch! Hey, what's up?" he spoke into the phone quickly.

"Hey, D. Not much, you?" her voice was crackly and dry. No doubt she had just finished a busy day doing what she did best: taking out druggies.

"Yeah, not much. Hey, can I meet you and Teen Angel at the base of Space Needle in about twenty minutes?"

"Sure, see you then." The phone clicked, before Delsin dialled Eugene.

"Hey, Eugene. Can I meet you at the bottom of Space Needle in about twenty? I need some help."

"Okay, bye." Eugene was as talkative as ever.

Hopping by rooftop made the journey much easier, cutting it down to merely ten minutes. Eugene and Fetch were already there, standing near each other but not making conversation. As Delsin walked towards them, they stood upright and waved in greeting.

Delsin slipped his hands into his pockets, rolling his shoulders and relaxing himself. "Alright, guys, so Reggie gave me a call a couple of days ago letting me know about a possibility of a local conduit that might be worth checking out."

Fetch chuckled, rolling back on her heels, "So?"

"So," Delsin clapped his hands together, drawing out his words, "I am in need of some assistance. It seems that the signs of the conduit move around the city in a rotation, based on what my brother has told me. I was thinking maybe you guys could give me a bit of a hand, help me kind of sneak on them. I think they can track me somehow, who knows. Either way, it would be totally sweet if you guys could help me out with it?"

The two conduits shrugged in unison, not having much else to do and so agreed.

"Wow, D. If you can't find this guy in two days then I'm a little worried," Fetch joked, "Where should we go first?"

Throughout the past two days, Delsin had Reggie on speed dial so that he could get information on the wires as quickly as possible. After hearing complaints of wires around Seattle, Reggie had people positioned all over the place to try and see what they could find, and they found that the wires snaked around the city like a clock, switching districts on the hour. However, they disappeared whenever Delsin or Reggie would approach them. Having Abigail and Eugene around meant that tracking down the wires would be much easier, but they would have to be quick before the Wire conduit realised they were on his path.

"Hey, Delsin. I think I found something over at Pioneer Square," Eugene whispered through his phone's microphone as to not create any suspicion.

"Nice! Get Fetch over there and try isolate the area. When I see she's there, I'll take the sky. We want nothing going in, and no one getting out."

"Gotcha," Eugene murmured, the phone clicking.

A smug grin stretched across Delsin's face, brows furrowing, "Alright, conduit, let's see what makes you tick." A neon strip dashed past him at that, letting him know where the conduit was hiding. Delsin kept an eye on the trail, moving adjacent to it. Two people moving quickly in the direction of the conduit would surely scare them off, and so it was decided that none of the three would move together when in close proximity.

Delsin stood on the lip of a smoke stack, peering down at the ground below. He could see thick black wires, pulsing with white energy like blood in the veins. He followed them from a few feet away, dashing from rooftop to rooftop. A quick glance at the ground was all he needed as they carried bulbs of white light that flowed quickly. Delsin paused on the edge of a building, looking down to the ground. People were noticing the wires, questioning them. He heard someone suggest a bio-terrorist as another leant down to touch the wire. They were only inches away when the wires were sucked back in a flash.

"We have movement," Delsin shouted, getting the attention of Eugene. Delsin was alert, running quickly to try and stop the conduit from escaping. "Oh, no. You are not getting away this time," he muttered under his breath as he picked up speed. He could see the wires snaking towards an intersection in an alleyway. One foot in front of the other, he leaped off the roof and straight to the ground. As his eyes adjusted, he saw a person standing in the centre, surrounded by wires like a spherical cage. Adrenaline was pumping through his body, his heart was in his throat.

Eugene, Fetch and Delsin surrounded the cage at the three entrances to the intersection. They could partially see inside the cage, the area illuminated only by Fetch and Eugene's powers. Inside held what was assumed to be a victim of the conduit, they were curled up in the fetal position, shaking. Fetch walked towards the cage hesitantly, arm outstretched to touch the wires. Before she could, the wires dispersed and vanished into drains. While Fetch checked to see if the victim was unharmed, Delsin peered into the drain the wires had moved into. He removed the grate and stuck his head inside.

The walls of the drains were illuminated with wires, the same that he had followed only minutes ago. They lined every visible inch of the drains, pulsing with the same white orbs flowing into a direction away from him.

Fresh wounds and cuts covered the victim's body. A shallow gash and purple bruising lined their neck, showing where the victim had been choked and rendered speechless. Eugene moved to help the victim and try find any information he could.

"D, come and check this out," Abigail's voice interrupted Delsin's search, pointing to one of the brick walls, "Looks like we have ourselves another artist."

Written in capital letters across the bricks in wire was "WHERE FOR ART THOU BANNER BOY?". Delsin looked in shock, searching around for any clues. The wire had no traces of white energy pulsing through, meaning it was not connected to the conduit.

"Oh, my God," Delsin wrinkled his nose in disgust, "I've been demoted to Boy!"

Fetch gave a low-belly laugh as Eugene moved closer to the tag. He pointed out three small letters towards the bottom right of the sign, "'CMN'? What does CMN mean?"

By now, Delsin's jaw was on the ground, "No way! CMN? Are we actually standing before a CMN piece?!"

"What's CMN?" Abigail questioned in confusion.

"Not what, who! CMN is only one of the sickest low-profile graffiti artists in Seattle! No one knows who he is, and all his works are only up temporarily. I guess he puts them up and once the message has been received, he drains the wires back up." Without missing a beat, Delsin had his phone out ready to snap an image.

"Well, it seems like our artist is also quite the sadist on the side," Fetch stated as the victim sat upright on another wall. The three decided they would keep a close eye on the victim until he was able to talk again, in case he knew some valuable information.

"Hold up, Smokes, we can't just leave him here!" Fetch shouted as Delsin went to leave, "He'll die!"

Throwing his arms up, Delsin's excitement left as quickly as it came, "Oh, and where, exactly, shall we put him? In a hospital? Dump him in the bay? Hand him over to the D.U.P.'s?"

"We can take him to mine," Eugene walked forward, taking one of the victim's arm and pulling it over his shoulder. He motioned for Delsin to help, "The Lantern District's next, so we might find something else while we're there."

Say hello to Chapter 2! As you can see, regular chapters are now going to be much larger in size. It's nice to see the Wire conduit in this much more, but still not much is revealed about them... yet! Stay tuned to find out more about them and see what happens next. Until next time!