IF2 Chapter 4

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Cole's POV

"NO, no, no, no, no!" Said Cole as he fell through the air. He realized he would've gotten there faster if he had glided, but knew he wasn't in the best state of mind right now.

"Kuo!?" Cole yelled as he finally reached her in time to help her up.

"I'm ok Cole. A few cuts and scratches, but fine. Start to help those who were caught in the blast. Don't bother with the ones closest, no one could've survived that."
" What kinda bomb was that? It was glowing right before I saw it go off." Cole asked with his back to her as he watched the aura of his healing power spread out over a group.

" I'm not sure, but I thought I saw what looked like, what do you call them? Blast Shards? Yeah, thinking about it now, if someone managed to harness their power, the destructive possibilities are endless."

" Cole, I've seen reports of these things. It seems that there are never less than one when these things start to go off. I think it's the work of a lone bomber. Cole, get to the rooftops and scan around for crowds, we gotta stop these things from going off somehow!"

"Right, I'll get right on it." Cole only needed to grind between buildings for a minute before he noticed a particularly large crowd. He didn't know whether these things were proximity or set on some sort of timer, so he decided to just glide in from the jump off a grind. He leaned forward on the power cable to build up extra speed. Once he was sent flying off he realized he might have put in a little too much effort into that jump. This was confirmed when he slammed against a cop and proceeded to slam both of them into the bomb on the wall.

"Well, I know it's not proximity now." Said Cole as he rubbed his head.

"What the hell was that? My God, I know the whole precinct is real grateful you freed us from Bertrand, but come on man! We have machines for this kind of thing." Said the disgruntled cop who was picking himself off the floor.

"Really? Why haven't you guys brought it out then?" Cole said, confused.

"Oh, well, see. The thing is, we used to have machines. The whole lockdown thing is a real bitch, you know? And none of the officers are willing to go pry one of these things off a wall. We still aren't sure what sets them off, but we're assuming it's got some kind of timer on it."

[The telltale beep beep of Cole's radio goes off]

"Cole? It's me, Kuo. What's the situation on those bombs?"
"I found another one. It hasn't gone off yet though. I need some ways to disarm this thing Kuo, can you think of anything?"

"None. I haven't seen one of these things in person yet. Let me see if I can get a hold of Zeke. I try not to radio in on him too much, as unprofessional as he is, I have to admit he's done a damn fine job of infiltrating the militia."

"Zeke? Zeke? It's Kuo, I need your help with something big right now."

"Zeke, come on brother, pick up." Cole said a bit less desperate sounding than he thought it would come out.

"…"

"I don't think he's going to answer Kuo."

" God damnit, you guys come at the worst times you know that?!"

" Zeke!" They both yell at him.

" What's the problem guys?"

" Remember those bombings I talked with you about?"

"Yeah, I remember Kou, so what? No wait, lemme guess. Knowing you two, Cole's probably trapped in some building rigged with the stuff, and it's slowly flooding."

"Don't be ridiculous Zeke. I'm only standing in front of one right now. And, umm, I saw a blast core and tried to pull it out….. it's beeping now."
"Cole!" Zeke and Kuo scream at him.

" I'm sorry guys. I see these things and I get so excited I lose myself. Once I climbed a whole five stories before I knew it. What do I do guys, I have a feeling that this whole buildings going down if I let this thing blow."

" Cole, you said this thing had a blast core in it? Why not just absorb it?" Zeke practically screamed.

"That's because I don't how to. Usually I touch these things and it's done kinda automatically."

The cop having seen Cole tinkering with the bomb had already backed the crowd off, and overheard the ominous beeping it was now giving off. "You're the freaking electric man! Can you just zap all the power out of the damn thing?"

" Did you guys catch that? You think it would work? I can't think of anything going off if this thing only runs on an electric current."

"It's worth a try Cole." Zeke said with an air of finality.

"Go for it Cole." Kuo said with a touch more of courage.

"I'm just going to stand over there then." Said the cop.

"….. Really?" Cole said dumbstruck.

Here goes nothing, Cole thought as he tried to drain the bomb. He only got a spark though. Guess I gotta get closer. He tried once more, with the same result. Guess I'll have to take it full blast if this doesn't work out. ZZZZZZZzzzz.

"It worked guys, it worked." Cole said, grinning as he grabbed the blast shard, absorbing it now that it wasn't being used.

" That's great Cole. I have to get going now guys. And to think, I had her on the ropes! Bastards…" Zeke mumbles over the radio.

"Zeke, you forgot to take your thumb off the button." Cole said with a chuckle.

"Cole!" Kuo screamed as she teleported to a rooftop nearby.

"Have a nice day officer." Cole said as he started climbing a telephone pole nonchalantly.

"I'm glad you're alright," Kou said as she walked up to Cole. She decided to hug him after a brief pause.

" Yeah, I'll admit, I'd sooner jump headfirst into a fight without knowing how screwed I am then take a calculated risk ever again." Cole said cheekily as he hugged her back after a second of shock.

After taking a step back and putting her hands on her hip, she asked, "Hey Cole, aren't I supposed to be cold? How come you never flinch when we make,.. contact?" She says with a mischievous glint in her eye.

"Kuo, it's going to take a lot more than that to ever make me feel anything less than glad to see you." Cole says a bit too quick to respond.

"Aaawww Cole. That's so sweet of you. Come here, sit next to me." Kuo said patting the empty space next to her on the ledge she was dangling her feet over.

Thank God Zeke had bitched to me about damn near having his big toe fall of when Kuo stood on his foot for a few seconds last week. I knew something like this would pop up. Real slick Cole, "I'd say that was pretty, cool, of you. Cole thought to himself, then realized he would've jumped off a building if he knew it could hurt him.

" So tell me Cole, can I expect explosions every time we get together?" Kuo asked, looking off to the side.

"Get together? Oh, well yeah. I guess so." Cole said trying not to sound so sad, and failing.

"Cole. I had so much fun, you know I did. Cole, come on. I didn't mean it like that. Don't get me wrong, you're a great guy. But would this really be good for us in a situation like this? Where one of us could be here one second and be gone the next?"

"Honestly, I can't imaging many other things motivating me more to not quit and give in to the pain and keep on pushing through it than getting to see you Kuo. I'll be leaving now." Cole said in a dead tone as walked over to an electric rail and grinded away.

Kuo felt terrible, especially because of how hard those words had rocked her. She knew, that now, she had to take the blind leap he took with her, and make up for this. "Cole McGrath. I promise from here on out, I'll work to be worth you." Kuo announced to the universe.