A big sorry to all the readers for waiting over half a year until I updated this.

I want to be honest: I was lacking motivation for translating this for a long time. A lot of stuff happened, some privately, some had to do with work but just like I said in the last chapter: I want to finish this. The original German version is complete by now so I can concentrate on this more and I'm already working on the next chapter - if I'm not mistaken most parts of it should be translated. I also started working on a notebook for all my notes for this story including profiles, a timeline, the apartment blueprint etc. This is mostly for me because up until now all my notes are scattered around my room. :'D

Another positive thing I want to share (besides my regained motivation) is that my cousin gave birth to a girl in May. Six weeks too early but she's fine now. Her name is Lana and I feel that, at one point, I might use the wrong name. ;)

Now to the reviews:

SilverZelenia: I know the quote can be interpreted differently or misinterpreted like you said. As for this story I'd say no matter how you read it there's truth in it in both ways. Nonetheless thanks for pointing it out. :)
AddictWithAPencil: Haha. Delsin isn't the cat type it seems. ;) And Reggie became Brownie's favorite (male) person on the planet that moment. Well Delsin, better luck next time.

Also thanks for all the favs and follows. I saw the notifications and it made me feel bad because you had to wait so long. To the guest review: I won't abandon this story ever. Only maybe if a hole opened up and I could jump into the inFamous universe - I might be occupied with other things than writing if that would ever happen. :)

This is the first chapter that differs from the original version. I want to change a few things during the story and this is where a small alternate route to some events starts. As I said in the beginning of this story the outcome will be the same as in the original one, I just want to go a few different ways until I reach the finish line so to speak.

It was hard to find sleep that night.

Yana's thoughts were occupied by the brothers and her mother. She wondered what they planned to do once they would find her. It seemed like Delsin wanted to free the Conduits that were held in Curdun Cay, but therefor he had to defeat Augustine. Whatever defeat exactly meant. Would he kill her? Would Yana want him to do so?

Augustine was still her mother after all. They might have not talked to each other in years, but there was a bond between them. Something sentimental. Other people probably wouldn't be bothered by these feelings. Not towards someone like Brooke Augustine. But Yana couldn't shake off her feelings. She wished for the Conduits to be free instead of being locked up in some prison complex where the D.U.P. did god knows what to them. They deserved better. They deserved a chance. On the other hand she knew that, very possibly all Conduits, held a certain grudge against Augustine. A few of them willing to kill her if they could, so would it be a good idea for both parties to roam the streets? It wasn't but what were the options to keep all the Conduits save? Also all those people who were afraid of them?

Whatever plan Delsin had, if he had any to begin with, it had to be good otherwise things would turn out worse in the end. Not that Yana thought it could get any worse. It had been years ago, back in New Marais but then things got better. If it was thanks to the D.U.P. or not... well, who could tell. People might have felt saver after Curdun Cay was established but the Conduits sure didn't. True people weren't randomly killed out on the streets – that had happened, not often but it did – when others assumed they were different than them. A simple call and the D.U.P. showed up taking care of any Conduit related problem but often leaving enough evidence they had been to a city just like they did here in Seattle. Now some might say things were different here because there were at least two Conduits on the loose who had been in Curdun Cay before. The question how they managed to escape was another thing.

"What do you think?", Yana petted Brownie who was lying right next to her. Even though she didn't like it when he slept in the bed she was glad he did now because it gave her the feeling that she wasn't alone. His presence was extremely soothing. He probably had no idea that he was providing Yana relief for the fears slowly building up inside of her. "There might be a lot of people who would want her dead. I can't blame them", even though her 'hate' against her mother was different from what the Conduits felt she could understand them well.

"Meow."

"I guess I'm even more afraid about what might happen when people find out who I am, rather than what they'll do to her."

She always had been afraid of that. People finding out she was the daughter of someone who was feared by Conduits and normal people alike. Someone who could kill without second thought. Five years ago, when they met, Yana had seen a cold and stoic woman. That didn't change over the years. Whenever there was a report or an article with a picture of Augustine she wouldn't smile. Sometimes Yana believed it was because of the concrete powers. But of course this was just a silly idea of hers when she was younger.

That the powers Conduits had affected their bodies in more ways than simply running faster or firing stuff from their hands.

She had noticed the heat radiating from Delsin's body when he sat next to her though. It wasn't much, he probably didn't even notice it himself or maybe she was imagining things. Either it was in fact a side effect of his powers or something else. She decided to check this the next time they would meet. Next time. Yana was curious what Delsin and Reggie were up to now. Knowing the D.U.P. there would be news as soon as something happened so literally all Yana had to do was to wait.

But waiting was a bad thing considering their current situation with Betty and the rest of the tribe. They could die any given moment without help. God, Yana prayed they wouldn't die. Betty seemed to be someone important to the brothers and she probably was as important as a real family member. Yana shook her head. There was no time to think about this right now. Of course she wanted everything to turn out positive, but these thoughts kept her away from a good nights sleep.

So she just hoped that maybe tomorrow would be a better day for all of them.

~ooo~

"I found out where the communication center is located, you'll love this."

The Rowe brothers were currently having breakfast in a little diner not too far from the hotel Reggie was staying at. Delsin slept there as well but since Reggie had no need for a panic at the hotel he had asked Delsin to sneak inside so no one would notice him.

The younger man didn't mind. Even though this whole 'You have to be careful' attitude he got from his brother was bothering him, he could understand what Reggie meant or what he was afraid of. Even now while he just sat on his chair and enjoyed his food he got some strange looks, some people were mumbling things he couldn't understand but seeing their looks he knew it was about him. Seemed like he was no stranger anymore even though all he did so far was to destroy one command center. And maybe some more cameras. Not to mention the people he freed from the pens.

But there was no time to think about this. His brother had a clue and Delsin was sure the real fun would begin now. "I love anything that means I'm 'hurting' the D.U.P. and Augustine. So where is it?"

Reggie took a sip of his coffee. "A place you wanted to visit since the moment we drove here."

Slowly raising an eyebrow Delsin began to understand what place Reggie meant. "Seriously? The Space Needle?"

"Yes, the Space Needle", he grinned. It was interesting to see how easily he could make his brother happy. But then of course there was one problem: how to get up there? "The whole area is shut down. You need to be careful when you get there. There's another mobile D.U.P. center nearby so they'll might sent reinforcements once they notice you."

"I got it: be sneaky. Be careful", Delsin leaned back in his seat. "What do you think I'm doing?"

"Not being sneaky, otherwise the people wouldn't recognize you", Reggie pointed towards two giggling girls no older than eighteen, who turned away as soon as they noticed Delsin looking their way. "You got fans. I'm just not sure whether this is a good thing or not."

"Well... I have to say I like having fans."

"Sure you do."

"You're jealous", who wouldn't be? Having fans or whatever you wanted to call these giggling girls was something... nice. Delsin liked being the center of attention though he preferred the attention of a certain red haired female right now. "She's cute. I mean Yana."

"Delsin don't start this please", Reggie had already noticed his brother wasn't necessarily uninterested in the woman. But either Yana didn't notice the looks Delsin gave her or she ignored them. "Listen to me: she seems nice yes and it's reassuring to know there are people who don't hate you but please be careful. If someone... if Augustine notices you hanging around with people who are on your side...", he paused. How should he explain this? Delsin probably had an idea what he was trying to say. "She'll be in danger."

The Conduit knew that but as long as he could do something against that he would. Just like freeing people who were held captive because they had the Conduit gene. He just wanted to help them no matter what. Yana was right when she said people might help him in return if they saw that not all people like him were bad and that in the end they had the same enemy. "I'll keep an eye on her. Besides I don't believe Augustine will do something bad to her with all those people around", well, in some way he was right about this without knowing. Delsin had seen what Augustine did to people who weren't willing to cooperate with her. He just hoped she was careful because a lot of people didn't want the D.U.P. around, her reputation was bad enough already. Attacking innocents would only give her more problems.

What both men didn't expect though was that Augustine wouldn't harm Yana because of said reputation but because of family ties.

~ooo~

"You sure you're okay?"

"Yes, I'm sure", Yana grinned at the worried voice of her best friend. It was strange for both of them to just talk over the phone without the possibility to hug each other. Yana missed lying on the couch together while enjoying something to drink and some food along with watching movies. Normally they would see each other every day, it was something Yana missed. "It's just... being stuck in a city sucks."

"Not being able to get home sucks too."

"You know what I mean. I would rather be in San Francisco right now and not only because you're there."

There was a long pause on the other side of the line. Yana could hear some voices in the background before Natalie talked again, this time a lot quieter than before. "Does she know you're living in Seattle? I mean... there's cameras everywhere. I wonder what she'll do when she sees you."

"I hope she doesn't. The last thing I need is my mother mingling with my life but I have to be honest when I say I've been thinking about what she might do or say if she found out", Yana wondered if she should tell Natalie about Delsin and Reggie. She would tell her sooner or later so why not now? It seemed right to do so. Who knew when they would talk to each other again and under what circumstances. "I met someone. Two guys, they're from Salmon Bay."

"Stranded in Seattle huh?"

"Not really stranded. They came here after Augustine destroyed the bridges and set up her military stuff."

"How?"

"One of them is a Conduit."

"... Yana, no. Tell me you're lying", Natalie paused, waiting for an answer but she never got one. Yana decided to stay quiet and Natalie had to acknowledge that her friend wasn't telling lies. "You know I would've appreciated it if you didn't tell me which brings me to a new question: why are you telling me you met a Conduit right after we're talking about what your mother might do if she found out you're in the city. Please don't tell me you're planning to do something stupid."

"Will you listen to me?"

"Sure, I just don't know if I like what you're going to tell me."

Probably not. Yana's dreams were plagued by her mother, the people she hurt and when she woke up a sentence Joe said to her was stuck inside her head. She told Natalie the short story why Delsin and Reggie were here and who they were exactly. At least Natalie seemed to be fine with her explanations and since Reggie was an officer, she felt reassured. At least until Yana told her about a really dumb idea of hers. "I couldn't sleep because I continued to think about their friends and when I finally dozed off I dreamed of them. I can't help but to feel bad for what Augustine does... you know Joe said something to me that is stuck in my head", Yana took a deep breath before she continued talking. "He said that, if my relationship with Augustine would be better, I could ask her to leave."

"That won't work though probably."

"Yeah, but I wonder... those people in Salmon Bay did nothing wrong. If I'd ask her to help them..."

"No you won't! If you go to her she will lock you up or... I don't know. Do you seriously believe she would help them?"

"I know it's a stupid idea", more than stupid to be honest but Yana couldn't help but to think that it might work. She wanted to help them, more than anything else. Yana began to wonder if things would've turned out differently if she had been more persistent back when she was younger and met her mother for the first time. That maybe, if she had been able to make Augustine understand she needed her, her mother would've come home. That she would leave the Conduits alone. "It's just that somehow I feel responsible for what she does."

"Which is stupid! You're not responsible for her actions. Stop telling yourself stuff like this and when I get home and you're not there I swear: I'll find you and burn down your whole cappuccino supplies as a punishment so please, please promise me you won't go to her", Natalie was desperate to keep her best friend away from making a mistake she would regret her whole life. She would give anything to be in Seattle right now, especially because Yana didn't answer her. "Yana?"

"Still here", she sighed. "Listen, I just... I don't know what to think or what to do. I probably just need a few days to think about stuff, it would be so much easier if you were here. I could need a hug."

"Then just wait for me and hug Brownie until I'm back."

"He'll probably run away long before you're back", Yana's blue eyes fell on Brownie. He hadn't left her side since the moment she got out of bed. It was like he had the feeling she was up to something stupid and tried to keep her away from doing this.

"So what are you gonna do today?", Natalie changed the subject so Yana would think about something else than her mother or her new acquaintances.

A little shrug, unseen by her best friend. "I don't know. I need some food for me and Brownie so I guess I'll be doing some grocery shopping later. Maybe watch a movie and go to bed early because I have morning shift tomorrow."

"The store is still open?"

"Yeah, don't ask. We're closed on a few days though but Michelle thinks it's better if we come to work. You know, try to live a normal life as long as this situation lasts", well the good thing was they could work off a few things they didn't have time for up until now. Like sorting out bills. Yana didn't mind. It would be worse if she had to stay home without having anything to do because she would think about too many things. Things that began to eat her up from the inside. "I guess I should get ready. You probably have something to do as well?"

"Mhm, mum and dad want to do a little sightseeing tour. I'm not looking forward to it but it might be funny. I'll bring you a souvenir. Brownie as well."

"I'll tell him. And you say hello from me to your family."

"I will, see you soon."

See you soon.

If only that would be true. Brownie let out a low purr as Yana stroked his fur. "Well I guess I should do a shopping list. Any wishes on your food?"

"Meow~"

"Thought so."

~ooo~

"Reg, this is so cool!", Delsin was tiptoeing around like a child who was allowed to visit the candy store for the first time in his life. Reggie was right when he said the whole area around the Space Needle was shut down. The science center nearby was used as another mobile command center. Delsin decided to pay them a visit later. Maybe not today, but definitely tomorrow. There was a lot of stuff to do after all. Shutting down all the command centers, finding the other Conduits, finding Augustine.

Delsin also decided to get rid of all those scan stations on his way.

While he could take shortcuts through vents and over rooftops everyone else had to take the way right through the checkpoints. There were places that were filled with people who had to wait for their turn. He had seen a station going off when a middle aged man put his finger on the scanner. The D.U.P. soldiers reacted within seconds, the poor man didn't even know what was going on. He looked as shocked as everyone else when he was shoved into the direction of the pen.

Delsin didn't shed another thought and ran to his rescue, taking out the soldiers, as well as the whole checkpoint.

Besides the thankful look of the man and a few other people, Delsin was rewarded with a shard boosting up his powers. It was the same blue light the core relays produced, just less powerful but he noticed the shards were implemented in a lot of stuff. Be it the scanners or little drones that were flying around. And there were a lot of drones. It looked like the D.U.P. wanted to have an eye on every single person in Seattle. That meant if he took out whatever he would find on top of the Space Needle, the people would have a little more privacy. At least he believed the drones couldn't send their information's anymore once he was finished here.

"Looks like a giant antenna", he mumbled more to himself than his brother. "This is not what I expected from a visit to the Space Needle."

"Well, this whole trip is nothing I expected from coming to Seattle. We have to make the best out of it."

"Easy for you to say when I'm the one who has to climb up a, in my opinion, not really safe looking building", Delsin agreed with his brother that it would be safer if he stayed in the background. Since Delsin was a Conduit there was a lot of stuff he could do which his brother couldn't. Like vanishing real fast if he had to. Not to forget his fast healing abilities. "At least there's nothing bad that could happen. I mean, I can fall down but my powers should protect me from any harm right?"

"I suppose so. Still, I would be calmer if I could be sure nothing will happen once you start climbing up. I don't want to pick up your body parts from the sidewalk."

"There won't be any parts because technically I can use my powers to just glide down, however could you please stop saying this?", even though there really shouldn't be any complications if he would loose his grip, a look up the Space Needle made him feel uneasy. Delsin had no problems with great heights. He would climb on trees and rocks near the coast when he was younger a lot of times but this was something else. Like his childhood playground became bigger and more frightening.

Looking around Delsin found a vent he could use to get to higher ground. There was a lot of metal screwed on the Space Needle itself and that helped Delsin to find a way upwards. It would've not been possible without powers, that was for sure. Speaking about powers he remembered something. "Hey Reg, there's something I've been wondering about. It's about those Conduits with Augustine's powers and the fact I couldn't absorb them. I mean: they are Conduits right? It should have worked."

"You really tried it?"

"It was your idea and yes: I tried it but I really wanna know why it didn't work. You tend to have ideas all the time. Some good, some not. I'm hoping for a good one on this matter", he continued his way while he waited for an answer. Luckily he found a ladder that was taking him up to another platform. That meant no dangling on electrical cables at least. "So?"

"Well", Reggie took a moment to think about it. He didn't know much about Conduits to begin with. Only what people told about them on TV and he had to wonder if or how much of it was true. Even though he believed the D.U.P. was trying to protect the normal people to some extent, he had to acknowledge that the way they did it was wrong. He couldn't deny Delsin was right with that but the thing with Fetch... Reggie couldn't see why you would scare the people even more than they already were. "Hank was born with it right? Just like you obviously seeing as the scan station labeled you as a Prime Conduit. Those soldiers probably aren't. I'm also not sure if it's 'normal' that so many people should have the same powers."

"So... you wanna tell me Augustine transferred her powers to those soldiers?", he asked with a raised eyebrow. This sounded strange and also a bit scary because he had no idea how this should be possible. It looked like his power was absorbing other powers. This seemed to be uncommon as normally Conduits had the power over certain elements and that wasn't the case with him.

"Probably. I don't know how it would work though and if I'm honest I don't want to think about it."

"Me neither. I guess we'll just continue our way to Augustine then huh?", a thing he would've also done even if he could get the powers from the soldier because he still had a dispute to settle with her. But first he had to get up the Space Needle and also down again. A thing he didn't think through when he started his ascent. And now, while dangling on some cable Delsin tried to think of something positive to keep himself from thinking about what could happen if he really fell or the moment he needed to get down again. Powers or not, he didn't feel safe right now. "Say, the girl, Yana I mean. Is there something between you two?"

"Between us?"

"Yeah, like: do you like her?"

"No, at least not in the way you're implying here. She's nice from what I can tell and besides she's a little too young for me."

"Other people aren't bothered by stuff like this."

"We should end this call."

"If you say so", Delsin had to smile on the inside. Since his brother didn't show any interest in Yana he could try his luck. It was just like Reggie said: Yana seemed nice and it was something entirely different for him now since he was a Conduit; which probably made it hard to find someone to spend your life with or at least a certain amount of time of your life. After all not all relationships were meant to be for eternity. Seeing Yana not being afraid and also not swooning all over him right from the start was something very positive.

Delsin took this moment to pause a second and look around. He nearly reached the top and he definitely had quite a view from up here. It was breathtaking. At least if he ignored certain things like the D.U.P. checkpoints he could see as well as those concrete towers on the other side of the city. He could only imagine what the people on the other side must be going through. They probably had it much worse than the people he met in this part of the city so far and all the concrete? To him it was a sure sign Augustine was there, so some day his journey would bring him there. He would help those people as well, that was for sure.

For a moment Delsin wondered if Augustine could see him right now and if he should wave over to the other side. Ah, no. They would meet sooner or later.

His eyes traveled upwards. There was another cord he could use to continue his way. It also was the only thing he could use anyway since there weren't any more platforms around. The moment he jumped up to grab it his phone rang again. This time it wasn't his brother but Betty. Delsin couldn't help but to smile as he answered. "Hey Betty, how are you?"

"Fine. Where are you? I couldn't reach Reggie."

"I'm, well...", looking down he gulped. "Hanging around the Space Needle?"

"Oh, so I'm bothering you right now? You know, I'll call again later. Just be careful and bring me a postcard", her voice seemed friendly like always. Delsin could imagine her right now: lying on the bed, smiling as she talked to him.

"Okay Betty, I will for sure if the giftshop is open but it'll be a while until Reggie and I are back just so you know."

"I know, I only want to make sure you're doing fine. Talk to you later Dear."

Delsin was glad to hear that Betty was fine. It was one of his biggest fears, that something might happen to her while he was gone. There was a lot of pressure lying on his shoulders and even if he would never tell his brother: he was afraid of not getting back home in time. So, theoretically there was no time to befriend with the people around, which also meant Yana but he wanted to get to know her. He just had to make this fast. Maybe get Augustine's powers, go back home to save the tribe and then simply come back to Seattle again to spent some more time with Yana. Sounded like a plan right?

When he reached the end of the cord the only way he could use from here was another vent. Delsin had no idea where it would lead to but there was no other way. Besides going down again and that wasn't an option at this point. Taking a deep breath – he had no idea what would await him after all – Delsin took a step forward and made a smoke dash trough the vent only to find himself on the observation deck once his body was put back together again. There were a few soldiers, nothing Delsin would have a lot of trouble with. Especially not after firing off a few smoke bombs.

The real fun awaited him on top of the Space Needle though.

He never expected a warm welcome, but he never thought he would run right into a little army either. The moment he arrived he had concrete around his feet and thus hindering him from moving anywhere. Looking up at his attacker Delsin saw a type of D.U.P. soldier he hadn't seen before so far. He wasn't wearing armor at all but he didn't seem to need it in the first place because he 'made' his own armor with lots of small concrete shards circling around his body like a shield. It was the first time Delsin had seen something like this. All the other D.U.P.'s did wear some kind of armor and used their concrete powers for attacking or subduing enemies.

"Reg, hey, you there?"

"Yes."

Dodging an incoming attack Delsin took cover behind some boxes. "I got a little problem up here. There's like a whole army trying to take me out."

"Sounds like they don't want you to mess around with their stuff."

"No shit Sherlock."

Reggie let out a small sigh. "Sorry just... I don't know: be careful and focus. Is there anything you can see? I mean something to take down the communications?"

"I guess", Delsin jumped to avoid a few shots, taking out two soldiers on his way before trying to figure out where exactly the others were located. Especially that strange concrete shield guy. "There's some kind of anchor. If I could destroy it the antennas might come down", he just had to actually manage to do that. The fact that there were quite a lot of soldiers – it almost felt like they knew he was coming here even if that couldn't be the case – made it hard to do anything else besides running for cover and attacking the soldiers when he could make sure he would manage to take them out.

It got easier the less soldiers he had to keep an eye on. He still had to be careful though, jumping behind cover every now and then or simply running away before his feet would be caught in concrete again. Delsin found out that if it happened a smoke dash was the answer to freedom. For a moment at least. He really needed to get rid of that concrete shield around the soldier. Delsin noticed it became weaker the more he shot at it. Maybe that was his way out: he had an idea what to do now he just needed to make it work. At that moment he was glad he decided to drain some core relays previously because otherwise he wouldn't have a chance at all.

Checking over his cover every now and then till he could see the soldier Delsin gave a few warning shots to get some kind of reaction. And indeed: the soldier showed himself. Delsin took the chance, jumping over some boxes and firing a smoke bomb directly at the other guy. Coughing on the smoke the soldier let his guard down only to be greeted by a metal chain to his face as Delsin appeared in front of him. The soldier couldn't even tell what happened. One moment he tried to regain his breath, the other he felt a sharp pain and fell to the ground only to be chained by what seemed to be handcuffs made of smoke.

"Didn't expect that huh?", Delsin asked with a cocky grin on his lips. Brushing away some imaginary dust of his clothes he looked around.

Every other soldier seemed to be defeated as well so he had a moment to take everything in: the antenna, all the boxes, the anchor. Delsin turned his attention to the contraption holding the whole antenna thing together. To him it was clear that, if he managed to destroy the anchor everything would crash to the ground and that was exactly what he wanted to happen. And so he started to fire some shots at it. Without much success. The smoke bounced of the metal like water drops. There was no way this would work, he needed more power for that. Taking a few steps backwards he noticed a core relay he had missed during all the ruckus going on. Delsin hoped this would come in handy now.

Firing two shots at the relay it opened up. The blue light swirling around the relay made Delsin giddy with excitement. Maybe Reggie was right and he was addicted to it but he needed it to become stronger. He needed more power to protect his family and friends and this light was the answer to that. Reaching towards the light to absorb it the first few particles came flying into his direction almost instantly, slowly encircling his hands, then his arms. More and more. It felt incredibly good; the tingling, the sudden rush of power that went through Delsin's whole body. He could feel himself becoming stronger and stronger with each relay, each shard he absorbed but this relay... it felt different.

Tumbling back after all the little blue particles were absorbed by his body Delsin fell to the ground. His whole body was heating up. It felt like he was burning on the inside and it only got worse over the time. Whatever was happening to him wasn't a good thing and he couldn't do anything to stop it.

~ooo~

"Delsin. Delsin can you hear me?", Reggie practically screamed into his phone in the hopes of getting an answer. He could hear the ongoing fight, then everything turned quiet. He could hear his brother breathing, sometimes he could swear he heard him curse. It sounded like he was in pain and Reggie could do nothing to help him.

Running out on the open street, he had been inside a small cafe this whole time, he tried to be careful to not look suspicious while talking to his brother over the phone. Instead he tried to look like a normal man, enjoying his coffee while talking on the phone but now... with him running outside, eyes staring frantically towards the location of the Space Needle he didn't look so normal anymore.

A waitress came after him. Telling him he needed to pay his bill before leaving. That was all she could say because right in that moment not only the two of them but everyone else could see a trail of smoke shooting up into the air from the top of the Space Needle. Everything stopped that moment: cars stopped driving, people stopped walking. All eyes were fixed on whatever happened right now. There had been no sound but it looked like someone shot a rocket into the air which steadily became slower the higher it got only to come to an almost complete halt.

Reggie shoved a few dollar notes into the hands of the waitress before running closer to the Space Needle when he saw Delsin materializing right before the smoke reached the highest position. Yes he was far away in some way but the red beanie which could be seen clearly was enough indication that it was Delsin. Something told Reggie to run to his brother even if he couldn't help him but seeing Delsin, having his body back, dropping down faster and faster made his stomach twist. "Delsin!"

But either Delsin couldn't hear him or ignored him. So Reggie watched as his brother vanished out of sight, very probably colliding with the top of the Space Needle. A cloud of smoke washed over said top and within seconds all the metal strapped to it started to fall down piece by piece. People started screaming and running away. No one knew what was happening and the shock of someone, a bio terrorist, being on the loose seemed to frighten most of them. Only a few people began to understand what just happened. Reggie could hear whispers of those who realized the D.U.P. was loosing control over the city. That things started to change because of something they feared.

Because of his brother.

"Woohoo! Hey Reg, did you see that?"

"You mean you dropping down the sky like a stone?", Reggie asked as he answered the phone. "Yeah, I saw that. Care to tell me what happened?"

"I have no idea. I mean... there was this relay, I drained it and then... my body started burning. I blacked out or something and then bam! I'm just flying into the sky."

"More like someone fired off a rocket. You feeling okay?"

"Feeling great", the grin was clearly audible. Whatever those relays did to Delsin he loved it and that made Reggie only more worried. If he ever had any control over his younger brother it was long gone. "I might have split into various pieces a few moments ago but that was worth it."

"You sound pretty happy."

"Of course. The city belongs to us!"

"Slow down will you. The city doesn't belong to us. Taking down the communication center gave us more space to gather information in the closer vicinity without being seen but there are still a ton of cameras in the rest of the city and of course the D.U.P. soldiers", as if on cue a D.U.P. truck drove past him. Destination: Space Needle. Where else would it go to? "Care to come down? We should get going."

"Sorry there's something I need to do before that. Just give me a few minutes."

It took only seconds and Reggie could hear the sound of spray cans over the speaker. There was no way? The D.U.P. was on it's way and Delsin thought he had enough time to leave a message or a picture for them? For the first time since all of this had started Reggie wished to have powers as well because that way he could get up the Space Needle, grab his brother and run. Right now Augustine knew exactly where he was so it was even more dangerous to stay in the same place longer than necessary. They needed to get somewhere else.

"Delsin we don't have time to...", looking up he suddenly saw what Delsin had been up to. The former flag of the D.U.P. was now adorned by a new picture: just like on the back of Delsin's vest two eagles were looking down on the city almost guardian like. There was no way to miss this. Neither the D.U.P. nor the citizens could ignore it.

"Hey Reg. Can you see that?"

"You're joking right? You can see that all the way to Portland", shaking his head Reggie didn't even bother to get his brother down from the Space Needle. Delsin wanted the people, especially the D.U.P. to know that he was in the city, that he was on his way to help whoever needed help. It reminded Reggie of himself and the need to help others. Delsin wasn't a cop so his ways were quite different but the important thing was that they would work out in the end. Looking around and seeing a few people smiling at each other after the first shock Reggie couldn't help but smile as well.

Maybe things would change for the better from now on.

~ooo~

"Who the hell is this?"

No one at the D.U.P. headquarters had the slightest idea who this guy was. He appeared out of nowhere, climbed up the Space Needle, destroyed important equipment, attacked about a dozen D.U.P.'s who were stationed there and now he vanished again leaving everybody clueless.

"He's a bio terrorist", someone said his voice low. "He wasn't in the truck. That's someone new."

Augustine stood in front of the big screens, her eyes fixed on them as she watched the metal construction falling down to the ground. Several smaller screens turned to static right on cue. This Conduit, she remembered him. Delsin Rowe from Salmon Bay, the small town where the truck crashed and the Conduits escaped before coming here to Seattle. What was it he said? He 'caught' being a Conduit from Hank? That moment she didn't believe him one bit, that was one of the reasons she had questioned other people from the tribe but none gave her answers. Seeing that he was fine and that he used what she could identify as Hank's powers she had to acknowledge that he indeed told her the truth about him being a Conduit in the first place.

It was time to take care of him before he would cause more chaos and more importantly destroy more D.U.P. equipment making it unable to track down the two still missing Conduits and him.