As I ran over to the location of Stampton Bridge (for someone reason I could remember where to go, but not what it looked like) people where bugging me. It was as if, by word of mouth, I single-handedly beat up a bunch of reapers and got the food. If they were doing this to me, I wondered how they were treating Cole.

I approached the bridge, which was somewhat surrounded by police cars. There was a group of people with signs yelling obscenities at a row of riot cops armed with nightsticks. I could see Cole and Zeke standing behind the crowd, making a plan. I turned into my solar form, launching myself upward. I flipped in the air and landed next to them, effectively scaring the beejeesuz out of Zeke.

"Nice of you to show up," Cole said as I powered down, completely unphased. "I know what to do, just follow my lead."

"Cole, we could start a full scale riot by shooting from back here, keep the heat off of the three of us." I said this, but soon realised my mistake.

"Yeah, and then these people will get the hell kicked out of them."

"Will, we're more than enough to take them on," Zeke said.

"Alright. I'll take the left. Will, the right. Zeke, don't get killed."

"Hey!"

I ran to the front and changed into my other form.

"Hey do I smell bacon, because I defiantly smell some sort of pork product."

That got their attention, one of them loaded up a shotgun and fired right at me and it slammed me right in the face. Of course I fell flat on my ass, luckily the sun gave me invulnerability. So I was back on my feet with a few seconds. The door was open and there were machine gun turrets everywhere.

"WILL, TAKE OUT THE GUN MEN ON THE STORAGE UNITS I'LL DEAL WITH THE TURRETS."

I heard Cole yell, I nodded and starting beating on the cops with machine guns. We kept on fighting until we got to the gate with the quarantine station.

"LAST ONE BEFORE THE QUARANTINE STATION." Cole fired at the opener and we all ran towards the station.

The gateway opened to a wall of Razor wire machine guns. Zeke made dive for the decontamination unit, and fell headlong into the harbour. Cole and I, we moved faster than we knew we could. We jumped and landed in a dark room, and we were greeted by name. An FBI agent named Moya saw footage of us using our powers and came here to wait since she that we would escape knowing full well of what we were capable of doing. She told us that before the blast her husband John had infiltrated a shadowy group they call "The First Sons" they were working on something big called "The Ray Sphere." A device that was designed to drain the Nero-Electric Energy from a group of people and drain it into one person, she told us that she lost contact with John the night of the blast, and she was losing hope. She found us, and she made both of us an offer neither of us wanted to refuse. She told us that if we found John and the Ray Sphere, she could us of the Quarantine, and for me as a bonus she would tell me about my past. This whole thing sounded like something out of a comic book, but Cole's a human light socket, and I'm a solar panel. So maybe I should shut up for once. A small door opened on the floor and we both jumped. We found ourselves underneath the bridge.

"Because of the riot topside, this is the only way back to the city. I have also took the liberty of cloning your cell's frequencies, so now I can hear every word that leaves both sets of those lips."

I looked at Cole with a frown, thinking "Great now she's playing big brother with us now."

We started to make our way back to Empire. Both of us jumping from pipe to pipe.

"Don't forget who you now work for William, you and Cole find John and the Sphere, and I get you both out, and I tell you about your past. But if either of you cross me, or do something stupid. You will both be thrown into a hole so deep you won't know which way is up. Got it?"

"Yeah, we got it right Will?" Cole looked at me.

"Roger that." I grumbled.

Cole was about to jump when I stopped him and pointed at some reapers busting some pipes. After doing a small bit of ass kicking, we finally made it back. When we landed we saw Zeke running towards.

"Nice way to crash through the gate wrecking ball." I said with a laugh as I man hugged him.

"Well living through the fall, no problem. Getting back to shore?"

"You're no Michael Phelps." Cole said with a laugh.

"Take it easy, lightening rod, how the hell did you two survive that? Bullets flying everywhere. Thought both of you were goners."

"Come on, let's head home, we'll fill you in on the way." I told Zeke as we quickly headed home.

We made it back to the roof, I sat on a chair, while Cole kept standing and Zeke layed on the couch.

"So it drains Nero-Electric energy." Cole told Zeke

"Ho I knew it! All the stuff I've been talking about, every word is true. Governments in cahoots with a secret organization, the Ray Sphere…damn it all makes sense now." He sounded excited.

"Easy there boy, you're gonna hurt yourself." I said with a wiped out look on my face.

"That Ray Sphere must dish out powers to anyone controlling it, you two have got to bring it back here." I stopped drinking the water from my water bottle. "Dude the government against the Ray Sphere."

He ignored me.

"Sure I could use a sidekick." Cole said his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Forget it, Zeke Jedediah Dunbar is his own man."

I raised my eyebrow "That's your middle name?" I asked laughing

"Yes it is, after my grandfather. Strong man for his size, I don't know where Zeke come from but-" Cole Interrupted him.

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

I sighed and got up. "See you later Zeke." I changed into my solar form and jumped onto the ground with Cole following.

"I have a mission for you to do while Cole tracks down some leads I have. I uploaded the coordinates to your phone; just call me when you reach your destination."

"I'm on it." I assured her. I kept running and jumping, landing roughly on the ground. Since it was dark out I had to be careful about how I used my powers. Since it wasn't the daytime I had to ration.

"Man I wish I could just fly there." I said to myself as I passed people running for their lives.

My map led me to a tallish apartment. I jump to a roof connected to it, and started to climb up the side. I wasn't a climber like Cole was, he could scale anything, but I didn't have to worry about falling and there are bars on the windows, ergo plenty of footholds. Eventually I reached the top, and called Moya.

"Will, I just got a call from an EMT in your area. The reapers have overrun his makeshift medical clinic, and he needs your help."

"Yeah I got it, why isn't Cole doing this?"

"Cole is busy with something else, just do what I say and you, Cole, and Zeke are home free."

"Okay." I said, excited and scared. I ran and jumped off the building, crossing the street and passing pedestrians. They noticed my little stunt and exclaimed things like, "Wow!" and "That was so cool!"

I headed toward the mark on my GPS, sprinting past injured peoples, wishing I could help them.

In an alley I met a man in an orange medical jacket with a bloodstained eyepatch. In a rushed voice, he said "The Reapers keep attacking the clinic I have down the street. Take care of them would you?" I nodded and ran out of the alley, towards a street on the beach.

Looking ahead I saw a reaper come out of another alleyway, pointing a shotgun at a random guy. Before I could react, he pulled the trigger, and the man flew backward, dead.

I saw red, and launched myself at the reaper. He turned just in time for my fist to smash the left side of his face. The force sent him flying into a wall, where he fell and lay still.

Out of nowhere seven other reapers poured out another alley just ahead of me. I ducked into the alley to my left. I felt a bullet clip my shoulder before I could turn a corner.

Footsteps clamored down the alley, while I crouched, estimating when the time would be right.

3…2…Now!

I exploded around the corner jumping at the wall to the right. I pushed off, spun and kicked the nearest reaper in the jaw. I landed in a hail of bullets, most of which were missing. I ignored the pain and just kept punching and kicking. From there I jumped onto the roof where the clinic was located. I took care of the two reapers up there, using Wind Lift to throw one of the beds at one and hitting the other with a few quick kicks.

The EMT returned the roof a few minutes later, and after some well-deserved thank you's, I left the rooftop.

Moya called me. "There may be other people who need help, I'll send you their coordinates as I find them. Also, I need you to meet up with Cole in this alley. I'm sending you the location now." She said as if she were reading a script. God she needed some emotion.

"Got it." I replied, and hung up.

I got to the alley just in time to see Cole touch a dead woman.

And yes, it was as creepy as it sounds, especially when he reeled back with a semi-erotic woah.

I stood next to Cole, who was busy touching the hair of a dead woman in an alley, for about ten seconds. She was blonde, in a purple shirt and jean shorts.

Cole got up quickly, grabbing his head with a surprised "Woah." I heard Moya over his speaker phone.

"What just happened?" She asked, business as ever.

"I had a vision. The reapers kidnapped Brandon. This is his wife Lynnae." Cole looked down the alley towards the street. "I can see the echo of someone running away." I didn't see anything.

Moya instructed us to follow it, and we set off.

"What does it look like Cole?" I asked as we jogged down the alley.

"Like, a greenish outline. C'mon, this way." He instructed as we went down an alley with a large puddle of gross water. Cole skirted around it while I jumped.

The amount of trash on the streets was appalling, though totally understandable. There were pieces of plastic, cans, and trash bags just carelessly thrown into corners.

We ran across a street and into another alleyway, this one curving to the right. In the distance I noticed a man in a large over coat, gun slanged across his shoulder.

"Cole!" I softly yelled as I grabbed him and tugged him behind some trashcans.

"It's just a reaper." He grumbled, annoyed.

"No. He looks different. It also feels a little different to. I can't explain it but something just feels off with this one.

"Interesting." He stated, then proceeded to charge from our hiding place.

"Jesus, Cole!" I said, and ran after him. The reaper noticed us, got on his knees, and began to charge up his energy.

"Damn!" Cole yelled as a large line of explosions shot at him. It ran across the ground, creating little mountains of blue and black energy. Cole rolled out of the way.

In shock, I didn't move fast enough, and the blast hit me on the right side of my stomach. I flew back, landing heavily on the concrete.

"Ow, you bastard." I growled as I stood, grabbing my side. Cole was hitting it with bolts, but although it hurt, the reaper seemed to not care that much. Changing into my solar form, I ran behind a car, and used my super strength. The car flew, did a few flips in the air, and landed right on top of the reaper. Cole ran up to me.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, just…"

"Come on we gotta keep moving." He said, smirking. I followed him until we hit a gas station, and four more reapers. Thankfully, all these guys had were guns.

They opened fire, and missed a surprisingly large amount of times.

"I got right!" I called out, launching myself into the air. I smashed feet first into a Reaper. I turned to m left and used kicked another one in the stomach, knocking another on its back. A few well placed head shocks from Cole, and all of the reapers were writhing in pain on the ground. I brushed off my pants and followed Cole, who had already taken off down the alley to avoid my incessant rambling, which had worn off.

We turned right when Zeke called.

"Pick up you phones guys."

I answered "What's up?"

"The feds man, that's what's up, watching our every move. Even caught one that was leaning against the wall eating a fresh apple, now one of you guys tell me where the hell he'd get that?"

"I dunno Zeke." Cole replied. "But if we all want to get out of this hellhole, this is the way we gotta do it."

"C'mon man, they'll ride both of you as long as they can. But the second one of you are no longer useful, BAM you will vanish permanently."

I frowned "I think all that conspiracy BS has rotted your brain."

"Hey don't kill the messenger. I'm just telling it like it is-you guys watch each other's backs"

We came upon a power plant, packed with reapers. I ran up a metal ramp. There were two reapers up there, guns blaring. I leapt and punched one and did a spinning kick to the other, me landing however somehow dislodged the bridge and we all fell. I landed on my feet.

I felt a hammer hit my shoulder and spun around, spotting another reaper on another bridge. I jumped and climbed while he was still shooting. I punched him hard in the stomach. Which sent him headfirst into a building. Then the electrical thing next to me exploded.

I was knocked off of my feet, my vision blurring. I got up and kept fighting.

I sat up, breathing heavily. A reaper noticed me and turned his gun toward me, until he was blown back by a Shockwave. Cole ran over and helped me up.

"Let's go, these guys are pissing me off." I growled.

We mowed down a few more, but were given no more major trouble. Eventually we reached the substation, where a guy was standing.

He turned around and let out a blood curdling scream. I only had time to think "reaper" before my entire world lit up.

I awoke a few seconds later, coughing out dust. Cole was still passed out. I looked around, and noticed everything was darker. The lights in the distance had gone out as well. "Oh shit." I whispered, realizing what had happened. My phone buzzed.

"What the hell just happened? The entire Neon just went dark." She questioned.

"Yes, I am fine, thank you very much." I stated sarcastically, thinking that maybe Zeke isn't that far off, she didn't respond. "One of the reapers blew up a substation. Also, Cole hasn't woken up yet, so his healing use not be functioning right."

"His body must be reacting to the absence of electricity. See if you can wake him, man up, and find Carey. If we don't restore the power, the Reapers will be unstoppable." She hung up. I walked over to Cole and nudged him with my toe. He stirred a little, and lifted his head.

"Ow." He said as he sat up.

"Cole, we need to find Carey and turn on the substation. The power is out."

"God, my head feels like its in a vice."

"Yeah, because there's no power out here. C'mon." I helped him up. He slowly walked over to a manhole in the middle of the road. People were cowering in fear, knowing that reapers were even more dangerous since the power was out.

Cole lifted up the manhole, and looked at me pointedly.

"Ready?" He asked.

"This sucks." I complained, and jumped into the dark.

"Alright, I tracked the echo to the sewers." Cole told Moya, peering over the platform into the rank sludge below. I wasn't really listening, my mind screaming a chorus of gagging sounds.

"C'mon," Cole told me, so I followed. The sewers were dark, only lit by the lightning arcing up and down Cole's arms. It smelled like moldy feces, which of course it was.

Cole jumped onto a huge metal tube, only supported by a small metal ring that rounded the pipe. Wondering how he pulled that off, I just jumped to the next safe platform. It wasn't long until we reached the transformer. I landed on the island and promptly fell forward.

"Will?" Cole said, alarmed.

"Just…give me a sec." I said between pants. I contrated and let some of the solar energy that I had stored.

"Okay I'm good." I said, standing up.

"Great." He walked up to the transformer, like he was unsure what to do.

"Hmmm. Cole, aren't you like a human copper wire?" He looked at me like I had the greatest idea ever, jumped up, and placed both hands on the transformer. The electricity arced through him and into both parts of the transformer. He arced his body, establishing the connection, and fell to the ground. He went on one knee, and sat there.

"Cole?" I said, after a few seconds passed. "Cole? Cole!" I was about to slap him across the face when he shook his head and stood up.

"What happened?"

"I don't know. I could see myself, doing things."

"Like what?"

"Like. Healing people, trapping them, absorbing their energy."

"You think unlocked a new ability?"

"I guess so." We stood for a few seconds, Cole deep in thought. "Let's keep going, we have a job to do."

"Help," said a random voice, causing me to jump. Cole looked across to another stone platform, and jumped over to it. I followed, where we saw a hurt man on the ground.

"Please, help me." He pleaded. Cole, looking like he was lost in another world, leaned down and put his hands out. The man's body convulsed a little bit, it jumped in the air, and he stood up like he was never hurt.

"Wow. Thank you!" He exclaimed, face lit with joy. "Hey Janet, you back there, this guy's okay!" He said to the gate behind us. The gate opened with a squeak. "You've got to stop the reapers. They're running around with some electrician killing anyone they find down here." The man said as he walked us inside. When he was finished, I called Moya.

"Good evening Moya!" I said cheerfully.

"William -"

"Yeah yeah. It's back online. Now what?"

"Restart the distribution substation by charging up the voltage regulator mounted to its front. That should be enough to get the power back on." I blinked at that.

"Did you get that?" Moya asked.

"Yeah," Cole interjected. Moya hung up.

"Goodbye to you to." I remarked to no one. I looked up and saw a large platform, full of people. Cole immediately walked over to a group who were hurt on the ground, while I was distracted by something shiny underneath a pile of trash. I dug it out and saw it was a keychain that had picked up the light from the fires. Attached was an upside down cross, made out of metal. I stared at it, like it brought a memory back to me, something on the tip of my tongue. I tried my hardest to catch the memory, but it was like it was just out of my reach. I closed my eyes and concentrated, until I saw an image. It was me, looking at a girl with long red hair. She had blue jeans and a Guns and Roses shirt on and was walking forward, and I was following her. Then it was gone. I stood there, looking at the doll, until Cole called to me. I walked over.

"Check this out," he said, obviously excited. He placed his foot on an injured reaper and launched electricity on him. The reaper suddenly had blue handcuffs on each hand and foot, that attached him to the ground. I watched, not really saying anything.

"What's up?" He said. I breathed in.

"A memory. One resurfaced when I picked this up." I said, holding up the doll. "I saw a girl, she was wearing this necklace. I, I can't remember who she was." I looked down, wanting to cry but without knowing why. Cole stood by, unsure of what to do.

" I know I know her. I do. But I can't remember who she is!" I yelled out of frustration. Cole reached out and put a hand on my shoulder. I shook my head. "Let's go." I said with finality. He nodded and walked toward a pipe hanging from the ceiling. Jumping up and grabbing it, he swung himself up and balanced on it, walking along it to the next platform.

I just stared, and mimicked his actions. Zeke called us again.

"Trish came by to pick up her stuff, she's barely talked to me and when I brought you up Cole, whew she blew a gasket."

"She thinks I killed her sister." Cole said sadly

"Come on man we all know that's not true." I patted Cole on the shoulder.

"Exactly, hell your lucky to be alive. She needs to see things for what they are."

"Yeah well I'm not holding my breath, Zeke we'll catch you later."

We kept running and jumping toward our goal, as well as kicking some Reaper ass along the way. Meanwhile my head was starting to throb. We finally saw a closed gate with a African American guy wearing a yellow rain jacket and red tuke. My guess was that this was Brandon. Needless to say he wasn't going to let us in. I cracked my knuckles ready to rip open the gate, but Cole stopped me, he told him what happened to his wife. He opened the gate but said to us one thing.

"I've seen what you two can do, you have to kill all of them, every single one of them."

We kept walking to the substation which Cole activated and we watched it turn on. The sooner we got out of there the better my head felt like it was going to explode. The second we hit the top I fell onto the ground and saw visions of me firing what looked like a ball of some kind.

"Hey Will you alright?"

I gasped and started panting like I was just drowning and came up for air.

"Yeah I'll be fine let's get going."

We started running and I looked down at my hands.

"What's happening to me, who was that red haired girl, and did I somehow get a new power."

"Hey Will, I forgot to tell you something, let's head back to the apartment, get some rest. In a few hours we will go back to charging up the Neon District."

I nodded. When we got back, Cole told me about the dead drops that are supposed to be located all over the city and that if we get all of them, then we might be able to get the Ray Sphere. After absorbing all of that I laid down on a couch and the last thing I saw before my eyes lost the battle to stay open was my hands that and that girl. Who was she? Somehow I just knew that the only way to find out was to help out Cole and Moya, and it wasn't until Cole's snores started that I finally fell asleep.