I am on a ROLL aren't I? Anyway. Here is the next chapter, enjoy!

Our three heroes are now underneath the Stampton Bridge slowly making their way back to Empire City. Cole and Chris were jumping through the bridge's underpass while Martin was actually in the water below, swiming sllowly yet confidently. (He was the better swimmer of the two Kratt brothers after all.)

The threee then recieved a call from Moya (Martin's phone was a variation of his Creature Pod back in the Tortuga HQ so it was waterproof.)

Moya: Because of the riot topside, this is the only way back into the city. Given the state of our new "partnership", I've taken the liberty of cloning each of your phones' frequencies. I've got a lock on you GPS Locator and I can hear everything you say.

Chris: (Sarcastic) Great. [Why did Cole say yes?] (End Call)

After they were halfway across the bridge they ran into what would have been trouble. In the distance Chris and Cole saw two Reaper soldiers doing something to the bridge foundations?

Cole: What are they doing?

Chris: Don't know... bet let's not let them be... we'll take them out, quietly.

Once they were on the same walkway as the Reapers, the two slowly walked behind the red-clad rouges... and knocked them out. Cole by taking the head and slamming it to the ground; Chris by smothering the other Reaper with his hand until he was out cold.

Chris: Clear. Let's keep moving.

A few seconds later Moya called again.

Moya: Guys I'm detecting a change in the water pressure under the bridge; what going on down there?

Cole: The Reapers were busting up some pipes.

Moya: Interesting... I'll see what I can find out. In the meantime, you just get back into the city.

Cole: Alright. Geez.

Moya: Don't forget who's holding the leash here Cole. You and the Kratts find John with his partner AND the Ray Spere and I get you out, no questions asked. But if any of you double cross me or do something stupid, I'll thow each of you into a hole so deep that you wont know which way is up. Got it? (End Call)

Anyway, after a while they were finally back on solid ground... and back in the stupid quarantine.

Martin: So... ... Now what?

?: Hey! (The three turned around, it was Zeke)

Chris: Zeke!

Zeke: (Panting slightly) Guys, it's so good to see you!

Martin: (grinning) Yeah, likewise. Hey, good job on that gate, Wrecking Ball.

Zeke: Hell, lived through the fall, no problem. Swimming back to shore-

Chris: Don't tell me; problem?

Zeke: Well, let's just say I'm no Michael Phelps.

Cole: Yeah, that's an understatement.

Zeke: Whoa, easy with the remarks, Lightning Rod. So... how in hell did you live through that anyway? Bullets flyin' everywhere, all over the place - figured you were a goner.

Cole: It's a long story. But for now, let's head back to the Roof. We'll fill you in on the way.

Later that night, the were gathered on the rooftop. It was a clear night, not a single cloud in the sky. Cole had just finished explaining to Zeke about the Ray Sphere.

Cole: - and it drains Neuro-Electric Energy.

Zeke: (Laughing a bit) I knew it! All the stuff I've been sayin', every word is true! HA! The Government's in cahoote with a secret organization, the Ray Sphere... damn... it all makes sense now.

Martin: Uh, Zeke, just... calm down for a sec-

Zeke: That Ray Sphere must dish out powers to anyone controlling it... you gotta bring it back here!

Cole: Sure... we could use a Side-kick...

Zeke: A to Hell with that; Zeke Jedediah Dunbar is his own man.

Chris: Your middle name is Jedediah?

Zeke: Yes it is... after my grandfather. Strong man for a man his size... I don't know where "Zeke" come from, but I'm certain-

Cole:

You need to take a nap, and a bath... We've got work to do.

Afer a few moments they were back on ground level they recieved a call from Agent Moya.

Moya: I've already got a couple of leads for you; the coordinates have been downloaded to each of you phones. give me a call when any of you are in position. (Call End)

At this point each of the three characters had split up, each decidint ot take a different lead.

With Cole

Cole: (at one of the locations, he calls Moya) Okay Moya, what now?

Moya: One of my contacts, an electrician named Brandon Carey, didn't check in last night. He's pretty important so you need to find him. He was last seen in the alley across the street from your position. (Cole didn't drop the call yet, but ended up goin to the alley anyway. Ths Brandon wasn't there. Instead, there was a dead woman lying in the alleyway parking lot.)

Cole: Your boy isn't here Moya - just a dead woman.

Moya: A woman? That doesn't make any sense.

Cole: (Suddenly Cole had an unusually strong sense of curiosity pour into him) ... hang on a sec. (End Call)

Cole didn't know why but he ended up touching the dead body. The moment his hand touched her head, images began to form in his head. They formed together to form a single event. He say the woman still alive, but surrounded by several Reapers, she kept screaming out to them and to the man who was forced to go with them.

Victim: Stop, let me go! Where are you taking my husband!? Brandon! Brandon, please help me! BRANDON!

BANG! Cole was immediately snapped back into reality after witnessing the poor woman's... final conclusion of life.

Cole: ... Whoa ... (Call from Moya)

Moya: What the hell happened?

Cole: I... had some kind of vision the Reapers kidnapped Brandon... this is his wife, Lynnae. (Cole looked up and saw something weird, a strange multicolored outline of a person that looked a lot like Brandon.) ... I can see the echo of someone running away.

Moya: Follow it, we need to find out what happened. (End call)

And so Cole, followed the mysterious "echo". Around halfway through the jorney across the Neon, he got a call from Zeke.

Zeke: Pick up your dammed phone!

Cole: What's up?

Zeke: The Feds man, that's what's up. Watching our every move, even caught one scoping out the roof! Was leaning against a wall down there, eatin' a fresh apple. Now you tell me, where the hell'd he get that?

Cole: I dunno Zeke, but if we want to be out of here, this is the way it's gotta be.

Zeke: C'mon man, don't be stupid! They'll ride you and the Kratts for as long as they can, but the second you guys are no longer useful, BAM! You vanish. Permanently

Cole: I think I speak for the entire group saying that all that conspiracy stuff's rotting your brain.

Zeke: Hey, don't kill the messenger, brother. I'm just tellin' it as it is - you just watch your back. (Call end)

In the end, Cole followed the trail to a Reaper tryin to destroy an electrical substation.

Cole: HEY! Get away from there!

Cole then began to run towards the Reaper, but too late, the substation explodes just when Cole was just a good two paces away. He was disoriented, but cole was okay, then they had another probem... a problem that proviked a call from Moya.

Moya: What the hell just happened? The entire Neon just went dark.

Cole: That cause one of these idiots blew up a whole substation. Man... (feeling weird) brain feels like it's in a vice...

Moya: Your powers are probably reating to the lack of electricity around you. You're just gonna have to man up and find Carey; if we don't restore power to the Neon soon, the Reapers will be unstoppable. (End Call)

Cole was able to track the echo, down even further... he finally stopped when the echo vanished directly over the manhole. Knowing where the trail leads, Cole went down the Manhole and into the Sewers himself.

Okay now I know I might have a shot at this. Anyway, Just read and review and maybe I can continue this story. I'm gonna take a small break before working on the next chapter. Later!