Chapter Three

Storming the Castle Part 2

A/N: Woah, didn't expect to get quite that reaction and so quickly. I forgot to add, the Mr. Stuffins, teddy bear thing is a tumblr reference I did not create him, the creation of Mr Stuffins is owed to the Second Son Community of tumblr. And to those who have spotted grammar issues, I am sorry, I only noticed them after I uploaded. I am getting a friend to beta after this chapter so it should be fixed, slightly :) .

The three heroes of Seattle stood upon a hill overlooking the D.U.P prison, surveying the concrete hell hole. Guards were posted in the hundreds along the wall, auto turrets mounted at ten metre intervals, some facing the outside, some facing inwards.

"Wow." Delsin muttered, glaring at the seemingly unconquerable fortress.

"You got an idea, Smokes? And don't say get 'em." Fetch nudged Delsin's left side playfully.

"It looks like we can't get in any way other than over the wall." Eugene added, helpfully, from Delsin's right.

"Yeah, yeah, give me a minute." Delsin rubbed his temples in an effort to think.

"Uh, Delsin."

"Smokes? You ain't gettin' a minute." Delsin looked up to see what his two companions gaped at, and what he saw indeed meant, he didn't have a minute.

"Shit." He hissed as the wave of D.U.P troops came closer, and auto turrets locked on their position.

"Delsin!" Eugene began to back up.

"Argh, Eugene, go angel and give 'em hell, can I say that if you're an angel? From above, Fetch, take the left, surprise them, back off if they get too oppressive, I'll take the right."

"I don't know, Delsin, I-" Eugene stammered.

"Come on, Eugene," Delsin grabbed him by the shoulders, "they're coming for us anyway, and you said you wanted to help. There is no stealth now!"

Eugene looked terrified as he vanished. Delsin dropped his hands.

"Dammit! Where'd he go?" He shouted at the air in front of him.

"Up there, D, look, you got through to him." He looked where Fetch pointed and saw the giant angel flying over the D.U.P's heads.

"Thata boy." Delsin grinned up at the teen, causing havoc among the D.U.P ranks. He turned to Fetch.

"You ready?" He asked the neon conduit, to his surprise she put a hand on his neck and pulled his face down so that she could pull him into a deep kiss.

"Let's get 'em, D." And she dispersed into particles of neon and surged to the left flank of the amassed enemies, now fully distracted by the angel tearing apart their helicopters. With a grin, he followed suit, surging forward as smoke and dashing along to the D.U.P's right.

Delsin soon lost track of just how many sulphur bombs he threw into the throngs of D.U.P infantry. He moved quickly, dashing from soldier to soldier, subduing each who got caught in the smoke, the others, well the others got a sound beating of course. Feeling the familiar tingling sensation as raw energy coursed through his arms and passed out of his hands as smoke. The thrill of using his powers and the high of stopping the D.U.P he literally took of the ground, splitting into three balls of smoke and soaring impossibly high in the air. He sailed straight past one of Eugene's wings, causing the video conduit to curse in some weird language, probably Klingon or some sci-fi thing. Finally he reached an appropriate height, grinning, he focused all his weight into his shoulders so he flipped around. Free-falling and gaining speed, the ground approached incredibly quickly and the young conduit gathered smoke around his upper body as he crashed into the ground, sending dust, smoke and debris flying in every direction. When Delsin reformed in a swirl of smoke to face a grinning Fetch and Eugene drop back to the ground in his human form.

"Nice job, Smokes." Delsin looked around to see a flattened battlefield and disabled auto turrets along the wall.

"They must be losing it, 'cause that was way too easy." Delsin groaned and rubbed the back of his neck.

"You guys ok?" He got a nod from Eugene.

"All good, D, we heading in now?"

"Wait, Delsin, you know how you absorb new powers by touching other conduits?"

"Yeah, Eugene, what's your point."

"Well, you're also pretty useless until you find a few core relays, and we have no idea if there will be any inside or where they are."

"Okay, so?"

"So just avoid touching any conduits so you're not useless."

"Thanks, Eugene, I feel so loved."

Eugene said nothing, simply flying to the top of the wall.

"Courtyard is clear."

"Good, let's go."

Many cells, and many conduits freed later, Delsin stood before cell 00001. He had taken one wing, Fetch the other, Eugene had stayed in the courtyard to break the weird ass hand cuffs off and look after the freed conduits. He hoped Fetch would be fine, seeing all the 'testing' rooms and the bleak expressions of those in cells, the more recent ones seemed relieved, some on the verge of tears, but the further he got in, the blanker they got. It made him realise just how grateful he should be that his friends are alive and ok as they are. He drew another fist full of smoke and launched at the key pad, breaking it apart in a burst of sparks and smoke. Steeling himself for what may be inside, he pushed open the now unlocked door. A black-haired girl in her early teens, stared at him with wide eyes.

"Hey, don't panic, I'm not with the DUP, I'm here to free you."

The girl rose to her feet, and Delsin recognised her with a start.

"You, you're the girl who used to be Augustine's friend, the one she betrayed and threw in jail first."

"She was more like my mother." The girl told him in a raspy voice, to Delsin it sounded as if she hadn't spoken in years. She began to walk slowly toward him.

"I'm sorry, I really am. Augustine's behind bars now, the doop's are falling apart, Curden Cay has fallen, you're free to go now."

He started to back up, when he noticed the girl had no cuffs on.

"And I'm sorry, Delsin Rowe, but like mother like daughter." She grabbed his arm.

A/N: Ooh suspense, haha sorry guys don't be mad at me. School starts again tomorrow so I will update as soon as possible, and definitely within a week, but it may be longer than you like. Please leave me a review if you like this or have any constructive criticism. And sorry it's later than I thought, but I didn't want to rush and make it crap.

- Felix