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// Empire: Mind Games 
// Story: InFamous: The Unusual Conduits 
// by Blackdrag-rose 
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After taking a break for a few minutes, after saving the abducted civilians from the Reapers that were taking them somewhere, Cole started to move towards the next optional objective, determining that the more they did the more the people would appreciate their deeds and let them take out the Reapers that much faster. What he didn't expect, however, was for the sisters to pause as they started to move out of the area that the civilians had been forced to move through, to which he stopped and turned back to look at them.

"Is something wrong?" Cole asked, knowing that, for them to work as a team, they had to communicate and come up with a plan of attack together, especially when the Reapers had a larger gang and who knew what else.

"It's... nice to save people," Adagio admitted, where Cole noticed the hesitation in her voice, something that her sisters seemed to catch onto as well, before she looked at him for a moment, "but, with part of the Neon District still without power, shouldn't we focus on giving them back their power?"

"That's a good point," Cole said, as he had been considering continuing the main set of objectives that Moya had for them to do, though since it appeared that all three of the sisters seemed to be of the same mind he guessed that it was time to continue the search for John and the Ray Sphere, "Okay then, let's go to the coordinates that we were sent and see what's up this time around."

Adagio nodded, indicating that she was ready to go, before her sisters did the same thing, to which Cole started heading towards the coordinates that were on his map as the sisters followed after him, leaving behind the grateful civilians that they had saved from the Reapers. As they made their way through the powered up section of the Neon District the group encountered a few obstacles along the way, one of which happened to be the injured civilians that both Cole and Sonata wanted to heal, even if only one of them had the power to do so. The other obstacle happened to be a few small Reaper groups, usually between two to four members, appeared in their way every now and then, though they were more than happy to engage the Reapers that tried to gun them down. Adagio, on the other hand, decided to not stay on the ground when they engaged their enemies and climbed up the sides of the buildings that were around them, so she cold flank the Reapers and sometimes even knock them off their perch... where they hit the ground and were only severely hurt in the process, so while Cole restrained them Adagio wondered if the Blast had empowered the people that would one day become the Reaper gang.

Despite the fact that the Reapers seemed to have a high resistance to pain, especially if they could survive falling off tall buildings, the group made their way through the city and ascended the building that the coordinates were attached to, which happened to be outside the powered down section of the Neon District.

"Okay Moya, we're in position." Cole said, though as he and the sisters stood on the roof of the building they could see some Reapers, a larger group than what they had encountered so far, patrolling a nearby area that happened to be close to where they were standing.

"There should be a cell tower fairly close to your location," Moya stated, to which Cole turned and faced the tower in question, or at least he hoped that it was the one that she was referring to, while the sisters looked at it as well, "find it and recharge it."

"What, are you afraid that we're suddenly going to bail on you?" Aria asked, as she thought they could be more interested in restoring power to the area that was in front of them, instead of turning a cell tower on, but she was sure that there was a reason behind the statement.

"Without that tower, you'll fall of the grid." Moya replied, though her tone indicated that she wasn't too keen on anyone questioning her and her orders, which was going to be interesting since Aria and Sonata were used to following Adagio's orders and weren't about to abandon her leadership, or Cole's since she was trusting the man, "I can't allow that to happen."

"Well, time for a headache." Cole commented, to which he disconnected the connection between them and Moya, before they jumped over to the roof on their right and then used the grind line to cross over the street that separated the side they were on from where the cell tower was located.

It didn't take them long to cross the grind line and approach the cell tower, where the sisters watched the streets as Cole started to charge up the tower, which involved shooting the power box that was attached to it for a few seconds, though that was all he needed to do as the tower came online... though as it powered up Cole huffed for a moment, feeling the absence of electricity in the area.

"Good, now you need to restore the electricity in this section of the Neon." Moya said, indicating that Cole's signal had returned to the map she was staring at, before she focused on their main objective at the moment, "Your GPS will show you where to go, but be careful... there are a lot of Reapers operating in the area."

"Well, these guys are ready for a fight, that's for sure." Adagio commented, as she could see one of the Reapers driving a truck, one of the delivery trucks, that happened to have a turret on the back of it, along with a good number of Reapers moving towards the same area.

"I'm going to need you, Aria, and Sonata to lead the way this time," Cole said, to which he handed Adagio the phone he had been using to navigate the area, which had the program opened and already had a blinking light where Moya wanted them to head to, "With the electricity off in this area I'll have a hard time making my way to the coordinates, and powering that cell tower has drained me dry."

"Then we'll stick to the rooftops and try to avoid them," Aria stated, though as she looked at the ground she knew that, at some point, they would have to engage the Reapers that were guarding the entrance of the part of the sewers they were heading to next, "though if you need power it appears that the Reapers have set up some emergency generators in the areas they control. Sure, they're scattered around the rooftops, but at least there's a way to get yourself some power if we get into a fight."

Cole nodded and followed Adagio as she lead them over to the generator that Aria had spotted, or rather the closest one of them, and let Cole drain some of the electricity from it, enough to give him the ability to fight back if they ran into some of the Reapers that were patrolling the streets. After he had some power coursing through his veins again the four of them jumped over to the train track that was in front of them and followed it, though they had to separate a few moments later when they spotted a mobile turret resting in front of them. Cole and Sonata jumped over to another building and moved behind the metallic sign that the building had, which started having small bullet sized dents punched into it as the Reaper fired at them. What the Reaper didn't expect was Adagio and Aria climbing under the train tracks to ambush him from behind, where they knocked the Reaper out and used their power to detonate the truck that it was attached to. Once that was taken care of the four of them regrouped on the track and continued moving forward, ignoring the gunfire from the other Reapers that had noticed the first turret go down, indicating that they were annoyed by having one of their weapons destroyed.

Unfortunately a few seconds later they were forced to abandon the train tracks, as a Reaper truck had been posted in the nearby park, which was level with where they were running, and started firing in their direction, to which the four of them jumped down to the street below them, ran into the alleyway in front of them, and used the area behind the buildings as their cover as Adagio moved closer and closer to their destination. Their luck then turned around as they discovered that the only thing guarding the manhole they needed to use to get into the sewer was a few Reapers, to which the four of them split up and tackled their enemies before they could harm them in some manner. Since there were only three Reapers in the immediate area of the sewer entrance, an oversight of whoever was leading the Reapers, they were able to take them out with some ease. The instant their enemies were taken out, and Cole took a moment to make sure all three of them were restrained, the group met back up at the manhole and knew what they were doing to do this time.

"So, whose coming down with me this time?" Cole asked, though since Sonata was the first one to volunteer to come with him, when he turned the other substation on, he had to wonder which of the remaining sisters would come and assist him this time around.

"I'll do it." Adagio replied, to which she handed Cole his phone, as she didn't need it now that they were at their destination, before she turned towards Aria for a moment, "We shouldn't be more than a few minutes, but if the Reapers start gathering in larger numbers to attack you I would suggest that you and Sonata run before something happens."

"Don't worry, we'll guard your escape route," Aria said, to which she and Sonata lifted the manhole up and moved it out of the way, allowing both Cole and Adagio to start climbing down the ladder before they were forced to replace it, where they prepared themselves for any enemies that wanted a piece of them.

It took Adagio and Cole a few moments to climb down the ladder and reach the platform that was directly below them, though as they reached the bottom of the ladder they let go of it and stood side by side as they stared at the part of the sewer that was in front of them.

"Okay, we're in the sewer." Cole said, though at the same time he jumped over to the raised platform that was in front of him and pulled himself up onto it, where he helped Adagio reach the top of it so they could continue moving, all while listening to what Moya was saying.

"Same drill as before," Moya stated, to which Cole nodded his head, understanding what she was referring to, while at the same time Adagio raised an eyebrow, as she was curious as to what Moya meant, "re-establish the circuit on the underground transformer and then look for the distribution substation."

Cole cut the connection off as he jumped over to the large vertical pipe that was in front of them, using the circular railing to move out of the way as Adagio did the same, before he leapt over to the ruined walkway that was below them, one that would allow them to access another vertical pipe to move forward. That, in turn, brought them to two smaller ruined walkways, one that had a smaller pipe that they could climb along to reach a third ruined walkway and a pair of vertical pipes. After getting around those parts of their path the duo discovered another platform that they could jump down onto and then crossed over the two sections of a ruined walkway, allowing them to land right on the platform that the transformer was resting on. Adagio stood back as Cole jumped up and grasped the two sides of the device, bridging the gap between them to re-establish the connection, though when her companion landed on the platform again she saw a small grin on his face.

"So that wasn't a fluke at the last transformer," Cole commented, to which he turned towards the walkway that lead right to a metal barricade, likely put there by the Reapers to keep people from reaching the substation, before he formed a small ball of electricity in his right hand and walked over to his target.

Adagio, interested in what Cole was doing, followed after him as he approached the barricade, though once he was close enough he hurled the grenade shaped object into the air and it flew right into the area that the barricade was resting in, where it detonated with enough force to tear the metal apart.

"Wha... what was that?" Adagio asked, as she was amazed that Cole had already unlocked a new power to go with his healing, restraining, and leeching powers, though while he had told them about the trio of powers he got while he was traveling with Sonata he never showed them the leeching one, indicating that it wasn't one he cared for.

"A new power... some sort of shock grenade," Cole said, though there was a smile on his face, indicating that he was pleased with the results so far, before he started walking forward and Adagio followed after him, so they could find the substation and get out of here.

As the two of them started to progress through the area of the sewers that they were in, and were on the lookout for Reapers, Zeke decided to call and inform Cole that everyone he was talking to seemed to think that Cole was responsible for setting off the bomb, even some guy called George. Adagio quickly discovered that George was actually Cole's boss when he was a normal bike courier, as the man had claimed that a package, the one Sonata had pointed out before the Blast happened, needed to be delivered and Cole took off with it so he could reach the coordinates they had been given. Cole then said that the job was terrible, the pay sucked, and that when he reached where he was supposed to take the package he got a call about opening it, which Adagio realized Sonata had seen happen, before he opened the package and, well, the Blast happened and the four of them were laying in a crater. While Zeke and Cole discussed the events that happened, however, Adagio wondered if the entire thing had been a set up of some kind, as it seemed too strange for the call to come in seconds before the Ray Sphere, which Cole had unknowingly carried into the Historic District, detonated and caused the damage that it did.

She was sure that someone was pulling the strings, as this was starting to sound like something that had been planned out ahead of time, but she said nothing as the call ended... though as she and Cole moved forward a trio of Reapers showed up on the platform in front of them, though since they were standing near some propane tanks Cole simply used his new grenade attack, which knocked all three of the Reapers to the ground.

After dealing with those enemies the duo came to an area where three turrets had been set up and had to hide behind cover as the Reapers manning them started to fire at them, though the situation gave Cole the perfect opportunity to truly test the various angles of his new grenade attack, especially with a electricity generating machine in front of him. While he did that Adagio focused on one of the other turrets, which were aiming at Cole and not at her, where she noticed that these Reapers were fools for keeping their propane tanks so close to themselves and the turrets they commanded, as she fired a blast at the tank near the turret on the left and it detonated. That knocked the Reaper to the ground, where it seemed like he was shaking from the pain, though that was quickly followed by the turret on the left side being taken out as Cole scored a lucky hit with his grenades. Together the two of them focused their efforts on the final turret and knocked that one out as well, allowing them to jump across to the turret that happened to be in front of them and reach the tunnel that would take them right to the substation.

As they walked down the new ruined walkway that they discovered a pair of suicide Reapers igniting some flares before they charged down the path towards the duo, who simply raised their hands and blasted them into the water, defusing the explosives before they could go off. After that it was a matter of Cole shooting the substation with some of his electricity before it was fully powered, allowing them to backtrack through the short part of the sewers they had been in and climbed back up the ladder. Sure enough when they reached the surface they found that another part of the Neon District had it's power restored, but Cole still sensed that part of the Neon was without power, which meant they would have to go back down there soon enough and restore more of the district's power.

"So, what did you get while you two were down there?" Sonata asked, as she knew what happened while Adagio and Cole were down in the sewers, as she had seen it in the first section they delved into, which was why the question was directed at Cole and not her sister.

"A shock grenade power." Cole replied, to which he moved them into a nearby alley, where no civilians were walking around at the moment, and demonstrated his new power by blowing up some wooden crates with the grenade that he tossed at them.

"Okay, now that's pretty cool." Aria commented, though she looked down at her hands for a moment and wondered if they were going to learn some sort of new power to replace what they had lost, something that was in the minds of both of her sisters at that very moment.

Before Cole could say anything, or Adagio could mention that they might want to hit the remaining substations in the Neon District to supercharge Cole, the phone went off, to which everyone sighed as Cole tapped the button that accepted the call, as they knew it had to be Moya.

"So I figured out why the Reapers were destroying the water pipes under the bridge." Moya said, though her statement drew the attention of Cole, Adagio, Aria, and Sonata immediately, as they had seen the Reapers attempting to do that when they were heading back into the Neon District, "It turns out that, by isolating the city's water system, they can pump their plague into every home in the city. Anyone drinking that sludge will get sick, or worse."

"Great." Cole stated, though there was no enthusiasm in his voice, as this was another thing that they didn't need at the moment, especially when this was going to be something that Trish worked on soon enough, meaning they might cross paths in the future.

"Yeah, and it gets better." Moya continued, meaning that there were additional atrocities that the Reapers were committing with their polluted water scheme, which the group didn't understand the reasoning behind, "I'm already getting reports that Smith Fountain is already polluted, and that there are a lot of casualties. I need you to head over to the fountain and confirm the reports, then we'll figure out what we're going to do to stop this."

Since this seemed more important than clearing out the optional objectives, and would help save civilians at the same time, the group decided that they might as well check it out and headed towards the coordinates that were downloaded into the phone a few seconds later. While they started moving towards their new destination, however, Zeke called them again and informed them that areas they had cleared out, the few they had taken on, were apparently crime free all of a sudden and that people were hanging posters with their faces on them. Adagio, Aria, and Sonata had to guess that the Reapers might be afraid of them returning to the areas that they had already cleared out, if they did anything that would provoke their return, and were letting them have those sections for now. While the sisters were thinking about that Cole told Zeke that they didn't need a parade or anything, though Zeke's tone at the end made them all wonder if he was planning on riding their wave for as long as it lasted.

Despite what Zeke might be up to, in regards to the fame that the group was earning, Cole and the sisters made their way towards the building that overlooked the fountain in question, though when they arrived on the roof, and looked down at the scene, none of them liked what they were seeing... sick people resting near a fountain, one that appeared to be pouring out a black tar-like substance.

"Moya, the situation over here isn't looking too good." Cole said, letting their handler know that they had reached Smith Fountain, while at the same time confirming the reports that she had been getting, "There's a lot of sick people resting around the fountain, and the water in the fountain is black."

"All right, get over there." Moya ordered, knowing that time was of the essence for them to beat something like this, which was why she wasn't upset when she discovered that they were already near the fountain, "We need to find a way to stop this from spreading."

Cole disconnected the call and jumped down to the ground, though as the sisters followed after him they discovered that there were more sick people than what they originally thought, and Trish, like Cole had been expecting, was already trying to help someone that was laying near a valve, to which they walked over to her to see if they could help her out.

"Cole?! What the hell are you doing here?" Trish asked, her tone indicating that she was still sore over what she had discovered when the food had been dropped and still blamed Cole for the death of her sister, even if Cole actually wasn't the one responsible for the Ray Sphere going off.

"Moya wanted me to check out the fountain," Cole replied, before remembering that Trish had no idea who Moya was, since she didn't head to Zeke's place when he, Zeke, and the sisters returned from their attempt to escape the city, "and, since I had the feeling you'd be here, I thought we'd lend you a helping hand. Look, I know what that guy said about me..."

"My sister is dead because of you!" Trish exclaimed, revealing that the group was right in thinking that she was still upset over the Blast, though her glared at Cole like she wanted to strangle him, "I don't want to hear any of your excuses either. You want to help? Fine. You can start by closing that valve over there... it's jammed and I can't turn it. That's how the black tar is getting into the fountain."

Adagio, Aria, and Sonata were honestly surprised by how Trish was acting, because while she was taking care of Cole she definitely loved him, then she became neutral when the Voice of Survival made that announcement, and now she was on the verge of heading down the path of hating him, yet something was preventing her from fully going down that dangerous path. Cole, on the other hand, seemed to be willing to do anything to get Trish to like him again, to which he approached the valve he and the sisters had spotted and gripped the sides of the wheel that would allow him to turn it, which he did with some ease. What they weren't expecting, however, was for some tar to spray out of the area in front of Cole, getting all over his face and the top of his shirt, causing him to stagger for a moment as he tried to get the tar off of his face and anywhere else it happened to be.

"It's all over your eyes," Trish commented, though this time her anger and dislike seemed to fade, to be replaced with a little bit of concern, before she turned towards the shocked sisters, "I need to get a solvent out of my car. Follow me, and make sure Cole gets there."

Adagio and her sisters nodded their heads as they followed after Trish, carefully pulling Cole along as he tried to fight whatever ill effects the tar had on people, though as they walked the sisters noticed that he seemed to be talking with someone, or rather someone was talking with him and he seemed to be resisting. Cole flinched every now and then while they walked, as if he was seeing something that wasn't there, and he kept telling whoever was talking to him that they weren't real, which only worried the sisters, more than they already were. Thankfully it didn't take them long to reach Trish's car, her ambulance in reality, and Cole collapsed on the ground in front of it, though Trish was able to find the solvent she was searching for and sprayed it over Cole's face for a few seconds... who coughed as he regained himself, indicating that whatever was inside the can Trish had used was great against the tar that had gotten on Cole.

"Thanks." Cole said, though he smiled at Trish at the same time, to show that he was happy that she was willing to at least help him out, especially when she, along with the vast majority of Empire City, still held him responsible for the Blast that put them in this situation.

"That's the only time I'm helping you, Cole." Trish replied, to which she stashed the solvent inside her medical supplies and started to walk away from the ambulance, indicating that she was putting the sick and wounded before Cole now, something that the sisters understood since she was a doctor, "If you get that stuff on you again... well, you'll just have to wait for it to wear off."

Cole nodded his head, knowing that Trish wasn't likely to turn around and see the gesture, and waited for her to leave the area so she could tend to those that truly needed her assistance, before sighing as he clicked on his phone again, so he could report their discovery.

"Hey Moya, we've taken care of the fountain." Cole said, knowing that their handler might be happy about the news, though at the same time he had the feeling that this was far from over, "I had to shut off the feeder pipe that led into it."

"That's good, but there are still two more water mains in the area." Moya stated, revealing that they had done a good deed by turning the first valve, even if the sisters weren't involved in making the decision, while also telling them that there was more work for them to do.

"Then we'll turn those ones off as well and see what happens." Adagio said, to which Cole nodded his head in agreement, because none of them wanted to see the innocent people suffer in such a manner.

The moment the call was disconnected the group headed into the nearby park, as Cole remembered seeing two water mains in that area and was praying that those were the ones that Moya was talking about, where they found five Reapers patrolling the area, guarding the very water mains they came to turn off. Four of them happened to be the normal type of Reapers they had fought before, while the fifth one happened to be another White Reaper, though this time around Adagio ignored it and left Aria tackle it, as she figured she might as well let her sisters have a turn. While Aria chased down and blasted the White Reaper, while also avoiding the shockwave attacks it sent at her, Cole, Adagio, and Sonata dealt with the other Reapers, though Cole eventually broke away and accessed the first of the two water mains. He then received another blast of the black tar to his face, causing him to stagger once more, but he growled and fought through whatever was happening to him as the sisters fought off the Reapers, even going so far as to tell the speaker to 'shut up' several times as he regained himself.

When Cole recovered from his ordeal, and was ready to go, he led the way to the final valve they needed to turn, though he pulled back when he noticed something that would make them stop and consider how to approach the situation... an innocent civilian that happened to be near the valve.

"So, what do we do?" Cole asked, causing the sisters to look at each other and the man that happened to be cowering near the valve, where they knew that this was another choice for them to make, "Sacrifice the man's sanity by forcing him to turn the valve, or do it ourselves?"

"I should think the answer is obvious at this point," Sonata said, to which she walked towards the valve and gently helped the man onto his feet, before having him depart from the area they were in, "We take one for the civilians, allowing them to remain healthy, while at the same time knowing that we'll always put them before ourselves... even to the very end if need be."

"Sonata, you were always one to take one for the civilians," Aria stated, though that was followed by her sighing as a very light smile appeared on her face, to which she walked up to the valve as well, joining her sister as they both grasped the wheel, "and maybe, just maybe, it's time for us to change... and take one for them as well. Maybe it's time to leave our past behind us, to stop letting our past actions define us, and take up a new mantle as guardians of the people."

"'Guardians of the people', you sound like you've lost your minds," Adagio said, but even then she couldn't deny that some of the civilians that were watching them, those that had seen them back in Archer Square and Stampton Bridge and had seen their decisions to help the people, were staring at them, and she was sure that a few of them were even cheering them on, "but, maybe you're both right. Maybe I've been wrong our whole lives and everything that's happened has been because of my poor decisions... but if you two are so keen on turning that valve then we'll do so together, as sisters... as guardians of the people."

Sonata smiled as she heard Adagio say that, as she knew that her sister always had it in her to be a force for good, but now she was starting to see the light that Sonata had been chasing the entire time and could never get closer to since she always went with what her sisters wanted. Now, however, things were changing, as without their old powers they had come to a place where they could grow, mature, and see the light that she had been trying to obtain, which was now waiting for them to embrace it. Adagio stepped forward and joined her sisters by the valve, where the three of them grabbed onto the wheel and turned it, though that was when the tar burst out of the pipe in front of them and covered them like it had covered Cole earlier. Cole, on the other hand, noticed something interesting as that happened, as the auras that the sisters used had come back in full force, only this time around their decision to put their past behind them, apparently an evil past of some kind by Adagio's words, and to put the civilians first was having an interesting effect on the three of them.

Their white auras shifted to a light blue color, fully this time around, and the tar seemed to flake off their bodies without doing any mental harm to them at all, but it was what came after that change that really got Cole's attention, and the attention of those watching this happen. The wind seemed to pick up for a moment as the sisters stood apart from each other, as they were shocked by what was happening, though that was before the wind actually wrapped around Sonata's wrists, causing her to look down in surprise. Aria was also affected in the same manner, though as she focused on her hands they seemed to catch on fire, but instead of burning away her clothing it almost seemed like she was in complete control and could summon it at will, which brought a true smile to her face. Adagio, the last of the trio, breathed deeply for a moment as she seemed to calm herself and became more collected, before she pointed at a tree and a light blue crystal, about the size and length of a pointer finger, struck the tree... hard enough to leave a dent before shattering from the impact.

Cole realized that, by changing their lives around in such a manner, they not only gained the powers they were supposed to activate from the Blast, much like his own electricity based powers, but also changed their mindsets and their strange auras... making them guardians of the people, as they seemed to have labeled themselves.

"I have no idea what you three just did, but it seems to have awakened your powers." Cole commented, to which he approached the sisters and studied them, finding that they were still shocked by the change and were actually pleased with what they were seeing... and, unless his eyes deceived him, there was a faint blue glow in all of their eyes.

"We're walking a new path," Adagio said, though at the same time she flexed her fingers as she wondered what she could do with this power, as she wasn't even mad that Sonata could use the wind and Aria could use fire, before she turned towards Cole again, "You should tell Moya that we've turned the valves off like she wanted."

"No need to tell me, I can see it for myself." Moya replied, her voice coming from the phone once more, though she didn't sound impressed, meaning that she couldn't actually see what they were physically doing at the moment, "Now that the valves are turned off, you need to figure out how those maniacs are getting that tar into the system. The only primary water line there runs under Memorial Park... you should head into one of the tunnels and look for clues."

Cole, knowing the exact tunnel Moya was referring to, had the sisters follow him as he made his way to the entrance of the tunnel, which required running through the park for a minute or two, before they jumped down to the street below them and found the entrance he was searching for. From there he and the sisters waged total war against the Reapers that happened to be guarding whatever was at the end of the tunnel, though in reality he stayed back a bit and watched all three of them demonstrate their new abilities. Sonata was able to call forth the power of the wind and sent it flying towards her targets, slicing the weapons of her foes in half with the raw power of the wind, before she knocked them to the floor and left them unconscious. Aria held a hand towards one of the flaming cars and commanded the flames to obey her will, where she hurled flaming balls through the air, like she did when she was using her energy blasts, and the Reapers actually stopped firing to put the flames out, giving her time to take them out before moving forward. Adagio also created a ball like attack to start with, though when she tossed the small crystalline sphere at her targets they were blown backwards... allowing her to progress onward while she caught up with her sisters, and leaving a smiling Cole to do the same as they moved through the tunnel.

Together the four of them made their way through the tunnel that they were in, their combined powers being more than the Reapers were equipped for, before they reached the area they were searching for, a gas truck that was modified to carry the tar around... which they fired upon and destroyed without hesitation, earning them some positive points with Moya and the civilians that they had just saved from the tar. Once the objective was done, however, Cole called someone else, as it was getting late and they all needed some sleep, especially after the madness they had been through to get two substations online and unlock all their powers.

"Hey Zeke, we're coming back to the apartment building," Cole said, though at the same time he and the sisters walked out of the tunnel and started to walk down the streets, as they were all exhausted from their various ordeals.

"Good, I was hoping to talk to you anyway," Zeke replied, though whether it was because of the posters that people were putting up of the four of them or for some other reason they didn't know, "So, what did I miss?"

"We'll tell you when we get back Zeke," Adagio stated, knowing that Zeke wasn't going to like what he heard, though all four of them chuckled for a moment when they heard Zeke mumble about them and their powers before he hung up the phone, no doubt so he could watch some television before they arrived.

Adagio knew that Zeke was going to freak when he learned that she, Aria, and Sonata developed their own powers as well, and she was sure that it was going to be an interesting sight to behold, though she knew they could also do with a rest as well... to which she smiled as she thought about Zeke's reaction all the way back to the apartment building, while pushing their mission right out of her head until morning arrived.