After assisting Moya in recovering the flight recorders from the UVAs that were flying around the Warren, and taking them out in the process, Cole, Adagio, Aria, and Sonata spent the next thirty minutes doing nothing else but assisting the people around the district they were in. The first step was Cole draining the satellite uplinks and reestablishing a connection, so that way they knew where all of the other available optional objectives were located and what they might need to do to help whoever was calling for aid, as there were plenty of people asking for help. With the connection back online the four of them were able to continue their duties as heroes and helped those that were in need, which included helping several EMT's that were located throughout the Warren, destroyed the surveillance equipment that the Dust Men set up on several buildings that belonged to innocent people, helping individual people save loved ones that were being taken by the transients, and even restored the train for the Warren. The people were happy to see them step up and do what was right, to stop the Dust Men at every turn and disrupt their operations, while also saving the innocent people that were being targeted by them, and the group was more than happy to be of assistance.
The more involving thing they did, to help the people of the Warren out, was get involved in a massive gang war between some of the leftover Reapers and an equally large group of Dust Men that had taken up residence in one part of the Warren... though the winner of the battle was neither of them, not when the four dropped into the battle, surprised their opponents, and decimated them with their powers.
While Cole was happy to see that the people of Empire City were embracing them as heroes and protectors of the innocent, and not seeing him as the person that had set off the Blast that put the city in the state it had been in for the last two weeks, he also noticed that the sisters seemed to be happier. Sonata, who always seemed to be happy, constantly had a smile on her face and was always friendly towards those that were around her, while at the same time always turning serious whenever one of her sisters, or Cole for that matter, got hurt, even though that hadn't happened for a while. Aria, who had appeared to be a more brooding and slightly angry when he first met her, had softened quite a bit since their adventure started and she seemed to be happy, genuinely happy, will all the good they had been able to do for both the Neon District and the Warren. Adagio, who had started out as someone who seemed to reject that they were aiding the people and stopping the gangs, had taken the most drastic turn, as she was now someone that smiled more often, liked the fact that they were helping the people of Empire City out, and seemed to go for more heroic actions, just like the others did from time to time.
Cole still wasn't sure why Adagio had been so resistant to change when they first started this adventure, if it could even be called that, but right now, seeing both her and her sisters being genuinely happy for what was likely the first time in a really long time for them, brought a smile to his face as he joined them while they walked down the street.
Once they had completed all of the optional objectives in the area, including the two 'good' ones that Moya had labeled for them, she insisted that the group start one of the main objectives she had sent them, though her tone told Adagio that she was losing her patience with the group. It was rather annoying and kind of killed the mood, since the more help they gave the people the more help they often received in kind, as there was one time when they were fighting some Dust Men they had to stop because the civilians got involved, only to beat up the armored Dust Men with some assistance from a nearby police officer, who then hauled the defeated transients off to jail. Still, since they had cleared out all of the optional objectives for the moment, the four of them headed over to the dock area that the coordinates were attached to, or rather the corner that was near the dock Moya wanted them to investigate... where they saw a few Dust Men walking around, minding their own business while ignoring the threat that was standing right outside the area they happened to be working in.
"Okay Moya, we're in position." Aria stated, informing Moya that they were ready for the second objective that she wanted them to take on, though at the same time all of them were prepared to move the moment they learned exactly what they needed to do here.
"The Dust Men think that if they load hostages onto their boats, the military will back off and let them pass through the quarantine." Moya explained, to which the group glanced at each other, because if their attempt to leave the city by using the bridge that Cole and Zeke had picked out told them anything, it was that an attempted escape would only result in the deaths of innocent people.
"Let me guess," Cole said, as he could tell that there was more to this objective than what Moya was telling them, but he wanted to wait and be sure that she had more to tell them and not jump ahead, while his friends remained at the ready in case the Dust Men attacked them, "the guys with the guns don't want to play ball."
"All forces positioned along the quarantine line have standing shoot-on-sight orders." Moya replied, though that told the sisters exactly what they needed to know, but they remained silent as they waited to see what else they had to worry about, "Any vessel attempting to cross the harbor will be destroyed, no questions asked. The four of you are going to have to find the hostage boats and stop them, either by disabling their engines or destroying them yourselves. If those boats leave the harbor a lot of innocent people are going to die."
"And, if that were to come to pass, your superiors would determine that the situation wasn't under control," Adagio commented, as she was beginning to see what Moya was talking about, along with what she wasn't saying to them at the same time, and simply made a connection about the situation, "I'm guessing that they would replace you in a heartbeat, meaning that they'd do something completely different than what you have planned and we'd be running from the law, since someone might think we're terrorists because of what the Voice of Survival said earlier."
"I'm glad someone get's the bigger picture." Moya said, though if she was surprised by the fact that Adagio was able to guess what she was going to say next, basically saying that the deal they had made would be void if she was replaced, she didn't let her emotions betray her, "My superiors would bomb the city to contain the situation... so use that as your motivation to stop those boats from leaving the harbor. And those tones I heard you use just now, don't ever do them again, or there will be consequences."
Adagio turned towards her sisters and Cole for a moment, to be sure she heard Moya right, and they nodded their heads to confirm that they had heard it was well, as their 'friend' now appeared to be of the opinion that the four of them were her personal super powered workforce and should listen to her orders without question or outright guessing what she was saying. Instead of saying anything the four of them let the call drop and advanced towards the harbor that was on the other side of the building that was in front of them, though while they did that Aria and Sonata took the sides of the building as Cole and Adagio attacked the roof. Fortunately the Dust Men didn't have a lot of men guarding the entrances of where they were operating, allowing them to use their powers to decimate their targets and knock them out, though when they grouped up on the other side of the building Adagio remained on the roof of the building as she focused on using the water around them to their advantage. Instead of targeting the engine, like Moya wanted them to, Cole, Aria, and Sonata took out the Dust Men guarding the boat, if any remained, and then destroyed the locks on the cages that were on the boat, freeing the innocent people that the gang was trying to use as meat shields, to which they escorted them off the boat and let them head back to their normal lives.
Once they were sure that everyone was off the boat, and checked it twice, Cole, Aria, and Sonata stood nearby as Adagio called forth her power, to which several crystal spires erupted from the water around the boat and punctured the vehicle, before she retracted them and let the boat sink... preventing the Dust Men from taking it again and trying this one more time while they were doing something else.
"Cole, I've got some bad news." Moya spoke up, her voice ruining the mood more than she could possibly know, though at the same time the group went silent as they wondered what she could possibly tell them, "The military is mobilizing several gunships and they're planning on attacking the Dust Men's boats, regardless of whether or not they're still docked. I'm holding them off, but they're not going to wait forever."
"Moya, there are innocent people on those boats that will die if you let that happen," Adagio said, though now she was getting annoyed, because the way things were looking it appeared that Moya might be claiming that she could get them all out of here, when in reality she might be lying just to get the Ray Sphere, which would mean she had no authority and was tricking them, "Look, just keep the military busy for a few more minutes and we'll have the other two boats taken care of by the time they want to get moving."
"Just remember that they want results," Moya stated, her tone indicating that she didn't approve of Adagio's tone at all, though at the same time Adagio really didn't care about that at the moment, showing just how much she had changed since they became guardians of the people, "They'll replace me the moment I'm no longer useful... and the four of you would be fugitives if that happened."
Cole hung up, as they were wasting time at that point, and the four of them headed up the street to their left, as that was where the next boat was located, and were immediately fired upon by the Dust Men that had set up shop in the area, to which they fired at them in return. Even though the Dust Men here appeared to be ready to fight them, as in they knew that they were coming, their numbers and weapons were nothing compared to the power that the group brought to bare against them. Even with the fact that their powers made them stronger than the Dust Men, and more resilient towards damage, the four of them still had to avoid the gunfire to the best of their ability and fall back from time to time, mostly to encourage their enemies to reveal themselves and make their lives easier. When the guards at the front of the base were taken care of the group continued forward, carefully taking out the other Dust Men that were on the boat and those that were surrounding it, before three of them moved forward to save the innocent people that had been taken prisoner.
Once the prisoners were freed from the cages they had been trapped in, and were off the boat, Adagio grinned as she repeated the process she used to sink the first boat on the one that was in front of them, putting holes in the vessel before sending it to the bottom of the harbor.
The instant the boat was taken care of Adagio grabbed onto Cole and pulled him into the air, to which Aria and Sonata followed after them as they headed towards the third and final boat, because since they were on a strict time schedule, with the military coming to take matters into their hands if they weren't quick enough, they needed to get the final boat taken care of before that happened. As such when they reached the third dock Adagio dropped Cole into the heart of the group of Dust Men that were guarding the area, as that was his plan from the beginning and had told her so, which allowed him to use his Thunder Drop to surprise their enemies, and knocked a few of them into the water. Once he was ready the sisters landed around the building and the harbor before they engaged the Dust Men, taking them out so that the prisoners would be able to flee in safety once the cages were open. It took them another minute or two to clear out their targets, taking down the Dust Men and making sure that some of them were bound to the ground by Cole, before they freed the innocent people that had been taken prisoner... which was followed by the boat sinking into the harbor, as Adagio did what she did to the other two boats once again.
With the third boat taken care of they escorted the people back to the street and watched as they were thanked by the former hostages, before they disappeared into the Warren, heading back to their loves ones and their homes, which brought a smile to all their faces... before a call from Moya ruined their mood once more.
"I've got more bad news, there's one more boat left." Moya stated, to which the sisters kept silent, as it almost seemed like this should have been information they were given when they started the mission, so they could have each taken one of the harbors on and taken out the boats at the same time, "You need to get over and stop them right now."
"Enlighten us a little," Cole replied, where the sisters noticed that he definitely appeared to be angry, though at the same time they knew that the reason behind his anger was going to be revealed to them soon enough, "are they really going to start dropping bombs on Empire City if a single boat leaves one of the harbors?"
"The President signed off on the order a week ago." Moya answered, where her tone once again revealed that she didn't like the tone that Cole was using, meaning that she was either going to do something to them now or punish the lot of them later, when they finally uncovered where the Ray Sphere went, "If the plague reaches critical threat level, he'll make the call... no questions asked."
"And they'll glass the whole city, just like that?" Cole asked, though he couldn't believe what he was hearing, as part of him was wondering how much of the truth Moya was giving them and how much of it was lies to keep him and the sisters in line until they got what she wanted.
"It's standard protocol when it comes to containing biological threats." Moya stated, though there was something in her voice that told Adagio that Moya believed that she had them all under her lock and key, when in reality all she was doing was trying to play on their habit of saving the people to get them to do what she wanted, "Like it or not, Cole, you and your friends are in this all the way."
Instead of wasting time with the rails, and following after Cole, Adagio and her sisters flew into the air and grabbed onto Cole once more, to which they headed towards the coordinates of the final harbor that the Dust Men were attempting to use, which happened to be further up the same street that the first two were on. It didn't take them long to reach their destination, not when it was actually near the area that they started hunting down the other drones in, before they landed on the ground and started firing at the Dust Men that were in front of them. Cole, however, used his Shockwave power to knock two rockets back at the enemies that had fired them, allowing him and the sisters time to get close and start attack their enemies, before the RPG wielding Dust Men even had a chance to reload. Once the enemies around the building had been taken out, and restrained, the group took care of the remainder that were on the boat and freed the hostages... though once they were out of the way Adagio sunk the boat as well, preventing the Dust Men from even attempting this again, since those seemed to be the only boats in the Warren.
Cole and the sisters spent a few moments helping the people back towards the streets of the Warren, where they could go and find their loved ones again, before Cole noticed that Adagio, Aria, and Sonata were much happier than they had been earlier, which made him smile as he put in the call to inform Moya that the deed was done.
"Okay Moya, all of the boats are taken taken care of." Cole said, letting their friend know that they had stopped the Dust Men from doing what they had planned, even if that meant sinking their boats to prevent it from happening again in the near future.
"Cole, I know you and your friends aren't happy about the situation," Moya stated, though there was something in her tone that annoyed the group, but instead of thinking about it and debating what it could be the four of them remained silent for now, "but we have to play with the cards we're dealt. That's just the way it is."
The group remained silent as the call disconnected, until Moya decided to call them again later with yet another item for them to take care of, though as they looked at their phones, and noticed a few new optional objectives, two things happened. The first, and more important of the two, was that Cole called Trish and asked how things were going, where he and the sisters discovered that things were apparently going good for her and the people she was trying to help, before Trish said that she and Cole really needed to talk about what happened earlier and put the past behind them. Cole, of course, was more than happy to agree with her statement, as he had been waiting for this opportunity to come up since he and the sisters started helping the people of Empire City out. The second thing that happened was that the other objective that appeared on their GPS was actually coming from Zeke's phone, and that, if they were reading the coordinates correctly, it was near their current position... or rather it was on the same street that Moya had contacted told them about the drones on, just on the opposite side of the street.
The four of them carefully walked over to the coordinates that were on their map, where they happened to find Zeke's phone resting on the ground, to which Cole sighed as he picked up the phone, because without it he had no idea where his friend had wandered off to this time around.
"You think you and your little girlfriends can come over here, doing what you please?" a voice asked, one that sounded older than most people they had met, sort of like Kessler's voice, only without the sinister feeling that came whenever he talked to someone, while at the same time the group looked around for the source of the voice, "Think again! We've got your fat friend... and we're going to kill him nice and slow."
It was in that moment that Adagio, Aria, and Sonata realized that the Dust Men had captured Zeke while he was looking for anything that might help them take the gang down or even find the Ray Sphere, indicating that their enemies had set this up as a trap to kill them all... and, because of that, the three of them were ready to follow Cole into the storage container fort area and get Zeke back, even if it meant trashing a whole lot of Dust Men to do so.
"Oh, these guys just made the biggest mistake of their lives." Cole said, to which he slipped Zeke's phone into his backpack, so he could give it back to him when they rescued him, and cracked his knuckles, while at the same time noticing that a fence moved out of the way and revealed the opening, "And they're inviting us inside... idiots."
Together the four of them headed down towards the opening that their enemies had provided for them, one that appeared to have been constructed for the Dust Men in mind when the fortress was originally set up, and walked into the trap that the Dust Men and their leader had set up for them. Sure enough they were set upon before they even rounded the first corner of the area, as the fence immediately closed behind them when they entered the area and one of the containers had a wall fall down, allowing a small group of Dust Men to attack them. As such the four of them started blasting their enemies as they moved forward, occasionally using the sides of the containers and the areas that the Dust men had hidden in as cover, allowing them to protect themselves while they fought the gang that had taken Zeke. As they fought the Dust Men they all noticed that the transients liked to hide themselves in little nooks that were impossible to see until the last second and stand up on bridges that were constructed between two different containers, usually the main wall and one of the other walls in the area.
The first real obstacle the four of them came across was some pipes that were spewing this toxic looking steam or smoke out of their openings, hitting the containers across from them, though Sonata, instead of pulling the lever like Cole could have done, simply created a wall of wind that prevented the toxin from reaching them. With the wall up Cole climbed the ladder that was originally covered and eventually jumped over to a wire that allowed him to bypass the gate that was blocking their way, though once that was done Aria and Adagio joined him by simply flying over to him. The moment the three of them were in position Sonata dropped the wall and flew over to them, where she rejoined her sisters as they all followed Cole deeper into the fortress that the Dust Men had made for themselves. Of course as they walked down the path that was in front of them the voice from before said that this island was his home and that he's been waiting a long time for this, while also declaring that no one could stop him... which only caused Adagio, Aria, and Sonata to roll their eyes, as they heard that speech before, in a much more dramatic version, many times in the past and hearing it again only made them want to punch the speaker's lights out.
As they rounded the corner Cole spotted a grenade launcher and used his Precision Shot to blast him in the head, where he fell from the walkway he had been walking on and hit the ground, though fortunately he was still alive, how Cole didn't want to know, so he restrained him against the floor before they moved onward.
"Cole, your GPS says that you and the sisters are at the shipyards." Moya spoke up, revealing that she was watching their movement and knew that they weren't doing one of the objectives she had sent them, which was likely making her mad at all of them, "What are you doing?"
"We're kicking the asses of the bastards that took Zeke." Cole replied, though that was when they rounded a corner and entered a larger area than the previous one, where they started blasting the Dust Men that had been guarding the area and just so happened to be waiting for their arrival.
"It's his own fault." Moya stated, her tone indicating that she believed that Zeke had gotten his punishment for doing something that he wasn't good at, though that exact same tone made the sisters growl for a moment, as they knew that she didn't care for their friend at all, "You can't run out and rescue him every time he gets into trouble."
"Look Moya, we're not about to abandon our friend." Adagio said, as right now she believed that their only friends included Trish, Cole, and Zeke, so leaving Zeke to face his death at the hands of the Dust Men didn't sit well with her, which was why they were attacking the Dust Men like this.
Before Moya could say anything more Cole disconnected the call and focused on the task at hand, where the four of them blasted the Dust Men that were in the area in front of them, though what was really good was when Cole ignited some spilled oil and created a pool of flames. Aria, seeing the flames come to life and dance, extended her own magic and commanded the flames, where she sent a rain of Firebombs down on the enemies that were in front of them, to which she smiled as the small clusters of fire exploded and sent the Dust Men flying around the area, knocking all of them out in the process. Adagio, of course, used the moisture in the air and created her special Crystal Blast grenade attack, which she hurled at the last couple of enemies and watched as the explosion took all of them out, clearing the way for them to continue as they looked for Zeke. As they headed down the 'alley' that the group of Dust Men had been guarding a fence moved in their way and blocked them from continuing, or that was what would have happened if three of them didn't have the ability to fly... as Aria and Sonata took off and soared over the fence so they could attack their enemies, allowing Adagio a chance to lift Cole over the fence so they could join them in knocking out their enemies.
As they continued down the path that was in front of them they spotted more foes moving into position, to which all four of them started attacking the Dust Men before they even had a chance to move into position, allowing them to brush their enemies aside before continuing the search for Zeke. This time when they rounded the next corner they found a turret at the top of the ramp, along with some Dust Men preparing explosive barrels that would explode when they collided with something, though at the same time Cole discovered that Sonata had another trick up her sleeve. Much like with what Adagio did earlier, back when they were helping Trish find Roger, Sonata focused her mind and gathered her power for a few seconds, though when she was ready she stepped out of their hiding area and loosed whatever power she had been preparing, where the person commanding the turret was knocked backwards and disabled the turret at the same time, but Sonata didn't stop there, as she had a few more targets to hit. She then purposely stood there for a few seconds, allowing the remaining foes to step up to the turret controls, where she blasted them all in the head until no more came out to challenge her.
"And that, right there, is the Needle Strike, my Precision Shot type attack," Sonata declared, revealing that she had woven together a whole new technique by watching Cole and Adagio use their own Precision Shot type attacks, even if Cole was the only one using it at the moment, "So, what did you think?"
"Impressive." Cole replied, knowing that he was the only one of the three she was asking that hadn't seen this attack yet, though it was really impressive that they started with nothing more than firing blasts of energy, and now they were learning how to shape their powers in new and interesting ways, "Come on, let's go surprise the rest of the Dust Men."
Once Cole knew that Sonata had a new trick up her sleeve, and the immediate area was cleared of enemies, the four of them headed towards the top of the ramp and found some parts of the containers sticking out, parts that they could climb on, though at the top of the containers rested a fence that was easy to join over. Instead of doing that, however, Aria dropped back down to the area they had been on before and walked forward and little, triggering the fence to drop down and caused the Dust Men to reveal themselves, where they moved into the waiting hands of Cole, Adagio, and Sonata, who rained blasts down upon them. Of course Aria joined them a few seconds later and made sure that they knocked out all of the enemies that were in their way, before they walked forward, jumped down into the area where their enemies had been standing moments ago, and continued on their way as they looked out for the cage that the Dust Men were keeping Zeke trapped inside. To do that the four of them fought their way through yet another ambush, one that proved that their enemies might be losing the battle, before they reached an area that they needed to climb up some ladders to reach the top of the containers.
In doing so the four of them spotted a cage that was nearby, suspended over the fortress they had fought their way through, with a fair amount of people resting inside it, though with the number of people it was hard to tell if Zeke was inside the cage or not.
"Zeke!" Cole called out, hoping that by shouting he would be able to get the attention of their friend, because even if Zeke wasn't inside that particular cage he and the sisters could still find the controls and get them out of here, before something happened to them, "Can you hear me?"
That was immediately followed by one of the Dust Men, apparently having been in position the entire time, loosing a missile through the air, one that struck the cage that the group was looking at, killing several of the innocent people that were inside it and dropping the rest of them to their unfortunate deaths... ones that he and the sisters couldn't save them from, despite all their powers and abilities.
"ZEKE!" all four of them shouted, as they had no idea whether or not their friend had been in that cage or not, but at the same time, as they looked down at the killed innocents the Dust Men had killed, it didn't appear that Zeke was among them, which didn't ease the pain they felt.
"Guys?!" a voice called out, to which the four of them turned towards the second crane in the area and found another cage, one that contained a single person, which happened to be Zeke, though while that made them happy to see him it also made them focus on the task at hand, "Hey guys, over here!"
"Hang in there Zeke, we're coming." Cole stated, knowing that there was no way for their friend to hear them at the moment, but that didn't stop him from wanting to say the words anyway, to which the four of them moved forward and started the journey over to where their friend was located.
What happened next was that Adagio, Aria, and Sonata took to the skies and started to bombard the Dust Men with their attacks, allowing Cole to make his way over the tops of the containers without having to focus on blasting the targets that the sisters were focused on. Even the Dust Men that was carrying a RPG didn't stand much of a chance against them, as he actually turned and targeted the container that Zeke was resting in, though Sonata appeared between them and used the wind to blow the rocket back, taking out the Dust Men in question in the process. Despite that there was one or two enemies that Cole blasted with his electricity and knocked to the ground, though he was able to get to the crane that the cage was connected to, where he looked around for the controls before he found them a few seconds later. He waited for the rest of the Dust Men to be taken out, where he assisted the sisters in taking their enemies out, before he pushed the controls and the crane lowered the cage to the street below them, where he jumped off the edge of the control station and landed on the ground nearby... allowing him to approach the cage and found that it wasn't even locked, as if the Dust Men had been daring Zeke to take his life into his own hands by either jumping or dying to them.
A few seconds later Adagio, Aria, and Sonata landed nearby and pushed the lid of the cage down, allowing Zeke to leave the cage that the Dust Men had forced him into, before they looked around for any additional enemies... though luck was on their side, as there weren't any other enemies coming at them just yet.
"Whew, there is close," Zeke commented, to which he wiped his forehead for a moment, indicating that he must have been scared for his life considering that the Dust Men were about ready to kill him, before he turned towards the group and gave them a light smile, "and then there was that. Thanks for saving my skin guys."
"Zeke, what the hell were you doing down here?" Cole asked, though all four of them were worried about him, mostly because this experience was going to have some effects on him and his attitude, but at the same time he reached into his pack and pulled out Zeke's phone, before he handed it back to their friend.
"I was just trying to help you guys out, man." Zeke replied, to which he walked out of the cage and moved away from it, because he wanted nothing to do with the cage that he had been in, before he turned towards the group, "I wanted to sneak in and see what the trash-baggers were up to."
"Zeke, you're lucky they didn't kill you the moment you were found out." Aria said, though while her tone was tough, like she had been before she and her sisters headed through the statue's portal earlier, she was still concerned for Zeke, just like Adagio and Sonata were, "Though I'm happy we were able to save you before something terrible happened."
"What are you saying?" Zeke asked, almost as if there had been some hidden meaning in Aria's words or Cole's expression when he was released from the cage that the Dust Men had kept him in for some time, "That old Zeke needs to go back to his roof and just chill? That he's only good for a laugh and a beer, but when it's go-time he ain't worth a damn? Is that what you guys are telling me?"
"We never said any of that." Adagio replied, surprised that Zeke was even acting this way, after they risked their own lives to save him from the Dust Men, though she guessed that his comment might have been directed at Cole the entire time, as he was the one that Zeke was staring at.
"Zeke, I know you mean well, but this isn't a game." Cole said, hoping that his friend would at least understand that he could still help them, though in a different manner than what he was thinking, before he considered the enemies they had fought so far, "We're facing people with powers, like we have, and they won't hesitate to kill anyone that gets in their way, so why don't you stay back where its safe? We'll contact you when we need your help."
Zeke glared at Cole, apparently thinking that his best friend felt that he and the sisters thought that they were better than everyone else, before walking off in a huff, causing the four of them to sigh for a moment as they wondered what they were going to do with him in the future. Fortunately they didn't have to think about it for more than a few moments, as it was at that moment that Trish decided to call them, where Cole smiled as he accepted the call, as he was sure that Trish might need help with something.
"Cole, I've got the last of my gear loaded onto the bus, but the Reapers are blocking the way to the hospital." Trish said, revealing that something was happening in the Neon District again, to which the group nodded to each other for a moment, as they knew what they were going to do next, "I need your help, and the help of the sisters, to get past them."
"Sure. We're on our way." Cole replied, though before they started moving there was on other thing on his mind that he wanted to say before the call was over, and the sisters didn't appear to be in a hurry to leave since they knew that he liked these calls, "And maybe, when you have a moment after helping all the sick and injured people out, we can have that talk you mentioned earlier."
"We'll see Cole." Trish stated, though her tone revealed that she wanted to have that talk, as the anger from her to him seemed to be wearing thin on her, before she hung up and got to packing the rest of her gear onto the bus, allowing them to move once more.
Adagio, Aria, and Sonata smiled as they followed Cole back towards the bridge that connected the Neon District to the Warren, because the opportunity to talk with Trish, and set the record straight at long last, had made him very happy and had put a smile on his face... and right now, in face of what they had done and what they had seen, they knew that he deserved to be happy before they continued on their quest to find the Ray Sphere.