Cole, Adagio, Aria, and Sonata remained on the roof that the group had gathered on, where they had discussed what they were going to do in regards to the fort that the Transfer Device was located in, which also gave Trish, Kuo, and Zeke a chance to study Zeke's map of the Militia patrols. It never ceased to amaze them that the Militia just gave away their secrets to new members, as if it would allow them to better their communications and how they operated, but at the same time it gave their enemies, the ones that were smart enough to consider this action, a chance to take things from them without being caught in the action. The other thing was that Nix definitely wanted to kill people, as the moment she took off they heard some sounds of her attacking a nearby Militia group, though at the moment, since they were far away from the fort they were going to attack, it wasn't going to harm their coming operation, even if Nix was heading to a position to prepare herself for the chance that they came and joined her, instead of assisting Kuo and the others.
It took ten to twenty minutes for something to happen, not that the four of them were worried since they knew that it had to take some time to figure out where the medicine was located, but when Zeke, Kuo, and Trish were ready they sent them coordinates for the mission start area and they moved out immediately.
As they moved out from the area that the first base had been located in, and began the trek to where the coordinates were located, Cole had to stop every now and then when he found some Militia mugging people, trying to abduct them off the street, and many other things that annoyed him. Of course the Dazzlings felt the same way, since they had learned to be heroes, or at the very least Guardians of the People back in Empire City, and they also assisted them in taking care of the enemies that Cole wanted to fight before they reached their destination, while also allowing their friend to deactivate a few of the Blast Shard bombs that they found along their path. They were still surprised that there was actually someone in New Marais that was collecting these shards and turning them into bombs, because that sounded like a stupid thing to do, but at the moment it was best for them to disarm the bombs and let Cole collect them as they continued down the street that they were following. One thing they expected was Nix calling them and being furious about how they were assisting Kuo in giving medicine to the Rebels, who she felt should be weak and dependent on the lot of them, but at the same time they ignored her and continued on their way, because one fact they knew was that she would come assist them regardless of what plan they chose... just because she wanted a good time and enjoyed beating up the Militia that were currently in control of New Marais.
When the four of them reached the coordinates they were slightly surprised to find that they were standing in front of one of Fort Phillipe's entrances, though as they did that all of them noticed that none of the Militia seemed to be watching the area, as they weren't attacked while they were standing there, waiting for Kuo, Trish, or Zeke to contact them... before Cole decided to see if they needed help or if there was something they could do to assist the others in locating where the medicine was located.
"Kuo, do you and the others have any leads on where Betrand's medicine is being stockpiled?" Cole asked, as he knew that he and the Dazzlings were thinking about that, especially since they had been given the coordinates to this location, but at the same time he felt that was better to ask them what was going on before something happened.
"Yes... I... do..." Kuo replied, though it was in the following instant that an ambulance, with Kuo in the driver seat and Trish in the passenger seat, burst right on through the metal gate in front of them and came to a stop near where they were standing, bringing a smile to their faces at the same time, "Cole, get on top. Dazzlings, fly around us and help Cole protect us from the Militia that's sure to try and take us out while we're moving through New Marais. I know where we can find Laroche and his Rebels."
Cole nodded and jumped on top of the ambulance, knowing that he had more reason to protect the vehicle since Trish was riding along with Kuo, and the Dazzlings floated in the air around them, before Kuo got underway and they started the trek to the location that Laroche and his soldiers were waiting in. The moment they headed down the street that the four of them had come down to reach this point they were immediately attacked by the Militia, who were also surprisingly well versed in forming barricades behind their backs apparently, and Cole nodded his head as the Dazzlings took care of the enemies that were the farthest away from their location. Despite the three of them doing that Kuo made the choice to turn left, instead of allowing Sonata to use her wind powers to knock the large truck out of the way, to which they simply sighed and followed after her, knocking the Militia around while Cole protected the ambulance from the more immediate threats. When Kuo came to a stop, in the next alleyway, was when Sonata swooped in and used her power to remove the cars that the Militia had set up as a roadblock, so they could attack someone from behind, and soon enough the ambulance was moving once more, while, at the same time, she, Adagio, and Aria continued attacking the enemies that got too close to the three of them, leaving the immediate enemies around the vehicle for Cole.
When Kuo reached the next blockade it was Aria's turn to surprise their enemies, as she used her power to drop charges of fire on the cars that were blocking them and blew them to pieces, tossing the enemies around like they were dolls, before allowing the ambulance to move once more. As they continued down the street Kuo informed them that, while she and the others were going over their plan to acquire the medicine, that Nix bragged about how great her plan was and that the group had made the right choice once more, where Trish proclaimed that, as long as there was a right choice to be made, Cole and the Dazzlings would take it over the wrong action any day of the week. Zeke, who must have been in a same area and was listening to the conversation, said that it was pure crazy to dress up as a Militia soldier and start war with the Rebels, and that it came straight from a comic book, though he was the only one among them that would have known something like that. It was in that moment that Kuo revealed that the Rebels might accept them more once they showed up with these supplies, causing Cole to say that she was still the same person she had been when they first met her, only she had powers now and had a new view on life, before they were forced to stop when they spotted a Devourer up ahead, destroying everything in it's path... to which they had Kuo stop the ambulance some distance away and moved towards their target, as the four of them would be able to take care of the creature before it hurt anyone else, especially after the last one they fought.
That was, however, until Adagio spotted that they were near the canal this time around, as the last time they had fought a Devourer it had been near a park, and she grinned as she stepped in front of the pack and extended her hands towards the canal, where she channeled her power and caused two Ice Dragons to burst out of liquid, catching their foe's attention rather easily. The Devourer roared a challenge as it faced them, though at the same time Adagio sent the two dragons flying through the air, where one of them acted as a shield and intercepted any attacks that the Devourer might hurl their way while the second one attacked the creature on it's own. The fortunate thing was that these types of enemies didn't have any resistances to her water and ice abilities, Aria's fire abilities, or even Sonata's wind abilities, as she was able to freeze several parts of the Devourer and shatter them without the creature being able to hurt them, before she destroyed the rest of the creature and opened the way so Kuo could continue to move the ambulance through the path she had chosen... though she was also sure that Kuo and Trish, despite being used to both her actions and the actions of her sisters, were a little surprised she could break one of those powerful swamp monsters on her own.
The next roadblock they encountered didn't last very long, not when the four of them were able to smash their way through the obstacles that the Militia had put in their way, though after that they didn't have any other threats bother them for the moment... allowing them to head to where the Rebels were located, in an alley that instantly told the Dazzlings that Bertrand must be tolerating their existence, as the area they discovered wasn't that secret, nor was it that well hidden from enemies.
"MacGrath? Is that you surfacing an ambulance with your friends flying around you?" a familiar voice asked, showing that Laroche had been correct when he gave them, or at the very least Cole, his information when they first met him, and, at the same time, the Dazzlings were sure that he was annoyed about something.
"Mr. Laroche, we have come baring medicine for you and your men." Kuo replied, knowing that Cole and the others were on the lookout for any enemies that might be in the area, where she noticed that the Dazzlings were already on the move at the moment.
"You brought more than just medicine, you stupid girl!" Laroche snapped, though at the same time the Dazzlings smiled as they separated from each other and started attacking the Militia soldiers that were coming towards the area that the Rebels were gathered in, "This place used to be a secret!"
"Really?" Cole asked, because at this moment he didn't feel the need to do anything to assist Adagio and her sisters, as it appeared that they had the situation under control, before he focused his attention on Laroche, "Not to sound rude or insulting, but your 'secret' base wasn't that well hidden, not if it took the lot of us only a couple of hours to find where you were located... meaning that Bertrand knew where you were hiding and was waiting for an opportune moment to strike you all down, no doubt to inspire the fact that his Militia are the 'guardians' of New Marais."
Laroche, despite the situation they were in, had to admit that it did seem rather odd that the Militia was attacking now, especially after he considered the fact that Cole and his friends would have ensured that the way here had been cleared of enemies, before making him realize that he was lucky they had come when they did. At the same time, however, he was slightly terrified of the three girls that followed in MacGrath's footsteps, as the three strange half human half pony girls were strong enough to take on the entirety of the attacking group of Militia soldiers, even if they weren't all that big to begin with, without even breaking a sweat. Even his men were just as shocked as he was, but they seized the opportunity to cheer for them and their friends, as if this was a display that showed the world that Conduits weren't as bad as they were made out to be by the news, but he'd be keeping his eyes on them anyway, just to be on the safe side in case something happened in the future. Eventually the assault had been repelled as quickly as it had arrived, once more displaying the power that the three girls possessed, and his men cheered for them as they helped themselves to the supplies that had been brought to them, causing him to sigh as he knew that the group wanted something from him and his forces.
"Well MacGrath, it appears that my men believe that we can't lose with you guys on our side." Laroche said, though at the same time he looked at the plans he had been making before the group barged into the hidden area that was their base of operations, or what had been their secret base.
"Then why don't you and your men help us attack Fort Phillipe?" Sonata asked, as she could tell that Cole and her sisters were thinking the same thing, so they were more than willing to let her talk first and get to the root of what they were doing in this area, "Together we can force Bertrand out of Ascension Parish."
"Ain't got much of a choice since you blew our hideout." Laroche replied, as he wanted them to feel a little sad for revealing where the base was located, in case they were wrong and Bertrand had only found them because of them driving into the area, before sighing as he thought about what they were going to do next, "They'll wipe us out first if we don't get them first... besides, I owe all you for bringing the medicine to us. Some of my men have been really sick lately."
As Cole, the Dazzlings, and Kuo got underway Trish stayed behind to make sure that the medical supplies were evenly distributed among the Rebels, who were currently in the process of moving themselves to a new location so they could prepare for the coming assault. While that happened Cole and his friends stood on top of one of the buildings that would allow them to look out at the fort they would be attacking in due time, while at the same time noticing that the Militia guarding the area didn't seem to notice the fact that there were Rebels gathering outside the fort, or if they did they weren't concerned at all. One thing they all agreed on was that there needed to be a signal of some kind, one that would start the assault, and the Dazzlings said that they had an idea that Cole knew nothing about, but at the same time he remembered their various powers and knew that it was best to allow them to do as they wanted. As all this happened, and the Rebels continued to move into position, the one thing that Cole was staring at was the Transfer Device, located in the direct center of the fort with what looked like a Blast Core in the middle of it, meaning that he might have to use it before destroying the device entirely.
After about an hour and a half of waiting for the Rebels to get into position, however, Kuo flew up to where the four of them were standing and told them that she, the Rebels, and Laroche were ready to begin... to which the Dazzlings flew into the air and started to gather around the air, some distance above the fort, and she couldn't help but stare at them as they started to fly around in a perfect circle.
"Cole, did they tell you what the signal would be?" Kuo asked, because she could tell that some of the Militia were already looking towards the sky and were aiming up there to see what was going on, so they could fire at the Dazzlings while they were distracted.
"No, but they said it was something that you wouldn't be able to miss." Cole replied, though he still wondered what they were going to do at this point, because it didn't seem like they were doing anything special this time around, not like when they used their voices to shield the people of Empire City from Kessler's attempts to mind-control them.
As Adagio, Aria, and Sonata flew around in the air, with a perfect distance between them as they rotated in a perfect circle, the three of them activated their affinities once more and Sonata was the first to act, as the wind bent to her will as strands of it started to gather around her body, with her directing the power to the center area between them. As she did that Aria ignited her own power and flames danced around her body once more, though after a few seconds she extended her hand and the fire jumped into the middle of the area between them as well, joining Sonata's wind as two spheres, one of wind and one of fire, formed between them. Adagio waited a couple of seconds before she started to gather the moisture in the air around them, where an orb of water burst into existence as it moved towards the other two orbs that her sisters had created, before the three of them started to pull themselves together into a single mass, which was what they were aiming for. Once the attack was ready the three of them stopped flying around in perfect circle and raised their hands towards the sky, where the combined sphere flew into the air and disappeared into the clouds, but that was quickly followed by the entire sky lighting up as if it was on fire... and was accompanied by harsh winds assaulting the Militia, and not the Rebels, fireballs raining from the center of the storm, powerful ice shards forming from the rain, and a number of other things that made the scene look like one that straight out of an apocalypse or something.
Cole, Kuo, Nix, and the Rebels stared at the scene that was happening before their eyes, as no one had told them that the Dazzlings could pull off something like this, and watched as the Militia tried, in vain, to stop the storm from tearing apart their forces and knocking them around like they were mere dolls.
"MacGrath, why were we needed to assault the fort, when they can do that?" Laroche asked, as this wasn't something that he had been informed about, and, based on the look that was on the faces around him, he could tell that he definitely wasn't the only one thinking about the situation in front of them/
"Because we could have used the extra manpower to take out the Militia," Cole replied, though he wasn't sure what to make of this, as Kuo seemed happy to have the Dazzlings take out their enemies in such a manner while Nix shouted that the sisters were cheating and hogging all the fun, "Had I known that the Dazzlings could unleash Ragnarok on our enemies, as that's the only thing I can think to call what's happening before our eyes, we still would have delivered the medicine, since Bertrand's men definitely didn't need it... but we would have simply told you when the assault was over, just to save time and energy for everyone."
Suffice it to say that the Dazzlings, in their assault, somehow managed to avoid damaging the Transfer Device, while at the same time knocking out the majority of the Militia that were guarding the fort, damaging the mortars that had been installed to the point where the Militia couldn't use them, and opened the way for the Rebels to charge in and finish off the rest of their enemies. Once the Dazzlings were sure that there weren't any additional enemies, and the majority of the current ones had been routed by their attack, they extended their hands towards the sky and cancelled their attack, to which it took some time for the storm to stop and disappear as quickly as it had appeared, though when they returned to the ground they got some happy faces and many surprised ones, showing that many were shocked by what they had done to sow chaos among the Militia. They then turned towards the fort and found that it was slightly damaged from their attack, while the city around it was unharmed since they had been targeting a specific place, and the three of them stood back as they followed the army into the fort, watching the Rebels take out the rest of the Militia while Kuo, Nix, and Cole headed towards their prize.
"I'm going to enjoy watching this thing burn." Kuo said, staring at the machine with a look of hate in her eyes, as she remembered the pain that it had caused her earlier, when she had been hooked up into one of the straps, and the Dazzlings could tell that she wanted to get rid of the thing before it could be used on anyone else.
"So, how does it work exactly?" Aria inquired, as she and her sisters wanted to see the Transfer Device for themselves, before Kuo got her way and blew it up, but right now she could say that she wasn't impressed by the seemingly shoddy machine that was in front of them, save for the Blast Core that Cole was also after.
"Power it on, strap yourself in, and then suffer while it rips your insides out." Kuo replied, knowing that the only reason one of the Dazzlings was asking was because they actually wanted to know, while someone like Nix, on the other hand, might get a kick out of torture.
"And it's powered by a Blast Core," Cole commented, as he understood what to do next, as he stepped onto the machine and started tugging on one of the straps, before he turned towards his companions and considered what he was about to do, "Hey Kuo, mind giving me a hand with this thing?"
"Hey, what about me?" Nix asked, as she seemed to know what Cole was planning, because she wanted to use the machine as well and could see it in Cole's eyes, especially when he saw the Blast Core, though it annoyed her that he was picking Kuo over her.
"Nix, it's to move the device to a more secure location." Adagio said, though at the same time she spotted a Militia car heading out of the fort and knew how to get Nix away from the machine, especially since she might be a danger to all of them in some manner, "Hey Nix, think Bertrand is in that car?"
Nix took one look at the car before she took off and started chasing after it, which was definitely being defended by some Militia guards, like a decoy or something, but the plan worked out and Cole smiled, to which Kuo, not believing what was going on, sighed as she climbed back into the machine. The sounds of pain that came after she and Cole strapped themselves into the two harnesses, and the Blast Core was moved into place, were sounds that the Dazzlings would hear for a few more days to come, especially since it seemed like Kuo was the one being tortured and Cole seemed to be getting off without anything happening. During the brief few moments that this happened a chopper flew overhead and a missile struck the fort, damaging the machine and knocking both Kuo and Cole from it, but as they regained themselves they spotted Bertrand, for real this time, climbing aboard as he made his escape... only for Cole, in his annoyance, to loose a powerful lightning blast from his hand and hit the tail of the chopper, though whether it went down immediately or not was hard to say.
Instead of chasing after Bertrand, and ensuring his defeat, Adagio, Aria, and Sonata moved him to a more secure location and then headed out to help Kuo recover from her ordeals and help the Rebels settle into the fort, knowing that they would be on the hunt once more, once Cole was up and ready to do so.