When I get near St. Ignatius church, I see Bertrand reciting his speech to all those gathered.
I start to merge into the crowd to find Zeke.
I catch a bit of his speech as I do.
“Cole MacGrath. The Electric Man, The Demon of Empire City is here in New Marais. Now, I know I know. All these freaks in our city, something has to be done to them,”
I find Zeke and walk up next to him. He’s fake cheering.
“Yeah, go, Bertrand,”
“What’d I miss?”
“Basically, Bertrand’s been telling everyone that uhh…you’re the devil,”
“Sounds about right,”
Bertrand continues speaking.
“Our forefathers bled and died in defense of this city. When history called upon them to stand against the enemy! Did they cower? No! They fought! To the very last man,”
Zeke turns to ask me a question.
“So, what’re we gonna do? There’s a lot of people here. You attack him in front of these people and it’d give you a bad image,”
“I don’t know, but we need to do something, otherwise he’s gonna kill Wolfe,”
Bertrand continues.
“My men, these fine young men, are the guardians of this city. They are all that stands between you and the freaks! With God as my witness, we shall hunt them down and destroy them all!”
Me and Zeke look at each other and shake our heads.
Suddenly, one of the pedestrians in the crowd yells out.
“Up there! Freaks!”
Everyone looks up, and standing on the catwalk of the stage is a humanoid monster with large claws extending from where its hands should be.
Bertrand backs away from the microphone and nods towards the militia.
The militia ready their guns.
I turn towards Zeke.
“Looks like this is our distraction,”
I run towards Bertrand, who’s heading off the stage.
When I set foot on stage a creature looks in my direction and makes a beeline for me. With little effort, I blow it back with a shockwave.
More creatures start to head for me and in all the commotion, I lost Bertrand.
“Damn it. I don’t have time for this,”
I gather energy in my hands and blast it outwards, sending all the nearby creatures flying.
Amidst the chaos, I hear Zeke yells out to me.
“Bertrand’s heading for his limo, you can still catch him!”
I run towards the street.
Right when I get there, Bertrand steps into his limo. In all the commotion a powerline was knocked down. I start to grind on the line just as Bertrand’s Limo starts to speed off.
The limo follows the bend around the church while the powerline leads to a rooftop. As I land on the roof, I run as fast as I can and jump off the building and land on the trunk of the limo.
The limo swerves from the sudden weigh but eventually stabilizes.
I take out my amp and break the sunroof to see Bertand sitting there.
I speak up.
“It’s about time you and I have a chat,”
“I’ve got nothing to say to you, freak. Especially after you caused damage to my car,”
“Cut the crap. You’re gonna take me to Wolfe. Now!”
Bertrand starts to chuckle.
“Oh ho.. If I were you, I’d be more worried about my head,”
Confused, I look up only to be met with the landing skid of a helicopter hitting me square in the face and flinging me off the limo.
While I’m in the air, I do a few flips and land on my back. My vision is heavily blurred as I struggle to get up.
“Damn..”
By the time I regain my vision, the helicopter launches two rockets at me. I run in the opposite direction as the rockets explode behind me.
When I turn around, the helicopter seems to stare me down and I stare right back.
I use my newly acquired kinesis to lift nearby cars and launch them at the helicopter. The helicopter tries to dodge them but fails and crashes into a nearby building, significantly decreasing its height. Taking this opportunity, I run and jump onto the helicopter just as it starts to rise back up.
I lift myself up and look the pilot in the eyes, as the pilot looks back the color drains from his face. As I hang onto the helicopter, I lift my hand up and puncture the side of the helicopter, causing significant damage. I hop off the helicopter and land on the ground. I aim at the helicopter and launch one final blast, causing it to explode.
“Yeah! Hit me in the head again!”
Just then, I get a call from Zeke.
“Damn man, Kuo never told us this town was overrun by a pack of inbred shirtless crocodile freaks,”
“I know, it’s pretty cool right?”
“Oh, completely. Totally makes up for the Militia being here. And it gets even better, man, I think I might have stumbled onto a lead to Wolfe. Overheard some folks talking about a strange device they found down on Gaffney street,”
“Cool, I’ll give it a look,”
I hang up.
After a short walk, I arrive on Gaffney street. A huge crowd catches my attention. I run over and see what looks like a bomb attached to the side of a building.
The bomb is being powered by electricity. So, I drain it of it’s electricity, disabling it. The bomb starts to fall apart, revealing the blast shards powering it.
“Oh, bingo,”
I grab the blast shard and absorb it into my body.
I call Zeke.
“Hey, Zeke, looks like someone’s making bombs out of blast shards,”
“That’s all the more for you to collect, right?”
“Exactly,”
“So, just look out for more of those shard bombs, make you stronger,”
Zeke hangs up, then Kuo calls me.
“Hey, Cole, you know what, I hit up all my old connections, but the closest I’ve come to finding Wolfe is Bertrand’s interrogator. The guy’s currently winning it really big at Black Jack, but he should be visiting Wolfe later on. I would tail him myself, but he just hit on me at the bar,”
“Alright, send me the casino’s location. I can follow this guy from the rooftops, he won’t see me. People don’t look up,”
“Good call,”
Kuo hangs up and my phone pings.
With that, I head over to the casino.
When I arrive at the casino, I climb up to the top and call Kuo.
“Alright, I’m in position above the casino. Let me know when our guy’s on the move,”
“Might be a while. He’s still doing pretty well at the table,”
“Well then, might get a little rest,”
I hang up and lay down.
My eyes drift close as I fall asleep.
Suddenly, I open my eyes to darkness.
“The hell? Did I oversleep or something?”
I sit up and from behind me, I hear an echoey voice.
“Cole,”
I turn around and see John.
“John?”
“We’re friends, aren’t we?”
“Of course. You were there for me when others weren’t-”
“You trust me too, right?”
“Yeah. What’s wrong man? Wait, better question, why are you here? I thought you were dead,”
“When the time comes, I need you to trust me,”
After that, he starts to walk away.
“When the time comes? John!”