Infamous 1: The Electric Ones...

Chapter 18: Standard Protocol

Cole and Cassie held tight onto the train as it ran along the tracks and the missed a few of the Dust Men below this and once they were at the last of the piers they both jump off and crash onto the ground and rolled away a little. But then stood to their feet, dust themselves off and ran over and stood across them the warehouse. "The Dust Men think if they load hostages on their boats, the military will back down and let them pass through the quarantine," Moya informs them. Cassie shifts in her spot. "Let me guess, the guys with the guns aren't going to play ball," Cole asks and Cassie crosses her arms.

"All forces positioned along the quarantine line have standing shoot-on-sight orders. Any vessel attempting to cross the harbor will be destroyed, no questions asked." Moya answers them. Cassie looks at Cole for a moment as he looks at her too. "You're going to have to find all of the hostage boats and disable their engines. If those boats leave, a lot of innocent people are going to die." Moya informs them. "Listen, I don't want their blood on mine or Cassie's hands, but I don't really see what he has to do without a deal," Cole asks her again. "If I can't maintain control of this situation, I will be replaced. They'll bomb the island, and you'll both be fugitives. No deal, no nothing. You understand?" she explains it simply to them. Cole rolls his eyes. "Yeah, sure." he mutters, "Good. Don't ever take that tone with me again." she snaps at him.

Then the two ran out, climb on top of the roof and then pulled themselves up and fires at the Dust Men on the roof, Cassie jumps down and fired at the two behind the turrets and took them out and disable the turret as Cole jumps down on the other side, took out the Dust Men there and disables the turrets too. The then ran to the boat and the Dust Men guarding it notices and fires at them, but the two fired back at them. The two took care of the Dust Men and freed the hostages and Cole disables the engine. Then they took of running for the next Pier. "I got some bad news, Cole. 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." she warns them and Cole scrunches his face a little. "I'd thought you said you had things under control? Maybe we should make a deal with them." Cole throws back at her. Cassie rolls her eyes a little at him.

"They want results, Cole. That's all that matters. If we don't deliver, they'll find someone who will." Moya informs them and they were at the next pier. They climb up onto the warehouse and fired at the Dust Men on top, then Cassie fires at the Dust Men on the boat and Cole fires at the Dust Men around the warehouse. Once that was taken care of, the ran to the boat, freed the hostages and disabled the engine, then the ran off the boat and saw an RPG being fired a them, so they fired back, taking out the Dust Man and climb up onto the track leg, jumps onto the tracks and grind across them. "Hey, Trish, hows the hospital looking?" Cole asks as he calls his ex-medic. "The outside is pretty trashed, but the inside is in surprisingly good shape. I've already moved a couple of busloads of people over there," she answers him.

"Right on," he states as he was calmer, taking with Trish. "I was thinking that we should sit down and talk sometime, figure out what happens once this is all over." she informs him, "Sure, whatever you want," he tells her, Cassie smiles at him a bit. "I'll talk to you later," she states and he hung up. They make it to the pier that was on the other side of the Warren, they jump over and hung from the side, avoiding the turrets that were stationed on top of the roof, once behind them, Cassie pulls herself up and took out the Dust Men, RPG, the turrets and the Dust Men that were stuck in the fire as Cole ran onto the boat, freed the prisoners and disabled the engines. "Looks like there's one more boat, Cole. Get over there right away." Moya states. "What if I don't? They going to start dropping bombs?" he questions her as he ran off the boat, climbs onto the roof where Cassie waited for him, they then ran back to the tracks and grand on them again to reach the last boat.

Cassie didn't want to know what was biting at Cole this time. "The President signed off on the order a week ago. If the plague reaches a critical threat level, they'll make the call. No questions ask." Moya reminds him in a calm tone. "And they'll glass the whole city, just like that?" Cole asks her. "It's standard protocol when it comes to containing biological threats. Like it or not, Cole, you're in this all the way." she reminds him. He sighs and hung up the call.

They both then jump off the tracks landing onto the ground, thanks to their thrusters and ran along the street to the pier. The RPGs fired at them and the two quickly dodges the rockets and fired back at them, making them fall into the water. Cole fires at the ones below as Cassie climbs up and fires at the two on the roof, making them fly into the water and she jumps down as Cole ran to the boat, freed the prisoners and disabled the engine, Cassie then came and joined him. "That was the last of the boat, Moya," he informs her as he was irritated. "I know you're not happy about the situation, Cole, but we have to play with the cards we're dealt with. That's just the way it is," she informs him. He then hung up.

Cassie lets out an irritated sigh, "I hate her." she mutters, Cole nods in agreement, but then his phone went off again and he answers it, "Cole, I've got the last of my gear loaded onto the bus, but the Reapers are blocking the way to the hospital. I need your help to get passed them." Trish asks him and Cole's mood changes, getting Cassie's attention. "Maybe once we get over there, we can sit down and have that talk." he offers her. "We'll see. I got a lot of sick people that need help. They come first, Cole." she reminds him and hung up, then Cole's mood went back to grumpy, "Of course they do." he mutters and looks at Cassie as he crosses her arms and was smirking at him, "What?" he asks, "Your mood keep changing every time Trish calls." she states and he looks away, "I have no idea what you're talking about." he informs her as he crosses his arms, Cassie just giggles at him as he could see the tips of his ears turning red.