Infamous 1: The Electric Ones...

Chapter 32: The Truth

Cole and Cassandra walk to the garage and look down at the crater, they both exchange looks, nods and walk down over the cold-molded concrete, then into the crater and walk onto the center piece of road that was still in once peace. Cassie looks over to the spot where Cole had found her, pulled her onto his back and limped along the path and out of the blazing crater. She shakes the memory away and looks around. "Kessler! Show yourself!" she calls out as they both look around.

They both heard chuckling and look over and there Kessler stood, "And here we are, back to where it all started. I was so worried that you wouldn't be going to live through the blast. But you were fine. More than fine, actually. And to top it off, another lived through it as well." Kessler states Cassie clutch her hand and realization hits Cole. "I remember your voice now. You were there after the bomb went off." Cole states and Cassie remembers as well when she was half-conscious -Activation plus six minutes. Pulse is forty-five. Respiration 10. Looking good Cole.- his voice echos in her head. Kessler smirks to himself, "I've always been there, Cole. Every step of your life." Kessler informs him. Then he vanishes from sight.

The two looked around then saw fire energy balls fly at them. Then the two jump off into the crater and they dodge all of Kessler's attacks and were able to throw in a few attacks of their own. "Your mother is ashamed of you. She lies, tells people you're a teacher. No one respects a bike messenger." Kessler throws at Cole as he taunts him from a distance. Then they kept dodging his attacks, the two got a few good ones in, Kessler chuckles and threw Cole to the side then just right at him, "You're not worming your way out of this one, Kessler." Cole growls and struggles with him and Cassie jumps onto Kessler's back and sends strong waves of electricity into him, throwing him off balance and Cole press his hand into Kessler's face and shocks him as well. Kessler vanishes and Cassie plops onto her feet and they saw Kessler reappears on the side, he then dashes at them again, smacks Cassandra away, she gasped as she lands on the crater center. "Cassie!" Cole shouts and went running to her.

But Kessler held him back, "You're weak, a failure. This has all been a waste." Kessler growls and throws Cole into the ground, but then bullets were fired right at Kessler, "Get your hands offa him!" Zeke calls out as he ran to them, "Make a run for it, you guys! I'll take care of this gas-bag!" Zeke tells them as he kept his gun aim at him, Cassie shook her head and pulls herself onto her feet. "This doesn't concern you, fat man!" Kessler shouts and pushes him away from the fight. Zeke cries out as he flies out of the crater, then Cole stood on his feet and they dodge Kessler's attacks. "No one is going to save you this time," he promises them and they fired back at him.

"You're not going to be so glib when I rammed my foot up your ass." Cole throws right back at him. Making Kessler laugh. "This is nothing, Cole. What's coming is much, much worse," he informs him, then they fired right back at him, but he zaps himself at the center and summons grenade drones. "That the best you can do?" he questions them and Cassie sighs. "Fuck me," she mutters. As they then fired at them, "Keep your attention on Kessler, I'll take care of these things!" Cassie shouts and fires at them, drawing them way from Cole and he turns his attention back to Kessler. "Your old man carried a picture of Trish in his wallet, telling people that she the daughter he never had. Did you know that? He couldn't wait for you to marry her." Kessler states as he hits a nerve. "You rotten son-of-a-bitch!" Cole snaps and fired at him again, throwing his rage in as well.

Then they were really hurting him, "You bastard!" Kessler snaps and tosses them at the center of the crater, then zaps in front of Cole and struggles with him, but Cassie grips hold of his metal arm and send watts of electricity into his entire metal arm, short-circuiting it. "Bitch!" he cries out and swung at her, but she dodges and rolls to the side. This gave Cole a chance and he grips Kessler's face and sends watts of electricity into his body, then throws him onto the crater. "DIE!!" they both shout and send lighting storms right onto Kessler defeating him at long last.

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We look down at Kessler, reveling our victory.

And then we heard him whisper: "Trish, I love you. Please forgive me." Then he was on us, fingers digging into our faces.

As Kessler's secrets played out in our heads, we finally begin to understand.

We saw his nemesis, a Beast intend on extinguishing all life.

In those early days, Kessler could've used his powers to stop it, but instead, he fled with his family, leaving others to fend for themselves.

Hunted for years, Kessler and his family watched as the rest of the world went to hell, and then it was too late, too late to fight, too late to save anyone.

In that moment of failure and grief, he used his newest and most dangerous power and went on a one-way trip back in time. Attempting to rewrite history... Kessler seized control of the First Sons and accelerated the Ray Sphere's developments.

Decades spent plotting the blast, organizing the quarantine, finding me. Yet, the thing that drove, Kessler's sole link to the past, was a picture from his wedding day...

When he married Trish, with Zeke as his best man and Cassandra as the maid of honor...

My brain lurch, unable to accept that Kessler and I were the same people... that he come back in time to mold me into the savior he failed to be. Going as far as to kill the woman he loved, I loved, so I wouldn't be tied down my emotions.

No, Kessler wanted me strong, ruthless... so that when I face the beast I'd be capable of making impossible decisions... all for the common good.

And then Kessler fell back, dead.

Cassie was shocked to learn something like this and I knew she was refusing to accepted it for what it was.

His final message, my final message, burned into our brains.

I take one last look down at myself, my future. Then took Cassie by her arm and turn away, the rage curdling inside.

I hate everything about Kessler. But when the time comes...

Cassandra and I...

We'll be ready.