Cole now angry at Zeke, heads into the Historic District. Alden begs to team up with Cole to kill Kessler and in Cole's hesitation, jumps into the water below. Cole soon fights Alden on the bridge between the Warren and Historic Districts and wins. Kessler claims to know whats wrong, and Zeke looks Cole in the eyes as he leaves with Kessler. Zeke attempts to activate the Sphere so he can get powers, making the choice to kill thousands for his own selfish reasons, but nothing happens. He and Zeke find the Ray Sphere on top of a tower built by Alden and Zeke manages to get it, but is soon caught between Alden and Kessler. Cole then directs his attention to helping John recover the Ray Sphere (the bomb he delivered). Cole eventually met up with John, who turned out to have not been Moya's husband and has never heard of her. Zeke left his post to help fight off the Dust Men and the cops were slaughtered as Alden escaped. Alden was arrested after Cole battled a Golem Conduit and he and Zeke were put in charge of guarding Alden from the Dust Men, who would rescue him from prison. Zeke was kidnapped by Alden after trying to spy on the Dust Men and Cole had to rescue him. Cole rushed to save Trish and did, but was scorned for using his powers for evil deeds and they stayed broken up. Tate lifted the bus to the top of the hospital and vanished.
They were led by a Conduit named Alden Tate, who Cole had run into after escorting Trish and a bus full of medical supplies from the Neon to the Warren. He went into the Warren and had to fight a group called the Dust Men. He met with Sasha and fought her until a group called the First Sons took her. He met with a Conduit named Kessler who showed him destructive visions of the future and left him. He learned this tar was made by a Conduit named Sasha. He continued his search for John and soon discovered a black tar that either killed citizens or turned them into Reapers. The people began throwing rocks at Cole due to his negative actions and he electrocuted one of them, so they'd know who was in charge. He did several missions under Moya's orders and escorted a train to safety while searching for John. She claimed that she'd help Cole escape if he could find her husband John. Zeke fell into the harbor below and Cole landed in a building and was greeted by name by a woman named Moya. They ran into a wall of wire and machine guns and soon had to jump off the bridge. Cole shot through the mob to start a riot and he and Zeke made their way through to the other side of a bridge. He and Zeke set out to leave but ran into a police blockade opposing a mob. Even Zeke gave him odd looks and Trish blamed him for the death of her sister, Amy.
Soon a man who called himself the Voice of Survival hacked the TV broadcasts and called Cole a terrorist, turning the already terrified populace against him. Cole had the choice to blast them and keep the food to himself and his friends or let them get their fair share and hope that there'd be some left over. Soon a faction known as the Reapers began attacking them and Cole quickly disposed of them. It landed on the giant statue and Cole blasted it down. He and Zeke soon learned about a crate of food that dropped in Archer Square and set off to recieve it. After the Blast Empire City was placed under a quarantine, leaving the citizens unable to leave due to theft, rapes, disease, and overall "civilization commiting suicide". He soon passed out and woke up in a hospital, where he learned he had electric based super powers.Ĭole gradually began developing his powers, learning new ones throughout his missions. He made his way to an evacuation point and was electrocuted, somehow surviving. He woke up in a crater burnt and disoriented, but still alive. When he opened it, there was a metallic sphere inside that soon caused a massive explosion that destroyed most of Empire City. When he arrived he recieved a phone call telling him to open the package. Soon he was assigned to deliver a package to the Historic District, specifically requested by an unknown caller. Cole returned to Empire City where he met Trish Dailey, his girlfriend. They began their training in New Marais, where they learned to climb buildings to escape a flood that ruined most of the city. He and his best friend, Zeke Dunbar, had dropped out of college to spite their parents.