Cole, Adagio, Aria, and Sonata used some of the unused beds to get some rest after their talk with Trish, in Cole's case, or confessing the truth to the others, as the sisters had done, but they made sure to help Trish carry Zeke to one of those beds before doing so. While they slept, and got their energy back so they could help the people of the Warren out by dealing with the Dust Men that controlled the district, Trish spent her time either getting some well-deserved sleep of her own or took some time to check on the patients she had helped after arriving at the hospital. She was putting the supplies she had been given, after the group secured it from the Reapers when the government sent the supply plane over the Neon District, to good use and made sure that the people were treated to the best of her limited ability. Sure, Trish wished that the Blast had never happened and that live had a sense of normalcy, but she guessed that this was going to be her normal life from now on and that she would have to get used to it... once she got used to the fact that the sisters were actually from a different world, had been banished to another one, lost their original powers, and had come here for a variety of reasons.

Fortunately nothing happened during the night, nothing that would require Cole and the sisters to get up and take care of it, which allowed them to recover from their ordeals and restore their energy, though when morning arrived they spent some time with Trish, making sure that she was just fine, before they headed outside to start the eighteenth day... one that seemed to be off to a not so good start, since the clouds were covering the sun and made it darker out.

"I've been tracking a few new developments while you were busy, Cole." Moya commented, the call coming in the moment the four of them stepped outside the hospital, though Adagio, Aria, and Sonata could tell that she was slightly annoyed with them for ignoring her earlier, "There are rumors that a large-scale conflict might erupt between the cops stationed in the Warren and the Dust Men that control it. I need the four of you to look into the rumors."

"Sounds easy enough." Adagio said, though at the same time she stretched her arms, because despite getting a good nights sleep she really hated sleeping on hospital beds, and she was sure that her sisters agreed with her, before she noticed that Cole was now staring at the hospital, "Something wrong Cole?"

"No... I'm just happy that Trish and I are finally putting the Blast behind us," Cole replied, to which he smiled as he finally turned away from the hospital and looked at his friends, because now that he knew their past, and had gotten over the fact that they had actually been evil at one point in time, he was glad that they were here, fighting for the civilians of Empire City, "Come on, if the cops are thinking about engaging the Dust Men, like Moya said they were thinking, they might also be planning on trying to arrest Alden at the same time, which means that they'll need the help of some powered up beings to even the odds."

"I'm pretty sure the four of us are the only ones that can take Alden down anyway," Aria said, though she smiled as the four of them started climbing the nearby building and headed for the roof, as one of the objective markers on their maps was near the prison, which had to be where the cops were thinking of trying to find and capture Alden.

As the four of them made their way over to where the coordinates for arresting Alden were located, or at least the ones they assumed were for bringing the man into custody, they found that, while there were a few Dust Men out and about at the moment, they were still attacked by the enemies in the area. Cole determined that, once their leader was locked up, the four of them would spend some time cleaning the streets and making sure that it was known that the Warren was no longer under their control. At the same time either Adagio, Aria, or Sonata, or all three of them, would tackle the Dust Men that were near them and open the way for them to move forward, giving Cole time to think about what they were doing and what he had talked about earlier, since he and Trish had settled things at long last. The sisters were happy for him, because part of the reason for him going out and risking his life all the time, besides it being the right thing to do since he had powers, was so that Trish would talk to him again and not treat him like he was the cause of all the wrong in the world... and after her bus had been thrown into the air by Alden yesterday, well, she had the change of heart that the sisters had been hoping for, because now she was willing to talk with Cole again.

Just thinking about the fact that Cole was able to have a second chance with Trish, after everything that happened to them since the Blast, made the sisters wonder if it was possible for them to have a second chance as well, but more along the lines of heading home, to Equus. Starswirl banished them when they were Sirens, but those powers had been damaged beyond repair with the destruction of their gemstones, making all three of them wonder if it was possible for them to even head home, since they weren't evil anymore. Knowing them their luck would be that they did all these good deeds and save all these people, only to be denied access to their home world, but at the same time Adagio found that the three of them were more interested in the here and now, instead of the far future. When they shook their heads, and caught up with Cole again, they said nothing about the fact that they were thinking about their home world and how they might be able to head home... but right now they had two insane group members to take care of and a Ray Sphere to acquire before another Blast happened and made life miserable for those that were in the area of it's activation.

Once they caught up with Cole the four of them made their way to the roof of the building that the coordinates were bringing them to, though since it was near the prison they found that the Dust Men that would normally be in the area weren't present at the moment... which only made them wonder what their foes could be doing as they came to a stop at the exact coordinates that Moya had sent them a few minutes ago, where Cole tapped his phone and let Moya know that they were in position for the mission.

"Cole, the remnants of the 43rd precinct have an offensive against the Dust Men." Moya informed them, confirming what she had told them earlier, though at the same time the four of them didn't think that the cops would be able to handle what was coming their way, "My source says that they're going to try and arrest Alden."

"Well, that would be good news for everyone in the Warren," Cole commented, remembering what Alden had done the moment he and the sisters had seen him, because it was hard to forget hearing Trish's screams as the bus had been thrown to the top of the hospital, "that psycho deserves to be behind bars."

"It appears that the battle has already started, so you had better get moving." Moya said, revealing that the cops were moving faster than what the group thought they would, but at the same time it was unknown as to whether or not this was a good thing or a bad thing in the long run, "Your top priority is ensuring that Alden is captured. Once he's in custody, I'll send in an extraction team."

The group glanced at each other as the call was disconnected, as they had their marching orders so to speak, before jumping down to the street below them and walked over the bridge that was over the canal, where they kept their eyes open for anything that might resemble a battle or something. What they ended up finding, however, was the body of a slain cop that looked fairly recent, to which Cole knelt behind the body, placed his right hand over the cop's head, and focused his mind as he pulled up the last moments of the man's life, so he could see what had happened. A few seconds later he opened his eyes and pulled himself up so he wasn't kneeling anymore, though the look in his eyes told the sisters that he had some good news and that he had some bad news to share with them.

"This guy spotted Alden not too long ago and tried to arrest him," Cole said, though as he spoke he spotted the echo of Alden walking passed where the cop had been standing, heading towards a place only it knew about and would soon reveal to the four of them, "Alden, of course, picked up a car with his mind and killed this unfortunate cop before he even had a chance to fire a single bullet or defend himself."

"How horrible." Sonata said, as she didn't like the sound of someone being crushed by a car, because this guy likely had friends and some family that were going to wonder what happened to him when he failed to come home, only to mourn his death when the other cops came to tell them the news.

"Yeah, it is." Cole replied, to which he raised his hand and tapped his phone once more, connecting them to Moya for a few seconds, as she needed to know that there was the possibility that the cops were only fighting the Dust Men and that Alden was somewhere else, "Hey Moya, we've got a bead on Alden and we're heading after him."

"Don't let him escape." Moya stated, her tone revealing that she was talking to all of them, which made sense considering that she was now constantly speaking to Cole while adding the others in afterwords, "This might be the only chance we have to capture him."

Cole said nothing as he disconnected the call, as they didn't need to be told that this might be the only chance they had to take Alden out, before he walked forward and the sisters followed after him, because since he was the only one that could see the echoes that made him the leader, even though he knew that Adagio had to hate that since she was the one leading her sisters all the time. While they walked he decided to ask her why she was constantly defaulting to him to provide them with guidance, where he discovered that it was her plans that had cost them so much and that she clearly wasn't the best person to guide a group, which was why she was following him instead of trying to seize control of the entire group. He knew the layout of the three districts of Empire City, knew where the vast majority of all the important locations were, and his plans didn't suck or cost them everything, which she was more than willing to get behind, though he could tell that she was actually trying to learn from his example and see what he was doing right... so she could be a better leader for her sisters, if they wanted her to lead them again at some point in the future.

His thoughts were interrupted as they came upon a strange scene they hadn't seen before, several people were gathered around someone that was hanging from a light pole, upside down as they quickly discovered, and the people were saying that the man had stolen their food while the man was declaring that he was innocent. Cole immediately knew what was going on here, and judging from the looks on Adagio, Aria, and Sonata's faces they understood it as well, the Dust Men stole the food and this poor guy was likely left in the position he was in to take the fall for the missing food. Of course Alden would want the people of the Warren to be starved and helpless, because that meant that some might actually flock to him and join his army, for food and other items, or get out of his way and be loyal subjects as he declared war on those that wronged him. A few seconds later, however, he was beat to the punch as Aria set the rope on fire and let the guy fall toward the ground, though Sonata caught him with the wind and gently set him down on the ground, where the people stared at them for a few seconds and realized that, if they were saving the man from them, then they must have been tricked into believing that he had stolen the food... where they quickly helped the man onto his feet, offered some light apologizes to him, and then dispersed so the group could continue on their way.

Of course the four of them continued after the echo, though as they did so Cole stopped outside the area that the echo had gone into, as the place that had been here before the Blast had been transformed into a trash inspired fortress of some kind, which seemed to fit the image the Dust Men were going for.

"What the hell?" Cole asked, as he was honestly shocked to see such a transformation in the large pack that had been apart of the Warren for a long time, especially since Trish had mentioned this place to him, which she had learned of it's existence from one of the people she had helped, "I knew that the Dust Men had turned this park into what they call Tent City, but I honestly never expected them to make the entire place into such a massive complex."

"I'm still surprised that they managed to build all of this, and their massive tower, in the two weeks since the quarantine went into effect," Adagio replied, though hearing that this had been a park at one point in time, before Alden came to power, just upset her even more than she already was, to which she sighed and looked at the path in front of them, "I think I see a path where the echo might have gone, but you'll have to show us where it went... while we fight off the Dust Men that clearly don't want us here at all."

Sure enough the moment Cole led them into Tent City the Dust Men started firing at them, causing the four of them to separate from each other as they tackled the enemies that where in the immediate area, which was followed by Cole blasting some of them into the walls around them, Sonata pushed them around with the wind that was around them, Aria took some joy in using the flames around them to grenade their enemies, and Adagio cooled some of them down by freezing them in solid blocks of ice. Once the enemies were taken care of the four of them regrouped at the place where they separated and followed Cole as he tracked the echo once more, though at the same time he let the sisters take point and blast any enemies that were in front of them, just so he could focus on the task at hand. Of course the Dust Men also tried throwing grenades at them, which set fire to something in the process, but Aria simply brought the flames over to her, putting the path back to the way it had been moments ago, and hurled some fireballs at the enemies that had tossed the grenades at them, blowing them back and knocking them out in the process. Cole had to chuckle at that, because the Dust Men had seen what Aria was capable of and still they brought flames to the battle, which was giving her ammunition to use against them... and there was no way to limit Adagio and Sonata, since they controlled the water and wind that was around them at will.

Cole found that he was curious, for a small moment anyway, what this adventure would be like if the former Sirens were using their old powers, before their gemstones shattered and they lost who they used to be, but then he decided that he didn't want to know and continued following the echo through Tent City.

When they reached a point where a turret was firing at their position, only to be joined by another one some distance away, Cole gathered his power and used his Precision Shot to strike both of his targets in their heads, knocking them backwards and put the turrets out of commission for the moment. While he did that the sisters found some Dust Men standing on the opposite side of the divider that was in front of them and smiled, as their attacks were more than enough to push their targets backwards and knock them out, opening the way for them to move forward. When they noticed that there was a large water source nearby, which had to be the heart of the former park and Tent City, Adagio smiled as she extended her right hand towards the water and started to use her power to manipulate it, just like she did with the water in the canal. What happened next was that a stream of water, roughly the same width of a person, shot out of the pond and started to wrap around itself, though that was when it transformed into a watery serpent that almost looked like a dragon of some kind... causing the Dust Men that were watching this to pause as they considered what she was doing and what else she might be able to do.

Adagio waved her hand and the watery dragon roared as it started to fly through the air, though as it did so it solidified into an ice dragon that barreled into the turret one of the Dust Men was heading towards and froze the entire structure in ice, before flying out of the ice and struck several of their enemies, encasing them in the ice as well... though once she had enough of their enemies frozen the dragon coiled around her and roared once, before breaking down into pure water and returned to where it came from, leaving their frozen enemies where they were imprisoned.

"Now that was impressive." Aria said, as she had no idea that Adagio could do something like that, because it certainly wasn't one of the skills she had practiced alongside her and Sonata when someone went into the sewers with Cole to restore power to a part of the city, "Where did you learn how to do that?"

"I don't know." Adagio admitted, because while Zeke had been their source of information for powers related to that Dragon Ball Z show that he liked so much, and he usually had something interesting to share, he never told them about something like this, meaning it was likely her own power speaking to her, "Though it certainly turned the tide in our favor, that's for sure."

"Kessler had better watch out, because we're all improving as time goes on," Sonata commented, knowing that their true enemy was likely watching their progress and was making notes of what they were able to do as they continued to fight the enemies that were thrown against them, "and soon we'll be ready to take him out as well, to stop that terrible future from coming true."

Cole nodded and picked up the trail of the echo once more, though as he moved forward he noticed that, while the sisters were still following him, Adagio chose not to blast the Dust Men, likely to let her sisters have some fun in punishing their enemies since her new attack had done so much damage on it's own. After a few moments of debate he decided that it was best if Aria and Sonata took care of the remaining enemies, even if there were only a few of them left, allowing him to focus on the echo... and the fact that Alden really transformed the park into such a terrible place.

"I still can't believe that they made a shanty town of sorts in this area," Cole commented, just as he climbed a pipe to get further up and moved out of the way so the others could follow him, where Aria and Sonata blasted the Dust Men that were on the other side of the pond, taking them out in the process, "though we're fortunate that they left a clear path through the area, because without it we'd have to resort to one of you flying around to guide us."

"It appears that Alden has been gathering all the scrap metal, junk, and anything else he could get his hands on before the quarantine went into effect." Moya spoke up, ruining what was supposed to be a conversation between Cole and the sisters, though that only made them continue in silence as they reached the part where Adagio's ice dragon froze the Dust Men in solid blocks of ice, "I guess is that he used it all to make that ridiculous tower of his."

"You know, that does raise a question that I'm sure we'll all dying to know the answer to," Aria said, though as they walked she gathered the flames from a nearby trash can and put the fire out, giving her something to hold onto in case there were any other enemies ahead of them, "Why the hell is he building the tower?"

"Honestly, I have no idea." Moya replied, which was her echoing the groups thoughts as well, because none of them knew why Alden had built the tower or what he intended to use it for, "As far as I can tell, there aren't any combustibles in it, so it's not an explosive device... maybe he's overcompensating for something."

Adagio, Aria, and Sonata resisted the urge to moan at that statement, because they knew what it meant from having heard a number of men over the years say the same thing, or even ladies at times, and instead they focused on climbing the end of the path that Cole had brought them to. When they reached the top of the pipe they found a few more Dust Men guarding what appeared to be a control station for a crane, one that appeared to be offline, and they quickly dealt with the enemies that were in front of them, before Cole said that Alden's echo was in the ground area below them. It was in that moment that a helicopter flew over the area they were in and said something about having found Alden, which meant they were on the right track and jumped down into the area below them. Cole then followed the echo to what appeared to be part of the park, with fake marble pillars around the area, before noticing the pile of junk that was blocking the path... only for the junk to pick itself up and reveal that it wasn't a pile of junk, rather it was a person surrounded by junk, forming a golem of some kind, before some of the scrap metal shifted and formed a protective casing around the person that was controlling it.

"Holy crap!" Cole said, taking in the fact that the metallic golem was shaped like a human, with two arms and two legs, but had the same yellow glow that the metallic crabs had, though as the four of them separated the creature seemed to be focused on him, which meant he was going to be on the defensive for a while.

As the battle began the golem started by firing small bits of metal out of it's right hand and even loosed a metallic boulder of sorts from it's right shoulder, causing Cole to dodge while Adagio, Aria, and Sonata started to fire at the golem in return. As it turned out the creature could do the same thing with it's left side of the body, meaning that they had to be careful about what they did at any given moment, but fortunately the sisters found a weakness when their combined attacks shattered the joint between the golem's left arm and his it's body, causing the arm to break apart and become a pile of scrap by the time it hit the ground. What the group discovered was that the moment the arm was gone the golem knelt for a moment and the scrap protecting the conduit was pulled back, revealing the man that was controlling the creature, to which Cole fired a few bolts at him and weakened the construct, if the change in the yellow to an orange color was anything to go by, before the golem sealed the breach and continued to attack them with only a single arm. When the battle resumed, however, the sisters tackled the second arm and soon it exploded was well, permanently crippling the golem in the process, allowing Cole to take the final shots at the construct and take it out... where the man inside it crumbled against the side of the chest piece and stayed there, allowing the four of them to stand there for a few seconds to enjoy their victory.

"Attention all units," a voice said, which was the same one that came from the helicopter that had said they sighted Alden earlier, to which the four of them focused on it while they waited to hear what was going on, "Tate is in custody. Enroute to the Eagle Point Penitentiary."

"Well, that happened." Cole said, to which he tapped his phone and connected to Moya, as he was sure that she had likely heard the news, but he knew that she also liked hearing it from them, "Hey Moya, the cops nabbed Alden and they're taking him to the pen."

"I've heard... and so have the Dust Men." Moya stated, to which the four of them glanced at each other, because Alden getting captured only recently happened and it seemed too soon for the Dust Men to have heard the news, "They're already rampaging through the streets of the Warren, shooting everything in sight. You need to deal with them."

Cole and the sisters nodded as they started to leave the area they were in, because it seemed like something strange was at work for the Dust Men to already be showing their dislike for Alden being captured, as if this had been planned or something, but at the same time they were the only ones that could deal with the Dust Men... and deal with them they were going to do, once they figured out what their foes were doing at the moment.