Just after Ice had left to investigate John had heard a rustling behind him. He spun around to look and was met with the butt of a gun, cracking him in the jaw. He collapsed, unconscious on the floor of the ground. Four Blades stepped forward and picked him up, carrying him back towards the city. They eventually reached a nicer looking apartment that served as their current base. It was right near the bridge back to America, and had a nice view of the rundown city. The Blades threw John in a room on the third floor. It had been retrofitted to contain Outcasts. Miniature nodes had been placed throughout the room that would dampen his powers, preventing him from being too destructive. In other words, he was screwed.