 The protagonist is Cole MacGrath ( voiced by Jason Cottle ) , a bike courier of Empire City who happens to be in the center of the explosion , surviving it and gaining electricity @-@ based super powers . His best friend and fellow courier , Zeke Jedediah Dunbar ( voiced by Caleb Moody ) takes initial refuge from the chaos on the streets at a rooftop pad and becomes both impressed and envious of Cole 's newfound powers . Trish Dailey ( voiced by October Moore ) is a medical student and Cole 's girlfriend at the start of the game , who rejects him after accusing him of causing her sister 's death . Shortly after the explosion , Cole meets with FBI agent Moya Jones ( voiced by Kimberli Colbourne ) , who assigns him missions to complete in Empire City in hopes of finding an agent named John White ( voiced by Phil LaMarr ) who was trapped in the city while investigating a case for another agency when the quarantine was enacted and has left numerous encoded messages on satellite receivers . A rogue VJ , " The Voice of Survival " ( real name Dallas , voiced by Derrick Forget ) , manages to broadcast his conspiracy @-@ laden , panic @-@ provoking messages across the city from a TV station , as well as a legitimate reporter who tries to give the government some PR . 
