| "I'm never turning into one of them! Never!" |

Valdelobos, midnight.

“The First Daughter has been kidnapped by cultists. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the First Daughter?”

That was the exact message you received from your boss in the International Investigations Agency; a tough, wise brawler by the codename of Strike. And when you received that message, you immediately began your investigation.

The disappearance of First Daughter Ashley Graham had made headlines across the nation and the world. From Internet sleuths all the way to the CIA, everyone and their mother was searching for her whereabouts and the perpetrators responsible. So far, it had been fruitless - but a lead had been found.

Thanks to a man by the name of Don Quixote, the IIA had received reports that she was being held captive in the Valdelobos region in Spain by a cult known as the Los Illuminados. Her abduction was reportedly part of a grand conspiracy to subvert global institutions by capturing victims, subjecting them to the Las Plagas plague, and then releasing them to influence the top of society. In other words, a Manchurian candidate-style takeover.

However, the takeover was about to end.

With your headphones ringing the tune of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Free Bird, you went into the manor and got on the offensive. Henchmen of all kinds tried to stop you, but they failed before you and your trusty shotgun. Rapid paces followed as you rescued as many victims as possible, in the process removing their plague via an experimental parasite extractor the IIA had been clandestinely developing.

Soon, you entered one particular laboratory. Heavily guarded, yes. But the guards and the scientists fell all the same, and soon, you kicked the door open.

Before you, stood Ashley Graham. Weak, in a state of panic, the parasite still embedded into her. But when she saw you, she gasped.

“What the -?!” she said in shock. “You…are you rescuing me?! Or are you one of the...the Iluminados?"