After being captured in Saudi Arabia, Adler was taken back to the safe house he had told the rest of the team about. There, he met a few new people, like Felix, Sev, Marshall, and Case. Case reminded Adler of Bell so much, his failed experiment from the beginning of the cold war all those damn years ago. It wasn't anything personal against Case, but it just made the CIA agent uneasy around Case. It reminded him of what he and Park did to Bell, what—

He was awoken with a slight shake, jolting up a bit quicker than usual at his desk. His cigarette stayed in the ashtray on top of a few foreign maps, which were also plans to stop Harrow. He adjusted his sunglasses as he looked over, and realized he was woken up by none other than Case himself.