Desperate Measures/Transcript

*[The mission starts in Chris’s home, that same night. Chris gets a call from James.]*

**CHRIS**: Hey, man.

**JAMES**: Chris, how you doing?

**CHRIS**: I’m doing great, man. Practicing with my powers some more.

**JAMES**: That’s good, get used to it. Y’know, one of these days you could be eating dinner and a new power will unlock inside you, and disintegrate your dinner.

*[Chris laughs.]*

**JAMES**: I’m serious. It happened to me once, wasn’t pretty.

**CHRIS**: So, why you calling?

**JAMES**: I found a big breakthrough in this case. Wanna meet up and I’ll explain everything?

**CHRIS**: Sure, I’ll be right there. Where you at?

**JAMES**: On a rooftop patio in Augustine. Come by, I’ll introduce you to our little group here.

*[The player must reach the location. When they do, a cutscene plays.]*

**JAMES**: Guys, this is Chris McGlone, fellow superhuman. He’s got Light Manipulation.

*[Joey, Melanie and Charles are sitting at the table. Chris shakes each of their hands. They exchange “hello”s and “how are you”s.]*

**MELANIE**: I’ve heard so much about you, you’re the new hero around here.

**CHRIS**: Yeah, the evil Father Time gave these to me. James, what was it you wanted to tell me? The big breakthrough?

**JAMES**: Well, first off, I’d like to give recognition to Charles, pro hacker here, for finding these files and leading me to them. Without him, this would’ve taken a lot longer.

**CHARLES**: Thank you, James.

**JAMES**: We found that, as you know, Nick (Father Time) created a small device called the Power Elapser, which injects samples of powers in people, which in turn, give them powers.

**CHRIS**: Right.

**JAMES**: How did Nick get a sample of Light Manipulation? We don’t know yet. How did he get Time Manipulation? We don’t know yet. How are we gonna get to his dimension and save Pete? We don’t know yet.

**CHRIS**: So what do we know?

**JAMES**: We know that somehow, someway, Nick created this machine that can copy powers and implant them in people.

*[Charles, on his laptop, finds a video clip of Nick holding the device, and plays it.]*

**CHRIS**: We gotta make a priority list. What do we know, what do we not know, the why’s, the how’s, and what’s next on our agenda.

**JOEY**: I agree with Chris. This time calls for **desperate measures**.

**JAMES**: Alright. Well soon, we’re gonna have to get Pete back.

**JOEY**: James, we don’t even know if Pete’s alive!

**JAMES**: After Nick failed to turn Chris and Jack bad, I’d assume he’d keep Pete alive to attempt to turn HIM bad.

**MELANIE**: Jack? My brother?!

**JAMES**: Ooh, yeah. Right. Remember when I said there was a big breakthrough? Well, there’s a part two. Charles, play the video file I found. We’re about to uncover the truth. Melanie, hold on.

**MELANIE**: Okay.

*[Charles finds the video file and plays it.]*

**JACK**: Tell me what’s going on. Why did you bring me here?

**NICK**: Shush, Jack. We’ve much to discuss.

**MELANIE**: What the hell? Jack?!

**JOEY**: James, what is this bullshit?

**CHRIS**: Who is Jack?

**JAMES**: Guys, just be quiet. Listen some more.

**NICK**: I know you have potential. That is, a hatred for James Derettas.

**JACK**: I do. Since day one I was afraid of him. And since the day he showed up at my doorstep here in Atlantic City I hated him.

**JAMES**: See? From day one I knew he was fishy. Sorry, Melanie.

**MELANIE**: It’s… okay. You didn’t do anything. I can’t believe this!

**NICK**: Well now you’ll get your shot at revenge. See, I created this. This is a little something I like to call the Power Elapser.

**JAMES**: Charles, fast forward a bit.

*[He does so.]*

**NICK**: Now, I have a sample of light manipulation here, that I created. I already injected this in someone else, and it worked, so I can do the same for you, and together, we can eliminate James Derettas from this Earth.

**JACK**: I accept.

*[Melanie gasps. Joey shakes his head in disgust. Chris looks confused. James gives Charles a hand signal to shut the tape off.]*

**JOEY**: So Jack was a dirty low-life traitor, all along!

**JAMES**: But in the end of that audio file, Nick leaves the room, and I think Jack escapes via the window. But we have no idea what happened after that.

**CHRIS**: Please explain who that guy is.

**MELANIE**: My brother.

**CHRIS**: Oh, okay, thank you. James, we don’t know if Jack got powers or not!

**JAMES**: Well that’s what we’re about to find out. Charles, can you scan the city for Jack Vectorsen?

**CHARLES**: Lemme try.

*[After a few seconds...]*

**CHARLES**: Nope! Something’s blocked. Someone took down the signal emitters.

**JOEY**: Signal emitters?

**CHARLES**: There are a few large towers around the city that power my connectivity, and allow me to scan the city for people, and track signals. Without them up, no scanning the city, and no Jack.

**JAMES**: Where are they? I’ll get them back up.

**CHARLES**: Well, lemme see, it looks like I can still send you the coordinates to the towers. I think there are three, so head to each one, and power them up.

**JAMES**: Okay.

**CHARLES**: And once you get all three powered up, you have to head to the Power Station and activate a box there. Hopefully that’ll work.

**JAMES**: I’ll get right on it.

**CHRIS**: What about me?

**CHARLES**: Chris, why don’t you head to the Power Station and find the box, so when James re-activates the towers, you can activate the box and save time?

**CHRIS**: Aight, I’m on it.

*[The player, as James, must head out and find, climb up, and activate all three signal towers around the city. Once all three are activated, the player must switch to Chris, who is waiting by the Power Station. Chris gets a call from James.]*

**CHRIS**: Yo.

**JAMES**: I activated all the towers, now find that box.

**CHRIS**: Aight.

*[The player must navigate quietly around the outside of the Power Station without being detected by the guards patrolling the area. If the player is detected, the mission ends in failure. The player must navigate around until they find the power box, which is mounted on a wall outside, near the main building.]*

*[When the player activates it, they must solve a simple puzzle mini-game which involves connecting to the mainframe network. Once they complete the puzzle, a transparent view of the city is shown and power can be seen re-connecting to the towers, in this view. When the view returns to normal, Chris calls James.]*

**JAMES**: Hello?

**CHRIS**: James? We got it.

*[The player is now prompted to escape the area, and when they do, they must switch to James, who gets a call from Charles.]*

**CHARLES**: James, it’s back online. I’ve got Jack’s location. He’s inside a casino in the Northeast End. You better get there.

**JAMES**: Send me the location. He’s finished.

**MELANIE**: Don’t kill him!

*[The player must get there. Once they arrive in front of the casino, a cutscene plays which shows people fleeing the casino in a panic, screams can be heard. The front entrance is partially destroyed.]*

**JAMES**: What the hell happened here?!

*[When James walks inside, heavily armed mercenaries are lined inside, and open fire at James. James quickly takes cover.]*

**JAMES**: Better take these guys out!

*[The player takes them all out. James gets up and the player must venture forth further into the casino. After navigating some mercenary-infested hallways, and defeating them, the player arrives in the main casino hall. This hall was originally lined with slot machines and roulette tables, and a bar, but all of this has been destroyed and is now open. And in the center, is Jack, with powers.]*

**JAMES**: Jack! What the fuck is this about?!

*[Jack is hovering in the air with Light Manipulation, but his light has a dark orange color to it, representing evil, unlike Chris’s light yellow color, which represents good. His eyes are filled with the dark light energy, truly giving off an evil sense.*
Jack speaks. His voice is dark and disturbing, like a villain’s.]

**JACK**: Look who’s showed up. Look who’s come out from the dark.

**JAMES**: The last place I’ve been is in the dark. But in the end, only one of us is gonna see the light. Only one of us will win.

**JACK**: So quit bullshitting and let’s do this.

*[The player must now fight Jack in this Boss Battle. Jack has a few techniques: he shoots powerful light blasts at James which knock him off his feet and damage him. He also shoots light beams from his eyes which are devastating, but afterwards, must take a few seconds to rest, so this is a good chance for the player to attack.]*

*[Sadly, Jack can also use the light sources around him to regain health, and can also throw balls of light which will attempt to draw James in. If James gets sucked in, the ball will despawn and respawn on the other side of the room, and James will be spit out, losing half health. If this happens to James twice, he is dead.]*

*[James must overcome all of this and defeat Jack, the second Boss of the game. When Jack is defeated, he falls to the ground and slowly loses his light powers. After a few moments, he is back to the puny wimp he was, but bleeding on the floor severely.]*

**JACK**: James. Don’t. If I die, Melanie will hate you forever. She never even found out that I became like this.

**JAMES**: Actually, she did. Everyone knows. Your games are up, bud.

*[Jack coughs and moans in pain.]*

**JAMES**: What else do you know about Father Time? You better tell.

**JACK**: I’m on my last breath. Why do you think I would tell?

**JAMES**: You’re just wasting my time. If you tell, I could get you to safety and allow you to live again. But go ahead, keep your secrets to yourself. I don't care if you die and go to hell. Your problem.

**JACK**: Alright! Fine. Nicholas, Father Time. I agreed for him to inject light powers into me using that Power Elapser device, so I can get powers and kill you. But it didn’t quite work out that way.

**JAMES**: You bet it didn’t! What else?!

**JACK**: He also was planning on taking me to the Third Dimension for something, something about a police commissioner.

**JAMES**: That’s Pete! Did he take you there?! How do you get there?!

**JACK**: No! He didn’t take me there but he showed me how to get there. He’s got a portal thing in his lair which is far beneath the city, somewhere under that house I was in, on Logan Island! That’s all I know, I swear!

**JAMES**: Eh, you’re pathetic. Useless to me now.

*[The player now has the option to spare or kill Jack. If the player spares Jack, James will stomp on Jack’s face, knocking him out, and exit the casino, and call the group. If the player kills Jack, James will build up aura energy in his hand, make a fist, turning it into a hard ball of energy, and unleash it at Jack, which causes his body to explode and disintegrate. James will then exit the casino and call the group.]*

**JOEY**: Yo, James!

**JAMES**: I just finished Jack in the Casino. Let’s just say we won’t be hearing from him any time soon.

**CHRIS**: Did he talk?

**JAMES**: Oh yeah. He said that Father Time’s lair is far underground, beneath that house I went to on Logan Island.

**CHARLES**: There’s gotta be some sort of hidden room in that house, which will grant access to the lair beneath it.

**JAMES**: And he said that within that lair is a portal which can lead to the Third Dimension. That’s where Pete is.

**JOEY**: Oh, shit! How the FUCK did this guy build a portal to another DIMENSION?! And get the ability to clone powers and shit?

**JAMES**: We’ll find out.

**CHRIS**: This is good, James, go home and rest now. We’ll uncover more of this soon, and eventually, me and you will bring this madman down.