The McAfee Brothers

### **Who are they?**

The McAfee Brothers are known to be infamous government workers that stalk the various employees of Black Mesa behind unknown motives. One of the two brothers, Jake McAfee, is more supernatural than his more eery and monotone brother, Guy McAfee. Jake’s supernatural abilities consist of ~~teleporting, telekinesis, mind bending anomalies, flying, and much more.~~ Perfectly normal government worker. He has no powers.

## **History**

### **Back Then**

The McAfee Brothers weren’t as notable back in the day as they mostly worked alongside government agencies such as the I.R.S. One of the more notable job positions that one of the brothers took was a supervisor for Aperture Science, though a mysterious accident involving carbon monoxide poisoning resulted in the termination of their employment. With no job and only one thing in mind, the two brothers become “intelligence officers” for the Black Mesa Lambda Complex, being given the task of spying on the various employees of the facility and note down anyone notable for possible “employment opportunities”.

### **Back Now**

The McAfee Brothers work alongside their secret employers for a different agency overseeing Black Mesa, some assuming that the brothers directly work for the Board of Directors and have authority over various Administration Staff. Though being a myth, many seem to agree on it being one of the more realistic choices and the McAfee Brothers use this popular rumor to use against the various personnel of the facility. This sometimes resulted in immunity with the two brothers, allowing them to effectively do whatever they want within the facility, apprehension from security being out of the question.

The two seemingly don’t have a particular motive or reason for stalking facility personnel, though it seems that they are noting down possible key individuals for employment. It has been revealed through several pieces of documentation that the brothers wish to possibly employ or spy on Gordon Freeman, Colette Green, Gina Cross, Barney Calhoun, and Adrian Shephard.

## **Employment Roster**

#### Gordon Freeman (POTENTIAL)

“*Key subject for employment. Keep an eye on him.”*

Gordon is one of the more popular figures in Black Mesa as one of the more competent and sane members of society, most of his experiments being for the greater good of science and research rather than needless torture. The only reason why the McAfee Brothers have any involvement with Gordon is due to his potential in a Resonance Cascade scenario, among other reasons.

#### Adrian Shephard (POTENTIAL)

”*Unemployed. Not interesting.”*

After some snooping around, a scientist decoded a document belonging to the brothers in relation to Adrian Shephard, an HECU Marine starting out just fresh and still in training. No one knows why the brothers would even want to keep an eye on a random recruit that’s still in training, let alone the fact that they’re randomly choosing scientists for “employment”

#### Officer [REDACTED]

A month ago, the Albuquerque Police Department reported that an unidentified Lieutenant was assigned to a case belonging to a “secret research facility” situated somewhere around New Mexico, of which that Lieutenant never reported back on their findings. Several days later, they would be reported missing. This police Lieutenant was picked up by Guy McAfee, fascinated on his detective work and his reliance on the investigation of a local scientist that went missing. It’s unknown if the McAfee Brothers kidnapped the Lieutenant or simply employed him as if it were a regular job offer. No one truly knows except for the brothers themselves.

#### Angelina Stone (POTENTIAL)

“*Shows good potential. Employment status pending*.”

Before the official introduction of Jake McAfee to the Lambda Complex, Guy McAfee ended up encountering Angelina Stone and sort of watching over her shoulder and practically spying on her at times. The two had casual conversations, a rarity with the McAfee brothers as they barely speak to others in long conversations. At one point, Angelina Stone ended up having an induced nightmare where she accepted some sort of offer from someone in a blue suit, looking eerily similar to that of Guy McAfee.

#### Gina Cross & Colette Green

It’s unknown whether or not if Gina and/or Colette have accepted some form of job offer from the brothers or be employed from an external agency in any form. Most likely the only reason why the two are being documented and watched over is due to their connections and friendships with Gordon Freeman, one of the more popular subjects that they wish to employ in the future.

#### ~~Elijah Vance~~

Eli Vance did speak out regarding his encounter with someone in a blue suit looking similar to the brothers, seeing visions of this man and have a sort of “mutual relationship” with the man. It is said that at one point he was offered a job, though he ended up declining this offer. Due to this, he most likely shows no use or value to the brothers in the foreseeable future… for now, anyway.