Front Row Seats

*❝ The show has just begun. And you guys have front row seats! Congratulations! And the rest of the world will be next.❞*
―Father Time to James and Chris
**Front Row Seats** is the 28th story mission of *Shattered 2*, and the 12th and final mission of Chapter II. It must be started by Chris McGlone.

## Plot

### Entering the Dimension

Having found the map of the city sewers, Charles notices that a sewer tunnel passes right by Father Time's lair underneath Franco Island. This is where Chris must break into, inject a sample of Time Manipulation into himself via the Power Elapser, then activate the portal to the Third Dimension, and get in. Chris heads to an open sewer grate located away from the lair, but right as he gets in, he realizes that he needs a way to bust through the wall into the lab without making noise, so he heads to an Upgrade Shop to purchase the Surface Transformation power.

After buying the power, Chris heads back into the sewers and navigates carefully through the tunnels, without being spotted by Mercenaries patrolling the sewers, whom Father Time has hired to patrol. Chris reaches the tunnel outside Father Time's lair, and uses the Surface Transformation power to turn a portion of the wall into Light energy, allowing Chris to go through it. With this, Chris now has access to Father Time's lair. Chris destroys four security cameras in the lair without being spotted by them.

Chris then proceeds to take a sample of Time Manipulation that Father Time had in a jar in the lair, insert it into the Power Elapser (which was also in the lair), and inject himself with it, granting himself a form of Time Manipulation. Following this, he opens a chest containing Father Time's lab coat, and inside the pockets are the two crystals he used to activate the portal a few days ago. Chris uses the crystals to activate the portal, and heads through it.

### Rescuing James

Inside the Third Dimension, Chris navigates through a large fortress filled with Time Minions, and uses his newfound Time Manipulation powers to defeat them. He only has two powers: a simple projectile (similar to his Light Projectiles but with Time energy instead of Light), and a brief teleportation power. Chris eventually finds his way into a room where James, who was thrown into the Dimension by Father Time and held against his will, is trapped inside an Energy Cube. Chris shoots the Cube with Time energy until it dissipates, and James falls out of it, weak.

James is stoked to see that Chris has come to save him. He reveals that while he was in the Dimension, Father Time took his powers away and tortured him. Together, Chris and James work their way through the fortress to find Commissioner Pete, who is also trapped there, and save him. However, as they are about to do so, a giant arm made of Time energy (Father Time) grabs Chris and James, and throws them into another room and traps them in there with a Time energy field.

### Rescuing Pete

Inside this room is Pete, who has become how Jack Vectorsen was in the mission Desperate Measures: a giant Time energy beast, about twice his normal size. Father Time has, like Jack, injected Time Manipulation powers into him, turning him evil. Chris and James work together to defeat Pete, which brings him back to his normal state. After he is rescued, Chris generates a portal back to Earth (had he not given himself Time Manipulation, this wouldn't have been possible) and the three escape the Third Dimension safely.

## Trivia

* This mission sees the only physical appearance of the Third Dimension.
* This is the only mission where Chris has Time Manipulation, as it wears off following this mission. Thus, it is the only time the player can use Time Manipulation.
	+ This may imply that a person cannot have two forms of powers for a long period of time, as Chris already has Light Manipulation, his main power.
	+ Although, it may have worn off because when Chris inserted the Time energy into the Power Elapser, and injected it in himself, the jar was only a quarter of the way full.
* The original name of this mission was First Row Seats, but was changed when it was time to actually create the mission.
* This mission sees the first appearance of Commissioner Pete since the mission Bullet of Revenge at the end of Chapter I, and the first appearance of James Derettas in over four missions.
	+ Following this mission, the player can now Switch to and play as James again.
* Originally, Chris was supposed to gain a power called Expletory Vision, which would allow the player to see objects through walls and highlight important items, basically the Light equivalent of James's Vicinity View. However, this was scrapped and replaced with the Radius Detection power which was already present.
* In this mission, Chris reveals his middle name is Furtivamente, which literally means "Stealthily" in Italian. This leads to a comedic scene between he and Joey.