Mixing and Mingling

**James**: *❝ This is also the perfect opportunity for you to get your revenge on the G Gang, for killing your best friend.❞*
**Chris**: *❝ Shit, that would be sweet. If I got to put the final bullet between his eyes, for everything he’s done...❞*
―James and Chris
**Mixing and Mingling** is the 11th story mission of *Shattered 2*, and of Chapter I. The mission is a major turning point in the story. It must be started by Chris McGlone.

## Plot

Inside Chris's House, Mark is sitting on the couch watching TV. Chris tells Mark that the G Gang has been after them for three years and ever since James Derettas has come to town, they've upped their game, so the only chance for them to survive is to leave the city. Mark changes the subject, asking Chris to come with him to the customs shop to get his car repaired. Chris agrees, but is paranoid that the G Gang will ambush them on the way.

The player must drive Mark's Buzzy car to the Perez customs shop, and get it repaired. Once that's done, Chris and Mark drive out of the shop, but when they turn the corner, they crash into a giant blockade set up by the G Gang. The gang members open fire on the car, killing Mark. Chris manages to drive away uninjured, but his best bro Mark is dead. A gang member radioes Joseph G to inform him that Mark is dead, but Joseph orders the gang to kill Chris, too, as he was Mark's accomplice during the assassination of Johnny G. The thugs get in their cars and speed after Chris.

At that point, the player must Switch to James, who is perched on a rooftop above. He witnessed the whole thing, and now the player as James must take out all four thug vehicles. Once that's done, the player must Switch back to Chris, who is still driving frantically, trying to lose the thugs. The player must then Switch back to James, who is standing a few blocks from Chris's location. The player must now find Chris's car as James.

When the player finds Chris's car, a cutscene plays which shows Chris drive right into James's aura force field, totaling the car. James grabs Chris and interrogates him, asking him where Mark Thanon is and why the thugs were after him. If you recall, James found a lead on Mark Thanon a few missions prior, thinking he had a connection to Joseph G, which may be the man with powers, whom James is after. Chris tells James that Mark was his homie whom the G Gang assassinated, but that they have no connection to the G Gang.

James then scans Chris's brain and determines he is telling the truth, but James has seen the skills Chris has with his Pistol, and wants to recruit him to help infiltrate the G Gang's base of operations, the Prantis Company Building, and find Joseph G. Chris agrees, as he wants to exact revenge on Joseph G for killing Mark, and James tells him he'll be in touch. James then assures him that everything will be alright, and that he knows what it's like to lose a close friend. The screen fades out to black and the mission ends.

## Trivia

* This mission sees the first time Chris and James meet.
	+ This is one of the only missions in the game whose name does not come from a direct quote said in the mission. Rather, it refers to the first-time meeting of James and Chris.
* This mission sees the death of Mark Thanon.
* Following the completion of this mission, the player can now customize cars at Customs shops, and buy Garages to store those cars.
* This mission introduces Character Switching in missions. However, the player can Character Switch outside of missions before this mission.