North American Traveling Squad

Winnipeg, Canada

Duchess Sophia Bartlett

The North American Traveling Squad (2005-) are the main protagonists in The Origins.

## Events in The Origins

### **The Sense of Death**

While walking in the streets of Quebec, Max Snowcone and the player found the body of Cole Webster lying against a wall. Near Cole's body was a gift from famous writer Richard Adams. When we asked Richard about Cole's death, he said he was saddened by it as him and Cole were friends and that he has no idea who could've murdered him. Max and the player later find a locked door that leads into the building that Cole's body was lying against. We open the door and find Ronda Warner's bar. When we asked her if she knew Cole, she said she didn't know the name. She then told us that the bar is closed but she can get Max a drink if he desires it. We later find a bag of marijuana hidden for Cole at the local cemetery, which was given to him by businessman James Barry. When we asked James about this, he said that he's been sneaking drugs for Cole for years and that he has nothing against Cole. Later on, we find roses given to Cole by his girlfriend, Clara Spookman. When we deliver the bad news to Clara, she starts to cry and runs off before we can ask her any more questions. Back in the local graveyard, we find a basketball with Cole's DNA on it, signed by a recent college graduate, who is now a famous basketball player from Quebec, named Elliot Desormeaux. We asked Elliot about Cole, but he said that he doesn't know Cole and assumed that he was just another basketball fan. We also found Cole's phone and a faded check at the cemetery. After Imogen Caulfield analyzed the Cole's phone, it was known that the last person he called was Ronda. Ronda said that Cole kept harassing her and that she wanted him to leave her alone. The faded check was for James Barry, which was over a thousand dollars. When we asked James about this, he said that he kept raising the prices for Cole's drugs and that he wasn't having any of it. He threatened to kill James if he didn't lower the prices. Later at the bar, we found a book about cults, which belonged to Richard, a picture showing Elliot beating up Cole, and a breakup letter to Cole from Clara. We asked Richard about the book about cults and he said that he was making a book about cults and that Cole's cult was particularly interesting. Cole, however, was refusing to share any information, so Richard decided to butter him up with presents, like the one the team found at the crime scene. Unfortunately, nothing worked and now Cole's dead, so Richard has to find someone else to write his book about. When we asked Elliot about him beating up Cole, he said that he often saw Cole at the bars, and Cole thought he was better than Elliot. As a response, Elliot often beat up Cole to show him who's boss. Cole threatened to call the police on Elliot and he stopped. The killer turned out to be James. Upon admitting to the murder, James said that Cole always had his nose in other people's business and that he found out about James's illegal criminal trades. Judge Virgo sentenced James to 50 years without parole. After arresting James for killing Cole, Hunter Hondo tells the team that that Ronda and Clara need our help. Ronda said that once Cole stole her phone and that it's probably in one of the crime scenes. We find Ronda's phone for her and she gets Max's number. When we speak with Clara, she tells us that she needs closure from Cole's death and that he had a picture of the two in his pocket, but that he dropped it at the cemetery. We find Clara the postcard and she thanks us in return. Once we get back to base, Hunter tells the team that a famous fashion designer was found dead in her house. We head there next.

### **One Last Visit**

While the team was visiting the museum to get their mind off the previous two murders, we found the body of Elicius Huard leaning against the museum wall with a stab wound on his chest. There was also blood coming out of his mouth. At the museum near Elicius's body was a book recently written and published by Richard Adams. When the team asked him about the book, Richard said that he met Elicius at the museum, as Elicius was a fan of his books. They never met again after that. Max also found a letter from Oceanne Huard, Elicius's granddaughter. When asked about her grandfather's death, Oceanne was scared and ran off before further questions could be asked. In Elicius's bedroom, we found a cain belonging to Laszlo Toth. Laszlo said that he visited Elicius often, as they were good friends. Laszlo seemed devastated by the news that Elicius was dead, And that he wishes to help bring him justice in any way he can. In the museum, we see Elliot Desormeaux freaking out over the murder, and he tells us how scared he is and that whoever killed Elicius will probably kill again. Max manages to calm Elliot down and continues to investigate. We later find the flagpole and realize it was bought for the museum by Bessie Waters, one of the curators, who we go to speak to. Bessie says she was aware of the murder because she saw Elliot screaming and she panicked. She said that if she sees anything suspicious, she'll be sure to let us know. We later find a paper saying "Leave me alone, Elicius!" from Richard and the victim's phone. After analyzing the phone, Imogen Caulifield told the team that the last text on Elicius's phone was from Laszlo. It said, "Stop this or I will tell the police!" We ask Richard about his paper and he said that Elicius often harassed him, often trying to find a way to sneak into his house to see what he was writing. We later ask Laszlo about his text, and Laszlo said he caught Elicius raping little kids and threatened to report him to the police if he continued. Laszlo mentioned that Elicius already went to jail once and that he didn't want to go back again. We later find Oceanne, who is now willing to talk with us. She tells us that her parents died when she was young and that she was left with her grandfather to raise her. She said that her grandfather was super strict and religious, neither of which she wanted. We also find a contract signed by Bessie, which was an attempt to get Elicius banned from the museum. When we ask Bessie about this, she told us that Elicius often touched museum artifacts and once attempted to steal an old painting of Jesus dying on a cross. In Elicius's room, we find a ticket to go to Elliot's upcoming basketball game. When we ask Elliot about this, he replies that Elicius appeared a few times at his basketball games suspiciously and kept starring at him. Elliot wanted to call the police but decided not to. After finding the last bits of evidence, Max and the player are ready to arrest the killer. The killer turned out to be Elliot. Upon admitting to the murder, Elliot tells the team that Elicius was jailed because he was a pervert and often liked to sexually harass younger kids, such as Elliot. Elliot also mentioned that Elicius kidnapped Elliot's brother, whom he never saw again after that. When Elliot got the chance to go to Elicius's city, he didn't hesitate to get his revenge. Judge Virgo sentenced Elliot to 7 years in prison with a chance of parole for 5. We find Oceanne in the station, wanting to talk. She said that there was a portrait of her and Elicius in his room, and since it was a crime scene, she wanted us to get it for her. We eventually find her her painting and return it to the grieving Oceanne, who thanks us in return. After helping Oceanne, Hunter Hondo tells us that Bessie wants to see us in the museum. She told the team that a painting has been found missing, the same Jesus dying painting Elicius wanted to steal. She asked us to check Elicius's place for the painting. We did not find the painting, rather Kyle Desormeaux hiding in a dark room. He asks to speak to Elliot and the two talk in prison. After, the team talks and now we're on the eye for a painting thief.

### **Lethal Weapon**

During a peaceful walk in the park, Bessie Waters runs to Ursula and the player to tell us that her twin sister, Jessie Waters, has just been found dead. We investigate the scene and find Jessie's body shot and lumped against a tree. We ask Bessie what happened and she said her sister got a call to meet on the other side of the park. After an hour of waiting, she went to find Jessie and found her body. Bessie then leads us to Jessie's house, where we start to investigate. We find two things: a wedding skirt given to her by Kieran Bartlett and flowers given to her by her fiancee, Hugh Smith. We ask Kieran about his dress and he said that he was very close with Jessie, and when she decided that she wanted to marry Hugh, he told Leanne Leboeuf to make a wedding dress for her. She died before she could finish the dress, so Kieran took over and finished it. We deliver the bad news to Hugh about Jessie's death, and he starts to break down and cry. He said that Jessie was his true love and that he can't believe that she's dead. We eventually find out about an article about the victim's secrets that's about to be published. After examining the article, we find out that it has been written by famous journalist Fabian Marc-Holmann. When we ask Fabian about the article, he said he went to school with Jessie and that she humiliated him multiple times during class to the point that he was bullied enough to traumatize him. In the cafe, we saw that Jessie was going to have dinner with Theresa Thatcher, her lawyer. When we tell Theresa that Jessie was murdered, she said that she's defended Jessie multiple times and that she was a nice person, and that it is a shame that she died. When the team went back to Jessie's kitchen, they found a breakup letter from Hugh and Kieran Bartlett's bicycle parked in front of her house. When we ask Hugh about his breakup letter, he tells us that he figured out that Jessie was cheating on him with Kieran and that he had enough of her multitasking. When we ask Kieran about his bicycle, he said that he made out with Bessie a few times because while trying to find a girlfriend. He eventually found a girlfriend, named Valerie Bartlett. We then go to the cafe to find some clues and we find an essay, Jessie's wallet, and a contract. The essay belongs to Fabian, a contract with Theresa, and a ripped picture of Jessie and Bessie. When we ask Fabian about his essay, he said that the essay was about a big moment of his life, where he was at a party and Jessie beat him up and severely injured him to the point where he almost died. Fabian wanted revenge, but he claimed to have never gotten it. When we ask Theresa about her contract, she told the team that Jessie was getting caught in a lot of crimes, and that she didn't want to defend her anymore. When we ask Bessie about the ripped picture, she tells us that Jessie was getting very anxious and that she has been getting a lot of anonymous death threats lately. She said that the handwriting on the threats looked a lot like Bessie's and she tried her best to run away from her. The killer turned out to be Theresa. Upon admitting to the murder, Theresa said that back in the 1980's, Jessie was the head of an organ trader group that kidnapped and killed Theresa's brother. She spent the past 20 years looking for Jessie. When she finally found her, she knew what she had to do. Theresa was sentenced to 5 years in prison with mandatory psychological counseling.

### **All Hell Breaks Loose**

While investigating the prison, Max Snowcone and the player found the dead body of James Barry with a bullet in his forehead. We go through his old belongings before he was arrested for the murder of Cole Webster, and we find out that his clothes were made by Kieran Bartlett himself. We ask Kieran if he knew James, to which he replied that he did, and that James was an investor in the company and Kieran often made him free clothes as thanks. We later find out that James's cell used to belong to Clara Spookman, the girlfriend of the person that James killed. We speak to Clara, who is still devastated by Cole's death. When we told her that James was found dead and she replied by saying "good riddance!" We later find an article written by Fabian Marc-Holmann about prisons and the big riot going on in this specific prison. The main person he interviewed was James, who didn't want the riot to happen either. When we ask Fabian about James, he said that he was shook that James is dead and he'll wait to publish the article until after James's murder is solved. Later on, we investigate James's cell some more and find out that his cellmate is another killer we've arrested, Elliot Desormeaux. When we ask Elliot about James, he said they'd gotten along fine and that they both talked about what they had in common; they were both murderers and they were both arrested by **the team**. Elliot had a much smaller sentence for killing pervert Elicius Huard, but they still got along well. We later speak to Kieran again after we find security footage of the two arguing. Kieran told us that before he was arrested, James wanted to stop investing in Kieran's fashion company. James just thought that Kieran's fashion sense was strange and that James invested because Kieran said he'd make free clothes for any investor. We also find a ripped prison outfit belonging to James with Clara's DNA on it. Clara said that she was cheating on Cole with James before he was arrested, and that she took James's prison outfit with his permission as a little souvenir from the prison. She said that she liked Cole better but James wasn't bad. We later find one of James's belongings he brought into prison, the book about cults written by Richard Adams in The Sense of Death. We ask Richard about James's book and he said that James was another friend of his, who was also a fan of his books. We later find out that Fabian is going to publish his article. When we ask him about it, Fabian said that he was getting impatient, as the investigation was taking a long time. We later look in the common room again, and we find a paper note saying "I'm reporting you, Barry!" and a ripped up page. The ripped up page is a page of Richard's book. We ask Richard about the book, he said that James didn't agree with multiple statements the book was saying, as it was from Cole's perspective. Of course, Richard found this to be harmless as James was in prison, but Max thought that he was covering something big up. We sent the note to Ursula Gemini, as she has a talent for finding out handwriting. She told us out of all our suspects, the one who was most likely to have written this threat is Elliot. When we ask Elliot about the threat, Elliot told us that James kept his illegal criminal trades going on even in prison. In The Sense of Death, it was known that James dealt drugs to Cole for a price; he was doing the same thing with other prisoners. When Elliot figured out about James's deals and threatened to report it with that letter, James threatened to silence him. He died before he could silence Elliot. The killer turned out to be Clara. Upon admitting to the murder, Clara said that she was a member of the group JUSTICE. Their goal is to kill every criminal, and since James did a lot of illegal trades, Clara was told to kill him. Judge Virgo sentenced Clara to life in maximum security prison without parole. After arresting Clara for killing James, Aaron Hall and the player go to grill her about this "JUSTICE" group. Unsurprisingly, Clara was useless and gave no information whatsoever about the group, so Aaron and the player decide to investigate the Prison Yard. After investigating the Prison Yard, we find Clara's Nokia phone, which she dropped after the murder. We immediately send the phone to Imogen, who finds a text from an anonymous number. The message said: "Clara, after you finish the job, go to Lake Winnipeg." After Aaron and the player shared this information with the rest of the team, Jessica Charles announces that we're going to Lake Winnipeg.

### **Catch of the Century**

When **the team** made it to Lake Winnipeg, Ursula Gemini and the player found a fisherman's dead body on his canoe. On the crime scene, we find Kayla Savage, an animal hunter. She identified the victim to be Herman Gosling, a local fisherman. Kayla said she didn't know the victim that well. On the crime scene, we found a broken ore and a jacket. We identified the jacket to be Hugh Smith's. When we ask Hugh how his jacket ended up on the crime scene, and he said that he got hot while talking to his friend Herman, so he took it off and must have forgotten about it. We repair the broken ore and it belongs to canoeist Callum Fisher. When we ask Callum about his broken ore, he said he had no idea how his ore ended up broken, and he thanked us for fixing it, because he has another canoe race the next day and he couldn't find the ore. We later find a cane on one of the crime scenes belonging to James Tucker. When we ask James about his cane being missing, he said that he must have left it at the scene. We also find an elegant car parked in front of the victim's house. The car belonged to Hugh Smith and it was parked their by Sterling Hogan. When we ask Hugh about his car in front of the victim's house, he said that he went to have an argument with him about his past of raping and robbery. Herman said he was a changed man but Hugh stormed off, leaving his car. When we ask Sterling about the car, he said that Hugh left it at his house and told him to drive it to the victim's house, so he could ride it back. We later investigate the victim's house again, and we find a pair of pants with both Herman and Kayla's DNA on it. When we ask Kayla about this, she said that 20 years ago the victim had raped Kayla when she was a teen. She told the police the next day and Herman was arrested. Later on, Hugh comes to us at the police station and tells us that he fired Sterling. Hugh said that Sterling took his car without his permission to Herman's house. We go to Sterling's house and talk to him about Hugh's car. He said that before herman's arrest, Hugh and Herman have always been the super rich people in the area. He said that Herman always bullied others who were worse off than him, and Sterling was one of the poorer people. Hugh, however was nicer to him, so much so that he felt pity on Sterling and gave him a job. After Herman's release, Sterling took Hugh's car and drove it in front of Herman's house. Herman never said anything, because he was dead. We find a broken fishing rod, belonging to Callum, and footage of James and Herman getting in an argument. When we ask Callum about the fishing rod, he said that Herman kept constantly annoying him by breaking his stuff. He hid and broke his ore and his fishing rod, just for negative attention. He said that Herman was never really liked by anyone in Lake Winnipeg, especially when he was released a few days ago and that everyone sympathized with Kayla. When we asked James about the argument, he said that he was very good friends with Kayla and when Herman was at the bar, he wanted to see Kayla and apologize. James started yelling at Herman, saying that he will never get anywhere near Kayla. This is when an argument brewed. The killer turned out to be Callum. Upon admitting to the murder, Callum said that he was told to kill Herman by JUSTICE in exchange for money. He said that he agreed with JUSTICE's views and wished them the best, with or without him. Judge Virgo sentenced Callum to life in prison without parole in a maximum security cell. After Callum's arrest, Ursula and the player decided to search his room. We found a hit list, given to Callum from JUSTICE. There were three names on the list. The first name was James Barry, who was recently killed by a JUSTICE member. The second name on the list was Herman, and the third was named William Donkard. After doing research on William, Kirk Patterson told the team that William is a chocolate factory owner, who got drunk one night and accidentally ran over a child. William got three years in prison, and it makes perfect sense why JUSTICE is after him. Kirk tells the team that William is currently in his chocolate factory in Churchill, Canada, near the Hudson Bay. Jessica Charles announces that we're heading there next.

### **Human Badge**

After Duchess Sophia Bartlett escaped the team again, we allied with The Summoners as a last-ditch attempt to arrest Sophia. A member of The Summoners, Adeline Mann, said that Sophia had a headquarters in Keystone, South Dakota, near Mount Rushmore. We rush to a bar, where a recent fight broke out, and we find businessman Hazell Harmon dead. In the bar, we find Agent Muddslide, an accomplice of Sophia as well as a former CDRA agent. We ask Muddslide what he's doing at the bar, and Muddslide said "Looking at Mount Rushmore one last time before Sophia's face is put on there." We laugh while Muddslide stays serious. We then decide to go to the community center, as when we interrogated Sophia before she revealed her true colors, she said that she's all about the community, and that's what inspired her to become a duchess in the first place. In the community center, we find a familiar necklace as well as a phone. We immediately realize that the necklace belongs to Adeline Mann, and we find her immediately. She tells the team that she's glad we came to Mount Rushmore, as Shaun ordered her and another Summoner to go to Mount Rushmore to assist the team in stopping Sophia. While at the community center, Max Snowcone and the player find the victim's phone, which we send to Imogen Caulfield, the team's tech expert. Imogen says that the phone had texts about business deals between Hazell and Morris Johnson, the current Prime Minister of England. We ask Morris about why he was making deals with the victim, and he immediately questions who we are and why we are interrogating him. We tell him that we are friends of the president of the U.S.A., Tom Fisher, and he agrees to speak with us. We inform him that Hazell has recently been murdered and Morris tells us that's terrible for his country, as Hazell was an amazing and informed businessman. After talking with the Prime Minister, we hear a scream, coming from the Mount Rushmore Foothill. We head there, only to find Rostya Pushkin, a Russian spy in disguise as the late Richard Adams who we thought was dead, holding Adeline at gunpoint. Immediately, Sophia's son, Summoner Kieran Bartlett, comes to Adeline's rescue and forced Rostya to let Adeline go or else he'll shoot him. Rostya immediately let Adeline go and said "well, it's the boss's son's orders." We immediately interrogate Rostya and he thanks us for "saving" us back in Arkansas. He then said that he was working with Sophia and Muddslide, as he wasn't treated that nicely while growing up in Russia, so he worked his way up to become a spy and ultimately met Sophia, who was organizing a team of three that would mastermind a war behind the U.S. and Britain fighting Russia and winning. We later ask Kieran about Sophia, and he says that she barely revealed any of her plans to him as a child, and that if he asks her now, she'll just say no because he might tell the other Summoners. We find a paper with two signatures on it. We match one to Hazell's easily, but we send the other paragraph to Lily Hall, the team's profiler. Lily said that the autograph belonged to Morris. We ask Morris what the contract was about, and Morris said that he was done doing business deals with Hazell, as he only thought about himself. He said that he didn't care if it affected his country or not, rather if Hazell was tought a lesson. We then find a missing earpiece with Hazell's DNA and another random DNA sample. We send that sample to the team's lab chief, Sandra Davis, who told the team that the DNA from the other sample belonged to Muddslide and that it was his earpiece. Muddslide then told the team that while at the bar, Hazell got extremely drunk and randomly started to beat him up. Muddslide was able to protect himself, however, and Hazell was left badly injured. Hazell then called Muddslide by his real name "Patrick Ramsay" which infuriated him moreso. He kicked Hazell while he was on the ground and left, before apparently someone else finished him off. We then decide to ask Rostya about Sophia's location, but he refuses to give out any details. We then head back to the station, before the team's informant, Hunter Hondo, told Max and the player that Rostya had escaped the bar. We rush back to the bar and find out that Muddslide is still there. We later find another necklace with a letter saying "THIEF!" on it. We send the note to Lily, who said that the handwriting was close to Sophia's, but the necklace was more masculine. We realized that Sophia's husband, Lester Bartlett, is dead, so Lily must be referring to Kieran. When we ask him about the note, he said that Hazell wanted to steal his special and expensive necklace that he spent months working on in order to sell it, as Hazell wanted to start selling his necklace collection. We then find mole cream near the chair Hazell was stabbed with. Sandra said that the DNA on the cream has Adeline's DNA. When we talk to Adeline about it, she said she sat on a chair last to talk to us about coming to Mount Rushmore. We put her in our custody at the moment and take a look around the Mount Rushmore Foothill and find enough evidence to arrest the killer. The killer turned out to be Muddslide/Patrick. Upon admitting to the murder, Patrick told the duo that Hazell was a member of a secret resistance group, who knew about the plans of Sophia and Muddslide. He wanted to bring down the Summoners too. He decided to sell rigged weapons to them, so they would fail to withstand the power of the police. Muddslide found out about his actions and lured him into the bar. After a fight, Patrick pinned Hazell to the wall with a chair. After Muddslide confessed, we were able to capture him. As Sophia was someplace else, we got some help from the CDRA. Muddslide told us that there's nothing that can stop them from fulfilling their plans, as the process has already begun. He didn't say more, so we take him to custody with high security. After some time, Adeline calls us, saying that Muddslide will eventually escape from custody, as he did before, so we need to be careful. We get a call from the Cheyenne Town Hall about a murder that happened just now. The area is also dangerous. We don't know why, but it could be Sophia's doing again, so we need to head there as fast as possible.

### **Captionem Mortis**

After the team's tech expert, Imogen Caulfield, was kidnapped, a note was left on the late Sebastian Ralph's desk. The note said to rush to the coordinates in Helena, Montana. We also bring Bill Wise, the vice president of the U.S.A. who also happens to lead the resistance. Everyone splits up into small groups, and Max Snowcone goes with the player to investigate. The only people that are going alone are Bill and Lily Hall, the team's profiler. Max and the player then hear a bang, fearing the worst. The duo then rushes downstairs, only to find Bill shot in the forehead. We look around and find Esfir Volkova, a Russian hitwoman arrested for murdering a CDRA agent, frozen in shock. We then find Hunter Hondo, the team's informant, and we get him to bring Esfir back to the team's custody. Max and the player then return to base after Hunter safely gets Esfir back into a cell. Esfir tells us that she's thankful we rescued her as Sophia planned to kill her in order to start the war and get revenge for her father. She then told us Imogen was kept in another room in order for the two of them to not interact. We rush over to the other room and we find Imogen trying to break out of the house. We bring her back to our custody and tell her the news about Bill. She acts shocked and says it's probably Sophia's doing. We then rush back to find and arrest the mastermind of it all, Duchess Sophia Bartlett, once and for all, but she draws her gun and asks if we want to see the late Ronda Warner again. We immediately leave and search for an accomplice of hers, Rostya Pushkin. We find him holding Lily at gunpoint, about to shoot. Max immediately shoots Rostya's hand, immediately making him drop his gun. We then grab Lily and run back to base. We ask her to tell us everything that happened, and she tells the duo she was searching around and heard a scream, she ran towards that room but a fat man with a Russian accent and a gun grabbed her and held her at gunpoint. Lily tried to defend herself but he wouldn't let go. We told Lily to stay at the base, and she agreed. We took her to the lab chief, Sandra Davis's office, where she took care of her. We then investigate the attic once again for clues, and we find red paint and a specific cream. We send the cream to Sandra, who tells Max and the player that the cream was for moles. Sandra also said it had some of Bill's DNA on it. We realize that Bill does not have moles, but we do know someone who has two, Sophia. Sophia tells the duo that she dropped her mole cream and couldn't find it, and that Bill must have gotten to it. We ask her if it was a trap to kill Bill, and she denies any involvement. We tell her that we'll keep a close eye on her, and she pulls out her gun and says "I don't think so." We find out that the red paint is face paint, and that Esfir must need it to draw the Russian flag on her face. We ask Esfir about the paint, and she said that Bill tried to free her but almost killed her in the process. We then find a stepped on note in the house's exterior, which says "Listen, I'm sorry for what I did." We analyze the note through Lily's samples, and we find out that the handwriting belongs to Bill. We then find some of Lily's DNA on it as well as shoeprints that matched her shoes. We grill Lily about the note, and she told the team that when her father, the late Aaron Hall, joined the **North American Traveling Squad**, she wanted to do something productive and heroic too, so she joined Bill's resistance group. Unfortunately for her, Bill constantly flirted with her. After Aaron died, Lily realized that she could be her own independent person and left the group. When they met again, Bill gave her that note, but she didn't forgive him. The killer turned out to be Imogen. Upon admitting to the murder, Imogen told Max and the player that the kidnapping was a trap once again, but this time, it was fatal. Imogen was with Sophia all along. She only joined the team to be a built-in man of Sophia, as she thinks the war would be benefitial for them in taking control over the country. She never got that life when she was younger, and she thinks she suffered enough, now it's time for the lazy riches to do so. Even her brother, Blake Caulfield, didn't know about anything. She took part of the kidnapping twice to make us trust her 100%. Imogen also mentioned being the one who threatened Blake into killing Sebastian Ralph, as he found their base. After she confesses, she shoots at us, hitting Max in the chest, and Ursula in the shoulder. We escape from them and rush the injured to the hospital. Ursula is fine, but the hospital doctor, Fekla Gryaznova, said that Max bled out on the way back and couldn't make it. Since we don't have any time to attend the funeral, we will have to delay it until we deal with Sophia. National TV announces that Sophia is starting the broadcast in 3 hours so we have no time to loose. Sandra tells us that Imogen actually knew about the coordinates of Sophia's hideout, the note on her desk was a fake one, but we planted a tracking device on her journal when we confronted her. The live feed will be broadcasted from St. Paul, Minnesota. We gear up and rush to the scene.

### **On The Brink of War**

After the team's tech expert's betrayal, we're off to St. Paul, Minnesota, to stop Duchess Sophia Bartlett, before she starts a dangerous war between the U.S. and Russia. The team's chief, Jessica Charles, and the player's goal are to rush into Sophia's base, arrest her, and return to safety. We rush into the base, only to find Ursula Gemini shocked at the sight of Adeline Mann's dead body. We take Ursula back to base and we send Adeline's body to Maria Caulfield, the team's coroner. Jessica then offers to help the player with this case, but the team's profiler, Lily Hall, demanded that her and the player handle this case, as Sophia most likely has something to do with Adeline's murder, and Lily said she will not rest until she gets justice for her late father, Aaron Hall. We head back to the base and find a priest robe we easily recognize to be Gus Washington's. We return the robes to Gus, who says he's here to stop Sophia. We immediately find a locked door, Gus kicks it open and we find Kieran Bartlett, Sophia's son, crying in a corner. We ask Kieran what's wrong, and he said that he badly wanted to divorce his extremely rude wife, Valerie Bartlett. Kieran said that he managed to get a divorce file, but it wasn't official yet, so he was dating Adeline, which is why he was so protective of her back at Mount Rushmore. He then leads us to his mom, Sophia, who tells the team to give up, as the broadcast will start in one hour. We tell Sophia that we won't give up and we'll do everything we can in our power to stop her. Gus, Lily, and the player then rush into the room Sophia just came in, only to find out that it's the broadcasting room. We search around and find Esfir Volkova tied up with tape over her mouth. Gus tries to free her, but Sophia shoots his arm, making him collapse to the ground. Lily then kicks Sophia's leg and her and the player drag Gus's unconsious body to Maria to take care of. We then come back to see Sophia gone and Esfir still tied up. We try to free her, but Sophia's accomplices, Rostya Pushkin and Imogen Caulfield, come in with guns, ready to shoot Lily and the player to death. We untie Esfir, who kicks Rostya in the face, making him fall to the ground. She then takes a punch in the face from Imogen and falls to the ground. Lily picks up the gun and then shoots Imogen in the stomach. Esfir then wakes up and Lily decides to take Imogen to the hospital. After she's cured, she's immediately sent to Alexander Virgo, the team's judge, who sentenced Imogen to 29,249 years in prison without parole in solitary confinement. We then hear the phone ring, and we send it to Sandra Davis, the team's lab chief who's been taking up technology as a hobby. Sandra told the team that the phone was Adeline's, and she was getting a call from Rostya. Before that, the last message she sent was to Kieran. We ask Rostya what the message was about, and he says that he wanted to call her to try and scare her into leaving, as she came in the base but had nothing to do with Sophia, Imogen, Muddslide, nor him. He thought it was suspicious and after our encounter with him he wanted to call her to scare her into escaping. We tell Rostya to stay in the area, and we move on to investigate the abandoned classroom. There we find a note saying "IMOGEN WAS RIGHT TO SHOOT YOU URSULA!" and a broken pearl necklace. We immediately interrogate Ursula about the note, and she says that while putting the handcuffs on Adeline after she killed Colonel Blackbourne back in Canada, that the handcuffs were too tight and almost cut off Adeline's hands. Adeline had to see the prison doctor for many weeks after that, and even when she was released her hands hadn't fully recovered. We then piece back together one of Sophia's pearl necklaces. We grill Sophia about her broken necklace, and she said that Adeline came in and tried to fight her. Sophia overpowered her just like she did. The killer turned out to be Rostya.Upon admitting to the murder, Rostya told the team that he killed Adeline because she tried to sneak into Sophia's hideout and free Esfir. After Rostya confesses, he draws out his gun but fails to shoot anyone. Instead, Gus comes in and shoots him in the head. After Rostya's death, Sophia prepares for the ceremony and starts the broadcast. She decided to let her son, Kieran, do the honors of shooting Esfir and starting the war, but he shoots Sophia instead. After, he kills himself. We decide to check to see if everyone else is alright, and the FBI arrives. We meet up with the main agent there, Andres Herrera, who tells Lily and the player that everything's covered. We then receive news from Hunter Hondo, the team's informant, saying that Agent Muddslide, an accomplice of Sophia's, has escaped prison. Muddslide runs towards Andres, trying to shoot him, but Lily shoots him in the head instead. After everything settles down a week after, the president of the U.S.A., Tom Fisher, tells the team that he and the Russian President have decided to stay at peace with each other. The remaining team members then sit down and watch the news. We see Jason Spokesman, the news anchor we met back at William Donkard's factory reporting on how the American and Russian presidents have negotiated peace. We then head back to the station and prepare for our dear friend's funeral.

## Profiler

Aaron Hall ✝Lily Hall - Aaron's replacement.
## Weapons Expert

Matt Azarova ✝Ronda Warner ✝Nicholas Wildzap - Ronda's replacement