Prologue (Shattered 2)

*For the mission in Shattered, see Prologue.*

**James:** *❝ Another man with powers. You know what this means.❞*
**Joey:** *❝ What does it mean?❞*
**James:** *❝ It means we’re heading to Atlantic City, now.❞*
—James and Joey
**Prologue** is the first mission of *Shattered 2*, and of Chapter I. It sets the game's events into motion.

## Plot

### Three Years Ago

The mission begins in Chris McGlone's house on August 2, 2015, the day of The BioLynk Incident, the same exact time the Prologue mission from the first game took place. Chris and Mark Thanon are watching the news, watching live footage of BioLynk burning. As a result, the entire city of Atlantic City is put on lockdown, and the cops are patrolling the area, making sure no one leaves their house. Chris and Mark are in shock.

Just then, Mark remembers that he must deliver a case of ammunition to Johnny G, leader of the G Gang, at The Pony Bar, in exchange for $2,000. Chris tells Mark that the deal must wait, since the city's on lockdown and they can't go outside, but Mark insists that it can't wait. Chris agrees and the two leave the house, making their way to The Pony Bar while avoiding the cops, by hiding behind various obstacles.

Chris and Mark make it to the bar, where Johnny G greets them, along with a surplus of G Gang thugs defending him. Mark gives Johnny the ammo case, but Johnny G tells Mark that the $2,000 wasn't part of the deal. Mark, furious, shoots Johnny G in the head, instantly killing him and triggering a shootout. Chris and Mark kill the remaining six G Gang thugs before the cops storm the place, but Chris and Mark have escaped out the back door.

### Present Day

The mission then cuts to the present day, 2018. A cutscene plays which shows James Derettas in his apartment in Interface City, when he gets a call from his best bro Joey Dmitri, telling him to turn on the news. When he does, he is shocked at what he sees: another person with powers has been spotted in Atlantic City. James and Joey agree that this means they must head there and find the person, as before this point, it was believed that James and Erik were the only people to have powers. James, Joey and Melanie, Joey's wife, fly to Atlantic City.

Once they arrive at Atlantic City International Airport, James drives Joey and Melanie to Jack's House, the house of Jack Vectorsen, Melanie's brother, who has agreed to let the trio stay there until further notice. Once they arrive at Jack's house, they are welcomed in by Jack, to which point they sit at the kitchen table and begin to talk about how James got powers, and how they're looking for another person with powers who was spotted in this city. Jack tells James to chill out, at which point James gets angry at Jack, tensions rising. At this point, Melanie looks at her phone, which reads 1:37 AM, and the group decides to hit the sack for the night.

## Trivia

* This is the first mission of the game, and as such, is automatically started upon making a new save file.
* This mission re-introduces James, Joey and Melanie from the first game. It introduces for the first time Chris, Mark, and Jack.
* The mission's name refers to its position in the storyline (a prologue is the first or beginning sequence in a story).
* Following the completion of this mission, the player can use Jack's House as a Safehouse (as James only).