Betrayal/Transcript

*[The mission starts inside a casino in Casino Row, Augustine. James walks over to Chris, who is sitting at a slot machine. He pulls the lever and lands on a number 7, a duck, and a pair of dice. The machine blinks “TRY AGAIN, LOSER” in big red letters. Chris, angry, shoots the machine with Light energy, destroying it. Several people run away.]*

**JAMES**: You told me to meet you here. You OK? You don’t seem good.

**CHRIS**: How could I be? Pete is dead. My life sucks. I have nothing to be happy about.

**JAMES**: That’s exactly how I felt after...

**CHRIS**: Don’t give me that crap, James! I don’t care how you felt, this is MY life, and this is how I feel NOW, not any other time.

**JAMES**: I’m just comparing your situation to when I was in your shoes! No need to get hostile!

*[Chris stands up in a fury.]*

**CHRIS**: Hostile? I’ll show you hostile!

*[Chris blasts James with light energy, sending him flying into nearby slot machines. Everyone nearby is shocked at what they’re seeing: the two men with powers, best friends, now turning on each other. James gets up quickly, but by this time, Chris is nowhere to be found.]*

**JAMES**: Damn, he’s gone! I can’t believe this.

*[People run up to James, asking if he’s OK.]*

**JAMES**: I’m fine, people.

*[The area is a wreck. The player must now exit the casino via a back door. When James is outside, he calls Joey.]*

**MELANIE**: Hello?

**JAMES**: Melanie?

**MELANIE**: Hey, James. Joey’s at the police station, if you need him.

**JAMES**: Thanks, Melanie.

**MELANIE**: Is everything OK?

**JAMES**: Splendid.

*[The player must now meet Joey at the police station. Joey is inside, talking to two officers.]*

**JAMES**: Joey!

**JOEY**: Hey, James! Excuse me, officers.

**JAMES**: Joey, we’ve got a problem.

**JOEY**: What it is, foolio?

**JAMES**: Chris turned against me.

**JOEY**: What?

**JAMES**: He told me to meet him in the casino. I see something’s bothering him, I ask him what it is. He snaps, shoots me with his Light energy, I go flying. Next thing I know, he’s gone.

**JOEY**: Oh damn! I see you’re all bruised and beaten. Your clothes are ripped, too.

**JAMES**: I always had a feeling in the back of my mind that Chris couldn’t be trusted. After the parade bombing, he started to tell me how he was getting fed up with having powers and going after people. I told him that he has to overcome those feelings because this is who he is now, there’s no going back. He just doesn’t understand.

**JOEY**: I could always tell he was very impatient and immature. Remember when you first had powers, back in IC, how depressed you were? But you were mature, you got over those feelings. Plus, I always had your back.

**JAMES**: I know. Thank you, Joey. Chris just doesn’t want to cope.

**JOEY**: Well, he’ll have to. And if not, you just show him who’s boss.

**JAMES**: It won’t be that easy. If he really wants to go against me, so be it. After all this, taking down Father Time and everything, and this is the path he wants to go down?

**JOEY**: What a traitor.

**JAMES**: Wait. Maybe I’m over-analyzing things? Maybe he just snapped for some reason, maybe he didn’t mean it. I don’t even know.

**JOEY**: Never trust anyone. Never assume anyone’s acting for good.

**JAMES**: But I know Chris. He wouldn’t just turn on me after all this... would he?

*[The camera pans out and fades out to black. When it returns, James is standing on a rooftop of a five-story building, facing the tall casinos in the distance. It is windy, rainy, and night. His clothes are billowing in the wind.]*

**JAMES (INNER MONOLOGUE)**: Haven’t heard from Chris all day. Normally I’d care less, but he’s a threat now. I have no idea where he is, or what he’s up to, but I’ll find out soon.

*[James gets a call from Joey.]*

**JOEY**: James! I think I found a lead on this whole thing with Chris.

**JAMES**: What’d you find?

**JOEY**: Well, I haven’t seen or heard from Charles since after the Parade. He let me know that he was okay, and that he was gonna go into hiding for a while. You think Chris met up with him and they’re doing some secret shit?

**JAMES**: I don't know, that’s pretty unlikely, but who knows.

**JOEY**: I think you should look into it.

**JAMES**: Problem is, I have no idea where Chris or Charles are.

**JOEY**: Check Charles’s rooftop, or his apartment.

**JAMES**: Alright. I’ll let you know if I find anything.

*[The call ends. The player must now head to Charles’s rooftop, where James finds nothing outside. However, the door leading into his apartment is open slightly. James opens it and enters. All the lights are off, but James checks the apartment, finding no one.]*

*[All of a sudden, James senses something suspicious in the bathroom. The player must enter the bathroom and find the toilet paper roll. James picks up the toilet paper roll and inside of the tube, there is a small piece of paper with some blood on it. James grabs the paper, which reads “let it be done”. James immediately calls Joey.]*

**JOEY**: You find somethin’?

**JAMES**: Joey, I found a small piece of paper in Charles’s apartment, with some blood on it, that reads “let it be done”. What the fuck could that mean?

**JOEY**: Shit, man. I have no idea. Bring the paper to me, I could contact some of my guys and we can run a test on it. We’ll have results by tomorrow.

**JAMES**: Alright.

*[The player must exit the apartment and head to Jack's House, where Joey and Melanie await James. Inside, James hands Joey the paper.]*

**JAMES**: Here it is.

**JOEY**: Thanks, brothah!

**MELANIE**: Eww, there’s blood on it! Don’t touch it!

**JOEY**: Relax, Melanie. It’s ock.

**JAMES**: Ock?

**JOEY**: Slang for okay.

**JAMES**: ...okay?

**JOEY**: You mean ock.

**JAMES**: Alright, Joey, let’s just do this.

**JOEY**: Do what? I gotta contact my guys and they’ll handle everything. For now, all that we can do, is done. When I find something, I’ll let you know.

**JAMES**: Alright, Joey.

*[James exits the house and is back outside, back into the cold, hard world. The mission ends.]*