As Max wakes up the next day in Chrono corps' infirmary recovering from near fatal wounds, after discharge he's summoned to the headquarters by Jake who reveals that Max has to be put under arrest for the manslaughter of many civilians of L.A. last night. Flabbergasted beyond belief Max demands an explanation when Jake reveals that the corpses found around the church bears the wound from a semi-automatic handgun whose firing signature is exclusive to the firearms assigned to Chrono Corp's agents. Max tries to defend his side of events as Jake retorts that since the gun has a DNA lock activation specific to Max himself and no other suspects could be identified. Unable to defend himself without any concrete alibi Max gives in unwillingly and he's put into isolation in the most secure wing of Chrono Corp. Soon he starts hearing voices inside his head which Max believes to be his psychosis progressing but it is revealed to be Abner who's trying to contact him. Abner discloses that the tea he offered him was laced with nanites which are now acting as a miniaturized radio inside his body as a means to contact him and directs him to rendezvous back at his residence. While in the prison cafeteria Max stages a riot among the prisoners as a diversion tactic and escapes the prison undetected with the help from Abner who has supplied him with a mental blueprint of the facility. Max sets his course for Abner's residence when the mysterious figure contacts him via an UHF radio signal to avoid detection and requests him from reaching Abner's residence disclosing that Abner has been already assassinated. Shell-shocked to hear the news of passing of his close confidant, Max retorts as to why he should trust him after the altercation at the church when the figure promises that all his questions will be answered. Meanwhile Chrono Corp notices Max's absence and puts out an APB(all-points bulletin) and a special taskforce with a strictly shoot to kill on sight twisting the narrative by presenting Max as an agent gone rogue. With no other options left Max agrees to the figure's demands and soon meets up at Rosenfield Cemetery. The mysterious figure meets up with Max and takes him to a gravestone reading "Gwendoline Engel, musician and a loving human being, 1985-"to which Max suffers a seizure as a flutter of images courses through his mind.