Where Nightmares Live/Transcript

Upper Tunnels
Cutscene

A map is shown of Western Europe, showing the Maquis retreat from Luxembourg to Reims.


 * Rachel Parker: [voiceover] It took two hours for the transports to reach the Maquis's last remaining safe zone. This small camp held all that remained of the Maquis. We wondered if it would be enough to carry out the final assault on the Paris tower. Plans were drawn up quickly. Cartwright would lead a frontal assault on the Paris defences, and the Chimera tower. While we had hope that destroying the Tower would have the same effect we had seen in London, the Maquis had a backup plan as well. Carriers were seen moving in and out of a structure Bouchard called the "Chrysalis Lair". It was thought that if the serum Bouchard's father had synthezised could be smuggled inside and injected into the structure's systems, the entire Chimera conversion process could be contaminated and brought to a halt. Cartwright's assault on the main Chimera tower would provide a diversion that would allow a smaller force to enter Paris from the east. [an image of the Paris tower is shown] For months, the Cloven had been using the catacombs to bypass the Chimera outer defences. It would be impossible to move a large force through the narrow passageways, but one person, moving alone, could pass through unnoticed by Chimera forces. [an image of the Chrysalis Lair is shown, then replaced by one of the Maquis and British leaders at a military planning meeting] Grayson and Bouchard argued over who should go. Because of her experience and knowledge of how to deploy the serum, Bouchard was chosen. But Grayson would not listen to reason.

''[The scene becomes live. A caption reads "Reims, France. 4 September 1951]''


 * James Grayson: [angrily] You can't let her go!


 * Rachel Parker: The decision's been made, James. You have to let it drop. [Grayson grabs Bouchard's arm]


 * James Grayson: She's infected!


 * Raine Bouchard: [pulls her arm free] What are you talking about!? Let go of me!


 * Roland Mallery: Let go of her, Private, or I will take your head off.


 * James Grayson: [grabs Raine's arm again] I saw her father drawing her blood in Luxembourg. Raine is the "breakthrough"! Tell them, Raine!


 * Raine Bouchard: Son of a bitch!


 * Rachel Parker: Let her go, Grayson! Stop this!

''At that moment, Mallery takes a swing at Grayson. He dodges back, then floors Mallery with a single punch. Mallery slowly gets back up, and gestures to two of his men''.


 * Roland Mallery: [furious] Take him to the brig! Lock him up!

The Maquis soldiers drag Grayson away, but he fights to get free


 * James Grayson: GET OFF ME! She was infected in Bonn! Tell them, Raine! You can't let her go! It's true, I'm telling you! She's gonna kill us all!

''As Grayson is dragged away, Bouchard glares at him, and her eyes flash gold in colour. Fade to black. When the scene returns, Grayson is locked in the "brig"- in truth, a wine cellar. A caption reads "Maquis Brig, Reims, France. 5 September, 1951". Grayson angrily paces back and forth, when the door opens and Bouchard walks in''.


 * Raine Bouchard: [hesitant] I...had to see you, James.


 * James Grayson: Funny, you know? The rats here in France are bigger than the ones in London. [Bouchard walks over to Grayson and puts a hand on his shoulder]


 * Raine Bouchard: I don't blame you for being angry. I am leaving for Paris soon.


 * James Grayson: [sarcastic] I'd wave goodbye, if I could reach those bars.


 * Raine Bouchard: You will be free by then. I will tell the guards before I go.


 * James Grayson: After it's too late to stop you. [Grayson turns to face her]


 * Raine Bouchard: James...I'm sorry. [James strokes Raine's face, then seizes her by the throat]


 * James Grayson: You're infected, Raine. Just like my brother was. You know what I have to do. [she starts choking her]


 * Raine Bouchard: Are you going to kill me, James? Do it. [Grayson angrily lets her go and turns away.] James... I don't


 * James Grayson: Why did you come here? There's nothing you can say. [Unseen by Grayson, Raine's eyes again flash gold and an evil smile appears on her face. She then removes her shirt and strips naked]


 * Raine Bouchard: [seductively] I didn't come to talk. [Grayson turns around and is caught offguard. Raine beckons him to join her. Fade to black. When the scene returns, Grayson is still in the brig. A familiar voice is heard outside]


 * Maquis Soldier: What are you doing here? What do you want?


 * Stephen Cartwright: Just wondering if you had a light. [the sound of a struggle and punching is heard. Grayson hides behind the door as it opens and makes to grab the person entering,but stops when he realises who it is] Hey, hold on!


 * James Grayson: Cartwright?


 * Stephen Cartwright: You're going to have to hurry, mate. They left an hour ago. [hands Grayson his weapons]


 * James Grayson: Mallery went with her?


 * Stephen Cartwright: We don't think so. We think he followed Bouchard after she left.


 * James Grayson: "We"? [Colonel Parker enters the cell]


 * Rachel Parker: Here, you'll need this. [hands him a serum vial] In case you don't find her.

''Fade to black. When the scene returns, it shows Chimera dropships flying overhead, explosions all around, and both the tower and Chrysalis Lair in the distance. The battle for Paris has begun.''


 * Rachel Parker: [voiceover] As Grayson moved into the outskirts of Paris, he could see that Cartwright's assault on the Chimera tower had begun. The clock was now ticking. Grayson would have to reach the Chrysalis Lair and deliver the serum, while the Chimera defence forces were being diverted. [Grayson runs across the foreground] Though he'd had an hour's headstart, Grayson caught up with Mallery at the entrance to the catacombs, alone. Tracking Bouchard and Colonel Mallery had been as easy as following their boot prints in the snow. The important question was whether Grayson would remember to question Colonel Mallery, before he killed him?

''[Grayson drops down into the catacombs. Cloven watching above see him and drop down after him. Fade to black]''

[While the level loads, the following text is shown:]

''Cloven Stronghold, Villepinte, France. 6 September 1951''.

''The Chimera are moving in and battling Cloven for these catacombs. So much for this being the easy way into Paris. Raine can no longer be trusted, so I'll infect the Carriers- If I can reach the Chrysalis Lair before Cartwright ends his diversionary assault. I don't know how or when Raine became infected...Maybe I didn't rescue her soon enough in Bonn? Or maybe her father injected her with his serum? Either way, I should have killed her last night when I still had the chance. -James Grayson, Mercenary''.

Lower Tunnels
Cutscene


 * Rachel Parker: [voiceover] [Various images of Cloven objects and iconography are shown] As Grayson fought his way deeper into the subterranean maze of rooms and chambers, he began to discover more and more evidence that while insane and incoherent, at least appearing so to us, the Cloven had a complex language and society. Grayson began to realise the Cloven were in the catacombs for a purpose, a purpose closely related to Bouchard's mission to infect the Chimera's new conversion process. [fade to black]

[While the level loads, the following text is shown:]

''Cloven Stronghold, Villepinte, France. 6 September 1951''.

''Oh Christ this isn't good. Tracking Bouchard and Mallery was slow-going enough, but now I've fallen into a deeper, more dangerous section of the catacombs. I only hope Raine's had trouble through here, too. Not the bad sort, just enough to slow her down''.

But Mallery...I hope the rat bastard encounters the worst, most painful kind of trouble the Cloven's sick hive minds can conjure.

Abandoned Processing Center
Cutscene


 * Rachel Parker: [voiceover] Later, Maquis leaders would ask how it was possible for Raine Bouchard to travel through the Cloven stronghold, alone and unassisted. [an image of Bouchard in the Cloven's lair is shown] But if Grayson's assertions were true, then Bouchard was infected long before she got to Paris. [an image of a Cloven soldier is shown] Little was known about the complex relationship between the Chimera and the Cloven, but one thing was clear; related genetically, the two species could co-exist in the same region, tolerating each other's presence. It's entirely possible that Bouchard literally strolled through the catacombs, completely unharmed [another image of Bouchard is shown, then fade to black].

[While the level loads, the following text is shown:]

''Cloven Stronghold, Villeponte, France. 6 September 1951''.

''Cartwright's commenced his assault on the Paris tower. It's merely a diversion to pull Chimera from the Chrysalis Lair, where Raine must inject her serum. If her theory is correct, Carriers will be infected across Europe, and the Chimera will be unable to convert more humans into gorillas- a gambit we would have laughed off last month. Cartwright's placed his confidence in Raine. I'm revoking mine.- James Grayson, Mercenary''.

Gameplay

Grayson is walking along a corridor in the facility.


 * Roland Mallery [Radio]: Raine, I was supposed to come with you- to protect you.


 * Raine Bouchard [Radio]: Like you protected my father!?


 * Roland Mallery [Radio]: He was foolish to stay behind. I did everything within my power to get him out. Raine? Raine, come in. Damn it.


 * James Grayson: [sing-song] Oh Mollyyy! I'm gonna find you, and bury my knife in your heart!

DNA Storage Facility
Cutscene


 * Rachel Parker: [voiceover] Grayson now knew why the Cloven were in the catacombs-to gain access to the hundreds of thousands of human bodies that were beind stored there. [an image of the facility is shown] Later, we would wonder if it was just an easy food source, or if there wasn't some reason, some ritual born of the Cloven's hive mind, that would be forever inexplicable to us. All Grayson knew was that Bouchard, followed by Mallery, had left the abandoned processing complex beneath the city, and was heading for the Chimera tower she called the "Chrysalis Lair". It would take everything he had to find her. [fade to black]

[While the level loads, the following text is shown:]

''Cloven Stronghold, Villepinte, France. 6 September 1951''.

''I was recruited by the Maquis to help Raine destroy the Chimera, not help her become one. She has her father's serum, both in a vial, and in her veins. Will she use the vial against the Chrysalis? Will she infect the Carriers and put an end to this? I no longer know. But I know this; if she won't, I will. And God help her if she gets in my way. I've never let my feelings for someone stop me from doing what has to be done.-James Grayson, Mercenary''.