Jenna: Don't forget about your promise, Nikita. Don't forget why you are free of those chains.

Nikita: Don't worry, I know...

1 week.

Jenna: And after this war is over, after Ri Zhou falls, I'd like to hear the rest of your story.

Nikita: And you shall.

I'll see you in a week.

*Jenna thinks for a moment*

Jenna: Wait...

Nikita: Yes?

Jenna: I need to ask you something.

Nikita: Hmm?

Jenna: How did you remember everything? Every tiny detail... Did you write it all down or something? Do you have a journal?

Nikita: I have a good memory.

Jenna: No one has that good of a memory.

Nikita: A journal wouldn't do me much good if I couldn't read from it... So what other explanation is there, Jenna? I have a good memory.

Jenna: No one remembers that many details so accurately.

Nikita: Are you asking me if I made up pieces of the story?

Jenna: All I'm saying is no one remembers 20 years of details so well.

Nikita: You're looking a living proof.

Jenna: So what's the trick? How? You always have a trick.

Nikita: No trick. I have a very good memory.

*Jenna shakes her head*

Jenna: If you were me, would you believe this?

Nikita: No.

Jenna: Exactly...

Nikita: But you don't know the whole story.

Jenna: You're making it very difficult for me to trust you, Nikita.

Nikita: And yet you're letting me take a vacation.

*Jenna sighs*

Jenna: Mhmm...

Nikita: It's because you care.

Fine, I'll tell you. I have a disease.

It allows me to remember an absurd amount of detail from my life.

Jenna: Disease???

Nikita: Hyperthymesia. Look it up. May I get out of the car now? My flight leaves soon.

💭Jenna: What are the chances he has a disease that causes him to remember things perfectly?

Is this story a lie? Can he honestly lie so well for so long?

And if so, somehow I didn't spot any holes? Is this real? Does he remember everything perfectly?

Jenna: Please, just tell me... Is everything you said true?

Nikita: Why are you bringing this up now???

*Jenna says nothing*

Nikita: Clearly, it doesn't matter what I tell you, Jenna.

You've already made up your mind.

💭Jenna: Nikita Volkov...

I hope I'm right about you.

• 👉2 Days Later - Puerto Cabello → Go to Page 2.

Venezuela, I've finally found you.

Mom, Dad, brother, it's beautiful.

But, I'm so late.

I was too obsessed...

Too hungry for power...

But now it's finally over.

And I can die in peace here.

Goddamn, what a life.

I find myself going back and forth constantly. Revenge? No revenge? Run? Fight? Live? Die?

What do I do, brother?

💀Pavel: You're here. Do you really want to go back to Hong Kong, brother?

You know what's right.

I know...

💀Pavel: Let's take a trip down memory lane.

• 👉2006 → Go to Page 3.

📱Nikita: Please pick up...

Please...

📱Pavel: Hello?

📱Nikita: Pavel, brother... I'm so sorry, I messed up. I...

📱Pavel: Nikita! No! No, no, it's my fault! I should have never left you!

I've been looking for you, brother, but it was impossible to find you. I've been trying to find you all this time.

📱Nikita: I'm so sorry. I should have contacted you earlier. I can't believe it's been over a year.

I'm such an idiot, I'm so sorry, brother. I hope you can forgive me.

📱Pavel: You aren't an idiot, you aren't the one who left your brother all alone in the Triad...

📱Nikita: I've done some unspeakable things for this Triad. I wish I could take it all back. I wish I would have listened to you.

📱Pavel: Don't just yourself too harshly.

📱Nikita: It's hard not to, but...

Well, where are you now? Where do you live?

📱Pavel: New York City.

📱Nikita: What!? The United States??? Really?

📱Pavel: Yeah, I go back and forth between New York and Puerto Cabello, depending on the year.

📱Nikita: Venezuela... Wow, you finally made it.

I'm really happy for you, Pavel.

I just wish we could reunite.

📱Pavel: We'll reunite. Trust me. Oh, and by the way, I go by Paul or Pablo depending on the place.

📱Nikita: Paul Volkov, hmm, that sounds so...

📱Pavel: Ha, weird. Yes, I agree.

*Nikita pauses for a brief moment*

*Pavel thinks in silence*

📱Pavel: I owe you, Niki.

📱Nikita: What? How?

📱Pavel: You saved my life.

*Nikita keeps listening*

📱Pavel: I know that you sacrificed a lot in exchange for my freedom.

The day after we split up, everything clicked. I understood why you did what you did.

You set me free.

It was a hard situation, and you were far braver than I would have been.

I was right when I said difficult choices define us.

You always wanted what was best for us, and so... you took the bullet for me.

I don't know how you did it, but I'm safe. No one is looking for me...

If you ever need my help, I'll be there. Don't worry, I'll always be there.

📱Nikita: Well, just hearing your voice is so liberating.

So tell me about Venezuela.

• 👉Present → Go to Page 4.

💀Pavel: I had a good life, Niki.

Life is just... not fair.

💀Pavel: I don't think life and fair belong in the same sentence.

Sometimes, I think my death was for the better, brother. No assassin lives forever.

How can you say that!?

💀Pavel: We have caused a lot of chaos in this world, brother.

Everyone causes chaos...

💀Pavel: But not chaos like this...

• 👉Past → Go to Page 5.

Pavel: Richard, don't forget to activate the EMP on my command.

They might have some technology we aren't prepared for.

Richard Snow: I know, I know. I remember the plan.

Pavel: Good. They'll be in here any moment now...

• 👉Present → Go to Page 6.

💀Pavel: I couldn't even spare Richard...

• 👉2017 → Go to Page 7.

*Pavel whispers*

Pavel: They're coming... I can hear them.

*Natalie Steel stares into the eyes of her long lost love*

Natalie: Richard... is that you?

Richard Snow: I...

*Richard doesn't know what to say*

*Natalie trembles in fear*

*Nothing but death surrounds her*

💭Natalie: Richard... He killed these men. I... can't believe this. How is this possible?

Richard: I just...

💭Natalie: The scent of iron consumes me.

Nikita: Natalie Steel. It was supposed to be Alex...

💭Natalie: THERE ARE TWO OF THEM!?

Pavel: All who oppose the Volkovs will fall.

*Pavel stares at Richard's bloody corpse*

Pavel: If Natalie didn't walk through that door, you'd still be alive, Richard.

Alex is at fault. Alex is a coward. He is ruled by fear.

Farewell, Richard.

*Pavel closes Richard's eyes*

• 👉Present → Go to Page 8.

💀Pavel: We will get what we deserve, brother.

I know I did.

Pavel, where did this all go so horribly wrong?

💀Pavel: It wasn't one single event.

Criminals like us...

Are made. Not born.

I've made so many mistakes.

I gave Ri Zhou everything...

I've given him the most powerful weapons in the world.

💀Pavel: He is powerless without you.

Zaido, Entropy, nanorobotics, some genetic alterations...

💀Pavel: Ri Zhou is only as strong as his sub-tree of incense masters.

Without you as his primary IM, he will rapidly decline.

I never discovered his goal.

💀Pavel: You don't need to.

Why did he need hundreds of billions of USD?

💀Pavel: The rich always want more.

It felt different, it felt like he truly needed it for something.

💀Pavel: You're putting too much thought into this, you're here now.

You're free.

I'll need to stay hidden and live a life on the run.

💀Pavel: It's better than the alternative.

I trust you.

💀Pavel: As you should.

That's a hell of a sunset behind me.

*Nikita stares off into the sunset*

💀Pavel: It's getting late, brother.

Yeah...

💀Pavel: It's about time for decaf coffee.

Still? You know decaf has a tiny bit of caffeine in it, right?

You shouldn't drink it at night.

💀Pavel: Old habits die hard, brother.

They sure do.

💀Pavel: So, are we getting coffee or what?

In memory of you, of course.

Farewell, beautiful beach.

• 👉20 Minutes Later - Sabores Coffee Shop → Go to Page 9.

Barista: Hi, welcome to Sabores. What can I get for you?

Nikita: A small decaf, please.

Barista: Sure, that will be 10 bolivares, please!

Nikita: I usually got a large, but I suppose this will work.

Barista: Here you go, enjoy.

Nikita: Don't you like how it's drinkable temperature right away?

Pavel: Indeed.

*A young boy notices your ominous presence*

*The young boy stares at you with a wicked grin*

*The young boy pokes his mother's hand*

Young Boy: Momma.

Kids... so innocent.

*The young boy continues watching you drink coffee*

*The mother of the young boy drops her coffee*

*The coffee cup smashes to pieces on the floor*

What the hell??? Wait... Is that...

*The woman stares at you in shock*

Oh, my god... Brother, you didn't tell me about this...

Nikita Volkov has found a reason to live, a reason to survive, and most of all a reason to fight.