The barrage worked! William's ploy slew the manticore instantly. Xavier and Charles worked in tandem, with Charles' knife hitting the manticore in the gut and Xavier decapitating the monster. Both Goliath and Lazar were able to stab the last manticore to its death. Alina and the captain worked in helping the group free the civilians. The Iranian captain was able to gather the civilians back to the drop ship, with Alina coordinating before sticking around with her group. All of a sudden, after the mission was accomplished, knockout gas seeped through the vents. Lights were activated and through a windowed area, the group can see someone with a very toothy and wide smile. He didn't look like any Iranian human at all. An otherworldly wrongness was visible at a close distance. "Look what we have here! Very valuable specimens from ParaCom! I have a surprise for you all, AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" The basement was sealed and the group would be knocked out cold within a minute.

Sometime later, the whole team were shackled. "The terror mission was planned just to lure you all here! Because my operating table has room for one experiment and I feel merciful, I will let you vote among yourselves. Vote and tell me who shall I...dissect! I will defer to any of your choices!" The man was a mad scientist, but not human whatsoever. An ex-human at least. The white room was designed to be maddening for short periods of times and he did not look one bit promising.