Mission:Looking Through the Glass - Part Three: New Responsibility
Part Three: New Responsibility
Stop Protean's Invasion
Looking Through the Glass
Briefing
We've got the exact location of that Portal Corp lab now, Character. If Protean is in there, it means he's taken over the lab with his men from the 5th Column. We won't have long before Protean's army marches through that portal!
I've talked with your double, and we've devised a plan. If Protean knows that you're coming, he'll get his men to activate the portal while you're fighting through swarms of 5th Column.
Your double is going to sneak in to deactivate the portal, while you go in the front entrance to deal with Protean.
If everything goes according to plan, we'll have Protean in our custody and that portal will be disabled. Any questions?
- No, I'm good to go. Let's finish this.
Good luck, Character. I wish we could send your double to help you with Protean, but he'll/she'll be occupied with stopping the portal from being activated.
You may want to bring any other heroes you know with you. Protean is a powerful villain with many tricks up his sleeve.
Whatever you decide to do, you had better do it fast, for all our sakes.
Unnecessary Solicitation
Character, it's up to you now to protect earth from an inter-dimensional invasion!
Mission Objective(s)
This is it, the final confrontation with Protean. He's the one who started this whole mess with your evil double running around. You're the one who's going to finish it.
- Stop Protean's Invasion
- 3 Portal Corp computers to deactivate (Mirror's Objective)
- Defeat Protean
- Hold off the incoming clones (Mirror's Objective)
- Activate portal's self-destruct sequence (Mirror's Objective)
- Make the ultimate sacrifice (Mirror's Objective)
- Save your Mirror Self
- Five seconds until detonation
The army has been stopped...but at the cost of your double's life.
Doppleganger
- Character...
- I knew...you would show up...
- I would've done...the same...
- But this...has to be done...only one of us...has to die...today..
- This is...the only way...to save this world...from what's beyond...that portal...
- Goodbye...Character...
- It's up to you...
- ...you have two worlds...to defend now...
Notable NPCs
- Oberst Neinch (5th Column Vampyr Commandant)
- Protean (5th Column Archvillain)
Enemies
Visit Special Agent Jenni Adair
Unnecessary Solicitation
I'm sorry...Character. We should...speak about this in person.
Mission Objective(s)
- Visit Special Agent Jenni Adair
Character...I'm sorry.
Your double died bravely. He/She made the ultimate sacrifice to save us all....
- What about their medi-porter? Didn't it save them?
- Your double...wasn't hooked up to the medi-port system. I wish I had better news to give you, Character.
- Alright...what about Protean?
We're working on bringing him into custody now.
S.A.M. believes that he should not be brought to the Zig. A shapeshifter like Protean would be out of there in a day. However, it seems the PPD insists that they can keep him locked down.
We'll do everything we can to make sure he's brought into our own holding cells, but at the moment his fate is...up in the air.
However, I do have something for you.
- For me? What is it?
Agent Adair reaches into her trenchcoat, pulling out a letter.
A letter, to you. From a...mutual friend of ours.
- (Read the letter)
Dear Character...
Are we old friends by the time you're reading this? Or do you have no idea who I am? In the end it doesn't matter - in time, you will come to know who I am and what I aim to do.
I hope you do not despair about the loss of your double and the fate of Protean. Your double died valiantly, while Protean is where he needs to be at this time.
Do you know about the Coming Storm? About Ouroboros? If not, you will know soon enough of the two threats that seek to destroy us all.
The head of Ouroboros, Mender Silos, has his own 'followers' that seek to 'save us' from the Coming Storm.
I intend to gather my own team of dedicated individuals to ensure that we are properly saved. Protean will be one of them.
Perhaps you're worried that I would recruit Protean; you shouldn't be. I happen to know of something that Protean wants very badly. Enough that he would aid my efforts to save all of existence.
I say this to you because I hope, when the time comes, you will aid me against Ouroboros and the Coming Storm. Both seek to destroy us; one at least has the common decency to be upfront about it.
I will leave you to dwell on this for now, Character. Just know that as you read this letter, I am doing everything I can to save us all from a grim future. I hope that soon you will stand side by side with me to do the same.
- Adair, who gave you this letter?
This letter was delivered to me by a messenger from S.A.M....the true identity of its writer is not known to even me. I apologize.
- That's...alright.
Debriefing
Character, I have to say, it has been a pleasure working together. You've shown yourself to be a true hero of Paragon City, helping S.A.M. even when one of our own believed you were out to destroy us all.
We'll make sure that your other self is properly honored for their brave sacrifice - he/she will not have died in vain.
If anything else should occur, in this dimension or not, you can be sure that you will be the first hero we go to for help. You've proved yourself more than enough today. Goodbye, Character, and good luck.
Badge
The Singular Vision Badge is awarded upon completion of this mission.
You've prevented Protean from carrying out his plot for a Praetorian invasion, but not without a heavy cost - the death of your alternate self.