F.E.A.R: Origins
By Genoscythe
Obligatory Mysterious Phone Call
"There's been a development, Senator."
"What do you mean?"
"Fettel is alive. We don't know how, but it's possible that Alma has reanimated his corpse."
"Sweet mother of God…I thought you had the situation under control."
"It gets worse, Senator. Fettel has trapped the First Prototype in the remains of Auburn. All rescue attempts have failed thus far."
"We worked so hard…"
"There is one thing, Senator."
"What, more?"
"An operative from F.E.A.R. is making his way through the city, apparently heading for the First Prototype."
"An operative from what?"
"F.E.A.R. You know, the front organization we used to test the Prototype?"
"Oh, them. Just ignore it. Keep trying to recover the Prototype."
"But he's made astonishing progress, sir. We shouldn't rule out the possibility that he might succeed."
"Okay, but we can't leave it up to a guy who thinks he's some kind of paranormal expert to get our man out. You do your part, and we'll wait and see how this what's-it-called – "
"F.E.A.R."
" – handles itself."
"That is what we're good at."
"Letting other people do all the work for us?"
"Yes, sir."
"Of course. This is politics."