As the U.S. teeters on the brink of economic collapse, the harshness of reality rushes in at a hostile pace.
Marchessa and her father are severed from the experimental program that woke Marchessa from her comatose state of being, a choice they were forced to make to stop them from imprisoning Spencer for a crime he didn't commit.
In the meantime, the grip of government experimentation grows stronger, kept hidden from concern and public scrutiny, secure under lock and key.