After being repelled from Douglas Dire’s mysterious location, the narrator turns his attention to Samantha Jacoby. Inside a secure government facility, two guards investigate a minor alarm, only to stumble upon a horrifying scene—Samantha in the grip of the Shadow Man. His eyes alone incapacitate them, rendering their weapons useless before he forces Samantha to open the vault. As the doors unlock, security scrambles to respond, but it may already be too late.