With Karen Parker free and safe, she agrees to help Alex in finding a cure for the infection caused due to the viral outbreak. She requests Alex to retrieve Genetic Material from infected water towers and Hives that had spread across the city. As he approaches one of the towers, the infection level around it starts to increase. Alex backs off from and notices it return to normal. He tries to break the tower from a distance and succeeds in it. After he collects a few samples from the towers, Alex proceeds towards a hive.