PC Axel Stone is responding to a distress call on Finch Alley but everything seems to be fine. Seconds later, Axel gets ambushed by masked men with iron bars. Axel attempts to call the police station for back-up, but nobody answers. He soon realises that the people he is being attacked by are corrupt cops, getting revenge for Axel "squealing" on his friends. Later, in a hospital bed, Axel is surrounded by doctors and friends Max Hatchet and Blaze Fielding. Axel had somehow managed to jump into a river and escaped with only bone damage and internal bleeding. Worse still, the doctor has discovered a note in Axel's pocket stating that it's "not over yet". That night, Max accuses Captain Wyndam of being on the "take", like almost every other officer in the precinct. Instead of making a complai