GO125, believed to have originated from APM 08279+5255, has broken free from his containment cell deep within the Laboratory's inner core. He is thought to have arrived on Terra during the planet's formation. After the operators and machine army sent to neutralize him were frozen into eternal stasis, the task falls to Louis, Carinae, and Argus: capture or kill GO125. Before the mission begins, the trio waits on standby-playing hide and seek on the rooftop of a funeral home.

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