A renowned biologist, Alex Hawkins is now on the run from a sinister international cabal.

Dr. Ernst Kelso is the founder of the Combine and the creator of the Z-Kron microbe. A charismatic scientist with intense, hypnotic eyes, he has always worked at the bleeding edge of biological research, testing the boundaries of ethics and legality.

Megan Reilly is a very adorable waitress who, after a chance encounter with Alex, ends up in the midst of his struggle to stop the Combine and Dr. Kelso’s designer microbe.

The Combine is a sinister biotech organization led by Dr. Ernst Kelso. It was under his direction that the deadly Z-Kron microbe was created.