Dr. Lester Horvath, the head of the International Humanitarian Aid Foundation, tells his story. The foundation is run by Cobra, as a means of recruiting operatives. Potentials are given a test he developed, called the Lome test, which ranks them on their abilities to be leaders on a scale of 1-8. It was developed based on the theories of Albert Lome, a serial killer. He discovers a man named Michael Monk. He recruits him.