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Max Payne: The unknown story

Previously on Max Payne Max Payne: "I am Max Payne. My wife and daughter were murdered. It had something to do with the designer drug 'V.' I transferred from the NYPD to the DEA, went undercover to find their killers. I got too close. I was framed for murder. With nothing to lose, I went after the Mafia during the worst winter storm in a century. "My first stop was Vinnie Gognitti , low-life in the habit of taking his frustrations out on underaged call girls. I left him bleeding in an alley after I'd gotten what I wanted out of him. I met Mona Sax in a gothic nightclub, Ragna Rock. She was a hired killer. We were after the same man. Her sister's sadistic husband. I was drawn to her for all the wrong reasons. I made a deal with Vladimir Lem. The Russian was a smooth operator. He helped me get to the mob boss I was after, but I was in over my head. The government was involved. "A mystery man called Alfred Woden told me the name of my real enemy: Nicole Horne. Woden and Horne were both members of a secret society, the Inner Circle. She was behind 'V,' behind everything. While working for the D. A. my wife had accidentally seen papers that incriminated Horne. Woden promised to take care of the charges against me if I took Horne out. "Deputy Chief Jim Bravura of the NYPD was trailing me by the empty shell casings that I left behind. Gunshots made me deaf to the sirens, but they couldn't drown the sobs of my dead wife. Mona sided with me against Horne. She took a bullet for that. Her body disappeared behind closing elevator doors. I killed Horne. I gave myself up to the police. I had enough evidence against Woden to know that he'd keep his promise. I lied to myself that it was over. I was still alive, my loved ones were still dead. It wasn't over".

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The Prologue

When I woke up from my slumber, I was in a hospital lying on the bed of an ICU. My body was severly bruised as if I had just fought a battle between life and death. There were about 4-5 bullets stuck inside my body. There was a feeling of dizziness which kept me troubled all the time. There was no one around. No doctor no nurse no patient no living creature whose presence I could feel. It was an absolutely deserted and lonely place. I thought that I had to get out of there as soon as possible. Somehow I mustered courage and started moving towards the lobby. There was a cupboard. I checked it out and found about 4 painkillers which were enough to keep me on my feet. It was a kind of maze and I got lost in there. After a lot of time, I found an emergency room. I entered it and to my horror, I found a dead body lying there and a 9mm pistol was kept aside. I began to investigate the body and collect valuable information. Just then a man in a black defensive suit came up and stood beside the other side of the door. He was on a phone and I was sure he was talking about someone's murder. As soon as he saw me, he took out a desert eagle and was just about to shoot me. Little did he realize that my reflexes were much faster than his reflexes and before he even loaded his pistol, I had shot him dead. Immediately I left the room and then strange memories started getting in my mind. Firstly about Mona Sax, my partner in detective department. Then Vladimir Lem, the one who was my enemy in disguise of a friend. As I was walking further, I found an elevator and used it to move down. There I encountered Jim Bravura, the main head of my department. He asked, " Max, what were you doing? What happened out there? You have killed Winterson." Winterson was my teammate in my department. Those false claims that Bravura put on me, even I did not have any answers to it. Just then another man in the same black suit that I met moments ago, started shooting on Bravura with an ingram. Bravura was dead. I immediately pressed the elevator buttons to close it's doors but it was too late. There was a bomb nearby which exploded by the continuous firing of ingram. I fell down but saved myself somehow. There I met Winterson in the Emergency room. He was dead. I was a murderer!!!