Chapter 2: Elevator Doors

In 2003, Two years after the events of the first game, Max has been reinstated as a detective in the NYPD. Max is called on to investigate a gunfight at a warehouse owned by Max's old associate Vladimir Lem and discovers the place has been attacked by a group of hitmen called the Cleaners. He encounters Mona Sax, who was presumed dead at the end of the previous game.