Max and Logan are separated by the virus. Their loneliness compels them to date other people. Meanwhile, a virus is on the rampage in Chinatown. Because there is a rumored transgenic in the area, the public starts to believe that this monster is the source of the illness. In reality, White has asked a scientist to engineer a virus targeted specifically at Manticore's escapees. The death in Chinatown was just a demonstration for White.