He then brings Yassen through the trunk of his car to his Mansion, where he is escorted by Sharkovsky twin bodyguards(Karl and Josef) to Sharkovsky. It is unknown what happen to Dima and his gang but they are never heard of again. After Yassen stabs him with a knife to defend himself, Sharkovsky furiously punches him and knocks him out. However, Sharkovsky with the actress unexpectly returns and catches Yassen in the act.

Whislt Dima and his gang wait outside,Yassen manages enters the house through the window alone and eats the food in the fridge. One Day, One of Dima's gang suggests they turn to burglary, and Yasha forms a plot to rob an actress house, who is a friend of Vladimir Sharkovsky's, having overheard Dementyev talk to Sharkovsky on the phone earlier. Dima has stolen 70 rubles from Yassen, but Yasha knows that the only way he can survive is to live with Dima. Yassen evades the cops and joins a 'gang' led by Dima.

However, instead of helping Yassen, Dementyev contacts the cops, knowing that Yassen is aware of the chemical weapons development. After an intense and long escape and helicopter chase, Yasha managed to take a train to Moscow, where he finds Dementyev in Moscow University. Yassen and his best friend Leo Tretyakov evade both the helicopters and foot soldiers, but Leo perishes from the outbreak. It is believed that Yasha's mother, along with the rest of Estrov, died during the ensuing carnage.

She also tells Yassen to find Misha Dementyev in Moscow, claiming he is a friend. His mother forced him to pack basic rations and to leave Estrov and head for Moscow, moments before gunships from the Russian military arrived to exterminate the village. Yasha's father was fatally shot in the process. Yasha's parents were able to reach their son in time and inject him with an antidote which they had created, thus saving his life. Because of his unwillingness to utilize the properties of the virus for military use, he and his wife were exiled to the remote village of Estrov and forced to create transferable quantities of the virus for the Russian military under the facade of producing pesticide for farmers.Īn accident at the factory caused the outbreak of the virus which infected the whole village within minutes. He always kept the true nature of his job a secret from Yassen.īefore Yassen was born, his father invented a deadlier version of anthrax which was highly contagious - the perfect biological weapon for military use, and which was capable of eliminating enemy troops and even entire villages and cities within days. His father was a researcher of chemical properties and a biologist engaged in research at the University of Moscow.

Yassen (born 'Yasha' Gregorovich) was born in the village of Estrov, in Russia. 3 Escape from Sharkovsky and recruitment to SCORPIA.

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