Ash then stated that if the parasite broke containment and crossed the border into Mexico, the world would be in for a 'long, bad night'. Trace asked Ash if it was contained and was told that while it was for the time being, the parasite was adapting faster than they could track. Ash was on a video call with Doc who used an infected severed arm to show how the parasite mutated to 'create monsters'. Tachanka later arrived at the site with Thermite and the pair entered Ash's tent. At the request of Eliza 'Ash' Cohen, Aurelia 'Six' Arnot sent Tachanka, Jordan 'Thermite' Trace, and Gustave 'Doc' Kateb to meet Ash at a command center outside of the city and initiate Operation Chimera. Those infected by the parasite began to be known as 'Roaches'. Over the next ten days, the parasite infected the majority of the town's population though government officials were able to successfully contain it for the time being. In February 2018, a mysterious alien Parasite dubbed the 'Chimera virus' was unleashed on the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.
