When mercenaries attack the Institute, the alpha team has split apart. Making their way through the danger, cut off from their friends, each member must make a sacrifice to stay alive.

The team investigates the death of a pastor in Georgia during the 1950s. While there, Mitch is faced with a choice testing the limits of what the team is allowed to do. Meanwhile, Van Zant breaks into the Institute.

As two new team members join the Institute, we learn more about the mysterious organization. Martin Van Zant investigates the Institute, looking into its inner workings. Van Zant and Recloud's past are investigated.

The team is sent back to World War II to observe a sniper duel featuring one of the greatest snipers of all time, Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Haunted by his past, Max Recloud's mission becomes blurred as he struggles with just observing the past.