Rainbow operatives Logan Keller, Gabriel Nowak and Kan Akahashi are on a mission in a Mexican border town, assisted by intelligence officer Joanna Torres and pilot Brody Lukin. Their objective is to arrest Irena Morales, a terrorist ringleader. As the team reaches its landing zone in a helicopter, Logan fast-ropes down first but is separated from his group.

Bishop leads his/her team on a botched hostage rescue operation in which a Rainbow hostage negotiator is killed due to one of his/her team members, Gabriel Nowak, defying orders by opening fire before additional Rainbow operatives arrive.