Carl's life started out fairly normal. He was born is Vancouver but moved to Boston at a very young age due to his fathers work, nothing out of the ordinary, That was until shortly after his ninth birthday. On an ordinary day while walking home after school, Carl was kidnapped, a man simply jumped out, grabbed him and threw him in a van before driving off. The kidnappers demands where simple, give him $500'000, he would return Carl whether he got the money or not, the money just affect how many pieces Carl would be in when he was returned.