
During his retreat back into his lab, he detoured to the cafeteria in order to stock up on food, but was confronted by the undead zombie chef Joe and used his axe to pin Joe to the ground. But just as he opened the door and was about to do it, he felt Emily's ghostly presence threaten him and spared him out of fear for his own life. Romero headed to the cell detention block with a fire axe in order to kill the Patient. During this time, the Patient was in a state of mental instability and hysteria due to the events in Nightmare House 1, and Emily was keeping him locked up within that state to ensure he would not fall victim to the Core. The lone survivor of the incident was the lone patient, as his mind protected by Emily via possession. This caused him to initiate phase one of his experiment - an action which unintentionally killed the majority of people within the hospital. Romero believed that the event was linked to the constant visions that he experienced. The individual was brought to Never Lose Hope hospital. In the month of April, he had gotten word of an individual crashing his truck in front of his abandoned house, found with the truck destroyed and the individual critically injured. According to him, Emily continued to haunt him to the point of breakdown.

Romero showed symptoms of paranoia, insomnia, and mental degradation. This machine would also ward off Emily's vengeful spirit to prevent it from killing him.ĭuring his stay, Dr. On May 5th, one of the primary machines he began re-construction on was the Core, a machine that would make its targets succumb to hallucinations capable of killing them. He stayed there for several months, hiding in the shadow of the unaware staff members and patients as well as continuing his experiments. "Apathetically," Romero fled to and took shelter in Never Lose Hope Hospital, a mental institution. In a failed attempt to revive her, he ended up resurrecting her spirit instead. But he accidentally killed her in the process.

At some time, he used his own wife, who was against his methods of experimentation, as a test subject for his experiments.

His status and reputation within the company remains a mystery, but his methods of conducting science were rather unethical and immoral. His profession involved conducting experiments that involved study of the connection concerning the undead, illusions, and possession of the human mind. He was married to Emily Romero for a certain period of time, working as a scientist for an unknown company. Romero's backstory can be found in data logs stationed within his electronic journal.
