In order to answer the question of why Raven was here, one would have to go back in time.

On that day, he was taken away by that strange man while scavenging in the junkyard. He was brought to a certain secret location, where he endured a series of horrific surgeries, one of which was a blank slate consciousness installation procedure, which was normally reserved only for the extremely rich and powerful.

One of those procedures ensured that the strange man had control over his psychic body.

In a rather ironic twist, Raven, who excelled in controlling others, was now at someone else's mercy. Furthermore, the person in control of him was extremely powerful, having planted the most vicious cyberhex in his psychic body, one that was impossible for him to escape from.

At the same time, chips had been planted...