William Rush

"I'm Captain Rush from the Joint Intelligence Division. I'm investigating the weapons trafficking just like you guys."

- William Rush, introducing himself to Giorgio Bruno and Evan Bernard Captain William Rush is a character and one of the three main heroes debuted in Time Crisis 4. He is an American man of Irish descent and the member of U.S. Internal Surveillance Group's Special Operations Division.

Play
In arcade mode, Captain Rush guides the player to help assist the investigation through the terrorist threat with the Hamlin Battalion. If the player has 80 or less machine gun rounds while fighting Beetled Terror Bites, Rush will give 80 machine gun rounds. This does not happen in stage 2-1/chapter 8 when they first appear but happens in the 4th screen battle. At the start of stage 3-3 in arcade mode or chapter 15 in story mode, the player will receive a maximum of 3 stacks of Rush's machine gun ammunition totaling 297 machine gun ammunition. The amount of machine gun ammunition received is based on player's remaining machine gun ammunition. Regardless, Rush will always give machine gun ammunition to full load (297 to 300) unless the player's machine gun ammunition is at maximum capacity. Rush has strong durability as proven in stage 2-3 of the arcade mode or story mode's chapter 10. Despite sustaining many physical injuries and one electrocution injuries due to his weak offense when brawling Jack Mathers, a boss who has complete advantage over Rush in terms of physical ability, he is able to deliver a finishing uppercut to Mathers, effectively killing him.

Story
Rush comes from a long line of military-oriented families who pledged allegiance to the United States (his late father is a Lieutenant General). As a West Point Military Academy Graduate, Rush defined his own character on the battlefield as an important asset of the U.S. special forces. Throughout his service in the U.S. Army, Rush has served in Delta company and Task Force 11. Also, he is responsible for taking down a group of rogue U.S. Marines who has sided with a South American drug cartel. Serving as a member of the U.S. Internal Surveillance Group's Special Operations Division, his patriotism and loyalty to his country is considered to be second-to-none personality although he can be stubborn and emotionless at times.

Rush is called by his superiors Lieutenant General Larry Garfield and Brigadier General David Maxwell to investigate a hideout used by an European terrorist organization called W.O.L.F. (Western Order Liberation Front). The group is after a top secret military weapon, but the U.S. Army's Internal Surveillance Group (ISG) is unable to discern the weapon the terrorists are after or whom their contact is, leading the ISG to suspect that it is an inside job. After infiltrating the terrorist hideout in Pier 5, California, Rush discovers that the terrorists have already acquired the top secret weapon and from the handset device obtained from the defeated terrorist leader, they are going to have a weapon trade-off in the afternoon at San Francisco. After being told by Elizabeth Conway about an information leak incident at the airport, Rush heads to the airport to help V.S.S.E. agents Giorgio Bruno and Evan Bernard before advancing further to stop a truck shipment of Terror Bites and defeat all enemies, They discovered U.S. Army dog tags on the enemies' bodies which reveal that the terrorists are soldiers like Rush himself.

Back at the ISG headquarters, Rush questions his superiors about the identity of the soldiers he had defeated. Lieutenant General Garfield tells Rush that they are from the Biological Weapons Special Operations Unit, or known as the Hamlin Battalion. Soon after, Rush is forced to thwart the enemies' plot to occupy Dam #18 in California alone (Brigadier General Maxwell refused to allow the U.S. military to be sent because the V.S.S.E, by extension of other countries, will get involved should the methods used to thwart the enemies' plot get out of hand. This will cause the reputation of the U.S. military to be at stake). Though he succeeded in thwarting the enemies' plot, it is nothing more than a distraction so that the main unit could steal a large number of Terror Bites from a military research facility. Also, the occupation leader, Frank Mathers, has destroyed the dam, causing Rush to consider deploying a military unit. The deployment is rejected by Brigadier General Maxwell who fears that the existence of the Hamlin Battalion will be made public. Rush then requested for the assistence of the V.S.S.E. agents. The request is accepted after Lieutenant General Garfield assured Brigadier General Maxwell that he will take full responsibility for his actions.

While heading to the military research facility in Wyoming, the helicopter is shot down by anti-air missiles, forcing Rush and the V.S.S.E. agents to travel by foot through a cave and a national park to reach the research facility. By the time the enemies along with their leader, Jack Mathers, are defeated, the Terror Bites are already gone. Elizabeth Conway then tells the men that the Hamlin Battalion attacked Buckley Air Force Base near Aurora, Colorado, prompting the men to rush to the base. As Rush, Giorgio, and Evan invade there from the outside, a couple of Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs) departed the base without warning. The Colorado National Guard has already been deployed but is little help against the Terror Bites, so Rush decides to lead the Guardsmen toward an entrance. While advancing inside the base, Rush re-encounters the V.S.S.E agents who have earlier defended themselves from Wild Dog (who used a grappling gun to snare the helicopter in an attempt to crash it into a tower) and landed their helicopter safely. While moving along, Elizabeth Conway informs that Wild Dog is inside the base. The V.S.S.E. agents decide to go after the mercenary, leaving Rush and the National Guard soldiers to go on a different route. While Rush defeats more enemies inside the base, Wild Fang, who has installed a tractor-beam device onto his right leg, challenges him to a man-to-man fight. The fight ends with Rush defeating Wild Fang, knocking him into the path of a UCAV.

With Wild Fang defeated, Rush and the National Guard soldiers arrive at the lowest section of the base, defeating more enemies. After Gregory Barrows blows up the stairs that lead to the control panel, Rush orders the National Guard soldiers to form a human ladder for the V.S.S.E agents to climb up. After Barrows is defeated, he gives the V.S.S.E agents the final lift needed to get to the control panel to stop the UCAVs from destroying the country.