A.N: Yes I know the title sucks but I made this at 11:30 P.M. Also I do welcome criticism of all kinds (that are not abusuve). Please enjoy this story

Prologue

New York Zero

Yellow Zone

A lone figure sat perched atop a building in New York's Yellow Zone. With a black leather jacket and a hood draped over his face, this man was easily recognized as Alex Mercer. Mercer, the man who gave New York a taste of hell one year ago and who decided to give it some more hell. While the "official" story was that Blackwatch was in control, Blackwatch knew Mercer was really the one in charge. The one thing Blackwatch didn't expect though was Mercer outside of his safe zone: The Red Zone, A.K.A Manhattan. Mercer looked down from the roof, smirking. "Let's give em a scare." He thought, letting himself fall from the top of the building. Alex knew from experience that he wouldn't be hurt from the fall and moreover the higher the drop, the bigger the impact. He hit the ground with a SMASH and the people who didn't get flung from the impact ran in total fear. Alex looked around and frowned. No Blackwatch troops, not even the Marines. "This isn't going to be that fun then." He mumbled before concentrating his biomass into in right arm, picturing a whip in his mind. His arm changed in a flurry of tendrils, forming his beloved Whipfist. He cracked it like he once saw in an old adventure movie and flung it at the nearest person, smirking as he heard the distinctive sound of a person being sliced in two. A woman screamed and started to run around the corner. She didn't get very far before Alex saw her and sliced her as well. He walked around the corner, stepping over the woman's corpse and smiled. It wasn't a happy smile, more of an evil smile. The civilians were still running but had no idea were he was. And he could use that to have some fun. Focusing his biomass, he changed into the last scientist he consumed and started walking, blending in with the civilians. As he casually walked down the sidewalk, he noticed a Blackwatch checkpoint was ahead. Many panicking people were trying to get past the checkpoint but Blackwatch troops fired their weapons in the air, trying to regain control of the situation. Alex took this opportunity to walk up behind a soldier and "bump" into him. Just as he expected, the trooper turned around. "Hey nerd, watch it." He said, giving Alex a shove. " You better get the fuck out of here before all these lab rats go even more ape shit. They're acting like they saw a fucking Hunter here or something." He shrugged and before he could do anything else, Alex grabbed his head and snapped his neck. He almost sighed as he felt the familiar feeling of Blackwatch trooper biomass forming with his. Alex caught the soldier's gun before it clattered onto the pavement as the transformation finished, leaving Mercer in the place of the Blackwatch troop. Alex winced slightly as the memories flashed through his mind, all not important besides reinforcing some of the atrocities Blackwatch commits. He moved on from the checkpoint, the Blackwatch troops to busy to notice him. He charged his biomass to his legs when he was out of sight and shot up to a building's roof. As he scanned the area, he took notice of a viral scanning checkpoint that Blackwatch set up around their bases. The area itself didn't grab his attention but what was happening down at it.

A line of people were standing in front of a Gentek scientist as he waived a viral detector past the person in the head of
the line before waving him through. Not far from the front stood standing a boy of about 19 and a 15-year-old girl. The girl looked nervous but the boy kept assuring her it would be fine. "Would you just calm down Annette? All we have to do is stand with our arms out and wait for them to wave us through." "I'm not worried about that Zack." The girl named Annette said. "I'm worried about if those Blackwatch soldiers take a "liking" to me." "I won't let that happen." Zack said reassuringly. "Nobody touches my sister." Annette nodded and looked forward. A bit later it was finally their turn. Zack went first and was waved through. When Annette's turn came up, a soldier stopped the scientist. "I think I need to more closely examine this girl." He said with a very unnerving tone. Annette's face dropped and all color faded. "Hey!" Zack called. "You are not doing that! She is my sister and you'll have to go through me first." "Oh really?" The soldier said in mock shock. "Fine my me pretty boy." The Blackwatch trooper swung his rifle but in a thrusting motion and hit Zack in the side of the temple. Zack staggered but maintained his footing and threw an uppercut into the soldier's stomach. The trooper fell backwards, rolled to the side and stood back up, throwing down his gun and drew a combat knife. "Well that's fucking fair" Zack thought as the soldier lunged at him. Zack reacted with moves that he never even knew he had. He grabbed the wrist of the trooper and twisted his arms, hearing the crack of the trooper's wrist. He then pushed his left arm towards the soldier's elbow and heard a loud SNAP and the trooper yell in pain. As Zack kicked the soldier to the ground, he looked up to see 5 Blackwatch troops surround him, all guns locked on him. "Commander, we have a hostile civy in sector 2-9. Has taken down Jenkins and broken his arm. Orders?" A soldier asked into his radio. Zack couldn't hear what came back but judging by the way they cocked their guns, it wasn't good. Suddenly, a Blackwatch officer appeared behind them and the troops saluted. The officer ignored them and looked at Zack. He was bleeding down the side of his temple and had dirt covering his AC/DC shirt and blue jeans. "I will take this boy in myself for questioning. Disregard what your commander said." His voice radio hissed. The soldiers made a path for him and one of them stood Zack up on his feet rather harshly. The officer turned to Jenkins. "You should be ashamed of yourself Jenkins for letting yourself be beaten my a simple civilian. Report to the infirmary. I'll have a talk with your squad leader. As for you," He said, turning to Zack. "come with me."

The officer lead Zack back through some alleys and onto a roof, after making sure Annette got though okay, where he stopped and turning to him. Before Zack could say anything, a swarm of tendrils engulfed the officer and he transformed into Alex Mercer himself. Zack turned wide-eyed and the color drained from his face. "Hello Zack." Mercer said to him in an almost friendly tone. "What the hell do you want from me?" Zack asked, somehow managing to keep his cool. "I want you to join me. Plain and simple. I saw how you stood up to Blackwatch for your sister. I seek to destroy Blackwatch and Gentek. You may just be the person I need." "I don't know. I don't want to turn into one of those freaks that roam Manhattan." Zack said. "Don't worry. You won't. I'll give you my version of the virus so you can stop Blackwatch in this area. They're experimenting on the civilian population, putting them in cages with infected for hours at a time." He said, then he held out his hand. "Join me and make a real fucking difference in this world." Zack hesitated but finally took Mercers hand in his. Immediately he felt pain like no other and he wanted to scream, yell out but something prevented him. The last thing he saw before he blacked out from the swarm of pain and tendrils was Mercer's clawed hand stab right into his chest.

It took him 2 days to wake up.

A.N: Yes I know kinda short but I will make them longer. Please review, I love hearing what you guys think.

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