my name is Gordan and I was a simple man trying to survive in a world where the Mercer virus was raging its war against all of Manhattan. I decided to go on top of the roof tops one day and contemplate about the fate of Manhattan when I suddenly heard a loud noise behind me, like someone just fell out of a plane and landed behind me. I quickly turned around to see a man in a leather jacket and he was staring at me with his piercing blue eyes. He looked like he had an intention to kill with those eyes, I couldn't move cause I was terrified about what he would do to me if I ran. All of sudden he lifted me of the ground and spoke towards me. His voice was cold, menacing, but had meaning behind them.
"I want to create a new human race, one devoid of selfishness, a perfect start, and your going to help".
He jabbed my shoulder with his hand and I saw his hand puncture my shoulder and left a wound in it! Then I saw tendrils move across his arm towards my shoulder and then I felt a pain that felt like a living thing was moving inside my body! He dropped me to the ground where I began gasping for air. He spoke to me as I was deflating my lungs,
"I have infected you with my strain of the Mercer virus and you will see why the human race needs a new start, a new breed of human that is perfect and selfless and you will help bring that dream come to life, find me on this same rooftop when you feel ready to join me". Then he left just as soon as he arrived.
I was in pain on the roof of a building, "Am I going to die" I constantly thought. The pain began to subside and I had finally regained my composure after what felt like a half hour of rasping. When I got on my feet I felt different, almost as if my body was fully recharged after so many years of emptiness. I started to think what the man said about "starting a new breed" I came to the conclusion, that the infection he gave to me is the solution to his problem. At first I thought "No fucking way" but as I thought about it he seemed more correct about everything. He was right about humanity being selfish, especially at a time like this.
After 2 days of thinking I decided that I would join the man. I waited on the same rooftop for a few hours then I saw the man appear again. He revealed that his name was Alex Mercer, he told me the first step to perfection is to sabotage blackwatch and gentek. He grabbed my shoulder again and transfused another thing to me and I could feel my arms morph slowly into a set of claws, the pain was more bearable then last time. "I need you to use the weapons I have given you and get the soldiers attention while I get into their base". I asked
"how do you suppose I do that I can't just walk to their base, I'll get massacred!"
He chuckled and began talking in his sinister way again "No, I want you to go to those shelters they set up and wreak havoc on the people there, the nearby officers will call for backup, giving me time to infiltrate their base nearby". At first I thought the plan sounded good but then I realized something, what about the civilians?
"Are you asking me to kill innocent people?" I exclaimed,
"INNOCENT these people care only for themselves and couldn't give a rats ass about anyone here"! I couldn't believe what i was hearing I can understand taking the lives of those who deserved it, but taking ones who didn't deserve it... it was animalistic.
"No" I heard myself say quietly,
"WHAT!" I could hear more confusion then anger in his voice.
"I am not taking the lives of innocent people",
he looked at me for a second then said in a mocking tone
"fine if you won't do it then your just prey like the rest of them".
I knew that I was going to die on the spot, but he just left like that. I decided that I should morph to my regular arms and get the hell off of this god forsaken rooftop. A couple of normal days went by, nothing happened then I encountered a street performer playing a saxophone. I stopped to listen, I had always enjoyed the company of the street performers, as little as they are in this huge city. While listening i noticed a blackwatch soldier scanning civilians as he walked by them.I remembered that I was infected by Mercer, I tried to walk away slowly from him. He saw me and asked for me to stop right where I was "I need to do a mandatory scan of all civilians in the area, please stand still". If I ran he would shoot if I didn't he would shoot so I tried to think of something on the spot. I decided the best course of action was to wait and see. He scanned me and then I heard 3 beeps escape the device he held. He began to call for some others to "evacuate me out of the premise" I knew that meant take me somewhere to shoot me in the head.
Fearing for my life I tried to fight but he grabbed my left arm, so using my right I attempted to punch him but instead of knocking him back like I intended... My fist went through his skull and left the other side of his head. My hand was coated in his blood. Then something truly terrifying happened! My body began to absorb his, I WAS EATING HIM, and as I was doing so I gained a flood of new memory's I had never seen before. I remembered seeing memory's of this mans life, his childhood, his college years, and his family. If it wasn't for the fact that another 5 soldiers rounded the corner I would've broken down crying.
one of them was mumbling into a headpiece and said "call in a swat helicopter confirmed of Mercer's site!". They thought I was Alex, the man who I have to blame for this! My first instinct that I followed was to run, I pushed past the soldiers and kept running. Bullets flew by me my first observation was that they had the aim of a storm trooper. Then I realized that I was that I was picking up speed, and quickly. When I thought I lost the soldiers I heard the wind being whipped around from the blades of a helicopter that was flying behind me.
I had no idea what was happening anymore, I was running at a speed that could rival a cheetah while being chased by an attack helicopter. Not even two minutes ago I was listening to a street performer. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED I was thinking as I barreled down the street. Then I saw an object pass my eyes ITS A FUCKING ROCKET was the first thought that came to mind, the rocket exploded a few feet in front of me and I launched backwards flying away from the direction I was heading. My head was facing towards the helicopter cause I can feel the wind being pushed by the blades, then I heard a terrifying noise. The sound of the helicopters machine guns revving up! Please let it be quick I thought in my head, another thought that came was what if it hurt, I dismissed that thought as soon as I realized that it would be over before I felt anything. I was ready for it and then I saw a white flash of light from the explosions of gunpowder from the machine guns.
