The city was still crawling with the infection, the Blacklight infection. Alex Mercer was no where to be found. The infected roamed around, looking for food, looking to infect more and more. The night fell and all those outside where being led inside for safety. The military had made refuges out of normal houses. They equipped them with armored walls and turrets outside. But soon enough, those turrets would be broken. People knew they weren't safe but there was no one to protect them. No one until now…

A large group of humans were running from oncoming hunters and the common infected. One of them tripped and the hunter leapt into the air. Just as he reached the human a burst of electricity hit it. The hunter fell back and looked around confused. The common infected continued running after the humans until the threat was realized. A man in a yellow and black jacket jumped down from a light post. He glared at them as they tried to rush him and then powered something up.

Nearby, a crow was trying to eat something that had died recently. It removed a small portion and then flew off to a bench to relax. The creature that had died was tough to get through with such a small beak. The crow chewed a moment and then lifted his head into the sky. As the bloody tissue fell down its throat, the crow imploded. The tissue absorbed everything that the cow had been made from and then started to rebuild itself. Soon a human-like figure could be seen with pulsing veins and an odd bone structure. After a while of having what looked like a seizer, the creature was complete. Alex Mercer was back. He ran off to the docks and then washed his face with the water. It was clean but a sound distracted him from the pleasure of the nice cool water. He heard screams and so he climbed aboard a boat. The captain looked to him but all Alex had to do was point and he drove off in that direction.

Meanwhile, the man in the yellow and black jacket had taken care of the common infected with a simple attack, using his gigawatt blades. These weren't much, just electric blades against his hands. The hunter roared and a group of ten or more all came running. The man felt a little fear but he braced himself. Then, the pounding footsteps of thousands of infected were all he could hear. It's not over yet…He thought. The infected surrounded him and growled a moment. He could feel a sense that he would probably die in this conflict but then he could hear slashing noises and the sound of this creatures being cut up. It took him a moment but then he could see him. Alex Mercer had made it, he'd cut a path through the infected and then looked up. The two stared a moment and uttered only their names.

"Alex Mercer"

"Cole MacGrath"

The infected grouped up again but Cole powered up a Lighting Storm while Alex began his Tendril Barrage Devastator. They looked to each other a moment then fired. Cole's Lighting Storm struck one half while Alex's Tendrils took the other half. As the infected fell Alex and Cole looked to each other. They circled and then Cole fired a lightning bolt at Alex, but it was stopped by Alex's Blade Arm. They glared at each other and Alex restored his hand to the normal state. Cole didn't back off only continued to circle him.

"They is my site Cole."

"I came to fight, not to make a friend."

"I'm no one's friend."

"What happened to you?"

"I was killed after releasing this virus, and then it took over."

"Mercer…I promised the people I would help them, I'm not letting someone like you get in the way."

"Walk on by me if you dare."

They glared again and then rushed at each other, dashing into the air…

The End…for now.