Disclaimer: I do not own Prototype.
Note: set post-game
Humpty Dumpty
Alex collapsed heavily against the thin door, scrabbling blindly for the knob as he held himself together through sheer willpower. Finding the cold metal, he turned it automatically and stumbled into the apartment, barely managing not to land flat on the floor. "Dana," he croaked.
Losing his balance, he sagged against a wall, putting a hand up to brace himself. The hand shimmered, flickering into red and black strands of biomass that yearned to fall away into chaos.
"Dana!" Alex forced his hand into coherence.
Still bleary from sleep, Dana emerged from her room. "I'm up, I'm up, what's the – Ohmygod! Alex!" Dana rushed to his side, then stopped short, indecision plain on her face. "What-?"
Alex made the decision for her, pushing heavily off from the wall and all but collapsing onto Dana. "Bathroom," he managed, feeling his insides start to rebel in earnest.
Turning a deaf ear to her questions, Alex helped as much as he could, pushing himself forward sporadically as Dana all but dragged him into the small bathroom. "Fuck, you're heavy," she grit out as they made it. "Wait, are you running a fever?"
With one last heave, Alex made it to the bathtub and flipped the toggle to close the drain.
He hoped for a fleeting second that Dana's goodwill was as strong as she thought it was, because she was about to have her nose rubbed in the fact that he was far from human. Alex Mercer's physical form dissolved into pure biomass as the Blacklight virus fought desperately to eject the new acid/antivirus/poison Blackwatch had managed to tranq him with. Mental coherence dissolved a moment later, and Alex knew no more.