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"The Electric Vampire" Versus "The Human Swiss Knife"

On a stage

The streets were filled with dead bodies and abandoned vehicles. The occasional crow would scavenge the dead bodies but would leave once disturbed. The buildings nearby were also abandoned and range from second stories to skyscrapers.

Two figures stood at the end of each one, the distance being around 20 meters.

One of them was hunched over leaning on a dead body. Their hand was pressed on them and a green echo only visible to him was appearing. Wearing only simple casual track pants and a grey white shirt and a sling bag, the only thing odd about that man was an odd baton like weapon on his back. He got up and wiped the sweat off his shaved forehead, having just used psychic vision to discover the murderers of everything around.

He is Cole MacGrath, the electric vampire. One of the strongest conduits in existence. He has saved the world once, at the cost of his death. But now he is alive…

The other one was wearing a set of casual clothes, the only thing noticeable around him is the hoodie he was wearing. His face was obscured and it was clear that he was grinning under that piece of headwear. He was tapping his feet on the ground with his hands on his pockets, seemingly without a car from the world.

This is Alex Mercer, codenamed Zeus. A one-man army feared by anyone. He has saved Manhattan from a nuclear bomb once and somehow survived. Now he is here…

"So you're Zeus?" Cole cracked his neck as he sized up Alex. His voice was barely audible, but loud enough to be heard from afar. "Yeah, somehow I feel like I should be the one with that nickname."

"I don't get what's so bad about the Demon of Empire City," Mercer replied casually. "Then again, I don't really care. Are you here to try and kill me too?"

"Would you consider yourself a threat to the world, Virus?"

"Don't know electric man, it's all about the matter of perspective," Alex shrugged.

"But you have some information I need. So it doesn't really matter if you're going to kill me or not. I will find out about this First Son Organization and how they're helping BLACKWATCH and Academy City. So prepare yourself Cole MacGrath."

"See this is exactly why I need to take down threats," Cole assumed a combat stance. "So are you the actual Beast Kessler warned me about, Alex Mercer."

They both said each other's names with such distaste. The killing intent in the area has increased dramatically afterwards.

"Well let's see how I can work out what powers you have."

"Don't turn to ash so easily."

The Wheel Of Fate Is Turning

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[OST – inFAMOUS – Meet the Reapers]

Cole immediately raised his right hand and began firing electric bolts. These ones were small but quite fast in size. Mercer was hit by the first few bolts and he began running in a zig zag pattern to dodge them. Although the alpha bolts homed in and struck Mercer, he still continued his assault.

They were a meter away from each other when Cole stopped firing. He jabbed his amp forward striking Alex, making a loud noise as the electric baton struck. Mercer was stunned by the first hit, mostly from the electricity as the blunt part of the attack was useless. He was hit again this time by a swing and was forced to jumped away, high up in the air. Before Cole contemplate what happened Mercer travelled towards Cole and struck a kick. Another kick sent Cole careening a few meters away. But he quickly got up and began firing bolts again.

"Who the hell is this guy? And how the hell does he do that?" They both muttered at the same time.

At the continuous attack Mercer jumped up again. This time he hovered a bit in the air the same stance as before, about to drop kick. This one would be a charged kick, enough to destroy a helicopter.

Cole noticed the stance and suddenly stopped firing. Just as Mercer delivered a karate kick, the conduit rolled away. The moment the two recovered Cole began running away, occasionally looking back to shoot out bolts in semi bursts. Although the distance between them was increasing, the bolts struck Mercer constantly until he began running to the side, barely dodging the rest. He was heading for a nearby corpse while Cole was heading for a lamp post.

After a few more volley of artillery bolts, the conduit absorbed the energy from the lamp post and turned around again. In a few seconds he was fully energized again. And Mercer was on his feet too, not too injured by the attack. He did lose a good portion of his critical biomass. He had just consumed a corpse and regained a small portion of his critical mass.

And man there was something different too. Mercer's arms were much more larger now, not too large but it was clear that some change has entered. Mercer sprinted towards Cole, at a much faster speed this time and the conduit backed away firing strong magnum bolts, these ones leaving a lasting burn.

The distance was closed and Mercer swung his fists, Cole dodging the first swing by a roll. But as fast as he got away Mercer got close and sent out an uppercut. Cole managed to move back to lessen the impact, however was still hit. This attack flung Cole a good several meters away, and normally this would've killed any normal human. Cole was no normal human. He had survived being caught by a hand made of magma, toxic missiles, and giant mutants attacks. By now was already back on his feet, with only a trickle of blood on his lips and only a slight blur in his sight.

"You're going to regret ever messing with me," Alex stated, loud enough for Cole to hear. He pulled up a nearby projectile, a concrete slab of rock, preparing for a throw. This time Cole only shot a magnum bolt at Mercer's face to disorient him and then began sprinting away.

A good few minutes later a hefty grunt was heard and Cole turned around. A large concrete slab was heading towards him from the air. He pushed his hands forward and an almost invisible wall of electricity knocked it away. Cole resumed running afterwards. Mercer was only surprised by that for a half second. He picked up another projectile, a car, and began sprinting, slowly catching up.

Cole heard Mercer's loud footsteps and turned around. The vehicle that was thrown at him was quickly deflected by a shockwave. The car crashed on a nearby building close by before falling as a piece of scrap, an inaudible 'my car' from a principal was heard. The conduit was suddenly assaulted by a tackle from Mercer, having thrown it while getting close. Mercer raised Cole and prepared to consume, but as he tried to, his tendrils and fists were being electrocuted. The conduit's body was filled with electricity!

Cole already noticed that Mercer's grip was loose after being stunned. So with a sudden kick, imbued with electricity, the conduit forced Mercer to release him and was already running away. Just like amp, the electricity did more damage than the blunt force. Cole decided that he needed to keep his range from the virus, as his strength was to be feared. The virus let out roar of frustration and gave chase. Only to be sent tumbling to the ground by a shockwave.

By the time he was up, the conduit was already gone from his sight, not in the streets anymore. Cole had escaped in one of the alleyways, probably to move to a better location. Mercer's arms began shifting into the familiar weapon as he leaned on one of the corpses scattered. But how was he going to track an electric man who was hiding from him?

Oh wait, thermal vision detects heat. Electricity produces heat.

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Cole got up the building fast; his parkour skills, although not as mobile as Mercer's way of movement, was not to be underestimated. After having just climbed a building, he was already on top of a second much higher building. As he got up, Cole let out a radar pulse and immediately detected a certain diseased body.

"Not even an electric pulse but full of moving internal… things," Cole faced a certain direction just as a thump was heard. The virus had just ran up the wall from a nearby building and was heading towards him. Cole tossed out a small white orb just as Mercer landed on the edge. He slowed to a stop at and stared at the stationary white orb for a moment, then suddenly dive rolled away from it. The shock grenade detonated only slightly affecting Mercer's balance, he did survive Green's green orb attacks after all.

Cole wasted no time and began shooting lightning bolts again, the streams of bolt homing in on the virus. Mercer grunted at the first volley as his skin was melting but began sprinting at Cole blade ready. He slashed fast. Cole rolled away just as fast. A second slash was attempted and missed again and the conduit dropped a pair of shock grenades near Mercer. Stream of bolts pelted him again. Mercer chose to wisely back flip away, the blasts almost catching him.

Cole had already leapt away, climbing on a nearby fire escape. He was only there for five seconds before he noticed a shadow appear beside him. Cole leapt away as Mercer crashed on the rusty pathway, crumbling as it received the blade's attack. Cole launched out a few magnum bolts before heading up. He didn't finish as Alex, who have suddenly dashed while in midair and grabbed Cole in midair. The virus dropped towards the ground, clinging tightly to the conduit and preparing to slam him to the ground. The constant electrocution was burning up Mercer's arms but he can make it with this attack. Then the stream of bolts came to his face.

Only when about two meters away, Mercer was pushed away by some sort of invisible force. The conduit's shockwave sent Mercer floating upwards, reversing gravity. While the virus was pushed off against the attack, Cole had fallen to the ground. But he survived the fall with not much damage, and was back up. Cole shot a few artillery bolts before running away, only a few seconds before Alex can figure out what happened. For now he needed to move somewhere more distant.

He let out a radar pulse but detected that Mercer was, moving away? Cole drained a nearby car before letting off another one. Where was the virus heading? Cole shook his thoughts off and instead ran towards Mercer. He only needed to keep his distance. Not abandon Mercer. Who knows how much more damage he'll cause.

He has to defeat him. One way or another.

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I've noticed Cole MacGrath and Alex Mercer always paired up on debates…

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This battle would truly define what will happen in a fight between them.