What is the meaning of love - chapter 1

"Love is just a chemical we give it meaning." - Eleanor

I was just a mercenary on the surface trying to get by with little to no work. Then a man named Andrew Ryan came to me and said "I offer you a chance to be something better than this.". I asked "What do you mean." Ryan said "While the parasite takes what it wants you sit here poor and starving I can change that.". I took his offer and regretted it my whole life.

He took me to a city underwater he said it was called rapture. I asked why call it something that has to do with the end of humanity. "Because this city was made to bring freedom to people so the parasite does not have power. And to give man a choice to change." I just shook my head not really caring about what he said as long as I get paid I'll work at a volcano.

"If you sign this you will have everything this city can offer." Ryan said with a suspicious smile. "What is it?" I asked "Your future, now are you a man or a parasite.". "Well I am no parasite." I said with confidence "Good now this now sign this paper.". I signed it and as soon as I put the last letter of my name on the paper three men grabbed me and knocked me out.

I woke up strapped down on a metal bed "What the HELL IS GOING ON.". Just then Ryan came through the door with a doctor holding a syringe looking thing filled with a black substance. "Ryan what is going on? Why am strapped to this bed?" I asked. "You volunteered to undergo a new plasmid." Ryan said while standing over top of me "What the hell are plasmids and when did I volunteer for anything.". "Well first it was on that paper you signed that in order for you to do what you want in the city you will do what experimental tests we want. And secondly plasmids are substances that change your DNA to give you power like you have never imagined before.

With that the doctor injected me with the black plasmid. For a second nothing happened the most excruciating pain I have ever felt was coursing through my entire body. "AAAAAHHHHH! Mother of lord and Jesus Christ this hurts like hell!" I yelled to the top of my lungs. "Well I would say the procedure was a success." said the unnamed doctor.

A couple of days passed I did not feel any different though, they gave me a new name hunter. They kept me in a solitary confined room didn't know why though. "On your feet hunter you will report to Ryan's office immediately." said the same doctor over the intercom.

Just then the doors opened and a soldier came in and grabbed my arm and took me to Ryan's office.

"Well how do you feel hunter." Ryan asked. "To be honest pretty lonely I thought you said I could do what I wanted in this city." I said. "We needed to make sure you were well suited with the new plasmid before we let you out. Anymore questions?" Ryan said. I shook my head "Ok now, Sergei will accompany you to make sure nothing hurts you. Because you have the only mutant plasmid coursing through your veins." Ryan said.

Ryan dismissed me and Sergei so we went to the nearest circus of value to get some hop up cola. "Hey Sergei do you know what the mutant plasmid does?" I asked. "It changes your body composition to anything you want. Like you can be super strong or flexible."Sergei said. We walked down all the way to arcadia to get some fresh air from the trees. "Hey Sergei what is that metal thing." I asked. "It's a big daddy, they protect little sisters from anything."Sergei explained. "What are little sisters and why do they need protecting?" I asked. About thirty minutes later Sergei was done explaining the whole big daddy little sister bond and crap.

Just a little later a group of deformed men with pistols attacked arcadia. "What the hell is happening Sergei." I asked. "We are under attack." Sergei said. Just then the intercoms came on with Ryan yelling trying to take control of the situation. "We should get out of here." I said. After I said that the Rosie big daddy let out a whale like call and started killing the deformed men left and right. "Well I do say that the big daddy is handling this better than Ryan is." I said. "WAAAAAAHHHHH!" the big daddie let out a big moan before hitting the floor. "No mister bubbles!" cried the little sister. "Give us that Adam ya little brat!" said the most deformed attacker. 'Boom' I found myself holding a twelve gauge shotgun with smoke coming out of it. "You get AWAY FROM HER YOU DEFORMED FREAKS OF NATURE!" I said rushing towards the little sister. I grabbed a piece of broken glass and shoved it in the attacker eye killing him there was three more to go. I shot some random gas keg an killed one and burned another. Shot the not burning attacker in the head and the one that was on fire ran right at me Sergei shot it with his Tommy gun.

I walked over to the crying little sister, she for some reason let me pick her up. "You are my new mister bubbles." the little sister said. She hugged my neck and wrapped her legs around my waist. I held her back not wanting to touch her bottom. "Not even three hours of being outside and you already make a new friend." Sergei snickered. "Well I wasn't going to let them kill her." I said. We ran back to the bathesphere to go back to Ryan's office and report what happened.

"What do you mean it happened out of nowhere!" Ryan yelled as he threw a book at Sergei. "Well I do believe that it means that it hopped out of nowhere sir." I said. DON'T TOY WITH ME SMARTASS! Ryan yelled somehow louder. "The only reason your even here is from the goodness of my heart. Anyway this attack must have been planned by Fountaine he was always trying to make me look bad. Why is there a little sister holding your hand hunter?" Ryan asked. "Well that's a long story to tell." I said. "Too bad we don't have enough time to hear it. I want you two to make sure my protectors are alive and fighting those splicers. Ryan said.

Me and Sergei were walking all the way to the medical pavilion while the little sister was looking at me with those big green eyes. "So what is your name?" I said breaking the silence. "Rose. My name is Rose." she said with excitement. "Well rose why are you following me and Sergei?" I asked. "I'm not, I'm following you mister b." rose said while holding my hand. "Well why are you following me?" I asked. "Because my other mister bubbles died and you saved me from the bad men. That's why I love you." she said blushing. "Wow you have a talent for making little girls fall in love with you." Sergei said laughing. I punched him in the side and he still laughed while holding his side.

We kept walking to find the the big daddies were alright except for the one we found dead. "Well this looks like a good time as any to drop off the little sister." Sergei said. "NO! I want to stay with my mister bubbles." Rose cried out bear hugging my leg. "We got work to do little girl so why don't you go and find a new big daddy like that bouncer right there." Sergei said. "You don't like kids very much do you?"I asked. "We don't need to be distracted with babysitting Rose." Sergei said. "I don't care what you say if she wants to stay with me she can." I said. "Its not symmetrical it's ugly!" said a strange voice. "What the hell was that." I said. "It's probably our o.c.d plastic surgeon doctor Steinman." Sergei said. "As long don't bother him he won't attack you." we kept walking through the medical pavilion till we saw a bouncer get in a fight with a spider splicer I decided to blow its brains out with my shotgun. The bouncer looked at me and revved its drill up and rushed me. "The hell did you do that for hunter!?" Sergei yelled. "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES." I yelled. We ran straight for Neptune's bounty.

Author's notes

This is my first fanfiction so it's going to be a little rough. And also the next one will probably be a bit longer don't know.