Author's Note: This has been rewritten to better suit my writing style as it has changed since I began writing this series. I do hope you find this version better if you've read the previous one and if this is new to you, I hope you enjoy it :) I'd previously decided to go over the existing story simply because all of my readers and followers would be notified. However, I feel that a fresh start is much needed. :)

This is an original story by myself. Ideas for my story have been inspired by my other post: [PROTOTYPE] - Test Types. Not all of the entries from the previously mentioned post will be implemented in this story, perhaps not any at all..I can't actually remember what was written in that post xD

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Prototype. Alex Mercer and other known characters in the game belong to their rightful owners. Other characters in this story are my own. This is a non-profit story. I write only for entertainment and passion.

Enjoy!


"Don't you ever put your hands on her! If I catch you doing that again, I will chop your hands off! Understand that, you insolent little jerk?!"

Alex Mercer stood still. He couldn't believe what he saw. A girl who appeared to be in her teen years—maybe just a couple years younger than he was—was standing up against a boy who had been bullying his sister, Dana, lately. He'd tried speaking to him multiple times, but nothing seemed to work. Now here he was, shaking in his shoes against this beautiful girl, just wanting to go home and never bother Dana again. It seemed that his reign of terrorizing her was over.

From what he could see, she was fair skinned. She had long, full, black hair reaching down to her breasts and as she moved around, he could see a light blue streak in her hair and a pink streak higher up on the other side. He couldn't see her very well from how far away she was. He'd wait until she was done do see the rest of her.

She grabbed the boys face and squished his cheeks between her fingers, "I will be watching you. Even when you think I'm not, rest assured that I am. Now get lost!" Afraid, the boy got to his feet and ran as fast as he could to escape her.

Alex continued watching on as the girl spoke to his sister before they turned and walked toward him. As she got closer, he realized just how beautiful she really was; though he gathered that much already.

"Alex!" Dana said as she ran toward him, hugging him for a moment before standing next to him and watching the girl as she approached them. She had such a unique style; a belly shirt with a black 'hoodie' over, jeans with tears in them, high-top sneakers, finger-cut gloves, chains and beads hanging off of her neck. It was clear that she cared very little of what other people thought about her and she seemed very comfortable with herself.

"Some kids just don't respect others." she spoke out to Alex and Dana as she approached them.

"Thank you for helping my sister. I'd tried multiple times to stop him, but he just wouldn't listen." Alex replied.

"No problem at all." she said smiling. Alex found that she had a sweet and gentle voice, yet it was a little raspy.

She truly was beautiful. He wasn't sure he'd ever seen such an attractive girl in his life. Though he never paid attention to girls in the past. She had green eyes, peachy cheeks and her lips were very pink. She had a piercing on either side of her bottom lip and her nose and eyebrow were pierced as well, along with a piercing on her stomach.

The two stared at each other for a few seconds and Dana began walking off toward her home as the moment got too awkward for her liking.

"I'm Jessi-Lynn." the teen introduced herself and held her hand out.

"I'm Alex." he said, shaking her hand, "And this is—" he motioned for Dana and turned around looking for her only to see that she was in the distance walking home, "Well that's my sister, Dana."

"She's a sweet girl, it's unfortunate that's how we had to meet, though."

"Thank you again."

"It's absolutely no problem at all. That crap just shouldn't be ignored."

"Well I have to go now."

"I have to walk that way, may I join you?"

"Uh...sure." Alex said and the two began to walk.

"So how old is Dana?" she asked, trying to spark a conversation.

"She's eight."

"How cute." Jessi smiled, "And...how old are you?"

"I'm eighteen. You?"

"Sixteen. she stated in a matter-of-factly tone, "Are you in University?" she asked.

"I start in September."

"Oh? What university?"

"I'm thinking about 'Columbia U'."

"Oh, cool! That's where I'll be going." she replied.

"You already know?" Alex asked, considering she was only in second-year.

"It was decided by my father." she explained.

"I see."

"Guys?" Dana chimed in.

The two looked over to the little girl to see her holding her hand out to the house.

"Oh, I walked right past it." Alex said a bit embarrassed.

"Nice one." Jessi teased, "Well, I guess I'll see you around." she said smiling, admiring the refined features on Alex's face. There was something about his eyes that struck her. They were blue, but they looked like crystals. How fascinating...

"Yeah, see you." he said, giving a small smirk back before walking toward the house, looking back at Jessi. She continued walking before turning around to meet Alex's eyes once more, blushing for a moment before making her way to her destination.

"You like her, don't you?" Dana teased her brother, making kissing faces at him.

"Shut up, brat."


It was apparent that Jessi passed that way on Fridays, and so she walked with Alex and Dana to their home and continued on. She never asked to come in, she just walked with them until they got to their house. It became so routine that Alex and Dana had a habit of waiting for a while for her to walk. Alex was interested in her, but his mind was on his schoolwork. He was an honour-roll student and she was simply somebody who walked with them on Fridays.

"So where do you go on these Fridays?"

"Oh, my friends are in a band and I write songs for them, sometimes sing." she smiled.

"Really? I didn't know you were in a band."

"Oh, I'm not." she chimed, "They're planning to become famous and I have other plans after school is done, so I just write. I get the credit though, and nothing I sing will be recorded for official use."

"Can you sing?"

"I've been told."

"I want to hear it sometime." Alex stated.

"Would you and Dana like to join me? If you're not busy, of course. I'd love to have your company and introduce you two to my friends." she offered happily.

"I believe we can. Let Dana and I drop our stuff off at the house first and we can go."

Dana was excited to go out after school for once, instead of being cooped up in the house or backyard when Alex hadn't forced some form of education on her. Yes, she wanted to be smart, but to her, kids needed a chance to play and not have to worry about being nagged multiple times to do some schoolwork.

Jessi and Alex were laughing the whole time along the way. It was a nice change for Dana as her brother was always serious and too indulged in his schoolwork.

Alex was awkward around the girl, he felt flustered in her presence, it was the only feeling he could pinpoint, not knowing how to really act around a...was she a friend? He'd never had friends that weren't textbooks before.

Upon arriving, Alex and Dana were introduced to a girl named Griffon, and three guys named Wesley, Leighton and Kane.

One of these guys has to be her boyfriend...

It didn't appear to be that way, however. They all seemed to be simply best friends making music, except for Griffon and Kane—who were in fact a couple.

Hearing Jessi sing was heaven to Alex. She was so talented, even listening to the words she came up with to produce such beautiful songs. He was most definitely impressed with this talent of hers.

She often looked at him and smiled while she sang, causing his cheeks to feel a bit heated up while Dana was completely clueless of the little spark happening between Jessi and her brother; she was just enjoying the music. Everybody else, however, noticed it.

Alex and Dana continued to watch the band work, giving opinion on the songs whenever asked. All in all, it was a good afternoon for everybody. When the meeting was over, everybody packed up and headed their own ways. Jessi walked with Alex and Dana back to their house. She tended to stay close to Alex, making him feel a bit shy and often didn't know what to say.

"Here we are!" Dana chimed and went inside while Alex and Jessi stayed out.

"I hope you and Dana had a good time today, Alex. I really enjoyed your company. Everybody seems to like you, too."

"It was a nice change, and you're a really good singer." he complimented her, making her blush.

"Oh! I've been meaning to give you this," she said, taking a small note out of her bag and handing it to him.

"What is it?"

"Well, we've been walking together every Friday for a couple months now...but that's all we've been; 'walking buddies'. I really like you, Alex. I want to be your friend. I want us to hang out more often." she smiled and hugged him. Alex was hesitant at first, but reciprocated her gesture.

"I'd like that." he said to which she formed a big smile on her face.

"See you around, Alex." she said and began walking away without taking her eyes off of him for a couple seconds. He waved and walked backwards down his driveway, waiting for her to turn around first.

When she did, he went inside and opened the note: "We've gotta start somewhere..." with a smiley face and her phone number. Dana cooed at Alex, teasing him more. He didn't even tell her to be quiet this time, only smirked and went into his room.


I hope you enjoyed this first chapter :) See you in the next one.

Keelah Se'lai, and Peace Be Upon You.

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