New York City, United States, Earth
September 21, 2016
I was confused, I had to know why Mercer chose me of all people to help him. Not to mention, why Blackwatch had to be stopped again. "Mercer, wait a sec." I said. Mercer stopped in his tracks.
"You have questions? I'm surprised you waited till now to ask them, so what are they?" he asked.
I caught up to him, "Why exactly do you need me to help you? Like, out of all the people in Manhattan, why me?"
Mercer turned around, and put his hand on my shoulder, "Well, you're the only person I've found that has the right DNA for the virus. That's why out of all the people in this city, or at least the ones that are left, I chose you. Anything else?"
"What else does this virus do for me?"
Mercer let out a sadistic grin, "Aside from being able to form weapons with your body, you're looking at immortality, complete immunity from any and all diseases and illnesses, enhanced reflexes, super-human strength and speed, reinforced bones, enhanced senses, and the ability to disguise yourself. Although there are some side effects, you need to suppress your urge to unleash the virus, because even though you have your free will; you're still infected. Oh, do you have any kids?"
I was a little puzzled as to why he asked me that, but I shook my head, "No, never really planned on having any either."
"Well I hope that mindset wasn't going to change anytime soon, because you're sterile now." Mercer responded with that same grin.
I was taken aback, as well as hit with the realization that even if I one day changed my mind, I can't now. But how did he know I was sterilized now? "Wait, how do you know?" I asked.
Mercer took his hand off my shoulder and shrugged, "Well, there was this doctor guy I was trying to kill and consume, his name was Raymond McMullen, and I was 'captured' and taken to him, even though it was just a ploy for me to get close. Anyways, I didn't get the information from him directly, but I hacked his computer and saw he had a shitload of information on my new biology. That's how I found out, and since you have the same strain as I do, you are too. Anything else you need to know? We're kind of on a time limit."
I snapped out of my stupor, "Where are we going right now?"
Mercer ran off again, and I darted to follow him, "Keep up! We're heading to the Red Zone!" he shouted as we ran down the street, jumping over cars and leaping on top of buildings to get there faster. I was amazed that I was able to keep up, not to mention the sheer fact that I jumped off a ten story building and hit the ground running. As I felt the wind fly around me as I kept sprinting, I felt euphoric, and before I knew it I was running through Chinatown. Mercer stopped on the top of a building, "First test, run up this building!" he shouted.
I was perplexed, but I gave it a shot anyways, I jumped and put my foot on the side of the building, surprisingly enough I had a foothold and I kept running. Soon I was running up the building like gravity was my bitch, I eventually made it to the top. "Whoa! That's pretty awesome!" I said. I was ecstatic, I felt limitless in power now.
Mercer nodded, "Nice work! Mobility is the key to survival, if you find yourself outgunned, just book it. Anyways, you'll have plenty of time to test out your speed, the other trick is to push yourself beyond your limit. But, enough of that, we're here to get you some infected DNA, now here's the thing: these infected we're about to kill have the good DNA that you need. Let me weaken them, but you have to kill and consume them. Got it?"
I nodded, "Yeah, where are they?"
Darnassus, Azeroth
Ravana closed her eyes, and let herself drift to sleep. Soon enough, she saw herself on a distant world. It was a different world, much different than Azeroth. The people that inhabited this planet were nothing like the Kaldorei, they weren't even Kaldorei. She saw giant metal skyscrapers, and then a large explosion. She then saw herself in the middle of a destroyed city, and two men fighting. The man on the left had a brown uniform and she noticed that this man had a patch on his right arm. The patch depicted a rectangle with a large chunk of blue in the top left corner, with stripes of red and white. The man on the right wore a green uniform and the patch on his arm had a white stripe, a blue stripe, and a red stripe, horizontally and in that order.
The man in the green pinned down the other, and brought a small dagger out. But all of a sudden, the brown uniformed man lifted the other up by his neck. She watched in shock as the brown uniformed man's hand transformed into a giant black claw. The claw plunged through the man in the green's chest and he disappeared. No, was absorbed by the man in the brown. The man in the brown then changed form, into a different looking man. Ravana looked at him, he wore a green jacket, blue pants, black shoes, and he had brown hair and green eyes. As she looked at him, she noticed that although he was young, he had seen more than enough warfare than anyone his age should have to see.
The world disappeared, and she found herself at the base of a giant tree. Ravana looked around, she was in Mount Hyjal, at the base of Nordrassil. She turned to face in front of her, and saw the Burning Legion fast approaching. She readied her magic, blasting bolts of moonlight at the demons. But every time she killed one, ten took its place. Other Kaldorei began to fall around her, soon she found herself outnumbered. A Felguard approached her, she raised her hand to blast it, but it back handed her. She fell to the ground, the demon raised its axe in the air.
Ravana closed her eyes and waited for death.
A loud slash was heard and the sound of flesh being rended, she opened her eyes and saw that she was still alive. The demon fell in half, and she saw that same man as before, except his whole right arm was a giant blade. He shifted his blade arm back to a normal hand and extended it out to her.
Ravana then woke up, sweating profusely and with more questions than answers.
New York City, United States, Earth
September 21, 2016
I leapt from the building and hit the ground, taking a few seconds to observe the infected as they turned towards me and hobbled over. One of them raised their arm into the air and tried to strike me, I kicked the infected in the chest, causing their ribcage to cave in. My body suddenly acted on its own, my arms turned into these weird claw-like appendages and I absorbed the infected person. I felt a small surge of power after I finished, so I turned around and smashed the skull of another infected. All of a sudden a big creature clawed through the rest and roared at me, baring its sharp teeth and giant claws. It swung at me and I jumped in the air to dodge its attack, Mercer landed in front of me and cut its arm off with his blade. "Consume it now! Before it recovers!" he ordered. I grabbed the back of the creature's neck and wrestled it to the ground, hearing a loud snap. The monster went limp and two tendrils erupted from my back and dug themselves into the monster, as if they were eating it. No, more like drinking it dry. Biomass surged through my arms and they erupted into giant black claws.
"H-holy shit, this is awesome!" I shouted, the ugly son of a bitch was dead and I had my first power. "So, Mercer, do I just keep killing these things and I get more abilities?" I continued.
Mercer approached me, "Well yes and no. Yes because these infected have DNA that you need, and no because you need to consume more than just these Hunters. We need to find a Hydra, and maybe a couple Supreme Hunters. Then, you'll be good to go. You just need to build up your biomass right now, so kill some normal infected. I'll go track down the ones you really need, when I'm ready, I'll let you know." He responded and darted off. Leaving me to wonder exactly what else this virus can do. I decided to head home and sleep on it.
