Author: No one interested in making an Evolved? :P That's fine by me, lol. As per the time-frame of this. The 2nd game was.. 2010, this story is a year later, so that means it's 2011. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: This will never change; Prototype belongs to its respective owner, but I designed a lot of characters so they are mine.

[pwashington]
Mercer and Heller have recruited since they 'tag-teamed'.

[jhyena aj jax]
[1] Thank you. :P I'm enjoying it myself.
[2] I was so displeased with Mercer in 2 because (even though they made that comic thing) they never explained in-game WHY that transition happened. I had no clue about it until someone was like, "Oh, he traveled the world and saw no hope for humanity" and whatnot. I'm mad at Capcom for Resident Evil 5 and 6. Wesker, Chris and Jill are essentially Resident Evil; they became the core of the game series (besides zombies, conspiracies and evil companies, haha!) and to end the main guy AND villain in some ridiculous death is just not cool. I actually thought that what they're going to do with 7 (if they make it) was that they were going to bring in Alex (aka why they killed off Wesker so Alex could carry the mantle from then on), but then I heard something about a reboot. Idk.
[3] Which guy? You talking about the 'him' that the weird girl mentioned? Nope. :P You'll meet 'him' in.. chapter.. 6, briefly. No, the guy named 'Crow' is someone else entirely. I'm not spoiling him. Teehee. Thanks for the reviews. c:

[Chapter 4] - Greeting Retrieval

The light from the setting sun was enough to cast a strange glow onto the form that was strolling down the street. The figure was tall, lithe with an agile build that attested to time spent in the gym on bars and hoops. He was cloaked in a simple grey hoodie, which the hood was drawn up on, along with dark dragging pants and headphones in the ears.

Music blasted through the air around him as he walked, a slight grin plastered onto his face. He seemed almost.. carefree. To call Nathan Vale that to his face had such bad results as he prided himself in being a 'busy' man. His time was precious, especially now that he was infected and an Evolved in Mercer's army.

He easily maneuvered between people as the city life moved about. Night owls were common in this part of NYZ. This was the Green Zone, the safe paradise from the monsters. Mercer had no interest in spreading the virus to it so activities there were limited and any outbreaks had to be contained immediately before attention was drawn.

His eyes perked up to scan two soldiers nearby that were giving him a strange look, obviously in distaste of his loud music. He pulled an earpiece out and laughed.

"Sorry, guys. I'm a music addict." He apologized for his rudeness and they both glanced to the other. "I love AC/DC."

"It's alright, just turn it down." The taller Marine answered.

He nodded, plugged in the bud and turned the volume down as he continued on.

The Marksman was a very.. unique Evolved, wielding a power that only he had managed to obtain called the Javelin. He personally was a quiet man who held a very dark complex. He loved to press buttons and test people. He has short and spiked blonde hair with deep green eyes. Instead of his usual attire he was wearing more obscure clothes.

He rounded a corner, hands folded into his hoodie pockets, where the right hand held the iPod lightly.

A figure suddenly detached itself from the alley he was passing and began to walk alongside him. His eyes flickered over, green orbs locked on the slender frame of the woman. His hand inside his pocket moved to turn down the volume of his iPod.

He smirked gently, a bit glad to see his partner in crime once more by his side. "Macy." He purred the name.

"Nathan." She greeted with equal fondness. Nathan could admit that she was an interest he sought after, but she was a crafty woman and was not interested in advances from anyone.

Macy Hughes, the Evolved called 'The Monkey', just as he was Marksman. As her name implied she was just like the animal. Cunning, quick and talented, not to forget sharp and is easily amused. She possessed the unique power called Tail, which was pretty much as the name stated; a mutation formation that could be revealed as a tail on her backside.

Just like him she was fit with an acrobatic style, but her appearance is normal. Brown hair, green eyes, cheeky grin, a cut down the left side of her neck and another across her forehead. She's shorter than him with her five foot four, under one hundred and forty pound frame.

An interesting fact about her is the fact that her father is the Blackwatch Captain, Corey Hughes.

Just like Jacky boy had a Blackwatch brother.

"Did you get what you were looking for, hm?" His eyebrow rose as he studied her from the corner of his left eye.

Her shoulders shrugged beneath her white jacket and she smirked a bit, green eyes flickering over to look at him from beneath the shadows of her brown ball cap. "You could say that."

"Oh? What does that mean?"

She flicked her eyes toward the next alley and he got the message- in private they'd talk. They walked in relative silence until they reached the alley, where they veered left to enter, moving down enough to not let anyone overhear 'accidentally'.

They stopped, turned and faced each other, Nathan sighing.

"I got what I was looking for, but.. I ran into trouble." She began.

"Trouble?" Nathan pressed. What trouble could come up with Macy? She was an Evolved, not a weak human.

"Super Soldiers. They were all over the base. It took awhile, but I managed to get this." From her jacket pocket she retrieved a flash drive and held it up. She then frowned. "But I lost something that they'll be able to define me with- my necklace." She looked at her feet.

Nathan lifted a hand to brush her neck where the silver necklace had been and she looked up, eyes glimmering with tears.

"If you'll stay here.. I'll get the necklace for you." At his words her eyes widened.

"But- no- you'll get caught. There's too many Super Soldiers, even for you."

He leaned down, smiling. "I'll do it. Don't worry about me, Macy, I'll be fine. Even before Mercer changed me I could handle myself." Then he cupped her cheeks and drew her in for a brief kiss.

She hesitantly returned it, her hands steadying from the contact of comfort. She smiled when he pulled away.

Then he was off, like a shadow in the night.

Nathan was a very eccentric man, known in the army as a don't-mess-around-with type of guy because he was 'ruthless'.

He moved through the streets with the grace of his kind, easily tracking his way to the base that she had been at. As he hoisted himself up onto the roof of the adjacent building he instantly noticed the squad of Super Soldiers just out of the open gateway.

His green eyes narrowed as he pulled out his iPod, jacking up the sound as it then blasted through his ears. He walked over to the edge of the building and dropped down onto the street, a few yelps and curses following, but he melted into the crowd as he moved toward the gateway.

He stopped by the leader of the squad, who turned his masked face toward him. His finger lowered the volume several levels enough to hear.

"What the hell are you looking at?" The officer growled.

Nathan simply lifted his clenched left hand.. and flicked the officer off.

The officer, obviously easy to anger when it comes to disrespect, pointed at him and said, "Detain him."

Nathan couldn't help but smile a knowing smile- they couldn't 'detain' him even if they all converged on him.

"C'mon! Show me what you got!" The Evolved cheered and suddenly a soldier was rushing toward him. Just as he was about to make a grab at the infected Nathan leaned down, jumped and spun, his foot sliding across the mask of the man's face. He was thrown to the side by the force of the kick-hit, smacking into a car close by. Nathan dropped as he completed the spin, front to them as the smile blossomed into a devious grin. "That all you got?"

The soldiers tensed up, instantly alert that something was wrong.

"He just landed a lucky hit, let's get 'em!" One snarled before three rushed forth. He stood, lowered himself to the pavement and sweep kicked one, who fell onto his front. The next was grabbed by the extended arm, twirled around and thrown at another. That's when they began to get serious and knew something was off with him.

The third stood no chance as he crouched, jumped and brought his leg down sharply, dropping the man with a solid hit to the back of his head. An ear bud slipped out as he lifted his head slowly.

"Ah! We have an Evolved on our hands!" One chuckled lightly as he flexed his hands, bulky body crouching a bit.

Nathan blinked, glancing down as he felt black tendrils rippling across his sleeved arms. He smirked and nodded. "I'm here for a reason, boys. If you want to live then get out of my way." With that claws shifted and appeared where his hands had been and he was swift to move forth, fingertips biting through metal, cloth and flesh as he stabbed the Super Soldier closest to him.

His other hand was slashing at one advancing, who jumped back at the movement. He pulled out his claw, kicking the injured soldier back.

"You guys are weak! I want a real challenge!" He crowed like a rooster before shifting his claws back to hands, dashing forth and pushing away the soldiers. He put the ear bud back into his ear. The alarm had already been sounded, but his music blotted it out.

He slipped beyond the view of the guards, taking on the consumed form of a lone soldier and slipped into the base. Once he located the necklace, which was in the room at the top of the stairs to his left on a table, he exited the room and the base, which had calmed down with his disappearance.

He saw the injured Super Soldiers, who were cursing like sailors at being brought down so easily. He smirked beneath his head mask as he ditched that base and went to give Macy back her lost treasure.

Macy wasn't used to being caught in the act. She thought herself to be stealthy and as such had overlooked the fact that the detector close by was going haywire. The noise had distracted her and her form shifted from the officer to her own and a soldier was grabbing at her. She had easily gotten away, but.. his fingers snatched her necklace before she got out of the base.

She felt.. bad for letting Nathan go to retrieve it, but she knew he could handle himself. Well, she could handle herself and could have gotten the necklace back on her own, but she had been buzzing with distracted thoughts and had kept walking, getting farther from the base.

She had felt some of her unease wither away when she had saw Nathan walking by and had joined him. His voice had that effect on her.. to melt her fears and uncertainties away.

Her mind suddenly went back to the day she became an Evolved. Her face clouded over as she leaned against an alley wall, waiting patiently for Nathan to return.

A scream filled her mind, her features hardening from the memory. She closed her eyes, letting it fill her with the emotions of that time.

The echoing footsteps radiated through the air. "Mommy!"

A tall form held the hand of the little girl as they ran down the city street, screeches following as flying things swooped after them.

"Mommy! I'm scared!" The little girl yelled as she was pulled along behind the older woman.

"I know, sweetie, just keep running!" The woman had fear in her voice as she spoke.

Staggering forms moved around by them as they ran, but as if knowing the humans were marked by the Flyers they didn't make a grab at them.

Instantly the little girl tripped and her hand was yanked from her mother's, who turned at the sudden loss of contact, crouching beside her daughter as a Flyer moved to dive at the pair.

"Ahhh!" The little girl screamed, but nothing happened. The screeching Flyer was suddenly silent.

The mother looked up, eyes scanning for the creatures that had been chasing them but was greeted by the sight of a man snapping the neck of the Flyer he was holding to the ground.

He turned, blood sprayed across his face, his body hidden with dark pants and a hoodie.

"You two might want to get out of the Red Zone." The mystery man said with a somewhat gentle smile.

"T-thank you, but we're l-lost." The mother said, her voice shaky from the adrenaline.

He glanced up to the circling Flyers and then back to them. "Can she move her leg?" He asked, pointing toward the little girl's leg.

The mother moved to let the girl stand, showing that she could. "She can."

"Then follow me."

He turned and led them down the closest alley, making sure to move slow enough for them to stay close. When a walker got too near he pushed them away, but as they were nearing the edge of the island of the Red Zone a sharp scream filled the air.

The man and the mother turned to find the little girl pinned down beneath the clawed hand of a Hunter, who was holding its other claws up and then down toward the screaming girl.

"No! My little girl!" The mother cried out, but it was too late. The girl was sliced in half by the creature. Filled with the emotion of rage the mother rushed forth to hit the Hunter, who swatted her away. She hit a wall and fell onto her butt, getting back up with tears trailing down from her eyes.

The mystery man stepped forth to dispatch the Hunter; hands shifting to claws which he then used to behead the infected beast.

He walked over to the mother, who was now sobbing, his hands returning to normal.

"Such bravery.. and such compassion. You loved her."

She eyed him as if he had grown a third eye. "Well, duh. She was my daughter."

He smiled softly. "What was her name?"

"Kimberly.."

"And your name?"

"Macy.. Macy Hughes."

Then he had offered her a position in his army.. and she accepted, becoming an Evolved and a powerful one at that.

That day she had lost her baby. She had lost her Kimberly. No one knew that story except for Mercer, who had helped and changed her.

A few tears leaked from her eyes but they were wiped away quickly as she drew in a deep breath.

She suddenly heard the whisper of cloth and looked up to see Nathan walking over, twirling her fixed necklace on his finger, whistling. She could tell his music was off because she couldn't hear it, but the ear buds were in.

"Trouble? I see what you mean. Super Soldiers were practically swarming the place." Nathan chuckled as he stopped before her, holding out the necklace.

"Thank you..." She said, accepting it.

"Here.." He took it back, twirling his fingers for her to turn around.

She did so, brushing her hair out of the way as he put the necklace back in its place, fastening it. He then stepped back and she turned, a hand reaching up to touch the necklace.

"Thank you, Nathan."

He shrugged his shoulders, grinning. "No problem." He paused, noticing that her eyes were still wet from the tears and she talked with a slight sniffle. "Hey.. you alright?"

She quickly nodded. "I'm fine."

"You sure? You seem.. sad."

She looked away, green eyes shadowed with the memory she had watched again. "Peachy."

"If you say so. We should head back. Jacky boy's probably worried, haha."

With that the two made their way to the Evolved HQ, which was located deep within the confines of the Yellow Zone.

Author's Note: I hope you like Macy and Nathan. You'll be seeing quite a bit of the pair as they're key Evolved. :P If there is anything.. specific you want to know, just ask. I've gotten a lot written down on several Evolved, scientist and Blackwatch higher-ups. Review, tell me what you think. Adios for now.