Holy shit...I think I found some "proof" that Prototype and ME actually share the same universe. During my search for info on Prototype(for accuracy's sake) I stumbled on the Easter Eggs page of the wiki. Apparently Blackwatch is so badass that they're using tech from 2186 C.E.(or is it the other way around?) Look it up on the Prototype Wiki if you want to. And the funny thing? It's actually true too! I recall that moment while playing P2!
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The One and Only MUDKIP: General GOHANZ sending Strike Team. Chapter-4 inbound! ETA, after reading this!
Mildweekcomic: Thanks for the advice. I'll see if I can be more descriptive.
.reads: Sadly I never finished the first game. My sister kicked my Xbox when I first got the trilogy for a cheap bargain(30 US dollars seemed like a worth while investment) and as a result the disc never worked afterwards. After a few attempts to get it to run failed, I just jumped in to ME2. So yeah. Ashley's alive. Also, this takes place in ME2, when Ashley wasn't given the proposition yet.
Cyricist001: Sorry, my bad. Like I said I initially wrote it when I was tired. I may return to redo the chapter and maybe the first two as well.
RadiatedBiomass8: Blackwatch became a bunch or cartoonish goons who suddenly became less competent in Prototype 2. The only Blackwatch soldier deserving of my respect was Starnes. Everyone else? Meh, didn't care. As for Alex, I can see how he'd come to the conclusion of assimilating all life on Earth, although it felt like a wash out ending for him. I mean really? You're gonna end the world cuz the girl you liked shot you? WTF Alex?
Disclaimer: Do I really need to say I don't own the rights to either games? I mean, I'm a guy on the internet writing fanfiction. If I owne dthe games, I'd never 'green light' Prototype 2 unless they changed the story all together and gotten a better writer(Some one like Laluzi. God his/her fanfics are the best Prototypes fanfics EVAR!)
I might just redo chapter 3...
Chapter 4: Life of the Party? Nah, I'm the Death of it.
September 20, 2008.
"YOU WHAT?!" Only one person had the balls to try and dare scream at the death incarnate, Alex Mercer, and ironically enough said person had no male reproductive organs whatsoever.
"Dana, just listen—"
"Listen? No, you listen to me Alex. You made a deal with Blackwatch," she placed heavy emphasis on the clandestine military organization. "The group that's literally been hunting you and I down since the very beginning! What were you thinking?!"
"Dana, this is for your own good!" Alex said, voice slightly raised.
Dana was not deterred. She knew her brother, how he had mysteriously reformed in a span of a couple days...both mentally and physically. He would never try to harm her.
"Jesus fucking christ Alex! I'm not a kid! I handled myself just fine during the outbreak. I can handle a couple of punks with bats!"
"I fought the infected off before they could even get close!"
"Yeah and look at what happened. I got kidnapped!"
"Exactly! Even when I was right next to you, I still failed to protect you." Alex sighed, irritated at the whole ordeal. He was elated when his "sister" woke up from her coma nearly two months ago, but as time went on stress began building on the man-eating virus. Every moment he was away from her, when she wasn't under the watchful eye of Ragland, meant there was a possibility she could be harmed. "Look, Dana I know you don't like the idea but this is necessary. For every second you stay here, it increases the chances of you getting hurt."
Alex's voice became softer as he continued. "I can't always be there for you. You know this. And I know you don't want me hovering over you all the time. So the only way I know you'll ever be safe is if you have a Blackwatch trooper escort you out the city."
It was Dana's turn to sigh. She couldn't stay mad at him too long, especially if he was doing something with her best interest at heart. Reclining onto the couch, she decided to at least inquire more of the deal. "So who is it?"
"Huh?"
"Who's gonna be my escort? Hope it's not one of the basic psychopath that makes up the core of Blackwatch."
Alex was about to protest against that claim. Despite their actions and the fact that they were formerly his enemies he begrudgingly held some respect for the black clad soldiers. They had questionable morals, true, but they did everything believing that what they were doing was for the greater good. They were willing to lay their own lives on the line for their cause and Alex knew this for a fact. They weren't psychopaths, they were misunderstood professionals.
"Earth to Alex? You there?" Dana asked. She tossed a cushion to capture her brother's attention.
The pillowy object landed deftly against Alex's face. "Huh? Oh right. The escort... Rooks wasn't specific but he said he has a new recruit who'll be your guard. I think the man's name was Starnes."
Dana snorted bringing a small smile on Alex's face. "Starnes? My god I can already see a dweeb from the name! I swear a guy like that would never get laid."
"Maybe he could be your type?" He jokingly added.
"HA! Like I'll ever date a Blackwatch soldier. Would rather go out with a Hunter. At least those things got muscles!"
"They got super soldiers..."
"Hmmmmm...maybe. But if their skin tight suits indicate anything, them seem to be lacking...arsenals for pleasure."
"..." Alex just gave a her a flat look.
"Twas a joke, Alex. So, anything else?"
"Errr...Yeah. He said I could leave as well...but I don't feel like it. I dunno how to explain it. I feel like I have to stay in here..."
"Maybe you should go travel and soul search. It must be weird and confusing to be...you. No offense. Maybe seeing the world will get you to know yourself better?"
Alex chuckled. "Soul search? Yeah, no thanks."
Uncomfortable silence reigned. There were no blaring horns or the sounds of bustling streets. No noise whatsoever...complete utter silence. It made the Blacklight avatar feel awkward.
"You think they'll try and trick you?" Dana suddenly asked. It took Alex a few moments to reply.
"Hopefully not...but they'll pay if they even think about it."
"Sheesh Alex. Anyone every tell you that you're creepy as fuck?"she said teasingly.
"No. Usually people run away."
Present Day
"They're running away. Good." He watched as the police force began to flee.
The people cowered behind their desks for fear of what the man was about to do. Usually he preferred to have the citizens of New York Zero be ignorant of his existence, but now Alex didn't really care. For two hundred years he stayed here. Watching the city grow back to life and saw the damage done by the Outbreak whisked away. People didn't need him...they feared him. So he always hid himself from the public eye, the populace never knowing of his good deeds. He's killed civilians to hide his identity yes, but he's helped so many others. Orphans who laid unmoving in the middle of the sidewalk, men and women targeted by would be bandits months after the Outbreak, and other simple actions.
"ZEUS!" Someone called out, feminine voiced. How he hated it. That name was no name, it was a designation. A way to dehumanize him despite him knowing he wasn't human at all. It made him feel less than human even though he knew he was something more. He was evolution personified!
He turned to face the direction of where the voice came from. The other occupants of the room did the same wondering what sane woman would ever purposely look for a man like him. He was expecting a police officer garbed in SWAT gear wanting vengeance. So he was surprised to see a woman with an uncanny resemblance to his already deceased sister. It was as if he was looking at her clone; the way her hair parted to the side, her steely blue gaze filled with determination, and way she carried herself with such confidence even within his presence. If not from the red tint of her hair, Alex would've thought it truly was Dana.
"Wait...you're ZEUS?" The woman asked apparently dumbfounded. He wouldn't blame her, tales of his existence preserved the idea that he was a monster, wicked and evil. One would not expect, in the words of one marine, 'a hoodie wearing punk'.
"Yes. I'm...ZEUS." The word left a unsavory taste in Alex's mouth. Call him a monster, a terrorist, a killer, and he wouldn't mind. Those were all true. But 'ZEUS'...Alex held some hatred to the 'name'.
The woman continued staring. Her face switching between shock, horror, and elation. Wait? Why would she be happy to see him?
"I can't believe it..." She said, her voice barely audible. Her next sentence even softer, "You're him...you're my savior...
Savior? Was she delusional? He's killed hundreds if not thousands of people, so he was certainly not a saint. Sure he tried to not terrorize the people of NYZ, but he was far from a savior.
"You saved me as a child. Giving me enough creds to last weeks when I was on the verge of death...it was enough to put my life in order. I saw you again once...you helped out another orphan in the neighborhood..."
Alex wouldn't let his guard down. Just because they've had some history, one he couldn't quite recall, doesn't mean it'll do the woman any favors if things were to get heated. "What do you want?"
She did a complete 180 degree turn. Instead of a shocked woman there now stood a professional soldier. Her eyes hardened and glared slightly at him. If he was human he would've been disturbed. But the Outbreak and the days after was harsh on him. He saw things even he wanted to unsee.
Shepard steeled herself. If he truly was like anything the old forums stated he was, she knew there was nothing she could do to stop him. All she had was her sidearm for a weapon and doubted the handgun would serve her much in a fight. She needed to be a diplomat.
"I am Jane Shepard, System Alliance commander...and currently under the 'employment' of Cerberus. I have a proposition for you."
Alex just eyed the woman. He had a strange feeling of deja vu, but dismissed it immediately. "And what would you want of me?"
"I want you to join my squad."
His mind began to process that information...He nearly laughed as a result. Him join a squad? If anything he dissembled them. But ever the serious man he was he kept a stoic face. "Give me a reason why I should."
"Humanity needs you."
"I'm no human, I have no obligation to help if that's all you have. If you knew anything, you should've figured that out by now."
"I...'know' you're not human. Human's don't use tanks as ballistic weapons."
Alex wanted to interject and say that he in truth used infected bodies as his main munition for distanced combat. Oh well, she didn't need to know that.
The woman, now named Shepard continued. "I don't care if you're human or not. The collectors are abducting humans from colonies and are helping the Reapers."
Alex just looked at her. Reapers? Collectors? The hell were those? None of his WOI, web of intrigue, nodes gave any sign if what they were. A new species of aliens maybe?
Noticing the confusion within the virus, Shepard decided to elaborate. "The collectors are a species of aliens that live in the outer fringes of the galaxy. Not much is known about them. Same goes for the Reapers. But I do know that they're a race of artificial intelligence who wants to wipe out all intelligent life!"
'Sounds like a plot from a sci-fi movie or game' Alex mused. He was skeptical whether to woman named Shepard was telling the truth or not.
"But I know of a way to stop the Collectors. We can defeat the Reapers! Just join me!"
"No."
That response puzzled Shepard. "No? Wha-what? The galaxy as we know it could very well change and you're gonna say 'no'?"
Alex wouldn't admit it but the way she spoke to him, with almost no fear in her voice, greatly reminded him of his sister. Seriously, was she Dana's great grandchild?
"I'm not willing to leave my home for something as simple as stopping aliens from abducting humans from colonies. My obligations are to this city and this city alone. I'm responsible for this city."
"ZEUS," Alex cringed slightly at the name, not because of the name itself but the fact that Shepard looked nearly identical to Dana. The thought of her calling him that with disgust was unbearable to the man eating virus. "What are you talking about? There's nothing to be responsible about."
"...you know of the Outbreak, right? The Mercer Virus?" He was met with a nod from her. "I caused it. I released the virus by mistake."
Som people gasped, Shepard included, at the revelation.
"My actions led me to involuntarily place this city into chaos. Thousands who didn't need to be killed died in those four weeks. Many of them innocent bystanders wondering what was going on. I eventually stopped it...but it was too late. New York City was gone. Renamed New York Zero, a testament to my failure."
Silence. Alex doubted Shepard would wish for him to join after telling her the truth. Or part of it.
"Do you want this city to fall to chaos?"
Alex was not expecting a response. Especially that. "What?"
"The Reapers are a threat, ZEUS. They'll destroy humanity and everything they stood for, this city would be just another target when they get here. Once that happens, I can assure you the death toll, the suffering endured during the Outbreak would pale in comparison." Shepard said. "I need a team, ZEUS. And my 'employer' thinks you can turn the tides of battle. If you truly feel responsible for this city and all the life in it then join me. If I fail my mission, humanity as a whole faces destruction."
"..." Alex remain quiet. What if the girl was telling the truth? No one in there right mind would even think of ever hiring him unless they were absolutely desperate. And from the sound of her voice, Shepard partially was. This...this could be it. The moment he was waiting for. The day he could save this city before harm befalls it. "...Fine. Fine. I'll go. But if these Reapers and Collectors turn out to be a hoax, you're really gonna regret it."
There ya go. The chapter was about 2.2k, slightly longer than the previous chapter. Still working on learning how to do 5k but considering that not much occurred during this chapter and it was at OVER 2000! words, I gotta say I'm improving :D
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Hey guys, 123GOHANZ here and I'm just gonna add this in because I have to vent. You can skip this and go to the next chapter(if it's out) immediately if you want. Now there's someone on fanfiction who's been blocking reviewers because said person disagrees with the aforementioned reviewer. What bothers me this is not the action of blocking but rather the reason behind it. Even I got blocked and all I did was try to be friendly, or at least try to come off as such, while I provided reasoning of why I disagreed. Yet he(or she) presumed that I hated him/her because of my actions.
Now that doesn't bother me much, what people think of me doesn't matter to me at all. But what does matter to me is that person's lack of integrity as a writer. He/She couldn't handle the criticism on her work and chose to purposely ignore people who criticized it due to the works controversial nature. As writer, fanfic or not, it is wise to always listen to every review, even if you don't agree. It's just proper fanfiction community etiquette. Blocking should be used for people who spam pointless(not stupid. Those are acceptable because they still serve a purpose) reviews or hate messages!
That's all I got. I can't really stay mad for long and I kinda wasted all my frustration on writing this chapter, which was all done in one sitting. Also returned the US so I'm pretty happy about that. Okay for reals this time, 123GOHANZ OUT!