"I have news on Mercer. Thought you'd like to hear it." He stated bitterly.
She paused.
"Ok... What is it."
"The bastard killed Guerra."
"W-what?" Dana stuttered, "When?"
"Can't say for sure. Few minutes maybe? I don't know…"
Dana nodded, even though Heller couldn't see it, he continued.
"I'm gonna kill that emo son of a bitch."
Dana sighed as she rubbed her face. Her previous encounter with Alex coming back into her mind.
"James, I'm so sorry about Father Guerra. And, believe me, I'm pissed too. I just can't… I mean, Alex… I don't know why he's like this all of a sudden…"
James huffed in response, "Whatever 'changed' him better have been a damn good reason. I gotta go now. Gotta kick some more military ass to get to that fucker. See you 'round, Dana."
"Alright." She hung up her phone. Deciding that she should go back to her safe house, she did just that. She picked herself up and slowly put the hood to her hoodie above her head, shielding her face from any military personnel who would spot her, and made her way to her sanctuary.
She walked down the sidewalk. Her head was held down, yet occasionally popping up to watch where she was going. She looked up at what couldn't of been the best time as a Blackwatch soldier caught a glimpse of her face. She ducked down as she heard the man yell, "Hey!" and tried going into a nearby alleyway.
The soldier had started to jog after her.
"Shitshitshit! I'm so fucked!"
Dana sped up her pace until she started a full sprint toward the next street. She looked behind her, still running, to find no soldier in her view. She sighed in relief and turned her head back around. Just as she did so, she hit something and fell hard on the ground.
She instantly rubbed her head and swore. She opened her eyes to see what she had run into.
It was none other than Alex Mercer.
She gulped, still on the ground.
He looked down at her with a dangerously serious look on his face. It almost seemed like he was waiting for her to make a move as he eyed her intently.
If looks could kill, she would've died 4 times by now.
She shuffled uncomfortably as she tried getting up but her body wouldn't let her. Her mind was racing when her body couldn't. She was terrified of this man.
No, this monster.
She jumped out of her thoughts as she heard the dark chuckle come from the being in front of her. He said something to her, but she was too afraid to even hear the words coming out of his mouth.
She gathered up enough courage to slowly back herself up down the alley.
And he stood there, smug grin on his face.
"That same fucking grin he had on during his whole 'evolved' shpeal when he nearly cut my head off," Dana thought.
She quickly looked around to find a way out of her little trap, but when she looked back at Alex...
he was gone.
She wasted no time in leaving the alley as fast as she could. Her legs were wobbling beneath her, still in fear that he may come back.
She knew a thing or two about Alex, and one thing he loved doing was toying with his prey.
She decided to play it safe and come up with something- anything that would help her in case he had plans for her or got her into another predicament like the last one.
She couldn't even formulate anything before something had knocked her out.
She took note of the pain she felt in her head as she woke, and instantly clasped her eyes shut. It was increasing as each second passed. She desperately wanted to look around, figure out where she was or how she got there, but her head felt like someone took a sledgehammer to it.
No, scratch that.
Worse than a sledgehammer, more like a fucking bulldozer.
She sucked it up and squinted one eye open.
She was in a steel room, with a circular door. Nothing else in the room; no windows, no decor, just plain steel.
"What the fuck?" she said aloud, "Where the hell am I?!"