A word from Hack: Who was to say Robert Cross doesn't keep his promises?

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Interlude

Chapter Title: A Captain's Revenge.

Cross made good on his promise. The next two weeks were a living Hell for Mercer.

While the BLACKWATCH Captain babysat Miles, BLACKLIGHT was sent on missions that were highly difficult.

As in full-blown HIVES, Supreme Hunters, and getting 'accidentally' gassed with Bloodtox. Also, Templars somehow getting tipped off to were he was hiding, and then getting shot with RPG rockets.

Alex would come home covered in filth, with barely any energy as he would stumble into the apartment to Desmond's apparent amusment and slight worry. Amusement because Mercer would stumble like the drunkards at the bar he worked part-time at. Worry because Alex was dead tired, filthy, and weak from being unable to feed.

ZEUS was seething with irritation.

"Oh look, another one."ZEUS growled. A super soldier was barreling towards Mercer. Alex wasn't paying attention at the moment; he was busy dealing with an absurdly large Hunter. Admittedly, Mercer wasn't doing very well; he hand't been able to feed, so he was a bit off his game.

"Mercer..." ZEUS was tugging on his attention. The super soldier was still coming. Another moment and they'd be impaled on the large piece of pipe the creature was holding.

Oh damn.

The pipe was drenched with anti-biotics. ZEUS could smell it. Anti-biotics weren't lethal; they just caused immense amounts of pain.

ZEUS hated pain.

"Mercer, there's a super soldier 180 degrees to your left."

BLACKLIGHT punched the Hunter that was trying to eat his face, then snapped its neck and consumed it. A Supreme Hunter leapt at him. Alex caught its claws with his own. He ended up in a grapple lock, attempting to wrestle the damn monster.

"Mercer, throw it!"

Alex was momentarily distracted by ZEUS' calls to his attention. "What?"

"That's it!"

ZEUS yanked Alex and shoved him into the back of his head while the entity pushed to the front to take control. He kicked the Supreme Hunter off to stab it with a tendril, throwing it into a building

Turning Mercer's body, he barely caught the pipe as the super soldier attempted to impale him. Moving with the momentum, he swung in a 360 and tossed the super soldier into the Supreme Hunter; who proceeded to eat what was thrown at it.

ZEUS grinned sadistically, then frowned when he felt a strong pull. He scrabbled for a hold as Alex pulled control from under him. The entity tumbled back into Mercer's head.

"You should be thanking me."

"Whatever, I had things under control." ZEUS' host snapped.

"We would've been impaled with a pipe drenched in anti-biotics. You weren't paying attention. I saved you from hours of excruciating pain!"

"I could've dodged it. You didn't have to do that!"

"At the angle he attacked you from, we would be stuck to the Supreme Hunter or the ground. You are weak. You barely Consumed. My logic is unflawed, don't argue with me!"

Mercer's next words were cut off when a RPG rocket hit his back. The rocket exploded and sent him flying into the HIVE that had burst. Alex shook his head. Looking up, his eyes widened to saucers. He stood up shakily and put his hands up.

"Easy there..."

What he was facing was the HIVE Queen. It looked like the xenomorph from the Alien movie trilogy. But instead of black hard skin, it was covered with red and pinkish flesh. It growled at him, opening it's jaws wide to scream at him.

"RRRRAAAAAAAAAHHH!"

Alex groaned in complaint and morphed his arm into a large blade.

The HIVE Queen was huge; twice the size of a Supreme Hunter, she completely dwarfed BLACKLIGHT. She let out a scream again and bladed tentacles came out of her back.

Well shite.

"This is going to take awhile..."

I love writing Cross, he the realist.