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Here's another installment of more then friends!

Okay, to those who are dying to see action and Infected being killed, here's is my gift to you!

Consider this a lil treat to those who has been itching for some gore in this story.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN PROTOTYPE! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY THIS? #$%^&*()

ENJOY!

Ria noticed the remaining Infected lurking on her District. "But…" She grinned devilishly at Alex who raised his eyebrow at her tone. "Let's kill some infected first."

Alex smiled at her enthusiasm. He readied his claws and stood in an attacking stance. Ria stared at Alex's claws, suddenly envious of them when only a day ago she was terrified of them. She looked down to her own hands and clenched them hard, trying to will them into the same menacing ones Alex had.

Alex proceeded to slice two Infected in one go and turned back to Ria. He followed her gaze to his claws and gave a small chuckle. "Don't worry, you'll be able to get these once you're ready." He spoke and patted her head. "But for now, just use your fists." He answered curtly.

Ria smiled at that sentence. She can survive with just her fist. She caught one Infected lurking towards her in a sickly manner. She turned, clenched her fist as hard as she could and wallop the Infected straight in the head. The impact was so hard, the Infected flew backwards and crashed into three other Infected.

Ria eyes widened to her super strength and she turned to Alex who was fighting in a wicked flurry of combos. He smirked and shifted his Claws into Whipfists. He whipped the ground tauntingly and Ria rolled her eyes.

"Show off." She huffed out and lands a flying kick into one of the Infected's head. The Infected's skull smashed and Ria scrunched up her nose as she felt the squishy feeling of the brain. "I have to get new shoes." She huffed out and landed another punch on an Infected behind her.

"Hate to break it to you, Ria. But you can't change your clothes." He exhaled out as he did a sweeper with his Whipfist. The Infected fell as they came into impact with the whip and Alex whipped the ground again.

"Why not?" Ria called out as she grabbed an Infected and threw it into the wall just like Alex did a few moments ago.

Alex carried an overturned car and hurled it towards the area where the Infected were. It exploded with fire spreading onto the Infected's body. "You're clothes are part of your Biomass now. It can't falter away, so you're gonna have to live with brain stained shoes." Alex shrugged and Hammerfisted a few Walkers.

Ria scrunched up her nose again. "Well that sucks." She spoke and uprooted a lamppost. Using that, she swinged the lamppost towards the Infected like a baseball bat. It wasn't much, but it was much better then just using her fists. Alex turned to Ria's situation.

"Smart girl." He spoke underneath his breath and consumed a few Infected, building up his Biomass. Once he felt himself 'full', he called out. "Ria! Watch this!" He called and unleashed his ultimate attack, the DEVASTATOR.

His body exploded into many spikes/tendrils, extending and impaling every Infected and Walker near him. Ria had to lie on her belly before one of the spikes impaled straight through her chest but it didn't falter her thoughts on that move. After the tendrils were extended and impaled the Infected, they contracted immediately back into Alex's body. The Infected were consumed, the rocks and debris that were caught in turned to rubble and there stood ZEUS in his mighty glory.

Ria got up and dusted off the dirt on her skirt and crossed her arms. "That was way beyond showing off." She scowled at him. Alex shrugged. "If you have it, you flaunt it." He answered back and looked around. He whistled, impressed at his work. "I reeally killed all of them, didn't I?"

Ria approached him, hands still crossed. "Uh, yeah you did. And didn't even leave a single one left for me. What kind of friend are you?" She spoke and punched him playfully on the shoulder. Alex retaliated by messing up her hair when he stopped.

"Friend?" He repeated, tone dropped two octaves lower.

Ria looked to him quizzically. "Uh, yeah? We're friends, right?" She spoke and cocked her head slightly to the side.

Alex swallowed his throat and looked down to the ground. He had never had a friend before. The only friend he had was Dana but she was his sister. Karen and him just went out because they were good together, but friends? No, he had never had a friend. His insides contracted at the thought of friendship and the kind voices in his head encouraged him on to accept being befriended.

Alex looked up to meet Ria's emerald eyes. So innocent, so naïve. She was the perfect friend material but out of all people she chose to befriend with, she chose him. He should be lucky for this but he knew he didn't deserve it. He will never deserve this friendship. But for her sake, he will accept being her friend.

The end of Alex's mouth twitched slightly and quickly formed into a tight line. "Yeah, friends." He answered softly and quickly turned his back on her.

Ria cocked her head to one side. It intrigued her, Alex's sudden change of emotion at the mention of friend. Did he not want to be friends with her? And why did he looked uncertain when he told her they're friends? Did he really not like her? Why is she feeling so conflicted? He must not like me… She thought and exhaled softly. I must be one of the biggest nuisances he had ever faced… She thought again but quickly cast away the thought. This is not like her. She's the never-say-die person. Sulking is not her thing. Whatever is between them right now is not important.

Ria smiled and headed towards her house. "Come on! The sooner we reach my home, the better!" She cried out and wall runned to the nearest building. The latter reached the front of Ria's house in no time and Ria tried to open her door. Since it was locked, Ria busted the door open with a kick and entered in. Everything was seen untouched; the same way Ria left it a day ago.

"Uh, make yourself at home. I'm just going to take something up to Dana's place." Ria stopped in her tracked and turned her head to Alex. "I am staying at Dana's place right?"

Alex looked at Ria's worried look. "Yes." He answered with a raised eyebrow.

"Wheew." Ria exhaled and entered her room. Scared her for a moment there. She didn't know why but she had a feeling that Dana doesn't seem to trust her that much. Ria shrugged it away and grabbed a slingbag to stuff all the items that she'll want to bring to Dana's.

Clothes were out of the question, now that Alex told her her clothes are part of her now. Ria sighed at her hooded jacket and skirt. If she had known about becoming BLACKLIGHT, she would have used a better outfit. Now that she can run on walls and jump over building, people can see her panties thanks to her skirt. Ria gritted her teeth at the thought and sighed. "I'm just gonna have to live with it." She whispered to herself.

She searched her drawers and took out her small jewelry box. It was sweet thing, it can be opened and closed by a screwed lid. It was the shape of a rectangle and at the back, you can wind a small key to play a song. Ria had found out thru the Internet that the song her small jewelry box played was 'I' by Yiruma. Ria took the key out and kept in the pocket inside her jacket.

Inside the Jewelry box was a single cross bracelet. Her parents were Catholic and so was she. They gave her the bracelet when she was 14, the year before they were shipped off to GENTEK as researchers. Her parents were well known researchers and they were hired to conduct experiments on a project called BLACKLIGHT. No, forced to conduct experiments is more like it. BLACKWATCH pointed a gun at Ria's head and her parents had to accept the job. She knew they were dead by now because they've didn't return. She assumed they were turned into Infected as well.

She gritted her teeth at the memory. BLACKWATCH took her parents away from her and she ready to give back revenge. She could do that anytime she wants now that she's BLACKLIGHT. She'll bide her time and when the situation calls for it, she'll wreck havoc on the BLACKWATCH bases. Ria made a small grin at the plan. Revenge is a dish best served cold, as they would say, but she'll rather serve it with a thousand doses of blood, intestines and explosions (If you get my drift).

She grabbed her box and stuffed it into her bag. She turned in her room and search for other things and also grabbed the family photo that hangs on top of her bed. She'll want to keep that for memories. She scanned for one last time and also clutched her drawing pad. The drawing pad holds many of her previous and recent drawings over the years and she couldn't bear leave it behind. She also grabbed her own pair of skates. Once December draws near, she could go out ice-skating for a change.

Whilst Ria was packing her things, Alex had a look around the living room. The kitchen was attached to the dining room and he could see pictures frames on the walls. He walked over to see the family photos and his head panged slightly. He scrutinized the mother and father photo. The frame read Mr. and Mrs. Carter.

Instantly, his head panged sharply and his mind swirled. He was down on his knees, clutching his head as the 'real' Mercer's memories flashed by him.

Mr. Carter: Oh, there's Alex. Hey Ale-

Mrs. Carter: Don't disturb him, honey. He's probably tired.

Mr. Carter: Why would he be? It's a Friday night. He should relax for a bit for to day.

Mrs. Carter: I wouldn't say the same, dear. Have you heard? Three more people disappeared and they're all from our project. I'm starting to get a lil worried.

Mr. Carter: Don't worry dear, nothing will happen to us. It's just a rumor that's what it is.

Alex's flashback stopped and he sucked in a deep breath. So Ria's their daughter. It was strange how he did not recognize their name. He recalled thru the 'real' Mercer's memories and groaned. They both disappeared a day before Mercer released the virus at Penn Station. How is he going to tell Ria that her parents are dead?

"What she doesn't know won't hurt her." He whispered softly to himself. "I'm done!" Ria's voice rang thru the apartment and Alex turned to see Ria with a slingbag on her shoulder.

"What's in there?" He asked quizzically and Ria looked to her bag. "Oh, just a few memories for the adventure ahead." She beamed and her gaze diverted to her trophy shelf. They sat there shiningly with slight dust casted on top of them. She bit her lip, contemplating whether to bring them along but decided against it. She won't be needing trophies and awards for the road ahead.

Alex turned and pointed at her parent's photo. "Don't you want to bring one of those?" He asked. Ria quickly nodded and stuffed the photo with the frame in her bag. "Yeah, nearly forgot about it." She said as the headed out of the apartment.

Ria turned sharply to Alex. "So, you wanna tell me how I can get them claws? Oh, and teach me how you can do that wicked move you did back there. Y'know with the exploding tendrils and stuff?" Ria spoke. Alex smirked at her eagerness. "You'll learn eventually. But you're not down with the basics yet." He answered her.

Ria scoffed. "I'm so down with the basics already. Come on, teach me how to get them claws." She chirped as they wall runned up to the roof. Alex merely shook his head as the latter jumped from rooftop to rooftop.

There, I hope you enjoyed it! Usually, I suck at fighting scenes so please review on how'd I go.

Tune in next time in 'More Then Friends'!