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The city was a battlefield and the smell of death was everywhere you turned. The infection had spread through nearly every corner of New York City and even the so-called safe zones were no longer completely safe for the few unaffected humans that were left to fend for themselves. Blackwatch’s self appointed black op military force had done more harm than good trying to contain the virus - trying to control the spread of infection at the cost of thousands of innocent lives. They were more monster than human… and worst of all, they’d let this happen before, only now the disease had mutated and spread like wildfire. If they had ever planned any sort of ‘containment’ from the beginning, these guys had fucked it up royally.
Over the last three days the city had been split into three distinct zones that depended on the level of infection. The remaining untouched population had taken refuge in the Green Zone, but even there away from ground zero it wasn’t safe from the military. No one got in our out. Blackwatch ruled with an iron fist, keeping people in line and prisoner to the islands. And smack dab in the center was Manhattan - the central breeding ground for the virus. …Home. At least that was the best description of it. The Red Zone was just that; a nightmarish hell where the Blacklight virus ran rampant. Houses, skyscrapers, even the population were crawling with the infection – warping and twisting it until nothing remained by animalistic rage and blood lust.
It was the best and worst place someone like me to hide out.
The idea had been simple; take refuge in the center of the chaos where even Blackwatch’s forces would be scared to go. It was just perfect.. and ironic, having a safe house in the middle of the crap I’d started in Penn Station when the Blacklight virus was let go. Now though, even the infected had left me alone as I searched the remains of the zones for a cure. Maybe they were tired of me and no longer cared, God knows they never thought of me as a threat so who could say. This deep in the Red Zone you never would expect to see a normal human life though… but that’s just what happened.
I shadowed after him a couple blocks, wondering how the hell some random loner just so happened to wander onto the island singlehandedly, let alone make it passed the checkpoints and infected. As bland and unarmed as he was? Looked more like an errand boy than military.. So, it should of been easy to take him down- just had to get the jump on him first….
…which turned out to be a bad idea. Next thing I knew I was sailing fifteen feet in the air and down the side of a four story building, coming to a stop on the roof of some poor shmuck’s car. Well.. doubt they really needed it anyway.
Didn’t seem too doubtful that Blackwatch had sent him after me. We’ve pretty much got freaky super powers covered in the city. Ten thousand volts running through your body is pretty normal in comparison to what I can do. Not everyone can claim to have machete blades growing from your fingers…
Guy called himself Cole MacGrath, some Fourth of July reject from Empire City looking for information about a creature he called “The Beast”. Started asking me questions about some woman named Moya and what happened to the city….like it wasn’t already all over the news. After getting my face shoved into a walking electrical socket trying to talk it out was a piece of cake. So, this guy’s not from Blackwatch and what happened here in Manhattan must have had some effects carry over from some Ray Sphere in Empire City. No big deal, right?
So, the biggest question now is… If the virus isn’t the only thing out there changing people, what the hell’s coming next? And on top of it, what’s this uppity little prick want with me?
Fuck, only ten minutes and I already hate this guy.
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I wish I had the skill and ambition to actually turn this into an actual comic. xD Maybe someday I might write it up as a full fic. Who knows.

Critiques welcome!

Description
Part 1: [link]

The city was a battlefield and the smell of death was everywhere you turned. The infection had spread through nearly every corner of New York City and even the so-called safe zones were no longer completely safe for the few unaffected humans that were left to fend for themselves. Blackwatch’s self appointed black op military force had done more harm than good trying to contain the virus - trying to control the spread of infection at the cost of thousands of innocent lives. They were more monster than human… and worst of all, they’d let this happen before, only now the disease had mutated and spread like wildfire. If they had ever planned any sort of ‘containment’ from the beginning, these guys had fucked it up royally.
Over the last three days the city had been split into three distinct zones that depended on the level of infection. The remaining untouched population had taken refuge in the Green Zone, but even there away from ground zero it wasn’t safe from the military. No one got in our out. Blackwatch ruled with an iron fist, keeping people in line and prisoner to the islands. And smack dab in the center was Manhattan - the central breeding ground for the virus. …Home. At least that was the best description of it. The Red Zone was just that; a nightmarish hell where the Blacklight virus ran rampant. Houses, skyscrapers, even the population were crawling with the infection – warping and twisting it until nothing remained by animalistic rage and blood lust.
It was the best and worst place someone like me to hide out.
The idea had been simple; take refuge in the center of the chaos where even Blackwatch’s forces would be scared to go. It was just perfect.. and ironic, having a safe house in the middle of the crap I’d started in Penn Station when the Blacklight virus was let go. Now though, even the infected had left me alone as I searched the remains of the zones for a cure. Maybe they were tired of me and no longer cared, God knows they never thought of me as a threat so who could say. This deep in the Red Zone you never would expect to see a normal human life though… but that’s just what happened.
I shadowed after him a couple blocks, wondering how the hell some random loner just so happened to wander onto the island singlehandedly, let alone make it passed the checkpoints and infected. As bland and unarmed as he was? Looked more like an errand boy than military.. So, it should of been easy to take him down- just had to get the jump on him first….
…which turned out to be a bad idea. Next thing I knew I was sailing fifteen feet in the air and down the side of a four story building, coming to a stop on the roof of some poor shmuck’s car. Well.. doubt they really needed it anyway.
Didn’t seem too doubtful that Blackwatch had sent him after me. We’ve pretty much got freaky super powers covered in the city. Ten thousand volts running through your body is pretty normal in comparison to what I can do. Not everyone can claim to have machete blades growing from your fingers…
Guy called himself Cole MacGrath, some Fourth of July reject from Empire City looking for information about a creature he called “The Beast”. Started asking me questions about some woman named Moya and what happened to the city….like it wasn’t already all over the news. After getting my face shoved into a walking electrical socket trying to talk it out was a piece of cake. So, this guy’s not from Blackwatch and what happened here in Manhattan must have had some effects carry over from some Ray Sphere in Empire City. No big deal, right?
So, the biggest question now is… If the virus isn’t the only thing out there changing people, what the hell’s coming next? And on top of it, what’s this uppity little prick want with me?
Fuck, only ten minutes and I already hate this guy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I wish I had the skill and ambition to actually turn this into an actual comic. xD Maybe someday I might write it up as a full fic. Who knows.

Critiques welcome!