So this is not originally my story. I adpoted it from Akako Hama, so credits go to her for the first six chapters. She has granted me permission to rewrite the chapters she has already done so I could give it my voice and whatnot, but I made sure not to change it drastically because that would just be stupid of me.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this even if you're a returning reader.

Prologue: The Infection in Fairfield

Alex Mercer growled in frustration as yet another Hunter leapt at him, intent on shredding him with its claws. He let his arms form into his own claws, and jumped out of the way to avoid the other's attack. Swiftly, he grabbed the infected, his claws digging into the flesh of the other's. He pulled it towards him and crushed its skulled, consuming the infected quickly, without any struggles, but frowned when he recognized the boy from the memories. "He's from the collage I taught at," he mused sadly, "He was the best in my class. Sure loved journalism."

The BLACKLIGHT infected man just shook off the humane feelings, not have the time for them at the moment, and sprinted down the street, looking for any other survivors. He skidded to a stop when he heard loud sobbing nearby, instantly realizing that it was a Witch, another special infected like the hunter. "Better take it slow, I don't need to startle this one," he said to himself, remembering his last encounter with the easily angered creature. After the startling attack, he had been heavily wounded and had to consume a Tank to recover from that incident. He slowly crept along, keeping an eye out for the crying infected. 'This isn't the same virus I have – am,' he thought, reminding himself that he was the BLACKLIGHT virus, just in the form of a human, 'Must be a new one, so it probably doesn't have any connections unless someone's meddling where they shouldn't again.'

He heard the Witch scream, her screech high and almost terrifying, followed by frantic shooting from someone's guns. Alex quickly ran to the area the commotion was coming from, rounding the corner right into the thick of the fight. He eyes immediately landed on a man that resembled a motorcyclist, with tattoos all along his arms, frantically trying to keep the Witch from severely injuring him as the other three tried to shoot her away from his as she continued her attacks. Alex quickly positioned his shotgun so it would be easy to fire at any time necessary and rushed over to help the group. He put the barrel right next to her head and blew the strong female infected's head off. He heard a gasp and turned to see a familiar face for once. A young woman with fair skin and brown hair pulled back in a ponytail was staring at him in shock.

"P-professor Mercer, is that you?" She asked hesitantly, taking a step forward to try and get a better look at his face.

"Zoey, I'm glad to see that all those horror games paid off for you," The virus joked the smallest of smiles curling his lips and getting one from her in return. He looked at the rest of the group which consisted of, besides the motorcyclist, an African American man wearing a white shirt with a bright, red tie, and what appeared to be an elderly, military soldier, complete with a military beret perched on top of his head.

"Are you with the military?" The BLACKLIGHT virus questioned the man, his primeval fears beginning to rise in him as he remembered the past, his own outbreak, and what he had done then to those who wore military garb.

"I retired a few years back," the elder replied, gruffly, "And I'm guessing you're a college teacher of sorts."

"Yeah, my name's Alex Mercer," the virus said, quickly getting his name out there.

"I'm Bill Overbeck," The veteran stated sharply.

"Frances," The biker huffed, his eyes darting around the area, still shaken up by the attack.

"Louis," The last male of the group said happily.

"So, anyone have any ideas how all this started?" Alex asked, his eyes moving from one to the other, gesturing loosely around them with a hand.

"Not really," Bill sighed, "We're all in the dark about this, too."

"Doesn't matter, I was just curious. I thought it might have been what was released in Manhattan," the sentient virus sighed. The memories of what happened the day of the infection coming back, and the guilt of consuming others was, well, starting to consume himself. Without warning, he was thrown back into memories of the time right before this infection had broken out. Oh, how they had been so happy and carefree that day.

Alex sighed; annoyed when he noticed a certain student was sleeping in his class again. "Zoey Masters, I know you love staying up late playing horror games, but please try not to sleep in class," he sighed again as the girl woke up rather quickly, a piece of paper sticking to her face for a moment before it finally fluttered back down to rejoin her other papers.

"S-sorry Professor Mercer, it won't happen again!" Zoey exclaimed, blushing when the rest of the class quietly laughed and her getting caught by the professor again.

"That's enough out of all of you," Mercer ordered, "now let's continue the lesson. Jacob Williams, I believe you wrote a paper on the Manhattan incident from last year."

"Y-yes sir!" a black haired, green eyed boy exclaimed excitedly, already pulling his paper out and clutching it in his hands like it was a life line.

Everyone jolted when an alarm sounded and an announcement rang over the intercom, "Students, please remain where you are in class and do not leave your rooms. Professors, please report to the faculty room immediately. There is a riot just outside the buildings, but please remain calm. We will soon have the situation under control."

The students were completely silent as Alex left for the meeting, his eyes hard. He quickly sprinted out of the building, knocking over a few of the people in the riot as he tried to get around them. He felt something was wrong, something was off. They were acting way too similar to the infected civilians back from Manhattan. 'What the hell is going on?' he thought, his frown deepening as he broke free and picked up his pace.

I hope you enjoyed this! Please review if you did and the rest of the already written chapters should be out soon with some little changes to them, of course. :)