Alex Mercer
Alex Mercer is a male character from the game Prototype.
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Biography
Alex Mercer was a scientist who was attached to GENTEK that was studying the Virus that the Blackwatch had been experimenting for decades. Eventually, he was targeted for elimination and decided to take a sample of the BLACKLIGHT virus with him as insurance to prevent the military from killing him. Travelling to the Penn train station, he was cornered by a Blackwatch team. Before anything could happen, Alex shattered the vial of the virus in the station before he was gunned down by the Blackwatch team. His body was taken back to GENTEK but his actions led to the infection spreading across New York leading to a new menace that the military and Blackwatch sought to contain as more and more people succumbed to the deadly disease. Whilst this was happening, Alex's corpses was taken for autopsy and during the event, the virus that he released had in fact reanimated his body during the process and used his cells to preserve its existence thus creating a new entity that was no longer considered Alex Mercer except by name. As he awakened, a military team attempted to terminate him but Alex managed to escape from the morgue and into the general population. This led to an extensive search for Alex Mercer who was codenamed ZEUS by Blackwatch which sought to recapture him and study the mutation within his body. The effects of his rebirth had the unexpected effect on Alex as he had lost his memory of his previous life. In order to learn more, he began a process of trying to discover his past once more.
Background
Personality and attributes
Alex was quite ruthless in some regards as he showed little sympathy to the plights of others. In fact, the entity that was Mercer after being infected stated that he was no longer Alex but instead something else. He often questioned whether he was something less than human or something much more. Mercer said that the sins of what happened to the city were those of Alex and that he was responsible for the devastation caused by the infection.
He is not above using others as a patsy through the use of his disguise ability. By taking on a disguise, he was capable of putting blame on another person and saying that they were in fact him in disguise. Such acts often saw the accused being killed by their comrades allowing Alex to escape detection.
Powers and abilities
The virus that affected Alex Mercer had a number of abilities that were above that of a normal Human. This included increased strength, speed as well as endurance. His strength was far above that of a simple Human being which allowed him to easily overpower Humans and even pick up vehicles such as cars. In addition, he ahd the capacity to jump great heights and even destroy cars with his fists alone. Mercers speed was so greater than normal allowing him to outrun Humans and even vehicles. With his speed, he was able to run up buildings with ease. The increased strength went in hand with his endurance as he was now able to survive falling from great heights; falling from the top of skyskrappers to the ground with such a fall causing shockwaves that was capable of hurting others on that level. Furthermore, he was able to survive weapon fire from bullets and even take on shots from rockets.
Alex Mercer also gained further powers compared to his natural ones. The virus allowed him to control his own biomass to extraordinary levels. He gained the power to consume other beings through a simple touch; devouring their bodies and adding them into his own. This act had two effects; the first is that it replenished Mercers biomass thus regenerating any wounds he suffered from earlier and the second act is that the person consumed became a part of Alex. Their very DNA became a part of his own allowing him access to their memories and thoughts; in a way they were a part of him though such an act meant that he struggled to put all the memories together. After consumption, Alex gained the ability to take on that persons appearance allowing him to live as that person without being detected through ordinary means. This allowed him to take on the persona of doctors or act as a soldier who was attached to the quarantinee forces.
Through the use of his own biomass, he also gained a number of offensive abilities. He was capable of altering his own body allowing him to turn his hands into large claws that were capable of slicing opponents in half or even project this biomass through the ground allowing it to travel and impale enemies at a distance. There were other forms his arms could take, he was capable of changing his hands into massive fists that were far stronger though they were slower to move. Another form his hand could take was the whipfist allowing it to turn into a flexible tendril which he was capable of projecting over great distances. This allowed Alex to grab opponents that were ordinarily too far away or latch onto objects and pull himseld to them. The tendril served as an effective whip against his enemies. One of the final weapons he was capable of forming was turning his hand into a large doublesided blade. Whilst slow to move, it dealt devastating damage to opponents such as Hunters or Supersoldiers.
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