Consumption vs Assimilation.
The Virus vs The Hive Mind.
Alex Mercer vs The Thing.
The Thing's imitations surrounded Alex Mercer.
The imitation of a man named Ryan walked up to Alex. He aimed some futuristic gun at Alex, and shot a blast of blue flames at the shapeshifting anti-hero.
Alex quickly created a shield with his powers and blocked the flames.
The shield was scorched by the blue flames. Alex let the shield absorb back into his body. He then activated his Blade power in one hand, and claws in the other.
"Oh you're right." The Ryan imitation said. "We are very similar indeed. Maybe we should get coffee."
"Yeah" said Alex as he slashed at the Ryan imitation. "I hear there's a nice coffee place in Hell. Just send me the bill."
Ryan morphed his arm into a sword as well, and blocked Alex's blade.
"And when you meet a guy named Pariah down there." Alex said, as he and the alien creature locked swords. "Tell him Alex Mercer sends his regards."
The two fighters backed away.
"You know the human who used to wear this face used plasma based weapons to fight me." Said the Ryan imitation. "I wonder if they work as good on you as they did on me.
Imitation Ryan then threw a couple of plasma grenades at Alex Mercer. They exploded in a blinding flash, sending Alex tumbling backward.
Alex landed on his feet. The plasma blast singed his skin, but his powers quickly healed his wounds.
"You're tough" Said imitation Ryan. "But are you tough enough to beat this?"
Then the huge gorilla t-rex hybrid thrust its paw onto Alex's head, to crush him.
Alex however dodged the beast's massive claws, and grabbed onto its arm. He then ran up the monster's arm and onto its head. Alex then clawed the monster's right eye out, then its left.
He then ran down the creature's back, as he ran he used his massive blade to slice off each of its unimaginably thick tentacles.
Alex then leapt high into the air, he shot downward like a bullet, striking the monster in the back of the head. He then found himself inside the monster's brain.
He could hear a deep "Thump thump, thump thump," as the monsters heart beat.
Tentacles then shot out of Mercer's body, filling the monsters head. Alex then started to consume the beast from the inside out.
Within seconds the monster was no more.
Normally after consuming a living organism, Alex Mercer could see all of its memories, and know everything it knew. But this Thing, was a hive mind. This monster was only part of a larger whole.
Alex was able to see a small fraction of The Things mind, a fraction of what seemed like eternity.
"Very impressive." Said Imitation Ryan. He then pointed his hands in Alex's direction, signaling two other imitations to attack him.
The Imitation of Luna Loud came up to Alex, holding a demonic looking base guitar.
"I feel a base solo coming on bro!" It said. Then it struck the guitar sending a shockwave that launched Alex Mercer 10 feet back.
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Prototype of a Loud
FanfictionAfter a tragic death, Lincoln Loud returns from the grave. Now he must do what it takes to find out why and how he came back, protect his family, learn to control his new found powers and fight an evil force that threatens all of existence.
