High school Of The Dead: BlackLight of the Dead

When the school was invaded by 'them' Takashi, Rei and Hisashi tried to escape with Hisashi being infected and died…but what if Takashi was bitten instead of Hisashi and instead of killing him, it changed him into something else something…more.

Chapter VII: Progenitor of the Dead

Wide eyes stared in belief and mouth hung open in shock, as fear crept into their very souls. Saeko glared at the man before her as she flexed her powers lightly.

Standing before her was Sgt. James Heller, former member of the US Army and the second man to rival Alex Mercer in power. Externally she was calm and collected, but internally she was terrified. Her instincts were screaming at her to get away from this man.

She could sense that even if she were to fight this man. She would lose, and then she would not be able to save the others. So for the moment, she could only wait and watch the man before them.

The man had gone missing months after he killed Mercer back in New York. Completely disappearing from radar, and retreated into the mountains of Dakota. But now here he was, standing before them in Japan. And the only question that raged on everyone's minds where this…

'What the hell is he doing here?'

6 hours ago / Above Japan / Sgt. James Heller

Heller looked out of the window as he glared down at the burning city below him. His fist clenching as he looked out at the destruction of a nation, his eyes shifting between his normal brown eyes and his deep red ones as he cursed slightly.

A few days ago he watched on the news as the world fell into chaos of the zombie epidemic. His first instinct was to get his daughter to safety. He retreated to the mountains, far away from civilisation. He had nothing to fear of the infected, but would not take the risk with his daughter, and retreated into the mountains of Dakota, hoping to out wait the zombie infection.

But then he felt something, a strange feeling deep inside him, and knew that something was happening.

Using an old contact within the Blackwatch organization, he was able to learn that the same thing that happened in New York was happening in Japan. And that there someone else was running around exactly like he did...and dressed like Mercer.

He instantly knew that somehow it was connected to Mercer. Even after he killed him ten years ago, he was still weary of the guy. The man had released the Blacklight virus twice in his time. Who's to say he couldn't do it again from beyond the grave.

So after making sure his daughter would be safe, he and Dana Mercer took the first plane they could find to Japan. Dana had been able to learn how to fly a plane in the past ten years. So she could help Heller find out what the hell was going on. And if any of it had something to do with her brother.

"We are directly over Fujimi Academy! This is where they said that the epidemic began to turn worse!" Dana said over the headset as she flew the small plane over the burning city.

Heller walked over to the cockpit as he looked at the map. "Not much else is known, only that the infected began to change there! It might be worth a look if you ask me?"

Heller nodded as he walked over to doors, his eyes shifted to an orange hue as he scanned the area. The ground below instantly flared orange as small orange dots moved around his vision.

"There are a lot more of those infected motherfuckers here then anywhere else! You might be right about that?" he then looked up as he pointed to the east.

"There seems to be an abandoned airstrip two clicks in that direction. Land the plane there and wait for my signal!" he then leaned forward ready to jump, before Dana turned to him.

"Do you really think this is my brothers work?" she asked as he glanced back to her.

"Could he really be alive after all this time?" Heller looked back as he grasped the metal slightly.

"I don't know…" he then raised his head as his eyes shifted to blood red. "But I'm going to find out. And if I do find that motherfucker here…Then I'll just have to kill him again" He then leaned out as he fell plummeted toward the ground.

The air and clouds whipping past him, as fell out of the sky. His eyes glowing blood red as his arms shifted and changed. Right before he smashed into the ground and caused a large shockwave that blasted the area. Large spikes shot out of the ground, as multiple amounts of 'them' were impaled on the large spikes, Heller looked up as he smirked at the impaled dead.

"Its good to be back"

A loud roar was heard as he looked up to see, that he was surrounded by 'Them'. As well as a large number of the new infected, at least five hunters and two Juggernauts as they growled and snarled at the man. Heller only smirked as he flexed his hand and black tendrils swirled around his body.

He charged as the first of the infected attacked him. He slammed his fist into its head and slammed it into the ground. He then rolled to the left, as he narrowly dodged a hunter's claw. Shifting his hands into large Hammerfists he reared them back as he bashed the ground in front of him. Large spikes shot out of the ground as they impaled the hunter dead.

He then changed his arm into a giant blade, as he dodged another attack from the hunters and sliced one in half. The two juggernauts roared as they raised their large fists into the air and brought them down as a row of spikes shot towards him.

Heller only jumped out of the way as he landed on the side of the school. The infected that were in their line of fire, did not last long as they were impaled by accident. Heller ran along the side of the building, before he jumped off and brought his blade down on an unsuspecting Juggernaut. The blade easily cut through the thick fat of the juggernauts head, as the monster was split straight down the middle, each side fell on a group of infected.

Heller charged as he bisected another hunter and ducked under another's claws. He smirked before he shifted his powers to claws and stabbed the beast straight in the chest.

Tendrils began to swirl around the beast, as the Hunter was soon incased in a swarm of tendrils. Heller reared back his left leg and kicked the hunter into a large hoard of the undead. What followed next was a large explosion of tendrils shooting off into multiple directions, latching onto anything close by, before retreating back to the source and exploded in a mass of blood and guts.

With the last Hunter and Juggernaut left Heller smirked at them, as his hands transformed again, until they looked like tendril versions of his hands. The hunter roared as it charged at Heller, only to meet a gruesome end as Heller used his tendrils hands to create a large web of flesh from its own body.

The tendrils easily ripped into the flesh off the hunter and splitting him into bits and pieces. With the last hunter dealt with, Heller transformed his arm again as his arm became a large whip. The Juggernaut tried to defend itself, only for the attempt to end in vain. As Heller jumped over the beast, launched his whip fist into its skull, and ripped the head clean off its body.

"Easy" Heller said as he landed back on the ground. He now stood in the front of the school, as multiple veins of flesh could be seen growing on the walls.

"I could just end this all now by absorbing all this shit. But I need to find out if this really is Mercer, or someone else creating this shit. Otherwise all this shit will start all over again" Looking around, he could see that a large amount of the school was now covered in glowing red flesh, the flesh pulsating and oozing with blood dripping onto the floor.

Heller growled in disgust as he blocked his nose from the smell.

"Disgusting…now where the hell are you Mercer?" he walked forward as he searched the school. He moved along the halls, which now sported large pulsing cocoons. Inside the cocoons were strange humanoid shaped creatures, with sharp claws and canine faces.

"Damn, it's a whole farm of these ugly sons of bitches" Heller said as he looked at the hunter like beasts. Moving along he noticed that as he got closer to the roof, the more this organic stuff began to thicken.

Moving onto the roof he noticed red and orange veins pulsing along the surface, with multiple fleshy vines crisscrossing along the roof he looked around as he tried to find a clue.

"What the fuck am I supposed to be looking for anyway?" He asked more himself as he searched the desolate rooftop. Suddenly something caught his attention, a severed arm on the roof. The arm was still in a black sleeve and had multiple bite marks along the surface.

"Now what do we have here?" He walked over as he picked up the disembodied arm on the floor. "Looks like its been here a couple of days…" he stopped as he sniffed at the blood. His nose cringed, as he smelled something familiar in the blood. "It's infected, not like those undead fuckers here. More like it smells like…my blood," he growled as he stood up.

"Shit, looks like there really is someone like me running around this fucked up place."

He followed the scent as it led him to the edge of the building. Looking down he could see a large impact crater. Similar to the kind he would leave behind when he jumped off roofs.

He jumped down as he landed more elegantly then Takashi and searched the area. "Looks like the new guy fell here, got attacked by the infected. And then fought his way…" he looked to the left as he saw the parking lot.

"Over here…" running he jumped as he landed in now desolate parking lot. The corpses of multiple dead surrounded him as they stared up with dead expressions.

"These guys weren't killed by my Hammerfist. More like the claws I use when I killed one of those hunters" he looked over to the destroyed car as he inspected the damage. He knew that something, or someone, had to have thrown the car to cause this type of damage. He would have gotten closer to inspect it. But the thing smelt of semen and sweat…and the inside of it had pictures of young high school girls. Those made the man cringe in disgust.

"Whoever owned this car…must have been one sick mother fucker" he then looked at the gates. The large metals were bent outwards and black tire marks could be seen driving away from the school.

"Looks like he got into a car, no a small bus, tires are too big for a car. And drove off, must not be used to his powers yet if he travelled by car" he summarized as he quickly followed the trail until they stopped suddenly.

"Looks like someone got off here, and then the car drove off. Meaning that there was more then one of them in the bus." He looked up as he saw some of the people had stepped into some blood. Leaving behind a trail leading towards a housing district.

"Looks like the scent goes off in this direction. But there were more people with him this time. Why the fuck would Mercer travel with company?"

The mysteries continued to pile up as he followed the scent down the roads. He passed more of the undead that tried to take a piece of him. But were quickly dispatched by him as he absorbed their forms. As he continued to walk a small radio went off on his back waist. He picked up the radio as he held it to his mouth.

"Dana that you? Did you make it to the air strip?"

"Yeah I did, I've got my self locked up in the old communication's tower along the runway. I've managed to pick up some transmissions from Blackwatch. Looks like they're tracking someone through the city." She paused as she listened into the radio feed.

"Looks like they are calling him…Zeus…that's the same codename they gave to Alex when he was still alive. Think it could be Alex?" Heller looked around at the overgrown flesh across the ground.

"Maybe…keep an ear out and call me back if you find anything. I'm going to keep following a lead on my end. Stay safe Dana" he then hung up as the scent came to a stop at a large house.

Sniffing the air, he could smell several other scents as well. Five females, three men and the same scent he was following before. He then busted down the door and was meet with three of 'Them'.

The beasts growled as he shifted his hands into claws. And easily killed them, blood and guts flying into the air as he killed them. He grabbed one by the head and slammed the dead into the floorboards, breaking and smashing the floor to pieces and spraying blood all over the ground. With the dead taken care of, he walked around as he searched the house. He noticed that the stove had food still cooking. The food in the pot completely cold, as the ingredients just floated in the pot.

Walking up the stairs, he spotted a weapons locker. The hinges ripped cleanly off, as the door had a large fist shaped hole in the center. Running his finger on the inside, his fingers picked up a black powder that dabbed the ends of his fingertips.

"There were guns here and lots of them. Looks like he ripped the door open and gave them out to the other people here. But why would Mercer do that? Either he's weaker then he used to be. Or something else is going on here."

A soft glow caught his attention as he looked out and spotted a small house down the street. Jumping off the railing he sailed through the air until he landed in front of the house. The house had been completely burnt to the ground. Charred bodies lay on the ground, ranging from adults to children "Blackwatch…those bastards would kill a baby if it had a cough…question is why would they kill these particular people?"

Glancing to the left noticing a pair of tire tracks leading off towards the river. From his training in the army, he could tell these came from a military grade convey. And they dated to be older then bodies left behind.

Meaning that it was from whomever he was tracking.

"All right looks like I've got another trail to follow" he then sprinted along the road and continued to follow the tire tracks until they disappeared into the river.

"Must have gone through the river. Especially with the bridges blocked off like that." He cricked his neck as he looked across the river, "Looks like I need to get across the river" He stopped as a sound met his ears. Turning around he spotted three armoured vehicle parking along the back as men wearing tactical gear burst out and surrounded the men, guns instantly drawn on the man.

"停止！自分自身を識別！" one of the men said as he aimed his gun at the man. Heller looked confused before noticed the symbol stitched into the man's sleeve.

"Blackwatch...didn't think they'd track me down so soon...what the hell is he saying?" he asked not understanding the man's native tongue.

"私は自分自身を識別言いました！" the man yelled again as one of the other soldiers went for his radio.

"これはチャーリー・スクワッド、未知の民間人を見つけたされたコマンド、アドバイスしてください！" the man in the radio said as Heller only growled in response.

"I don't have time for this!" his hand instantly shifted into claws as the soldiers jumped back in shock.

"くそ！重点目標！優先ターゲット！" the men instantly opened fire, as the bullets did little damage as Heller charged at the men.

Before they could even react, Heller sliced the man into five separate pieces, before charging at another man and stabbing him straight in the chest. The man gargled on his own blood, before he was thrown across the river and smacked into the side of a building. He charged again as he cut down each and every one of them, until one man was left, who fired pointlessly at the man.

"わたしから離れて！" Heller only shook his head as he plunged his claws into the man's chest. "Sorry but I can't understand a word you're saying" the soldier could only scream as the tendrils swarmed and devoured the man whole.

A rush of information was absorbed into Heller, as the once unrecognizable words of Kanji became clear to him. "Huh, What do you know? I just learnt Japanese...As interesting as that was, I need to get over to the other side" But before he could a small light caught his attention as he looked to the left to see a small Sakura Tree.

At the base of the Sakura Tree was a small headstone, roughly carved with a name. Several small candles surrounded the grave. The wax of the candles had long melted down and dripped across the grave. He bent down as he inspected the grave. The words written on them had a small impact on him.

"Here Lies Alan Maresato…a brave man, a better human being and a loving father, who gave his life, so that his daughter could live" Heller looked at the grave as he placed his hand upon the stone and bowed his head. He imagined his own daughter and felt a great sense of respect to the dead man.

"You gave your life to save your daughter, I can relate to that. May you find peace and be reunited with the one you love." He then stood up as he looked across the river. Taking a few steps back. He sprinted as he jumped clear across the river. Landing on the road on the other side. He resumed the trail again until it led him to a wired fence.

Rain began to fall as the blood red stains of the street began to wash away. But Heller didn't care about that as he landed in middle of the street.

He looked around as he took note of scarred earth and the splattered blood. Limbs and body parts could be seen scattered all across the area. Bits and pieces of bone and teeth mixed in with the flesh and gore. At the center of it all, was a small crater and a massive amount of blood staining the ground.

"Must have been one hell of a party," Heller said as he inspected the crater. "Must have been Mercer, or the new guy. But where did you go next?" he then jumped up from the ground to the roof, as he searched the area.

In the distance he noticed large black spikes shooting up out of the ground. The same spikes that usually followed from a hammerfist attack. "He must have gone there, after killing all this undead bastards down there…better get over there and find-huh?" He stopped as his eyes caught something flying at high speed across the sky. He narrowed his vision as they soon winded at what he saw.

"Shit is that a Nuke!" Suddenly high above the sky a large explosion ignited the sky. Heller had to block his eyes as the light flashed across the sky.

"Shit! What the hell? Why did they launch a Nuke?" static noise began to come out of his radio as he attempted to contact Dana. "Dana? Dana can you hear me? Dana!" but all he heard was static.

"Shit! EMP must have fired every electronic in the city. Well at least she was far away from the explosion, so that means her equipment's still fine, its just mine that's fried" he said as he threw away his radio. He then looked up to see where the nuke had detonated.

"But who the hell would send a Nuke all the way out here? Blackwatch?" he would have continued his train of though, had the sound of gunfire caught his sensitive ears. In the distant, he saw a large glow of bright orange. The sound of gunfire and roaring of the undead could be heard all the way from where he stood.

"Looks like there's a fight going on there. And it's in the same direction as the Temple…maybe Mercers there?" Heller then flexed his muscles as he sprinted off the building. He ran faster then a speeding locomotive, as he raced towards the mansion.

"Well then lets find out"

Present Time

Heller glared at the young girl before him, as the people around him stood in shock. The man before them was the sole reason that an outbreak didn't occur ten years ago. The man who single handily defeated Alex Mercer and stopped his insane plan of mutated evolution.

"You…" he said as his eyes shifted to orange, Saeko's body was highlighted orange as he saw the infection side her. "You look like one of Mercers puppets, but you're different…"

"Mercer?" Takagi said as she watched from the sidelines. "Does he mean Alex Mercer? I thought he killed him ten years ago?"

"I did" Takagi shrieked in shock as the man tuned his attention to the pink haired girl "Or at least I was sure I killed him, especially when I absorbed the mother fucker..." he glared over to Saeko as tendrils rippled slightly over her form.

"But clearly I was mistaken, if more of his mutated bitches are running around..." Saeko glared slightly at the word 'bitch' as he fingers snapped and shifted into claws. But a sharp glare from the man, made something inside her recoil as she shifted back slightly.

"Please, you're about a hundred years too early to face me..." he then turned back to the crowed as he shifted his arm into a giant serrated blade. The metal and flesh like substance glistened in the burning fire light of the night's battle.

"Now I'm only going to ask this one more time, where the hell is Alex Mercer?" he pointed his blade at the crowd, his eyes flashing red as he glared at the scared survivors.

The only one not affected was Takagi's father as he stood up and glared at the man "Mister Heller, I can assure you that Alex Mercer is dead, and is not anywhere in my home" said unflinchingly as Heller spun around and glared at him.

"Don't lie to me! Don't stand their lying to me, while one of his mutant freaks is standing right there!" he pointed to back to Saeko, who was glaring at him as tendrils swirled briefly around her form.

"I'm telling you Alex Mercer is dead! You killed him ten years ago!" the Don yelled angrily as Heller only snarled as he stated to walk forward.

"Then I guess I'll have to extract it from your skull" he said as he moved towards the Don, even as his armed men stood in front of Souichiro. Only to jump back as Saeko came sailing at him with her Katana powers fully deployed.

The blade making just a small scratch on the man's cheek as he jumped back and raised his blade to the girl, Saeko held her blade in her stance as she glared at the man.

"How are you still..." he asked before he looked down at her feet as a tendril absorbed one of the many corpses around them. The biomass absorbed healed most of her wounds and brought her back to near full strength.

The man dabbed his finger as he looked at the blood that was on his fingers. "I will not allow you to hurt my friends" Saeko said as she raised the blade to her side, settling into a samurai's stance.

The man looked back before absorbed the blood into his being as he cracked his neck menacingly, "Looks like you still got some spunk in you after all..." he raised his blade as he got ready to fight. "Lets see how much you have!"

With a mighty yell he charged at the girl at blinding speeds, as Saeko barely managed to avoid the massive blade. She tried to slice his head off, only for her blade to clash with his.

Sparks shot off the metal as the two glared at each other, Heller enhanced the muscles in his body as he pushed the girl back, Saeko doing the same as the ground cracked under them. The two continued to glare before they broke apart and attacked each other at near blinding speeds. Sparks raining across the ground and the sound of clashing metal echoed in the courtyard.

The ground split in multiple locations as the two continued to attack each other with their bladed weapon. But Heller grabbed Saeko by her neck as he threw her across the field and slammed into the building, causing a large crater to appear in the building.

Saeko coughed blood as she impacted the brick home, only to move straight out of the way, as she narrowly missed Heller's boot. Large cracks split against the home, as a section of the large mansion crumbled under its own weight. Saeko dashed up the to the roof as Heller followed after her, their blades once again clashing in a rain of sparks and blood. While the on lookers could only watch in shock as the two super powered humans fought to the death.

"W-what the hell am I looking at?" one of the soldiers said as Souichiro only narrowed his eyes.

"We are witnessing those who have transcended the boundaries of man, and are bearing witness the battle of either Gods...or Monster" the loud clashing of blades resonated in the courtyard as the man gripped his katana tighter.

"And I fear we maybe just caught in the middle of it"

Saeko continued to slash at the man, as he deflected the smaller blade off his larger blade. He went in for a slash to her stomach, but she flipped away as she landed on the other side of the roof. Her hair wiping in the wind as she glared up an summoned a second katana in her other hand. She brought the blades across her body, as they crossed and sparked upon contact.

Saeko slashing and gashing at him with years of practice and experience, While Heller used his combat experience and physical endurance to outlast her attack. And while it did look like Saeko had the advantage in speed, a trained warrior like Souichiro Takagi could tell...She was losing.

Heller had more experience not only as a soldier, but was fully adapted to his powers, having ten years to master them. This became more apparent as Heller began to speed up and was forcing Saeko back.

Which was why she did not expect the boot to her stomach, that sent her flying off the roof and crashed into the ground below. She crashed and rolled across the ground, until she came to a stop in the center of the courtyard. She stood up slowly as she stabbed her Katana into the ground and forced her body up. Only for Heller to appear above her and placed a boot into her back, effectively keeping her pinned to the ground.

"Saeko!" the group yelled as Hirano aimed down his scope and fired at the man's head, only for the bullet to be ineffective as he turned around and glared at the gun otaku.

Hirano gulped nervously as he pulled back the bolt and aimed again "Do that again, and say good bye to your hand!" Heller yelled out as Hirano shook slightly. The shaking stopped as Saya Takagi grabbed the gun and lowered the barrel.

She shook her head as they turned back to the two as the wound on Heller's healed rapidly. He pushed his boot down on the girl as the ground beneath them cracked, Saeko screamed out slightly as the man continued to push down on her.

"Now I'm going to ask you this time...Where the hell is Alex Mercer?" Saeko looked up defiantly as her eyes shifted to red.

"We keep telling, Alex Mercer is dead, you killed him already" Heller placed his boot down further as Saeko screamed out loudly this time.

"And I told you to stop lying to me! He has to be behind this! There's no one else that can do this kind of shit!" Saeko only glared as she tried to push back up, only for the man to shake his head.

"Fine..." he raised his right arm as the arm transformed and shifted into it's large butcher blade form. "Guess this has to be the hard way" he raised his blade over her head as he brought the blade down. Time moved slowly for those around them, as the group attempted to move forward to save her. But they knew that by the time they reached her, it would already be to late.

Saeko watched with eyes wide open as the blade moved slowly and closer to her, unable to move or do anything to avoid its path. But unlike last time, she was not willing to accept death, and attempted to attack him...

When suddenly the sound of a trucks horn stopped everything, as Heller turned around just in time to see a large military truck flying straight at him. Leaving him with no time to react as the truck slammed into him and sent him flying back. The truck and Heller both slammed into the side of the courtyard walls, the front of the truck caving in as it collided into the man and wall.

Everyone stared in both shock and awe as they turned in the direction the truck flew from. They were both shocked and immensely relieved to see Takashi as he stood at the front gates.

His arms had shifted and coated with dark matter, to look like larger versions of his arms. His eyes glowed blood red from within his hood as he glared to where Heller lay. He deactivated his powers, as he then turned back to Saeko as he ran over to her and held her in his arms.

He gingerly lifted her head as the purple haired girl smiled at him "Beloved...you have returned to me" she placed a hand to his cheek; Takashi smiled as he held the girls hand to his cheek.

"Of course I did, like you said...We'll be monsters together" he smiled as she leaned into his chest, and savored his warming embrace. Their moment was ruined as the truck rustled and groaned, before it was easily thrown over the pair and crashed into the gate, effectively sealing the entrance to the estate.

"Hisashi! Morita! Take Saeko and get her out of here!" Takashi yelled back to the crowd, as both boy's ran over and took the girl from his arms. Saeko grabbed his arm with eyes that pleaded for him not go, he only squeezed her hand slightly as they shared a brief moment between themselves.

"I'll be fine, I promise" he smiled softly as they took Saeko away from him. He breathed out as he turned back just in time to see Heller walk out of the wall as he cricked his neck, showing signs that the truck had no affect on him what so ever.

"Ok...Didn't expect that" he paused as he looked up to see Takashi; the scent that radiated off him was exactly the same as the one he was tracking before. Takashi glared from the dark shade of his hood "Shit...he looks just like Mercer" he cracked his knuckles as the two began to circle each other.

The two seemed to be evaluating each other, as none seemed to want to make the first move. Blood red eyes glared into each other, waiting to see who would make the first move.

"So...you're the new 'Zeus'? You know the last person to have that title, nearly brought the world to its knees" Takashi glared as he flexed his gloved hand at the man.

"If you're comparing me to Mercer then I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'm nothing like him, I just want to keep my friends safe" Heller glared as he shifted his gaze over to the survivors. He scoffed as he turned back to the teenager.

"You might be able to make them believe that bullshit, but I know what you're really after...you're keeping them alive as food" Takashi visibly flinched as his fist clenched tightly in anger.

"You're trying to make them thin you're on their side, then the next thing they know...you've already sunken your claws into them" some of the civilian survivors began to whisper among themselves as their fear of the teen grew. His friends shared a brief look of doubt between themselves as the dark thought had always been in the back of their minds.

But a glare from Saeko brought them back from the dark thought, as they turned back to the two. "You're wrong! They're my friends! I would never even think about hurting them!" Heller only shook his head.

"You may be able to fool them and yourself, but sooner or later you'll snap just like Mercer did..." he raised his arm as it transformed into the large blade, which gleamed in the burning fires. "But I'll make sure that never happens...cause I'm going to kill you here and now" Takashi glared back as he raised his own arm and formed the massive blade himself.

"Like I'll just let you kill me...not when I have people to protect!" and with a mighty yell, Takashi charged at the man as Heller charged as well. The massive blades made a deafening clang, as a small shock wave blasted from their blades.

Sparks ignited as the two glared at each other. Red eyes glaring as they maneuvered and slashed at each other, their bodies moving at high speed as their blades cut into their flesh. Blood splattered across the ground as Heller and Takashi battled with unbridled fury. Their eyes burning blood red as Takashi jumped into the air, and attempted to slice the man in half.

Only for Heller to form two large shields on his arms as the blade clashed with rock like shields. Heller shifted his hands back into normal arms, as he grabbed the blade and threw it and the boy away from him. Takashi tumbled across the courtyard as he stabbed the sword into the ground, slowing his acceleration and leaving a large trench in the concrete stone.

He glared up just in time to dodge to dodge as the large Whip Fist slashed across the ground as Heller quickly withdrew his fist and launched the long serrated blade at the boy again. Takashi ducked and dodged and jumped over the long serrated whip of death, hoping to evade being sliced in half. Taking a gamble he shifted his arms into the larger versions of his arms.

And quickly grabbed the whip in his hand, the blades along the whip did little to cut the hardened skin as Heller looked back in shock while Takashi grinned. He then pulled with all his might as he swung the larger man around from his limb.

He spun the man around and around as he then used the force of the spin to slam the man into the ground. Heller growled slightly as he struggled against Takashi and managed to withdraw his arm.

He transformed his arms into the large hammer fists form as he slammed them into the ground, as large black spikes jutted from the ground in the direction of the boy. But Takashi copied him exactly as the two attacks collided with each other. The dark spikes twisted and splintered together to form a dark spire of twisted black earth.

This did not stop them as Takashi charged at the man with elongated claws as he slashed at the man, only for Heller to dodge his attack and slashed at the boy with the large butcher blade. Takashi screamed in pain, as his spine was temporary severed, if he were still human he would have been permanently paralysed from that attack.

Heller then grabbed the boy by his leg as he picked him up and slammed him into the ground repeatedly, a large crater forming in his wake as Takashi was slammed into the unforgiving earth. The others could only watch in horror as Heller effortlessly beat Takashi into the ground, it was clear that despite how powerful both of them were, Heller had years experience on his side.

Where as Takashi had days...

Takagi had to cup her mouth to stop her screams, while she held onto Hirano tightly. Hisashi gripped his fist tightly as Morita shook in fear, Yuuki by his side had to turn away from sight.

Shizuka held Alice close as she covered her eyes to stop the child from witnessing the brutality of Heller's assault. Souichiro and his wife could only glare as each brandished their weapon ready to attack the man.

But Saeko had the look of a killer as her eyes shifted to blood red and the tendrils swarmed around her form furiously, as she willed herself to move, only to fall face first into the ground. Still too injured to help her lover as he had for her. So she could only watch as Heller finally slammed the boy so hard into the ground; a large dust storm was kicked up and blasted the area.

When the dust settled, Heller stood triumphant over the boy, as he lay in a crater of blood and rubble. Heller however looked down at the boy sympathetically as he grabbed him by the neck, and slowly lifted him up off the ground. "I'm sorry you had to become something like this at such a young age..."

Takashi glared as his hood fell off and he glared at the man and struggled against his grasp. The man raised his hand as it swarmed with red and black tendrils "But for the safety of this world and for my daughter, you need to die" and with that he slammed his hand into his chest as Takashi screamed in pain.

"Takashi!" the group yelled as the tendrils swarmed around the boy, ready to consume him and absorb him into Heller. Takashi could only struggle and gasp in pain as the tendrils began to consume him.

But memories of Alice's father dying before him and the pained look of Saeko as she lay in his arms flashed through his mind. A burning rage burned inside him as he grabbed the man's arm. Takashi's own tendrils burst forth as they attacked Heller's and attempted to absorb him. But it seemed neither tendril could absorb the other.

Heller gasped in shock as the boy's memories passed though his mind and quickly separated as the two created a large distance between them. Takashi was panting as the tendrils swarmed around his form.

Heller looked at the boy and his own arm that still twisted with the dark red and black tendrils. "So...he is like me as well? I can't absorb him and it looks like he can't absorb me either." He glared back up at the man as he attempted to attack him again. But a loud roar was heard as the two man looked over, as Takashi's eyes widened in shock.

Standing on top of the overturned truck was the large Hunter Leader, which Takashi had unknowingly unleashed upon the world. The beast's dual moths opened and shut as rows upon rows of sharp teeth glistened in the burning light.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me!" Takashi yelled as the beast roared and charged at the pair. Takashi and Heller jumped out of the way, as the beast only grabbed at air.

The monster growled as fury as it set its sight on the group of survivors that looked at the beast with terror in their eyes. The beast seemed to grin as it bounded towards the group; adults quickly shoved others out of the way, as they tried to get away from the beast. Some of them even shoved the children out of the way, just to save their own lives.

But Shizuka paralysed by fear could only hold the terrified Alice close to her chest, as she attempted to shield the young girl with her body. "Damn it!" Heller yelled as he was about to move to save them, when a black blur shot past him as Takashi charged at the beast and slammed into the side of the beast.

The beast was sent hurtling towards the building as it slammed into the old brickwork. The beast shook it's head as it roared furiously at the boy, Takashi only growled back as he attempted to shift his hands into claws. Only for them to fail as he fell to his knees 'Shit! Did Heller drain some of my health? Not good!' he thought as the beast grinned and stomped over and lunged at the boy.

"Takashi!" Saeko yelled as she attempted to protect the boy, Takashi was about to jump back when a black blur appeared before him. He gasped slightly as Heller stood in front of him, both hands held firmly in the beast's hands.

"What the?"

The beast roared in anger as Heller kicked the monster in the face and threw the creature away. The Beast roared as it slammed its large fist at Heller as Heller smirked and charged at the beast, his blade sliced off its arm as the beast howled in pain and held its stump of an arm. Heller was about to finish it off, when the beast released a large roar and summoned a large group of Hunters to its aid, while it took the chance to leave.

"Coward! Comeback and face me like a monster!" Heller yelled as he turned his attention back to the four hunters. The beasts roared as they all charged at the former Sargent blocked an attack with his shield and summoned a hammer fist to crush one's head to paste.

"Hey kid! If you're serious about protecting your friends! Then get off your ass and help them!"

This was enough to snap Takashi out of his shock as he ran over and absorbed one of the regular infected. The small amount of biomass was enough to refuel him and returned to the fight.

He ran over as he summoned his claws and attacked one of the hunters, while Heller summoned his whip fist and latched into the skull of one of the hunters, swinging the body around like a toy on a string.

Takashi ducked and rolled under the beasts' claws as he shifted to his blade and sliced the beast in half. Blood and gore flew through the air, as his eyes glowed a furious blood red. Suddenly a hunter appeared behind him, ready to pounce and devour the boy. When a black Katana pierced its stomach, and was quickly devoured into the form of Saeko Busujima.

The pair smirked to each other as the two resumed their chaotic battle, the sounds of blood and flesh being torn echoed into the night as soon the first rays of dawn shone from across the manor. The light revealed a courtyard painted and scattered with bits and pieces of the once dead and mutated monstrosity.

And in the center of it all stood the three mutated beings Sargent Heller, Saeko Busujima and Takashi Komuro. Heller looked down at his blood-covered blade and back to the two other beings; as they kneeled down to catch their breaths.

He scoffed slightly as he reverted his blade and began to walk away, the courtyard was silent as Takashi stared in utter confusion as the man who had tried to kill him mere minutes ago, had just saved his life.

"Why?" he asked as he faced the man's back "Why did you just save my life, when a minute ago you were trying to kill me?" Saeko glared as well as she sat next to he r partner.

Heller scoffed as he turned away from the boy "Don't get the wrong idea kid," Heller said as he turned his back to the boy.

"The reason I'm letting you live right now is because I can't absorb you, and clearly you're not entirely responsible for this massive fuck up" he gestured to what remained of civilisation as he looked over to the balcony.

The small rose haired girl brought back memories of his daughter back home "Besides...you saved that little girls life twice so far, that's not enough to convince me, but enough to earned my respect" he looked back at the city as he tightened his fist.

"So I'll leave you and your 'Friends' alone for now" he turned back as he glared at the boy. "But make no mistake, you and your friend here step out of line, even once, I will not hesitate to kill you and drain every inch of your life from your dead body"

Just as he was about to turn away Souichiro Takagi walked up to him, hand still on his katana as he glared at the man. "What will you do then?" Heller looked back as he surveyed the city.

"Not that's it any of your business, but I'm going to keep looking for Mercer, if he is alive and responsible for this then I'm the only one who can stop him..." he looked back to the boy as he glared at Heller.

"I would keep an eye on him if I were you, he reminds me to much of Mercer...you never know when he could snap" Souichiro glanced back as the man walked past him.

"I could say the same about you" He glared slight as he then bent down and turned back to the boy as he left a parting message.

"Remember kid...I'll be watching you" and with that he jumped high across the ground as he disappeared into the city.

Takashi remained still as he watched the man disappear, and found a strange form of respect in the man. Despite the fact that he nearly killed his girlfriend and nearly tried to kill him, he still saved his friends life when he couldn't make it.

That was enough for him to resect, but not forgive, the man who was his progenitor. And burned a fire in his mind; to get as strong as him, so that he could always protect the people he cared for the most.

No matter the cost.

Fujimi Academy / 0800 / Basement

Below the surface of the academy, beneath the metal and concrete, shrouded in complete darkness. A lone cocoon pulsed and glowed an eerie orange light as the skin became transparent and a small lump of flesh grew within the fleshy sack.

The small lump of flesh began to pulse and convulse as organs and bones began to form slowly within the cocoon. The bone began to form a skull as dark tendrils formed and twisted until part of a face was formed.

And from within the cocoon the face opened its one eye to form a sinister grin as it mouthed in the liquid one thing...

-It's good to be Back-

And scene, well here is chapter Seven of Backlight of the Dead. Sorry for the long wait, but its hard to write a good piece of fanfiction, especially when you're social life and work keep dragging you out of your rhythm.

But here is Chapter Seven and I hope you enjoyed it, please be patient with my other works as it is really hard to write chapters eighth thousand words long.

Stay tuned for Chapter Eight coming out whenever its ready

Masseffet-TxS out.