James Heller returns to the city, once his home, following his dismissal from a war in the Middle East. 14 months after the Blacklight being Alex Mercer saved the infected New York on his quest for redemption, Sgt. James Heller on his quest to destroy Alex Mercer, after having lost everything and everyone he loved to the Blacklight virus. The events of Prototype 2 takes place in New York City, now known as New York Zero, following Sgt.