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Chapter 1

I stood in the helicopter, looking out of the window at the massive mushroom cloud. A huge chunk of Auburn was now, more or less, toast, to put it lightly. I looked to my left. The F.E.A.R Point Man leaned on the wall casually, staring out at the destruction he had caused. Further to my left was Douglas Holiday, the SFOD-D demolition expert. To my right was Jin Kwon, the forensic scientist.

I can't really remember the first fifteen years of my life. The doctors said it was concentrated amnesia or something… I don't know. I also don't really know why I decided to join F.E.A.R.

I had just met the Point Man. Apparently; I was to be his teammate on the next mission. I wondered why he was so infamous. He seemed like a pretty normal guy to me.

"What about Alma?" inquired Jin, "What happened to her?"

Thud! The chopper shook and the lights went out.

"What was that noise?" Jin said.

I saw someone's arm grab the side of the helicopter, and then everything went black.

My eyes shot open. I was surrounded by darkness, with the exception of a ring of fire surrounding me.

"You... You will pay..."

I looked around for the source of the voice. I saw a little girl wearing a red dress (who I assumed to be Alma) just outside the ring. But she wasn't looking at me.

I followed her gaze until I saw the point man! What was going on? And why did alma look so... familiar?

Suddenly four... Uh... Things appeared. They looked like dead people flying around. They flew towards the point man, who drew his assault rifle and began firing at a speed the that didn't seem physically possible!

But the... Things were still too fast, and he only managed to dispatch two of them before they were nearly upon him. I had to do something fast!

I reached for my pistol, but much to may dismay, I only had one bullet!

Doesn't matter now, I thought as I raised my pistol and aimed at one of the Things.

I missed. By a lot. So much that the bullet didn't even go near my selected target. So much that I shot Alma. In the face.

That was when Alma noticed me. The look of anger on her face changed to one of surprise.

"You! How... You! How did... How?" she shrieked. There was a flash, and she disappeared.

The next thing I knew, the sun was shining in my eyes. My eyes squinted as I pushed myself up off of the dusty pavement. Wait, where was the chopper? I looked to my left, and saw the smoldering remains of the helicopter.

I stood up and walked over to the wreckage. "Holy Crap!" I said. Next to the chopper was skeleton surrounded by a pool of blood. "What the heck happened?"

"Alma did this."

I spun around. The point man stood there. "What happened?" I said.

"Alma killed the pilot. I don't know where Douglas and Jin are."

I nodded. "What do we do now?"

Before he could answer, I heard a small girl's laughter nearby. I looked around, but didn't see anyone. The laughter grew louder.

"Run! She's coming!" shouted the point man.

And we ran, yet the laughter grew still louder. Suddenly, the point man stopped running. I pulled on his arm. "Come on! We have to go!"

But he just had a far away look in his eyes. I pulled on his arm harder. "We have to go now!"

Suddenly he stumbled forward and gasped, as if he had been pulled from a pool while drowning.

I heard laughter behind me, but this time it sounded like it came from an adult.

I turned around. Alma stood ten feet away. The adult Alma.

"We are so dead." I muttered.