Nothing. Slimy. Dark. Blood. Guts. Pain. Loneliness.
That's all I could feel. I wasn't even sure what had really happened at first. It was all too quick and honestly, I think I might've saw it coming. I remember some bits and pieces though. Vale was under attack by Grimm. We were sent out with a bunch of our friends to save the people and clear out all Grimm. Sounded easy, all the missions did. Our leader, Ratchet, wasn't up to it at the time. He's been going through a tough time. I can't remember what happened, maybe something to do with Yang, but I know it hit him pretty hard.
He joined up with us later and when he did you could tell he wasn't himself. His fighting was sloppy, he was almost losing his mind after he heard men, woman and children screaming in fear for their lives or just for their lives in general. What hit him the most though, like a truck with a fucking rocket strapped to it was…me.
I saw him right before it happened. His eyes were wide and filled with fear of what he was seeing. He yelled out my name. He rushed over but it didn't matter, the behemoth Grimm crushed me inside its huge mouth. I think Nick also tried helping but he was in a blind fury, I don't think he could truly focus and if he did I doubt he had the power to hurt the beast. My pal Anna was…ah, right. She was being attacked and couldn't help. Not that I expected her too. She wasn't always the best to rely on.
How did I even get here? Because I was weak? Because I tried helping by being near the front lines when I'm best in the back? Who knows. The only person I can blame is myself but…something tells me that isn't the case.
My name is Irene and I'm…I was a member of team RAIN. As long as I keep that memory…I should be ok…
Chapter 1: How We Met
I wasn't in pain. I don't think anyway. All Grimm had pretty strong jaws and there was no way I was going to live when it swallowed me up. I found myself panicking but soon I stopped as I went down its throat, covered in blood and saliva. I was a goner.
I laid there as I landed in the beasts stomach. I wasn't sure what kind of liquid this thing had in it but whatever it was burned and I screamed. I never screamed for so long or so loud in my entire life. I assumed nobody hurt me since I couldn't hear any voices outside but I did hear explosions.
The beast was moving, probably out of the city since the liquids were now sloshing back and forth rapidly. I was carried with it like a paper bag to the wind. After some time though, I stopped screaming because my throat not only hurt, but it burned because of the liquid being forced into my mouth. My eyes shot open as I felt a stinging go to my heart and it felt horrible, like my very soul was being ripped out of me. So I just laid there, patiently waiting for this cruel, painful way to die would just finish the job.
Some time later, the beast fell to its side and started disappearing. I guessed it would take me with it but that wasn't the case. After it faded away, I was on the ground in the mountains and I noticed my left arm was missing along with my left leg. I smiled as the vision in my left eye was also nonexistent.
Looks…like I'm…done for…
I closed my eyes and thought about my friends and all the moments we shared together but it didn't last as I heard foot plant itself right next to me. I opened my eyes to see a small girl above me with a wicked smile on her face.
"Excuse me, but you seem to be dying." She said.
Wow…thank you captain obvious. I shrugged as best I could and she sat down next to me.
"But why?" I raise an eyebrow at her and she continues. "Why die? Don't you want to be strong? Don't you want to finish everything you've ever wanted to do in life before you kick the bucket? Or maybe you wanna live forever?"
I couldn't form any words so I just sighed which made me cough up blood.
"Poor Irene," she said softly. My eye widened since I never revealed who I was to this girl. I also noticed that her voice sounded…demonic. "You look so pathetic. A proud member of team RAIN shouldn't be in the ground dying."
The small girl positioned herself on top of me and put her forehead against mine. I stared into her eyes and saw something in them but I didn't know how to explain it at the time.
"Let me in Irene. I can make you stronger, faster and most of all, I can get you revenge on all of those so called friends who did save you. By now, they probably have a replacement for you. Now that's no way to teach a lady is it?"
The girls words were true, I was probably already replaced. To be fair, I'm not even sure if it's the same day but I was started to lose consciousness.
The girl frowned when she saw my eye start to close slowly. "Come on baby doll, let me inside. I can make you better. I'll never betray you like Ratchet did."
Ratchet. It was always about him. Ratchet this and Ratchet that. He was the fucking poster boy for team RAIN and all because he was the leader. It pissed me off but I always kept it in. I hated it. Sure he never was as cool as Neptune or maybe even as great a fighter as Pyrrha but people still noticed him more than the rest of us. It was always about him! He never took our feelings into consideration for anything! Despite how he may look and act in front everyone else, he's a fucking asshole. I would know, we've been together since we were …he was the reason this happened to me. He's the reason the Grimm attacked the city. That fucker…everything is always about him huh? Fine. Than I was gonna make sure he got all the attention he needed.
I couldn't speak but I opened my mouth and the small girl giggled happily as she kissed me. It felt warm and nice but then I felt something cold and dead go in my mouth. My eye closed as I tried struggling but I couldn't and before I knew it, I was about to pass out but before I did, I heard a name.
"The names Liz. Let's kill all of them."
A/N: Welcome all! I've decided to delve deeper into Irene's past (or at least what happened to her before the Legend Of RAIN takes place) so it'll be a small story, probably only 10 to 15 chapters about her and Liz meeting up with Freedom, going in missions and perhaps discovering secrets that aren't in the main story?
Ah, well. Who knows what'll happen. So if you enjoy Irene as a character (or just want to know more about her) make sure to keep up because her journey through hell and back is not one that can be walked through easily.
That was just an expression. I know these two stories are a bit supernatural but she isn't actually going to hell. That'd be weird. Or maybe...
- CLOUD MARIO