Broken Paths
Chapter 1: Silence
Silence had never dreamed of a life like this so terrible with a chance that he might be killed one of these days but he didn't have a choice. When he was a child, blood runners took over and burned his village killing everyone within it. Silence however, was inside a cottage at the time and the blood runners couldn't find him but when they burned down the cottage silence was trapped inside when he came out his skin was so burnt it disintegrated to the touch. But even that wasn't the worst of it. What he saw that day drove him on a quest for vengeance saw strewn bodies everywhere, he saw blood and limbs so bad they were nearly impossible to recognize. He stumbled eight miles to the nearest hospital before collapsing. After he was put in a room and the surgery was done he was only slightly better than before. His skin had scars so sensitive to light he always wore bandages. The next night he left the hospital under the cover of darkness he couldn't wait anymore, the training had to begin.
Smoke echoed from his gun as he shot the man. He looked around. The other bloodrunners came at him wielding shotguns, katanas and heavy axes. They didn't stand a chance. Silence tore them apart with an Uzi and a katana. Body parts flew through the air. As the leader ran away Silence picked up an axe and threw it, it caught him in the back of his skull.
Silence: "20 men died for your head," as he cut open the mans head " and your leader massacred an entire village for mine," as he shoved the whole skull in a bag "I think we're even"
As he returned home he placed the skull on a wall in a dark room and hung up his equipment and took off his bandages as he lay down to sleep unknowing of what was to come.