Prologue
The streets were darkened as thunderstorms passed overhead. Lightning struck the sky, causing the sky to become bright for a few seconds before going dark again. A young woman, no older than seventeen was running through the spitting rain. She was already soaked with sweat and her body was becoming exhausted. Her feet slapped at the ground, causing small splashes of water to hit the backs of her jeans. She turned a corner and found herself at a dead end. She was breathing heavily and her heart skipped a beat at the sight of the brick wall blocking her from freedom. She spun around and saw the silhouette of the person she was running from. A silver baseball bat glittered in her hand as she walked closer to her. She was dragging the bat along the ground. The moment she was a few feet in front of her, she raised it above her head. The woman raised her arms up in a defensive move. The bat came crashing down and she heard something snap. She screamed out in pain and clutched the arm to her chest. The second woman swung the bat again and caught her in her leg. Again something snapped and the woman dropped to her side. The second woman kept hitting the woman over and over in a fit of rage before dropping the bat and pulling out a gun from her pants. She aimed at the woman, her finger on the trigger. The woman crawled back as far as she could, without injuring herself any further. She was propped up against the brick wall, staring into the face of her attacker. Her eyes grew wide as she stared right into the gun's barrel.
"Please," she begged, "I don't want to die." The second woman lowered the gun a little and pulled the trigger. The shot rang out and a burning sensation went right through the woman's chest. The second woman shot again before turning and left. The young woman moved away from the wall and tried to crawl to the end of the alleyway. She made it halfway, when she started to feel faint. She tried to crawl further, but found that her limbs weren't doing what her brain told them. Her head collapsed to the ground and her eyes were fluttering shut. Darkness was swallowing her up and she couldn't fight it anymore. She gave in to the dark and felt herself drifting away.