To Fall Before the Flame, Chapter 2
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I was there again, we were eating dinner and everything was fine. None of the food was oversalted or burned, all of my homework was done, dad had come home from work early, and mom had taken the day off, and this was the first time in a while we had dinner together. Dad was joking about what- not at work and i was talking about what happened at school.
They went off without warning. It was all chaos, a ball of fire and smoke ripped through the house blowing it to many pieces. We were all blown across the room by the blast, and i was seperated from my parents.
"Mom! Where are you!!!" i cried, groping through the smoke and ash of what used to be part of our house.
"Raevyn!! Raevyn i'm here.... AAAHHHHH!!" A desperate and sad cry went up suddenly, and i didn't realize until later it came from my own throat.
"MMMMOOOOOOMMMM!!!"
She was gone. The fire of the explosion had engulfed her. A second bomb blew me across the torn up room. I fell back on the ground so hard, i felt the pain run all the way up my back to the new gash on my forehead caused by flying glass and i felt my right arm break under me.
Moaning in pain and exhaustion i hardly managed to get out "DAAADD! Where are you!!!???" Through my rapidly blurrring and closing eyes, i saw my father struggle to rise to his hands and knees, only to fall hard to the ground again as the third bomb went off, i could see his sillouette in the flame.
All went black.
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I sat there staring at the dim computer moniter, stunned into silence.
There was no way.
I had seen him fall.
They told me he was dead!!
Not wanting to loose the image of the one i love and have missed more than anything or anyone, i turned another one of the computers on to track the location of the camera and cell. As i hacked through the file system, i found a high security file. I opened it. On the inside was a report of what had happened on that fateful day i had lost my family and been taken in by people that told me i could avenge my mother and father...
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I woke in small room, dimly lit, but everything was clearly white. I tried to get up but the pain in my back and a splitting headache kept me down. Now that i could see better, i looked around. I was hooked up to an IV and my right arm was banged up, i remembered just then i had broken it. I tried to hold my head with my left hand, and felt it was covered in a bandage. I suddenly saw a flash of my mom and dad, both consumed in flame. Remembering what happened, i started crying, and ended up crying myself to sleep.
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Everything was there, the time, date, types of explosives used, which group was in charge of the mission, the target, everything was there! I suddenly became more aware of my surroundings, and all my senses were on high alert. More aware than ever of the situation at present, i started typing like mad to get the real map of this place. When i brought it up, it turned out that the map i had memorized at first was only a small section of this place. It was a labirynth of halls and rooms that would take a while to sort out. Then i found the cell in which my dad was being held. There!
I started to follow the directions i had memorized and went off on my new mission, my old one now far away, but not unimportant.
I started down the hall and and right away i ran into two guards, and to keep them from sounding the alarm, i shot them right away. I paused for maybe a second and listened for any alarm of my arrival. No sound. Two more right turns and i was there, 3rd door on the right, hidden behind the right wall in the room. Still on high alert i opened the door and looked inside. Three guards, and they saw me!
"What the...?"
"Hey you! Stop right there!"
"Red alert! We have an intruder... gaaaww!"
Three quick shots and they were all dead.
I proceeded to find the hidden keypad on the right wall. This one was hidden much better, and took me precious seconds i didn't have for me to get it open, then a couple more seconds for my hacking cylinder to open the door. I was so anxious i could not stand still, I hadn't seen my dad in over 5 months and i missed him so much.
I entered the room, a voice from the back of the plain room muttered quite loudly, "Now what? You want to beat me some more?"
"No just to get you out of here safetly." My voice was shaking and i could barely hold back my tears.
He stared dimly at me, clearly not seeing who i was because all he saw was my silloete because of the light behind me, and the dim light in his room. "Who are you?"
I stepped into better light, tears now flowing openly down my face.
"Someone who just wants you home with me and mom."
"Raevyn!"
"Dad!"
I ran strait to him he got up not slowly at all and we embraced. It was a little difficult considering his hands were bound in front of him. It didn't matter to me though, i just went under his arms and held him tight. God i missed him so much. He grunted in pain.
"Dad what's wrong?"
"Nothing, just a sore side, they didn't exactly treat me like royalty here."
"Sorry."
"I might need to lean on you on the way out."
"Don't worry, i'm strong."
"Like father like daughter"
With my father leaning on me and his cuffs cut off, we started out. Let's just say that now the red alert was out, i was very happy i had brought a couple extra guns and some easily launched explosives. I had been trained to deal with situations like this...
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I woke again after crying myself to sleep, i now felt good enough to sit up. The first thing i felt when i sat was hunger, boy was i hungry! I looked around again, but this time i had a much better view of the room. I saw some clothes laid out, tank top, loose pants, and the bandage on my head was taken off. I felt the gash on my head, it was stitched up. Still sore and wanting to know what the hell was going on, i got up and got the clothes on. It wasn't easy considering my really long light brown hair was out of it's braid, and my right arm was broken at my wrist. Still wanting to know where the hell i was, i left my room. I looked down both halls for any sign of someone. I wanted to get out of there and find out what happened. I appeared to be in a private hospital. There was a man walking to my right and he left down the hall and turned right. I followed him.
I turned and he was there in my face. He had a long pointy nose and umbrella style gray hair. He also had a jagged scar along the left side of his face.
"So you've finally awakened, Raevyn"
Quite startled, I askeed "How do you know my name?!"
"I know more about you than you realize. If you want answers, follow me."
"who are you?" he gave a little smile, as if holding somethig back.
"Let's just say i was once known as Pestilence to your father, but you may call me Professor G."
"You know... i mean... knew my father?"
"Quite well actually, i taught him almost everthing he knows"
Well, i seemed to find where i would get my answers. I followed.
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Raevyn: you read and review, I write- kapeesh?
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I was there again, we were eating dinner and everything was fine. None of the food was oversalted or burned, all of my homework was done, dad had come home from work early, and mom had taken the day off, and this was the first time in a while we had dinner together. Dad was joking about what- not at work and i was talking about what happened at school.
They went off without warning. It was all chaos, a ball of fire and smoke ripped through the house blowing it to many pieces. We were all blown across the room by the blast, and i was seperated from my parents.
"Mom! Where are you!!!" i cried, groping through the smoke and ash of what used to be part of our house.
"Raevyn!! Raevyn i'm here.... AAAHHHHH!!" A desperate and sad cry went up suddenly, and i didn't realize until later it came from my own throat.
"MMMMOOOOOOMMMM!!!"
She was gone. The fire of the explosion had engulfed her. A second bomb blew me across the torn up room. I fell back on the ground so hard, i felt the pain run all the way up my back to the new gash on my forehead caused by flying glass and i felt my right arm break under me.
Moaning in pain and exhaustion i hardly managed to get out "DAAADD! Where are you!!!???" Through my rapidly blurrring and closing eyes, i saw my father struggle to rise to his hands and knees, only to fall hard to the ground again as the third bomb went off, i could see his sillouette in the flame.
All went black.
~*~*~*~*~*
I sat there staring at the dim computer moniter, stunned into silence.
There was no way.
I had seen him fall.
They told me he was dead!!
Not wanting to loose the image of the one i love and have missed more than anything or anyone, i turned another one of the computers on to track the location of the camera and cell. As i hacked through the file system, i found a high security file. I opened it. On the inside was a report of what had happened on that fateful day i had lost my family and been taken in by people that told me i could avenge my mother and father...
~*~*~*~*~*
I woke in small room, dimly lit, but everything was clearly white. I tried to get up but the pain in my back and a splitting headache kept me down. Now that i could see better, i looked around. I was hooked up to an IV and my right arm was banged up, i remembered just then i had broken it. I tried to hold my head with my left hand, and felt it was covered in a bandage. I suddenly saw a flash of my mom and dad, both consumed in flame. Remembering what happened, i started crying, and ended up crying myself to sleep.
~*~*~*~*~*
Everything was there, the time, date, types of explosives used, which group was in charge of the mission, the target, everything was there! I suddenly became more aware of my surroundings, and all my senses were on high alert. More aware than ever of the situation at present, i started typing like mad to get the real map of this place. When i brought it up, it turned out that the map i had memorized at first was only a small section of this place. It was a labirynth of halls and rooms that would take a while to sort out. Then i found the cell in which my dad was being held. There!
I started to follow the directions i had memorized and went off on my new mission, my old one now far away, but not unimportant.
I started down the hall and and right away i ran into two guards, and to keep them from sounding the alarm, i shot them right away. I paused for maybe a second and listened for any alarm of my arrival. No sound. Two more right turns and i was there, 3rd door on the right, hidden behind the right wall in the room. Still on high alert i opened the door and looked inside. Three guards, and they saw me!
"What the...?"
"Hey you! Stop right there!"
"Red alert! We have an intruder... gaaaww!"
Three quick shots and they were all dead.
I proceeded to find the hidden keypad on the right wall. This one was hidden much better, and took me precious seconds i didn't have for me to get it open, then a couple more seconds for my hacking cylinder to open the door. I was so anxious i could not stand still, I hadn't seen my dad in over 5 months and i missed him so much.
I entered the room, a voice from the back of the plain room muttered quite loudly, "Now what? You want to beat me some more?"
"No just to get you out of here safetly." My voice was shaking and i could barely hold back my tears.
He stared dimly at me, clearly not seeing who i was because all he saw was my silloete because of the light behind me, and the dim light in his room. "Who are you?"
I stepped into better light, tears now flowing openly down my face.
"Someone who just wants you home with me and mom."
"Raevyn!"
"Dad!"
I ran strait to him he got up not slowly at all and we embraced. It was a little difficult considering his hands were bound in front of him. It didn't matter to me though, i just went under his arms and held him tight. God i missed him so much. He grunted in pain.
"Dad what's wrong?"
"Nothing, just a sore side, they didn't exactly treat me like royalty here."
"Sorry."
"I might need to lean on you on the way out."
"Don't worry, i'm strong."
"Like father like daughter"
With my father leaning on me and his cuffs cut off, we started out. Let's just say that now the red alert was out, i was very happy i had brought a couple extra guns and some easily launched explosives. I had been trained to deal with situations like this...
~*~*~*~*~*
I woke again after crying myself to sleep, i now felt good enough to sit up. The first thing i felt when i sat was hunger, boy was i hungry! I looked around again, but this time i had a much better view of the room. I saw some clothes laid out, tank top, loose pants, and the bandage on my head was taken off. I felt the gash on my head, it was stitched up. Still sore and wanting to know what the hell was going on, i got up and got the clothes on. It wasn't easy considering my really long light brown hair was out of it's braid, and my right arm was broken at my wrist. Still wanting to know where the hell i was, i left my room. I looked down both halls for any sign of someone. I wanted to get out of there and find out what happened. I appeared to be in a private hospital. There was a man walking to my right and he left down the hall and turned right. I followed him.
I turned and he was there in my face. He had a long pointy nose and umbrella style gray hair. He also had a jagged scar along the left side of his face.
"So you've finally awakened, Raevyn"
Quite startled, I askeed "How do you know my name?!"
"I know more about you than you realize. If you want answers, follow me."
"who are you?" he gave a little smile, as if holding somethig back.
"Let's just say i was once known as Pestilence to your father, but you may call me Professor G."
"You know... i mean... knew my father?"
"Quite well actually, i taught him almost everthing he knows"
Well, i seemed to find where i would get my answers. I followed.
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Raevyn: you read and review, I write- kapeesh?