Lost love
This is the back-story to one of my characters in a superhero game. Everything is mine and my gaming group, anything that resembles something alive or dead, real or fiction is only a coincidence. Please don't steal, if you use something of mine give me credit. After deciding that there is nothing to live for The huntress try's to end her life for the last time. {bracketed} words are thoughts and,or internal monologue.
{It is said that when someone dies they see their life flash before their eyes, this is true no matter what species dies or how many times that they die.} It is a peaceful spring afternoon in the Himalayas the wind is lightly blowing the sun is streaking through the trees. A snow hare is running for its life as a fox leaps form crag to rock to snow drift in full pursuit of it soon to be lunch. Unseen in the shadow a pair of eyes peered out of the darkness of the afternoon shadow thanking its good fortune that its meal had delivered itself, she stalked off after the fox. Just as the tigress began her leap a piercing shriek cut through the afternoon air distracting the tigress just for a few critical second to make her overshoot her target and go bouncing down the mountain, as the fox and hare bolted in different directions forgetting about the life and death chase they had been in a few seconds ago. The shriek was joined by a loud voice saying "poison gas detected in laser's room.... poison gas detected in laser's room." The voice was coming from a military base of the United States. The base is a secret from all but the president and a few top advisers. "Damn it laser what did you do this time" asked a gruff voice over the communication line in lasers ear. "I didn't do anything I'm not even in base!" replied laser. "Well get in there and find out what is going on in your room" the voice said. {The pain is not as bad a people think at least to someone that has had the most profound pain there ever has been, the pain of a lost love. The waves of fiery agony coursing up my arms the viper and rattlesnake bites, is only minor when the world is perfect for a few months then smashed. The convulsion due to the mixture of hemlock, mistletoe, honeysuckle, bleach, and chocolate, is only a bug bite compared with the knowledge that there is no hope of ever finding your love again. The Choking gas of the Bug Bombs, is added to the choking of crying myself to sleep for months. The gush of blood from every major vein and artery in the body is only the manifestation of the time that has been stolen from us.} {As you die time slows down so much most believe it stops, you can see everything that you have ever done it the time it takes your heart to beat a single time. Then the white light is suppose to appear and take you to where ever it is that you believe is after death. I have seen the light on several occasions but I have been unable to enter the light, for I always get dragged back.} As the tile ceiling fade to blackness for what seems like an eon, I began to see things. A log cabin a few hour before dawn, the mewl of a new kitten is heard through the clear calm morning, a healthy baby kitten is born. This is no ordinary kitten for it has both set of full functional genital. The kitten's parent looked in shock and amazement at the uniqueness of their child, but in the end they were happy to have a healthy child. The scene blurs as with the passage of time to reveal the same cabin a few months later with the kittens parents looking down at their child catching flying insect's at such a young age. The mother called her child, "Today is a big day for you young one, Today is the day you are given your name and you clan birthright" the mother said. The child looked up in wonder at his mother. "From this day forward you shall be know on our island by the name Swiftpaws Shadowalker" Swift's father said. "As a Shadowalker you have some responsibility to the island, you will be the next generation of night time defense" whispered Swift's mother. "All the Shadowalker clan has been the night watchers for the island for as long as anybody can remember" Remarked Swift's father. The vision brightened to show that it was the next day. Swift's father Called out "SWIFTPAWS FRONT AND CENTER"; Swift came bolting out of the trees to stand in front of her father. They are in a clearing it the woods with the day starting to fade into twilight, the night creature beginning to stir the rodents scurrying through the underbrush. The scents of the night flowers blooming and the faint hint of the salty ocean drifting on the night breeze, bringing a shiver down Swiftpaws' spine. As Swift stood there looking around a the clearing the she had only passed through on her many explorations, Her father spoke "Swiftpaws for one with cheetah blood running through your veins come the responsibility of speed, and being a Shadowalker has the responsibility of stealth and combat prowess. The most important responsibility of all is to protect the island with your skills." with that Swift's father bolted into the deepening gloom. The vision blurred. When the vision cleared to reveal Swiftpaws standing the the same clearing with ten other recruits in the island military. Most of them Swiftpaws did not know, a few she knew of, two were her best friends{but there name escape me at the moment}. "My name is Inoxpelle Shadowalker, I am the Patron of the Shadowalkers and your Sensei for this Part of your Training. If you all live up to my standard you will be advanced to the next part of your training. You will refer to me as Sensei or sir, is that understood" Swift's father bellowed. "Yes Sensei" the grouped responded. "In this training you will get hurt, you will become injured, and you will be on the brink of death because the opponents you fight in the world will not go easy on you and pull there punches or alter there aim, I wont pull my punches. Pain is a great aid to memory, you will be perfect on your defense. After you can stand against me we will move to offense." With that Swift's father bolted across the field and threw a heavy punch into Swiftpaws' stomach. At the last second Swiftpaws saw the attack coming, with the raw and untrained speed of a youth almost got a paw up to block. The punch connected solidly on Swiftpaws, it knocked her back a few feet into a tree and out cold for a few minutes. Just before Swiftpaws lost consciousness she heard her father saying "Lesson one Always be on your guard you never know who or when the opponents will strike. Most opponents don't have a ........... A few minutes later Swift was in darkness unable to move or fell anything, but she heard the sound of a training session going on a few feet away. Then she heard from right above her "Class from into teams of 3 and spar I will be watching to see how you do. One on one, best 2 out of three, then switch until everyone has had a chance to spar with the team. Begin." Swift's father boomed. All of a sudden it got bright and swift could fell that she was leaning against a tree, and she could move again. Seeing that his child had regain consciousness he whispered "I'm very proud of you. You almost block my attack" his voice grew louder "BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO DO BETTER THEN THAT TO MAKE IT AS A DEFENDER OF OUR HOME" The vision blurred with the passage of time, the vision blinked rapidly like an old movie as Swift got knocked unconscious time and again but growing fewer as the vision went on. All the while Swift's father kept saying "You will have to do better then that to make as a defender of our home" in his half commanding and half instructional tone like a litany against the pain. He also kept saying in a very loving parental tone "I'm so very proud of you. You are my best student,and and my best child." The vision blurred again. "Isolating poisonous gas emergency lock-down and ventilation activated" the voice boomed from the Speakers through out the base. "War" called a communications officer. "I have completed a situation report and the only thing out of place is The Huntress is not responding to our calls. The sensors are saying that she is in lasers room." "Laser get in there and find out what in the nine hells is going on and fix The Huntress up she's in your room." War shouted over the communications channel. To be continued...
please comment and tell me if any thing did not make sense so I can edit the story or I can explain it in the next chapter, and I did OK on my first story I posted to the net. If I get some comments stating that I did OK I will finish the story.