Her Revenge

She knew she would have to walk for many miles before seeing any signs of life. The world has changed that was so obvious. Surroundings have changed since the last time she's been up top. Now that the air was somewhat safe she would venture out in search of......

Covered in dust and dried up blood she walked for three days now, stopping only for an hour or two to rest every ten. She couldn't feel the pain, the blisters on her feet and the blood filled shoes didn't bother her at all. Not now, not while she was so close to finding out the truth. It was so close she could smell the droplets of it on the air she was hungrily breathing in. Her heart was beating fast but steady. Sweat beads slowly rolling down her forehead and cheeks, slowly dripping, soaking her lips and every time she licked them she tasted the salt and the grains of sand wind blew against her body. Her steps were deliberate and her feet were planted firmly on the ground with each step.

The very first day she decided to walk out of the safety of the nest she was attacked by one of them. Bloodied up and swollen face was not the only scar of that attack she was carrying now. There were much deeper scars much older scars. They couldn't be patched up or sown shut. No. Despite of the pain of a broken wrist bruised ribs and many cuts on her face she pushed on. The distance she had to cover was vast and walking through this desert was almost unbearable had it not been for what drove her to do it.

She knew she could find him. The one responsible for everything. Her tears turned into iron will that gave her the fuel to push beyond limits.

On the third day, just as the sun was setting she saw the lights in the distance flickering against the dark sky which was fairly dark these days. There were no stars, she forgot what that looked like, to see stars shining on the surface of the deep space.

Her eyes narrowed and her step quickened a mile away from that place. All of the memories flashed before her eyes and she could no longer ignore the gnawing pain deep within her body. It started from the middle of her chest and it radiated along the nerves. She could hear her heart beating and she could hear the blood moving in her veins with each beat. The crackling noise in her ears began to intensify and once again she was on a hospital bed, hooked up to machines and needles. Drills whirling and her skull slowly powdered around the metal bit. The things she saw and heard were now fresh in her mind

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