TFP prologue

All lost

My life started after I died. It sounds crazy and freaky, but it did. It also changed my life...forever.

It all started, when my father Antonio Rodriquez left the military lab. He was the best scientist known in Pentagon. but when my brother died in the war, open our eyes to realize we're not quite saving the world if not making it worse. When he left many projects stopped and ended. I thought we did the right thing, but we then actually started something bad.

My dad starts a job in another lab for making medicine. This time, he was more humane. He didn't use test animals or anything. All he did was checking everything was perfect and even double-check all. I was finishing my college's when he discovered something new. I didn't know what it was. For me, it looked like glowing blue liquid. Well, like every scientist my father wanted to discover where it could be useful. But wherever it was, it brought attention from Pentagon... or that's what I thought.

One day two people came to visit my dad when I just came home. I thought they were from the military because there have been few times they had asked my dad to come back, but he always had refused. But this seemed different visit. One of them was a guy, about the same age of dad and then there was a young woman with fancy clothes. She looked like my age. Whoever it was, she seems to get father's attention. All I got is that stuff he found is not meant to use. Maybe some kind failed experiment or something. I never understood the scientific words. Then I get it. The liquid dad had found didn't seem to come from here on earth if not out of space.

Well, knowing my dad he didn't give up easily. But he agreed not to speak of it to anyone and keep it secret. In this, the "woman" gave her number. Then they both left. While they did they pass through me only, saying goodbye. But somehow I felt this wouldn't be the last time I saw them, especially that... girl.

Weeks passed and dad kept studying the mysterious liquid, but without anyone knowing it. He even told me not to tell anyone. Easy, I didn't see anything special about it. But I should have learned something about it because that liquid my life will change forever.

I graduated a month after the "visit" it wasn't much, but I was happy. I was grown up now. Well, dad always said I'll his little girl. That usually should annoy someone, but not me. Sometimes deep inside I wish to be a little girl again. But somethings can't hold on. For a so-called celebration, dad took me to woods for camping. We usually went to a park, but this was something too. We keep walking until we discovered cave by accident. It first seems ordinary cave before we found out it was full of glowing blue crystals or so I thought. I keep looking around by amazed, while my dad was more amazed. After looking the crystals for a while he realized something and his phone to make a call. I didn't pay much attention to what he said on the phone, but I soon realized we weren't alone.

By reflection of the crystals, I notice a small group of disguised men approaching my dad. He notices them too and hides the phone. I didn't need to think twice to know what they want. They had guns. I hide next big crystal near, so they won't see me.

Dad asked what they wanted. He knew who they were. One of them without mask answered that they came to see him. Then my dad mentions something about some kind satellite project. It seems it was one of those projects that ended when my father left the military. Dad said he won't become part of it or anything that has to do with master destruction. The unmasked man didn't seem to care what my dad said, he already seemed to have decided what to do. He ordered few of his men took hold of my dad while beating him up. Then he said something about war and winner is who has the best technology or something like that. For me it was obvious. They were planning to take over the government and since my dad was the best scientist known they wanted him to work with them.

But my father made himself clear. He kept refusing. In this, he got stabbed in the stomach. I tried to hold my cries while they hurt him. I knew if they find me they'll use me against him. I couldn't allow it.

I then notice one sharp crystal and took it. That was my first mistake. The crack was heard. The unmasked guy asked others to hold my dad while he went to check. I already could see the fear in my dad's eyes. So, I knew I had to act and fast. Before I was found I used the sharp crystal and like knife and slice on that guy's face, twice. I'm not sure was it that bad, but it sure left him to hold his face which gave me time to run away. All I could hear first was my dad who yelled me to run. I did like he told, but right then I hear a gunshot. All I need it was one small peak to notice that they had taken everything from me. I saw the last smile on my father's face before he falls to the ground while blood came out from his mouth. I didn't have time cry or stop. I had to run. Those guys were going to kill me too. "No witnesses" I heard someone saying, I had no other choice but run, Run and never look back.

I start to hear more gunshots most of them missed me and hit on the crystals. Soon one came to my left arm and one to my left leg. Those were only scratches, but enough make me bleed. More gunshots came and shards of the crystals started to fly all over on me. I didn't see much, but I did manage to see where to go. I keep running and running until I was far from them.

I don't know how far I was or where, but crystals kept glowing to tell me I was deeper in the cave. But then came another kind of light. It felt different. I didn't know what. Then I heard how something coming from it. Something big. More than one. But then I heard a familiar voice who knew who I was.

Right, then I heard the explosion. And that's when I did the last mistake. I looked at the back. Those guys decided to destroy the cave, but it seems crystals are flammable and started to explode one by one getting closer to me and those who just came.

"The place is about to explode!" I heard one them to yell.

"Fall back!" I heard another voice. That voice stayed echo in my mind. Then I felt how someone grab my right arm and start to take me to that strange light. I tried to keep up and once again I looked back. And that was all I saw. The next thing I know I felt great pain and that I passed through something to somewhere. I lay on the ground, while I heard worried voices before I lost my conscience.