Chapter 1 - Ice Cold Lightning

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I don't remember a lot according to my arrival. All I could remember was being on a tram in a white outfit. A cloak. "They" were taking us somewhere. That's all I knew. Everything was silent until the guard came out, armed and suspicious of us. He started scanning nearby passengers and I noticed the two in front of me whispering to each other about something. Moments later, the tense atmosphere was shattered once the tram had run into some sort of obstruction which sent a jolt through the cars for a few seconds. Long enough for the two in front of me to reveal themselves and catch the guards by surprise.

The woman was breathtaking. The speed and lethality at which she moved was amazing. It was nothing like I had ever seen. She must've undergone some sort of training to be able to pull off those maneuvers. However, when she snapped her fingers, this weird electrifying aura came around her which caused her to move at lightning speed, towards her foes. That definitely wasn't normal.

The other guy ran to catch up with her, guns in hand. They were both ready for a fight. But, whom was it they were fighting? What goal did they have? Who were these people? Whoever they were though, they seemed like they were the good guys. Momentarily after the woman disabled the enemies, she grabbed a nearby rocket launcher from her partner saying nothing but "Give me that" in a cold but serious tone. Whatever it was that she was fighting for, she was extremely focused on achieving it. She hit her first target, some winged automaton of sorts, then missed. Soon after the tram was rocked by an explosion, causing the tram to lose one of its rear cars. Shortly after, one of the winged automatons jumped on top of the speeding tram, causing it to brake hard to a complete stop.

My body was jerked towards the rear of the car I was in and I hit the wall hard. Above me was a hole in which I saw the woman's partner jump up to. All I could do was watch as I was drifting in and out of consciousness due to the blow from the tram. I heard the man say "They're bringing out the big guns. What do we do now?"

"Watch and learn." replied the woman. The automaton turned around and swung it's appendage with four circular saws on the end of it's hand towards the woman but she gracefully evaded by jumping backwards. Their fight was about to begin. The woman pulled out her foldable sword from her sheath on her back and the man withdrew two pistols from his holsters and they engaged the enemy. I watched them fight, the man with his guns and the woman with her sword. He fought with a reckless but stylish combat style while she fought aggresively but gracefully. They quickly made short work of the enemy or so I had thought.

The automaton moved off the top of the car onto the rear of it and fired up its jet boosters. The woman yelled fall back to the man. The automaton was gonna run the car off the track. I had to move otherwise I was going to die. The train car started to lift off the ground and I quickly got up and bolted for the other end of the car. Straight through the door on the end of it just in time to see the car behind me disappear and for me to see the woman do a series of somersaults before sliding down the rail of the next car all the way to the front of the tram. I ran straight through the other cars until I made it to the front. Watching again from the window, defenseless. They prepared again for a second bout until the automaton opened its front revealing a giant gun barrel that was charging up some sort of energy. Both of the combatants above jumped to the side to avoid its deadly beam before re-engaging the enemy. This time, they made sure it wasn't going to get away. The woman ran up and charged the automaton. It tried to hold her off by firing a beam from above her with its tail but she merely rolled forward and plunged her sword straight into its underbelly. She quickly pulled it out and flipped backwards. I watched as it slowly exploded and fell off the side of the tram, defeated. I got up, fully recovered from my injuries and saw one of the bodies of the guards from earlier in front of me. He had a handgun and a sword. Perfect for me to wield. If I wanted to stay alive, my best bet would be to follow these people. Of course, it would also help if I could remember who I was.

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