Outrunning the Color Gray

The mature rating I've placed on this is predominantly for some strong language and violence. As a story, it's meant to hit some very real topics, so there are some painful concepts that are mentioned throughout the story as a whole.

Caleigh (Cal) has vague memories of death when a man named Artyom gives her the choice to become a guardian angel. A light-wielding being meant to protect and serve. In making this choice, she's left with no memories of her past and has to face 100 years of training. Added to this, she runs the risk of dying as an angel and becoming one of the countless and isolated stars in the sky. Regardless, she agrees, and even without her memories, Cal is forced to realize that her soul remembers darkness well. As she and her partner, Allete, fight their way through training, they realize that the darkness residing in Cal may very well be her end, even before she gets to earth.