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FS Rhea's Story -- Part One

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Rhea hasn't told much about her past yet… I've been dropping hints throughout FS about a tragic event from years ago about the Fire, and how she murdered someone. Corbin is also a big player in this plot since Rhea obviously thought he was dead… Whatever happened to her anyway?


I suppose where I grew up was kind of odd, seeing as there were Erasers and other mutant around everywhere. But then again, since I knew of no other way of life until I was ten, I wouldn't have noticed. No one was particularly cruel—the Erasers and some of the more aggressive mutants could get angry at times, but there was always a gently firm Doc there to guide the enraged mutie to the IS sector. Sometimes I'd wonder why I wasn't part something else, like Elise, who was 0.23% dog and who could see well in the dark with her odd-looking brown eyes, or Ryan, who was a lot furrier than any of the Docs. I guess that was why I hung out with Corbin a lot. He wasn't a mutie either, or so we supposed. They don't— didn't—tell you the exact percent and species until you reach your 13th  birthday, and, neither of us being 13 or showing any signs…

Anyway. I lived there for the first 12 years of my life, until The Fire. It really wasn't a bad place, I mean, everyone was nice, the monthly medical checks in IS weren't that bad. But there was this picture of Glacier National Park on Doc Medina's desk that I had loved. The great bowl of the glacier valley had me enchanted. I wanted to go see it for myself, but Doc Medina merely chuckled when I asked for a "family trip" to Glacier. (I'd been looking at different travel sites, a lot of them were advertising "The Best Family Vacation For Less Ka-Ching")

I bother to add that in because I don't know. I was feeling rebellious, and back then, Corbin felt rebellious too. Half a year later I had my first crush, on guess who? Yeah… Somehow it worked, and we had snuck into a janitor's closet in IS for a few attempts at kissing. We sat in there, talking and being awkward while surrounded by 409, vacuums and paper towels, for oh, about 20 minutes, when there was this huge crash from the eastern end of IS. A millisecond later there were gunshots and screams.

Tension was in the air, especially for Corbin and I, sitting in a dead end closet during what sounded like a war between mutie armies. Guns went off and partly-animal screams echoed through the halls. I swore that I could smell blood, even among those cleaning chemical fumes and the overpowering smell of dust. My hair felt overcharged with static electricity—I must have looked like a troll doll, abeit having the neon pink color. I would have noticed this more at the time if we hadn't been coming closer and closer to impending doom. It must have been right after the Eraser (he was on our side, I just can't remember his name or face) crashed through the door that we somehow managed to make it through the battle and outside, hiding behind the amazingly still intact fuel tanks. We rested and shuddered with cold and fright for what seemed no time at all, before there was a shout and a team of three Erasers came charging at us. These were more catlike than any of our erasers, more werelion than werewolf, with their shaggy tawny hair. I went to grab Corbin's arm, to run, hide, anything to get away from that horrible trio, and that was when the spark went off. A spark that came from my hand, looking more like a mini explosion than a lighting bolt. There was no time to be stunned; the shock wave from the real explosion of the fuel threw me back a ways, closer to the trees, and the moment after I touched the ground I was off running. That last scene, the red flames engulfing the School, and a spot of red, Corbin's shirt glaring at me as he lay, too close to the flames for comfort, but not moving.


I knew he was dead. I thought he was dead.

Meh... all I did today... If you see errors please point them out.
Rhea's backstory-that one she never got around to telling. I know it's silly but hey, she's a background character that evolved.

Part 1: This is it!
Part 2: [link]
Part 3: [link]
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Tyto-Thylaco42's avatar
*has no idea what the hell to type*
I really should upload Echo's one...