I Had a Life, Once.

December 10, 2007

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I had a life, once; family, friends. A fiance'. Then they came - The Bane, the Scourge. The Destroyers. Horror and panic went before them; pain, misery and death followed in their wake. They took everything from me and demanded more.

I watched them tear through my once quiet suburbs, vaporising buildings, immolating kids, laying waste to everything in their path. They didn't slow, they didn't tire, they didn't stop. Nothing we did made them stop.

I don't know why I lived and no one else did. Round these parts, it seems to be the question of the minute; Why me? Why'd I pull the short stick? Course, the next question usually is, So what're you going to do with it? Most fool themselves, pretend they're fighting for Humanity, for all Free Sentients, for survival or the ever popular 'Freedom.'

Me? I have one reason, and one reason alone. I had a life, once. I had desires, dreams I wanted to come true. Now, I only have hate. Now, I only want vengeance. Tabula Rasa.

- Rab Vines, 401st.