1 PROLOGUE

"Dump her into the river" , said a man , looking at me with a disgusted expression.

"You sure she's of no use? Her DNA wasn't normal , was it? What if she is one of them?" said another man.

"She is different , no doubt .But she is not one of them. Further experimentation will only kill her. It is better to dump her rather than seeing her pathetic state. Here, hold her legs."

"Is she alive? She doesn't look like it."

"For now, I think. Lets quickly finish the task."

I can feel some men moving my body. I don't know where. My entire body is paralyzed. I can't move, speak or even open my eyes. I know something is wrong with my body, but I am not able to figure out what has actually happened to me. I can hear voices saying that I am being dumped into the river. Is this the end? Am I going to die with such anguish and suffering? Wasn't my entire life filled with pain? Don't I even deserve a peaceful death?

I can feel the men throwing me into the river. So this is my destiny. I had always thought that if I could forget my painful past , I would have a bright future. Now I realize that it was all a lie. My life was meant to be forever bound with such tragedies.

I can feel my lungs filled with water. I am unable to breathe. It feels like my lungs are collapsing. Few minutes, and I am free from such a miserable life . I am not afraid of dying. If this is the end, I am ready to face it.

"Wake up. Open your eyes. You cannot die like this." I can hear a female voice. The voice sounds both sweet and furious at the same time.

I open my eyes finally. I can see a very beautiful woman in front of me. She looks fierce. With an old fashioned gear, she looks just like a warrior. In one hand, she carries a sword, which has an inscription on its hilt, a language which I don't know. The sword is gleaming in her hand. It doesn't look like a normal sword. She has auburn hair and pale skin. Her eyes are jet black, suffused with both pride and grievance. And her eyes changed its colour suddenly. It's crimson now. Am I dreaming? Or have I reached heaven?

"You are not supposed to die so soon. You haven't fulfilled the sole purpose of your life. You should live and breathe for that purpose. Your entire life must revolve around it. We exist only for it. Only then you are allowed to meet your end" said the woman, giving me a ferocious gaze.

"What are you frigging talking about? What sole purpose do I have? And who the heck are you?" I said with contempt. I could not resist my annoyance. When I was finally about to leave this wretched life, this woman appears out of the blue and utters nonsense.

"The first of your kind" replied the woman , which triggered my anger. Has she lost it? What kind was she bantering about?

"What fucking kind are you talking about? Why do I have to listen to your annoying bickering when I am finally able to leave this dejected life?" I lost my temper finally.

"You know it yourself. Otherwise they would not have taken you, would they?"

Her words seemed to make some sense. I had always suspected that I was different. I had suspected it my whole life. They seized me and experimented on me because they suspected it too. Will this woman finally clear the doubt which my mind always bore?

But who was she? Why is she appearing in my final moments? My mind was in a state of confusion. Unable to resist the temptation of finally knowing about myself, I ultimately asked her.

" What am I?"