Next Avengers: LEGACY

FRANCIS-Remorse and Determination

*The picture is from one of my favorite shows (: It doesn't directly relate to the chapter, but you'll understand after you finish

"Francis" I hear a voice call out my name. I slowly stand up. Where am I? I see nothing, just bleak darkness surrounding me. It's cold and dark. Am I dead? I sense light behind me, so I turn around. There standing in front of me are my dad and mom. "MOM? DAD?" I yell. I run up to them and embrace them. I feel a tear rolling down my cheek. "Am I dead?" I ask. They shake their heads. My mom opens her mouth to speak, but no words come out. My dad tries to as well, but he can't. "Why can't you speak?" I ask. They just blankly stare at me, wordless. What started with a tear has now turned turned to a torrent. "I'm sorry for shutting you out...I should've let you in that night...I didn't know I'd never see you again." I fall to my knees. They each put a hand on my shoulder. Do they forgive me? I slowly look up. They are gone. I hold my head in my hands and try to console myself. I'm alone in this dark void land. I close my eyes. Alone. Alone. Alone.

I quickly open my eyes. I'm shaking as I try to stand. Where was I? "We wondered when you were gonna wake up!" James says. Azari, Torrun, and James are standing above me. Azari is shaking his head. "The simulation mimics the effects of the actual injury, it never really happens, but you feel it. I guess you got injured worse than us, You actually died....in the simulation of course" Great. I died. Our first practice simulation and I wind up dead. I think of the experience I had with my parents. Was that real? or just a figment of my imagination? I hold back a tear and hide my emotions away. No one needs to know how I feel. That's between me and well....me. "That was Kurt's Level 2. It took 3 of you being incapacitated to take out the sentinel and Robin Hood's valiant death to finish the task. Doom is gonna kill you." Logan's cheerful comments echo around the room. He's right. We have three days to get our act together, but we got beaten to a pulp by a Level 2 simulation. We are doomed. I can't let myself get distracted by my emotions. The past is the past. We are in the present. I'm not normally the pessimist, but today is a new day. "Guys, we gotta give it another shot. We need to work together." James says. Torrun nods "That was the first one let us try again." Azari agrees. "I'm ready." The simulation room begins to fade and I see another setting, this time a wooded area. "Logan-Level 1 Engaging" the intercom labels our latest battle. Logan is putting us through his own training sessions? I don't want to die again. I see the same determination echoing in the eyes of my teammates that I feel now. We had our guard down. We won't lose again.

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