Deliver Me (Working Title)

Chapter 01 While the moon and the stars proclaimed their radiance in the night sky, none were as more radiant than she. High above the clouds soared a girl with tied and braided charcoal hair and silver wings, gliding passed illuminated puffs of white which soaked in the full moon’s light. Catching the wind, she dove into the glow and flew with water vapors beading against the surface of her goggles. Once she emerged, the glow turned red and was accompanied by the bombastic bursts of flames in the air. What was a serene night became violent and threatening as steel warships lumbered in the sky launching vollies of hell-fire at each other creating a surface of smoke and flames. Ceasing her descent, she tried to catch the wind again to rise above it all, but the winds pushed her closer to the battle. The closer she got, the screams and tearing of ship material carried more clearly and loudly on the wind. Heat from the flames pulsed on her cheeks and it wasn't long before the screaming torpedoes starting launching closer and bursting around her. Panicked, she tried diving below the carnage, but a sudden shock wave from a nearby explosion ripped through her body. Her left wing was damaged and the pain started in her shoulder and ran through her left side. The blast stunned her enough for her to start falling, not by choice, but by the force of gravity. Spiraling down she struggled to reorient herself, desperately trying to slow her plummeting body by use of her other wing, but it was all in vain. The war noises trailed off through the rushing, upward wind around her, and she could sense the blackness that the earth was getting closer. Only when a flash of light from an explosion light up the sky could she see the tops of trees and mountain slopes and how close she was from her doom. In a decision to save her life, she did her best to steer towards a nearby lake. Forcing her limp wing to steady itself despite the numbing pain, she regained a steady flight and glided towards the body of water. The water jetted by her as she prepared to crash. Barely grazing the surface of the lake, her body skipped helplessly along the surface until finally hitting the water hard enough to stop. The force knocked most of her senses out as waves of water started crashing over her head. The frigid cold shocked her already damaged body as she helplessly tried keeping her head above water. She could feel her vision fading as mouthfuls of air became gasps and sputters. Moments became blurry but voices seemed to be coming closer and closer. Soon she felt a tugging on her arm and then a strong grip. As her body was lifted upward the numbness and pain met the night air. It was either by some miracle she was being pulled out of the water or her fading into the abyss made it feel like the water was disappearing around her as she drifted away.