Pathway to Redemption...Part 1
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Keira is sitting alone in her office late at night when she suddenly feels a pain in her chest, almost as if something is squeezing her heart. She sucks in a gasp, both hands clutching her chest as she feels her heart seizing, struggling to keep beating but cannot. Suddenly she finds it hard to breathe and as the seconds tick by, Keira begins to sweat. She knows death is imminent. She knows this is cannot be something related to bad health, so it must be an attack of some kind by one of her enemies.
Out of desperation, Keira glances around but sees nothing. It's the mirror that makes her catch sight of the briefest of glimpses at spectral figure. The CEO of Hawke Industries falls out of her chair, still clutching her chest. The darkness on the edges of her vision is closing in. She is beginning to lose consciousness, it's getting harder to move but the hero thinks of a desperate plan of action. Twin beams of heat shoot out and catches her entire room on fire. She hears a scream, the pain in her chest being relieved somewhat and it's just enough for Keira to take small breath. It's all she needs before the sprinkler system turns on and she freezes the water, expanding the ice all around her.
The ice freezes her opponent enough for Keira to break away and the pain in her chest immediately goes away as she draws in gulp after gulp of air as her heart begins beating again. She turns around only to see a very painful sight. She sees the Crimson Death. This woman may not be Keira's biological mother, but she is the one that raised her. The Crimson Death was once a great hero, but died some months ago before being resurrected by a malevolent being known as Darkchild. And now the Crimson Death is a villain, using her power to cause death and destruction wherever she goes.
A tear slips down Keira's cheek, "Mom!" She cannot believe her mother has tried to kill her. The pain of that knowledge nearly breaks Keira's heart. She hates herself for this, but she must end this now. She slams a face into the ice, shattering it and knocking her mother unconscious before the woman can break free. Then Keira picks up the woman who is the only mother she has ever known, placing her in a cell deep beneath Hawke Industries Tower. She will not rest until her mother free of this evil.