03-09-2007, 03:52 PM
It was Anna's turn to hesitate. "I suppose since you've told me your painful memories, I owe you the same." She took a deep, shuddering breath and smiled slightly. "My father used to be scientist. He was working on a new form of power source for his bioelectric prosthetics. Things like these." She showed him her arms again. "Anyways... the prototype was inherently unstable, and I tried to warn my father not to test it before he'd dealt with the instability. He didn't listen, and I had to destroy the device bare-handed. The resulting accident cost my father his ability to walk, and me my central nervous system and my lower arms." She shuddered at the memories of the pain; the electricity arcing through her body, burning her from the inside out. "My father was slowly dying from the complications of his injuries. I joined the HIVE in hopes that maybe I could learn to use my powers to get enough money to pay for his operation..." She looked away again, sniffing. "He died a few hours after I learned I was accepted. Talk about cruel irony, huh?" she said, fighting back more tears. "The world's been cruel to me... so I think it owes me a little something for putting up with it..."