Payne of the Bite Saga (Pt.8)

Frankie Delimo -

Seeking vengeance for the loved ones lost in the Twin Towers, Frankie completed his tour of duty in Iraq with over a dozen badges of honor, having dealt with many foes during that time. Frankie Delimo's post-traumatic stress disorder was incomparable to the anguish he felt when another family member was killed in a racist act a few months after returning home from Iraq.

Frankie's sister, Beth, had died suddenly and tragically, causing a central downward spiral in Frankie's thinking. According to local news, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at Frankie's sister's car by a bunch of radical skinhead Nazis, destroying the vehicle she was in.

Initially, Beth worked in the same fire station as Frankie. They wanted to change their family's profession, like her older brother had done. Both siblings hailed from a medically privileged family. A bright future was deemed to be at stake for both Frankie and Beth's maturation.

But the devastating death left a stain on Frankie's heart and jolted him out of his trance. As a result of the sadness, old habits crept back in, and he eventually became an alcoholic. With Frankie on a downward spiral, it felt as if the Delimo family name had been tarnished.

Documentation presented to the public revealed that he was still serving in Iraq at the time of his sister's death, and that his behavior had become more violent. It was then revealed to Frankie's family that he was discreetly fired for endangering Iraqi civilizations while on duty. With so much loss in his life, Frankie began hunting and focusing on any Neo-Nazi organizations in North Carolina to remove, with the ultimate goal of seeking vengeance for the attack on Frankie's sister, family, and fallen comrades.

Kasey Jones -

Kasey decided that archery maintenance would be the best thing to do while she waited for the commercial bus to arrive at its location. The kid archer wore khaki-green baggy shorts and a pink sweatshirt with arrow straps. Kasey was a young athletic scholar who suffered a shoulder injury during a swimming tournament, which led to her being prescribed pain reliever drugs.

Kasey was on the verge of suicide after first opposing the tablets and falling in love with a girl. An accidental overdose ended their relationship. Kasey's girlfriend had kept her prescription drug addiction a secret for the duration of their relationship. Kasey would confront a tall woman wearing animal skin as a headpiece brandishing a bloodied ax while suffering from a nightmare and sleep paralysis the night of Kasey's girlfriend's death.

Kasey appeared to be lying down in her bed at first, and then the beat and humming of a lullaby began. Kasey was sleeping but aware of her surroundings. The towering woman with the bleeding ax approached Kasey closer and closer. The piercing brightness of the tall woman's gaze got ever closer as the young athletic scholar fought with all her might to move from the bed and escape.

And for this one person in particular, life seemed to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing second. It wasn't until Kasey awoke from her nightmare that she began to consider her previous actions and how they might have led her astray. Kasey has lost many loved ones due to violence, accidents, and natural disasters. Although four people of that commercial bus voyage escaped the turbulent encounter, life didn't seem much shorter when the end was happening right in front of Kasey's eyes.

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