The Only One

The pain went on for what seemed like hours, but then it stopped. I had been brought to my knees, but now I stood back up like nothing had happened.

"Again!" I called out to the silence surrounding me in that red crystal room.

The waves hit me again and forced me back to my knees, but I tried to understand what was hurting me this time. I was being hit with overwhelming waves of power, but no matter how much I was given, my suit restricted me.

The pain stopped, but I was already standing back up. Before I could ask again, the pain was back on me, but I accepted it and let my body drink it in. The pain was being pulled into me, and it fought against the suit.

The pain stopped hurting, and I started to feel like I was being lowered into a regeneration pool. Then the feeling stopped, and the door to the chamber opened back up. Lilith smiled at me, and something about that authentic look of happiness gave me a sense of accomplishment.