((I hate First Posts...)) *Apophis* Waking up he immediately clutched his belly! It felt like his ribs had been broken. And then as soon as it had happened it stopped. Opening his eyes his vision cleared and the world showed itself to him. A grotty sign half broken said WELCOME TO CHICAGO on it and he got up. Feeling awkward he just stood there trying to remember how he got there. Or was he a he? How could he tell? What was his name? So many questions. A raging voice started whispering to him in his head "Apep, Apep, Apep..." He whacked his head like you would a vending machine that stole your money and the insane whispering stopped. A poster passed his feet and he went to pick it up. It had mostly been destroyed from being rained on but one word remained, Ash. Well thats a good a name as any I suppose he thought in his head. Wanting to say something otherwise he felt like he'd go insane he shouted out "I AM ASH!!!!!" with his voice echoing out throughout the area. Suddenly, a gang came round a corner in suprise. "He's alive!!!" one of them shrieked and the other replied "Not for long" The man came at him and swung a crowbar at his head, instintivly he raised an arm to block it and the crowbar snapped in half. Suddenly an energy made him much stronger and faster and not knowing how sent a flurry of punches, kicks and head-butts at the other man until he was on the floor. He regained awareness with his teeth over the opponents life who was crying out for mercy. In wonder he started to step away but the whisper started again "NO Kill Him!" he resisted but his true nature (although he doesn't know it is) won. And his teeth finished the man off. The other members of the gang ran away as quick as they could after that. He fell over backwards wondering what he had done. He ran into the nearest ruined building, sat on a table and thought...