[h2][color=92278f][b][u]Madison Cole[/u][/b][/color][/h2]
[i][color=bbbbbb]Two adults were standing by a little girl as she stood up on the dining chair to look at the delicious birthday cake that had been made specially for her. She could hear them happily sing happy birthday as she eagerly blew out the candles that were standing right in the very center, making the compulsory wish that every child made on their special day.

"Horray Madison!" the mother called out as she leaned over and hugged her daughter, giving Madison a tight squeeze that made the girl giggle, "Honey, do you want to go get her birthday present?"

"Sure, I'll be right back," the husband spoke as he went to go to another room of the house, but a loud knock at the front door quickly changed the mood of the happy celebrations. He walked over and opened the door asking who was there, but instead of facing a friendly neighbour that was probably coming over to give Madison a well earned congratulations, he was greeted by a large fist and an excruciating pain in the gut.

Madison's mother froze in horror as she saw her husband drop to the ground and these large, burly men walk over him, entering the household without anyone's permission. "We received information that this village is harbouring NC equipment," One of the men started as he addressed the household, "We are hear to address these claims and deal punishment for those that are harbouring such technology without company approval."

"We don't know anything about NC technology..." groaned the father on the ground, just as one of the brutes turned around and placed his boot on the man's chest.

"See, we know that's a lie due to our sources, and if you're not going to talk, we'll make you..." Straight away he lifted his hand to the gun holstered on the side of his pants, flicking the safety off and lifting it up to aim it at Madison's mother, and pulled the trigger.

"Mommy?" Madison spoke out as she watched her mother fall to the floor in a limp heap, red flying everywhere over the dining room. She turned to her father and saw the argument escalate to the point where they were punching the man and making threats about harming his own daughter. It reached a critical point where another gun was pulled and a second shot was fired, leaving Madison an orphan for the first time in her life.

The first man that entered the home walked over to the young child who was still standing on the chair and leaned over to talk to her, "Now I don't like killing children, so think yourself lucky lil girl, however take note of this... Your parents are dead because they wanted to remain quiet about how they did a very, very naughty thing."

"If you're quiet, you're dead? I don't want to be quiet." The tears started welling up in the poor girls eyes as the man grinned a sinister grin before getting up and commanding his troops out, explaining that they didn't have time to play babysitter for the girl and leaving Madison alone in a house that used to be called her home. As soon as he left Madison climbed down off the chair and walked over to her mother's side, grabbing the right hand and shaking it as best as she could, "Mommy? Mommy? Don't be quiet." The tears started to fill her eyes as she started to stamp her feet, "Mommy! Don't be quiet, be noisy like me! Be noisy like me."

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[color=92278f][b]"...be noisy like me,"[/b][/color] Madison's eyes slowly opened as she was greeted by a darkened room that held little more than a bunch of levers and glowing lights. The jerking and movement of the NC from Blur had been enough to wake her up from the nightmare she was experiencing. She felt that her body was somewhat limp and laid all over the control panel of her NC. Using as much strength as she could, she placed her hands on the surface and slid her body back into the chair.

Giving a little sniff she felt her eyes fill with tears as the memories of her childhood started to flood back in for some unknown reason, memories that she hadn't experienced in almost 2 decades. Lifting her hand she wiped underneath her nose, but all she was doing was wiping the dripping blood across her face and onto the back of her hand. Madison then proceeded to pull her legs up to her chest and curl up into a ball, knowing that this time she really did make a mess of things.

Dropping her head into her knees she started speaking to herself, [color=92278f][b]"I don't know why I even like NCs when mum and dad were killed because of them. I'm not even a good pilot. I can't even sync properly. And I make stupid mistakes like this."[/b][/color] She held her arms around her knees and pushed her face even further into her legs. [color=92278f][b]"I just don't want to be alone again. I don't want to die here. I don't want to be quiet."[/b][/color]

As she cried alone in her NC muttering little phrases, the sound of scraping metal could be heard on the edge of the emergency exit hatch of the Mad-e.