FF Snippet - "Riverworld"

[Connor MacBeth <connor_macbeth@xxxxxxxxx>]

This popped into my head while watching Riverworld. 

Riverworld
By: MacBeth


One of the last things she remembered was pain; A
sharp, pinch in the middle of her back and then,
blessed numbness. Her final thought before death had
been simple, ?I?ve been shot.? With that last thought,
Tara Maclay died. 

* * *

Water; An endless flow of crystal clear water and
green pods her. Her awareness hadn?t been sudden, like
waking from a deep sleep; it had been gradual, As
though she were pulling out of a long-term tunnel
vision. Everything became a blur and almost instantly,
the young blonde realized she was cold, wet, and lying
on very damp sand. Opening her eyes, Tara looked
around the beach and shivered, having curled into a
ball for warmth; she covered the more personal
portions of her anatomy and looked around. Littered
along a very picturesque beach lay many silvered
containers of some sort and off in the surf floundered
many more equally nude people. 
?This is new?? she whispered before what was
missing dawned on her. ?Willow.? The blonde whispered
before shouting. ?Willow!? She scrambled about
frantically, looking for her love. Panic threatened to
set in when Tara caught herself and took several deep
calming breaths. Focusing her mind on the here and
now, Tara picked up the nearest of the canisters and
examined it. 
Frustration was adding to the deep ball of tension
already in her stomach when a clipped English accent
stopped her. ?You need to pull the end off, there?s
clothing inside.? To shy to look up while still naked,
she opened the container and scrambled to pull the
light weight clothing on. Looking up, Tara locked eyes
with a slim, dread locked girl whose gaze registered
in her memory as one of calm confidence, something
she?d often seen in Buffy. Around her neck she wore a
tight series of bone beaded chokers, her trim and
muscular body wrapped in well tooled leather tunic and
short trousers.
?Y, you, you?re a Slayer.? She blurted out. Her
anxiety brought out her stutter.
The Jamaican girl smiled and nodded. ?I used to be,
that was in my old life.?
?Old Life?? Tara asked, having solved the riddle of
opening the canisters and pulled the set of clothing
from within. The gray pants and blue shirt fit loosely
on her frame and she stood.
?Everyone here has died on Earth. Welcome to
Riverworld.?




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MacBeth,
The Kamikazi Scotsman
The Kilted Moogle
Third Blade of the Knightsbridge Seven
Captain, USAF SG-6, SG Command

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