[ WP ] Tell me the middle of a sci-fi epic . No beginning or introduction to the setting or characters , nor any context to what 's going on , and no resolution of any kind .

Kay and Kay clambered up the rock face after the Ra boys. The others looked on from the base of the cliff. She strained to go faster, not having words for the feeling the meter between them gave her. It felt like a strong breath on a dying ember deep in her belly. The space offended her. 
 
 `` It's not a race,'' Kay said with a soft tsk. She pretended to ignore her sister. The burning feeling began to subside, so she focused on her breath. Reaching and expanding as she breathed in, lifting herself higher as she breathed out. The gap tightened and she smiled inwardly. The boys had almost reached the top. She felt a brief then muted panic. Jumping upward to secure a handhold, the rock broke. She started to fall, reaching out for her sister who offered a look of concern and nothing else. 
 
 The fall felt like forever. Adrenaline surged through her in a way it never had, slowing time. Then it stopped. She hit the ground hard. A ghost of a shadow flitted across her eyes, a large piece of rock lodged itself deep into her brain, her sister vanished from the face of the cliff. 
 
 Fire spread through her, engulfing her, becoming her. Unused to the sensation of pain, it took her body several seconds to rediscover forgotten instincts. Like a backed up septic system, the foulest thing she'd ever known forced its way up from deep inside her gut and came spewing out into the world. There was nothing to hold it back. She was alone. 
 
 She had never been alone. 
 
 She screamed.
