Last of Her Kind: Science Fiction

[penthius]

The last one of her kind, she thought to herself as she edged along the precipice. She carried the death of her race in her and so she could not die. She could lose parts of her, even lose the life of this body, but the last one of her race would be reborn and come to finish what she'd started. And the last one reborn would also be the last one of her kind. So it would be, and so it would continue, until the mission was done and the future was secured. Then she might seek a way to be other than the last one of her kind, or so the records said. She tried to think about the idea of not being the One Alone, and her mind could not work its way around the edges of the idea. If she was not the One Alone, what would she be? Such thoughts were foolish fancies that she had been warned against by the --

Inspiration: "The Last Mohican"
Story Potential: Medium? Medium-high? High?
Notes: Trying to think what scenario could be so dire that the whole species couldn't be exposed to it, yet one (exceptional) individual could overcome it and make things safe for the others. Maybe that's why this is high potential--my mind is pulling at the edges of this idea to try and figure it out.

Comments

[wilowisp.livejournal.com]

She carried the death of her race in her

I like this bit. It plays with the expectation- the 'she had the future of her race inside her' pregnant thing.

[penthius.livejournal.com]

You know, I hadn't even thought of that, but it could be played with some to subvert that theme.

Like if she actually did get pregnant and had to become un-pregnant (tho not aborted, because that would make the story harder than necessary to sell) in order to be what she has to be and to spread life.