The lead character, called `The Bride,` was a member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, lead by her lover `Bill.` Upon realizing she was pregnant with Bill`s child, `The Bride` decided to escape her life as a killer. She fled to Texas, met a young man, and on the day of their wedding was gunned down by an angry and jealous Bill (with the assistance of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad). Four years later, `The Bride` wakes from a coma, and discovers her baby is gone. She, then, decides to seek revenge upon the five people who destroyed her life and killed her baby. The saga of Kill Bill Volume I begins