 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.