*Kara is an OC. Her and Smoke's relationship is from my Clouded Visions one-shot*
A Storm In A Teacup
When Push Comes To Shove
Kara sat, tears streaming down her face. She tried to stand but she couldn't.
It had all gone wrong. Everything with Smoke had gone terribly wrong.
He screamed and shouted at her to leave him. That she was a mistake, and that he should never have formed a relationship with her. And she couldn't form any words to say back to him. All she did was back up against the wall of their bedroom and squat, with her head in her hands. He stormed off and left the temple.
And now? Her eyes hurt, her body ached, even breathing hurt. She had been crying for hours and felt exhausted. She lay on her bed and grumbled when her nose began to run, again. She, reluctantly had to get up.
After a few hours of drifting in and out of sleep, Kara heard Smoke's voice and he was very angry. He walked into the room and rifled through her cabinet. One by one, he threw her clothes away, into her old, tattered grey gym bag that she had gotten years ago. Kara tried to keep from sobbing, but her muffled attempts only served to make Smoke laugh.
"Why are you crying? Stop being pitiful. I don't feel sorry for you".
Kara pleaded with him, her confused mind barely registered the gravity of the situation she was in.
"Why Tomas, why? You've been like this since the Grand Master, Cyrax and Sektor went missing. What have I done to deserve your anger?"
Smoke said nothing. He picked her up by her hair and yanked her forward, tearing some of her hair out. Kara screamed, and was smacked in the face by Smoke's knee. He let go and her nose began to stream blood. She fell onto the ground and frantically reached out for something, anything to put under her nose.
Smoke's tone spat venom. Kara knew why the disappearances of their fellow clan members and leader would upset him, but she did not understand why he was abusing her.
"Cyrax and Sektor never liked you, now I see why. All you are is trouble. Did you kill them? You were the only one missing when they disappeared, and I know how you can get when you are angry".
Kara had found one of her white shirts, and choked out a laugh.
"Me? You are the one hurting me! Stop it. I knew you could be stubborn but...". She began crying again. "But I never saw this coming. And of course I didn't kill them. I don't kill, you should know that. If you are so adamant that I did something, then take me to me Father. He knows me better than you, so he will know if I am lying or not".
Smoke tutted.
"Your Father would be biased, I cannot trust him. Kara, look at me".
When she refused too, he kicked her ribs and she fell onto her side, facing him.
"I said, LOOK AT ME. You asinine little girl. You will never blind me again. Tell me, where are they?"
Kara couldn't bear to look at him, but she knew she had too.
"They aren't dead, I can sense that. But I can't feel them outside of here. It's like they have vanished off the face of the earth. Are the other leaders here?"
Smoke shook his head.
"No".
"That cannot be coincidental. Didn't they have this, plan? I was never told what it was. But, it's funny that they mention this, and then people start disappearing. Tomas, what if they did something?"
He looked at her, and his eyes darkened. His eyes were taken over my an almost pitch blackness.
"How dare you accuse the masters of treachery! You have the audacity to accuse them? Your powers mean you can shield your actions, and your mind. So tell me, did you do something to Sektor, Cyrax and Sub-Zero?"
Kara huffed and shuffled backwards.
"NO! By the Elder Gods, listen to me! You've, oh Gods. You've done this before! Why did I stay with you? Is this my punishment for staying? You thinking I am a liar and beating me up? You should be out there, searching for them!"
Smoke surrounded himself in a dense fog, granite coloured and so thick, Kara struggled to see him.
"You do not get to tell what to do".
She used her mind to thin the smoke. When she saw Tomas' smug face, she stood up and punched him. He stumbled backwards and went to hit her.
A loud boom of thunder was heard and Kara clenched her eyes shut, bracing herself for a punch...
But nothing came. When she opened her eyes, she saw Lord Raiden, who was gripping onto Smoke's throat. When the smoke cleared, he looked at her. When he saw her swollen cheeks, a vivid purple shade, bleeding nose, and bloody lip, lightning surged through his body, and he lit up a brilliant azure. He shocked Smoke several times, before throwing him out of the window opposite him.
Kara looked on, in part shock, another horror.
"Lord Raiden? What are you doing here? No, stop! Tomas doesn't know what he's doing".
Raiden looked to her, and shook his head.
"That does not excuse his behavior. He deserves to be punished".
Kara saw him teleport outside and heard screeching.
She passed out, unaware of her or Smoke's fate.
Raiden kept on shocking Smoke, who cried out until he lost his voice.
Before he died, he rasped out:
"Is Kara innocent?"
Raiden nodded.
"Yes, she has nothing to do with the disappearances. You gave in to the anger inside you, and you hurt an innocent woman, and that cannot be forgiven. I know you have always had a violent streak, since the priests who sacrificed you, and you became an Enenra, but you should never have harmed the one person who would have done anything for you. May the Elder Gods watch over you".
Smoke saw flashes of blue fury and in the blink of an eye, he was dead.
Raiden sighed and returned to Kara.
Kara was unconscious. Raiden checked her pulse and picked her up.
He teleported to Outworld, and lay her down on the spare bed of his home. He healed her injuries and went off to find her Mother.
When he could not find her, he sent up a signature. A lightning bolt, high up, into the sky, which would remain there, until Tiama saw it and took notice.
When he returned to Kara, he found her awake and crying.
She needed her parents more than she needed he, but it was then that Raiden decided that it would have to be he who protected her, shielded her from the perils of this world, and from the people who would do her harm.
Kara needed a protector, and now, she had one.
