Hello dear Readers,

Now I'm sorry for not updating this sooner (pfft like anyone actually reads it lol) but I really wanted to finish a chapter of my other stories before I updated. Of course i couldn't resist and updated with Fate early :)

So read on and we discover a little motive here.

Happy reading
*Shadow


Fate
Chapter 2


Oh my god...

Sonya slowly regained consciousness as she pushed past the grogginess and little bit of nausea in her mind.

What's going on?

As soon as she inched her eyes open to take in the blinding sunlight, a rhythmic pain in her temples forced them to rapidly shut and made her grind her teeth. She found it extremely difficult to concentrate on anything but the pain of this super migraine. She wondered what is was caused by, but then previous events enlightened her. There would certainly be a lump on the side of her head thanks to that goddamn soldier. Through the dizzying pounding sensations in her skull, Sonya could detect that she was ... floating.

She opened her eyes an inch to peer down at the ground and noticed that it moved with an up and down motion as she moved backwards. The movement brought the nausea back, and she swallowed that sickly feeling before it came too far up her throat. A stink of dirt and blood flooded her nostrils, and she could feel the rough cloth on her stomach. The realization was slightly humiliating; she had been slung over the shoulder of a Tarkatan warrior and was being carried like a sack of potatoes.

Sonya let out a barely audible groan and slowly shifted her head, causing the soldier to snicker something to his ally beside him. The huge open mouth split into a grin as his friend laughed before continuing on. Deciding that this had gone on for long enough, Sonya suddenly heaved her weight forward and landed unceremoniously on her back after going head over heels. She let out a loud pained gasp as she landed on the dirt track, her chest constricting as she tried to breathe. The Tarkatan group came to a halt, with those closest to her jumping to the side to avoid her sprawling limbs as she fell to the ground.

One who looked like the captain of the group angrily shoved the soldier who had been carrying her and barked at him in a fuming tone. Without warning, he turned towards Sonya and grabbed one shoulder strap of her leather jacket and dragged her off the road.

Sonya tried to fend him off as she felt the rocks painfully cut into her back, but she found that her wrists and feet had been tied together with thick bindings of rope. As soon as they were off the dirt path, the captain roughly swung her against a large boulder and lifted his foot to press his heavy boot against her shoulder.

"Stay here." He demanded. His orange eyes flashed angrily and he bared his long fangs at her before he turned away and starting shouting orders at his group to set up a camp.

Sonya tried to straighten herself up, stand up on her own feet, do anything even, but her limbs seemed unwilling to comply with their master. She tried to move again but found the result didn't change in the slightest. She let out a wounded sigh; feeling so helpless severely damaged her morale. How much worse could this get?

Almost as soon as she had found that thought in her mind, a crunching of footsteps gave her an answer. The Tarkatan swiftly shoved his prisoner to the ground before scoffing and stalking away after he had tied the man's ankles together so that it mirrored Sonya's shackles. The man let out a scoff of his own before he turned to smirk at the dazed blonde woman beside him. She was too tired to register the silver plate that covered half of his face and the glowing red eye that glinted at her. But as soon as she heard his somewhat cocky and rough Australian tone, she knew exactly who it was.

"Why hello again baby."

Oh god, there's that vomit again...

*ShadowForceSilver*

There were numerous voices above him in the darkness, speaking in low, hushed tones as they waited for him to rise. He only recognized a few of them before he felt the blackness at the sides of his eyes seeping away from his vision. He slowly opened his eyes before weakly opening his mouth to speak hoarsely.

"Raiden ... what happened?"

The Thunder God looked down at him with a concerned expression on his face, his glowing eyes looking troubled. He let out a sigh before replying to Jax.

"Shang Tsung came last night as you were aware with a proposal; one final tournament to determine Earthrealm's final fate."

Johnny looked confused and turned to face Raiden, "But Liu here defeated Shang Tsung in the final battle. I thought we didn't have to fight anymore. Well, you know for a little bit longer."

Raiden turned to the rest of the small group of warriors; Liu Kang and Kung Lao looking particularly concerned at this statement.

"Yes that is true. But with the show they gave us last night, I'm not sure of what our answer should be."

He offered a hand to Jax and lifted the man to his feet. At first wobbly, Jax turned to view his surroundings. They were surrounded by dozens of Tarkatan corpses; big orange eyes staring blankly with maniacal expression on their faces. A few red coloured robed bodies signalled that the Outworld's forces weren't the only ones with casualties.

He looked at those he stood around him. Johnny Cage had found his jacket and had donned it, probably understanding that it was not the right time to show off his tattoo to whoever would look. Liu Kang had his head in one hand, with Kung Lao speaking to him in a low voice. Raiden looked equally distressed. And then it hit him; there was someone who he had expected to see missing.

"Where's Sonya?"

At this, everyone looked uncomfortable. Only Johnny Cage answered him, blurting it out without much thought.

"They carried her off. Her and some freaky looking dude before they jumped into the huge red looking thingy."

Jax took a step forward, "Well let's go."

But as he tried to walk he stumbled and almost lost his balance. Raiden put an arm out in front of him to bring him to a halt.

"I'm sorry, but we can't. I don't think they can easily be found; the portal they used is damaged and scrambled. It would be impossible to pinpoint their location. Another reason is that as soon as we set foot in Outworld, Shao Kahn will mistake it for us accepting his terms, putting Earthrealm at risk."

Jax looked at the god with anger as he asked in a restrained voice, "Then what do you suggest we do?"

Raiden looked distant again before he answered, "I don't think there's anything we can do right now."

*ShadowForceSilver*

"Stay the hell away from me."

Sonya hissed as Kano had attempted to move closer to her again, smirking at how much it irritated her for him to be so close in her personal bubble. Sonya had to admit that she was slightly scared; she was surrounded by enemies and having one particular foe so close was quite unnerving. Kano smirked and locked his eyes onto hers before she nervously looked away. He let out a chuckle, but was told to keep quiet by the Tarkatan captain once again.

Night had fallen since the two had been rudely thrown against the rock they were sitting against. Sonya looked up to the sky for a distraction or idea and found the Outworld's night to be chilling; there was no moon or stars, just a large stretch of black. Back on the ground, it looked equally plain. It looked like they had been travelling on the dusty road through a large open desert that had nothing but stretches of brown sand with the old skeleton here and there.

One Tarkatan had thrown the two prisoners a hunk of bread each which they managed to grasp in their hands and slowly lift it to their mouths to eat the stale food. Then he turned away to join his comrades at the small campfire they were sitting around, eating the jerky looking meat and bread from the pouches at their waist. When Sonya was about to demand what happened to water, Kano answered for his captors.

"You'll get your swig in the morning."

Sonya slowly turned to face the smirk again and glared at him with a distasteful look that one normally reserved for rats, snakes or spiders. It only made Kano laugh.

"That scowl certainly gives your pretty face a bad look."

"Back the hell off Kano or I'll wring your neck." Sonya hissed back, her fury barely contained.

Kano watched her for a few moments, his eyes curiously taking in the defensive woman beside him who seemed similar to a wild creature that was trapped in a corner and would strike when it felt threatened the most. He decided to take advantage of this discomfort in hopes of getting her to cooperate.

He cast a glance at the Tarkatans before shifting closer to Sonya, who seemed hell-bent on getting further away. Unfortunately for her, there was nowhere else to go, leaving her trapped between a rock and a person. Kano cast another glance at the sleeping soldiers before turning to the blonde again, leaning in closer.

Sonya shivered when she felt his breath on her neck as he whispered in her ear.

"Now listen here baby, we both have a little situation on our hands."

He waited until he was sure she was still and listening before he continued.

"We are directly on our way to none other than our Lordship's Colosseum. From then on it's certain death; a slow, brutal, painful certain death. "

Sonya interrupted then, hissing in a low tone, "How do I know you're not bullshitting me?"

A smirk came to Kano's features before he leaned in closer still, "You don't do you? So, let us continue this lovely little chat. Luckily for us, we have a little advantage on our side. The bloody idiots over there..." he gestured towards the Tarkatans with a flick of his head "...screwed up with the portals, so we landed about a good week away. However, somebody decided it was a good time to have a little nap."

Sonya bristled but Kano continued his talk, "So I couldn't exactly leave until Sleeping Beauty woke up. Now, we are set to reach the castle in around ... a little under two days. Therefore baby, our rather interesting time together is limited."

Sonya scoffed, "You say that like it's a bad thing."

Kano let out a hiss of his own before thrusting his face into her own. Sonya let out a frightened gasp as she felt the cool metal of the plate on his face rub against her cheek and found the red orb that served as one of his eye staring directly into one of her own. His voice was low and threatening.

"I thought I made it clear that you would have to co-operate baby. If we don't move our arses, you can kiss seeing your 'friends' again good-bye."

The comment stabbed at Sonya in the heart. Never see her friends again? She had already lost so much; she couldn't lose them as well. Her voice was a quiet and wounded whisper.

"Get away from me now you goddamn asshole ..."

The hollow insult didn't even make him flinch. Kano's bone white teeth were exposed by his cunning smile, "What's wrong? Am I getting ..." he broke off as he pushed himself closer to her, increasing her discomfort as he whispered in her ear again.

"... too close for comfort?"


So... I love this couple! I just have a thing for HeroineXVillan couples and SXK are no exception lol. So I love the ending scene and Sonya's "Oh god there's that vomit" What did you like the best?

Now pretty pretty please give me a review. Let me know that I'm not the SonyaKano fanatic on the planet :) And just as a heads up for people who go rah rah rah "they aren't romantic" rah rah rah, I'm not big on the fluffy in my serious stories.