"Khan"
I woke later surprised that I wasn't dead. I was laying in the bed I used as a child, safe and sound in my room. I surmised that what had hit me in the head was the result of Frost's kori powers. I hadn't trusted her anyway. I climbed out of bed.
I had to see how things had turned out. I walked outside. No one was there. I turned and ran up the second flight of stairs in my father's palace, headed toward the throne room. I walked through the doors. Khan was standing in the middle of the room with his back turned.
I saw the bodies of my enemies laid out before him, and I smiled. He turned to see me.
"Ah, you're awake."
"Yes, father."
"Mileena," he said, "Do not disappoint me again."
"Yes sir."
I bowed and walked out of the room. I was ashamed. I told myself that I would not let that happen again. I went to my room and sat on the window sill. The day had turned dark and rainy. I liked it this way. Baraka was surely heading this way. I was ready to face him. I was sick of his existence anyway.
I looked out into the forest surrounding my father's sanctuary. It was a dark forest, shrouded in mists. I looked and then I noticed a figure flying up from the trees. It was humanoid. Probably one of the vampires that had appeared recently. I didn't give it another thought.
That is until she came crashing through my window. I leapt from my bed and reached for my sais...which were missing.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Khan must not be allowed to live..." the vampire said, "He has invaded my realm before."
"My father has invaded many realms," I said, "Why should yours matter?"
That made her mad and she lunged at me. She pulled out two kamas. Where were my sais? I avoided her attacks and kicked her in the stomach. She flew backward across the room and fell out the window that had been her entrance.
I turned to walk out of my bedroom door. Something hard hit me in the back and I was shoved through the door, shattering it. I flipped over her back and kicked her hard. She fell forward and broke through the railings of the second floor. She fell to the bottom floor with a thud. I walked down the steps slowly as she tried to get to her feet.
"Sorry, girl," I said, grabbing a sword off the wall, "But you broke into the wrong house tonight.
I brought the sword down and beheaded her. Her body fell away uselessly and her head rolled across the floor. I retrieved it and walked into the throne room.
I held up my prize for my father to see and he looked at me proudly. "Very good Mileena. We have been after Nitara for a long time.
I swelled with pride. No, I would never shame my father again. The next head I would bring would be that of Kitana.
