Chapter Seven
Disclaimer: As far as I know I still only own my OC's, not Mortal Kombat
WARNING – This chapter may contain mild Naughty language and Violence

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I didn't fall asleep. My mind wouldn't shut off. So much had happened in such a short amount of time – I'd been taken from home, walked for hours in a small blizzard, fought off 2 fully grown men, been stabbed through my stomach, met 500 strangers, found out that my sister is a child-goddess, been told that I'm not from 'Earth', been told that I no longer have any free-will, dressed in someone else's clothing, had dinner with these 500 people, frozen my food AND had my wrist crushed all in one single day. How is anyone supposed to sleep after that? Still, I knew I had to try, so I closed my eyes and concentrated on my breathing – Something that my Grandfather had taught me for when I have the need to calm down.

Eventually sleep came to me, but not for long it would seem. I startled awake to the sound of loud banging on my door. Quickly, I got out of bed and opened it. In front of me stood Sub-Zero, he looked at me for a second before he spoke "Get ready, put this on. You have 5 minutes to meet me down stairs" He thrust a bag of clothing into my hands and left without another word. "Good morning to you too.." I said as I closed the door. I threw the bag on my bed and went to brush my teeth and hair. Once that was done I opened the bag and pulled out what he had given me. It matched a lot of the other clothes I had in colour. It was a black leather bodysuit that came up to the base of my neck and had no sleeves; luckily though it was accompanied by gloves which came around ¾ of the way up my arm. Over the top of the bodysuit were 2 pieces of blue material that went over each breast and shoulder like a V and hung like a flap from my mid-section. There was another blue piece of material, like a bandana but I didn't know where to put it, so I simply carried it down stairs with me, along with the face-piece or 'mask' as some would call it.

When I got to the bottom I was surrounded by the girls of the house. "Oh hell no" Sonya said shaking her head. "SUB-ZERO" Jade yelled at an open door from which he emerged "Good, you're ready" All the girls looked pissed "Is this one of Frost's uniforms?" Jade asked hotly "It's the only female Lin Kuei battle attire we have" he replied rolling his eyes "Honestly Sub-Zero, it doesn't even fit her properly. How will she learn to know her body if she's uncomfortable in all the wrong places?" Kitana said, trying to reason with him. He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Fine" All the girls jumped up and down laughing in happiness. "Fine what?" I didn't like where this was going. "Make-over!" All the girls said at once, dragging me back up the stairs.

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"How on Earth is this any better than what I had on earlier?" I protested looking in the mirror, I looked so different. "Well, let's put it this way – if you're not the best fighter, at least they'll be distracted by your… assets" Li Mei said with a giggle. "They're much easier to fight in" Kitana said with a nod. "Sonya doesn't dress like this!" She laughed at me "I'm from Texas" As if that would be enough of a reason "And I'm from Australia!" Our difference in accents was obvious, but I had a point to make. She laughed again "Yeah, but you're not. You have to do what the Princess tells you to, I don't" She gave me the biggest smile. I looked defeated, I had to come up with an excuse, this was ridiculous. "I'm self-conscious, what I get hit and the string-" "Never gonna happen" All four of them replied at the same time. "'Uncomfortable in all the wrong places' my ass… LITERALLY!" I wasn't going to win "This is what is considered traditional battle attire for our women" Jade said. And that was that. I was stuck looking like a douche, at least that's how I felt anyway.

They all had to push me down the stairs because I wouldn't go willingly. Sub-Zero heard the commotion and joined us in the foyer. I could have sworn that his eyes widened for a second. I stood before him in an outfit extremely similar to Jade's (2011), the only differences being that it was light blue and black rather that green, and it had silver trimmings instead of gold. It still came down to a very sharp V just below my navel and shown far too much cleavage than necessary and was held in place by the most flimsy looking sting ever. The boots came up just past my knees and had a heel on them as well. I honestly didn't see how any of it was practical, but the girls insisted. The only thing that I got my way with was the gloves and even then I had to compromise. They were fingerless and only came up to my elbow; I preferred the ones I had on before. They had done my makeup for me too. How this was supposed to make me a better fighter.. argh! My jaw was clenched tight as I gave him a small bow, looking anywhere but his face. "Have fun" Li Mei said, all the girls giggled and walked off.

The tension was high between us. He gave a curt nod and began to walk outside so I followed. "If it's any consolation I would rather be wearing what you gave me" I told him once we reached a clearing. He made no sound, no acknowledgement at all. His back was turned to me and out of nowhere he swung at my face. I only narrowly dodged it, his gloved knuckles lightly grazing my cheek. I staggered back and almost fell down. "Your training has just begun" He said narrowing his eyes at me. Sparring? I could do this no problem. Quickly I fastened my mask to my face and dodged another of his hits.

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The fight seemed to last for hours. Somewhere along the way we had gained an audience, this was when I noticed that Scorpion had re-joined us. I was worn out and sore from all of Sub-Zero's hits. Don't get me wrong I got my fair share of great punches and kicks in too, but now he was holding that damned blade of his again and I was stuck in defence. He came at me, faked a punch and ended up slicing at my arm. The cut ran from my shoulder to just above my elbow. I cried out in pain and fell to the ground. He stabbed his blade into the snow and dropped to one knee beside me, attempting to fix the gash. "No, please" I said between breaths. He gave me a worried look "It's too deep" He said trying to look at it once more "Please let me try" I said quietly, for his ears only. He hesitated but nodded in the end. I hovered my hand over the top of the cut, closed my eyes and concentrated all my energy on fixing myself. Even though my eyes were closed I could see in my mind the cut on my arm. Light blue mist came out of my palm and went inside the cut slowly freezing or stitching the broken flesh back together. When I opened my eyes there was a silver line with some frost over it where the cut had been. I smiled.

Sub-Zero picked up a handful of snow off the ground and melted it, washing away the blood from my arm. "You will be an excellent fighter. Your powers are far more advanced than I could have ever thought" He said quietly standing, picking up his blade and then holding out a hand for me. Lightly blushing from his comment, I gratefully took his hand, finally realising just how tired my body really was. He dropped my hand and begun leading me though the group of fighters and back into the palace. "Nice outfit, doll" Johnny said with a wink, before I could react Kenshi the blind swordsman, punched him in the back of the head. "OW!" He said rubbing it "Show some respect Cage" Smoke said threateningly. I offered a light smile and then proceeded to walk into the palace. Once I was inside I went straight upstairs to shower and change into a pair of black pants and a blue shirt with a funny symbol on it.

Once I was clean and feeling better I went into the kitchen to make a late lunch, I noticed that both Scorpion and Sub-Zero were seated in the dining area talking. I walked in, gave both of them a small bow and asked "I was going to make some food, would you like me to make you something as well?" My eyes shifting between the two. Sub-Zero was glaring at either my chest or my shirt, and since he had seen me in less clothing, I assumed it was the latter. "Ah.. sure.. thanks" Scorpion answered for the both of them. I gave another small bow and left to go and cook. Why did he have such mood swings with me? Not half an hour ago he complimented me on my fighting abilities and now it was as if my presence annoyed him. I sighed a blue puff of air and got on with what I was doing.

I laid a plateful of food in front of each of the men and took my place sitting across from them. Out the corner of my eye I saw both of them remove their masks and begin eating. I keep my eyes on my plate, not wanting to be bothersome by staring at their uncovered faces. "This..is great. I think we have a new chef" I smiled and looked up at Scorpion. "Thank you" I got a good look at his features. He had black hair, slightly longer than Sub-Zeros and far more unruly. They had similar features all round, though Scorpions lips were considerably thinner. Still, he was very good looking "It was my Grandmother Lien-Hua's recipe" I said evenly. As soon as the words left my mouth Sub-Zero dropped his cutlery onto his plate and stormed out of the room. I looked after him then back at the man remaining at the table "What do I keep doing wrong?" He shrugged then proceeded to eat what was left on Sub-Zero's plate.

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Chapter Seven Booyah
How moody is this guy, eh?
What IS going through his head?
What DOES he think of our Kristina?
HUH?
Well we'll all find out soon enough. I may upload another chapter later today, depends on what I decide to do. The weather is all muggy so I can't see myself leaving the house to go Christmas shopping or anything, but things may change.
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