"Nitana, wake up." I opened my eyes and saw Stryker standing over me. "C'mon, and get up, Raiden is downstairs." I stood out of his bed and followed him downstairs. I brushed passed him and sat down on the couch, and set my feet on his lap.
Raiden, Johnny, and Li Mei came around the corner of the couch. Johnny looked at me and winked, like he usually does, and I did what I usually do, and rolled my eyes. Li Mei ran over to me and asked about ten times if I was okay. I nodded and she sat on the couch next to me. "So, I can tell that someone tried to come and kill you. Did any of them say anything of importance?" I spoke up. "Yeah, I asked one of who sent them and he said, 'Shao Kahn. He will come for you, and he will have you." Stryker chuckled, "Yeah, then she snapped his neck," he said, smiling at me. I glanced at him before looking back to Raiden. "Well if that's the case, we have to move you somewhere else. Perhaps we have you stay at the temple for now. It is sacred, so nobody that is not from Earthrealm can enter it. Do you agree?" Before I could open my mouth, Stryker said, "Only if I go with her."
Johnny snickered, and mumbled, "You have to keep the love birds together." Stryker pushed my feet off his lap and got in Johnny's face. I winced in pain from how hard he pushed but I stood up anyway. I stepped in between them and punched both of them in the stomach. At the same time, they both bent over, coughing for air. "Will you two quit acting like idiots? I'm right here, stop acting like I'm not."
I stomped over back to the couch and flopped down. I pulled my feet and touched where Stryker pushed them. "That is gonna bruise." I leaned over and punched Stryker in the arm. He grabbed it and squealed, "What was that for?" "That," I pointed to my slightly purple ankle, "Is for doing this." I heard him mumble, a sorry, and sat back down next to me. "Well, if you would Nitana, Please grab all of your belongings and meet us at the temple." Him, Li Mei, and Johnny disappeared in lighting.
"That's cool," I said. Stryker turned to face me. "I didn't mean to push you that hard, but I just can't stand his attitude, and he's disrespectful." I sighed. "It's okay. Now come pack. We have to get going." I grabbed his hand and dragged him upstairs. In his room, I helped him pack up his clothes. My clothes were never unpacked, so all I had to do was change and we were ready to leave. I reached for his hand, and when I found it, our fingers interlocked. I kissed him one last time before I imagined us at the front doors of the temple and we were headed there.
The doors were already open when we got there. Stryker stumbled backwards as soon as his feet touched the oak wood. I helped him steady himself before we walked in. Raiden was standing on the left side of the room, in front of a flight of stairs. I haven't noticed they were there until now. "Follow me," was all he said. I ran to keep up while Stryker took his sweet time getting up to the top.
From what I could see, there were at least six doors, probably all bedrooms. Raiden pointed to the last door on the left, which was for me, and the last door on the right was for Stryker. We got into our rooms, and set our bags down. We walked hand in hand back down to where everyone was at. "You two are so cute together!" Li Mei exclaimed when she seen us. I blushed and looked away. "Yeah, but she was cuter with me." Johnny was really starting to annoy me. I felt Stryker's hand tighten, and I whispered, "Don't." He loosened up just a bit. "Nitana, are you okay to train?" Raiden asked me. I nodded. "This next power will require a lot of energy. Follow me."
Stryker kissed me before I walked outside with Raiden. "I'm going to teach you my power, which is lighting. I am the god of thunder, which is why I have this power. It is not hard, it's just like learning any other power, but with a lot of energy." He mumbled a few words and lighting shot from both of his hands, and he raised them to the sky, and shot lighting bolts into the sky. It also made thunder as well. I thought it was pretty cool. When he finished, he told me to try and do it.
I thought of lighting soaring through my veins and out of my palms. I looked down at my hands and seen flashes of silver and blue come out of them. I tried harder and finally, it stayed long enough for me to throw my hands up, and the lighting reaching the sky and making thunder clap. I heard clapping, and looked over and seen Li Mei cheering me on. Stryker was standing next to her, with a big grin on his face. "Practice with it a little bit more, I have to help set up a feast tonight. Whenever you are ready to come in, get dressed and be back down here before the feast starts. There are a few people I want you to meet." I nodded.
When Raiden walked inside, Stryker jogged over to me. "That was pretty amazing. I wish I could do that." "It's a pain to do though. I'm a little dizzy." He grabbed my hand. C'mon, let's get dressed up for this 'feast'." He air quoted the word feast. This made me laugh. We walked inside, up the stairs, and went our own ways.
