Chapter 10: Unexpected
I deeply apologize for the long wait but t least I warned you guys that I won't be getting in updates as much :c. This is the final chapter before she leaves to Earthrealm to 'complete her mission'. She also finds out what her task is. Heads up to the guest that always says "To lazy to log in." Lol, can you put your name at the end of your review so I can know who you are? ^.^. Also, I don't know if any of you asked yourself this, but Alora hasn't been really using her ability that much. All will be explained in this chapter. Enough of this authors note and onward to the last chapter of Aloras training. Warning: Language and a lame attempt at another romance scene.
These Outworlders had probably killed so many people that it doesn't even affect them anymore. They used their skills to train me to become the "perfect assassin" and go through with Shao Kahns order. The part that scared me the most was that I had no idea what exactly I was going to do. For all I know, I could be going on a killing spree just for his amusement. But there had to be a reason as to why he chose me, specifically me. Besides my ability to manipulate plants, there was nothing else special about me. There had to be a deeper reason behind it, he couldn't have always known that I had these abilities right?
I groaned and threw a small stone over the balcony edge, not caring if it hit anything or anyone. I shook my head and wrapped my arms around myself, trying to warm up. My mind wandered to my family, this is the 7th birthday and Christmas that I've missed with them. I'm 24 and have missed 7 years with them. I felt a pit in my chest and felt a little sting in my eyes, I started blinking fast and looking up so they wouldn't fall. I wondered how they were doing, if maybe they have given up their search for me. I know I've pondered this before and the possibility that they have completely stopped looking for me.
I sighed and suddenly felt a presence behind me. My heart started racing, I didn't know if it was Ermac or Noob. Either way, I really wasn't in the mood to see either of them. I heard the footsteps closer but I remained calm, lightly tapping my finger on the arm of the chair.
"Alora? You should be in bed." The feminine voice said. I turned around and saw instantly recognized the tan skin and green outfit.
"Shouldn't you be also?" I said calmly.
"Yes, but then I heard something fall from your balcony and came to see if you're alright." She asked with a hint of concern in her voice.
I smiled faintly and turned back around, hearing her footsteps next to me and saw her in front of me. She leaned against the railing and hugged her forearms, looking at me to answer her question.
"Yea I'm fine Jade, just thinking about something." I wasn't looking at her, I was staring at the ground and had my hand over my scar. I quickly glanced up at her then back at the ground.
"About what? Ermac? Noob possibly?" She asked a little excitement in her voice.
I chuckled and smiled. "No no Jade. They aren't the main concern at this moment."
"Soo they are a concern?" She asked.
"No, that's not what I meant! I meant they aren't on my mind now. Well now they are because you mentioned them. Thank you Jade." I smirked at her and she laughed. She got a serious look on her face and came to sit in the chair beside me.
"Alright then what is the concern Alora? Are you nervous about your final year here?" She said quietly.
I sighed and nodded, looking at her then at my lap.
"It's just, next year is my final year here in Outworld and then Shao Kahn sends me out. What if…what if I can't complete it? Or worse, what if I do and he sends me out to do more? And what's going to happen if I do complete my task? What's he gonna do with me? Keep me locked up? Kill me? Jade I..I just can't stand the fact that I might actually murder someone!" I was practically yelling at the end of my sentence and felt hot tears sliding down my cheeks. I was whimpering and trying to breathe but the sobs were making me have short breaths.
Jade reached over and pulled me into a hug, rubbing my back and whispering 'calm down.' I let some tears fall onto her shoulder and I felt my breathing become shallower. After about 2 minutes, my sobbing had become quiet and I was having the occasional hiccup. Jade pulled back from me and gave a small smile.
"Do not fret Alora. Kitana and I were the same way when we had to do our first kill. Yes it was hard and disturbing at first but then it eventually became easier. Soon it will become nothing but another activity." She smiled again and patted my shoulder, got up and left.
I heard the door shut and was still having small tears run down my face and some small hiccups. I wiped my face and felt the streaks of them, lining my face. I got up and went to my bathroom to wash my face. I leaned down and rubbed water on my face, trying to rid it of the tears. I put my hands on the edge of the sink and stared at the water go down the drain. I sniffed and looked up, nearly jumping out of my skin when I saw Noob behind me.
"Jesus Chr- Noob! What the fuck are you doing here?!" I placed my hand over my heart and turned around to face him, he had his arms crossed and his eyes were narrowed.
"I want to talk." He said with a harsh tone.
"There's nothing to fucking talk about, so just leave ok?" I pushed past him and walked towards my bed, hoping he would just get out. I didn't want to deal with him now.
"Why won't you speak to me? You have been avoiding me the whole year and I finally get a chance to talk to you and you are just pushing me away? Tell me what I did wrong!" He said the last sentence with a mock and I slowly exhaled.
"Noob, you killed me, and then expected me to just go running back to you. It doesn't work that way!" I yelled back and turned around to see him almost 2 inches away from my face. I put on a hard glare but I felt it starting to fall.
"I was only fucking preparing you for the real world! Do you really think that you can kill somebody when you still have emotions?! No! An assassin has to be cold, ruthless, and brutal! All of which you are not!" He screamed right back at me.
"Well a fucking warning would have been nice Noob! But no! You had to choke me and throw out a damn window, expecting me to know what the fuck to do, which ended up in me being impaled and dead!" I was screaming back and I felt my temper starting to rise. How dare he come into my room and try to explain that his actions were 'intended to help me'?
He rolled his eyes and groaned loudly, he walked away for a bit then faced me again.
"I did not intend for you to die Alora! I thought that you would have been smart enough to save yourself!"
"Well that's pretty fucking hard when you see death only a couple of feet away and your brain is paralyzed you fucking asshole!" I felt more tears running down my face and my vision started to blur. I shook my head and tried to keep my focus on Noob but the blur kept coming back.
"You have to be quick in those types of situations! That's why the lesson was on speed! Gods, I swear sometimes you piss me off on purpose!" He screamed at me but then I saw a look of sadness on his face.
He walked up to me and put his hands on my shoulders, giving me a 'soft' stare.
"When I saw that spike through your body I didn't….I didn't think that that would happen Alora. I…I actually felt something seeing your body like that. I know I should be used to seeing sights like that but, with your body it was different." He said in a much calmer voice.
By now the blurriness was almost consuming my vision, I had to shake my head a few times during Noob talking to keep my gaze on him.
"And…what exactly was that feeling Noob?" I whispered, feeling suddenly very tired and faint.
Noob was about to reply when the black completely consumed my sight and I felt myself falling.
3rd Person ViewNoob was getting ready to say something when Alora suddenly fell unconscious and dropped to the floor. Noob bent down to her and started to shake her a little.
"Alora? Alora! Alora wake up!" He said, lightly patting her cheek.
Alora was unresponsive and Noob cursed to himself. He picked her up and carried her to the bed, laying her down and draping the blankets over her body. Her breathing was low and she was sweating on her forehead. Noob put a hand to her face and felt that she was very warm.
"Must have passed out from all the yelling." He said to himself. He reached forward and opened her eye. He jerked his eyebrows up in surprise when he saw that it wasn't green but completely black. He opened the other one to see that it wasn't blue, but black also.
"Anger must have been to overwhelming for her." He said to himself again.
After about 5 minutes of silence, Noob stifled a yawn and looked at her bedside clock, noting that it said 1:32 A.M. He looked back at Alora who was still unconscious. Even though they were in the middle of an argument, he didn't just want to leave her. Though he was a wraith he didn't want to leave, not because it was wrong but because he wanted to finish the argument and win. He sighed loudly and went to go sit in the chair next to her bed. He sat down, propping his head with one arm and felt his eyes starting to shut.
Aloras View AgainI woke up with a gasp and sat up, looking around. I put a hand to my heart and my eyes landed on Noob, who was fast asleep next to my bed. I glanced at the clock and saw that it was 3:42 A.M. I exhaled silently and turned my attention back to Noob. Why was he still here? The last thing I remember is him about to tell me something but then I dropped to the ground.
My heart quickened a bit at him saying her felt 'something' when he saw my dead body. Wait, it could have been him just gloating or saying that he felt relived seeing me dead. I bit the inside of my cheek and wondered if I should wake him up.
Of course I should, he's the one who started the argument in the first place. But of course me having a heart, unlike him, decided to be gentle and not throw a pillow at his head. I carefully leaned towards him and shook his shoulder.
"Noob. Noob wake up." I whispered and started shaking harder.
He opened his eyes slowly and blinked before looking at me. His white eyes seemed to go a little wide and he started to get up before sitting back down.
"You're awake. Good, thought all that arguing killed you. No reference intended." He said with a smirk.
Yup, even after a nap he's still a jerk.
I rolled my eyes and fell back onto the bed, looking at him with his leg crossed over. I remembered what he last said and wanted him to finish.
"So Noob, before I passed out, you said you felt something for me?" I said a little mockingly.
His eyes widened up before he settled down, smiled and chuckled.
"I felt….-" he got up from the chair and started getting close to my face. He stared at me for a little before going near my ear and whispering.
"Excited." He purred then laughed darkly. I rolled my eyes and faced my body away from him. He chuckled again and I felt his weight behind me. He ran his hand down my arm then across my stomach, before heading upwards and placing his hand over where my scar was at. I flinched inwards when he stopped there and he must have noticed because he turned me towards him and gave me a questioning look. I kept silent and he brushed his hand over the scar again and I mistakenly flinched again. He narrowed his eyes and pulled the collar of my tank top down and revealed the scar. He stared at it for a little before looking back at me. My expression remained solemn and so did his. He ground his teeth and released the collar, not taking his look off of me.
"You should get some more sleep." He said lowly.
I wanted to but for an odd reason, which I will never understand, I wanted him to stay with me. I don't know why but I did. I wanted to get back on good terms with him but it was going to be difficult with me being 'mad' at him.
"Noob?" I whispered.
"What?"
"….Will you…stay? With me? Just like you used too?" My voice became barely audible by the last couple of words. I felt embarrassed asking him to stay because we are technically in the middle of an argument. I know I said he was out of my mind and heart but just him being this close to me brought back all the wonderful memories of him caressing and kissing me. I suddenly felt an urge to pull down his mask and kiss him. But I had to restrain myself because he still hasn't answered me yet.
He looked at me for a bit before giving a quick nod. I let out a silent breath and pulled the blankets up to my chest, covering any skin.
"You seemed relieved. Why? Want to make a move on me tonight? Think it might let you win the argument?" He said smirking and brushed some hair out of my face.
I gave him a small smile and closed my eyes. I hoped that this meant we were back on good terms. I also hoped that no-one would think we had sex if any of them saw him walk out of my room.
I guess we were back on good terms when I heard him lean forward and kiss me on my forehead.
The Next Day
I opened my eyes slowly and yawned, looking around for a bit. I almost screamed when I saw an arm over my stomach and saw Noob next to me sleeping. I exhaled quietly and remembered that I asked him to spend the night here. I glanced over at my clock. "7:12." I whispered. I laid back down and stared at the ceiling, trying to think of an explanation if anyone saw him walk out of here. Wait, he could just teleport out of here right? Then no one would see him walk out, great!
I glanced back at Noob to see him still sleeping. I quietly turned my body towards him without trying to make too much noise. Well apparently Noob likes to cuddle because he pulled my body closer to his and held me tightly.
"N-Noob….Noob!" I tried to croak out but my mouth was muffled against his chest. I tried getting my hand up to his face and I started to repeatedly poke his face. He scrunched his face but continued to sleep. I rolled my eyes and then got an idea.
When Noob used to spend the night here and kiss me, he would hate it if I tried to pull down his mask. He liked to do it himself because it makes him "more in control" somehow. He didn't like anyone touching his mask, not even Saibot.
I smirked to myself and started to slowly reach up to the top of his mask. I touched it and he didn't move so I continued. I gripped it and started to drag it down ever so slowly. I almost got it past his chin when his eyes suddenly snapped open and he rolled over, pinning me under him. He got close to my face and knitted his eyebrows together.
"What did I say, about touching my mask?" He whispered and I just smirked and rolled my eyes half way.
"Oh whatever Noob. Oh by the way, never knew you were the type to 'cuddle' hmm?" I wiggled my
eyebrows and he just got off of me and rubbed his face with his hand.
"Oh come on Noob don't be embarrassed. It was actually kind of cute." I smiled and sat up, turning my head towards him.
He looked at me then pulled his mask back up, sitting up in the process.
"Never speak of my 'cuddling' Alora. Ever." He said sternly and gripped my wrist. I giggled and rolled my eyes, lightly jerking my wrist away from his grip.
"Oh trust me Noob Saibot I will take this secret to the grave. Plus it's an advantage I can use against you during our reviewing session." I gave him a mocking smirk and he shook his head.
After 5 minutes of silence I realized that I wanted to ask him the question that's been on my mind since yesterday.
"Hey Noob?"
"Hm?"
"Are we, um, are we good? Like are we on good terms?" I felt timid asking him the question mostly because it was technically his fault that I'm asking this question in the first place. He became silent and tapped his fingers on the bed before answering.
"I guess so, I mean if you really want me back that much Alora." He exaggerated his sentence and arched his eyebrow looking at me.
I scoffed and slide out of bed, walking to the bathroom. I started brushing my teeth when I felt that eerie presence behind me again, however this time I was prepared. When I washed out my mouth and started to raise my head I arched an eyebrow at him through the mirror. He chuckled and turned me around, trapping me against the sink.
I groaned and rolled my eyes sarcastically and he smiled. We are once again back to this?
"We're going back to this Noob? Really?" I said smiling.
"Well I have to keep an eye on you now, y'know, for safety precautions. Since you're a danger hazard and all."
"Me? A safety hazard? Says the wraith who almost killed me when I first got here and then ended up did killing me. Riiiight, I'M the danger hazard Noob Saibot." I grinned at him and poked at his chest.
"Hey, Ermac assisted me also you know. He abused you when you first got here."
"Yea, but at least Ermac somewhat apologized for his behavior." I said curtly.
"Ohh right, by having sex with you right? That was his way of apologizing right?" He said as-a-matter-a-fact.
I knitted my eyebrows at him and got confused. Is this his way of telling me that he didn't like that Ermac and I had sex? Well if it was then he was making it obvious that it upset him. So, I decided to play around with him for a little.
"For your information Noob, I was the one who confirmed it. He asked and I agreed. So stop acting like a jealous boyfriend and hush. Ok?" I smiled and poked his nose, he groaned loudly and leaned in closer.
"Well for one thing, you are not Ermacs. You belong to me Alora." He whispered into my neck and I had to clench my teeth from shuddering.
"Ohh so I'm a property now? Nice to know I belong to someone who likes to jumble with my feelings and break my bones." I gave him a cheesy smile and he narrowed his eyes at me.
"I claimed you first." He said darkly.
Claimed? Last time I checked I wasn't 'claimed' by anybody, I was still single last time I checked unless I was Noobs secret girlfriend, which if I was then I didn't even know.
"Whatever floats you boat Noob. I'm a single girl last time I checked and I didn't agree to become your "girlfriend". I put my hands up for the air-quotes around 'girlfriend'.
Noob just backed away from and folded his arms.
"Who said I wanted you to be my girlfriend? Maybe you're just another play toy for me." He remarked.
"K so first I'm a piece of property now I'm a play thing? Yea because you know this type of talk will get you a girlfriend Noob."
I walked past him and went to my dresser to get some clothes ready. When I turned around he was behind me with his arms crossed.
"You know I'm just joking right?"
"Yea that's some serious joking around." I said while looking at my nails.
"Can you leave? I have to get ready and go down to the training room."
He sighed loudly and I silently laughed at him. He walked up to me and patted my head. Am I a dog now?
"Goodbye Alora." He said while walking towards the door.
"Byeee." When he left I dropped my clothes on the bed and proceeded to the shower.
Later On That DayAfter about a good hour in the shower, I finally decided to get out and start heading to the training room. I put on some black sweat pants and a red tank top, I put my hair in an "attempted" bun and headed for the training room.
I was about to enter the training room when I saw the familiar glow of green.
"Ermac!" I yelled out.
He turned around and cracked his knuckles and gave a small wave. I walked up to him and jerked my head towards the sandbag.
"What are you doing? Practicing your skills so you can make my reviewing harder?" I laughed and put my hands on my hips.
"We are just practicing just for the heck of it. You can never have too much training Alora." He said while shaking a finger in my face.
I closed my eyes and chuckled, then swatted his finger away.
"So, I heard screaming from your room last night, decided to go on without me?"
I felt my face go red and went behind the sandbag to hide my face.
"No! For your info Ermac, Noob actually showed up last night." I said trying not to show the embarrassment.
"And if you heard screaming why didn't you come and check up on me?" I squeaked out to him.
"Wait, Noob Saibot went to your room last night? Did he do anything?" I heard some gruffness in his voice and it scared me a bit.
"No, we just talked about…what happened. I started screaming at him saying 'that what he did was uncalled for.' I guess I got so worked up that I passed out. Sucks too because right when I did he was about to tell me something." I started to grip hard on the sides of the sandbag.
"What happened after that?"
"Well, I woke up on my bed and he was sleeping in the chair next to me. I woke him up and he kind of talked about what he was going to say. He gave me some bullshit answer but I know he wanted to say something else. Then he spent the night and yea." I realized my knuckles started turning white so I let go and shook my hand, looking at Ermac.
"So you guys are alright? We do not have to go and beat him senseless?" He said with a grin.
I laughed and shook my head. "No no. No beating senseless Ermac." He nodded and went on punching the sandbag.
"Wait so does this mean no more 'comfort sessions'."? He asked suddenly.
I bit my lip and smiled.
"No, no more comfort sessions Ermac." I said with a small smile.
"Darn."
Later On That DayAfter training I went outside and ended up training more with Reptile and Baraka. After about 4 hours of sweat and crying, mostly from myself, I walked around and bumped into Quan Chi.
"Oh sorry." I said
"It is alright. So, how do you feel after being resurrected? Stronger? More powerful?" He said with a smirk.
"Oh that's right! You're the one who brought me back to life! I'm sorry I couldn't have thanked you sooner Quan Chi." I stuck out my hand and he gave it a quick shake.
"Do not fret child, it was just a small gesture for Shao Kahn. A mere repaying for him." He said gesturing towards the palace.
I made a silent 'oh' and nodded. He nodded back and walked past me.
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I learned from Kano that from January to April, I was going to be with Jade, Reptile, Kitana, and Ermac. They were each taking a month to review all that I've learned. Then from May to July, it was Baraka, Noob, and him. The last 4 months were my free time, to get myself prepared for my final test. I would have to use all my skills in my exam and hopefully impress Shao Kahn. Now, I don't know if Kano was trying to scare me or being serious, but he said that if I didn't pass then Shao Kahn would order me to be executed at the Dead Pool.
I know I should be used to Shao Kahns threats but the Dead Pool still freaked me out. Seeing all those dead bodies being burned alive and hearing their screams echoing in my ears is something you don't want to hear.
This was going to be fun.
First Half Of Review Year January
We were outside in Shang Tsungs Gardens and it was around 3. My heart was beating a little fast because I had to make sure that I did everything right. If I messed up once then it won't be good enough for me. Ever since Kano told me about that 'little rumor' about Shao Kahn, I have nonstop been trying to perfect my skills. You could say that I turned myself into a perfectionist, however it only happens when something major is coming soon. Like a big project, or an important oral exam, or in this case making a good impression on the emperor that decides life or death for me.
"Are you ready?" Jades voice snapped me out of my thoughts and I saw her with a hand on her hip.
"What exactly is different this time Jade?"
"Well for starters you are not using the weapons that we've practiced with. Instead you will be making your own by using your abilities." She gestured toward some vines that were crawling up a rock wall.
I arched an eyebrow and looked at her, using my abilities? Oh I get it! I had to make a weapon out of vines, roots, thorns and whatever else I could manipulate. I bit my lip and brought out my hand towards the vines. I soon 'saw' the vines heading towards me and wrap around my hand. I opened my eyes and saw a think vine making its way up my arm. I gently pulled it off and stuck it out in front of me to make it like a bo staff.
"Hm, this won't be strong enough." I thought to myself. I looked around and spotted some uproots. I took control of the roots and made them come towards me. When they were close enough, I made the roots wrap around the vine to make some sort of hard cover for it. I asked for Jades boomerang and used it to cut the root.
My weapon was stronger now, hopefully strong enough to take down Jade. I twirled it around in my hand before putting it under my arm and getting into my stance. Jade gave me a quick nod and took out her own staff. She whirled it around her body and spun around once, sticking the staff out towards me. I took a deep breath and gripped my 'hand-made' staff harder.
A mental click seemed to go off in both our heads because in about 2 seconds we were at each other's throats. She swung her staff at my feet and I jumped over it, trying to get a head shot. She ducked under the staff and spun away while I ran towards her. When I was about 5 feet away from her, I stuck my staff into the ground and swung my body around it, bringing my feet up and trying to kick Jade in the chest. Unfortunately for her, my feet connected and she landed on her back but rolled backwards and quickly stood up. She ran up to me and threw a punch at my gut then used her staff to spin around it and kick me in the gut again.
I grunted and skidded back, putting up my staff horizontally to block her staff that she brought over her head and started to swing down. The force of the block caused me to drop my weapon and just as I was about to reach for it, Jade stabbed her weapon right in front of me. She waved a finger in a 'no' fashion and thrust the end of her staff into my chest. I fell backwards and gasped for air, trying to take in as much as I could before she stuck me again.
I rolled over and started coughing violently, rubbing the spot where Jade had hit me. I heard her feet approaching fast so I dove past her and got onto one knee. She turned around and started walking to me. I had to find a way to slow her down, she's too fast. I glanced around quickly before spotting some small roots near a bush. I took control of them and wrapped them around Jades feet making her trip in the process.
I took the advantage to inspect my chest. A purple bruise was starting to form right in the middle of my scar and I felt sore whenever I took a deep breath. I took slow, calm breaths of air to minimize the pain as much as I could. I rubbed it softly and turned my attention back to Jade who was using her boomerang to cut the roots. I got a slight stinging sensation in my head but I ignored it. She got up and threw her boomerang at my head. I panicked and ducked down, sticking my tongue out at her in the process. She only crossed her arms and smirked. I gave her a confused look then it turned to a look of horror.
There's a reason why it's called a boomerang. I reacted too late because I soon felt an intense pain in my right shoulder blade and cried out. I turned my head to my right shoulder and took a grip on the boomerang, biting my lip from the sharp pain it sent. I exhaled slowly and yanked it out, clenching my teeth to avoid screaming out. I glared at Jade who was still smirking. I threw it back at her and she swiftly caught it with one hand, putting it away and taking out her staff.
The pain in my shoulder was growing and I could feel the blood trickling down the back of my arm. I rolled my shoulder slightly and grabbed my staff, adjusting it with one hand and leaning forward with it pointed towards her.
She gave a small nod and we were running towards each other again. I noticed that there was a green glow surrounding her body and I felt worry in my heart. She ran at me and pushed past me, striking her staff in between my legs. I doubled over and avoided the next hit in her signature move. I spun around with the staff in my hand and smacked her in her side. She fell over and I stood over her with the end of my staff directed at her chest.
She stared at it then at me, giving me small nod and reaching out her hand. I grabbed it and pulled her up, feeling more pain in my shoulder because I unknowingly used my injured arm.
"Come, let's go get that bandaged up." She put her hand on my left shoulder and we started walking towards the palace.
This is how it went for the rest of the month.
February
My back was pressed up against the wall. Shrubs, vines, low hanging branches with leaves, were covering my body from Reptiles view. He just turned invisible and I could sense him lurking near me. He reappeared about 20 ft away from me and I knew that was the time to change my position. Quietly, I shifted the plants away from my body and slowly made my way around the corner of the wall. Keeping my eyes on him, when I slipped behind the corner, I let out a silent breath of relief and creped alongside the wall, carefully not kicking any small pebbles along the way. I kept going against the wall when I looked up and saw an alcove that was big enough for me to go through. I slowly turned around putting my stomach against the wall and saw some sturdy vines attached to the already crumbling wall. I gripped one and yanked it to check if it would support my weight.
Some small crumbles of wall came down but I just waved my hand in front my face to move the dust away from my view. I pulled the vine again, making it detach from the wall except from the top. I yanked it again to make sure and wrapped it around my hand. I put my foot against the wall and made my way up.
When I was close to the top, I army crawled into it then turned back around and crawled backwards. When I felt my feet dangle over the edge I slowly lowered myself and gripped the edge of the alcove, looking over my shoulder and noting that it was quite a drop. Not enough to cause any serious injury but I might get some jolts in my legs. I was dangling over the edge looking around for a safe way down. I looked to my left and noticed a small ledge jutting out. If I could swing myself over to that ledge I could fall to the floor no problem. One problem though, if I missed I could get a seriously sprain something, like a leg.
I shifted to the end of the ledge and planted my feet against the wall, pushing myself towards the other ledge. I started moving back and forth trying to get some momentum so that I could at least some chance of making it. I was about to let go when I heard something moving from the other side of the wall.
Shit Reptile.
I mustered up my courage and pushed myself off. I stuck my hand out and I scraped it against the ledge but at least I grabbed it. I slammed in the wall on my side and had to bite my cheek from crying out. When the pain subsided I dropped to the ground and took a chance to look around. I was inside the structure I was sneaking along and saw small openings that barely let any sunlight in.
Ok, this is good. That's the point of my review anyway. I have to hide from Reptile for at least an hour or till he decides to give up.
Well an hour passed about 4 hours ago and Reptile was not even close to giving up, guess he really wanted to find me and wasn't going down without a fight. I could have come out after an hour but I wanted to test my stealth ability. It's been 5 hours already, my stomach is grumbling, I'm sweaty and dirty, I have to fucking pee, and on top of all that I have a bad scrape on the back of my hand. Can this get anymore harder?
I heard a sizzling sound behind me and my heart jumped.
Son of a crapping cracker! Reptile was using his acid spit to burn his way through the walls! My leg started shaking from the anxiety and from holding in my pee. I looked around and saw some small shrubs in a corner.
What can I do?
I had to think fast because the sizzling noise was getting louder and I could hear the wall starting to break.
Reptile burst in scanning the area, looking for any movement. He stayed silent and listened. He closed his eyes and concentrated. He heard a small pebble fall and instantly shot out a small but effective force ball. It exploded near some small shrubs. Reptile cocked an eyebrow and made his way over to the shrubbery. He was almost there when he heard some movement behind him. He quickly turned around and threw another force ball, this time hitting the wall and making an opening. He growled and clenched his fist.
My eyes were wide and I could literally feel the pounding of my heart in my head. Reptile had almost discovered me, twice! Good thing I used some of the surrounding plants to throw some rocks around. Oh god when is he going to give up? I have to pee! At this point I don't care about stealth anymore, I just want to use the goddamn bathroom! I could risk it and go lumberjack style but I was stuck in this cave thing! Plus the smell would surely get Reptiles attention.
With my leg shaking and the threat of me pissing myself, I had to think of something quick. I glanced around and saw a small root peeking through a hole on the wall. An idea came to my head. If I can get enough of the root through the hole then maybe I can get a hold of Reptile and slip out. But would I have enough time before he saw me? Ugh if I didn't have to pee this would be so simple!
I pursed my lips and kept my eye on him. He was looking around for me and I could tell he was starting to get agitated. I took a quick glance at the root then back at him. I took my chance and opened my palm towards the root. It slowly started coming through then faster. Reptile was unaware of my plan so that was good. When it was barely touching his foot I quickly raised my palm up and the root twisted itself around his body and dragged him down. It covered up most of his body including his mouth and eyes. Now was my chance.
While the root was dragging him back towards the hole and he was struggling to get free, I scrambled from under my hiding spot which was behind a slab of wall sticking out. I ran as fast as I could to the hole, well however fast is when you've been holding your pee for about 3 hours.
When I made it outside I had to blink a couple of times to get used to the bright sunlight again. I heard Reptile growl and then some sizzles. I cursed under my breath and placed my hand to my head, some sharp jolts going through and started running towards the palace.
Maybe I can rapidly use the bathroom and make it back out before he caught me! Yes?! No?! Maybe!?
I was about to leave our fighting grounds when I heard Reptile scream out.
No no no! I can't get caught! Not now!
"Alora it's alright! I give up! I give up!" He screamed out to me.
My eyes widened and I turned back to him to see him walking to me. I started shaking my leg furiously, on the purge of peeing myself. He must have noticed my leg shaking violently because he chuckled and folded his arms.
"Ah you too?" He said calmly.
I was confused by his comment but then registered it. So he had to pee this whole time also?! Why didn't he give up then!?
He seemed to have read my mind because he answered my question.
"I've been doing this for years, I can 'hold it' for almost 12 hours." He said with a smirk.
I was about to remark but then I felt some starting to slip out. I sped towards the castle while hearing Reptile chuckling behind me.
March
After about an hour of cutting, crying, bruising, whining, sore butts, and even more crying, Kitana and I got to the actually defending part. That was all just practice. Hooray.
Kitana was stretching her arms across her chest while I was leaning forward on my left leg. The last time me and her practiced she broke my nose and I had to walk around with a bandage for a couple of weeks. I'm scared of what she might break next.
"Don't worry yourself so much Alora, I will not try to break anymore of your body."
Jeez was everyone here a mind reader?
I laughed sarcastically and went back to stretching. I exhaled and rose back up, leaning back and hearing my back crack.
"You know, you might be able to get a better advantage if your attire was different." I heard Kitana say calmly.
I scrunched my face and raised back up to face her. She was fiddling with one of her gloves and arched her eyebrow at me.
"W-what do you mean? My 'attire'?" I looked down at my outfit and was still confused by what she meant. Blue tank, brown capris, and black boots. What's wrong with that? I looked back up at her and noticed her arms crossed and a smirk by the way her eyes curled up.
"You know what I mean. A more revealing outfit Alora. Showing off your assets is a good way to distract your male opponents. Why do you think Jade and I wear this?"
"I just thought you wore that because you liked to flaunt your goodies. And what if my opponents were female?" I questioned.
"Then you still distract them but with your style and grace of fighting skills. And that's another reason why we wear these outfits. Plus it gets quite hot in Outworld if you haven't noticed."
"Um, I prefer to keep my 'goodies' under wraps and not flaunt them to the male population if that's alright if you Kitana." I felt a little heat to my face and fiddled with my fingers.
She laughed softly then cracked her knuckles.
"Are you ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be Kitana." I said a little unsure.
"You have been here for almost 8 years and you are still nervous? Perhaps I should break something else then.."
"N-no! I'm fine! Ready!" I said a little to cheerily.
She smiled and got into her fighting stance and so did I. She unsheathed her knives and I got hold of my staff. I still had it, Jade told me it would come in handy when reviewing with Kitana since it was all about defense. I twirled it in my hand and stuck it into the ground, keeping my hand on it. Kitana jerked her hands forward and her knives turned into fans and she crossed them over her chest.
My reviewing task was to get her fans away from her and then use them against her. Easy? Not really. Not easy when your opponent is a master with fans and can teleport and can use her fans to fly and can break your face with one punch.
Kitana lunged towards me and I instantly put up my staff. Her fan got stuck but she used the other to slice at my arm. I jerked my arm back causing my weapon to fall sideways. Kitana grabbed it and yanked out her fan, then kicked my stomach. I grunted then yanked my staff back from her then swung low. She jumped over it but I came back around and struck her in her side. She doubled over and got back up. She threw her fan at my stomach, I spun out of the way and raised my palm towards a rose bush. I made a fist and about 20 small thorns came floating out. I threw my hand towards Kitana and they all went flying to her.
I heard her gasp and open her other fan, the thorns penetrated it and some whizzed right by. I turned to her and she barred her teeth and snapped her fan shut making the thorns that were stuck in it fall to the ground. I sucked my teeth and brought my weapon in front of me, preparing for her next attack.
Kitana suddenly flew up into the air and flew towards me. She was suddenly behind me and used her fans to slice my back. I cringed and fell forward onto my knees and soon smelled the coppery scent falling down my back. I winced and rolled over propping myself on my elbows facing Kitana. She raised her knife above her head and started to bring it down but I kicked my leg up and got her in her jaw. Her head snapped back and I felt guilt eating at me.
Oh my god, please be alright.
I got up and slowly made my way to her, her back was to me and I heard her breathing loudly. She turned to the side and spit out a mouthful of blood. It splattered on the ground and some specks got on her boots.
"Kitana?" I asked quietly.
She turned to me and I cringed at seeing the blood drip from one side of her mouth. I reached out a hand but pulled it back when she smiled and waved her hand, as if saying it's alright.
"Wow you got me good Alora. One flaw though, do not let the guilt eat at you. Guilt is just a weakness that will slow you down and distract you." She nodded and got into her fighting stance again.
I looked away from her and out to the palace letting what she told me sink in. I turned back towards her and got back into my fighting stance.
April
What better than having an enforcer, telekinetic friend that you had sex with and share no mutual feelings with? Having an enforcer, telekinetic friend that you had sex with and share no mutual feelings with and ends up being your teacher that you have to beat in a race and if you lose you fall to your death and he won't catch you because he already saved your ass a shit load of times.
Yea that seems about right.
I have to hop from pole to pole over the spike pit and make it to the other bridge without falling to my doom and I won't have Ermac there to save me because he'll be racing against me also.
I was standing on the starting bridge, jumping from foot to foot and taking deep breaths. Ermac was on my right, his hands in a prayer like form and his eyes closed. I bit my lip and looked back out at the spike pit. Why isn't he freaking out? Oh I know why.
Because if he falls, he can save himself with his telekinesis and land safely back onto the bridge.
My palms were getting sweaty and my hands started shaking. I hugged myself to keep my hands steady but I still felt them quivering.
"Nervous?"
Ermacs voice broke me from my thoughts and I glanced over at him to see him with his arms at his sides and his eyebrows arched.
"No shit." I whispered.
He chuckled and walked towards me, putting his hands on my shoulders. I instantly felt calmer and relaxed.
"What did you do to me?" I asked looking up at him.
"We just relaxed your muscles so you wouldn't be so nervous and shaky. We could feel your nervousness from under our feet." He smirked and I gave a half smile back.
"Well thanks, but I can still feel my nerves racking up." I put my hands on top of his and slowly moved them away from my shoulders.
"Do not be nervous, you will do just fine. In fact, why don't we make this interesting?" He said grinning.
I narrowed my eyes at him put a hand on my hip.
"Define interesting Ermac."
"If you win, we will attempt to teach you telekinesis." I opened my mouth in shock but then he said the other half.
"However, if we win, we get to have another comfort session." He said so calmly and naturally.
"W-what? No! Ermac I already told you no more comfort sessions!" Ermac pouted and folded his arms.
"But you do not wish to learn telekinesis?" He said tempting me to say yes.
But I only raised an eyebrow and crossed my arms.
"Fine, but it was worth a shot." He said unfolding his arms.
I know I shouldn't have, but I felt that guilt coming back, even though Kitana told me to push it back down.
"What about this? If I win then you have to walk around without your mask for the rest of the day." I said smiling.
He jerked his eyebrows up and gave me a look that said to go on.
"If you win…..I'll kiss you." I bit my lip at my rash answer and hoped that wasn't saying something.
Ermac smirked and stuck out his hand.
"Deal." He said happily.
We shook hands and got ready to start racing.
After about 5 minutes of almost falling, screaming, and hanging on to dear dear life, guess who won?
"Pucker up Alora." Ermac smirked and stuck out his hand.
I scrunched my mouth to the side and sighed loudly, wanting to show him my annoyance. This was not supposed to happen. The last pole wasn't sturdy enough and I slipped off, hanging onto the top for my life. Right when I got back up Ermac was already at the end.
I rolled my eyes and put my hand out and he pulled me towards him.
"Oh come on now, you have to enjoy it or we'll throw you over the edge."
I put my tongue between my teeth and chewed on it, not wanting to give him all the satisfaction of him winning.
"Fine, but this won't happen tomorrow you know." I said while he started to unwrap the bandages on his head, revealing his dark brown hair.
"Oh so this bet will be an everyday thing?" He said grinning.
"Eh, why not. Kissing you isn't the worst thing in the world." I said mockingly. He put a hand to his heart or hearts, and pretended to look hurt. I couldn't help but smile and put my arms around his neck.
"Alright then, here we go."
He smiled and brought his head down to mine. Our lips touched and I felt that melting feeling again but it wasn't as strong this time. I noticed him trying to sneak his tongue in so I quickly pulled away and waved a finger in his face.
"Ah ah ah! If you want entrance then you have to at least lose once!" He narrowed his eyes and rolled them.
"You really are complicated." He said putting his bandages back on.
"Thank you." I said giving him a small kiss on the nose.
This went on for the rest of the month. It was a back-to-back pattern with him winning one day then me the next. So everyone else in the palace was confused when they saw Ermac one day without his mask then the next day with it on. Even Shao Kahn got confused and asked him what was that all about. Ermac replied with-
"Just a little bet with Alora."
MayHaving to fight on your birthday isn't all that bad. You know, you get to kick someone's ass while they get to kick yours, you have a high risk of being impaled by arm blades, oh and you also have to avoid the giant sharp teeth that could tear off the skin from your neck any moment.
Totally not bad.
Baraka ran at me with his blades out and a snarl on his face. He swung his right at me then his left. I ducked under both of them and went behind him, kicking the backs of his knees. He went down but spun around and one of his blades cut my calf.
I screamed out in pain and wrapped my hands around the wound and pressed down. Baraka got up and growled at me. I limped away trying to get some distance away from us and made my way towards some trees. I leaned against one and felt the blood oozing down my leg. I had nothing to cover it up with and could risk infection. Thanks a lot Baraka..
I leaned my head against the tree and took deep breaths. I heard footsteps approaching and saw Baraka coming fast. He swung his blade at my head and I moved out the way. His blade got stuck in the trunk and he was grunting trying to get it out. I had to make my move now. I went behind him and backed up a little, getting some distance. I saw Baraka put his foot on the tree and tried to push himself away but he cried out a little when he jerked back.
I took a deep breath and started running at his back. I jumped up and slammed my shoulder into his back, making his blade sink deeper into the trunk. He cried out and jerked his free arm back trying to get me but I stepped back and watched him flail around, grunting and groaning.
Finally, he's caught. We had been fighting for almost 3 hours and he wasn't letting up, he had giving me small cuts on my arms and chest, but the major one was on my calf.
This was only May 13th and that means only 18 days left of dealing with this Tarkatan. He finally pulled himself out and turned towards me. I gulped and prepared for him to lunge at me. I couldn't run anymore, the pain in my leg was starting to get to me and I could feel the blood starting to sink into my shoe.
Baraka raised his hands above his head and I flinched. But he only retracted his weapons and lowered his hands. I looked up at him and he nodded then started walking away.
18 days left.
JuneOh goody, getting to fight with my favorite person in the whole wide freaking world. Hopefully this won't be a repeat of last time, with me dying and ignoring him. We just got back to being what I guess you would call 'friends'. If friends mean him completely ignoring me, showing up randomly in my room, acting all mysterious on me, then locking lips, then yea, we're just friends.
Today I had to make it through an obstacle course with Saibot and get to the end before he can reconnect with Noob. I had to make it through trap doors, swinging axes, shooting arrows, spike pits, all while a wall is closing in on me and there's a time limit on the door on the other side.
I took my starting point and took a deep breath letting all the nerves exit out. I glanced over at Saibot who was just standing there doing nothing, just folded his arms and waited for Noobs signal. He shouldn't have to be worried he can just disappear into the floor with no harm. I'll just be squished against the wall like a bug and have no chance of resurrection.
I gulped and looked up at Noob who just gave me a sharp nod and raised his hand above his hand. He brought it down and all the mechanics started up. The wall started to move and so did me and Saibot. I ran to the arrows and saw that they were coming from both sides of the wall. There was a one second pause before the next six shot out. I ran through them and front flipped through the next 18. One managed to graze my side but I ignored it. I took a quick glance back and saw that Saibot was nowhere in sight. I quickly shook my head look forward again.
I was about to proceed when suddenly an axe came swinging from the side and nearly sliced my face off. I stumbled back and put a hand to my chest. 3 more axes came swinging from the walls and I had to get through them all. I went up to the left side of the wall and waited till the axe hit the wall then swung back to the right. I ran through the first one, rolled barely in time for the second, jumped over the third and ran through the fourth. I was about to catch my breath when I felt the floor give away.
I quickly raised my arms up and grabbed the edge. I looked down and saw nothing but eternal darkness. I pulled myself up and kept running till I saw another trap door. I glanced back and saw the wall just pass the third axe. My time was going short and there was still no sign of Saibot. I noticed some lines on the floor and noticed that they outlined the trapdoor. I looked at the wall and saw a small piece of rock jutting out. I backed up a bit before running to the wall and grabbed the rock then wall jumped to the other side of the trap door. I looked back and saw the wall just getting to the start of the first trap door.
Shit, I'm losing precious time. I looked forward and noticed the door creak a little. It was starting to close.
I sped down the corridor and came to an enormous spike pit with 2 poles in the middle. I stepped back as far as I could and ran jumping to the first pole. I stumbled a little bit but caught my balance. I looked back again and saw the wall just in the middle of the corridor. I looked forward and noticed the wall almost halfway down.
I jumped again and grabbed onto the pole and pulled myself up then got on top of the pole. I jumped off and sprinted towards the door.
Where the hell is Saibot?
I glanced back and saw the wall passing the middle of the two poles, I turned back around only to be met with Saibots fist.
I stumbled back and gripped my jaw spitting onto the floor. Suddenly as quickly as he appeared, Saibot disappeared into the floor and then reappeared right next to Noob, who I could only see part of his torso.
My heart started beating faster and I started running again. The door was almost shut and the wall was getting closer. I forced my legs to run faster and felt them pumping. The door was so close to shutting so I got down and slid under it just barely having it slam down onto my hand.
I stayed on the floor for a little catching my breath and calming my thumping heart. I looked up at Noob, who had just reconnected with Saibot. He held out his hand and I raised my arm up which was shaking uncontrollably. He shook his head and yanked me up.
"Well at least you didn't die this time." He said laughing.
I punched him in his little assassin.
JulyNoob ended up holding an ice pack to his lower region for the rest of the week. If you're going to make a joke, don't make it about death, especially since you're the one who caused it in the first place. But from besides that little incident, I ended up having Saibot as my mentor for the rest of that week. Noob needed some recovering. I 'apparently' hit his 'little assassin' really hard and now he has to limp.
Oh well.
But that's not the important thing right now. Right now my mind is focused on Kano who is right now lifting up 245lbs worth of weight over his shoulders and expects me to do the same.
He pushed it up one last time, grunted, and set it back onto the weight holder (I have no idea what you call it). He sat up and wiped his hands and grinned at me.
"Alright sweetheart, your turn!" He said smiling.
I widened my eyes at him and opened my mouth to say something but he grabbed my arm and pushed me towards the weights.
"Go. Now." He said sternly.
I rolled my eyes and they crossed in the middle, making him shake his head and smirk. He pointed to the weights, shifting his own weight to one foot. I sighed and laid down under the dumbbell and put my fingers lightly around the bar. I gripped tightly and pushed up with all my might. Now obviously nothing happened. So I got up and removed about 30lbs.
I scrunched my mouth to the side and removed about 20 more. Alright now its 195lbs, maybe now I can lift it?
I laid back down and gripped the bar again, pushing up. I barely got one side off when it slipped down and nearly crushed my neck. Thank god the other side was still up or else I would've had a broken windpipe.
Kano grabbed it with one hand and put it back into its place. I looked up at him and played with my fingers.
"Maybe we should start a little lower." He tapped his foot and then tapped the dumbbell.
I flashed him a grin and gave thumbs up.
August-NovemberI ended up starting at about 100lbs and only worked my way up 200. Well at least it was somewhat of an improvement. These past four months I have done nothing but train train train.
I sometimes stayed up the whole night just practicing one skill. Sometimes Kitana or Reptile would help me with their skills and others, but most times I preferred to do it by myself. During my last week of November, I got a surprise visit from Noob.
I really didn't want to see him mostly because my body was killing me and I could barely move an inch. I had to take almost 2 hours in the shower because my body was in so much pain. I slowly but surely made it to my bed and flopped face down first, not even bothering throwing the blankets over me.
"Sleeeep." I whispered to myself.
"No."
I would have jumped but my body wasn't really in the condition to do so. I felt Noobs hand trail down my back, over my butt, then down my legs. I shivered from his touch and groaned.
"You should put some clothes on." He stated.
"You should leave me to sleep." I mumbled into the mattress.
I felt Noob reach over me and drape the blanket over my naked body. It didn't even register that I was completely naked in front of him and I didn't care because the only thing I wanted was to drift off into sleep.
I was about halfway there when Noob suddenly turned me towards him. He gripped my shoulder and turned my body towards him, ignoring my cries of pain and whimpering. The blanket was only covering my torso and leaving my legs and from my neck above exposed. My head was facing towards him but my eyes were closed.
"I know you are not sleeping. I heard your whining." He said brushing his hand over my scar.
"Maybe it's because you won't let me sleep. You know sleep? Something that normal people do after a long hard fucking day?" I whispered so low that I thought he didn't hear me.
"Well maybe your day is not over yet." He traced his hand over my breasts and down to my stomach and stopped just above my area.
"Noob, no. Not tonight..please." I begged. I wasn't in the mood for sex, especially how my body is nowhere near healed.
"Come now Alora why not? Ermac got a chance now why not me?" He said a little sauntering in his voice.
I gulped and creaked my eyes open. He was looking and started tracing his hand back up and cupped my cheek. I was about to say something else but he stopped me by lowering his mask and pressing his lips against mine. I inhaled sharply and he dragged his tongue against my lower lip. I moaned and he took that advantage to shove his tongue into my mouth. He got on top of me and dragged his hand down my side, tickling me. He stopped at my waist and kept moving his tongue around with mine. He pulled away and slowly pulled down the blanket revealing my breasts. My breath hitched and I tried to pull the covers back up but the pain in my arms stopped me from doing so.
He leaned back down and captured my lips once again.
"Shh, everything will be fine." He whispered and started kissing my neck.
I moaned and reached up grabbing his mask and pulling it down to reveal his jet black spiky hair. I ignored the protests in my arms and brought him down for another kiss. I felt him smile against my mouth and he bit my lip.
I returned the favor by biting softly on his tongue and then started trailing down his neck, giving him soft kisses and lightly dragging my tongue down.
He couldn't hold it anymore so he let out a low moan and I smiled.
"Everything will be fine Noob, remember?" I whispered into his neck.
I felt his teeth against my neck and the tip of his nose trailing up my jaw line to my lips. He gave me quick kiss and looked into my eyes.
"Getting attached." He whispered against my lips.
DecemberMy final exam wasn't until the last day of December, the 31st. But for now I was just relaxing and enjoying what little bit of my life I have left before I go and murder someone.
I woke up the next morning with somehow even more pain in my body. I tried sitting up but a crack in my back stopped me.
"Ah-ow ow ow." I whispered. I looked over to my right and saw nothing, then to my left and still nothing.
Great, so Noob got his way then left. I'm a one night stand now.
I brought my hand to my face and rubbed my cheek, flinching when it made contact. My cheek felt tender and now that I think about it my whole face did. I glanced at my arm and knitted my eyebrows together. There were bruises and bite marks everywhere. My other arm looked no better. Bite marks, bruises, and scratches. Jeez, if that's what my arms looked like I'd hate to see the rest of my body. I slowly yanked the blankets off my body and gasped at the sight.
Bite marks, bruises, scratches, and nail marks were trailing all over my body. From my breasts all the way to my legs. I sat up and bit my lip, trying to get out from the bed. I made my way to the bathroom and the mirror somehow made it look worse.
My neck looked like it had been attacked by leeches and vacuums, nothing but hickeys and teeth marks. Crap this is 10 times worse than what it was with Ermac. How am I going to explain all of this to the others?
I stepped into the shower and tried to wash all the pain away but it wouldn't work.
December-Final ExamEver since that day I haven't seen Noob. So he gets his way with me and avoids seeing me? Typical asshole. Taking advantage of me. Prick.
Most of my scratches and bruises healed up except for some on my breasts and neck. Those were taking quite a while to heal. I put on a black t-shirt, some gray sweats, and had my hair down to cover the love marks on my neck. I did not need Shao Kahn questioning what I've been doing with his little comrades.
I made my way to his throne room where I was shocked to find everyone there including some new faces.
There was Jade, Kitana, Reptile, Ermac, Quan Chi, Baraka, Kano, and what do you know, Noob Saibot.
There was also a man dressed in yellow with milky white eyes and a hard expression on his face. Then there was a Chinese looking man with a ponytail and a goatee. There were also 3 tall and beefy looking people that had 4 arms. One of them, a female, had on this skimpy red leotard that barely covered her. The other two had on some loin cloth things. One was wearing red and had a long ponytail and the other looked more like a tiger wearing black armor.
I noticed Shao Kahn up on his throne with some weird giant red dog looking thing with spikes coming out its back. I looked up at Shao Kahn and bowed to him, giving him the 'respect' he deserves.
"Alora, you have come a long way. From the filth of Earthrealm, to Outworld, back from death, and now in my throne room. I am actually quite pleased with your progress." He smirked and gestured towards the others in the room.
I glanced over at them, some smiling and some just having no expression at all, Noob being one of them.
"Now you must face your final test. Show me all that you have learned and defeat your opponent. If you fail, you shall be executed in the Dead Pool.
Well at least now I know that the rumor is true.
He gestured towards a door on the opposite of him and everyone looked towards it.
"Meet your opponent."
Out sauntered a woman wearing a very revealing pink out outfit. She had short black hair and had a mask over her face. Something about her seemed very familiar. That body type, that facial structure, those eyes. She almost looked liked-
Kitana.
I opened my mouth in shock and looked over at Kitana to see that she was just as shocked as I was. Her eyes were wide and her eyebrows were furrowed together. I looked at everyone else and noticed there shocked expressions also. Even Noob was surprised. Everyone except that Chinese man, who just smiled at her.
The woman came up to me and circled around me.
"My my, what a pretty young woman we have here! Hate to ruin such a pretty face." She taunted and put dragged a hand across my cheek. I smacked it away and kept my glare on her.
"Oh a feisty one are we? Good! I like a challenge." She giggled and looked up at Shao Kahn.
"Meet your opponent, Mileena." As if on cue, Mileena curtsied and giggled again. She brought out some weapons from behind her back and twirled them in her hands.
"Let us dance!" She said in a high pitched voice and lunged at me. She swung her sai at me but I ducked and round housed her side. She squealed and turned back around to me.
"Ooohh, don't get too excited yet sweetheart!" She suddenly jumped at me and plunged her sai into my back. I gasped and threw a punch at her face to which she dodged easily and disappeared into the floor. I looked around for a little before feeling a kick into my back and felt her hands on my shoulders.
She suddenly yanked out her sai and repeatedly started to stab my shoulder blade. She leaped off and danced around me, enjoying my pain.
"You're being no fun! You're too easy!" She pouted then laughed crazily.
I gripped my shoulder and felt blood seeping out. She lunged at me again but this time I stuck out my leg and caught her in her chest. She flew back and skidded on the floor. She growled at me then flipped upwards getting into her fighting stance.
"Now we are having fun!"
We ran to each other, sai in her hand and me with just a fist. When we were close enough I ducked under her sai and kicked her in the back. She quickly recovered and kicked at my legs then thrust her sai at my torso. I backed up and grabbed her arm, twisting it behind her back. She screamed and yanked down her mask and bit down onto my arm.
The pain I felt was unbelievable. It was sharper than normal and it felt like needles driving into my skin. When she let go, I jerked my arm away and kicked her away from me. I looked at my arm and saw several small puncture wounds. Mileenas back was to me and she looked up at the others who gasped at what they saw. Mileena giggled then slowly turned towards me.
Her mouth looked exactly like Barakas.
"What's the matter? Tarkatan got your tongue?" She giggled and pulled her mask back up and teleported again.
I waited to for her to reappear again and got my fist ready. When I heard the wind from her coming down I quickly spun around and struck her in the side of her disfigured face. She fell to the side and rolled up coming back to me. She swept under me and I flew up into the air. When I landed she grabbed onto my shoulders and hoisted herself upwards. She then plunged her feet into my stomach then turned around and kicked me in my back, sending me forward. I fell onto my hands and turned around to see her jumping at me with her sai in her hand. I moved out of the way and her sai stuck into the ground. As she tried to yank her sai out, I ran up behind her and used her body as a step to get up to one of the higher support beams.
She fell forward and gripped her chest my where the end of the sai hit her. She hissed then teleported again. I stood up straight on the thin beam and waited for her. She appeared in front me and ran at me. Mileena started throwing punches at me and I blocked all of them. She got frustrated and threw her sai as a projectile towards me. I avoided the first but got hit with the second. It stabbed right into my right leg and I cried out in pain. I looked up at Mileena too late to see her running at me with full speed.
She tackled into me and sent us both free falling of the beam. I felt the wind get knocked out of me when I made contact with the floor. I felt blood oozing onto my stomach but it wasn't mine. Mileena lifted herself off of me and gripped her sai that was sticking inside her stomach. She yanked it out without so much as a whimper and dragged it down her chest.
"Ouch, that hurt." She said sarcastically.
I clenched my teeth and stood up, noticing the small dent we both made onto the floor. Mileena was giggling so much that she didn't notice me running at her and tackle her right through the palace wall.
We were free falling for about a minute, just punching and kicking at each other before noticing that the ground was getting closer. She looked at me then grinned and teleported herself away. I looked around and saw some trees. I quickly stuck out my hand and brought out a branch towards me. It wrapped around my torso and jerked me so hard I felt something snap inside.
I slowly lowered myself to the ground and made myself invisible with the surrounding trees and shrubs. I waited for her footsteps and heard the snap of a twig. Mileena cursed under her breath and glanced around for me. I took note of some poison ivy plants near and took control of them. I charged them towards her and wrapped them around her body, hoisting her high up into the air.
Mileena cried and screamed and even repeatedly started stabbing the plants with both of her sais. The pain was sharp in my head but I had to hold her long enough till she got tired. Mileena brought down a sai and sliced one of the plants and she fell the ground on her feet. I got an immense sharp pain in the back of my head but just shook it away.
She started stalking towards me but I brought up some roots and wrapped them around her legs making her trip. She pounded the ground with her fists like a baby and whined. I clutched my head and walked up to her. She looked up at me then put her head down.
"Oh alright, you win." I was about to release her when she suddenly grabbed onto my leg and yanked me down. She sunk her teeth into my leg and started biting down. I cried out and used some of the branches to wrap them around Mileena and lift her up and away from me. She was hanging upside down and fidgeting around.
"Let me go! That's cheating!"
"Cheat this bitch!" I gave her a hard punch in her face and knocked her unconscious. Her head fell down and I started shaking my hand around from the sucker punch I just delivered. I sucked air through me teeth and looked around, waiting for something to happen. Suddenly a black and green portal opened and out stepped Shao Kahn and everyone else.
"Congratulations." Shao Kahn said with a grin.
Couple of minutes laterWhile Mileena was being treated from the injuries I gave her, I was back in the throne room kneeling down in front of Shao Kahn. The others were behind me and waited his saying.
"Alora you have passed your final exam. You have managed to beat my creation, my daughter, Mileena." I looked back at Kitana to see her with her arms crossed and a furious look on her face.
"You have been here for 8 years and those 8 years have been proven worthy by your skills today. I was most impressed by your performance today."
He was stalling me, wanting my heart to get pumped up faster for when he has to tell me who I'm murdering for his sick pleasure.
"Now it is time for your mission. Who you will be assassinating. Quan Chi!" He called the sorcerer over to him and stuck out his hand towards Quan Chi.
Quan Chi walked in front of Shao Kahn and opened a small portal in front of him. The picture was blurry but was slowly coming together.
My heart dropped to my feet when the picture became clear.
It was a picture of my family.
34 FUCKING PAGES! JEEZ I HOPE I SATSIFIED ALL OF MY REVIEWERS AND READERS OUT THERE! I started writing this the Wednesday before school started and JUST finished it today. Oh my goofy goober! K so now for some questions. -Do you think I made Alora a 'whore' or 'skank' for sleeping with Ermac and Noob? Leave your answers in the reviews my love-berries ^.^ Quick Heads up: Because of Hurricane Isaac, I don't have school Monday ^.^ So maybe I'll update again, depending on how I'm feeling. I know this took a long time but this may come as a shock to you but- This was only the first half of my story…. Oh my lordy cheeses….
-Were my fighting scenes good?
-Was my 'romance scene' with Noob good? I know it was bad but lie to me.
-Were you guys shocked or saw it coming when Aloras opponent was Mileena?
-Were you shocked or saw it coming when Aloras victims turned out to be her family?