I Was Just Going to Dance Class!
Part 4
Sub-Zero awoke with a start. With this reaction, Brianna wrapped her arm around him tighter. He noticed this and it took him a moment to recognize his surroundings. It was still night; moonlight poured through the window. Quietly, Sub-Zero slid Brianna's arm off of his sweat-soaked body. His eyes darted to the door and at the same time he heard Brianna sigh in her sleep.
Gently he slipped out of bed and pulled sheet up over Brianna's shoulder. "Thank you," he whispered and slipped out of the room and into his own.
Sub-Zero's room was very plain and cold. His bed was low and had plain black sheets. He had a nightstand, which was empty except for a blue lava lamp. By the window there was a picture of him and his old friend Smoke in their Clan gear, sitting upon the desk. Sub-Zero lied down on this bed and stared up at the ceiling.
She saved my life he thought. Scorpion could have killed me, but she stopped him somehow. But how could a girl from Earth, who knows nothing about fighting, defeat one of the best ninjas of all the realms? he pondered. There must be something about her, something she doesn't even know, or else Rayden would never have sent for her. And the last thing he saw in front of his face before he closed his eyes was Brianna ripping the spear from Scorpion's hand.
*~*~*~*~*
Sub-Zero, however, could only get a few hours of sleep. Inside his bandage, a thing layer of ice had grown on his wound like a scab. He was able to check that out when Rayden woke him for his training.
"Brianna, you must wake up no," Rayed coaxed Brianna. "Why?" she cried. She looked out the window and saw it was still dark out. Her eyes grew wide as she reached for the watch on her nightstand that read 4:15AM. "Is there a need for me to get my white ass out of bed before dawn?" she asked crankily. Rayden, though, never seemed to lose patience. "You are upset because you have never been awoken this early. Come, let us go have something to eat." "You better have Starbucks waiting for me out there," she threatened groggily. First though, Brianna threw her hair up into a ponytail and followed Rayden.
"Here, wear these," Rayden passed her a pair of crude sandals/slippers.
Brianna was welcomed with a table full of what looked like a Continental Breakfast. The first thing Brianna saw was a coffeepot. 'Oh, my best friend!" she exclaimed as she ran over to the pot. She grabbed a mug and poured the liquid out of the carafe. Her face dropped as she saw steaming, clear water come out of the spout.
"W-Wha?" Brianna stuttered. "Here your decaf tea," Sonya told her. Brianna looked like she was about to cry. "But.but my coffee?" "There is no coffee," Johnny told her, as if one of her family members had died. She snatched up the tea bag and dropped it in the mug.
She gathered some grapes and a bagel on her plate. "Come," Sub-Zero had told her while she was picking up her plate. She followed him out side to a balcony. The sun was rising and casting light and shadows all over the land.
"The sun rises today and it rises like our new champion," Rayden smiled. Brianna grunted at the though of being a champion. "But our new champion muse learn our ways.including self-discipline and respect," Rayden glared at her. Brianna flushed bright pink. "Sub-Zero, you will show her our ways and her schedule," Rayden commanded. Sub-Zero bowed and instructed Brianna to follow him.
"Okay, Sub-Zero, this isn't some kind of clan is it? Cuz I don't plan on changing my name to Sky, and start sacrificing house pets to some freak that everyone calls Big Poppa, but is actually a 45-year-old man who lives in his parents' basement, right?" Brianna rambled on. "What? No!" he laughed. "Oh, then you must be some kind of gang." "No, we're the defenders of the Earth," he stated proudly. "Huh?" she asked him. "Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn are trying to take over your world, so we must stop them," Sub-Zero told her.
"Dude, what have you been smoking and where can I get it?" Brianna laughed. "I don't smoke," he said, confused. "Sub-Zero, if the world really was in danger, than Dean Cain would get in his costume and save us, duh!" Brianna responded. She then walked quickly ahead of him into a room she noticed. "Dean Cain?" Sub-Zero asked himself, confused.
Part 4
Sub-Zero awoke with a start. With this reaction, Brianna wrapped her arm around him tighter. He noticed this and it took him a moment to recognize his surroundings. It was still night; moonlight poured through the window. Quietly, Sub-Zero slid Brianna's arm off of his sweat-soaked body. His eyes darted to the door and at the same time he heard Brianna sigh in her sleep.
Gently he slipped out of bed and pulled sheet up over Brianna's shoulder. "Thank you," he whispered and slipped out of the room and into his own.
Sub-Zero's room was very plain and cold. His bed was low and had plain black sheets. He had a nightstand, which was empty except for a blue lava lamp. By the window there was a picture of him and his old friend Smoke in their Clan gear, sitting upon the desk. Sub-Zero lied down on this bed and stared up at the ceiling.
She saved my life he thought. Scorpion could have killed me, but she stopped him somehow. But how could a girl from Earth, who knows nothing about fighting, defeat one of the best ninjas of all the realms? he pondered. There must be something about her, something she doesn't even know, or else Rayden would never have sent for her. And the last thing he saw in front of his face before he closed his eyes was Brianna ripping the spear from Scorpion's hand.
*~*~*~*~*
Sub-Zero, however, could only get a few hours of sleep. Inside his bandage, a thing layer of ice had grown on his wound like a scab. He was able to check that out when Rayden woke him for his training.
"Brianna, you must wake up no," Rayed coaxed Brianna. "Why?" she cried. She looked out the window and saw it was still dark out. Her eyes grew wide as she reached for the watch on her nightstand that read 4:15AM. "Is there a need for me to get my white ass out of bed before dawn?" she asked crankily. Rayden, though, never seemed to lose patience. "You are upset because you have never been awoken this early. Come, let us go have something to eat." "You better have Starbucks waiting for me out there," she threatened groggily. First though, Brianna threw her hair up into a ponytail and followed Rayden.
"Here, wear these," Rayden passed her a pair of crude sandals/slippers.
Brianna was welcomed with a table full of what looked like a Continental Breakfast. The first thing Brianna saw was a coffeepot. 'Oh, my best friend!" she exclaimed as she ran over to the pot. She grabbed a mug and poured the liquid out of the carafe. Her face dropped as she saw steaming, clear water come out of the spout.
"W-Wha?" Brianna stuttered. "Here your decaf tea," Sonya told her. Brianna looked like she was about to cry. "But.but my coffee?" "There is no coffee," Johnny told her, as if one of her family members had died. She snatched up the tea bag and dropped it in the mug.
She gathered some grapes and a bagel on her plate. "Come," Sub-Zero had told her while she was picking up her plate. She followed him out side to a balcony. The sun was rising and casting light and shadows all over the land.
"The sun rises today and it rises like our new champion," Rayden smiled. Brianna grunted at the though of being a champion. "But our new champion muse learn our ways.including self-discipline and respect," Rayden glared at her. Brianna flushed bright pink. "Sub-Zero, you will show her our ways and her schedule," Rayden commanded. Sub-Zero bowed and instructed Brianna to follow him.
"Okay, Sub-Zero, this isn't some kind of clan is it? Cuz I don't plan on changing my name to Sky, and start sacrificing house pets to some freak that everyone calls Big Poppa, but is actually a 45-year-old man who lives in his parents' basement, right?" Brianna rambled on. "What? No!" he laughed. "Oh, then you must be some kind of gang." "No, we're the defenders of the Earth," he stated proudly. "Huh?" she asked him. "Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn are trying to take over your world, so we must stop them," Sub-Zero told her.
"Dude, what have you been smoking and where can I get it?" Brianna laughed. "I don't smoke," he said, confused. "Sub-Zero, if the world really was in danger, than Dean Cain would get in his costume and save us, duh!" Brianna responded. She then walked quickly ahead of him into a room she noticed. "Dean Cain?" Sub-Zero asked himself, confused.