I Was Just Going to Dance Class!
Part 8
~*~*~The next morning*~*~*
Brianna was awoken by a cry of pain and movement underneath her. "Morning," she smiled to Scorpion sweetly. He didn't seem to hear her, though as his eyes searched frantically for his gear. "Hanzo," she called. Scorpion turned at her and looked at her with bewilderment in his eyes. He couldn't even remember the last time someone called him Hanzo. He almost couldn't even remember what Hanzo was. She smiled at him. "You're not Scorpion anymore."
Hanzo looked around frantically. "What are you talking about? Of course I'm Scorpion. And if you don't tell me where my things are, I will kill you right here," he threatened in his deep voice. Brianna's eyes glowed a deep crimson. "Try it. Go ahead, throw your spear," she said, amused. He held his hand up and waited for his Spear to come out of his hand, but it never did. She smiled at him. "Like I said, you're not Scorpion any more," she reached in her bag and pulled out a mirror. Scorpion, or Hanzo, looked at himself and was shocked at the reflection staring back at him. His white eyes were no longer there, instead he had beautiful, almond-shaped brown eyes.
"Relax, the Lin Kuei won't get you. Now hurry up and get dressed, but don't put on your mask. We have to leave before everybody wakes up!" she whispered. Hanzo did as he was told, and Brianna got dressed at the same time. "C'mon," she grabbed his hand and led him out of the castle. They walked quickly into the woods surrounding the great structure until Brianna came across the doorway that got her there in the first place. She took a deep breath and jumped in the doorway with Hanzo at her side.
*~*~*~*
In the next instant, Brianna found herself in the computer room with him next to her. Also, she found Sub-Zero asleep at the computer. She saw a frozen tear on his face, and on the computer screen she saw the bedroom her and Hanzo had shared the night before. "What have I done?" she asked herself, knowing that Sub-Zero would forever hate her now. Grimacing, she shook Sub-Zero gently. "Subby?" she called quietly. Hanzo looked on with a familiar pang of hatred for the creature sleeping in the chair. Sub-Zero woke with a start. He was met with Brianna's eyes staring into his. She looked guilty and had a very faint pink glow coming from her eyes.
Immediately, Sub-Zero pulled the frozen tear off of his face. "What?" he asked bitterly. He looked up and saw Scorpion standing there. In a flash he was on his feet and in a defense mode. It took only seconds for a ball of ice to form in his hand. "SUB-ZERO, NO!" Brianna wailed. Sub-Zero threw the ice ball, and she jumped in front of Hanzo right before it hit him.
"BRIANNA!" he yelled, shocked at what he had just done. Deep within her eyes, a red glow started to be visible. Both Sub-Zero and Scorpion watched as the ice quickly melted away from her body. Within seconds, the ice was in a puddle on the floor. "How did I just do that?" she asked the two men. "It is your power," Hanzo told her.
"You," Sub-Zero said harshly to Scorpion. Brianna stepped up and held Sub-Zero back by pushing his chest. "Subby, listen to me," she tried to calm him. Sub-Zero looked down at her. "Your not the first girl he's done before, so don't think too highly of him," Sub-Zero said coldly. Brianna stared at Sub-Zero in total shock that he would say such a thing.
Brianna slapped Sub-Zero as hard as she could across the face. It didn't seem to phase him though. "He's not Scorpion anymore. He quit the Lin Kuei…as you have," she said calmly, although the red glow flared up again from inside her. "Sub-Zero," Hanzo called to him.
"You may be able to fool her, but not me," he told her. "Sub-Zero, I know you hate me, and at a time I hated you. But I only did so because I was programmed to. Please, I beg you for a peaceful treaty. I also wish to help your cause as a defender of the realm of Earth," Hanzo explained himself. Sub-Zero cocked his head slightly, deciding whether or not he should trust him. "I do not hate you, but I do not think highly of you either. It is up to Rayden to decide if you may fight with us or not," Sub- Zero turned and walked away.
"Excuse me Hanzo," she chased after Sub-Zero. "Subby!" she called after him. Sub-Zero stopped, but that was his only sign of acknowledgement of her. "Subby, I need to talk to you," she said when she caught up to him. "I do not need to hear anything. I have already seen the real you," he said coldly. "I just did what I thought I had to do. Besides, aren't you glad that you have one less person of the Lin Kuei after you?" she asked him.
"The Lin Kuei will replace him just as easily, as they have replaced both Smoke and I." "Aren't you glad that he is fighting for us now?" "Call him whatever you want; Scorpion or Hanzo. He still contains the heart of a Lin Kuei warrior. Years of brainwashing and training does not disappear in one night," he defended his argument.
Brianna sighed on frustration. "I know what I did last night was wrong. I'm sorry, but I don't know how else to handle something like that. You forget I haven't had years of training as a karate expert. And I have no idea where I am. How would you react if I took you to Earth and stuck you in an office building and told you what to do? You'd handle it the only way you knew how to, as I have done. I did exactly what I wasn't supposed to do, but it was a life or death situation," she told him. There was a long silence. "Why do you care if I slept with him anyways?" she asked. "Because, men like him are not the kind of people you're looking for," he said.
"And how would you know what kind of a person I am looking for?" she asked him. "You are looking for a man that is like the men from Earth. Men who have feelings of love for their mates. Men who would die in the name of love. Scorpion is not like that…no one here is like that, not even Johnny, anymore," he told her. Brianna stared down at her shoes, trying to adjust to the scenario she was in. "You're like that," she finally said. Sub-Zero sighed. "I was once."
Part 8
~*~*~The next morning*~*~*
Brianna was awoken by a cry of pain and movement underneath her. "Morning," she smiled to Scorpion sweetly. He didn't seem to hear her, though as his eyes searched frantically for his gear. "Hanzo," she called. Scorpion turned at her and looked at her with bewilderment in his eyes. He couldn't even remember the last time someone called him Hanzo. He almost couldn't even remember what Hanzo was. She smiled at him. "You're not Scorpion anymore."
Hanzo looked around frantically. "What are you talking about? Of course I'm Scorpion. And if you don't tell me where my things are, I will kill you right here," he threatened in his deep voice. Brianna's eyes glowed a deep crimson. "Try it. Go ahead, throw your spear," she said, amused. He held his hand up and waited for his Spear to come out of his hand, but it never did. She smiled at him. "Like I said, you're not Scorpion any more," she reached in her bag and pulled out a mirror. Scorpion, or Hanzo, looked at himself and was shocked at the reflection staring back at him. His white eyes were no longer there, instead he had beautiful, almond-shaped brown eyes.
"Relax, the Lin Kuei won't get you. Now hurry up and get dressed, but don't put on your mask. We have to leave before everybody wakes up!" she whispered. Hanzo did as he was told, and Brianna got dressed at the same time. "C'mon," she grabbed his hand and led him out of the castle. They walked quickly into the woods surrounding the great structure until Brianna came across the doorway that got her there in the first place. She took a deep breath and jumped in the doorway with Hanzo at her side.
*~*~*~*
In the next instant, Brianna found herself in the computer room with him next to her. Also, she found Sub-Zero asleep at the computer. She saw a frozen tear on his face, and on the computer screen she saw the bedroom her and Hanzo had shared the night before. "What have I done?" she asked herself, knowing that Sub-Zero would forever hate her now. Grimacing, she shook Sub-Zero gently. "Subby?" she called quietly. Hanzo looked on with a familiar pang of hatred for the creature sleeping in the chair. Sub-Zero woke with a start. He was met with Brianna's eyes staring into his. She looked guilty and had a very faint pink glow coming from her eyes.
Immediately, Sub-Zero pulled the frozen tear off of his face. "What?" he asked bitterly. He looked up and saw Scorpion standing there. In a flash he was on his feet and in a defense mode. It took only seconds for a ball of ice to form in his hand. "SUB-ZERO, NO!" Brianna wailed. Sub-Zero threw the ice ball, and she jumped in front of Hanzo right before it hit him.
"BRIANNA!" he yelled, shocked at what he had just done. Deep within her eyes, a red glow started to be visible. Both Sub-Zero and Scorpion watched as the ice quickly melted away from her body. Within seconds, the ice was in a puddle on the floor. "How did I just do that?" she asked the two men. "It is your power," Hanzo told her.
"You," Sub-Zero said harshly to Scorpion. Brianna stepped up and held Sub-Zero back by pushing his chest. "Subby, listen to me," she tried to calm him. Sub-Zero looked down at her. "Your not the first girl he's done before, so don't think too highly of him," Sub-Zero said coldly. Brianna stared at Sub-Zero in total shock that he would say such a thing.
Brianna slapped Sub-Zero as hard as she could across the face. It didn't seem to phase him though. "He's not Scorpion anymore. He quit the Lin Kuei…as you have," she said calmly, although the red glow flared up again from inside her. "Sub-Zero," Hanzo called to him.
"You may be able to fool her, but not me," he told her. "Sub-Zero, I know you hate me, and at a time I hated you. But I only did so because I was programmed to. Please, I beg you for a peaceful treaty. I also wish to help your cause as a defender of the realm of Earth," Hanzo explained himself. Sub-Zero cocked his head slightly, deciding whether or not he should trust him. "I do not hate you, but I do not think highly of you either. It is up to Rayden to decide if you may fight with us or not," Sub- Zero turned and walked away.
"Excuse me Hanzo," she chased after Sub-Zero. "Subby!" she called after him. Sub-Zero stopped, but that was his only sign of acknowledgement of her. "Subby, I need to talk to you," she said when she caught up to him. "I do not need to hear anything. I have already seen the real you," he said coldly. "I just did what I thought I had to do. Besides, aren't you glad that you have one less person of the Lin Kuei after you?" she asked him.
"The Lin Kuei will replace him just as easily, as they have replaced both Smoke and I." "Aren't you glad that he is fighting for us now?" "Call him whatever you want; Scorpion or Hanzo. He still contains the heart of a Lin Kuei warrior. Years of brainwashing and training does not disappear in one night," he defended his argument.
Brianna sighed on frustration. "I know what I did last night was wrong. I'm sorry, but I don't know how else to handle something like that. You forget I haven't had years of training as a karate expert. And I have no idea where I am. How would you react if I took you to Earth and stuck you in an office building and told you what to do? You'd handle it the only way you knew how to, as I have done. I did exactly what I wasn't supposed to do, but it was a life or death situation," she told him. There was a long silence. "Why do you care if I slept with him anyways?" she asked. "Because, men like him are not the kind of people you're looking for," he said.
"And how would you know what kind of a person I am looking for?" she asked him. "You are looking for a man that is like the men from Earth. Men who have feelings of love for their mates. Men who would die in the name of love. Scorpion is not like that…no one here is like that, not even Johnny, anymore," he told her. Brianna stared down at her shoes, trying to adjust to the scenario she was in. "You're like that," she finally said. Sub-Zero sighed. "I was once."