The Black Ninja Part 2
She opened her eyes. Then looked
up. There were rocks above her. Not a very familiar looking place.
She thought. She turned her head to the
right. There was a fire, which lit up
the space. I didn't do that. When she turned her head to the left, a
familiar figure sat near her on a rock. Facing it's back to her. That
Lin Kuei ninja…He was doing something because she could see his hands move.
What happened to me? She mused. She
saw and helped him at the dungeon, but…why was she with him in this unfamiliar
place. Then she figured out that this
was some kind of a cave. So, why am
I with him in this "cave"? She
tried to get up. She felt a terrible
pain somewhere around her ribs. She
groaned and frowned. Then she
remembered what happened to her.
Sub-Zero turned around. Then their eyes met.
Why am I not killed? Callipso thought while she watched his eyes.
"I'm sorry what I've done to
you." Sub-Zero spoke.
What? This took Callipso aback.
"Wha-what do you mean?"
"You…have saved my life. And
yet, I have broken your ribs…" He looked down.
"Oh, you broke my ribs?" She
didn't know that. Then she began to
check by touching her stomach. It did
hurt but she didn't feel anything broken.
"It's not broken." She informed.
His face lit up a little. "Phew."
"Oh excuse me, I am Sub-Zero." He
bowed politely in his sitting form.
"Callipso." She smiled a bit
under her mask. "What are you making,
or doing?"
"I am making a medicine to heal your pain and your wound…would you like
to try it on?"
"Oh, thank you. I would like
to." Callipso said interested.
When she plastered the clear, creamy liquid, she thought it was made
from some type of herbs. It did feel
fresh and icy.
"So, what was that all about?" She asked. "Why Sung-Hee must be
stopped?"
"Sung-Hee was asked to help Quan-Chi and Shinnok. They're planning to invade and destroy
earth. But they don't have any
army. So they asked the Black Ninja
clan to help them."
"…Who is Shinnok?"
" An elder god."
"God? What's this GOD doing around here?" I never knew gods existed…
"He wants to revenge on us."
"??" This confused her more and
more. So she decided not to ask
more.
"But what clan are you from now? I saw that you and your friends don't
wear special uniform." Callipso asked
as she sat up. She frowned by the pain. Sub-Zero tried to stand up and help her but
she refused.
"…We are not clans…I suppose, …we are the guardians of the earth."
Sub-Zero said unsurely…" Our supporter is a thunder god called Rayden. He leads us."
"Oh…"
"…And what was that?" She asked. Sub-Zero's face got puzzled.
"What…do you mean?" He asked finally.
"The…ice…?" She guessed.
"Oh. The Lin Kuei ninja has different abilities. Some can use water, fire and some can turn
himself into a smoke…" His eyes turned into faraway eyes (?). She thought he
was talking about somebody he knew.
"And you can handle ice?" Callipso couldn't stop her curiosity.
"Yes." He said proudly (?).
"What about yours?" He asked looking into her eyes. Callipso realized that he was talking about
the force that she used in the battle.
"Black ninjas' special abilities are the force. We were trained to do these when we were
small…" She told him as she looked at the fire.
Somehow the conversation broke. Only the sound of the burning fire could be heard.
"…So, if Sung-Hee is going to help the ones who will destroy my world,
then…I guess I got to go and talk to him…" She broke the silence.
"…Yes…"
"…And…I have to go back…"
"Go back? But…" He wanted to say something. "But...you are still injured…" He thought of the words
desperately.
"Yes, and with your medicine, it got better. You were very kind. Thank
you." With that, she stood up
slowly. The Lin Kuei warrior was
looking at her face with a miserable look.
"I will repay you one day. Thank
you Sub-Zero." She cheered him up (?).
"But you won't find the castle anymore…" He said apologetically.
"…What do you mean?" Callipso asked.
"It's blown up…there's nothing
there…"
"What? Blown up? By who-" She remembered the sound when she was half
knocked out.
"One of our friends did it…" He looked down.
"…So it's blown away…" Callipso faced her back towards him. For a long time they did not say a word.
Blown away…Soma! She forgot about him. He…said he would sleep-…in
the castle…Garen, Hevow, Zane, Nender; Luna…Friends' names came flowing
inside her head. Don't tell me
they're dead…please…She felt like crying. But in all these years, she couldn't cry. She sometimes wondered about it but she couldn't.
"Thank you Sub-Zero. Good-bye."
Without looking back she left.
Sub-Zero sat still until he no longer sensed anybody near him. Then him gave a large, loud sigh. He was alone again. He watched the fire burn.
He couldn't do anything but wonder about that ninja. She was beautiful. She's beautiful…He
still remembered the touch of her smooth skin, when he carried her, she was
warm…Why did I do that to her…He thought about the fight. She was very skilled and fast. Callipso almost knocked him out. Her face burned into his brain…her blue-green
eyes. He wished that he could see her
entire face. Maybe I'll faint by her
stunning beauty… He mused as he
smiled.
He felt something wrong. Something told him that something was going to happen in a wrong
way. He stood up…
Faraway, she saw the dark, huge smoke go up to the dark sky. So the story was true… She muttered
bitterly. Then she kept on going. She was heading for a secret place that the
ninjas were taught to go there when something happened. She was just hoping to meet with someone.
When she was there, her hope faded. No one was there…She stood there thinking what to do next miserably…when
she heard a familiar voice.
"Hey Callipso! Is that you?" Soma came out from nowhere. Under her mask, her mouth opened.
"S-Soma? You're alive? How… w-what happened to you?" She was getting hyper…Soma started to
explain.
"Well, I told you that I was going to take a shower, right?" She nodded
widely. "So I went to get my towel and my changing clothes, because unlike you,
ladies, we, men share the shower room. But I left my room key to open my room somewhere…and
I remembered that I left it outside when I was training. So I went outside, looked everywhere, but I
can't find them and when I decided to kick the door open, the castle blew
up. The force of the explosion blown me
away, and I was dumped into the near by lake." He paused. "So…I guess I don't
have to take a shower today and find the key anymore." He finished.
"Oh at least you're safe!" Callipso jumped for joy.
"Oh and I'm not the only one alive." Soma said. Callipso blinked. But she sensed someone watching them. Oh boy…Sung-Hee jumped down from the tree above them.
"Good to see you alive Callipso, I thought that Soma was the only
survivor of the Black Ninja." He looked at her the way she hated.
"I am also glad that you are safe." She bowed.
"Where were you? And what happened to your stomach?" Soma asked.
"I was helped by the blue Lin Kuei ninja."
"Ooo~ the Lin Kuei ninja?" Soma excited and delighted. Callipso smiled at him.
"HE WAS THE ONE WHO CAME TO ATTACK US!" Sung-Hee snapped. Callipso and Soma froze and slowly looked at
him.
"And why did you NOT kill him there when he helped you?" Sung-Hee
growled.
"B-Because…he helped me…" What's wrong with him?
"Oh you fool! He's our
enemy! You are supposed to kill
him! Not let him help you! You IDIOT! You failed me, Callipso, it was your fault that our castle
blew up!!" Standing near him, Soma
blinked.
" My fault? Why?" Callipso said in disbelief.
" Yes. You were the strongest in
those three. How come you got knocked
out first? Hmm~? Guess I was a bafoon to think that you can fight."
Sung-Hee laughed cruelly.
That's it…Callipso mused.
"Well, why do you think the castle blew up? I think it's your
stupid fault! You shouldn't do anything with Quan-Chi. Don't blame your damn mistake to me, you
stupid-excuse-for-a-warrior!" She spat. "And for no reason thousands of warriors died JUST because of you pathetic
thing!" She shouted.
"How dare you say that to ME!" He glared at her. His hands began to form into a fist…she
glared back at him.
Watching this tense moment, Soma thought he had to do something. With his nice, cheerful voice, he tried to
calm them down.
" Oh don't fight! I know it
wasn't both of your fault!" Sung-Hee's
eyes looked into his way.
"OH SHUT UP!" With a quick
movement, Sung-Hee unsheathed his hidden knife and stabbed into Soma's stomach.
"NOOOOOO!!!" Callipso cried.
When the knife dug into his stomach, Soma didn't know what had
happened. Then a terrible amount of
pain clobbered him. He also felt
something warm dripping out from his stomach. He frowned. He looked down
slowly at his stomach. He couldn't
stand still. He shivered. He saw a knife stuck in his belly deeply, blood
pouring out. He moaned shortly. Then he looked up to face the owner of the
knife. He looked at him with confusion. His wobbling legs couldn't stand
anymore. He felt his strength floating
away from his young, muscular body. He
collapsed. Faraway, he heard Callipso
shouting his name, every time the voice getting smaller. He was too tired to get up. He felt so sleepy. Sorry Callipso… I- can't… get up…
Callipso kneeled beside her friend. But she realized she could never talk to him or see him laugh
again. She looked up at the devil with
hatred.
"HOW DARE YOU, BASTARD!" Though her stomach ached she jumped towards
him.
But with no effort, she was kicked away flying in the air. She ignored the pain in her stomach, and in
the air, she twisted and landed on her leg. Her hands reached for the blades.
"You will die for this!" She lunged towards him again. But now, she was floating in the air. She glared at him. Sung-Hee was using his force. How hard she tried she couldn't go down, she couldn't.
"Are you thinking that you can kill ME?" Sung-Hee shouted triumphantly.
"Well, you should at least wait another hundred years- WAA!" This sent him sent
flying away.
Callipso also used her force. Then she fell from the mid air, landing heavily.
"Umph!" They both said it at the same time.
Callipso
tried to get up as fast as she could. She frowned. She looked at him
who was about 3 meters away. She threw
her knives at him. He caught one, but
the other knife got him in his arm.
"Ahh! You bitch!" He pressed his
arm with his other hand. Ignoring her
pain, she jumped into the air and landed behind him. Then did a hard clip on his neck. Then she took her knife from his hand, softly and tore off the
other knife that was stabbed in his arm aggressively while he was dizzy.
"AAHH!" He winced in pain. "Argh!" He turned around and punched her in the stomach.
Ow! She held her rib. Then she felt a steel grip on her neck.
"You are now too much. Callipso! Say, what should I do
to you? Do you want me to kill you? Or
if you want to live…we may have some time together…" Who will with
the one like you! She thought about her friends…Soma…a single drop
of her tear ran across her cheek.
Her eyes glowed blood red with rage. She then brought her leg to his groin.
"Aww!" He winced again in his miserable voice. He let her go.
She stepped about 10 steps back. When his pain was gone he glared at her.
"You…bitch…" He started to come close.
"Before you do anything, I would like to show you something." Callipso
spat. She reached for her mask and took
it off. Then she threw it to the ground
and stepped on it.
"What! You."
"That's right. I'm not in your
damn fucking clan anymore." Her face
was full of rage.
"Well, if you're not in the clan…you will die." He dashed toward her and tripped her
off balance and pinned her on the
ground, grabbing her neck.
"My granny will see you at hell!" He joked. I have to do something…She thought frowning. The grip was so hard that she almost lost
her consciousness. But then, the grip
was no longer on her neck. She opened
her eyes, looked around. Even she was
trained to be the best assassin, she forgot to get up. She was just too tired
to do anything.
"Who the hell are you?!" Sung-Hee got angry by the disturbance. He realized that he was facing a disbanded
warrior clan, the infamous Lin Kuei.
"That is not your concern." Sub-Zero replied in his cold voice.
"What are you here for then?"
Sung-Hee irritated.
"To save her. "
"Well, to bad you won't." Sung-Hee turned to him fully this time. Sub-Zero narrowed his cold eyes, and in microseconds, he shot an ice
ball to him. Sung-Hee moved immediately
but the ice ball was incredibly fast, even though Black Ninjas got fast
reflexes, Sung-Hee couldn't avoid it. But he was lucky that it only froze his left hand.
"Ahhh!" He had enough of things going on today. With that, he vanished into the darkness of the
night.
Callipso just watched the whole action (?). What a coward…Now she
lost all the respect of him. He
escaped like that? Then she heard him coming towards her.
"Are you all right?" He asked her as he crouched down.
"Ah…yes, th-thank you." How come he's here? She questioned
herself. Thunder roared above them.
"We must leave, or it will rain…Can you walk?" He asked her as he peeked
(?) into her face.
"…Yes, I can walk." She took his hand as he pulled her up. Then he escorted her to the west.
"Um, where are you taking me?" She asked him in a concerned tone.
"I will take you to the place where you can get medical help. There will be my friends." He voice was gentle.
It was raining hard when they reached the headquarters of the earth warriors. Callipso wasn't still sure to trust him. But with her condition of her body, she couldn't do anything. Once they were inside, she saw a blonde, young woman wearing greenish clothes with black boots coming close to them.
"Sub-Zero," She said, and then looked at Callipso. Her eyebrows cocked.
"Don't worry Sonya, she is the one who freed me and save my life." Sub-Zero told her.
"But wasn't she fighting against you in the castle?" She asked him unsatisfied.
"Yes." He answered, then went pass her as he took Callipso's arm. Callipso was half leaning against to him. Her wobbling legs didn't let her go alone walking. They then went to this big room, where she saw a bunch of people turn to her way. The room was full of computers, desks and chairs. A man with white long hair, but his face was young (?) came in front of them. Callipso felt the man's enormous power right away.
"She is the one who saved me in the mission." Sub-Zero said out loud before anyone can say anything. The guy in front of her stared at her interestingly.
"Hey…but she-she was at the battle. And you fought her, Sub-Zero!" A guy in sunglass said it back. Then Callipso felt someone came into the room. Perhaps that female…She thought.
"But she saved my life. I owe her. And I harmed her badly in the ribs. She needs medical care now." Sub-Zero explained. Rayden looked at Callipso. His eyes were warm. Very warm. Then he smiled warmly and said." Thank you for saving his life…a-…excuse me, I am Rayden. And you are…?"
"Callipso." She said in a small voice.
"Ah, Callipso, thank you for saving Sub-Zero's life. Please, feel yourself at home. Please follow me." Then he headed for the door. Sub-Zero taking her gently by his arms followed.
Callipso just didn't know what to think or feel…
Rayden opened the door. Inside the room, there was a bed, and another room.
"This will be your room." Rayden gestured with his hand.
When she was alone in the room, she looked at the ceiling (She was lying on the bed). She felt relax. But also worried. What will happen to her now? But the next second, she was already asleep.
When Sub-Zero and Rayden returned to the room, everybody was talking about Callipso.
"So, Sub-Zero, what happened to her?" Kitana asked.
"She was betrayed by her own master, Sung-Hee. Then she took off her mask. She's no longer in that clan anymore. Her master almost killed her. And now she is injured badly." Sub-Zero looked into her eyes. Nobody said anything. They all knew that there was nothing to argue.
"Come on let's sleep now," Johnny broke the silence. "It's almost 5 o'clock in the morning!"
The knock of the door woke her up. Callipso sat up. Then she realized that the pain in her ribs got weaker. That medicine Sub-Zero gave me…The knock came again.
"Come in…" Callipso said almost in a whisper. The door opened. Three figures came in. The most familiar person was Sub-Zero, then the woman called Sonya, and another woman with black outfit. Sub-Zero came to stand next to her bed and crossed his arms.
"Hi I'm Kitana." The black outfit woman said with a smile.
"I'm Sonya."
"I'm Callipso." She bowed politely. "Thank you for giving me a place to stay." She bowed again.
"How are you feeling?" Kitana asked.
"I am all right thank you." Then everybody became silence. Nobody knew what to speak of.
"…So you're out of that clan, right?" Sonya asked.
"Yes." She remembered Soma. His smiles burned into her head. Then in her mind, she saw Soma die. The pain showed in his face, also confusion. That asshole…he will pay for this. She swore.
Then more people came into the room.
"Hi!" The sunglass guy said in his cheerful voice. He reminded her of Soma. "I'm Johnny Cage." He told her loudly. Rayden was next to him.
"How are you?" Rayden asked.
"I am well thank you." Callipso bowed. The temperature of the room got warmer. Three more people came in.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Liu Kang."
"Hello~w. I'm Jax." He smiled in a very friendly way. A man next to him continued.
"I'm Stryker. Just ignore him." He said dryly. Rayden began.
"We heard from Sub-Zero that you exiled the clan…and if you would like to join us, you are welcomed." Callipso sat up with her back straight to face the others.
"You have helped me, and nursed me back. I owe you. I will serve you as best as I could, forever. Thank you very much." Then she bowed in a way that her head touched the bed, and stood there that way. Rayden put his hand on her shoulder forced to sit her up lightly.
"You are one of us now." He smiled.
Quan Chi and Shinnok appeared. Sung-Hee bowed. Quan Chi's white face looked at him.
"Ah, Sung-Hee, I heard that your clan is…no where to be found." He smiled.
"Yes…Rayden and the others…they…destroyed our headquarters…" Sung-Hee kneeled. Shinnok stepped out.
"And?" Shinnok asked. Sung-Hee looked up.
"…And…they are all dead…" Shinnok's face got dark (?). Sung-Hee now regrets that he shouldn't kill Soma. He could hear Shinnok growl. Quan Chi enjoying the tense moment. After all, this is not his problem.
"I warn you Sung-Hee, you failed me. And I don't want that again. Now I have to use my powers to create the army. And that will decrease my powers. Don't you feel that lucky, I'm letting you live because I can still use you. Now you will fight for me. These are the warriors I've collected so far. Let me introduce Reiko, Reptile, Scorpion, Juba, Wabiko and Xaria."
(Of course these Juba, Wabiko and Xaria are made up thugs.) Juba wore dark red V-necked shirt that also covers his whole hands. And he wore tight black pants, with heavy action boots. His eyes and hair was blood red. Wabiko wore a shocking pink color tight clothes that it was horrible to look. She wore a thong (!), with long boots that reached up to her thigh. Her top was almost like a bikini…She had a very unpleasant look that you couldn't really felt like talking to her. Her hair was tide up in a bun on top of her head, which was blue like her eyes. Xaria, she wore clothes that looked like a bathing suits with a combination of light green and purple…Her boots was just like Wabiko. Her face was cold but beautiful. She had green eyes with black hair, which cascaded around her shoulder.
They came in front of Sung-Hee. And said nothing, just bowed lightly.
Sung-Hee studied them. He knew the infamous Scorpion. But he never saw the others. He looked at Reptile. He really is a reptile…He found himself looking into the glowing yellow eyes.
Callipso sat in the training room meditating. She kept her eyes closed. Her legs crossed, her back straight like a ruler. Her hands lay on both of her leg forming some circular shape with her fingers. She tried to concentrate, but she was a type of person that she couldn't concentrate if someone was watching her. Well, Sub-Zero wasn't looking at her; he was in the same room also training. She was now living with the earth warriors and starting a new life for about couple of weeks. She is now perfectly fine and she often surprised them when she was training. Everybody was nice here. She was able to call them a good friends, she was able to trust them. But…the strangest thing was Sub-Zero. He was like a shadow of her. Everywhere she went, there was Sub-Zero (Except toilet and her room:)). He was like protecting her…She told him once that she is all right. But he also said that he was all right too. With that, she couldn't ask him anything, just tilted her head.
She opened her eyes to check what he was doing.
Sub-Zero was standing on a single rope with one foot. He was also meditating. His eyes were closed. She guessed that he was a type of person that he could also concentrate if someone was watching him. She gave up the meditation, and fell back. With that sound, Sub-Zero opened his eyes in surprise and lost his balance…Bumm! He fell. This time, Callipso got surprised.
"Are you all right Sub-Zero?" She went over to him. Then helped him sat up.
"Ah…yes…thank you." He blushed. He held his head in the back.
"Does it hurts?" She asked.
"No, it's-it's all right." He was still red. Watching this, Callipso laughed. Suddenly, they heard the alarm. Then they both headed for the main room.
Callipso and Sub-Zero hurried into the room. All of the members were there. Sonya spoke as she poked around the computer.
"I don't know what is there, but the portal from the outer realm is opened!"
"Where is it?" Liu Kang asked.
"It's in the middle of savanna. In the southern part of Africa." Sonya said as she checked the screen of the computer. Savanna?! Outer realm? Callipso thought.
"Who wants to go?" Rayden asked.
"I will." Callipso said.
"Me too." Sub-Zero said quickly after her.
"Wanna come Sonya?" Johnny asked. Sonya smiled at him.
"I guess everybody is going…" Rayden said.
Everybody gathered around the round transport.