AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is the second chapter. This story seems slow at first....
But trust me, it shall get better.
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Sonya entered the ship bay and noticed that everyone already were in their jets. She ran to the third and last one and jumped in behind Stryker. The lid closed and Stryker turned the engine on. Sonya fastened her seatbelt. The jets hovered up before flying forward into the dark sky. Sonya noticed the moon glowed brightly. "It's so beautiful." she whispered as she watched it.
"Stay focused," Stryker ordered sternly while keeping his eyes in front of him. "The enemy may attack us in the air. Be ready to initiate the torpedoes if necessary."
Sonya sighed, but not loud enough for him to hear. She watched the other two jets on either side of them as they neared the edge of the island. They quickly flew above the large ocean. It was very dark under the moonlight. After flying a few miles over the flat ocean a small island came into view. She saw a lot of crumbled ruins clustered in the middle. The jets flew lower and landed on the island. The cockpit opened and Sonya and Stryker unlatched their seatbelts as they jumped out of the jet onto the island's beach. The others soon joined them. "I don't see any rip... or Sub-Zero either." Lui Kang exclaimed.
He was right. They didn't see a familiar red-glowing portal anywhere within view, and usually whoever opened the rip brought a whole army with them. "Do you think it's a trick?" Stryker asked cautiously.
"If it is, then my brother isn't here. Tricks aren't his style. Could it be Sheila or Reptile?" Sub-Zero replied, carefully peering around for any signs of movement through the trees.
"No... it's no one we have been aware of before. Anyone else would have appeared by now." Kitana pointed out.
"Let's split up. Sub-zero and I will search East, Lui Kang and Kitana can search west, Stryker you can stay here in case anyone does show up, and Sonya can go north." Nightwolf commanded, and everyone nodded before heading out to his or her different directions.
Sonya walked north towards the ruins, wishing that Jax wasn't "suspended" from rip duty because of stupidity. Rayden could be a real prick for being an ancient Chinese god.
After walking a few yards through a dense forest she reached the outskirts of the ruins. She still saw no movement or a rip anywhere and was beginning to think Nightwolf was going senile a few decades early and it was just a false alarm, when she came to the very heart of the ruins and noticed a whole wall of concrete still intact. She quickly ran to get a better look, and noticed a few paintings still hung there in perfect condition. After looking at them more closely she noticed they depicted medieval characters: unicorns, a princess, a few knights and a dragon with big, dark mysterious castles in the backgrounds.
"Beautiful, aren't they?" Sonya, startled at the voice, turned around.
"Um... yeah..." she agreed, trying not to laugh. The man was dressed as a prince or something, she wasn't sure what. But on a deserted island like this, who was he? What was he doing here? He looked nice enough. In his royal "garb", could he be the one that came from outworld?
"My name is Edward." He offered to shake her hand, but she refused. He shrugged and put it down. "I need your help."
Undoubtedly, Sonya was very confused. Evil people that created rips never asked for their "help". She quickly looked around, seeing no army. She still wanted to be on her guard, and brought up her wristwatch, ready to call for backup.
"No. That isn't necessary. I need your help, no need to call your friends." She put her arm down, but still wasn't convinced.
"I'm sure my friends could help you more than I could by myself. And you haven't even explained why you're here... or why you need my help."
Edward sighed, as if he didn't really want any questions asked. "It's confusing..." He looked around himself, as if looking for someone that could be watching. "We shouldn't talk here."
Sonya wondered where else they could talk. It's not as if they had many places to hide. On an island this size, you probably could have no privacy. "Where could we go?"
Edward took her hand, and led her behind the wall. Then, he walked to the center, and stomped lightly on the ground. At first, dirt rose up and created nothing but a dusty fog. But then, a compartment opened, and there were stone stairs leading down. Edward walked in first, waiting for her to follow. She looked around, hoping someone would see them and rush to see what she found. Or rather, whom she found. She knew that Jax wouldn't have left her side, not as the others did. But none of the team was there. She felt reservations about following this man, she didn't even know him, and wanted to find someone to go with her. But then, she knew that she was most often the one targeted for "help" by strangers, and strange is definitely what they all seemed to be; strange at first, anyway. Sooner or later her friends found her again, and they helped together, and then the stranger went off on some perilous journey, and life went on as usual. She relaxed, and followed Edward down the stairs, the compartment closing behind them.
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Sonya entered the ship bay and noticed that everyone already were in their jets. She ran to the third and last one and jumped in behind Stryker. The lid closed and Stryker turned the engine on. Sonya fastened her seatbelt. The jets hovered up before flying forward into the dark sky. Sonya noticed the moon glowed brightly. "It's so beautiful." she whispered as she watched it.
"Stay focused," Stryker ordered sternly while keeping his eyes in front of him. "The enemy may attack us in the air. Be ready to initiate the torpedoes if necessary."
Sonya sighed, but not loud enough for him to hear. She watched the other two jets on either side of them as they neared the edge of the island. They quickly flew above the large ocean. It was very dark under the moonlight. After flying a few miles over the flat ocean a small island came into view. She saw a lot of crumbled ruins clustered in the middle. The jets flew lower and landed on the island. The cockpit opened and Sonya and Stryker unlatched their seatbelts as they jumped out of the jet onto the island's beach. The others soon joined them. "I don't see any rip... or Sub-Zero either." Lui Kang exclaimed.
He was right. They didn't see a familiar red-glowing portal anywhere within view, and usually whoever opened the rip brought a whole army with them. "Do you think it's a trick?" Stryker asked cautiously.
"If it is, then my brother isn't here. Tricks aren't his style. Could it be Sheila or Reptile?" Sub-Zero replied, carefully peering around for any signs of movement through the trees.
"No... it's no one we have been aware of before. Anyone else would have appeared by now." Kitana pointed out.
"Let's split up. Sub-zero and I will search East, Lui Kang and Kitana can search west, Stryker you can stay here in case anyone does show up, and Sonya can go north." Nightwolf commanded, and everyone nodded before heading out to his or her different directions.
Sonya walked north towards the ruins, wishing that Jax wasn't "suspended" from rip duty because of stupidity. Rayden could be a real prick for being an ancient Chinese god.
After walking a few yards through a dense forest she reached the outskirts of the ruins. She still saw no movement or a rip anywhere and was beginning to think Nightwolf was going senile a few decades early and it was just a false alarm, when she came to the very heart of the ruins and noticed a whole wall of concrete still intact. She quickly ran to get a better look, and noticed a few paintings still hung there in perfect condition. After looking at them more closely she noticed they depicted medieval characters: unicorns, a princess, a few knights and a dragon with big, dark mysterious castles in the backgrounds.
"Beautiful, aren't they?" Sonya, startled at the voice, turned around.
"Um... yeah..." she agreed, trying not to laugh. The man was dressed as a prince or something, she wasn't sure what. But on a deserted island like this, who was he? What was he doing here? He looked nice enough. In his royal "garb", could he be the one that came from outworld?
"My name is Edward." He offered to shake her hand, but she refused. He shrugged and put it down. "I need your help."
Undoubtedly, Sonya was very confused. Evil people that created rips never asked for their "help". She quickly looked around, seeing no army. She still wanted to be on her guard, and brought up her wristwatch, ready to call for backup.
"No. That isn't necessary. I need your help, no need to call your friends." She put her arm down, but still wasn't convinced.
"I'm sure my friends could help you more than I could by myself. And you haven't even explained why you're here... or why you need my help."
Edward sighed, as if he didn't really want any questions asked. "It's confusing..." He looked around himself, as if looking for someone that could be watching. "We shouldn't talk here."
Sonya wondered where else they could talk. It's not as if they had many places to hide. On an island this size, you probably could have no privacy. "Where could we go?"
Edward took her hand, and led her behind the wall. Then, he walked to the center, and stomped lightly on the ground. At first, dirt rose up and created nothing but a dusty fog. But then, a compartment opened, and there were stone stairs leading down. Edward walked in first, waiting for her to follow. She looked around, hoping someone would see them and rush to see what she found. Or rather, whom she found. She knew that Jax wouldn't have left her side, not as the others did. But none of the team was there. She felt reservations about following this man, she didn't even know him, and wanted to find someone to go with her. But then, she knew that she was most often the one targeted for "help" by strangers, and strange is definitely what they all seemed to be; strange at first, anyway. Sooner or later her friends found her again, and they helped together, and then the stranger went off on some perilous journey, and life went on as usual. She relaxed, and followed Edward down the stairs, the compartment closing behind them.