Chapter 11- Over the Wall They Ran, but It Won't Be The Last of Him
At Quan Chi's fortress Blue was sitting on Quan Chi's bed. Quan Chi was pacing back and forth in his sleeping quarters. "Blue," Quan Chi said as he stopped pacing, "I am going to go speak with my two best assassins. I need someone's family taken care of quickly. I am going to be in the dungeon. You may go to your garden. I will be with you shortly."
She got up from the bed and approached Quan Chi. She kissed him gently. Her stomach jilted with fear that she did not show. Quan Chi had told her that whenever Blue left a room before him, she would kiss him. He also required that she would wait for him in his bed every night before Quan Chi entered the room.
Blue left the room and wiped her mouth. She could still feel Quan Chi, it was a bad feeling. She walked through the halls in darkness until she reached her garden.
It was a nice place. It had once been a plain balcony with a fountain, but Quan Chi had it made into a garden. A small man-made pool or pond now surrounded the fountain. Water lilies floated gently on the surface while large koi fish swam slowly under the surface.
There was also a large variety of flowers and plants growing around the balcony. Humming birds often stopped by to pollinate the beautiful flowers. Quan Chi sometimes went there when she was there. He would pick various flowers and place them in her hair. She would rip them out and throw them over the balcony when he left.
Now, Blue walked over to the bench next to the man-made pond. The moon light danced over the water's surface. The fish swam lazily around in the water. Blue looked down at her legs and they were glimmering in the moon light. She remembered that she had been covered in a thin layer of some pink, enchanted paint. The paint never smeared, unless she was touched by someone other than Quan Chi, and she wouldn't be able to fix it. She hated the paint, she couldn't sit or walk comfortably, and Quan Chi was making her miserable.
Suddenly she heard a noise from over the balcony edge. She hesitantly looked over the edge. Her breath stopped in her throat. Scorpion was scaling the wall. He saw her and nearly lost his grip and footing. Blue jumped up and down with joy. Scorpion's muscles rippled as he struggled to reach the top. When he finally reached Blue, she helped him up and over the balcony railing. He hadn't even fully gotten to his feet when Blue collapsed in his arms in tears. They felt so good to be together. Finally, her heart had once again woken from its frozen sleep. "I told you I would find a way," Scorpion said loudly. She was too happy to remember that Quan Chi was coming, but she quickly snapped out if it. Blue turned to the balcony doors, Scorpion was fiddling with her hair. "Why are you painted?" he playfully boomed. "Scorpion," Blue finally said fearfully, "Quan Chi said he would join me in my garden soon, we have to leave now." "The moon lights your hair like fire," Scorpion said, not really paying attention. "Scorpion listen to-," Bluesong tried to say.
Quan Chi made his way through the balcony doors. He saw Scorpion and Blue standing together under the silvery, ghostly light. "What is this?" he asked in rage. Scorpion turned to him; his blank eyes were gleaming in the light. Quan Chi turned to Blue with an extremely hurt look on his face. For the first time she felt sorry for him. Maybe it wasn't his fault he was the way he was. Quan Chi then spoke to her, "I can give you another chance. If you will just stay with me, I can give you another chance." He was becoming angry. "Stay with me or I'll kill you." Maybe it wasn't his fault he was the way he was but Blue really didn't care. "I'm sorry Quan Chi," Blue said. Quan Chi held his hand out to her. "Come here now," Quan Chi bellowed. His reddish eyes gleamed with an indignant hurt. "Shut up," Scorpion yelled. Quan Chi turned to him. In his two pale hands, a green skull fire-ball was forming. His muscles flexed with concentration. Scorpion quickly wrapped his arms around Blue as if he was going to shield her. Quan Chi let the fire-ball go. Scorpion jumped over the railing taking Bluesong with him. The skull fire-ball had just passed over their backs. Quan Chi ran to the edge He used it as a grappling hook. Scorpion swung them to the ground.
They both ran as hard and fast as they could, into the forest surrounding the fortress.
Quan Chi slammed his fists into the railing. "I will find her," he said, "And when I do…" He didn't know what to say. He didn't want to kill her, he wanted her. "I'll kill Scorpion," Quan Chi decided. He stomped into the fortress with his fists clenched at his sides. He would find her once again. He would never let her out of his sight. "Scorpion will die," Quan Chi said breathlessly.
Scorpion and Blue ran through the forest. "I thought you wouldn't come," Blue said jumping up and down as she ran. "I don't know how many times I've saved you," Scorpion joked, "why would it be any different?" Blue suddenly fell violently to the ground. Scorpion reached down to help her to her feet. Blue got up and dusted herself off. They ran, not ever turning to look back.
Okay, I hope you guys liked my story! I absolutely loved writing it for you. Just keep in mind that this is the first part of what I hope to be a trilogy. I am working on the next part and I hope to start posting sometime soon. Thank you all very much for reading my story…make sure to review!