"You disappoint me ,Clear" she heard his voice taunt. It echo around the chamber walls,bouncing from one to the next, making it impossible to pinpoint were it was coming from. "11 years. 11 years of the finest training the Lin Kuei can offer, and this is the best you can do. Pathetic." Don't listen to his voice.
"We've been at this for hours now. Your face is bloody, body bruise, it only a matter of time before you just give out" He was right, Clear's body ached like nothing she had ever felt before, one more strong blow to her face or torso and she'd drop like sack of dirt. She couldn't think about that, she had think about HIM. We're he is. Listen not to his voice, but to his steps.
"You embarrass me not only as a member of the Lin Kuei...
He's close.
"Not only as my apprentice...
He's very close.
"But also as my Daughter!"
Boot scrape,Left side. Clear barley has time to duck before the frozen fist of Sub-Zero comes flying at her. From her now crouched position, Clear freezer her left foot, slamming it square into his gut. The Grandmaster grunts, falling to his knees. With no hesitation Clear slammed her knee into his face, blood bursts from his nose as Sub-Zero falls back on the cold stone floor. For a brief moment all he can see is red from the blood in his eyes, once it clear he was face with figure of his daughter, Clear Winter Cloud, standing above him, her cut and bloody face had a neutral expression in her left hand was a tomahawk made of ice. "No Hesitation" Sub zero began "No Mercy" Clear continued "The Clan is part of you"
"And I am part of the Clan"
"This is the Creed"
"To betray it is death"
Clear offers her hand to her farther, he takes it and she helps him up. They keep the hand clasped together. The talk in unison "For Earthrealm"
"For the Clan"
"For the Lin Kuei"
Sub-Zero smiles slightly at his child-She was 15 but still-he takes his hand out of hers and places it on her shoulder "Welcome to the Lin Kuei...Tundra"
Now Clear sighed. It had been a week since she had officially become a member of the Lin Kuei and...nothing had really changes. The halls were the same, the people were the same, the sparing, the mediation, the cold...all the same. The only real different was nobody called her Clear anymore, it was Tundra now. The name that was once her father was now was special in the Lin Kuei: only cryomancers could take certain names, in her family the Oldest son would take the name Sub-zero, while the youngest would be given the name Tundra . If the Elder brother died and had no heir-like in her farther case- then the names passers to the younger brother and tundra get passed on to the brother eldest son. Clear was Sub-zero only child, meaning she is the first female to ever hold the name Tundra. She feel honoured, but she thought the feeling would be, well...a little more overwhelming.
"Tundra, Grandmaster requires your presents" Clear Snaps out of her mind and turn to her fellow Clan member,a man by the name Pick. She'd had been sitting outside, on the edge of the mountain we're the temple resides. When the snow wasn't to heavy she like to sit, letting the snow flakes kiss her tanned skin. She rose to her feet "Best not keep him waiting" she grab her mouth guard and headband and begins to follow Pick back to the temple. As they walked she strapped the mouth guard on, making sure it was secured. She then slid the headband over her head, she touch the front to make sure the Lin Kuei symbol was in the centre of her forehead. She smooth down her clothing which consisted of a dark blue tunic, matching Baggy pants and black boots. Strapped to either side of the pants were two Tomahawk handles. In peace alway be prepared, he farther said. They reached the two massive stone doors that lead to the Grandmaster throne room. Pick bowed to Clear "he wishes to speak to you alone"
"Thank you, Pick" Clear bowed back. Wish some effort, Clear pushed the doors open. The air outside the temple is cold, the air inside the temple was cold, some how the air in the throne room was even colder. If not for her cryomancer blood, she'd be shivering like crazy. There were many steps up to the throne, she quickly jogged up them, her footsteps echoing. Sub-zero didn't even move or make any noise as his daughter ascended the stairs. When she reach the top, Clear dropped to one knee and bowed her head. "Grandmaster"
"Tundra" Sub-Zero said rising from his chair, he walk closer to Clear and place a hand on her shoulder "Rise, My child. We must talk" Clear did as she was told and rose back to her feet and look her farther in the eyes. She was shocked. He was smiling. "Is every okay, farther?" Clear asked confused. Sub-Zero drop his hand from her shoulder, he walked back to his chair and pick something up from the right armrest. Some sort of disc? Clear thought. "We have received a message from the Special Forces" her farther said. Clear realised the disc was a SF communicator, it a newer model. When her mom was alive she was a member of the Special Forces and Clear remembered vaguely that she use to have one similar. Huh. Mother. It been a while since she had come to the front of Clear mind. "What's it say?" Clear asked shaking the thoughts out of her head. Sub-Zero pretended not to notice his daughter zone out and pressed the button in the middle of the disc, it lid up and the very recognisable image of Johnny Cage pop up. "Snowman! Sorry, sorry, Grandmaster Snowman! Listen, listen, I need you help. If you haven't heard I've put together my own little SF A-Team together. Great team! Really, but I'm having a little problem with teamwork, you know, young, hotheaded, not working well with other... and that just my kid! Ha! Anyway I want to do a little training excise with them. Show them that working together could save them from a life and death situation. If you could help out bro, that'll be great! Get back to me ASAP. Later Subby! Oh! And say hi to little Subby for me!" Johnny cages image disappears leaving Clear and her father in the silence of the throne room once more. "He's an interesting man" was all Clear could say "They'll be here by nightfall tomorrow" her farther response, going back to his chair. Clear couldn't hide the shock on her face. "Wait, your doing it?, for real?"
"Yes. The young ones will on day be the defenders of Earthrealm, if there is a chance to improve them, we must take it"
"We?" Clear asked. Her farther smiles at her again. 2 in one day, Clear was getting freaked out. "Of course you will be involved. Like the ones in Cage's team you will one day be a defender of Earthrealm, Tundra. This will be as much of a training excise for you as it will be for them. You have just over 24 hours. Prepare" Clear bows slightly to her farther, quickly turns and descends the stairs. Hm. Look like things were going to get interesting around here.