DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN MK.

I woke slowly in a strange, damp place. I opened my eyes but it was far too dark for me to see anything... I felt the chains on my arms and began to panic, trying to pull out of them.

"It's no use, Frost," came Tiron's voice. I cringed when a torch lit, my eyes readjusting to the light.

"Tiron?" I asked, confused. "What's going on? Where am I?"

His smile wasn't reassuring. If anything, it terrified me more.

"You are in Outworld, prize prisoner of Shao Kahn," he answered. I swallowed hard as he advanced, the torch suddenly going out. His body pinned mine to the floor. "You should really learn to know your huband from a clever sorceror."

I struggled against him, much to his amusement. He tore my clothes, though I screamed and tried to get away. Suddenly, he slapped me hard, but I only struggled harder. He was persistant and soon, no matter the struggles I put forth, he forced his length into me. Tears sprung to my eyes as the pain hit me like a wave, right along with the feeling of desecration.

Raiden... please, please save me...

"My dear, you look terrible," came an unfamiliar voice. I looked up through weary eyes as a man with black hair approached me. I cringed away, but he gently took my arm. I felt a strange sensation on my skin, watched as my injuries healed.

"Who... who are you?" I asked weakly, my voice slowly getting stronger. His eyes met my own.

"I am Shang Tsung," he answered. "We have all ready met, my dear."

I watched in horror as his form shifted to my husband, looking down at me with a dark smile that didn't belong on his face.

"I am the one that brought you here!"

I pulled away from him in shock. In response, he merely grabbed me tighter, pinning my pathetic form beneathe the form of my lover. Tears began to gather in my eyes. This wasn't right! This was wrong on so many levels!

"What's wrong, my wife?" he said, the voice that of my husband. "Isn't this what you wanted?"

Then he plunged his length into me. I cried out in pain, then wept some more as this torture continued.

Raiden... Raiden, why have you forsaken me?

I watched Raiden collapse in on himself, falling to his knees, his hand clutching his heart.

"Raiden!" I cried, running to his side quickly. "What's wrong?"

"Frost..." he said through clenched teeth. "I... I feel her pain, hear her calling to me to save her... She thinks I have forsaken her!"

I shook my head, tears entering my eyes. They were torturing her, I could feel it. Something had to be terribly wrong for her to be in this kind of pain, the kind powerful enough to bring a God to his knees...

"Liu and Kung will get there soon," I tried to assure him, ignoring the heaviness in my own heart. "You know they will. She'll be safely back here before you know it."

I don't think he heard a single word I said, his eyes having a far-away look in them, the tortures she felt reflecting in those haunted eyes.

Many days and nights passed, my tortures changing every day. When I wasn't being raped, I was getting flogged. Shang Tsung was the worst. He did it all in Raiden's form. Slowly, my body learned to shut down, to ignore all my tortures. It got to the point where I stopped reacting completely, becoming a lifeless corpse on the outside. Everything my eyes saw was now a blur as my body felt nothing at all. I no longer even called to Raiden, begging him to save me. He wouldn't come. No one would come.

My mind would be several miles away all the time, only one thing on my mind: Raiden. It was strange, really, what I remembered most about him. I recalled things I'd never really paid attention to before about him. For instance, I realized I'd never really taken notice of how, when he was nervous, his eyes would seem to cloud over and he would cross his arms to keep people from seeing how his hands would begin to sweat. I remembered his smile, how it changed with every emotion. I remembered his kiss...

I would drown for hours at a time in my memories of him, life just swimming by. There was nothing else that really mattered to me. Not the infections of my wounds. Not the fever that overtook me frequently. The longer I was there, the closer I got to death. It was strange really. Death didn't scare me, not anymore. Something scared me a great deal more, something I'd never admit aloud.

I was scared I would never see Raiden again.

The day came where I could barely keep my eyes open, could barely register that I was supposed to be awake. I knew I was facing death right now... and I fought against it pathetically. If I had to die, I wanted to die after I saw Raiden, one last time.

My mind barely registered the shouts nearby, the screams nearby... then my cell door opened. That was new. Slowly, I forced my eyes to focus, only for my eyes to widen as much as they could with me so close to death.

"Liu... Kang..." I said softly. His gaze was forcibly calm as another man entered the cell. Liu Kang removed a long coat from himself, draping it over my bloody, naked form. The other man froze my chains and broke them. I was grateful, but didn't have the strength to say so. Liu Kang quickly picked me up in his arms.

"Save your strength," he told me softly. "Hold on, Frost. Hold on."

The other man seemed surprised at my name, but my eyes began to darken... and I was left in a black abyss.

Slowly, I came to in a strange, warm place. I was in a bed. That was my biggest hint that I was no longer in Outworld, that what I remembered wasn't a dream. Liu Kang had come for me.

That thought caused my heart to squeeze painfully, tears leaking out of my eyes. Raiden hadn't come for me. Raiden didn't care about me. Raiden would have let me die... and not batted an eye...

Try as I may, a soft sob escaped me. Almost immediately, there was a shuffling outside the door and then it opened, Liu Kang and Kung Lao coming in, Sonya and the strange man from before behind them. Liu Kang wiped my tears, then felt my forehead.

"Fever's gone," he commented, then gave me a soft smile. "How do you feel?"

"Broken," I answered without hesitation. Sonya understood while the men did not. She gestured for them to leave and they obeyed. She walked over and helped me sit up. Then she handed me a plate of food.

"You wanted Raiden to be the one to rescue you," she stated. I nodded, though she seemed to all ready have known that. The food tasted like dust in my mouth, the heaviness in my heart making it impossible to enjoy it. "Frost, Raiden couldn't come for you. He is a God, the protector of Earthrhelm. He can show no weakness for anyone unless he wants that person to constantly be targetted by his enemies."

I said nothing for a while, letting that penetrate my brain. Slowly, I felt the heaviness in my heart go away. Perhaps... perhaps he did care...

"Tiron betrayed us," I said softly. Sonya nodded, her eyes filling with anger.

"And I'm the one that gave him access to you!" she said, furious, then calmed, looking back at me, sadly. "I'm so sorry."

I shook my head.

"He kept saying no one was coming," I broke down, my tears starting again. "He kept saying Raiden abandoned me, that I would never be free... He raped me Sonya... several times... and Shang Tsung... he was worse... he'd do it all, the flogging, the raping... using Raiden's form..."

Sonya hugged me tight, letting me cry on her.

"I feel so... filthy," I admitted. She nodded, understanding.

"I thought you might," she said. "There's a bath waiting for you down the hall. I won't let you scrub yourself raw, but I will let you get cleaned up. Afterwards, I'll get a better look at your wounds."

I nodded slowly, my tears slowly stopping. Carefully, I tried to stand, only to fall back to the bed with a cry of pain, clutching my thigh at first, only to let it go with another cry. Sonya was alarmed.

"Sub-Zero!" she called. The strange man came in quickly, walking towards me. He lightly scanned my thigh with some really, really cold air.

"The bone's broken," he said softly, then glanced at me. "If you will trust in me, wife of Raiden, I will heal your wounds. But you have to trust me and let me do what I must. You cannot interrupt me at any point or I will lose concentration and you may end up in worse shape than when you started."

Slowly, I nodded, agreeing to his terms. Then, it got very, very cold. His hands worked quickly, running over my body. If I hadn't known he was only doing it to heal me, I would have assumed he was enjoying feeling me up, touching every inch of my body, even between my legs. I guessed there was internal damage he had to take care of. Finally, he pulled back and looked at me.

"Are you still in pain?" he asked. I shook my head, my teeth chattering.

"Just cold," I admitted. He nodded, then helped me stand, letting me lean on him and Sonya. "Where am I?"

We walked down the hall towards another room, one steam was coming out of.

"You're in the Lin Kuei temple in Earthrhelm, my home," Sub-Zero answered. I nodded, accepting his answer. Once we reached the room, he and sonya helped me sink into the very, very warm water. Only then did he take his leave, affording me some privacy. I relaxed, the chill leaving me. Soon, I looked at Sonya with an amused look.

"If I hadn't known that whole thing was necessary, I'd be thinking he enjoyed feeling me up," I told her. She laughed, realizing I felt a great deal better. I heard two sets of laughter outside the door and smiled, recognizing Liu and Kung.

"Sounds like you're almost back to normal," Sonya stated. I nodded slowly.

"I don't think I'll ever truly return to who I was," I admitted. "I fear that part of me was lost in that darkness."

She nodded, her eyes softening.

"I understand completely," she said. I then washed up and got out, stepping into the clothes she gave me, Lin Kuei uniform, technically. I felt weird in it, but got over it.

"Where's Jax?" I asked her suddenly. Her entire body seemed to wilt. "Oh... I'm sorry."

She nodded, gratitude in her gaze, but she focused on me. Once I was dressed, she opened the door and we followed Sub-Zero to a mess hall. Food was being served there and Liu Kang grabbed me a plate. I gratefully ate it, not complaining once. After all, it was the first thing I'd eaten since before I'd been kidnapped. The only other things I'd had was the cum that came when the men shoved themselves down my throat.

I quickly shoved those thoughts away, though Sonya'd seen my expression. She merely patted my back softly, then returned to eating. Once I was full, the four of us left Sub-Zero, myself thanking him for his help. He just nodded and got us safely off his land. Then we grabbed the nearest car that would take us and rode all the way to the temple. The people were actually very kind to us, seeming to know something terrible had happened to me. When I got out at the temple, I scanned the grounds, but ended up looking at the ground.

He wasn't here.

"Frost, he's in your bedroom," Honey said softly, walking up. "He never left it in the entire time you've been gone. He hasn't been himself lately."

I felt my spirits lift with hope yet again and nodded, then forced my body to go to him. Slowly, I walked into our chambers... soon coming up on him from behind. I stopped a few steps away.

"Raiden?" I whispered softly. He turned around slowly, as if he was struggling to believe his ears. That undid me. I all but jumped into his embrace, pressing my lips to his. He was quick to return both types of affection, gladly kissing me over and over and over again. He kissed all over my face, my eyes, my nose, my cheeks... my mouth... Slowly, I pulled away and just leaned my head in the crook of his neck, just enjoying being in his arms.

"I thought I lost you," he whispered, his voice hoarse. I felt my spirits soar through the roof.

"For a while there, you did," I told him, then my body shuddered softly, remembering what I'd gone through. "Don't let them take me again, please Raiden..."

His head leaned on mine, his hand coming up to run his fingers through my hair softly.

"I won't," he promised. "You have my word."

So, I stayed like that, content in his embrace. No more words were needed. Not right now. All I needed... was this.

I gladly embraced my husband, holding him to me.

"Thank God you're home," I whispered. "I was so worried..."

Liu smiled and kissed me softly.

"Yes, my wife, I am home," he told me, kissing me again. "We are all safe... for the moment. I do not doubt Shao Kahn will try again to harm Raiden through Frost. I'm sure he now realizes just how much she means to him."

"Trust me, my love, I'm certain he won't get the chance," I told him, then pulled away to look at him. Slowly, I took his hand and pulled him to our room. There, we curled up in one another's embrace, just grateful for one more day with eachother.

After all, who knew how many more we would have?