He stares at me, contemplating his options, and all the possible paths that letting me go could lead to, before slowly nodding. "…Fine….get out of here…..Go tell Mika to get you into the mines without being seen, she can do it…well…partially….from then on, you're on your own….and do not fail me….slave…" He chuckles slightly, having won me over without even touching me. I grumble a bit. "Stop calling me that…" I get up, walking to the door, before I hear his voice ring out. "Wait…..you forgot this…" He smirks and gets up quickly, and before I can react, he has put a collar on me. Similar to the ones the girls wear. I growl a bit louder, hating the situation so far. Of course, it's my only plausible COA at the moment, to just play along. "Have fun…." He chuckles and warps away, leaving me alone. I examine the collar and frown, having never felt so broken before in my life. I hang my head in shame and walk out the door, into the darkness of his fortress.
It takes me two minutes, of aimlessly wandering the fortress, to finally find Mika. I approach her, but keep my head low, eye to the ground. "….Quan-Chi wants you to help get me into the mines…" I say sheepishly, having grown shy since I left Quan's room. She smirks slightly. "Oh, big, bad girl going to the scary, murderous mines on her own….You don't stand a chance…" *she taunts me, making me frown more and scowl. "I will so survive, ill prove it too.." Not much confidence is in my voice, clearly, I'm still questioning myself, and what I've gotten myself into. "Ill do it, and I can do it all by myselfs." *I smirk slightly, but keep my head down. "Whatever…come on…" She frowns at the fact that I stand up for myself, unlike most of the girls in the town. It is about 25 minutes of walking, and the entire time, we are silent. When we arrive, she pulls me aside, into a shadow where we are completely concealed.
"Just tell them your new and accidently disrespected the emperor, and were sentenced to ten years in the mines….They should let you in." Mike explains, as if it is something that happens all the time around here. I nod and smile slightly. She runs off, as I approach the mine entrance, which is being guarded by two guards. After telling them the lie, I am surprised that I am led inside, and given a pick-axe. I frown at not being provided a helmet, after all, it WAS a mine. Clearly, they don't care for the workers safety. I take the pick-axe, but grunt and struggle holding it. At this point in time, im not as strong as I am going to be in the future, struggling with the pick-axe, I hold it gently, the pick part resting on my shoulder gently while I carry it, searching the many rooms and floors of the mines by myself. My search pays off, for at the lowest level, is Shang-Tsung himself. I am curious as to why he isn't working, why is he slacking off, but I don't ask, for fear of making him mad.
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Shang-Tsung?" I ask curiously, he stops his meditating and focuses on me. "…I am….Who are you…" He asks me, making me feel extremely shy, my throat dry for a few seconds. "My name is Shadowjumper….I am a nobody compared to you, sir. I beg your pardon, I need to get to work." He nods, as if dismissing me, and I move behind him, going to work on the wall. It takes five minutes of digging, before I finally come across a big enough deposit of Cobalt, taking It, I pocket it quickly before anyone notices. Smiling to myself, my mission complete, I can just make my own escape, run home, leave this place and Quan-Chi behind. But it dawns on me, I made a promise. A promise is a promise, something that is a MAJOR belief in the clan, to never break a promise unless something happens beyond your control. I frown slightly at the predicament, but resolve to go through with it. Slowly turning, I see that Tsung hasn't moved an inch, still meditating. While looking, I keep mining absent-mindedly, the sound of the pick-axe hitting the stone wall echoing through the entire area. "Can you go elsewhere, your breaking my concentration with your constant digging…" He sighs, I have accidently disturbed him, I feel bad for that alone, thinking vaguely of what I have to do.
I take my pick-axe, setting the axe part on my shoulder as before, frowning slightly. I start to walk off, but I lose my balance with the heavy pick-axe, and in an attempt to keep my own balance, I try to shift the weight from the weapon off of me. Without thinking, I call out: "Shang-Tsung, watch out!" But it is too late, in fact, my outburst made it worse. He stands quickly and faces me, standing at the perfect spot, the trajectory of my pick-axe, with me trying to keep my balance, I flail slightly, and the axe finds itself buried into Tsung's neck. Straight into his carotid artery. I gasp, regaining my balance with the pick-axe out of my grasp, watching his body fall to the ground and convulse, spurting crimson blood all over the place. I hold my mouth, examining the damage, literally watching him die before me. "Im so sorry….It was an accident….." I say, slightly saddened at what I had done. I know I was sent to off him, but this time, it was a complete accident, and I was unsure of how to react. I take it as a success, after a minute of calming down. Ten minutes later, I manage to escape the mine, and return to Quan-Chi's fortress. Into his throne room, without thinking, I kneel before him.
"The deed is done….it was an accident…but its done….my pick-axe is now buried into his neck…" He smiles down at me, dismissing the other 3 girls, leaving us alone, standing up and walking closer to me. "I don't remember telling you to kneel…you did that on your own…" He smirks, I shiver and look to the floor once again. "It's a thrill for you, to obey me now, isn't it….I did say you would come around eventually…and now, your mine, wouldn't you agree?" He asks, staring down at me, strangely, his voice is calm and free of anger. "…Yes…..I admit, I was wrong….I should have submitted earlier to you….I apologize for my past actions, and submit…." My voice calm as well, I smile slightly, when he helps me up gently, his hand holding mine gently. "How about you and I….consummate….on your new position as slave…" He smirks and motions to his room, I follow him inside his room as we walk together. "Get me a dictionary so I can look up cons…consu….uh, whatever you said…and you got a deal…" I chuckle and smile, the next thing I know, he has me on my back, on his bed, with him on top, it goes without saying that I wouldn't want it any other way.
"And that's where I'm going to end it…" I smile slightly, all the guys were listening intently the whole time, when Xander speaks up. "Wait, aren't you going to finish that last scene?...What he do with you exactly? Come on, details!" The other guys beg for more details as well, making me blush. "No, no, what happened is between me and him…use your imagination or something…" I chuckle, blushing. "I always did like that blush…" A voice speaks up, and from out of the shadows, is Quan-Chi himself, sitting next to me, the fire pits flames flickering in the calm night. "I came to ask if you would care to help torture some prisoners…and afterword, I torture you…" He winks, making me blush a dark red, all the guys grumble, telling him to take it elsewhere. "Captain, can I…" I start, but he just smiles at me. "Go, its ok, we got the midnight shift handled here…" Xander smiles slightly, as I stand, with Quan-Chi, walk off into the darkness. Ready and eager to be in one another's arms, as we were that night about five hundred years ago. As we approach the portal to his home, I stop suddenly, and put on my collar, the same one he had given me, making him smile. With it fastened on me, we smile at one another and walk through the portal together, with him closing it behind us, spending the night, together.
THE END