Mortal Kombat; Second Chance
~A/N~ Eno-on: Hello everyone and welcome back to No-one Special's story "Mortal Kombat; Fragment's Tale" now renamed "Mortal Kombat; Second Chance"
Eno-on: Recently No-one has been feeling down, and some news he received didn't help, but he saw a continue request form "the blind samurai" and "Mzuark" and started typing.
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Disclaimer: I don't own ~'Mortal Kombat'~
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~Chapter 2 A Purpose in Life~
Mileena's eyes snapped open as she awoke with a gasp, before immediately shutting her eyes again from the light in the room, opening her eyes slowly Mileena saw an unfamiliar ceiling above her and felt a bed beneath her, as she attempted to sit up, she found she couldn't move her arms or legs, moving her eyes down she saw restraints on her wrists pinning them to the bed frame and assumed her ankles were in a similar state.
Slowly feeling came back to her as did her most recent set of memories, "...Kitana" she mumbled, before an ache came to both her chest and face, looking down again, she could see a bandage going across her nose.
'What happened to Kitana? She died and it is undeniable' Mileena wondered 'I need answers but who could give them to me?' Mileena released a small sigh of frustration 'Wait that woman, what was her name… Sonya that's it, she was there when Kitana...' Mileena thoughts trailed off as the memory resurfaced and the ache in her chest grew.
"You really are pathetic", "You think you have the right to call me sister", "You are nothing more than another monstrous creation of Shang Tsung", "It's time I put you out of my misery" Kitana's words echoed in her mind, each one hurting more than any of her kicks, the ache in her chest growing to become an unbearable agony, against her will Mileena could feel tears forming in her eyes.
'Is she right? I was made to replace her' Mileena thought 'but every fight I've entered, I've lost' Mileena didn't even try to stop her tears at this realization 'I lost to Kitana in the Flesh pits, Jade beat me on that Outworld beach, Those humans on the bridge during the invasion defeated and even that masked man bested me when it was two on one in the throne room' Mileena could feel her will breaking as she listed her failures 'I really am pathetic'
Mileena was brought out of her self-loathing when she heard a door open and a set of feet walking towards her, an unfamiliar woman entered her line of sight, the woman looked at Mileena in surprise.
"Are you my executioner?" She muttered flatly, unable to stop the flow of tears that blurred her vision.
"I'm surprised you're conscious, considering your injuries" the woman replied, seemingly not hearing Mileena's question "They were rather worrying" the woman lifted a notepad "Three cracked ribs, one of them broken, a broken nose, a concussion and internal bruising"
"Don't act as if whether I live or die matters to anyone" Mileena snapped "I'm a prisoner of war"
"And I'm a doctor!" the woman snapped back "and that means I swore an oath to save lives, so your prisoner status is meaningless to me"
"Then what of the restraints on my arms and legs?" Mileena questioned.
"Lieutenant's orders" she answered "She was certain you'd be hostile, but there isn't much you could do in your condition"
"What?"
"You've suffered from severe muscle degeneration" she answered "it's a wonder you even survived the beating you took, then again your… unique biology might have been a factor"
Mileena laid still processing this new information, "But still your oath is pointless here" Mileena spoke up, surprising the doctor, "I am a pathetic copy of a warrior princess, a perversion of natural life"
The woman was stunned at these words, going completely against what little she knew of Mileena, instead of sharp threats of a fierce warrior, she heard the emotionless words of a broken woman.
"I will keep my oath, because you are alive" she slowly replied "the circumstances of your birth don't matter, it is what you do with the gift of life that determines what you are"
"My entire life has been spent in combat!" Mileena snapped "Combat was the only thing I was made for and I cannot even win a fight" Mileena took slow breaths "Kitana was right, so either finish me or leave"
As the doctor reluctantly left the room, Mileena sank back into her thoughts, on Kitana's actions.
Sonya Blade walked through the halls of the base, her thoughts focused on the start of Shinnok's invasion, and the damages he's caused, as well as Raiden's distrust of Outworld's new leader Reiko Kahn.
She was soon brought out of her thoughts as she saw a woman stepping out of the infirmary with a sad look on her face, Sonya decided to find out the issue.
"Is there a problem doctor?" She asked with a professional tone.
The woman jumped as if she hadn't noticed Sonya's presence "Oh hello lieutenant, I was just seeing to a patient"
Sonya's features softened "Who was it? and when did it happen?"
"Oh lieutenant, she's not dead well I mean not physically" she answered, muttering at the end.
"What do you mean doctor?" Sonya asked, confused with the muttering.
"Well lieutenant she is awake and responsive" she answered "but she seems emotionally broken"
"Who is it Doctor?"
"It's Mileena" the woman answered, surprising the lieutenant.
"Are you sure?" Sonya asked visibly confused.
"Yes ma'am, do you wish to see her for yourself?"
"Lead the way"
'Why was she so unlike herself?' Mileena thought to herself remembering the encounter, Kitana's words hurting more then her blows 'But do I really know her?', before the memories drag Mileena deeper into negativity she heard the door open and steps coming toward her.
"Have you changed your mind and decided to finish me?" Mileena asked to blurry figure in her vision.
"Hello Mileena" a different voice then the doctor spoke, blinking away the tears still obscuring her vision Mileena saw it was Sonya Blade stood in front of her.
"What happened to Kitana?" Mileena demanded, but there was no will or force behind her voice.
Sonya was shocked by the emptiness of her voice "Kitana was enslaved by Quan-chi" she answered.
"But Kitana died!, the thunder god's memories showed me this!" Mileena snapped, breathing heavily.
"Quan-chi didn't just take the souls of Earthrealm warriors, but everyone who died in the Earthrealm invasion" Sonya answered "Earthrealm and Outworld, he took them all"
"So they twisted were twisted to serve his will?" she asked.
"From what we can gather, yes" Sonya answered honestly "You wouldn't happen to know where he could be hiding do you?"
"All I know is that he has a fortress in the Neatherrealm, why?"
"We need to try and capture him, alive" the lieutenant replied.
"Why capture instead of Kill?" Mileena asked.
"Raiden thinks we can reverse Quan-chi's enslavement" Sonya explained "But we'd need to capture the sorcerer alive"
"So Kitana can be saved?" A spark of hope appearing in the hybrid's voice.
"We could save everyone he took" said Sonya before looking her in the eyes "You want in don't you?"
"Yes, I'm going to save my sister"
~A/N~ Eno-on: Finally back in the saddle and writing, sorry he kept you waiting, be the story has direction now.
Eno-on: Now before people come leaping to Mileena's defence, think about it Mileena loses every fight in the new timeline, Kitana, Jade, Stryker, Kabal, Kotal Kahn and D'vorah all beat her in across MK9 and MKX.
Eno-on: Also if anyone yells Mileena is acting OOC, remember she has lost both her purpose of serving Shao Kahn and replacing Kitana, on top of the realization that she has not won a single battle in her life.
Eno-on: So the idea of her latching onto something that would give her purpose but also connected to her past seems reasonable.
Eno-on: Eno-on out.
