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plot: home 2011 *backdated to 2/26*
Five days..
Five days since they woke up. Five days since they started on this mission to save their realm (again). They should have woken up by now: five days into this and Sonya had to almost daily shove back the worry that maybe they were going to be stuck here-no, it wasn't for her, it was for Lipton. He shouldn't have been here, this wasn't his fight, and most of all, he had a wife and kid back on the island. Least with her and Scorpion, they didn't have anyone back there waiting for them, especially in way of kids.
Their time spent traveling wasn't long, not by comparison, but it was by no means easy. Physically, because every so often they would run into a band of mutant or centaur warriors, and mentally because nearly everywhere there were remains of people having had their souls already taken. Sonya was only grateful that they hadn't lost anymore people. Indeed, just before they left for the journey, they'd actually..according to her story..gained two more warriors: Kitana and her friend Jade, both 'former' assassins for Shao Kahn. Liu Kang and Nightwolf were willing to give her a chance, but Sonya couldn't bring herself to really let her in so easy. It was true that the damn video game booklet said that Kitana was now on their side-but how could much could she really put her faith in that book, especially when Kitana herself wasn't too keen on giving details as to 'why', only asking that they trust them. It was only because they needed the 'manpower', and out of respect for Nightwolf and Lui Kang that Sonya kept her mouth shut, but she wordlessly kept an eye on the two women.
It was evening on that fifth day when they finally reached the city, the fortress of Shao Kahn jutting against the dark purple sky. For once, they didn't stop to set up camp as evening set, as Kitana had told thm that the security around here would be extremely tight. If they were to find shelter anywhere it would have to be within the city. Centaurs were the hardest to defeat, but they were also naturally claustrophobic, and so a building would offer some protection.
Sonya was past caring about physical comfort. Several days of on and off fighting and her body was already bearing bruises and scrapes. Nearly all of them were bruised up, and that wasn't counting the exhaustion that was threatening them. She had to put faith in that their endurance could carry them through all of this-for every one's sake.
Five days since they woke up. Five days since they started on this mission to save their realm (again). They should have woken up by now: five days into this and Sonya had to almost daily shove back the worry that maybe they were going to be stuck here-no, it wasn't for her, it was for Lipton. He shouldn't have been here, this wasn't his fight, and most of all, he had a wife and kid back on the island. Least with her and Scorpion, they didn't have anyone back there waiting for them, especially in way of kids.
Their time spent traveling wasn't long, not by comparison, but it was by no means easy. Physically, because every so often they would run into a band of mutant or centaur warriors, and mentally because nearly everywhere there were remains of people having had their souls already taken. Sonya was only grateful that they hadn't lost anymore people. Indeed, just before they left for the journey, they'd actually..according to her story..gained two more warriors: Kitana and her friend Jade, both 'former' assassins for Shao Kahn. Liu Kang and Nightwolf were willing to give her a chance, but Sonya couldn't bring herself to really let her in so easy. It was true that the damn video game booklet said that Kitana was now on their side-but how could much could she really put her faith in that book, especially when Kitana herself wasn't too keen on giving details as to 'why', only asking that they trust them. It was only because they needed the 'manpower', and out of respect for Nightwolf and Lui Kang that Sonya kept her mouth shut, but she wordlessly kept an eye on the two women.
It was evening on that fifth day when they finally reached the city, the fortress of Shao Kahn jutting against the dark purple sky. For once, they didn't stop to set up camp as evening set, as Kitana had told thm that the security around here would be extremely tight. If they were to find shelter anywhere it would have to be within the city. Centaurs were the hardest to defeat, but they were also naturally claustrophobic, and so a building would offer some protection.
Sonya was past caring about physical comfort. Several days of on and off fighting and her body was already bearing bruises and scrapes. Nearly all of them were bruised up, and that wasn't counting the exhaustion that was threatening them. She had to put faith in that their endurance could carry them through all of this-for every one's sake.
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Scorpion remembered vaguely when he had been the image of Hanzo Hasashi on the island. He would engage in small talk. That was where one would discuss trivial things that did not matter, for the sole purpose of interacting. Strange. Was it better to be a specter here? He could be more focused, more powerful, and unconcerned of all things besides what mattered to him. Sub-Zero and Sonya.
Hanzo would have reacted differently to this situation. Scorpion realized this. The result may have been the same, but he would have felt more. But, Hanzo was dead. It was foolish to think of such things. It would be impossible for Hanzo to be alive during this time. But the memories and memories of having feelings were with Scorpion now. He turned his head up towards the top of the building. He determined that if Kano defeated Sonya, he would take him to the Netherrealm and make him suffer.
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(Anonymous) 2011-04-09 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)He then caught Lipton's look of concern. Sonya may've not felt the need to explain her actions, but as her superior, he felt compelled to.
"If this were any other time, I wouldn't have allowed her to go. But Kano has escaped from nearly every high security prison, or had his men bribe or blackmail lawyers to keep him out. Her and I thought we left him in Outworld, but seeing him now-the only way he could have survived was turning his back on Earth." He let out a sigh. "As much as I hate to say it, Sonya's right: if we don't get him now, it's another chase across the globe. She's defeated Kano before, under worse circumstances, and after Outworld-if anyone deserves to get their hands on the guy, it's her."
There were times-like now-when he almost felt the need to defend the enemy from her.
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Lipton turned slightly to meet Jax's gaze, listening carefully, but his exhaustion was really starting to sink in now that they were in a bit of a lull. Nothing he couldn't handle, but he could feelhis thoughts slow down a little. "Well Sir, if I'd had a chance to personally hunt down and get Hitler, I think I would've also taken it."
He realized as he said it that he may have just given away his whole man-from-the-past-and-different-world charade, but was somewhat mollified by the fact that, firstly, Hitler seemed to be a universal-enough bad guy that he could just have been being anachronistic, and, secondly, the fact that he was from a different world and time shouldn't be that much of a mind-splitter when they were dealing with wars between worlds, magical weapons, demons, and Scorpion didn't seem to actually have a face.
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It was at this point that Scorpion decided the man had earned some respect.
"You have done well so far, Carwood Lipton. Most humans would not have lived this long. The others have had much preparation for this."
He gave then man a nod, but then went back to scanning the perimeter for signs of activity.
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(Anonymous) 2011-04-10 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)At Scorpion's comment, he found himself smiling just a little.
"When she first joined the Special Forces, one of the first assignments her team was sent on involved an attack on the pentagon. During the attack, Sonya got a knifed in the shoulder when she engaged an enemy in combat." Jax guessed the man ran out of ammo or was disarmed of his rifle. "And yet she not only defeated the guy but managed to drag one of her men to safety right before she passed out." She still had the knife scar to this day, it was only luck and bad aim that the knife missed her collar bone.
He nodded his head, agreeing with Scorpion. "God help anyone who tries to stop her. It's like trying to stop a river: you can only direct it to move someplace else."
He turned to address Lipton. "You're a good man. When," He didn't say 'if'. "-things go back to normal, would you mind transferring over to our platoon. Before everything went to hell, Sonya and I were considering a military branch focused on defending Earth realm against other invaders-we could use a good man-"
Jax was cut off when Sub-Zero, who seemed rather indifferent with his own concerns, raised a hand in a motion for everyone to keep quiet. Sure enough, they just managed to hear a few seconds of what sounded like a man screaming out, before getting cut off. The ice ninja quickly and silently ran off towards where the sound came from, returning a few minutes later.
"Kano's dead." He said, his face otherwise unreadable. "Sonya managed to throw him off the edge of the building." The man also had a long, lock of blond hair in one of his fists, and the ninja guessed that he'd tried to grab onto Sonya's hair to pull her down with him and failed.
Jax said a quick prayer at the news, but was brought back to earth when a light followed by a beeping noise went off on his arm.
"Shit, it's from the others." Kung Lao and or Liu must've needed their help. "Sub-Zero, come with me. Lipton and Scorpion, wait here for Sonya, tell her we'll be back shortly."
With that, he and Sub-Zero left, following the tracer on the distress signal given out by Kung Lao.
Re: ooc: sorry for the length
He gave Jax a half-smile at the anecdote about Sonya - she was a tough woman, alright. Reminded him of Bull, a little bit, that steely determination and disregard for physical limitation. The man wouldn't like to hear himself compared to a lithe blonde, but he'd come around. His Replacements could tell you he had a heart of gold, deep down.
He was getting a bit uncomfortable with all this warm regard, which he considered to be somewhat undeserved. He never got a chance to answer Jax, or even figure out what his answer would be, as they were al gestured into silence and waited tensely for Sub-Zero's report.
Atta girl, he thought, when it came, and though his eyes slipped to the strands of blonde hair, Lipton quickly turned back to Jax as his arm started beeping.
"Yessir," He said, then looked over at Scorpion as the other two moved out. "Unstoppable or not, I'm going to go see if she needs bandaging up before heading down all those stairs."
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Scorpion had little regard for Jax's instructions. He fought with the Earthrealm warriors, but his interest laid with Sonya and Sub-Zero. He was more than willing to follow Lipton. But he suspected Sonya would still be capable of walking, since she had won the fight.
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The fight was rough but quick. She may've not been up to par as she may've been, but that detail was also her trump card. She knew Kano all too well, knew of his habit of boasting and toying with his so called 'prey'. He believed her to be too weak to fight and destracted by the pain. The truth of the matter was-and Sonya felt a little sick to admit it-when she saw Kano up there, everything left her: the pain and fatigue vanished beneith her contempt and need to see this man dead.
Now, it was all over now, Kano may've been scum, but even he couldn't survive such a fall. Sonya thought she would feel something, like cheering, but when it was over-she just felt rather numb, but that could've just been from the recent pounding she'd had over the past several days.
Sonya finally made her way to the bottom of the stairs, part of her hair cropped nearly to her chin from where Kano pulled to try and drag her with him, till she used his own knife to slice it off, she carried that knife with her still. The upper left part of her face was already showing signs of bruising, combing with the 'old' scratches she'd earned in battle. That and a bloodied, swollen lip were the only 'visible' injuries she earned from the fight, but she'd taken off her jacket and wrapped it around her, as that last attack from Kano did some injury to her ribs (not cracked as far as she could tell, but definitely made breathing less fun).
She blinked when she reached the others, Jax wasn't there, or Sub-zero.
"Where's Jax?" Her words were a little thick, as her swollen lip made talking a little tricky.
She didn't have to worry long, as Sub-zero returned to the group.
"We found Kung Lao, but he is badly beaten. Jax is taking him to the 'shelter' we found earlier to try and stabilize his injuries."
"Let's go then," She said, her own injuries momentarily forgotten, as she was glad to see that both men were alive. "If he's that badly off and we don't have anything in way of an aide station, he'll need my help."
Sonya wasn't a proper medic, but all special forces agents were trained in basic first aide in case of an emergency.
That her own body was fighting to keep on going, wasn't lost on her, but she couldn't afford to give notice.
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He'd hadn't known Kung Lao for that long, but it didn't matter, he was still concerned for him, too. He was glad Sonya had the training she did - he knew how to pour on sulfa, slap on a bandage and call for a jeep, but anything more and he was out of his league in that respect, too.