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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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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.