From a Woman's Point of View

Attractive? No?

She expelled her breath as soon as she saw who was in front of her. It was Johnny Cage. He looked at her in astonishment and smiled at her.

"Can I help you?" he asked in a seductive voice. Sub-zero blushed before answering.

"Er...I'm here to see Sonya?" she asked more than said. "She lives here, doesn't she?" He smiled warmly and Sub-zero turned even redder.

I never noticed how good-looking Johnny was, she thought to herself while staring at his face. Wait, what? Did I just admit to myself that I found Johnny Cage attractive? I, Sub-zero, have officially gone insane.

"Yes she does live here, milady, in fact-," his sentence was cut off as soon as a blonde woman appeared by the doorway and hit him on the head with a spatula.

"Honestly Johnny, can't you see you're making her uncomfortable." She reprimanded him. She turned to Sub-zero's direction and smiled. "I'm Sonya Blade of the Special Forces, can I help you?" she asked as she escorted her into her home. They sat down on her sofa. "Well?"

"Er…yeah…Sonya, I was hoping that Raiden would actually be here. He is almost always somewhere near you." She said reluctantly staring at the floor.

Sonya was wearing an expression that said, 'How did she know that?'

"Well, if you're looking for Lord Raiden, I suppose I could call him for you." She paused for a while. "Lord Raiden!" she screamed. Suddenly, out of nowhere, he appeared on the seat next to Johnny.

"Yes?" he asked before looking at Sub-zero. "Oh hello Sub-zero! What a pleasant surprise!" The other two looked at her in shock. Sub-zero smacked her forehead. She gave the Thunder God a withering look. Raiden was at first puzzled, then, the puzzlement turned into sheepishness.

"Thanks a lot, Raiden." Her voice was dripping with sarcasm.

"Oh…Sorry." He gave her a rueful grin.

Sonya was still staring at her with her mouth wide open. Johnny Cage looked at her incredulously.

"Wait a minute! You weren't planning to tell us?" Sonya accused her.

"Yeah! We're your friends too you know!" Johnny added. Sub-zero sighed.

"Look…it's not that simple." She said. "It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that…well…it's embarrassing." She hung her head in shame. Sonya shrugged.

"It's not that embarrassing." She said.

"Well for you it wouldn't be…it's just so…ugh." Sub-zero ran a hand through her long hair. "Well, for me it's really embarrassing. It's like saying Johnny had ballet classes and was forced to wear a pink, frilly, tutu." Sonya laughed and Raiden joined in, but Johnny's jaw fell.

"Wait! How'd you know that?" Sonya abruptly stopped laughing and stared at him wide-eyed. The other two were also staring at him, shocked. It was a moment before Sub-zero was able to speak.

"I didn't." she finally said. "That was just the best comparison I could come up with." And with that, Sonya and Raiden burst out laughing, yet again. Sub-zero smiled ruefully at Johnny and he sighed.

"Well, the cat's out of the bag. So, will you explain to us how you became a woman?" he said after the laughter died down. All eyes were on Sub-zero.

"Er…Quan Chi turned me into one." Their left eyebrows rose all at the same time. "Look, I don't know what to tell you. He hunted me down, and defeated me." She frowned. "Then, he turned me into this." She said, gesturing to her body.

"Uh-huh." Sonya said slowly. "So, anyway, what are you doing here? What do you want from Raiden?" Sub-zero turned to face Raiden.

"Well, I need you to transport me to Outworld." She paused. "I want…my…er…gender…back."

"But that's suicidal!" Raiden exclaimed. "You could take on Quan Chi, but you would never be able to finish them all. Quan Chi, Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, and Shao Kahn's other allies."

"But…I can't stay like this forever!"

"But at least bring someone with you." Johnny said.

"I usually travel alone." She said coldly.

"Usually." Johnny emphasized. "But Raiden's right! You're gonna kill yourself!"

"Well…" Sonya started. "You could travel up to the secret base in Outworld."

"You have a secret base in Outworld?" Sub-zero asked incredulously.

"Is it that surprising? Here's a map." She said as she handed Sub-zero a rectangular piece of paper. "It'll help you to get there." Sub-zero merely nodded.

"Do you want me to transport you now Sub-zero?" Raiden asked. She nodded. "May the Elder Gods watch over you." He said as she went through the portal. As soon as she was gone, Raiden sat back down again.

"Do you think he'll-I mean she'll- be alright?" Sonya asked him, concerned.

"Not sure. But I'll send someone to accompany him…her." Raiden answered.

"Yeah, but who?" Johnny asked. Raiden's response was only a smirk.

Sub-zero stepped out of the portal. The atmosphere was dull and eerie. I definitely am in Outworld. She thought to herself. She took the map out from her pocket. Judging from the scaling, she was about one hundred kilometers away from the base. She found the pathway and started walking.

After about an hour of walking, Sub-zero sat down on a rock, intending to rest for a bit. But, as soon as she sat down, somebody tried to hit her with a shuriken from behind. As she ducked and faced the opposite direction, she saw two men, neither of them human.

The black figure stared at her, scrutinizing her appearance before taking an offensive stance. The humanoid took a defensive stance although he was actually behind the other one. Sub-zero was rooted to the spot. The black-clad warrior was one of the few people who mattered so much to her.

It was her brother.

"Smoke." Noob said. "Do you not think that she would make a perfect addition to our little group?"

Sub-zero was still frozen.

Smoke nodded silently.

As Noob suddenly jumped to attack, something whizzed past her impaling the said wraith. He was caught off guard. Sub-zero was able to dodge Noob's body as it was dragged.

Smoke got to her and threw a punch to her stomach. She staggered back at the intensity of the impact. She opened them just in time to see Smoke preparing to drive a sword through her. Then, it all happened so quickly. She felt something crash into her and she fell to the ground. She could hear the clashing of the blades and after a few moments, she heard Smoke and Noob teleport away and she heard someone approaching her.

"Are you all right?" a familiar voice asked. She was shocked to hear his voice. She looked up and there, standing in front of her, reaching his hand out, was Scorpion.