From a Woman's Point of View

Battle Aftereffects

What in the…? She thought.

Standing a few meters from them were their allies, all seemingly void of emotion, alongside the Tarkatan horde led by Baraka. Behind them was Onaga, Sub-zero presumed. She could barely make out his silhouette in the dark room.

"Destroy them." a deep voice said, and almost at once, heavy footsteps were heard once more. The silhouette blended with the darkness of the room, and could no longer be seen.

As Sub-zero stared at the horde in front of her, she noticed a small, black object flying towards her. As she what it was, she ducked, as Kung Lao's hat whizzed past her. She summoned her Kori Blade, and shoved it in front of her face just in time to block an attack from a Tarkatan.

Their faces were inches apart, and Sub-zero could smell his breath.

MY GOD.

He sliced upwards, his blade nearly cutting her across the chest, and Sub-zero jumped backwards, accidentally stabbing the Tarkatan she did not even know was behind her. She glanced at it briefly before sliding her blade out of its, now, dead body.

That was convenient. She thought as she parried another blow from the Tarkatan in front of her. He growled and lunged using his bladed arm. Sub-zero blocked his attack; however, she was too slow to block the second one, and she fell to her knees in pain. Her shin was burning, and she could feel her already destroyed left boot getting wet with blood.

She looked up and was surprised to see her assailant being levitated in the air and thrown across the room. She looked behind her and grinned at her savior.

"I guess I owe you one." She thanked him, as she stood up. Her wound was painful, but she had worse cuts before. Before she could say anything else, she shoved Kenshi out of the way, and froze a Tarkatan that attempted to stab him from behind.

Kenshi stood up and shoved his blade into the Tarkatan.

"Talk about backstabbing, eh?" he grinned at Sub-zero.

"Ha, ha." She laughed sarcastically at his corny joke.

"So I guess we're even now?" he chuckled before running towards a Tarkatan and punching him in the face.

She heard a low growl somewhere from her left.

It was Scorpion.

He was doing battle with two Tarkatans and the Edenian Princess.

That was all she saw, for the next thing she felt was hot, searing pain. She looked down to see the Tarkatan Kenshi had stabbed had crawled towards her and stabbed her leg with his blade. Sub-zero took her Kori Blade and sliced his head off.

Sub-zero fell on her knees. The pain in her leg was unbearable. She took hold of the blade, took a deep breath and pulled it out of her leg as quickly as she could.

She was exhaled in a scream, and tried to breath as regularly as she could. She was losing blood…fast. She looked around

She looked again, to Scorpion's direction, wondering if he was having better luck than she was.

He was not.

Scorpion's weapon was kicked out of his hand, by one Tarkatan, and the other sliced upwards. He executed a back flip. As he landed, however, he slipped on the polished floor and fell backwards.

Sub-zero felt her body move, and the next thing she knew, she was in front of Scorpion, Kori Blade blocking his adversary's attack. How she got there so fast was surprising, considering her injury.