From a Woman's Point of View

New Found Emotions

"Scorpion?" she asked with uncertainty. He looked murderous. He was clutching his spear in his hand. She lifted her hand and placed it on his shoulder. He shrugged it off.

"Keep your hands off me!" he spat. Sub-zero cringed. What had she done?

"W-what did I do?" she asked. Tears were forming in her eyes. He stepped forward and she stepped back.

"Sub-zero." He said her name acidly. She flinched as he did. How did he know? She was at a loss for words. There was only hatred in his eyes. Pure hatred.

"I'm right, aren't I?" He laughed coldly. He stopped abruptly and drew his sword. Sub-zero barely dodged Scorpion's sword as it was swung towards her. Sub-zero ran down the stairs, evading Scorpion's spear. She rammed into Liu Kang, He looked, different. His skin was color blue and his chest had multiple cuts on it. She stared, horrified, as she comprehended.

Liu Kang was a zombie. Sub-zero backed away from him and she was slashed by someone from behind. As she fell on the floor, she noticed that it was Scorpion. He stared at her emotionlessly.

"Please…Scorpion…" she panted. Scorpion lifted his blade and drove it into her.

OoooooooO

Sub-zero woke up, her pillow barely muffling her scream. She sat up and wiped her eyes; they were full of tears. She almost screamed when she saw Li Mei's head upside down, looking at her worriedly.

"Are you alright?" Li Mei asked her. "Wait." She climbed down from her bed and Sub-zero finally understood why her head was upside-down. "All right, I'm listening." She sat down beside Sub-zero. She smiled weakly.

"Don't worry about me, it was just a bad dream." She tried to shrug it off but Scorpion's cold stare was forever imprinted in her memory.

"Are you sure?" she asked skeptically. Sub-zero nodded and Li Mei got out of her bed, and climbed back onto her own. Sub-zero lay back down. She remembered Scorpion's glare. Would that really be how he would react when he would find out who she really was?

After a few moments of staring at the mattress of Li Mei's bed, Sub-zero stood up and went out of the room. She went down the stairs and paused as she reached the end of it.

"Should I cook or should I train?" she asked herself out loud. It was five-thirty in the morning and no one was awake yet. She stood there for awhile. "I'll train." She finally decided. She opened the door and went to the clearing. She breathed in deeply. Then, she began training.

She did not know how long she had been training, but just when she had finished her strokes with her sword, somebody applauded her from behind.

"Well done." He said. She turned around and found Scorpion a few feet behind her. He smiled at her. Her heart was pounding. He raised an eyebrow at her. "You look…panicked. Are you all right?" he asked. She managed to nod at his question. "Sure?"

"What makes you think I'm not okay?" she laughed shakily. Scorpion ruffled her hair and shook his head.

"Maybe I worry too much." He said. Flashes of her dream played in her head but she tried to focus on Scorpion's face. He flashed a grin towards her direction. She smiled back in response.

"Let's go back in." he beckoned to her. And the two went back inside and ate breakfast.

OoooooooO

There were only a few of them left in the house. Sonya, Jax, Johnny, Kitana, Jade, Shujinko, Mokap, and Nightwolf had already left the house the day before. Sonya, Jax, Johnny and Mokap had their Special Forces' duties to attend to. Kitana and Jade said that it was time for them to return home to Edenia, and Nightwolf had some business to attend to. So the only ones left in the house were Sub-zero, Scorpion, Kenshi, Ermac, Sareena, Li Mei, Ashrah, and Kung Lao.

Yet again, Kenshi had found a way to start another fight with Scorpion. She didn't remember what he had said but it got Scorpion pretty angry. Sub-zero's brow twitched as she watched the two shout at each other from across the table. The others have already stopped eating their meals to watch the two. Most of them were staring in amusement.

"At least I am not some blind man tricked by Shang Tsung! It was your own fault you ended up this way!" Scorpion shouted at Kenshi.

"Well at least I'm not an idiot ninja who was stupid enough to fall for Quan Chi's lies!!" Kenshi replied. Sub-zero heard Scorpion grit his teeth and she could tell that Kenshi had hit a nerve. Scorpion was about to grab his spear when Sub-zero shouted.

"All right you two! Cut it out!"

Scorpion let his hand fall back to his side, a bewildered expression set on his face. All of the others stared at her as well. Not being able to sleep did not put her in a good mood.

"I'm trying to eat." She finished lamely. Scorpion and Kenshi stopped at once and returned to their meals.

Sub-zero poked at her food a little bit more and stood up, threw her left-over in the trash can, and strode out of the room. She ended up at the balcony. The fresh air was calming.

"What's wrong?" she heard someone from behind and it made her jump. "Oh, sorry." She turned around as saw Kenshi. She sighed.

"What do you want, Kenshi?" she asked. I bet he wants to tell me that it was Scorpion's fault and that he had the right to shout at him or something.

"I want…to apologize." He said. He plopped down on the seat next to Sub-zero.

"Oh, um, you're forgiven?" it sounded more like a question. Kenshi sighed.

"I noticed that you weren't in a good mood today…so I assumed he did something…and you know…" Oh! That's how the fight started!

"Oh…no, he didn't do anything, Kenshi." She replied. Kenshi waited. "I just had a bad dream." she admitted.

"A bad dream?" he asked skeptically. "Concerning our favorite ninja…?" She sighed.

"I guess you could say it that way…" she said. "In my dream, he found out who I was and tried to kill me. None of you were there to help me. Plus, I saw Liu Kang as a zombie. I wonder if this is a premonition of some sort." She told him.

"Hm." He said in a politely disinterested tone. It was as if he wanted to tell her something.

"Did you really come here just to apologize to me?" she asked in an indignant tone.

"You've become so impatient after you've become a woman." Kenshi rebuked her. He sighed. "But I guess that's part of your charm."

Sub-zero was taken aback by what he said.

"Charm?" she repeated stupidly. He sighed.

"You're right. There is more than one reason I wanted to talk to you." He paused.

"What is it?" Sub-zero asked quietly.

"Gah! This is so frustrating!" Kenshi suddenly said, burying his face in his hands. Sub-zero was again surprised at the sudden shift of his mood. "You'll probably hate me for this." He said. Sub-zero smiled.

"Don't worry about it. Whatever it is, I promise not to get mad at you." She swore with mock solemnity. Kenshi however, did not laugh at her joke and merely sighed. "What is it?" she asked more seriously.

"I don't really know how to say this, Sub-zero. Ever since you became a girl…everything became different…I saw you differently…well I didn't literally see you but you get the point. It was like, you became someone entirely different Sub-zero. I became attracted to you. You became so…beautiful; it was as if you were my ideal girl." He sighed. "In simple terms…I love you…I'm not gay or anything…since you're a girl." He finally finished.

Sub-zero was at a loss for words. Somebody, one of her closest friends to be more exact, had just declared his love for her. She stared at her. Kenshi smiled.

"I love you Sub-zero. Man, does that sound corny or what?" He said. He leaned towards Sub-zero who didn't back away at all. "I truly do." And he closed the gap between their lips. Sub-zero sat there, stunned and didn't kiss back. Kenshi pulled back. Just then, they heard a sharp intake of breath at their left. Sub-zero turned her head. She stifled a gasp.

Scorpion was standing there. Scorpion had heard everything. Scorpion had found out who she really was.