Pushing Me Away

(So, I felt like drabbling my Mortal Kombat OTP, which is Sonya Blade and Kobra. Don't ask me why I ship them, I just do. ^-^ )

The years had stretched long between them.



She'd thought about him many times in the years since she'd seen him last. Often she would think that she'd seen him from the corner of her eyes, or when she was taking on someone in combat training. She thought about him many times during that, actually. He was the only man known to put Lt. Blade on her butt. She was too fast, and too strong for anyone else. Even the DIs, which had gotten her into loads of trouble. Everyone said that no one would ever want her in their unit. Of course, they were wrong.



There was always room for her under Major Jackson Briggs' command.



In fact, her best friend listened to her advice, and she was considered the unofficial second-in-command. They worked well, his clear-headedness balancing out her impulsiveness. Jax was her dearest friend, and to him alone had she confided the events of that night, and her first kiss, the one that she barely remembered having at all. Only Jax knew that she still longed to meet with Kobra once more. Only Jax would understand the concept of being attracted to someone who could lay a hit on you.



But at the same time, he didn't understand.



She'd never dialed the number that she'd been given, though she still even had it. It was tucked into her wallet, where she could see it every day, and know what she had given up. Her lifestyle was insane- constant danger, and deployments, and moving. It was not exactly the place or manner in which to form a relationship, and so the number remained where it was, the name and numbers printed boldly across the very worn piece of paper. Every now and then Jax caught her looking at it, and told her to call the number. She always merely shook her head and put it away.

Perhaps it was time to put it away for good?

Seven years was a long time to wait for anyone, especially when there was only a brief meeting and little chance of a repeat experience. Yet, she could never quite bring herself to destroy the scrap of paper, or to throw it away. It was not only a reminder of what could have been, but of what she wanted. Sonya knew that should she ever fall, it would be for a man like Kobra had been, a man who was able to best her and love her simultaneously. But, it was time to stop reminiscing. A nice good workout with Jax was just the thing she needed to ignore the melancholy feeling that was welling up inside of her.

Besides, Jax had found a new gym for them to try....