Thinking About Former Timelines Subsmoke And How They Ran Away From The Lin Kuei Together Only For One

Thinking about former timelines subsmoke and how they ran away from the Lin Kuei together only for one of them to be caught and automated. Thinking about DOTR Cyber-Smoke being forced to hunt down his friend and Kuai Liang refusing to fight him no matter what. Thinking about Kuai Liang being haunted by the fact that he couldn't save his friend. Thinking about Cyber-Smoke remembering their friendship and protecting Kuai Liang, asking him to run away and save himself but Kuai tells him he "won't let him down this time". Thinking about how, when Stryker asks him if he's okay after Cyber-Smoke left and declared they couldn't be friends anymore, Kuai Liang only answers with "physically" because his heart is broken. Thinking about how he swears he'll meet Smoke again. Thinking about Tomáš in MK9 and how his priority, upon realizing the Cyber Lin Kuei were after them, was to check on Kuai Liang to make sure he was okay. Thinking about Tomáš witnessing Kuai Liang being captured while being unable to do anything and how dejected he looked when he realized he had failed his friend. Thinking about how Tomáš ran to deactivated Cyber Sub-Zero and cradled him in his arms, refusing to abandon him despite Raiden's belief that his human soul was gone. Thinking about how Tomáš must have sat by Cyber Sub-Zero's side the whole time Jax was trying to fix him. Thinking about Cyber Sub-Zero's first sight being Tomáš upon finally waking up.

Thinking about them while listening to Never Let Me Down by Depeche Mode even though I have exams to prepare.

🩵 I hope he never lets me down again 🩶

It's my official theme song for them, I copyrighted it.