A man illuminated only by a flickering street light stood trembling. He was young, he couldn't be more than 20 but his bad decisions in his short life just caught up to him. Frozen in fear, he managed to spit out a brief few words. " I have the money I owe the Black Dragon, just give me another week." There was no response and no other sound was made. Feeling relieved he sighed.
" Phew I gues.." With that a streak of light and speed flew by the young man. A second later his head fell to the ground. "The Black Dragon don't wait." Now standing alone was Kabal, a slender but well built man holding Hook swords. His naturally handsome face was visible in the dim light, ignorant to what would later happen to that face later in his life. He walks away successful in his mission to retrieve the money or to make sure the man never tried to stiff the Black Dragon again.
Kabal continued his slow journey back to the Black Dragon headquarters, his home for as long as he could remember. Then suddenly what appeared to be feeble old man came out of the shadows. He approached Kabal and began to speak. " Hello there I have to wonder if you could do me a service." " Get out of here old man you don't know who I am, and sure don't know what I do for a living so I don't think I can help you." Kabal turned to walk away but was soon shocked at what he heard. " But I do know all about you and what you do Kabal." Kabal swung around to look at the man. " Who are you?" The old man smiled revealing his yellow rotting teeth. " I am Shang Tsung and would like your services on my personal Island. You see I'm hosting a tournament there known as Mortal Kombat. Fighters from various realms will be there and as you know not everybody is friendly, so I'll need some sercurity. I have my own guards but I was thinking it wouldn't hurt to have an experienced fighter like you as protection." Without hesitation Kabal asked. " What's in it for me?" Shang Tsung once again smiled. " I thought you would want some kind of incentive for your work." Shang Tsung reached into his robe pocket and pulled out a bag of coins and tossed it to Kabal. " That should be a start and along with that I'll give you some vital information about your rivals The Red Dragon." Kabal only smiled and nodded he was heading to Shang Tsung's island.