I do not own DragonBall Z or Mortal Kombat. If I did, this story may have taken place.
Chapter One: Be careful what you wish for.
The Netherrealm. His least favorite realm. It harbored the foulest Oni, was infinite in size, WAY too hot, and it drained his energy. Ermac had to make the trip through the god-forsaken realm since it had a portal to Earthrealm, closest to where his friend, the blind swordsman Kenshi, resided.
Kenshi was the one who freed Ermac a year ago of his commander, the Emperor of Outworld. As they journeyed together to Earthrealm, Ermac noticed his companion also had telekinesis. As a debt of gratitude to Kenhi, Ermac taught his "Telekinetic Slam" to the blind swordsman. After weeks of training together, Ermac parted from his friend to return to Outworld, since he had a map of the vicious world engraved in his memory.
When he had returned to the purple shaded dimension, Ermac found a secluded cave so he would not be attacked by Shao Kahn's assassins. He spent months enjoying solitude and not having to kill anyone. Though he knew Shao Kahn would want him dead, he tried not to let the idea pester his mind and destroy his peace.
As he was about to leave the realm and start his journey to Earthrealm, Ermac was ambushed by an extermination squadron. The leader, a Tarkata, revealed to the free warrior that the Emperor was aware of his treachery before lunging at the traitor of Outworld. Ermac made short work of them all and quickly left to find his way to Earthrealm.
Ermac looked around the hellish realm. It had a dark red sky, lava pits everywhere, skeletons hanging off spiked pillars, and the scent of decaying corpses filling his nose. None of his hundreds of souls could even tell if it was day or night. Ermac did his best to avoid confrontation with any demons. He found a secluded path where he believed Oni did not trek, which was all that concerned the enigmatic warrior.
Little did he know, Oni were the least of his problems.
A flame-colored portal opened in front of Ermac. He braced himself for a team of Tarkatan soldiers, but was thoroughly astounded when a woman dressed in pink string garments, similar to lingerie, and a matching veil stepped forward from the flaming gate. It was Mileena, the clone daughter of the Emperor that had been created by the very same sorcerer who invoked Ermac; Shang Tsung.
"It's time you came home, Ermac," she said seductively. "Daddy wants you back on his side. You're a great fighter and you should be happy to accept!"
"We will not join his side! We are not to be bent to his will. Our goal is to have peace." Ermac argued back in his multiple voices.
"Then you deserve death, traitor!" Her voice suddenly becoming malicious.
Mileena lunged at him, trying to sink her teeth into his neck. Ermac stepped to his side and kneed her in the stomach. The psychopath threw one of her two Sais at Ermac's leg while she was down, impaling his thigh. She rose up and began stabbing Ermac in the stomach repeatedly. As he kneeled over in pain, Mileena cracked his jaw by kneeing him in the chin. The poor warrior rolled backwards to avoid her attempt to impale him with her sai. He disappeared from sight, reappearing behind the crazed wench and socked her in the face. Feigning her pain a bit, she threw sai and hit her target's leg. As he began realizing that his power was diminishing far too quickly, Ermac lifted Mileena up with his telekinesis as a last resort.
A green glow covered Mileena's body and Ermac's gloved hands. He slammed her into the ground twice; preparing to finish her with a third slam, but the glow vanished from both his hands and the Emperor's daughter.
Immediately after realizing that he had remained too long in the tainted realm and lost his energy, Ermac began sprinting away from the war zone with Mileena. He knew for sure that if he stayed in the Netherrealm any longer without reaching the southern Soul Stone, which was about a mile from their battle ground, he would be rendered unconscious and be open to anything the deranged female had up her sleeves. The Soul Stone would be able to rejuvenate the energy lost in his fight with the psychopathic half daughter of Shao Kahn. His energy was quickly dissipating, but all the souls that made up his being urged him to move onward.
As the Soul Stone was coming in view, he could make out another pair of footsteps pursuing him. He barely dodged a lethal Sai that flew past his head. He turned around and shot a ball of flaming green energy at Mileena. Distracted by the attack, yet able to avoid it, Mileena noticed Ermac reached the Soul Stone. Knowing she could no longer win, the half-bred Tarkata conjured a portal up to Outworld and shouted, "You cannot avoid the Emperor of Outworld for much longer, ninja! We will hunt through every realm until your corpse is in front of my Emperor," before retreating into the portal.
Ermac felt immense relief seeing Mileena's disappearance, though uneasy from her statement. He knew it was true. Shao Kahn wouldn't stop pursuing him until he either returned to his side or was dead. No realm was safe enough for the breathless warrior.. He wished for a realm that the Elder Gods themselves did not know about.
As the red clothed warrior expected to feel his energy restored to him, he felt nothing. Absolutely nothing. "Why must we be denied peace?" he wondered to himself, "it was not our fault we were under Shao Kahn's influence when created!"
Ermac began to panic when he felt another portal opening between him and the Soul Stone. He had no strength left and was on the verge of passing out. He noticed the portal was silver, unlike the normal green of Quan Chi or the flame-colored portal of Shang Tsung.
Preparing for a battle with what he presumed to be another one of Shao Kahn's enforcers, he felt like it was a magnet and he was the metal. Ermac was sucked into the portal before even having a chance to think of running.
A/N: this is my first fanfic. I did it as best I could and I'm hoping my best is able to satisfy the readers of this glorious site. I apologize if I did not write well enough to your standards. You should check out LPphreek's stories, they're what inspired me to write.