rain, rain can be heard from the window sill of that loft above the warehouse in the run down part of town. The rain danced alongside the window making a voyage to the end where it would once again fall down another route. The home that was being pelleted by the rain was that of a hacker, who went by the name tech byte, no one knows his name but one questioned it, after all he was a local hero for many reasons. He was a young man of only 24 years old and he was considered a hero to some and an enemy to others

"got it" the young man says as he was typing at his computer. He was trying to enter into a random database that was owned by one of the many fortune 500 corporations that seem to have a hold of some market all the while fucking over the rest of the world. That was his goal, to destroy the corrupt souls of the white collar world...and the main reason why..it was fun. As he was transferring the money to various charities. He was as happy as he could be, knowing that he was helping a cause, but more importantly fucking over some asshole that felt that they were above the law. He put his hands behind his head and watched the numbers redistribute itself to the various organizations in need.

"this calls for a celebration" he said as he decided to the mini fridge that was in the corner of the room and pulled a red and black can of a drink that was called "jester" and opened it, turning up the music that was coming from the surround sound speakers in the room that he was in to a slightly louder than it was on before. He sat down and as he opened his can, the sound that came through the speakers was the sound of an incoming email. "what the blue fuck?" he said with a confused to as he started to type on his keyboard, the sounds of mechanical clicking could be heard as he than found a strange email address that he had never heard before. He clicked onto the email, expected some shit virus that would be caught by the anti virus but it wasn't the case

greetings, dear treasure seeker

it has come to our attention that you have a yearning for adventure and a skill to acquire vast amounts of wealth. We would like to actually extend an opportunity for you to test your skills. You along side other treasure seekers will competing for the ultimate prize….well, should you accept it. If you wish to accept this magical test of strength than you must do the following steps.

a modest amount of money, put it into a bundle and place it in a box

the outside of box with coins, the coins must resemble a circle at best

a single torch and saying "onyem, ccusse,afme,mrglaou" after the chanting the phrase throw the torch onto the money, if the flames engulf the money and remain within the barrier of the barrier

before forewarned, you may not return if you choose to do this and you do this of your own accord come prepared, you will need it.

"OK this has to be a prank or something..." he said as then remembered that in the world that lived in, that weirder things that have happened. The world has seen the insanity of the overlord shao khan and his out world invasion. Than there was that shinnok fiasco, he still remembers the family that managed to find his bunker and hid inside. Perhaps this was one of those cases where he was being summoned by something that was meant to do some cosmic level interference. He then took down the email and thought to himself "why did he care?" he shook it off and then got up, the can of jester in his hand and walked out of the room...some fresh air would do him the world of good.

As he walked out of the building that had his headquarters in it, he has walked out wearing his hoodie and baseball cap. He had decided to take a walk to see to the corner store, maybe get another can of jester or maybe a candy bar. He walked down the sidewalk of the city that was once pretty until the invasion of shinnok. "god damn elder gods" he said as he though to himself about the countless lives that were stolen by that damn invasion. Nothing was ever solved, they never fixed the real problem..only to have the problem be minimized by the governments of the world in order to hide the real truth. He remembered listening to the radio signals as he was in his headquarters before. He alongside anyone who really found out the way to get to the room managed to remain safe. He managed to have more than enough food for the nine people that found their way to the room. It was not till the aftermath that he realized just how far the nether realm forces were willing to go. On top of all that the fact that the so called "forces of light" were cuckolded by the shirai ryu was laughable. "maybe I am over thinking once again" he said as he as walked into the corner store. The middle aged man nodded as he as saw tech walk in. there went to his regular stuff that he bough. As he got to to the cool in the back of the store, he head a noise in the front of the store

"this is a fucking robbery, your old ass better put the money and the smokes in the bag or else your middle aged brain matter is going on the walls" the robber said in a tone that shown his ignorance of the world. The fact that he had threatened a store in a neighborhood that is still struggling to gather help altogether was frustrating enough but the simple truth was that they believed that had a right to attack one of the remaining handful of businesses in the area. "you fucking heard me!" as he than saw tech-byte who's back was still to him "hell bitch boy get on your knees or else..." as he put his hand on his shoulder, tech turned around as fast as he could and punched the guy in the face. The thug dropped his gun as he was taken back landing on his ass. Tech just looked at the man who was there in the middle of the corner store's floor. He just cocked his head to the side as tech just shook his head

"you know that this is very counter productive" tech-byte said as he calmly pointed his finger at the man. The laser's point on his left pointer finger at the man. The man who sat in front of him started to snicker at him "yeah, go ahead and laugh but I hope you don't mind if I do this?" he proceeded to step on man's crotch and lingered, moving his foot left and right on the man's testicles. Hearing the man scream in pain as the man's voice from behind the counter can be heard

"i am calling the police, keep him there" he said as tech was softly snickering to him, by the condition of the man, he was not going anywhere.

10 minutes pass

as the thief was being put into the car, he was not fighting as he was still in pain from tech's little "heart to heart" with him. As the cops took him, the cops took the statement from the store clerk and tech-byte was back into his room, he managed to get his stuff for free...after all it was six dollars versus 450 dollars. Tech-byte drank his jester and thought to himself and after looking at his keyboard for a couple seconds, he got up from the desk. He looked out the window that was next to his desk. He just saw the war torn street and as he got more and more upset. He thought to himself "if I can just speak to an elder god...i would ask why? Why did you allow this?" he than heard a soft voice say "come.." in his mind, the voice was feminine, it was in an alluring tone as he than remembered the strange ritual. "OK, if I do this..i better suit up"

as he gut his battle outfit on, he realized that this was strange but it was either the great unknown or the waste of forty dollars. As he did the money box and the circle of coins, he opened up the email and as he read out the chant, he dropped the match onto the box, his surprise he had seen the box disappear from the flames and in it's place a portal began to open up in front of him. The portal was golden and as he looked into it and nothing was to be seen

"your mine now!" a voice said as he was suddenly grabbed by waist by two strange golden ropes, dragging him through the portal. As he came through the other portal he landed inside a strange golden chamber. Gold coins, gemstones, priceless treasure as far as the eye can see and on top of the mountain was a throne. Sitting the throne was a woman. He hair was golden yellow with it going all the way to the floor. Her ruby red eyes looked down at tech byte as she got up from chair. She walked down the treasure mound as she smirked "well I see that my little bait worked" she said as she saw tech byte was trying to get up. "you want all of this don't you? All the money...the treasure" she said in her alluring voice as she got onto her knees and put her hands around tech-bytes head. As she tried to pull him closer to a hug she felt a sharp piecing pain as she held her side to feel the blood coming from right side. Tech- byte then punched her in the side where she was injured, sending her back a bit. The look of anger on her face "you little, you got passed my seduction.."

"yeah well, you were barking up the wrong tree.." tech-byte said as he was finally back on his feet, taking off the rings that he hand his back. As he got into his mock fighting stance.

"what on earth does that…." she blushed as she realized what it meant and then growled in anger "regardless, you are about to submit yourself to me in order to do my bidding" one of the hidden pony tails that she had hidden her hair proceed to charge at tech byte and with a wave of her hand she proceeded to attack tech-byte. As she was driving tech-byte against the wall..she proceeded to command the pony tail to attack him one final time and with that tech-byte dodged one more time. As it went through the wall it got stuck on something "god damn it!" she snarled out in an angry tone and as her attempts to get hair out as beginning. Tech-byte proceeded to charge at her. Throwing punches at her with the woman blocking as many as she could till the hair finally became loose and as it came back. The attack landed on tech's leg knocking him down on one knee with the woman's bare knee met his chin as she kneed him in the face. With the young man on the ground, he was trying his best to get up but as he could he felt a sharp pain as the heel of the woman's heeled boot with into his lung "you managed to survive this long, perhaps there is use for yet"

she proceeded to get off of him tech-byte as she than looked at the man as he was trying to get up. Suddenly as he threw his hand up in the direction of an open door. A rope came out of the door. The rope drew tech byte to the door and helped him escape. She narrowed her eyes at the man as he was trying to escape "a fight to live and a good heart" she said ass she went after him, the piercing wound and the bruising on her face disappeared. She placed her hands on her hips, the green cloth reaching to her knees "yes, must test him so more though"

"shit" tech-byte said as he was getting up from the ground. His metal rings were missing "oh this just great!" he whined as he than realized the sounds of high heels can be heard. He hid behind a column that was in the hallway. The sounds of the heels can be heard louder and louder. He realized that he was not in the position to fight but perhaps that he could use the environment around him. He looked at the other end hall at the hall has a giant urn with a large metal base. If he can somehow distract her. As he was trying to rationalize the situation, all he could focus on was the pain and the sounds of her heels getting closer and closer. He than saw a painting on the wall "she wouldn't fall for it" as he got up slowly and grabbed the painting from the wall and waited for her to be in position

"you cant hide forever!" she called out only to be met but the sudden force of a painting slamming down on her body, the destroyed painting temporarily binding her body for a couple seconds. To add insult to injury tech-byte knocked down her feet in order to trip her down "you bastard!" she screamed out in anger as she than saw tech throw the rope in order to escape once again "oh just wait till I get my hands on you!" she screamed out as she watched him escape once again. She managed to get herself out of the painting only to smirk "at least the person is resourceful" with that she proceeded to chase him down.

"great just great, I am without my damn rings and I am still on cool down with my damn laser...can this get any.." he heard the sound of a battery dying "...and my rope battery is dead" he groaned as he was going down the hallway till he arrived to a massive foyer. The foyer lead to several different rooms and a staircase that lead up an upstairs area. He chose to go forward till he noticed that red and green door that had a lock on it. He noticed that the door was flimsy so he decided to actually try his best to knock the door down. To his surprise as as he made contact with the door it broke down, "fuck!" he screamed as the rusty door handle through his leg. He had to get up and hurry, move fast so he just saw the mysterious hallway that was in front of him and proceeded to move through. He dragged his foot as he tried to escape. "you just have to do this weird shit, you just couldn't of been a museum curator like your dad wanted you to be..." tech said as he reach a strange room. It was a giant empty room that had many windows but all of them saw a never ending void "well this is depressing" he said till he saw the lone statue in the middle of the room. There he saw the slender frame of a woman, she wore what appeared a Romanesque helmet with a strange feminine body armor "who are you.."

"enza" the voice from the other end of the hall way was heard, it was the woman. Tech-byte looked nervous as she placed her hand up "i will not attack you further..you have indeed proved yourself in more ways that one" she said as she saw the state of his leg. She put a hand in front of his leg and a golden energy came from her, the energy hit his leg with every second the pain vanished till it was normal again. "she was the most loyal of disciples...she fought till the end, I thought that she had died..." she said as she walked up to the statue, she placed her hands on the statues cheeks. The tears raced down her fair cheeks and landed on the floor "i never wanted this...i never wanted them to die" she said till the silence was broken "this was no mere coincidence that I called for you...i know who you are….i know the hated and anger that you have for the elder gods" she looked at tech byte was visibly confused at the current events.

"are you an elder god?" tech byte asked her as she had a look of shame on her face. She looked down in sadness "oh, I didn't mean.."

"i am an elder god, but I have been stripped of my powers...i have but very little power in me now. She raised her hand up to create a portal "come, its better to talk in a more comforting place..i know where" she said as she walked through the portal, techbyte understood none of the current events and decided that it was best that he just went along with the flow for right now...he still needed to get his rings back..

"hey wait up!" tech byte said as he walked through the portal behind her.