It's been many years since the battle of Earthrealm. The Netherrealm has invaded Outworld, leaving the realm partly destroyed. Many survivors, including the Empress of Outworld, injured citizens, and warriors have been sheltered in the Shirai Ryu temple. The Shirai Ryu have allied with Special Forces to stop the conflict. However, potential dangers for the Empress still linger inside the shelter, making this a bigger threat than anticipated. How will the Empress deal with the destruction of her realm and her betrayers? What about how she feels about living with her father's murders? Will she be able to help clear the smoke or will the smoke consume her? Will be [Hanzo/Scorpion x Mileena] in the future!
Prologue:
Thousands of Tarkatan soldiers and citizens run through the streets escaping from the Netherealm creatures flying through the skies. They swoop through the crowds to pick their prey and tear them apart in the middle of the streets. If they aren't carried into the air, then they're gutted by the other demons that hide in the shadows. Gore from the victims splatter on the stone streets and blood-curdling screams fill the once peaceful silence. Many soldiers and citizens met the same fate and filled the streets with dead bodies within minutes.
The Empress of Outworld, Mileena paces around her throne room with her hands roughly pulling at her hair. Mileena was unsure of what to do in this situation. She didn't want to leave her people to be killed, but she didn't want to die either.
"Empress we must flee to safety," Ermac spoke from the door with two Tarkatan soldiers behind him.
"They will kill us before we can make it out of the realm." Mileena stops pacing and looks towards him with her arms crossed over her chest. "Where would we even flee to?"
Ermac approaches Mileena with his right hand reaching into his coat pocket. "There is a bomb shelter below the palace. We can stay there until it is safe."
"Very well..." Mileena says, giving in. "Where is Baraka?" She questions with worry in her voice, remembering that Baraka went to lead the army of Tarkata.
"His location is unknown," Ermac responds, extending out his arm to reveal her sais clasped around his fingertips. "Just in case..." Mileena takes the sais from him and strides over to the window for one last glance of her realm.
Flames engulf the streets below her. The firestorms burned the buildings and caused them to collapse, trapping anyone who was below in hot debris. As well as, melt the flesh off of the thousands of dead bodies scattered around the streets. If there are any survivors still out there, Mileena highly doubts they will survive much longer with the creatures still lurking around. Clouds of smoke and dust feel the air making it hard to see out the window. Tears slip out of Mileena's eyes at the sight of her realm being destroyed. Multiple bombs start to detonate around the buildings. One bursts too close to the palace and the sends the energy driving towards Mileena's direction. The energy from the blast causes the window to shatter and sends Mileena flying meters away. The explosion tares apart the marble pillars and walls of the palace. Projectiles and debris start to fly around the room and hit anyone in its path. As well as, the shards of glass cut into Mileena's skin and very few are able to impale her. Clouds of thick smoke fill the room once the force from the explosion subsides.
Mileena's ears and head ring from the high-energy sound waves produced by the explosion. She can feel a scorching pain in her right thigh, her right calf, as well as a severe, ripping pain throughout her body. Not to mention, it is impossible to see and breathe with the thick smoke. The smoke fills Mileena's lungs; she rapidly coughs trying to regain her breath, but it continues to become shorter and inconsistent. Until she feels hands grab at her body and gently carry her away.
"Empress, we are taking you to the bomb shelter so we can safely give you aid. You have been severely burned on your right thigh, a burn on your right calf, you have many shards of glass in your body, and one of your sais have impaled you in your side." Ermac says as him, and the tarkatans carry her through the hallways. Mileena can hear the blasts of more explosives being set off in the background and buildings collapsing. The pain in her calf becomes unbearable which causes her to start crying out in pain. The pain becomes so much that she begins uncontrollably shaking. A Loud, unholy roar and the flapping of wings sound far behind them.
"We need to hustle! I can hear them coming." The tarkatans gently hand Mileena off to Ermac. "Go! Open the bomb shelter!" Ermac demands. They all quickly run down the long spiral stairs case then into a tunnel to reach the door of the bomb shelter. The tarkatans undo the latches and turn the wheel on the large steel door. Once inside the tarkatans lock the door behind them, and Ermac lays Mileena on the small leather sofa.
"I will search for a first aid kit." He examines the contents of the many cabinets along the walls. Mileena looks down at her thigh to see a significant burn. There is damage to all layers of the skin and looks white/ charred colored. She is surprised that she can't feel the pain in her thigh anymore, probably because the nerves and tissue are so damaged. Her calf also has an extensive burn, but is red, splotchy with many blisters, and is throbbing. Ermac returns to Mileena with a wet washcloth, a small first aid kit and kneels down beside her. He places the dripping wet, cold washcloth onto her calf. Mileena winces from the pain but quickly sinks back into the sofa. He reaches into the first aid kit and grabs out a sterile bandage.
"There isn't much I can do for your burns." He says and begins to wrap the bandage around the burn on Mileena's thigh. "You need medical assistance, but this should do for now." After he's done, he removes the wet cloth and begins to wrap the other burn. "Now..." He sighs. "Let's take care of your side..." Mileena looks down at her side to see her sais sticking out of her. She didn't even know it was there.
Mileena lets out a long shaky breath. "It will hurt, but I will pull the sais out of my side then you can cauterize the wound." Mileena says, and Ermac nods his head. Mileena grabs ahold of the sais and grinds down on her teeth. She starts to pull it out of her body while wailing in the process. When it has fully exited her body, she holds her wound and wheezes from the pain. Ermac takes the bloody sais and wipes alcohol on it to sterilize it before heating the tip of with a lighter. He places the metal onto her wound for only one-to -two seconds until the bleeding has stopped.
"Thanks," Mileena says after the pain has disappeared.
Ermac chuckles at her. "You still have the pieces of glass stuck in your hands and arms." He hands her metal tweezers. "They shouldn't be too hard to get out," He says and exits to a different room.
"Thank you." Mileena mumbles to herself and places the tip of the tweezers against her skin. She begins getting out the glass from her hands then her arms. It wasn't as painful as the burns or the cauterizing.
Ermac walks back into the main room with a small radio in his hand. "I was able to find a small military radio in here, so I will try to contact Earthrealm Special Forces for medical assistance. But I'm not quite sure how you use this thing..." Mileena sits up and nods her head at him. Now that Mileena isn't in severe pain she can finally take a look at the shelter. The walls are painted white and have millions of ridges. The floors are made of hardwood with a beautiful glossy finish. There is a small kitchen in the corner of the room, closest to the door. It has white granite countertops, black marble backsplash, white wooden cabinets, a sink, refrigerator, and an electric stove. Beside the kitchen is a small four person dining table. There is a large desk on the other side of the room where Ermac is standing. As well as, five doors that most likely lead to bathrooms and bedrooms.
Ermac spends the next ten minutes messing with the buttons on the radio in search of a signal, but there is nothing but static. Mileena lets out a groan of annoyance.
"Give it to me." Mileena demands. He hands the radio off to her sits down in one of the dining chairs. Mileena fiddles with the different knobs and buttons on the radio trying to get something other than static. But, even after twenty minutes of trying she gets nothing.
Ermac sighs from his seat. "I guess we aren't advanced enough to understand modern technology." Mileena lightly chuckles at his attempt to be funny.
"Can you believe our home is gone?" Ermac randomly says.
"I can't believe it either," Mileena responds, now feeling the sorrow from the recent events. "Why would the Netherrealm invade us? We have done nothing to them..."
"I have the same questions," Ermac answers relaxing back into the chair.
"They murdered my people and destroyed my realm. I don't even know if anyone survived the invasion." Mileena runs her fingers through her hair and lets a few tears escape from her eyes.
"I have an idea..." Ermac stands from his chair and walks over to the military radio. "I will go outside to analysis the destruction of Outworld and look for any survivors. Also, I can try to see if we can get a better signal out there."
"Just be careful. I don't need anyone else dying on me." Mileena wipes away her tears and sadly smiles at him. At Mileena's order, the tarkatans unlatch the steel door and let Ermac exit.
A two hours pass and Mileena begins to worry. Not to mention, Mileena's condition has become worse. She has been experiencing chest pains and dizziness, as well as shallow breathing. The two guards have attempted to calm her down but have had no luck in doing so. Black spots start to cloud Mileena's vision before she falls unconscious. The guards stand around Mileena not knowing what to do with her. They check her neck and wrist for a pulse and find that it's rapid but frail. Her skin had become pale, yet cool and sweat is still glistening on her skin.
Moments later the door bursts open with a group of Special Ops and Ermac following behind.
"Empress!? What happen to her?" Ermac asks, walking over to the guards. They both shake their heads and move out of the way. "Will your team be able to treat her?"
A woman with a long blond braid approaches Mileena's body. She wears a simple black hat with the Special Forces logo on it. Along with a black, long sleeved, leather collared jacket and matching pants and boots. She wears her dog tags and has an assortment of weapons attached to her belt. She also has black gauntlets fastened around her wrists.
"We will immediately take her back to the Shiri Ryu temple to treat her wounds. " The woman speaks; straightaway her team grabs Mileena and cautiously carries her out of the bomb shelter.
They make their way through the rubble of the destroyed realm to the helicopters waiting outside. They put Mileena into an emergency helicopter and fly off as soon as possible. One of the paramedics that were aboard the aircraft said that she most likely fell into shock from a bloodstream infection caused by bacteria getting into the burns.
On the way to the temple, Mileena's stab wound had opened up and soaked her shirt. It took the paramedics awhile to control the bleeding, but they eventually got it. Several helicopters follow behind them with survivors from the invasion. The Shirai Ryu clan found out about the attack and allied with Special Forces to help protect and shelter survivors. More than half of the population of Outworld had been wiped out. The whole realm had been blown to smithereens, leaving nothing but debris and carcasses of the fallen warriors and citizens.