By God am I rusty at this whole fanfiction thing (probably leave again soon). But I did get the new MK game. AND IT'S AWESOME. So here's a little thing I came up with. Imagine all four characters in their MK 2011 costumes.
These shorts would contain Shao Khan's awesome, if not sorta punching bags for the heroes *CoughBarakaCough*. I don't really know how many I'll do but there's no storyline or anything, so it doesn't matter. But anyways, enjoy.
PS: Netherrealm Studios owns MK.
Minions on Break
Short 1: Punching bag
Being a minion of The Lord of Outrealm and Edenia Shao Khan really takes a toll on a person, physically and mentally. So in order to not go insane after every realm raid, freedom fighter, slaughter and insanely gory fatality, buddies (of sorts) Sektor, Kano, Reptile and Baraka decided that on breaks, they would hang around together to entertain themselves.
Today they were sitting down, playing poker. Kano told Sektor, Baraka and Reptile all of the rules. He didn't dare try to cheat them, knowing what they would to do to him.
"I bet'cha five hundred gold koins and me lucky butterfly knife." Kano said cockily in his thick, Australian accent while picking his teeth with a toothpick. He bet the knife to raise the ante since he had fifty less koins than the others.
"Hmmm? Quite a large ante you made Kano. You must be up to something. Logic tells me to fold." Sektor told Kano in his cybernetic, monotone manner as he folded.
"Hmmmmm? I say, I'll have to agree with Iron Man here." Reptile inquired in his surprisingly English accent.
"I just still still get over that limey accent of yours. I though you would have like hissed out all your S's in a Cobra Commander with strep throat kind of speech?" Kano said as he scratched the back of his head, left knee shaking.
"Poppycock! You really expected such a speech pattern just because I'm a Saurian? Racist buffoon!" Reptile vociferated to Kano with a stern look.
The three then looked at Baraka, who was taking a while to think of his move. He was looking at his hand puzzled.
"In need of assistance sir?" Sektor said as if he was an answering machine. He was surprised that the Tarkatan wasn't eating the cards.
"How good's this hand again? Sorry Kano but this game game is hard!" Baraka told the group as he showed his hand with a quizzical look. It consisted of a three kings and two twos. Kano's toothpick fell out of his mouth as his jaw dropped.
"So is it good or is it bad?" Baraka repeated his question still confused.
"I suggest you place the cards down good sir." Reptile suggested to Baraka as he noticed Kano's fear.
Baraka placed five hundred and fifty gold koins on the table and put his hand down, still not too sure about about himself.
"Ah Dammit mate!" Kano said as he revealed his hand. Junk.
Baraka began to grin a joyful (yet still ugly looking) grin as he took all the money from the table. Baraka then slyly gestured for the butterfly knife and Kano reluctantly gave it to him.
"Sweet I see my reflection on it! This is gonna make the best toothpick ever." Baraka exclaimed with joy as he looked at his reward for serving Kano at his own game. He then began dancing the Charleston.
"Can't believe it mate! Ya just got revived an hour ago and you're dancing like a twelve year old Cyrax with a vagina." Kano said to Baraka trying to sound tough, but Sektor and Reptile could hear the wimpering sounds.
He just lost is bloody knife to a bald, mutilated, elven wolverine. Boo hoo. Reptile thought to himself rolling his eyes.
Baraka stopped dancing and looked at Kano funny. Not the "I'm going to kill you and eat your parents!" look, but the "Say what?" look.
"What Kano is referring to is that you were ripped in half by Sonya's legs at yesterday's tournament. Shao Khan had you revived." Sektor said as he reshuffled his cards and drew a new hand for another round of poker.
"Well...that's...actually very nice of him. Gotta thank him I guess." Baraka said almost flattered that the emperor spent his time reviving him, a very strenous process as he reshuffled his deck too. He then began attempting to stab passing flies with his new butterfly knife ala "Karate kid" style.
"Heard him say that he thought it was funny." Reptile told the other three chuckling in a strange, British sounding hissing sound.
"It was the first five seconds of the first round of the first fight too" Sektor explained to Baraka. He then started a repetitive, monotonous laugh.
"Face it Barry Boy! You're the punching bag to Mortal Kombat! Every one of the Heroes beat ya up at least once!" Kano hollered as he burst out laughing.
Baraka got a little teary eyed, still trying to stab a fly. He was the general of the Tarkatan hordes, a rather respected position. He might have been beaten the living crap out of a lot, but so did they, what made him so special? All of a sudden, his happy pills began to wear off. How dare they make fun of the great Tartakan general and one of Shao Khan's most trusted advisors. How hypocritcal his "buddies" were. He began to feel upset.
"I am not a punching bag. I AM NOT A PUNCHING BAG!" Baraka wimpered to the other three. He then put his head down on the table and began crying like a six year old.
Kano, Sektor and Reptile stopped laughing at once. They were shocked for three reasons. It was 1) He didn't take out his blades to gouge them already 2) They never saw a Tarkatan cry before, they had no idea what to do and 3)They realized that they died all the time.
"Ummmmmmm...Sorry chap. I just realized that Shinnok crushed my body with giant a skeleton hand last week." Reptile apologized to Baraka fearing a possible outburst.
"I was killed a month ago when Darrius ripped off my arms and beat me with them." Kano admitted teary eyed. Sektor tried not to mock the Black Dragon of getting killed by a "less important" character. But then he realized his sudden death.
"I was killed by Hsu Hao's chest laser during last Thanksgiving break.' Sektor said with no emotion, though he dropped his head in shame.
All of a sudden, all of his allies were laughing at him. Even Baraka suddenly forgot he was sad and was laughing on the floor. At times like this, Sektor was glad about losing his self esteem programming. Lucky for Sektor, the end of break bell rang and all four of them got up and began to leave. While Kano got up though, Baraka threw his new knife in between the Black Dragon's hands. Kano looked up annoyed.
"Here's your knife back. Not a very good toothpick." Baraka casually told/warned Kano. Kano can see blood going down the Tartakan's teeth. Baraka saw the blood and shrugged, catching up with Sektor and Reptile.
When Kano picked up the knife though, he saw that it stabbed a fly straight in the middle.
"Lucky bastard." Kano muttered jealously as he followed the rest of the group. He had yet to do that "Karate Kid" stunt.
A/N: I know most, if not all these guys are OOC. That's almost the point of it. By the way: BARAKA RULEZ!