Mortal Kombat: Broken Chains
By: Miss-DNL
Prologue:
A small troop of Lin Kuei warriors rushed though forest, running along the tree branches. Their form covered by the shadows of the night, their movements were silent as the shadows themselves. They were led by the eldest among them, though all of them were still new warriors for the Lin Kuei. The group was heading to Zhu Zin, a crime ridden city that was one of the oldest and smallest in China. The city seemed almost stuck in the past and was far out from any other cities leaving it almost cut off from the rest of modern civilization.
The group's mission was to kill a crime lord that had fled the city recently. He had likely taken some of his men with him, probably heavily armed, hence why a group had been sent. The man had a long criminal record, he always escaped getting convicted of which left him with a long list of enemies that wanted him dead. Recently word of him escaping from the law once again had spread quickly. One of his enemies had enough with waiting for the justice system to do its job right and turned to the Lin Kuei, with a hefty bounty in hand.
Coming to a dirt path the leader instructed for the others to stop by raising his hand. Quickly he checked if anyone was on the road. A Shaolin temple was nearby, they knew of the Lin Kuei and they were not exactly on good terms with them. He didn't want to chance dealing with a righteous monk. Though he was young he knew the monks were skilled fighters, and he didn't feel like the idea of killing a monk personally.
Seeing the road deserted the leader was about to motion for the troop to continue when he felt dread wash over him. It was an instinctive fear, something was behind them and the Lin Kuei agent knew it was dangerous. He gritted his teeth, the Lin Kuei were no cowards. He would not dishonor their clan with cowardice. Quickly he turned to face their threat, his comrades seemed to sense it as well and did the same. No sooner than they did that, an object struck one of them in the skull. A weak groan was all that assassin could manage after registering the blow. Shocked all his comrades could do was watch as something yanked back on the chain, that was connected to the weapon, pulling their dead comrade roughly onto the ground.
That's when they spotted their attacker. A ninja dressed in black and yellow, a Shirai Ryu uniform. Though they were newly made warriors there was no mistaking the uniform of their former most hated rivals.
What confused the Lin Kuei agents was that the clan had supposedly been wiped out. Seeing their comrade's body at the feet of the Shirai Ryu ninja caused them to put aside any questions.
"Shirai Ryu dog!" The troop leader spat angrily, "Your clan is gone and you still dare to attack the Lin Kuei! You should've stayed in the hole you've been hiding in!"
His words only seemed to anger the Shirai Ryu ninja who growled in response, "Your clan will pay for the massacre of my family and clan. I don't care how long or what it will take!" He yanked his kunai out from the corpse at his feet, "Now either you bring Sub-Zero to me…or face the wrath of Scorpion!"
The leader gritted his teeth, "A dead man has no right to order the Lin Kuei!
Scorpion merely narrowed his eyes at the three remaining Lin Kuei warriors. He could tell that they were not experienced fighters. He flicked his kunai chain readying for the fight, nothing ever seemed to change. It had been years since the demise of everything he had held dear and the Lin Kuei were arrogant as ever. That didn't matter, despite the annoyance, though. He would get vengeance for his clan, for his family. Even if it meant returning the favor and slaughtering every member of the Lin Kuei.
With a battle cry the assassins lunged at the undead ninja. Scorpion in turn quickly charged before flipping backwards, foot engulfed in hellfire he kicked the leader in the jaw sending him flying back. Impacting with the trunk of the tree they'd leapt off of the leader grunted, withholding a yelp of pain.
His two comrades standing on each side of Scorpion, both stunned from seeing Scorpion summon fire at will. They never heard of a Shirai Ryu that had special powers. They had heard of one that used a kunai on a chain but they assumed him to be dead with the res t of his clan.
They didn't have time to ponder the thought as Scorpion pulled out his two ninja blades and began swinging at them. Both managed to dodge in the nick of time leaving them unscathed. One of them stepped forward and swung his own ninja blade at Scorpion to draw his wrath onto him. While the specter was distracted the second warrior pulled out his butterfly blades and slashed at the ninja's back.
Angered but not wanting to turn his back on his current foe Scorpion glanced back and saw what weapon the second warrior was using. Butterfly blades, a short blade the length of someone's forearm. He'd have to stay close to deal damage. So to counter he ignited himself with hellfire. The vengeful specter couldn't help but grin when he heard the assassin give out a reflexive, pained yelp when his skin met hellfire.
With that Lin Kuei warrior dealt with for a moment Scorpion focused on the one in front of him. Both ninja blades in hand he brought them down on his foe. Blood spurt up from the Lin Kuei's shoulders when Scorpion's blades hacked their way through his shoulders. Stunned from the blow the assassin could only shudder from the pain he was enduring. He bit down on his tongue to stifle a scream when Scorpion suddenly yanked his blades from his flesh. Knowing he was done for the warrior prepared to embrace death, which came in the form of Scorpion stabbing him in the head with his ninja blade. With at twitch the young Lin Kuei died in an instant.
Turning Scorpion was faced with the leader lunging at him. Quickly he teleported in a flash a flame causing the troop leader to pull back at the last minute. Both he and the other remaining Lin Kuei warrior looked around tensely waiting for the specter to reappear. Spotting a burst of flame several feet of away they snapped their heads to it. Hearing the metallic rattle of Scorpions chained kunai they both leapt from their positions to avoid it. Soon as they did the specter pulled back his chain and teleported again, it had been a bluff!
Quickly reappearing behind the already wounded Lin Kuei warrior Scorpion struck him in the back of the head stunning him, leaving an opening for him to strike him on the side of his face hard enough that he shattered his jaw. When the warrior fell to ground Scorpion marched over and smashed his foot onto his chest breaking several ribs. Hearing a gasp of pain the undead ninja stepped back and summoned hellfire to finish the Lin Kuei agent off.
That left one Lin Kuei warrior left, the leader. Scorpion turned to the man who stared at the burning remains of his comrade. He had no clue what he was up against, he wouldn't flee though. He had failed in his mission before even arriving to his target's location, but he wasn't going to go down without a fight.
"What are you…?" The leader of the dead troop questioned through gritted teeth.
"I am the one who avenge the Shirai Ryu." Scorpion answered angrily, he pointed to the Lin Kuei, "I'll offer you a chance to live one more time. Bring Sub-Zero to me!" The fiery Specter demanded, small flames flickering off of him in response to his anger.
The Lin Kuei seemed to ponder the offer before letting out a half-hearted chuckle, "I have failed my mission already. I cannot dishonor my clan further."
Scorpion looked at his foe a moment. Were the situation different he might have respected such loyalty but there was no chance of that right now. This situation had only one outcome, the Lin Kuei warrior's death.
"So be it." Scorpion said roughly. Putting away his blades he switched to his signature kunai, swinging it in a circle, ready to throw it. Igniting it in hellfire Scorpion swung it like a whip forcing his opponent to dodge.
The Lin Kuei warrior dodge rolled under the sweep of the chain in order to get close. Before Scorpion could react the assassin darted forward slashing into Scorpion's side. The Specter snarled angrily and jumped before his opponent could follow up the attack. As he jumped away Scorpion swung his kunai with him. The kunai slashed and burned the Lin Kuei agent leaving a painful wound on his chest. Though the flames sealed the wounds, a hellfire burn was not pleasant in the least.
Pulling his chain back Scorpion tossed his kunai again aiming for the Lin Kuei's chest. His foe knocked the burning kunai away with his blade. As his opponent charged at him Scorpion sidestepped out of the way while reeling his chain back in. With a sharp tug the chain caught the assassin's ankle tripping him up. Letting out a roar Scorpion used his superior strength to swing the Lin Kuei like a rag doll into a tree. Yanking back he swung him into another possibly fracturing his shoulder.
Knowing his foe was beaten roughly pulled his kunai off his leg that had been burned by the hellfire on the chain. Walking up to the Lin Kuei agent he readied to finish off the final member of the group.
"You will not succeed…" The former group leader uttered weakly.
Scorpion said nothing looked down at his beaten and broken foe. Raising his hand he summoned flames to burn the man alive before walking away. Once he knew he was dead Scorpion commanded the flames to vanish. Despite slaughtering the group of Lin Kuei agents his anger hardly felt dampened in the least. The Lin Kuei agents had denied him a chance to challenge the younger brother of the man that had killed him. It enraged him someone had taken his name to honor such a dishonorable killer.
He'd fought the new Sub-Zero months before, but the ice assassin had fled with the help of another. Scorpion had learned of the new Sub-Zero through a being in the NetherRealm, he told him this because he supposedly found it wrong as well. The being somehow also knew that Sub-Zero would participate in the upcoming Mortal Kombat tournament. He asked if Scorpion would join for the NetherRealm but Scorpion declined not particularly caring for the NetherRealm itself. Though if he didn't find Sub-Zero again before the tournament enter, but only to get his revenge.
"Nothing will stop me from getting my revenge…." Scorpion growled to himself.
And here is the main part of my MK fic. The Prequel is "Mortal Kombat: Lin Kuei Beginnings" I suggest reading it. It'll explain a few things. It's only 10 chapters long (including the short Prologue and Epilogue).
Also I find Scorpion speaking in the third person hilarious for whatever reason...
Anyway, this chapter just explains what Scorpion is doing in the area. Sets up for the next chapter. Also wanted to have a nice Scorpion fight scene to start things off. Also the first encounter between him and the younger Sub-Zero will be shown just not yet.
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