A/N: the story accounts parts from Mortal Kombat 9 and the Mortal Kombat X Comics and also bits from other games such as Deception. This assumes that the O/C stands in place where the generic grey female ninja stood during MK 9.

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FLASHBACKS

When Bi-Han abandoned his former self and began to reveal his new form during the second Mortal Kombat tournament, he ensured all of his opponents would hear his catch phrase, "Fear me!" The reactions of his opponents gave him thrill, some quivered at the sight of him, other defensively state they will not fear of him, but deep down he knew they did, he definitely knew.

Though the one person who annoyed him out of all was a Tengu who participated since the first tournament. The young woman in the grey armour who truthfully did not accomplish much for earthrealm. When he was alive and was Sub-Zero, he noted her standing there, supposedly with another lackie Tengu members. At the time, Bi-Han only took note of her for that very nice behind. That is when he learned her code name was Kremnine, some passed down legacy title among that pathetic excuse of a clan.

Though that did not help much when he perished at the hands of his adversary Scorpion by the night of the official opening of the first Mortal Kombat tournament….he did find out earlier too that Kremnine appeared to have been brutally killed by Motaro, the Centurion, but somehow, somewhere…she came back to appear in the second tournament? A trick perhaps?

Now they meet again during the second tournament, she was not some sort of imposter like his younger brother was, masquerading as himself. This scythe welding Tengu who stood before him was definitely her. He taunted Kremnine shouting, "FEAR ME!", she shrugged, beat him in what appears to be a fair fight and walked away. He knew he landed several critical attacks on her but she seemed to show no signs of damage in the end. It was too far into the match when he realized she had some very enhanced healing capability and this mistake cost him the battle. But walking off like that? How dare this woman shrug this off like he was nothing worthy!

He sat up after being knocked down on the floor and turned to look at her back and somehow a glimpse of those fine round globes hanging at her hip captivated his attention. He found himself standing there almost hypnotized for moments. He realized after that she lost her place at the tournament in her next match and shortly left the coliseum. That was the last time he laid eyes on her.

It bothered him to no ends, he was not seen as different in that Tengu's eyes. Even that nuisance, Sareena, who he regretted helping since day one, treated him differently. Sareena feared what he became, but yet, seemed to internally struggle with what she believes is her love for him. He did not care for that demon no doubt and pretty much had told her to buzz off during the second tournament by revealing how corrupt he has become.

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PRESENT TIME - UNKNOWN LOCATION

Shortly after the events of Shao Kahn's earthrealm invasion, Noob Saibot found himself now without any goals nor form. It would appeared that when Nightwolf threw him in the soulnado, he was ripped to shreds. Though now a shadowy essence, he was no longer tied down to Quan Chi as a lap dog. He sought for a way to regain form and achieve his own corrupt goals of controlling the brotherhood of shadows.

Though he cannot say he knew where he was, he had been walking or floating around this strange plane aimlessly for some period of time. At a glance it looked like a pale whimsical version of earthrealm, limited to very pale orangey grey colours, he had seen landscapes but nothing indicating there was civilization here. He whispered to anything listening while in this space which almost felt like a hell to a wandering wraith.

"Yes? What do you want?" He heard a female voice reply.

He was relieved something heard him finally and spoke again, though unwillingly to reveal what he really was. "I am trapped in here, how does one escape this land?"

"You can stay here indefinitely, technically you would not age, though right now it is not the best time to wake back up in earthrealm…it is sort of on fire," the female voice in the void spoke back.

"I am no coward! I shall return to my form immediately," he declared and looked around and did not hear anything for a moment, "What is this place, how do you hear me?"

"It is the white space between realms called the void, do you see what is below you?" The voice replied.

Noob Saibot looked down over a pass and can see a pale white stream flow through, at first it looked like a river, but on closer inspection it is a collection of souls streaming in a path.

"If a mortal dies, they are sent to the Netherrealm or some other place but they pass through here to get there," she continued. "You hear me because we coexist on the same plane."

"Where do I find you?" Noob Saibot politely asked, masking his true intent. He will use her if he must to get himself free.

" I found you," she said, a white light appearing behind him and walking into his view was a woman basked in blinding light momentarily, "Oh it is you, something something….fear me."

"How dare you!" He turned around, suddenly aware that that voice, and that way of speaking, it can only be one person and he stared right into the orange eyes of that Tengu, Kremnine.

He had never seen her real face before as she is without a mask and a quick thought ran through his mind, 'she is so cute' but he shook the thoughts off and he looked up her and down her now that that source of light is gone and he can clearly see her. She was…actually still quite easy on the eyes, plus with those glorious globes behind her…. He narrowed his eyes to wipe the association of himself to his former identity and the desires of. "Why are you here?"

"This is temporary, until I return to earthrealm," Kremnine held her hand into a fist placed the index finger along her lips and looking at his gaze. "…my eyes are up here."

He shook his head quickly ignoring her statement and clenched his teeth. "You are able to restore one to life?" He questioned, his hand clenched and his body stepped forward.

"Not a gift I eagerly bestow to you, you are of Netherrealm," she backed up to give herself a bit of privacy.

Normally, he would extinguish his opponents but right now he needed her cooperation. He reached out and realized he can touch her arm which prompt him further to investigate what he is capable of in this realm as his hand travelled up to her shoulder. She looked rather annoyed at him. "Touch me again, and I will ensure you never leave this place," she narrowed her eyes at him.

"You will not be able to defeat me this time, I have no flaws," he held his arms in an offensive stance.

"Really? Have you seen your face, wraith?" She raised an eyebrow at him, "Flaaaawed."

He quickly touched his face assuming he wore his mask but his mask was not on and he knew he felt skin but it was not exactly the texture of such. As a wraith, his skin shows some decay just like Scorpion did. "Enough, you will lead me out of this place!"

They exchanged a few blows, soon the spectre realized he was unable to use any ability here in this space and though they supposedly landed blows on each other, the outcome was the same, there was the feeling of hitting someone and the thought of feeling hit, but there was actual injury.

This tackle must have lasted what felt as an eternity. Even grabbing the opponents in chokeholds did nothing but expend energy. Both showed signs of fatigue and he was literally dragging himself. She stopped while attempting to push him and landing on the floor chest down, her back exposed to the air. He crawled to her realizing how futile this was as a significant passing of time must have happened but his eyes rested on that behind that was covered up this time.

He had a certain preference of what he defined as a perfect ass, not large nor bony but was proportional and had bounce on a very tiny waist line which she had met every criteria. His hand seemed to reach for that globe of flesh but he shook his head just as his fingertips brushed the armour, he placed his hand on her lower back instead. "Get up!"

Then Noob Saibot had one last resort to test, he created a shade of himself that stood before which was successful as it did seem to be able to nudge the Tengu with a small kick. She stirred but did not quite feel like arising. The shades were a gift of his, he can feel and see what his shade feels for a few short moments. The shade and him circled her as if keep her in a state of not being completely aware of her surroundings. Though the shade seems fixed on her rear much like he personally was. Unfortunately, she had been opting a full body armour these days covering more of that porcelain skin up.

The shadow, now behind her, crouched and grabbed her by the shoulders, pulling her up on her knees, causing her to flinch and bring her hands up towards her heart centre while trying to catch her breath. He himself leaned in closer, devious but also breathing hard.

"Hurting me here does not work, you have no means to give me threat…I will leave on my own accord…but you, I do not have to help you," Kremnine spoke in segments and looked up at the man.

"I am made of fear!" He sneered and was kneeling on one knee. He gripped her chin that was drooping downwards. "I will hunt down and kill all your loved ones!"

"You could not even hurt me long term in real life! And…you know nothing of me." She bursted. "I suggest trade."

"What favour shall you ask, I will grant it," he held his fist up while his other hand was placed behind her neck as if he was the ruler of this plane. By now, his shade evaporated as he did not realize how much energy it drained him to utilize his ability here, he dropped his head for a second almost to faint from the exhaustion but snapped by up when he heard her speak.

"How about peace and quiet during your stay? This place is my territory," she scoffed.

"It is mine now!" He roared, possessively.

"I do not know how you entered here but you only ended up here after the soulnado disruption, most of those souls have left but you clearly are a reject from the stream," she turned away from slightly exposing her neck. "If you exit, you will not know how to get back here."

When she turned to look at him she paused noticing how the spectre had almost rested his decaying jaw against her neck, steadily breathing as if he was asleep. She nudged him and he did collapse, resting his head against the space between her shoulder and breast. He knew he landed his head there, his hands drooped on her hips. His energy spent, his eyes closing on him slowly as he succumb to darkness.

When he woke up, he was on the ground. She was no where to be seen. He called out to her, calling her a coward and demanding she will show herself. But what felt like days passed.

She left the void without him! He will make her pay dearly for this! In the following days to come, he plotted what he would do for vengeance.

When Noob Saibot leaves this wretched place, he will become a ruler of the Netherrealm. As his first few acts as Emperor, he wanted Kremnine to become his puppet which he will do as his please, like some lifeless doll. It surprised him that in this new form he had such desire, but then a flash of a thought came over him…

No no…no the idea of a doll reminded him of Sarina. He cringed at the thought remembering how Sareena threw herself at him when he was mortal. He did everything that was in him to be an asshole to her and yet that woman still fawned over him. The only time he showed any kindness to her was when Shinook blasted her with what he thought was a fatal wound in the Netherrealm and it was out of a reflex to catch her. He had no idea at the time the female demon treated that as the most romantic experience in her miserable life.

As much as Bi-Han hated to admit it, he wanted Kremnine to not be broken yet be willing to let him have his way with her. Admittedly, if he never met Sareena, he would have never realized he actually disliked the lifeless doll approach she had taken upon him. But he is now Noob Saibot, a flawless creation out of the shadows, if he wanted something, he should be able to have it. But Kremnine was not someone who feared torture or death. In fact, he knew little of her to know what she would actually react to.

He managed to convince himself to get on her good side so she may bring him back to some realm other than here and then he would observe her first. He was confident, he will discover a weakness or kill her permanently to be trapped in this space alone forever. After all, there was not much to do here. Some scenery, the ability to see events happening on the earth…hmm would this not be similar to what the gods mostly do? Simply sit there and observe?

He heard her voice of her gasping in pain and trembling. He located the source and somehow got to where she was. She was on all fours, hands clenched, head drooped down, gasping in some sort of pain. Though that image of her position made him think something else entirely.

"I see you had previously left," he sneered and folded his arms. "What is this?" He motioned toward her current behaviour.

"Phantom pain…" she gasp and then curled up, resting on her side and summoned some sort of projection allowing her to see what happened to her after she died. This was definitely not an ability he recalled seeing her have as a mortal. From the projection, one can see bits of her uniform and massive demons eating other humans and what looks like is all that is left of her leg. She then ended the projection. "Hmm…I will stay here longer until I can take on 100 demons."

This was good information for Noob Saibot in regards of understanding how she comes back to this place. This plane was not horrible, the only thing missing then is the ability to rule and control the subjects he was able to see. He kneeled down beside her and reminded himself to be kind to her. "When you are rested…take me to the Netherrealm."

"Oh, so you can destroy earthrealm even more?" She looked rather discontent and sat up. He bit back his true persona and helped her up.

"I was of earthrealm once,…there are things there I still yet cherish," he lied through his teeth knowing he will never want to be Lin Kuei again and his only family, his younger is a pathetic resource of a cyborg.

"As in?" She piqued and wrapped an arm around his neck to suggest she was being friendly too. She knew something is fishy and played along with the buddy-buddy act.

"I had a brother, he wears my colours for the Lin Kuei," he said pretending to be show signs of pride for his family honour.

Kremnine backed up and put a hand to cover her mouth, "You are that first Sub-Zero?!"

He gave no response which meant he did not deny it. Then she laughed and it irritated him. It took every once of him to not try to punch her on spot.

"I did wish for you to get what is coming to you at the time," she gave him a sly smile and eyes half lidded. "A wraith is the worse thing to become."

"You have no idea of my power!" He raised his voice back.

"You lose independence and agendas will be skewed by the influence of an alpha, you will constantly want to attach to someone to serve. Even though you deny this: you are mentally unable to operate on your own. It is a eternity of slavery," she said without empathy. "Though, that soulnado broke your bond with Quan Chi…so I…can be your next master."

"You will be nothing! " he spat, the relationship will be the reverse! He will ensure it!

"You are very different….at least from that Sub-Zero…he is long gone…" she said quietly looking down at the ground. Noob Saibot literally lowered himself to her height as she was about a head shorter than he was and stared at her right in the face. She peeked her eyes back up and narrowed it at him. "See for yourself."

She showed a projection of the Netherrealm which focused around the humanoid Revenant form of Kuai Liang that simply stood there doing nothing like something devoid of individuality. Now it was Noob Saibot's turn to laugh, though his was much more sinister in tone. She then started to place her hands on the wraith's shoulders, "If you wish to keep your free will, I suggest you run." She took advantage of the opportunity to push him while he let let his guard down to laugh. He fell towards a darkness that was sucking him away in a vacuum and he was unable to pull out.

"I will find you and you will pay! Arrggghhh!" Was the last he mustered as his attempts of clawing his way out failed.

"Mmh….when we next see each other on the other side. Do not be so surprised if I behave unexpectedly," she shly said to him before he disappeared out of the void.

Shortly after, the wraith cursed under his breath, vowing to take vengeance on the Tengu when he found himself having hiding in the Netherrealm so that he would not be discovered and made Quan Chi's servant again. He ran and fought his way through demons and brothers of the shadow who recognized him.

Not only that, but the Revenants pursued him relentlessly, thought one night it seemed most of the Revenants were on earthrealm. Of course that happened to be the night the Special Forces were going to take the offensive against Quan Chi. He took the risk and he managed to get to a portal that was being watched by Muloch and Drahmin. Upon defeating the two onis, he first used the portal to get to his only ally, Havik. He had a moment to catch his breath before he remembered he will execute his plan.