RWBY Kombat

Prologue Part 2: Armageddon

A/N: So, here is part two of the prologue. I know this chapter is bit on the long side. And by bit I mean alot. It's long because I put a lot of stuff into this chapter, so hopefully you guys/gals will like it.


Time: A few days before Battle of Armageddon

The Elder Gods were in a panic right now. Armageddon was only a few days away and they still had not found a suitable universe to run to. They began to think all hope was lost, until…

The Greek Elder God had just called a meeting. When the others had arrived, the elder god said "Fellow Elder Gods, I have found a suitable universe for us." After she spoke those words, the others quickly became both happy and curious about this new land the Greek had found.

The Greek then said, "I am sure you all have questions, do you not?" The other Elder gods nodded. The Greek continued with "Okay, I will explain this new universe. It is very similar to Earthrealm in some aspects, but different in others. The native people there are humans, so Raiden and his chosen allies should fit in there. One the things that makes it different is that there are monsters called Grimm that live there that only want to kill humans. Also, some of the people there are… different."

With that, the African Elder God asked "How so?" The Greek replied, "Well, some of the people there have animal traits, like ears or a tail. The people there call them Faunus." The Greek continued to explain about things found in the new universe, like Dust. She also talked about the different combat schools found there, like Beacon, and how the kombatants could go there.

After all the explaining was finished, the other Elder Gods had the same thought: this could be the perfect universe to flee to. Sure, they could find ones that are better than this one, but there was no time. Then, the samurai Elder God had one final question "What is the name of this universe?" The Greek answered with "Remnant."


The Forces of Light Meeting Place

Raiden was stuck in thought right now. He was at the meeting place for the Forces of Light, before Armageddon. He had just returned from the Netherrealm where he was gathering information on the Forces of Darkness.

He had secretly found out about Shinnok & Quan Chi's plan to run away during Armageddon to another universe, the same plan he and the Elder Gods had. He had hoped they wouldn't flee to the same universe as the Elder Gods. But he wasn't worried about that now. He was busy thinking on whom should he bring with himself to the new universe the Elder Gods spoke of.

He had already decided on Scorpion and Sub-Zero to come with him, but he still could bring two more kombatants with him. 'Who else should I bring with me?' Raiden thought to himself. 'I could bring Smoke with us. He was, or still is, a good friend of Sub-Zero, so it would be good to bring him.' Raiden thought.

So, he had three spots filled, but there was still one more. 'Who else should I bring with me' Raiden pondered. There were so many kombatants to choose from that he couldn't think of one. Then 'What about Ermac? Even though he used to be with Shao Kahn, he came to the side of good and saved the Earthrealm warriors from Onaga. And, he is a powerful ally.' Raiden thought.

So, it was decided then. He would bring Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Smoke, and Ermac. Now, he would wait for the Elder Gods to ask him whom he wants to bring.


The Netherrealm

Quan Chi was stuck in thought too. He had already decided on Noob Saibot and Shang Tsung to bring with him and Shinnok, but he was still thinking on whom should he bring. 'Who else?' he thought to himself. 'What about Baraka? He is the most powerful Tarkatan I have ever seen. And, he would do anything to escape Armageddon.' Quan Chi thought to himself.

Sure, he would be a powerful ally, but from what Shinnok told him about the new universe, he would get weird looks if seen in public. 'He can deal with that.' Quan Chi thought. Now, who else should he bring? 'Maybe Reptile. He might not be one of the most powerful kombatants, but he is an expert in stealth. So, he could be useful after all.' After that, he couldn't think of any other kombatants to bring with him. So, he went off to tell Shinnok of whom he wants to bring.

When he found Shinnok, he told him which kombatants he wanted to bring. So, Shinnok called for them. When they all arrived, Baraka asked bluntly "What do you want?" Shinnok replied "Why, to tell you that we are going to save your lives." Shang Tsung asked "How are going to do that? We are just going to destroy the forces of light."

Quan Chi then said, "The realms are going to be destroyed in the next battle. We would all die, but me and Shinnok came up with a plan." The other kombatants were skeptical at first, but after Shinnok told them of the vision and Delia's prediction, they seemed to believe the sorcerer and fallen elder god.

The fallen elder god and sorcerer continued with telling them about their plan to run during the Battle of Armageddon to the other universe. They also told them about the new universe and how it was almost like Earthrealm. After the explaining was done, Baraka asked "I say we execute your plan of yours, but how are we when we are supposed to battle the forces of light?" Shinnok replied "I can make copies of ourselves that can battle for us while we stay here and run."

All the kombatants agreed to that, but then a voice said, "There is just one problem with this little plan of yours." They all looked at where the voice came from and the person that was there was the former Black Dragon member, Kano. "It doesn't involve me." As he was walking towards the group of kombatants, Quan Chi asked "What could you possibly offer that could convince us to bring you with us?"

Kano responded, in his Australian accent, with "From the description you gave it sounds like this new universe sounds just like Earthrealm. So, if it is just like Earthrealm, then there are bound to be criminal organizations there. If there is, then I can maybe convince one of them to team up with us." The other kombatants seemed to be surprised at his intellectual answer, considering how dumb he sounds sometimes.

With his proposition considered, the fallen elder god said "Well, it seems that you could be useful when we leave. So, we shall bring you with us." After that, the kombatants agreed to go about their business until the Battle of Armageddon arrived.


Time: Day before Battle of Armageddon

Raiden was waiting for it, and it came. The Elder Gods called for him, so he went to them. When he arrived, the Egyptian Elder God asked, "Raiden, we assume you know why we called for you?" Raiden replied with a nod. The Viking Elder God asked, "Then who do you want to go with you?" Raiden replied, "The four kombatants I choose to bring are Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Smoke, and Ermac."

The Elder Gods looked at him questionably. "Are you sure you want to bring Scorpion and Sub-Zero together, considering their rough relationship" the Samurai Elder God asked. Raiden replied with "That was the old Sub-Zero, who is now Noob Saibot. Scorpion has vowed to protect the new Sub-Zero when he found out it was his little brother. They will be fine."

With that, the Greek Elder God said, "Then it is decided. When the chosen kombatants die during tomorrow's battle, we will teleport them to us until all of them are dead. If you die last Raiden, we will teleport you to us and then we will leave." Then, Raiden returned to the Forces of Light to prepare for the battle.

Meanwhile, Shinnok, Quan Chi, Baraka, Shang Tsung, Reptile, Noob Saibot, and Kano were going to leave with the rest of the Forces of Darkness to the battlefield, located in Edenia. Every other kombatant thought they were going, but they weren't. Beforehand, Shinnok had managed to create copies of himself and the others and sent them in their place. By the time the battle started, the Netherrealm would be gone.

The Elder Gods sensed the Netherrealm was gone right before the Battle of Armageddon. When they checked, they realized what had happened. Shinnok had used his Amulet, in coagulation with Quan Chi's magic, to move the entire Netherrealm out of their universe and into another, the very same one they were going to. "We should tell Raiden. He would like to know this" the Native American told the others. "No, we will tell him when the time's right, which isn't now" the Greek god said.


There have been many powerful warriors throughout the millennia. But ages of Mortal Kombat have begun to tear the fabric of the realms. The critical point has finally been reached. It was foreseen that the kombatants would one day grow too powerful and too numerous. If left unchecked, their intensifying kombat would weaken and shatter the realms and bring about the apocalypse.

The Elder Gods demanded a safeguard be put in place to avoid total destruction. One that would make use of the kombatants insationable bloodlust. Like moths to flame, they would be drawn to battle. At the apex of destruction, alliances will be broken, and old hatreds will be revived. At last, it has come to this final battle. Armageddon…has begun.


The Pyramid of Argus, Southern Edenia

There were heavy clouds in the sky, so the sun could not be seen. The Battle of Armageddon had started. Fists were flying, kicks were kicking, and swords were clashing. Enemies against enemies, friends against friends. Almost every kombatant, or copy of a kombatant, were against each other.

The first fight we focus on is between two well known kombatants. Even though Scorpion didn't want to take sides, he joined the Forces of Darkness to get close to Quan Chi. He would have fought him in this battle, but he wouldn't.

His enemy was Sub-Zero, the one he had vowed to protect in the second Mortal Kombat tournament. They were currently fighting with blades, Scorpion's Ninja Sword and Sub-Zero's Kori Blade. They were just exchanging blows when one of them decided to speak.

"I do not want to fight you, Sub-Zero. I just want to get to Quan Chi, so let me pass." Scorpion said. He spoke the truth; he didn't want to fight Sub-Zero. Then Sub-Zero said, "I can't let you pass Scorpion. You joined the Forces of Darkness on your own choice, when you could have joined us."

Scorpion replied with a bit of annoyance "It would have been easier to get to Quan Chi if I joined the Forces of Darkness!" Sub-Zero then said, "Yes, I know. But you wouldn't have to fight me or the others in the Forces of Light."

Scorpion said, " I have no choice. I have to make you move!"

Round one. Fight!

He then charged for a sword slash, but Sub-Zero easily parried it. This continued for a few minutes with each kombatant trying to get through the others defenses. Eventually, Scorpion let his defenses up, allowing Sub-Zero to do some damage with his Kori Blade. Scorpion was stunned from that attack, which allowed Sub-Zero to finish with an upward slash to his chest, sending him flying away and landing on his back.

Sub-Zero wins. Round Two. Fight!

Then, Scorpion got back up and prepared to attack again. This time, Sub-Zero charged Scorpion. While he was charging, Scorpion threw his chain at him. Sub-Zero couldn't dodge, so it wedged itself into his chest. "Get over here!" Scorpion shouted as he pulled Sub-Zero towards him. When Sub-Zero got to him, Scorpion unleashed a fury of strikes onto him and finished with a teleport punch.

When Sub-Zero got back up, he charged an ice ball while Scorpion charged him. When he got close enough not to dodge, Sub-Zero threw the ice ball at him. When it hit Scorpion, he got frozen in place, allowing Sub-Zero to get in close. Right when Sub-Zero was going to get close to him, Scorpion became unfrozen and teleport punched Sub-Zero, sending him to the ground.

Scorpion wins. Round Three. Fight!

Sub-Zero immediately got up and put away his sword. Scorpion noticed this and put his away too and charged. Sub-Zero prepared for this and put an ice clone in his place. When Scorpion tried to hit Sub-Zero, he dodged and let Scorpion go right into his clone, freezing him in place. Then, Sub-Zero moved in and placed a fury of punches into Scorpion's face chest, finishing with an uppercut, sending Scorpion flying. When Scorpion landed, he immediately got up and charged Sub-Zero.

Right before Scorpion reached him, Sub-Zero pulled out his Kori Blade and swung his blade to the side, bringing Scorpion to the ground again.

Finish Him!

Then, Sub-Zero walked up to Scorpion's body and impaled his Kori Blade into Scorpion's spine. When Scorpion's body was empty of life, Sub-Zero let go of his Kori Blade, made a new one, and left to join the fighting again. When he left, he didn't notice Scorpion's body disappear into a puff of smoke.


Scorpion saw darkness for only a few seconds, and then it was replaced with light. When Scorpion opened his cold-white eyes, he saw nothing, only light. When he got up, he noticed his outfit had changed. The two swords on his back were gone and they were replaced with two ninjato on his shoulders. The ends looked like they represented scorpion stingers. His shoulder pads weren't wrapped around his shoulders. Instead, they looked like the body of a scorpion.

His torso and leg clothes looked like his old outfit, but it looked like they were designed to act as armor. He had gauntlets around his forearms, but had a scorpion look to them. He had a piece of cloth in front of his groin. He felt his mask and knew it was different. It was no longer clothing. It felt like the armor on his body and it looked just like a scorpion, again.

After checking out his new outfit, he said to himself "Where is everyone? Where is Sub-Zero?" He then heard a voice he thought he would never hear again. "Sub-Zero is not here, but he will arrive soon." He turned his head to the voice and saw the Native American elder god. "I thought you guys told me that you didn't want anything of me after what happened with Onaga?" he said with mistrust. The Elder God replied, "We did, but someone wanted us to save you."

Scorpion then said, "Who would want you guys to save me?" The Elder God answered with "Raiden." Scorpion looked angry for a few seconds before saying "Why would he want to save me? I have been against him in almost every conflict we have had." The Elder God replied "Because he wants to save you from Armageddon."

The Elder God then explained to Scorpion about the vision he and the other Elder Gods had received, the plan the Elder Gods came up with to escape Armageddon, and Raiden's involvement in it. After explaining, Scorpion asked him "I still don't understand why would Raiden want to save me." The Elder God replied "Who knows, maybe you could ask him when we leave." After that, the elder god left Scorpion by himself.


After what felt like hours, which were only minutes, Scorpion was blinded for a split second before his vision came back and he noticed a new person was here. After observing the mysterious person for a few moments, Scorpion realized he had never seen him before.

The person had long, silver hair and a mask that covered his mouth. His torso clothes looked like Scorpion's old outfit, except it was silver and was designed to be armor. He had a piece of clothing in front of his groin, just like Scorpion, only it was silver and had a pattern similar to Scorpion's old outfit. He had black clothing that acted as pants, but you couldn't see them from his knees down because they were covered by knee high, armor like boots.

While Scorpion was wondering who he was, the man started to stir awake. Once he got up, he noticed his body and started to freak out a little. That made Scorpion worry. 'If he is getting freaked out about how he looks like, then he must be crazy.' Scorpion thought to himself. When he saw Scorpion, he looked surprised to see him. "Scorpion, is that you?" the man said to him. Scorpion replied, "I'm sorry, but I don't know who you are."

The man looked like he was even more surprised. "But, how can you not tell who I am?" the man asked Scorpion. The ninja specter said, with a bit of annoyance "Because I have never seen you before." The man then said, almost to himself "But how can you not-oh." Scorpion then asked, "What do you mean?" Another voice answered his question "He means you have never seen his human form before, you damn idiot."

Both of the men looked to the voice and saw the Viking Elder God. Scorpion asked him "What do you mean his human form?" The Viking elder god replied "Because you have only seen him when he was a cyber ninja." With that sentence, Scorpion came to a realization. He looked at the man and asked, "Smoke?" He thought it was Smoke because the color scheme of his armor looks like smoke.

The man then turned to relief "Yes, it is me. This is how I look like without cybernetic upgrades." Scorpion then said with amusement "So that is how you look like under that tech. I thought you would look different." The two ninja exchanged a handshake before Scorpion asked Smoke "So, who killed you?" Smoke replied "Nitara. She bit my neck out." Scorpion then turned to the elder god and said "I was going to ask the other elder god but he left before I could ask. Where are we? And how did you turn Smoke back into a human?" The Elder God said, "We're in the realm between realms, a place that can't be touched by Armageddon. The other Elder Gods are here too, but not in this area. And we got the power to do anything. So we assumed he would want to be a human again." Then, Smoke asked, "First, thanks for turning me. And secondly, why are they not here with us?"

The Elder God said, "Because we don't want to be bothered." With that, the Elder God left. Smoke then turned to Scorpion and asked "I know they wanted you to kill Onaga, so that means you have met them. Are they always like that?" Scorpion answered, "To people like us, yes. To other people, I don't know."

Smoke then asked, "So, who killed you?" Scorpion got angry for a moment before he said "Sub-Zero. He stabbed me in the back" It was true, in two terms. He was literally stabbed in the back and he felt like that when he killed him. Scorpion also told Smoke what the Native American Elder God told him.


After a few more minutes, both ninja were blinded for a brief second. Once they could see again, they noticed the third person in the room, and it was the same person they were talking about. He was wearing his cryomancer armor from before and it looked like the Dragon Medallion was in a pocket none of them had seen before.

When Sub-Zero stirred awake, he noticed the other two ninja and walked to them. He recognized Smoke right off the bat because they used to be good friends, while in the Lin Kuei, and he recognized Scorpion because of his white eyes. Plus, his costume gave it away.

Sub-Zero first talked to Smoke, "Tomas, what happened? Why are you a human again?" Smoke replied, "One of the Elder Gods told us that they assumed I would want to be a human again, and they assumed right." Sub-Zero then said, "Wait. The Elder Gods?" The two ninja then told Sub-Zero about the Elder Gods plan. Then, Sub-Zero said, "If this plan includes all the Elder Gods, then Raiden must be involved too." Then, Smoke asked him, "Who killed you?" Sub-Zero replied "Baraka. Stabbed in the back." Scorpion added angrily "Just like me." The other two ninja just gave him a weird look.

Sub-Zero then noticed the pocket that held the Dragon Medallion. "Hm, that wasn't there before" He said to himself. Then, another voice said, "That's because I put it there." The three ninja turned to the voice and saw the Greek Elder God. "I thought that the Dragon Medallion would be useful in the new universe, so I edited your Cryomancer armor a little so you could keep it on your persons." Sub-Zero replied, "Well, thanks for that. I think it could be useful." The elder god said "Your welcome" and disappeared.


After a few more minutes, the three ninja were blinded, again. When their vision came back, they noticed someone they wouldn't expect. His head was covered in black strips of cloth, leaving only his eyes and nose exposed, a weird jewelry like object on his forehead.

He had a ninja-like garb on his torso, which was colored in black and red and had small metal plates around his upper torso. The clothing around his arms were ninja-like to, and had the same color scheme, red & black. He had a belt around his torso, adorned with a large green gem where the buckle would be. He had cloth in front of and behind his groin with the same color scheme, red & black. His pants had the same color scheme as his outfit, red & black and had armor-like, knee-high boots, which had a green jewel at the knee.

The man slowly stirred awake and walked to the other ninja and asked them "We are confused. Where are we?" Sub-Zero replied "Some realm in-between realms, Ermac, according to the Elder Gods." Ermac was surprised a little when he heard Elder Gods. "We can tell you the story, if you want." Ermac nodded, so the three ninja told Ermac what the Elder Gods told them.

After hearing the story, Ermac said, "We think we understand why the Elder Gods would do this." Scorpion replied "Then what do you think?" Ermac said, "When Onaga had taken control of Outworld again, we felt something. Something powerful and evil. Like it was telling Onaga to do what he did. Even after his defeat, we still felt its presence. So, we think the Elder Gods are fleeing not just Armageddon, but that thing we felt too." Sub-Zero added "I think you might be right, Ermac. If something is powerful enough to tell someone what to do, then I would want to flee it too." The four ninja stood in awkward silence until Smoke said "Well we are all here, I think. So now we just need to wait for Raiden."


And Smoke was right. They were all there, except for Raiden. He was currently preoccupied with fighting Shao Kahn. He knew he was going to die. He was fighting in Edenia, not Earthrealm, so his powers were weakened. He was all right with dieing. He noticed that during the battle, Scorpion, Smoke, Sub-Zero, and Ermac had strangely disappeared.

So he assumed the Elder Gods had taken them away when they died. He was on his last stand when Shao Kahn had managed to hit him with his Wrath Hammer, sending him flying to the other side of the top of the pyramid. That hit had knocked all the wind out of him. Shao Kahn continued to hit him around when Raiden fell in front of his amulet, which had broken during the fighting.

Uncaring of what Kahn had to say, he grabbed the pieces of the amulet and started to chant an ancient incantation. When Raiden had finished, Kahn was about to deal the finishing blow. So, Raiden quickly said, "He must win!" Then, Kahn dealt the finishing blow and Raiden saw darkness. The kombatants he had chosen saw darkness too.

But then, Raiden saw light and he heard the Elder Gods say "Raiden, you have fallen in the Battle of Armageddon and now, we can leave." Then, Raiden saw a colorful lightshow of different colors racing across his vision for a minute or two. And yet again, Raiden saw darkness. Then, he heard the Elder Gods say, "We are here." So, Raiden opened his eyes.

What he saw made him think about Earthrealm instantly. He saw a city, which was on the coast, and he saw a lighthouse like object in the distance that had a green light. He then heard the Elder Gods speak again, "We have arrived first. The kombatants are not here yet." Raiden then asked, "Well, where are they?" The Elder Gods said, "That is what you shall decide."

Raiden thought for a few moments before saying "They should arrive somewhere in this city, and together, not apart." So, the Elder Gods did what he asked. In a brilliant flash of light, somewhere in the city, the kombatants were there. Knocked out, but there. And where they were, they were next to a shop called "From Dust Till Dawn".


So, I hope you liked this chapter. As you can see, the next chapter will open up into the first episode of RWBY. But my question is, which kombatant should wake up first and help Ruby fight off Roman and his goons. Say it in a review, along with anything you found in the story that was bad, in your opinion. Also, as you can see, the kombatants outfits will resemble what they wear in MK2011, except for Sub-Zero. I just love his cryomancer armor. So, see ya guys/gals in the next chapter.