Chapter 1
The Too Distant Future…
Outworld, This dark, eerie realm is home to some of the most sinister of foes ive ever had to face. Rotten bodies all around its tarkatan infested wastelands made the whole realm reek of Death. All they do is eat upon the dead warriors dumped in their lands, as well as ambush and rape the more civilized beings of this horrible realm, the ones who just wanted peace. Those are just the nomad. There are a lot of nameless warriors and creatures who roam about this putrid place with intent to kill, Most of them under command of their emperors, the emperors of Outworld. The past and present rulers of this realm, ill tell you, they are really something else. All they live for is absolute power and to see death and destruction for their own enjoyment or pleasure. They don't show compassion or mercy, they just kill and grow more powerful with each one. They never stop until they get what they want. Until now, no one had ever dared to try and stop them, and all who have, failed.
…but I put a stop to that…
Failure wasn't an option for me, and thanks to my friends and a few of Outworld's traitors. We've been able to stop Outworld and its diabolical emperors from taking control of the realms and gaining more power.
The way im saying it, makes it sound like it was a flawless victory or something, but believe me, it was FAR from flawless…
Ive had my share of loses; I've lost my entire realm once, my best friend, my wife for a brief moment, my closet allies, and my family. Ive lost it all at one point or another, but I kept on fighting, trying to make a better tomorrow for myself and my realm. I don't ever wish to see the earthrealm taken over by another warlord like Shao Kahn ever again. That's why I keep fighting, I push my friends to keep fighting, my wife keeps me fighting, so maybe one day I can release her long forgotten realm from Outworld's icy grip, like I promised her.
My friends and I have been fighting against the forces of Outworld for as long as I can remember, and although we've been in quite a few hot spots including the recent one we were just in, we still manage, we still keep fighting, we have too.
Today is no different…
All day, we've been fighting against our longtime enemy Quan Chi, who has been very busy these past few months, gathering a vast army to take over Earthrealm, Betraying some of his own allies, like Shang Tsung, another son of a bitch who has very powerful magic. Those two even managed to kill me for a short time, but, they should have known; you can't keep a good guy down.
Quan Chi turned on Shang and killed him, and, with my help, we formed a temporary alliance about a month ago to defeat the Dragon King, Onaga, the Original emperor of Outworld. That was all in the past few months, but today I was determined to make this the last time we would ever face Quan Chi and his minions. Thanks to my wife, Kitana and her…very, questionable methods of getting inside info, we managed to get a MAJOR advantage against Quan Chi, one he was not expecting at all, and that's when I decide that, it was time to Kill em' all; No quarter given, no mercy shown.
Kill every single one of our enemies at their most vulnerable. Together they were a vast army, one that was much greater than our own, I dare say they would annihilate us, but separately, they were just men. It was a great risk, one that we might not possibly make it back in one peace from, but it was our best bet.
I gathered my small army and we began our carefully planned attack on them in Outworld. I had a few hundred of my best men from the OIA attack the vast tarkatan horde unsuspectingly, which was victorious…but not without that price. The rest of us would go towards Quan Chi's Fortress and take out the main elites of Quan Chi's army and I would personally have Quan Chi all to myself…
Outworld: Present
"GRRRUAAH, BOOYYYY!" yelled the outraged and furious Sorcerer as he picked his worn down old body off the wet ground. He turned himself towards his opponent as he readied his two twin swords to clash yet again with his longtime and most hated foe, Liu Kang, the defender of Earthrealm.
"Tell me mortal, how did you know?" the necromancer inquired furiously.
"Well, where would you like me to start? The Day you planned on starting the invasion? your hideouts, your army? Well, you have your own people to thank for that for that." The shaolin warrior said adding a devious grin.
"Someone betrayed me?" asked the surprised sorcerer
"Guess you just can't trust anyone these days." Liu shook his head, complete with his grin.
"Who, tell me who?" the sorcerer demanded fiercely
"What does it matter, their either dead or about to be. Even if they are still alive, I doubt you'll get a chance to do anything to them." Liu said as he walked closer to the outmatched old sorcerer.
"Even if you manage to kill me foolish mortal, ill return again!" the sorcerer declared.
"Who said anything about killing you, I hear there's a nice binding dimension that's lookin' for some new company…" Liu said to the sorcerer
"That won't hold me for long, ill escape. No matter what you do, It won't last long, you might as well just say im immortal" the sorcerer explained reassuring his foe.
"I might not be able to permanently wipe you out of existence, but I can make yours a living hell, and not the fire and brimstone type your use to." Liu said quickly as he charged the sorcerer with his long sword hoping to catch him off guard.
The skilled sorcerer showed no desire to die as his guard quickly announced itself as he blocked the oncoming horizontal motioned sword attack with his two twin blades. The two were at a standstill with their weapons still defending each other from receiving a possibly mortal wound. Their faces were about 2 feet away with their swords in the middle as their defense, and on full alert. The two enemies stared at each other while the hard black rain continued to shower forcefully upon them.
"egha,! You think you've won mortal? Huh? There will be others like me, ones who'll succeed where I could not!" the sorcerer said as he broke apart their defense and tried to comeback quickly with a two handed swipe towards Liu's mid section that would cause a possible victory…if it landed.
The sorcerer was sneaky and fast for his outward appearance, but Liu proved to be just as quick and even more cunning as he dodged the oncoming attack and countered with a successful sweep kick and an attempted downwards cut that would have surely spelled the demise of Quan chi had he not regained his defense after his fall. The sorcerer quickly held his two swords up high blocking Liu's attempted killing blow. However, Liu's towering position over a knelling Quan Chi meant he was more in control of their current predicament, as Liu looked down a the sorcerer grinning and making his dominance known,
"Well, that goes both ways." He replied, as the two continued to engage in Mortal Kombat.
The defeat of Quan Chi seemed inevitable, as his forces continue to decrease in number thanks to Liu Kang's skilled allies, like his wife, The Princess, Kitana who had been battling the purple clad warrior Rain.
Rain had been a long time ally of Kitana, before her turn from the dark side. Though Rain had the fight in his corner during the start, Kitana used his increasing arrogance and lack of focus to her advantage, a move that has now landed the purple clad Edenian warrior at her mercy.
But Kitana seems hesitant to deliver a final blow even when presented with multiple opportunities...
"Stay down Rain, you are no longer in control of this battle" Kitana demanded of the beaten ninja.
"Oh please love, and then what? Become a slave or servant to you and your husband? I'd rather die. But it wouldn't be a complete loss, at least ill die knowing I got…part, of what I desired." He said to her sporting a devious grin that was noticeable on his bruised and battered face. Kitana remained silent as she continued to keep the ninja at bay.
"Kitana, Ive known you for a long time, we were good friends back in those days, I had feelings for you back then; I loved you. I never told you then, but I did.
I did what I did because despite our current relationship status, I still love you and I wanted to be with you, I wanted you to be my princess, I wanted to be your prince." Rain explained with a compassionate tone.
"So you would try to use me? that's not love, Rain." Kitana said to him plainly.
"Well, you didn't let me do it the easy way" he replied.
"What im getting at is, despite my motives, what we did, what we had a couple of months ago, that was real. I wasn't faking that. But, my goal was more important. Once I achieved that; I would have everything, Outworld, power and you, wither you were willing or not." Rain explained
"And now you have nothing. Just goes to show where selfishness, deception, lying and a big mouth get you Rain…you and everyone like you!" Kitana snapped, harshly.
"Whore! You used me too, if im not mistaken!" Rain snapped
"Your damn right, but my reasons were nessesary. Also, I know you, Rain, I knew your were trying to get to me, so I knew my plan would work and I knew you would tell me what I wanted to know, just required a bit of acting on my part…among other things,." She paused as the princess began looking down to the ground in remorse.
"And now here we are. I got what I wanted out of our brief reunion. I guess Deception is just the hot commodity these days." She said regaining her senses as well as her anger as she looked at the fallen Ninja once more.
"Well, it got me you, even if it was just for inside information." Rain came back.
"And ultimately THIS is where it got you, on your knees with my fans on standby at your throat, surprisingly waiting for an excuse to cut you into drizzle!" Kitana snapped as she pressed her open steel fans against Rain's throat, making him quiver in fear, but only for a brief moment.
"Heh, ive been in tighter spots, you can vouch for that, love." He said with a perverted grin towards his beautiful foe.
"You disgust me" she said to him loathingly
"If you're going to kill me love, just do it." Rain said to her plainly as he began to reach his hands behind him, unnoticed by Kitana…or so he though.
Kitana continued to glare at Rain for a moment in silence, the she began,
"Rain…Im letting you go in the name of our past friendship, but heed my warning, if you dare show yourself around me, my husband, my friends, or Earthrealm, I swear to god, I will beat you to Death." Kitana cautioned him fiercely, looking upon him with a spine chilling combination of disgust and anger.
Kitana slowly backed her weapons away from Rain as she also began to step away while still glaring at him. Rain remained on his knees as he looked up at Kitana with a slight look of surprise and shock,
"Huh? your, your granting me mercy?" Rain inquired as he then began to let out a small chuckle, while shaking his head,
"What the hell happened to you Kitana, you use to be the most ruthless bitch I know, even more so than Jade. I recall you, Jade, and Mileena use to be the terror trio, Outworld's very own set of Furies. Remember? You didn't let anyone get away with anything. Even the slightest mumble under someone's breath and you went on a killing frenzy and my, were you gruesome. I found you attractive but im not going to deny it love, you were a crazy bitch back then and jade was second only. Perhaps that's why you two could never get along" Rain told her, struggling to get himself up, as he kept one arm behind his lower torso.
"And now look at you, showing mercy to people like me, especially after what I did to you? And all you can say is 'okay maybe just this once'?" He said to her.
"Never thought I'd see the day Kitana shows mercy. Heh, 'Ill beat you to death' I seriously doubt you mean that." rain mocked, "Your bark is still just as vicious as ever, but your bite isn't nearly the same quality, love." Rain mocked with a mixed look of relief, and arrogance.
"Ive changed, I thought perhaps you did too…but I was mistaken about you" Kitana said plainly
"You have changed, dramatically, love. That's for sure…but not for better." The arrogant fighter replied as he secretly readied a long blade of pressurized water from his hand, behind his back, no doubt planning something sinister.
"Or maybe, maybe you do have some kind of feelings for me…yea, I think that's it." Rain told her with a naughty grin.
"You were planning on leaving anytime today?" She sarcastically asked him.
"Im going, im going, guess you have changed, heh, that's too bad, love…TOO BAD!" Rain suddenly snapped as he tried to pull a sneaky attack on a…suspecting Kitana.
Rain attempted to do a quick horizontal swipe at Kitana's mid section with his blade that would have cleanly cut her into two, but Kitana was no fool to Rain's predictable motives as she quickly jumped while turning away dodging the concentrated blade of water just enough and while doing so, countered with throwing one of her Steel fans which landed in Rain's torso deep enough to have possibly sliced his heart in two.
"GUHHAH!" Rain cried as his blood gushed from his mouth and his body dropped on its back upon the hard wet ground. Rain was still conscious but knew he would only be that way for a short unknown amount of time.
"..wha ha..hap...en..t mer…ccy…?" rain barley managed to stutter.
"You just saw the last of it…"
Kitana said to him deviously as she grabbed her fan, first pushing it in rain's body even further, than quickly yanking it out. She then immediately jammed her fan strait into Rain's throat, severing his head from his body. Kitana took her fan and wiped the blood clean off on rain's clothing. She then turned from him without so much as a look back as she quickly went to aid her other allies. Rain was dead. The rain that poured down once so heavily began to clear up soon afterwards, as if rain's death caused the rain itself to fade.
While Kitana rushed on to help her other allies, another of Quan Chi's elites, The traitor Tanya, kept her foes, Sareena, a former acquaintance of Quan Chi and Tanya's former best friend, Jade busy. Tanya was a very skilled martial artist, almost as good as she was deceptive, as Jade already knew, but they both seemed evenly matched; One not really able to best the other completely. It was like this most of the fight.
"You've gotten much tougher than before, mommie" Tanya said to her former best friend jade, while whipping her blooded lip.
"I have, so why not surrender and ill make your death quick and painless" Jade replied pacing towards her foe.
"Not my style, you should know that jade…after all the things we been through together girlfriend?" Tanya said walking slowly and cautiously towards her former friend.
"Yes, and you still haven't learned a damn thing. You're still that, backstabbing, deceitful bitch you always were." Jade said harshly towards Tanya.
"Well, isn't that the pot calling the kettle black, you just couldn't quite stop your old habits could you. You get some new friends who take you in, show you a good time and what do you do, you turn on them…more than once, and now you and Kitana are worse off now than you where in the day and you're talking about me, Bitch? Such the hypocrite."
Tanya chuckled at Jade and shook her head as she then looked towards the nearby battle with Sub Zero and Smoke holding their own against the cyborg Hydro.
"I still don't see what the grey ninja sees in you…but it doesn't matter, he's taking quite a beating from Hydro, I don't think he'll last too much longer. Guess he should have gotten the cyber upgrade when he had the chance, dumbass." Tanya finished as she turned just enough to see Jade coming towards her with an attack,
"Oh Shut up, Tanya!" Jade shouted rushing Tanya with her preferred weapon of choice, her Bo Staff.
Jade stuck the bottom pointed end of the weapon in the ground and used it to lift herself upwards swinging her body while attacking Tanya with a combo of two kicks, one per leg. The rushed attack would have caught Tanya but she dodged it just enough to land a serious uppercut to Jade as she made her way down to the ground. The uppercut was fierce as Jade flew back a few feet and landed hard on her back. Tanya walked to the stunned female warrior as she was on the ground. Tanya readied a final blow, as she looked down at her former friend with an evil grin,
"You first, mommie…" Tanya replied. She readied an axe kick to Jade's face but she suddenly felt a strong force tackle her from the side.
"No YOU!" a voice screamed coming from Tanya's attacker.
"I had it" Jade said sternly to Sareena, while getting up from the ground wiping the blood from her nose.
"I would ask for a thank you but truthfully, I wasn't helping you; I owe her, you just happen to be at the right place at the right time." Sareena said just as stern, while still glaring upon Tanya, who was getting up her self.
"The Ice ninja's bitch returns, guess you didn't quite get your useless ass handed to you the first time, huh Sareena?" Tanya taunted
"Quit talking and start fighting, Jade is no longer your concern, not when you still have me to contend with" Sareena declared as she readied herself in her fighting stance.
"Which ain't much, but if you insist, O-Kay then, let's go, bitch!" Tanya replied as she rushed Sareena with a series of Kicks and punches, all that did not connect with the intended target, as Sareena's defense was on full alert.
As the three females fought, and while the former Lin Kuei ninjas' Sub Zero and Smoke had their hands full with their former ally and friend, the cyborg Hydro, The rest of the warriors, Mileena, Nightwolf, Jax, Kenshi and the recently joined Kitana were holding their own against the mysterious warrior known as Chameleon, who was Quan Chi's utmost enforcer and his skills proved it as he was able to keep at bay and occasionally best his foes despite their greater quantity…
"Five of us now and we still can't put down this guy!" Jax yelled, exhausted from battle
"He has the abilities of 6 of the best ninjas ive ever seen…id say we're the ones out matched…" Kenshi followed
"Focus!" Nightwolf snapped, getting his allies' attention
"Right, okay then," Jax said, putting his mind back to Chameleon, who had just bested all of them. They were now in a small huddle, no doubt thinking up a plan.
"Going against this warrior head on is getting us nowhere; we must apply a better strategy." Kitana suggested
"Like what?" Mileena asked looking to her sister.
" Ive noticed he uses the abilities of the ninja he sees fit in certain situations and he can only use them one at a time. We could use this to our advantage." Kitana explained to her allies.
"Exactly." Nightwolf agreed
"So how do we exploit this weakness, strategically I guess?" Kenshi asked his female ally.
"Kenshi, ill need you to distract him with a powerful TK attack; He'll use the power of Ermac to counter that, it's the only defense he has for that kind of attack. Meanwhile he's doing that; the rest of us can charge him with our own attack." She explained to them.
"He'll be able to still counter you all" Kenshi cautioned
"Yes, but his focus will be hindered enough to give you the opportunity to go in for the kill with Sento." She revealed to him.
"Yes I see, very well then." Kenshi agreed
"You all, try your best to go for a good shot, but if he stops you, continue your assaults if you are still able. Also, think before you attack otherwise, you might put the whole plan in jeopardy." Kitana warned as her group all nodded in agreement.
"Kenshi you lead us off." Kitana told him as they prepared to engage in battle once more.
"Right!" He said going towards the patient unsuspecting Chameleon.
"Yea, its On Now!" Jax said confidently as he too got into a position he deemed necessary to pull off this plan.
"I hope this works" the pink veiled female warrior said with a small bit of concern but confidence, as she readied her sais for an attack.
Kitana stood right beside her and looked at her veiled and bruised face as she quietly said to herself, "Me too, sister…me too"
"GO!" Kenshi shouted as he began to use his Telekinetic power to throw his trusted sword Sento towards Chameleon knowing he would use his power of TK to defend against the oncoming fatal attack. Like so, Chameleon did in fact counter with TK force. Kenshi's TK was a match for Chameleon's own so he needed to use every bit of focus he needed to hold off the blind warrior. Meanwhile, His friends began their part in the plan,
"Alright he countered it with a move of Ermac, great now then, ATTACK!" Nightwolf shouted as they all rushed Chameleon one at a time.
Kitana started first using one of her fans and threw it towards Chameleon. Suddenly, the blade slowed down in speed as it seemed to have hit a green invisible field. With the blade at a halt, it continued to levitate in the air turning its sharp ends towards Kitana as it rushed back to her with great speed. Kitana ducked under the fan as it landed in a nearby bolder.
"He used the force! Keep going!" Kitana shouted as the others prepared a move of their own, hoping to throw Chameleon off just enough for Kenshi to overpower him and Kill him with Sento. Jax sent off two pinkish coated blasts each one very powerful, but Chameleon blocked the attacks with a force shield emitted from his body. Nightwolf shot spirit arrows but to no avail and Mileena threw her sais which was also blocked. This distraction was not enough to get chameleon off guard. They repeated and changed up this method a few times more but no difference was made. Kenshi was holding out as best he could but he couldn't quite hold out for long, as chameleon's Tk was getting increasingly stronger.
"This isn't working!" Jax yelled
"Shit!" kitana snapped silently to herself as she began to think desperately of something else
"Hmm, Wait!, Mileena, do a kick from above, He summons his force field when he sees the attack. Your teleport kick is sneaky so it may catch him off guard."
"I have tried that, but no success." Mileena said, seeming doubtful of her sister's plan.
"Then I guess, you'll just have to 'trick' him." Kitana said shooting a devious grin at mileena.
"Ohhh, Okay then sister" Mileena nodded upon realizing what Kitana meant by 'trick'.
Mileena rushed towards Chemeleon shooting one of her Sais at him trying to see if it would throw him off. She then vanished from sight as Chameleon blocked the sai with a temporary field and caught a glance from the top of his eyes at Mileena coming down from above with a kick aiming for him. He prepared to catch mileena but he didn't expect her to vanish a second time. He was then caught with mileena's powerful kick when she suddenly reappeared on his left side, which stunned him greatly. This was just what Kenshi needed. He felt Chameleon's defense decrease greatly as he used what force he had to sent his mighty sword Sento into Chamelon's chest cavity. The evil warrior fell to his doom with the sword impaled into his chest causing great pain and discomfort by the way he cried out.
Kenshi Went to the fallen warrior and removed his Sword but not before making a final attack to be sure. Kenshi forced the sword to slice Chameleon in two from where it was in his body. Chameleon was dead and Kenshi used his Tk to put his sword behind his back as this fight was now over.
"We got him! Awesome Mileena! You too Kenshi!" Jax said joy and relief
"You guys did well" Nightwolf then said to them.
"Well done, Kenshi." Mileena added
"Like wise Mileena, that was a clever move" Kenshi said
"Thank Kitana, she forged the idea." Mileena said looking to her clone.
"But you carried it out, flawlessly, well done sister" Kitana said warmly to Mileena.
"Who remains?" Nightwolf asked.
"Baraka's dead, along with most of his race, Reptile, Hotaru, that Kobra guy. We got the red head he was with locked up at headquarters." Jax started
"Jade and Sareena are with Tanya" Kenshi added
Sub Zero and Smoke's taking care of Hydro" Jax continued
"And Scorp-uhh, Hanzo, is fighting with tr-" Mileena started before being suddenly interrupted by a familiar voice
"Tremor's been killed" the stern voice said revealing itself to be their ally, Hanzo Hassashi.
The Brute ninja Tremor was a force for Quan Chi, but although he had superior strength, he was no match for the speed and skills of the former Ninja Spectre, Hanzo Hassashi or as he was known in earlier years, Scorpion.
"And Hydro had been silenced…permanently." Sub Zero announced as he and his partner Smoke were walking towards the group of surviving warriors.
"Aight, things are looking good now, Heh!" Jax said, overjoyed at their success of defeating all of Quan Chi's minions…most of them anyway.
"Where is Jade, and Sareena, weren't they fighting against Tanya?" Smoke asked as he searched with his eyes briefly for any sight of the three.
"There they are!" Nightwolf cried as he pointed towards the female warriors who were engaging in battle just outside Quan Chi's fortress.
"Perhaps you two should go assist them" Smoke said looking to Kitana and Mileena.
"I'll assist Sareena, Jade's on her own." Kitana said plainly.
"Despite your animosity towards her, she is still part of this team, princess." Smoke told her.
Kitana looked at Smoke plainly for a moment, with a bored expression on her face no doubt coming from the thought of helping Jade.
"Fine, I'll assist Jade" Kitana said, annoyed.
"The rest of us should go see about Liu, he may need help." Kenshi said as the other gave a nodding gesture of agreement.
"Yea, lets get outta here for someone come limpin' through here lookin' for us." Jax said looking around the surrounding area for any enemy survivors as they all headed for Quan Chi's Fortress.
"Huh?, Well well, the cavalry has arrived!" Tanya shouted upon seeing the earthrealm heroes arriving at the front of the fortress.
"Yes, surrender now, or die!" Mileena demanded of Tanya.
"Bitch, Please!" Tanya shouted at Mileena.
"I don't think surrender is an option for her, Mileena. I know her, surrender isn't in her vocabulary." Jade said
"Your damn right it's not!" Tanya assured them.
"Perhaps not, but you would be a fool to think you can best us all!" Hanzo said to her sternly.
Tanya knew Hanzo was right. Despite her impressive skills as a warrior, she was no match for all of them combined. Realizing this, She did what she would normally do in this situation.
Tanya fled into the nearby towering boulders making her cowardly escape.
No!" Jade shouted as she saw her foe flee, as she began to follow her before being stopped by Smoke.
"Forget about her! She's gone, no big loss." Smoke said to jade as she looked to him then made her way back towards the rest of the group.
"Let's get to Liu, he may need out help" Kitana said as she ran towards the fortress along with her allies.
Liu Kang and Quan Chi had fought long and hard outside the fortress, but despite Quan Chi's great magic, He was no match against the Shaolin warrior, as he laid one hell of an ass whooping to the Old Sorcerer during their long fight. Quan Chi was finished for sure.
"Ive beaten you, and im willing to bet my guys have killed your guys, and yet you still seem to think something is going to turn the tables." Liu said walking around the beaten sorcerer like a hunter and its cornered prey.
"As you earthrealmers say, It aint over till it's over!" Quan Chi yelled.
"Well then fortunately for me, it is over…for you…" Liu said slowly making his way closer to the sorcerer.
Quan Chi was on the ground weaponless and seemingly powerless. Quan Chi began to crawl backwards in fear putting space between him and Liu. He continued until he stumbled across a small grey box. As he noticed it, he grabbed it and showed it Liu which stopped him dead in his tracks as liu's face turned to one of a slight surprise.
"Uh, this belongs to you…?" Quan Chi asked menacingly
"Give it here" Liu demanded plainly
"Uh Uh, I know this is your portalbox, your only means of going back to your precious earthrealm…in my hands." Quan chi said, waving the box around.
"Wrong, It's not our only way" Liu reassured him
"Oh really, what other means of travel do you have?" Quan Chi asked
"You really think im going to share that, give me the box" Liu demanded sternly of the sorcerer.
Just before the sorcerer could respond, he saw from the corner of his eye, liu kang's allies rushing from the side of the fortress, no doubt to aid him.
"well well, guess, its just you now, your guys are all dead. My guys won. You don't think your going to beat down all of us do you? In your condition…old man? Ill answer that for you…No, so give me the box and this is the last time im going to ask you." Liu warned.
"Very well then ,HERE!" Quan chi yelled as he threw the box at Liu along with a green flaming skull blast.
"Ahgh!, you son of a-" Liu grunted as the attack fazed him a bit from being caught off guard. This gave Quan Chi time to create a quick portal as he escaped from his enemy.
"Damn it!" Liu snapped
"Liu!" kitana called to him rushing to him.
"What was that?" Jax said running towards the champion
What happened Liu, you okay?" Kitana asked helping Liu up as he slightly shoved away at her.
"Yea, yea im alright, I had him, then he got a hold of the portalbox, he used it as bait to get away, I should have seen it" Liu said angry at his mistake.
"He was defeated. You won." Kitana said trying to comfort her husband.
"Then, that means, we win! Right? I mean Quan Chi was their main guy, he's gone, most of his posse is dead, we won, we got em!" Jax shouted in joy
"He still isn't dead" Hanzo reminded them all
"Well even if he were, he would just return, the netherrealm can't hold him like his other allies who did not originate there." Sub Zero came in.
"I Know That, Lin Kuei" Hanzo replied sternly at Sub Zero
"Yea, but remember, we were gonna get Nightwolf to seal him to a binding dimension. There, he won't be killed but he won't kill others. That might have been the safest bet for him to be outta our hair for good." Liu said
"We'll get him next time…" Kitana said
"You know, that's the problem…there shouldn't be a 'we'll get him next time', we need to take him out now. The more we prolong this, the more chances he'll have to comeback, next time, possibly stronger and next time, defiantly, hurting more innocents!" Liu snapped.
"Well then, that means we need to step up our game too, in case you didn't notice, this wasn't exactly a flawless victory. We loss crew too." Jax came in
Yea, I know…" liu said in sorrow as he titled his head down and closed his eyes. It was without question that he hated the loss of a comrade, be he knew it was a risk, to save earth, to make a better tomorrow.
"We put a halt to his plans of conquering Earthrealm, despite not finishing Quan Chi, we did manage to take out most of the elite warriors of Outworld and the tarkatan army. Their numbers have greatly decreased. Even if he retreats, there isn't much left for him to do. We have done much here today." Sub Zero said assuring everyone of the true victory.
"Sub Zero's right, The sorcerer ain't got nothin' left now." Jax said agreeing with him
"Perhaps…but one thing ive learned is that you can't always be too sure with sorcerers. For all we know, he's plotting something as we speak." Hanzo said reassuring them of the kind of enemy they let get away.
"This is true, but as Jax said he comes back, we have to be ready to strike and strike hard." said a bold Kenshi.
*Sektor to Liu Kang* a static voice cried out as Liu raised his wrist that was equipped with a watch that was apparently a communicator as well.
"Yea, go ahead" Liu said speaking into the watch.
*What happened, have you killed Quan Chi?* Sektor asked
"No, he got away, but we put an end to his invasion plans, Took out most of his followers so, we won…for now" Liu said still feeling a bit of discomfort in knowing that a powerful murderer was still on the loose.
*Good, we'll have to get Quan Chi another day, meanwhile everything's clear here. You headed back?* asked Sektor
'Yea, we'll see you in a few, and uh, tell Andrew, Asap, I need a new jacket waiting for me in my office." Liu said looking at his long black kung fu jacket on the ground that had been soaked in water and covered in dirt and rot from the rain and Outworld's disgusting grounds.
*heh, Affirmative, Sektor Out* the voice said as it cut off from Liu's watch.
"Alright let's get back, who has the portalbox?" Liu said looking around at his fellow comrades, who in return was looking at him with intended confusion.
"Uh,you do?" Mileena said pointing towards the box which was in Liu's hands. The others made a slight giggle at the oblivious Liu.
"Oh, yea, well then, ahem, c'mon, lets go…im exhausted." Liu said feeling a bit embarrassed.
While Liu set up the portalbox to return home, unknown to them, not far away was the sorcerer Quan Chi who was hiding among the tall and closely formed boulders outside his palace, watching his foes, along with his trusted assistant Tanya whom he had found spying on the recent events between her master and Liu Kang.
"What are we doing back here Lord Quan Chi?" Tanya inquired
"To see my scheme come to fruition" Quan Chi said to her insidiously.
"What scheme?" she continued
"I have recently come across an entirely new and very useful spell, one that will rid me of those bothersome mortal pests once and for all. I used it while I had their portalbox, trying to stall Liu Kang." Quan Chi answered.
"What is it? What spell?" Tanya asked
"Lets just say, when they return to Earthrealm, things won't be quite the same as when they left." Quan Chi answered deviously.
*Portalbox activated, Destination, Outerworld Investigation Agency, Earthrealm.* a automated female voice shouted from the small grey portalbox.
Liu and his allies stood in front of it as the box separated into four sections revealing a red lens that began to shine a bright light from within it. The light immediately formed a swirling violet vortex in front of the victorious heroes. Quan Chi continued to look on to what was happening as his face began to form a small devilish grin. The heroes then began walking into the violet vortex as it took them in one by one.
"How do you know it will work?" Tanya inquired of her master once more
My my, you are full of Questions aren't you? Do you not have faith in my powerful magic?...Must I remind you? Quan Chi cautioned her.
"No my lord" Tanya said with fearful haste.
"They're gone, Now then, come Tanya. Let us return, there's much to be done"
Quan Chi said as he revealed himself from his hiding place and began walking towards his palace along with Tanya. Quan Chi had a grin so sinister on his face, even Tanya kept a certain distance away from him as they made their way into the palace.
Meanwhile in 'Earthrealm'…
The Swirling Vortex soon appeared in Earthrealm letting Out the victorious heroes in front of their longtime base of Operations, The Outerworld Investigation Agency.
"Alright guys…lets go get cleaned up huh?" Liu said looking at himself and his comrades noticing how battle damaged and filthy they were from bloody kombat.
"Yea, I feel like I haven bathed in weeks, eck" Jax cringed, shrugging himself off.
As they all began to walk towards the entrance of the Building, Sub Zero froze in his tracks suddenly, as if something dawned on him.
"Wait…" the Ice warrior shouted
"Huh? What?" Liu asked
"What is it Sub Zero?" Sareena followed
"Something is different…" He replied vigilantly
"Different how?" Sareena asked
"I am not certain, but something about this place is…out of place…" Sub Zero continued warily as he eyeballed his surroundings cautiously.
"What?" Jade shrugged looking to Sub Zero then to her surroundings
"Well, im not sure what you're feeling but maybe Sektor will have some answers." Liu said to the wary ice ninja.
"Perhaps…" Sub Zero said, with doubtful voice
"C'mon" Liu said as he began to walk towards the large four story building in front of them.
As the earth heroes continued their way towards the entrance, Liu's face turned to one of confusion as he began eyeballing the large entrance doors.
"Funny, I remember the door being a lot bigger than this." Liu said looking at the door strangely.
"Not only that, since when did you all have a new logo" Nightwolf asked looking at graphic design on the front of the door's glass.
"Actually, That's the original logo" Jax said surprised, raising an eyebrow and looking a bit confused at why that design had been on the front of the doors.
"Maybe they did some redecoratin'? Or decided to go for the retro look? They took it way back." Jax said half joking.
"Since when did they care how the logo looked, and if they did, without my authorization?" Liu said
"Let's find out…" Jax said as they all walked into the building.
Most of the entire front lobby was empty. Liu and the others looked on in confusion and wonder at where all their staff had gone. Desks were empty, seats were empty, as if it had been a ghost town.
"I don't think I gave everyone they day off today, did I?" Liu asked
"No, c'mon, lets go down to Ops, see what going on, maybe Sektor knows something." Jax said as they made their way towards the four large elevators down the main hall. Half the group took one of them and the other half took another.
Liu and the others stepped out of the elevators and entered the Large Operations room. There was no sign of anyone within the very spacious room filled with multiple computers, mainframes and the main Portal Device used to travel to different realms. The mainframes were on and running and there was a smell of coffee in the air, but no one in sight.
"Sektor? Seriously guys, next time you wanna make a few changes, you mind letting me in on it first, I mean, really? the old logo…I know we mentioned something about making a few changes but…the new logo looks fine" Liu shouted which was replied only with echos of his words.
"Kana?" Hanzo yelled looking around the room.
"Sektor?, Frost?" Sub Zero shouted soon after but with no reply.
"Where is everyone?" Kenshi questioned to himself
"No answers, no one in sight, It appears that no one is here either." Kitana said
"Thanks for that revelation, Princess Obvious…" Jade mocked, earning a glare from Kitana.
"AND NO SURPRISE PARTIES, GUYS!" Liu shouted, as everyone stared at him with mixed expressions.
"What? It's happened..." Liu said looking at his allies.
"Where are those guys, where's Sektor?" Jax asked walking up to the Mainframe.
"Looks like the logo aint the only thing they decided to bring back"
"Look at this here, year 99, this mainframe old as hell, but It look brand spankin new, don't it?" Jax said observing the old mainframe system.
"Perhaps they're -" Kenshi started before being interrupted by a loud commanding female voice.
"DON'T MOVE!" the woman screamed as she pointed two 9mm semi auto guns at them.
"Huh?" She grunted in surprised upon recognizing the group of strangers
" Liu? Kitana?" She said looking in disbelief at the two.
"Sonya?" Liu yelled in shock as was his expression on his face among others
"Sonya? By the go-…" Kitana said before being cut off by Kenshi "Impossible!"
"What happened to you guys, did you get an extreme make over or something? I mean liu, the short hair is defiantly working for you, your lookin' well, good." Sonya said eyeballing Liu form head to toe admiring his 'new look'.
"Oh you think so? Well, heh, I thought id swit-" Liu started
"Liu" Kitana quietly snapped trying to get his mind to the real change at hand.
"Right" he said regaining his senses, "Sonya, how in-" He continued before Sonya cut him off,
"Why the hell is Mileena with you, and Scorpion! Liu, you guys what going on? Did they switch sides?, Jax? and what, happened, hey your bionics, how did you take them off so quick?" Sonya asked looking confused at 'Jax'.
"What's going on Sonya, I got th-…?" A deep familiar voice said coming from a man walking towards sonya from one of the doors in the ops room.
As the man walked towards Sonya, jaws dropped to the floor and eyes widened a mile long as they all gazed hard with shock and disbelief at the talk dark skinned man with muscular metal arms, dark purple pants and a dog tag reading 'Jackson 'Jax'Briggs.'
"Oh"
"my"
"god…" Sonya, Kitana, and Jade said simultaneously.
"Two of them!" Jade yelled with disbelief.
"What the hell is going on?" Sonya asked loudly still in shock from the apparent two Jaxs' standing in front of her.
"That's what i wanna to know!" the recently revealed Jax(E1) replied, as they all stared at him.
"Where in the elder gods' name are we?" Jade asked
"That too" the other Jax(E2) replied, as everyone then turned to him still in disbelief at the recent eye-opener.
"Sub Zero, your right, something is outta place..." Liu paused looking back sternly to Sonya and this new Jax,
"…Us."
A/N: I am not a writer!, as you can see, so if your expecting much outta this(in terms of proper spelling, good use of words, feeling, etc), you may be dissapointed, BUT, im gonna do it the best i can.
A few questions perhaps? the hows, the whens, the wheres, the whos, the whys, etc? well, you have to stay tuned to find out the answers to these questions.
This is going to be one of the longest "plot stories" i do. 20 chaps
there will be plenty of action so dont be alarmed if your fav char didnt get a fight scene. or you haven't seen any good fighting ye, TRUST ME, its comin...
thank you for taking the time to read the story and please stay tuned.
