Hey remember that a**-hole Shao and how he tortured the youngest Avenger, forced everyone to fight for his entertainment, and threatened Jade? Well...

Meanwhile, Syndel landed hard on the grounds standing up. She whipped her head around, looking around. Syndel frowned, not recognizing where she was. She frowned, brushing off her robes and beginning to walk. Syndel looked around, unsure of where she was at. She spun around when she heard the snapping of a twig.

A man stepped out of the woods. Syndel tensed, readying herself for a fight. The man glared furiously at her. "Mutant," he spat. Syndel took a step back. The man glared at her. Syndel raised her arms in a sign of defenselessness. The man just approached her. Syndel looked around nervously. "Trespassers are punished," he growled.

He began to drag Syndel off. Syndel tried to pry the man's grip off, but it worked to no avail. Syndel let out a frustrated sigh. The man stopped inside some grounds. Syndel looked around. She was growing annoyed with this man. "Hanzo!" The man shouted out as another man passed. "Yes Shao?" Hanzo said. "Get the others," Shao said.

Hanzo nodded stoically and walked off. They got to the center of the grounds. Shao tied Syndel to a stake rising out from a pile of wood. "The mutant will burn at stake," Shao sneered. Syndel struggled against the bonds. Despite being from Outworld, Syndel could not get free. She sighed as other people began walking up. Shao smirked at Syndel.

"Today, this mutant will die at stake!" Shao shouted. Shao lifted the lighter he had. He raised it towards the wood. "Shao stop!" A new voice said. A man dressed in red stepped out. "Leave her alone, Shao!" "Stand down, Kenshi," Shao said. "No," Kenshi said. He pulled out his sword. Shao glared at him. Kenshi approached him.

Shao sighed. "You know how this will end." "I won't let you kill her." "Why not? She's a mutant!" "She's still a person!" "She needs to die!" Kenshi raised his sword, standing in front of the wood protectively. He wouldn't let Shao get past. Shao threw a punch.

Kenshi dodged it. Shao growled. Kenshi blocked with his sword. Shao pushed on. Kenshi fell back but quickly stood up. He backhanded Kenshi. Kenshi tumbled down. Shao smirked.

Shao approached Syndel again. Kenshi tackled him from behind. "Why are you even protecting her?" Shao asked. "You don't even know her." "She's a person and she deserves to live," Kenshi said fiercely.

"If she means that much to you, she can live," Shao reluctantly said. Kenshi glared at him still. Kenshi slowly stood and approached Syndel. He cut the ties holding her to the wood.

Syndel stepped off the pile. Kenshi extended his hand to Syndel. Syndel accepted his outstretched hand. "I'm Kenshi," Kenshi said softly. "Syndel," Syndel said.