A VTOL flew over the purple skies of Outworld. Inside the VTOL were Cassie Cage, Jacqui Briggs, Takeda Takahashi and Kung Jin. They had been sent on a mission by their commanding officer, General Sonya Blade, to infiltrate the temple of Onaga, the Dragon King, after several of Raiden's forces were spotted near the temple. As the VTOL neared its destination, Cassie gave her team their orders.
"Alright team, yesterday, several of Oswald's guys and even Oswald himself were spotted camping out at this temple right here", Cassie pointed to Onaga's temple on the holographic map of Outworld.
"Our orders are to capture Oswald and find out what Raiden wants with that temple, is that clear?", She said.
"Yes ma'am!", Jacqui, Takeda and Jin all said in unison.
"Well then, let's get this show on the road", Cassie yelled.
The 4 SF operatives equipped their oxygen masks and parachutes as the VTOL's ramp was lowered.
"Brace yourselves, this is gonna be one hell of a drop!", Cassie told her teammates. With that, the 4 jumped out of the VTOL and descended through the purple night skies of Outworld until Cassie pulled the ripcord on her parachute.
"Pull your chutes", Cassie ordered, the other 3 pulled the ripcords on their parachutes and landed in the Living Forest. Cassie drew her pistol while Takeda took out his pulse blades and Jin took out his bow.
"If anything comes out from behind those trees, then shoot to kill", ordered Cassie.
"I don't like this place, not one bit", remarked Takeda.
Little did they know however, all 4 of them were being watched by Reptile, who had been camouflaging himself the whole time. Reptile pressed his index finger to his earpiece, activating it.
"Emperor, they're here."
"Good, do not reveal yourself until they reach the temple. Once we retrieve what's inside that temple, this war will finally be over."
"Yes sir."
Reptile moved his finger away from the earpiece and continued to follow the 4 Special Forces operatives to the temple.
At Onaga's temple, Major Steven Oswald stood guard at the entrance to the Lava Shrine, which contained the last Great Dragon egg, which, when hatched, is prophecised to signal the resurrection of Onaga. Oswald was once a major in the Special Forces before Raiden convinced him and several other SF operatives to join his cause. Like Raiden, Oswald also believed that all that offering peace to other realms would do was lead to even more intrigue and senseless violence. One of Oswald's men was shot in the head and died instantly.
"What the hell?", asked Oswald. Cassie then held her pistol up to Oswald's head.
"Your security's pathetic Oswald", Cassie remarked.
"Lieutenant Cage, the so called hero who defeated Shinnok", remarked Oswald. 3 years ago, Cassie was promoted to Lieutenant after she defeated Shinnok and saved Earthrealm.
"Talk. What are you doing here?", asked Cassie.
"The more important question here is, why are you siding with that dog Fujin? He doesn't give a fuck about us."
"Hey look, we know you're a crazy nut job, tell us something we don't know", Jacqui said impatiently.
"Would you believe me if I told you that someone was watching you this whole time?", Oswald asked.
"Who?", asked Cassie, pressing the pistol against the back of Oswald's head. Reptile then revealed himself and snatched the pistol from Cassie before turning it on her and her team.
"What's in that shrine belongs to us, not you. Do not follow us any further", Reptile said with venom in his voice.
"I know them, your words alone aren't enough", said Oswald.
"I know, that's why I took this gun from them in the first place", Reptile told Oswald before firing the pistol.
"No!", Takeda yelled and then used his telekinesis to throw the bullet away from its intended target, Jacqui.
"You want that shrine, you bastard?", Takeda asked, angered by the attempt on his girlfriend's life. He then used his telekinesis to throw Reptile into the shrine. Cassie and their other 2 teammates rushed towards him.
"Takeda, what the hell?!", yelled Cassie.
"He tried to kill Jacqui!", Takeda yelled back.
"You just gave Raiden exactly what he wants, we've failed this mission because of you!", Cassie berated Takeda.
Inside the shrine, the walls closed up and the lava stopped moving. It seemed as if time had stopped for everything inside the shrine with the exception of Reptile. Reptile looked around confused for a few seconds before the egg finally hatched. A beam of energy then formed around the hatched egg and hit Reptile in the chest. After enduring the painful blast, Reptile started to notice that his hand was beginning to change its size and shape. Realizing what was happening, Reptile screamed for help, only to realize that all sound coming in and out of the shrine had been blocked off. The Zaterran was helpless as his body was twisted and transformed.
At last, the prophecy had been fulfilled. The Dragon King had finally returned.
Once again, thank you all for reading. In the next chapter, expect Onaga to finally start fucking shit up. Until then, I'm out.
