(A/N: I own nothing that does not belong to me. Here's chapter two.)

Chapter Two: Orders

Raiden was a busy thunder god - he had little time for unexpected happenings; especially a dead warrior with a tag along from another dimension.

When Raiden first found out about the situation, he was furious - what kind of idiot would do something that could start multiple wars? Bringing the said tag along would surely do so.

Then the thunder god found out who was "responsible" and simply sighed and shook his head. Scorpion must have been pushed into some portal meant to kill him and ended up in another dimension. Raiden decided to blame the evil Quan Chi and not kill Scorpion for the confusion.

Unfortunatly though, Raiden was the one to handle the situation. How he got the job he hadn't the slightest clue - he just knew that he wasn't very happy about it.

Raiden quickly found Scorpion's location - the god knew how Scorpion would handle this. He simply wouldn't.

Scorpion could have killed something right about the time he found the girl still with him. His top lip twitched as he stared at her form - not that anyone could tell his lip was twitching - hell, no one could even tell how mad he actually was half of the time.

Scorpion crossed his arms and scanned the surrounding area seeing no one around. The always dark sky hovered above forebodingly - just as it usually did in the Netherrealm. Sighing, he glared down at the girl.

She still had her hands over her face. Her sitting form balled up - her knees hugged her chest. Scorpion couldn't tell if she was frightened or not. Judging by the covering of her eyes, the specter guessed she was.

Then, suddenly, without moving her hands, she asked in a muffled voice, "What were you looking for?"

Confused by her question, Scorpion didn't answer immediatly.

What the hell kind of question was that at a time when she could easily be killed? She could have asked anything - but that? Scorpion decided the girl was mental.

The girl smiled weakly, or that was what Scorpion saw through her hands. "Ok," she paused and licked her lips. "You don't have to answer."

Scorpion sighed again. "A portal-key." His answer was short and laced with annoyance. He really didn't have time for baby-sitting - he paused, smirking - who said he had to watch her? Nobody. So, he turned to leave. She was mumbling something but Scomrpion really didn't care.

Just as he focused on the few feet before him, something blocked his path. To be specific, someone blocked his path. Allowing a growl to escape his throat, the ninja glared at the man before him, "Raiden." Nothing good came with Raiden.

"Scorpion," he greeted. The two warriors weren't exactly close, they didn't even know each other that well - so Raiden concluded on keeping the meeting short and to the point.

"What do you want?" Scorpion asked rather hatefully. Raiden sighed as he looked behind Scorpion's rigid form to the young girl's sitting one.

"I have been asked to make sure you don't let anything harm that girl."

Scorpion felt anger fill his senses as Raiden so casually gave him orders. "Why? I have nothing -"

"Is that a yes?" Raiden smirked. "Wonderful, I trust you'll keep her from danger, but just to be safe, I've prepared for you two to travel to Earthrealm."

Scorpion was burning with rage. He almost roared as he spoke, but he kept it at a yell. "Why can't you take care of her yourself? If you have the time to order me around, then surely you can handle the task."

Raiden was ignoring the warrior and made his way toward the young girl. He stopped and stood right in front of her. "Don't be frightened, you're in good hands." When she didn't look up, the thunder god turned back around to face Scorpion. "You two are allowed to enter Earthrealm. I'll be keeping watch when I can." With that, he was gone. Scorpion clenched his jaws so hard together he thought he might break a few teeth.

After a few moments filled with calming thoughts, Scorpion walked toward the girl and grabbed her arm, yanking her to her feet.

Neither of them made any noise while walking. Scorpion found himself quite a ways in front of her. He turned his head slightly to see if she was even still behind him. What he saw made his head turn completely.

The girl's knees and elbows were knicked up - like she had fallen and scraped them. He also noticed that her hands were still over her eyes. Scorpion growled and made his way to the girl.

She was still walking so he had to grab her to stop her from falling again. He forcefully pulled her arms to her sides and glared at her - hard.

The girl's eyes were wide - she aparantly had no idea where she was or what was going on; again, adding to Scorpion's annoyance.

"It helps if you can see where you're going," he barked. He saw her flinch - she hadn't made eye-contact with him the whole time. Sighing, he turned and began walking again.

Then he heard it - mumbling. Constant strands of words. Scorpion remembered the oddness in the bedroom and growled to himself.

"...Can he even see me? I didn't see any pupils. The other guy didn't have pupils either. Did they even look at me? I couldn't tell. Well, I didn't look at them either, so I guess it's only fair that they didn't look at me. If they did look at me, I wonder what they'd think of me..."

"I think you're pathetic and need to grow up." Scorpion said suddenly. The girl stopped talking and looked at the ground, biting her bottom lip. "Good," Scorpion thought. "She shut up."

After entering Earthrealm finally, the two made thier way to a secluded area.

Scorpion did not like being with other people - he liked seclusion. At least, ever since he died.

So camping out with an odd girl was not something Scorpion found enjoyable - not that anything actually was enjoyable in his world.

The girl simply sat by the fire, curled up and stayed quiet. Scorpion didn't mind - he'd rather her be quiet. It was like she wasn't even there.

Later, when it was dark, Scorpion went out to find food. He easily caught two rabbits and was in the middle of skinning the second one when he heard that small voice again.

"...your name?" Was all he heard of the question. He turned to see the girl watching his hands intently. After a moment he returned to the rabbit.

"What was that?" He asked as he cut off the last of the fur. She had an unbelievably soft voice. It was rather irksome.

"W-what's your name?" She finally asked again. Scorpion heard her shift her sitting position as he jabbed a long stick through each of the rabbit carcasses and pushed the stick in the ground; it's angle toward the fire for the creatures to cook.

"Scorpion."

There was silence again. Just the sound of fire filled the night air as the two sat by it. For a while, Scorpion thought she was asleep.

"My name...is Erren." She whispered out.

End of Chapter Two

(A/N: I know Earthrealm is supposed to be 'our' realm, but this girl is from a completely different reality - ours. She has no idea of any of this because in her world, there aren't other realms. It would be as if a normal person from here, (our reality) were sucked into the MK universe...Sorry if I'm confusing you all! Ha ha.)

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