Chapter 2 – Ermac
Ermac stood quietly under the Nimbus Tower, meditating. He was created for one purpose only, and he had served his purpose. The cleansing was done, he had wiped out the darkness in all realms, and everything was made as his master wanted. Raiden now ordered him to keep track of Evil in all realms, like a Guardian, and he was worried about what he found out.
"Interesting, isn't it?" It was Shang Tsung behind him. The wizard had a powerful presence, like it could kill you at any moment. He was, at least, terrifying.
"Depends on what you're talking about, We don't find a lot of things interesting." The wizard gave a dry laugh, sarcastic as only he could be. He was also on to help create Ermac, as he was Raiden's official sorcerer and also member of the Army of Cleansing. Shang was powerful, some would say as powerful as Raiden himself.
"I'm talking about how interesting it is that you don't trust your master". Ermac knew who he was talking about, his master, everyone's master: Raiden.
"We don't like your assumption's sorcerer, we trust Lord Raiden, and we serve him". The wizard did not take that as the right answer. He took Ermac to a secret room underneath his own, and there he attacked them.
"We will not fight you Master Shang, you must stop this madness".
But it was too late, the sorcerer came punching, kicking and gave no time for Ermac to counter-attack. He was soon on the ground.
"As we said, we won't fight you!"
"I don't need you to fight me Ermac, I just needed this." At this moment Shang Tsung's hands danced over Ermac's body and it seemed for a moment that he would take all of his souls, making the dance around him, float all over the room like fireflies, but, as soon as Ermac started to lose consciousness Shang returned the souls to him .
"We can't understand, we thought you would kill us."
"Fight like this again, and I will, I did not create a weak warrior Ermac, I created a monster". Shang then took Ermac next to an amulet; it was Raiden's Elder Amulet.
"How did you get this?" The sorcerer just shook his shoulders.
"Just touch it". When Ermac touched it, a whole new power entered into him, it spoke to all his souls, and by them it was perceived. It was everything, it was whole, and it was completion. The One Being itself, the weakest part of it, alive.
"Do you know now why you don't trust him?" And then Shang Tsung left, leaving Ermac with his own thoughts.
