Johnny chuckled.
"Nice make-up, who did it? And those things in your wrists, they look so cool!"
Baraka growled, "I will skin you alive actor!"
Blades tore out of Baraka's wrists, Johnny gasping.
"THAT'S SO COOL!"
"Begin!" Shang Tsung said.
Baraka swung at Johnny, cutting his chest a bit before jumping up, performing a drop-kick to his face, knocking him down.
"Ngh! Not... the... FACE!"
Johnny's sunglasses were broken, so he took them off, pulling a new pair out of his pocket and slipping them on.
He ran forward, performing a fast split and striking Baraka in the balls before scooting back up and laughing at him.
Baraka held that area in pain as he growled with fury in his voice, swinging both arms at him, his blades nearly stabbing Johnny.
"Getting a little too close for comfort buddy!"
Cage spun around, kicking Baraka in the jaw, the latter retracting his blades and blocking the attack. He struck Johnny in the gut, grabbing his wrist and bending it, flipping him over.
"Ngh! Damn! Mind not being so rough!"
Johnny said, gripping his hand, using it to flip himself over, allowing for him to suddenly slammed his boot into Baraka's face, knocking him backwards before letting go. Johnny landed on the ground, spinning, grinning.
"Though, to be fair, I was already being rough."
He jumped in place like a boxer as Baraka rubbed his face, Johnny suddenly zipped forward and kicking him in the nose.
Upon being struck, Baraka's right arm blade shot out, cutting Cage along the torso.
"Ngh!"
"I'm going to rip you apart and pin you onto my wall using the very blades of a tarkatan warrior!" Baraka shouted out, Johnny rubbing the cut on his chest.
"Not unless I do so first, although, I don't know what a tarkatan is, so, I'll do it with a pin!"
He lunged forward, ducking down and sliding, shooting his leg up with a strong spin, finishing Baraka off with a kick to the lower jaw.
As the fight finished, Baraka laid on the ground, grunting as Johnny walked over to him, "Love your makeup. You should talk to my producer. We're doing Tommy Scissorhands and-"
"Kill him!" Shang Tsung shouted out, Johnny looking over to him.
"Yeah right. Show's over."
But Shang Tsung was serious, as was everyone else around.
"Wait... you... you're kidding right? I'm not gonna kill him, I don't want to kill anybody."
"Fine then. Guards, escort Baraka off the stage, Mr. Cage, you proved well..."
Johnny was nervous. They actually wanted him to kill someone. He was a little scared now as he walked off of the arena.
"Johnny, do you have any idea what you're participating in?" Kung Lao asked, walking towards him.
"It's just a fighting tournament for some show right? That's all."
"No. This is a fight for our realm. This is the fight for the fate of our world, Earthrealm, in a tournament known as Mortal Kombat set up by the gods themselves. That man you fought was a tarkatan, he was born with those blades."
"Earthrealm? Gods? Look, that blade guy was a little cool, but I'm not too sure on what type of roleplaying you're into here. Anyways, I'm gonna go check out a blonde, so I'll see you later."
Johnny walked away, Kung Lao crossing his arms, "He's a little arrogant..."
Then, a voice was heard, "Just like you Kung Lao."
The Shaolin turned around, spotting Liu Kang, floating down.
"Woah! Who are you?!"
"Tell me Kung Lao. You're being trained by Raiden, correct? You know of the existence of gods."
"Yes... but what's it to you?"
"I'm the Fire God, Liu Kang. I'm here to prevent disastrous events from happening."
"Disastrous events? Like what?"
"I can't tell you simply, however, I know I will prevent them."
Meanwhile, Scorpion was getting anxious, so he went out onto the arena, roaring out to the other fighters.
"All of you! I demand a match! A match with Sub-Zero!"
Kung Lao and the others looked towards him. The monk was about to step up, however, Liu Kang stopped him.
"Do not indulge him. I want you to listen to me from this point onward Kung Lao."
Reluctantly, Lao agreed.
But then, a fighter stepped up, a woman. It was Jade, the girl wearing the skin-tight suit. She pulled out a green pole, flashes coming off of it as she stared at him.
"Fool... if you're looking for an opponent, I'm right here."
"Opponent? You're no opponent! You dare to mock me?!"
She ran right at him, jumping into the air, spinning the pole as it suddenly extended. She attempted to slam it onto his head, but he was able to avoid it, green energy exploding off of it as it hit the ground. He suddenly thrusted his right arm outwards, firing off a chain. It had pierced her arm, pulling her towards him as he jumped into the air, dropkicking her face.
She grunted from the pain, retracting her pole, hitting Scorpion on the ankles with it. Quan Chi looked on with anger, Scorpion was supposed to restrain himself!
Spinning his legs, he flipped Jade over, but she managed to hit him in the chest with a strong swing, extending her pole to push him away.
He rubbed his chest, putting his hands together, a flaming ball suddenly firing out, striking Jade and knocking her off of the arena.
"Come back when you bring me Sub-Zero!"
"I'm no Sub-Zero, however, I can fill his place."
Scorpion slowly turned around, seeing a muscular man with a ponytail, wearing a purple and golden armor.
Quan Chi was surprised, looking over at him.
"Isn't that... he's from Edenia... what's someone like him doing here? I don't think Shang Tsung recruited him."
"You still intend to mock me!? I'll bury you in this very arena!" Scorpion said, growling as he raised his fist for the fight.
"Neither of us will be buried, however, one will swim..." The purple fighter said, water slowly coming out of his palms.
Meanwhile, Sonya was out on a bridge above a spike pit, contacting someone.
"Come on... just respond already!" She said to herself, and so, Johnny was walking forward.
"There's no island Sonya, we can't get to you."
"There is, I'm standing on it! Come on, I need backup, they have Jax here and-"
"Need help? I specialize in rescuing damsels in distress." Johnny said.
"Look, I'm busy. I'm in no mood to be hit on by some actor."
As she began to walk away, Johnny said, "Look baby, I don't want to let you run loose without an escort in this freakshow."
She spun around, growling at him, jumping into the air to kick him onto the ground.
"I don't need an escort, and I'm definitely not your 'baby'." She said, getting in a fighting stance as Johnny stood up.
Meanwhile, the rocky-looking ninja from earlier was watching them. He had recognized Sonya's outfit, and was now ready to attack.
Johnny had to fight now, Sonya was serious. She ran right at him, jumping up and delivering a spin kick to his chest.
He stumbled backwards, performing a roundhouse kick to knock her down, but she caught herself on a handstand, flipping upwards into the air, elbowing his forehead.
Johnny rubbed his head, jumping in place to keep his body moving. "Not. The. Face." He said, shooting towards her, punching her a few times in the stomach before elbowing her shoulder to push her away.
Jumping upwards, she delivered a dive kick, hitting his cheek, grunting from the pain in her shoulder.
"I'll hit you wherever I want superstar." She responded.
She delivered a strong kick to his gut, hurting him, but then he put his hands together, sledgehammering her head with his fists.
Sonya collapsed, rolling onto the ground, groaning.
"Hehe. Not bad for a... girl. Look... sorry about that."
Cage put his hand out to her, but she slapped it away.
"I don't need your help..."
"Fine. I'm sorry. I'll just be on my way then and I'll leave you to it."
But then, the stone fighter came out behind him, picking him up by his arms.
"Good. Then I can have her to myself!" The fighter said, Johnny being surprised. He suddenly chucked the movie star off the side of the bridge.
"Ngh. No! Damn... you're Tremor, aren't you? Black Dragon..."
"That's correct. I overheard you mentioning the name Jax... now that I know you're really an ally of his, I'm going to kill you with these rock hard fists of mine..."
He pounded his knuckles together, a boom being heard as she slowly stood up.
"Those things... really are rock huh?"
But then, a yelp was heard, Johnny tossing himself back onto the bridge. He had caught himself on a stalagmite, using it to his advantage.
"Ngh... jackass! Thought you could rid yourself of me so easily huh?"
Tremor turned to face Johnny, growling at him, his piercing golden eyes shining.
"Foolish movie star... actors have no place in history, therefore, you will not be remembered soon after I kill you!"
"I'm not just some actor, okay Mr. Thing? I'm 100% the real deal..."
