"Why is it so hard to find a googly eye?" Mileena asked herself as she was digging in the remains of the house she found the teddy bear in.
Soon after she gave up to begin looking somewhere else. As she went on to the next pile of rubble a ghost like figure appeared before her.
"Wh- who are you?" asked a startled Mileena.
"End his suffering." The ghost figure said.
"Wh- what?" was all Mileena could say before the ghost started again.
"You are the one that can ease his pain."
"What are you talking about?" Mileena asked.
"Tell him it is okay to move onto someone else."
"Who?"
"The one who is neither living nor dead. You are the one who can make him happy now. Here, take this, I know you have been looking for it.
The ghost stuck out its hand and in the hand lies the googly eye Mileena has been digging and searching for. Mileena cautiously took it.
"Why would you give this to me?" Mileena asked.
"You can make him love someone again." The ghost figure said as it started to fade away.
"Wait! Who are you talking about?" asked Mileena. It was too late the ghost figure had faded away leaving Mileena in the remains of the Shirai Ryu.
In the Netherrealm
Scorpion had been going over his life when he was fully alive. Out of all the memories he thought about, one stuck out the most. It was when he gave his son a teddy bear. Scorpion who had been walking for minutes started to smirk remembering seeing his sons face when he first saw it. His son wouldn't go anywhere without it. The boy would try to scare both of his parents by shoving the bear in their faces when they woke up. That routine went on and on until one fateful, unforgettable day.
The day had started out like any other day with Scorpion's or in this case Hanzo Hashasi's son shoving the bear in his dads face when he woke up. Hanzo would act scared just so he could hear his son laugh. All of a sudden screams were heard outside the house. Hanzo got out of his bed and told his son to go hide somewhere safe. Hanzo then ran out of the house with two swords to try and find his wife who would be harvesting or planting crops during this time of day.
When Hanzo stepped out of his house there were arrows falling down from the sky, people panicking, and dead bodies everywhere. Hanzo ran as fast as he could to get to his wife. Surprisingly she was still alive. She was underneath someone's porch which was about to give way.
"Hanzo!" she screamed out.
"Hold on! I'm coming!" Hanzo yelled out using his speed to get to her as fast as he could.
He finally reached her and as soon as he did the porch gave way. Before it could land on his wife, Hanzo with his quick reflexes was able to catch it.
"Where's our son?" his wife asked.
"In the house come on we have to get to him." he said.
They both made it to the house when Hanzo turned around to see members of the Shirari Ryu's rival clan, the Lin Kuei coming down a hill on horses.
"Get our son and leave as quick as you can!" Hanzo said to his wife.
"What about you?" she asked.
"I will hold them off for as long as I can." Hanzo said.
"No! I won't leave you here!" his wife protested.
"Listen, if I go with you all three of us will die." he responded.
"But…" was all she said before Hanzo started.
"Go…NOW!" he yelled at her.
His wife with tears coming down her face went to the house to get their son and hopefully leave.
Hanzo turned around and pulled out the two swords ready to fight for his and his family's lives. When he turned he noticed that the attack was being led by a cryomancer code-named Sub-Zero. Hanzo got in his stance ready to fight and die the only way true Shirai Ryu can.
"There is only one of them left, do you want to kill him?" a Lin Kuei warrior asked who he thought was Sub-Zero.
"Of course, if anyone can survive our barrage of arrows is definitely someone I want to take on one on one. The rest of you will need to go around and prevent him from going into his house and escaping." the fake Sub-Zero said.
"As you wish." the Lin Kuei warrior said as he took the rest of the warriors around Hanzo's house.
"What are they doing?" Hanzo asked himself. He then realized what they were doing.
"NO!" Hanzo yelled out and turned and started to run to his house only for his feet to be frozen.
"Why were you running away? Is there something or someone in there you want to keep safe?" the fake Sub-Zero asked as he dismounted his horse.
"Unfreeze my feet you coward!" Hanzo yelled out.
"Master! There is a woman and a child in here. What should we do?" A Lin Kuei warrior asked as he came barging through the front door.
"Ah, so that's why you tired to run back into your house." the fake Sub-Zero started. "Bring them both out here."
"As you wish." the warrior responded.
"You better not lay a finger on them!" Hanzo yelled out.
A few seconds later both Hanzo's wife and son were brought out. Both struggling to get away.
"You better not harm them Sub-Zero!" Hanzo said with his voice full of anger.
"What should we do with them now?" a warrior asked.
"Hold them still so I can kill them." the fake Sub-Zero said.
Suddenly the ice on Hanzos feet shattered and Hanzo lunged at the cryomancer. Hanzo knocked the fake Sub-Zero to the ground and started to repeatedly beat his face in until a handful of Lin Kuei warriors came in and grabbed Hanzo off of their master.
"Impressive, you sure do have a fire in you." the fake Sub-Zero told Hanzo as he was getting up. "Now say goodbye to your family." the cryomancer said.
"NO!" Hanzo yelled out trying to get free from the handful of warriors that were holding him back.
The cryomancer froze all of Hanzos body except his head. A Lin Kuei warrior got out his sword and hit Hanzo in the head with the hilt knocking him unconscious.
When he awoke both his wife and son were slain.
"Now it is time for you to join them." the fake Sub-Zero said.
The last thing Hanzo Hasashi saw was his dead son holding the teddy bear he made for him.
A/N: I had a really tough time writing this chapter mostly the ending, hopefully I can write longer chapters like this. Thank you all who followed and favorited the story since the last update!