Wal-Mart

"Hello," Goro said to the customer before him, "Welcome to Wal-mart."

"Oh my God!" the customer shouted, running as fast as he could out of the store.

Goro waved his fists at the ceiling, "It never fucking works!" he declared loudly.

"Hello there," said a little old lady standing before him.

"Fuck you," Goro shouted, grabbing the small woman's waist with his lower arms and her shoulders with his upper ones. He pulled, splitting the old lady in two.

"Fatality!" a voice shouted from the ceiling.

"Who the fuck said that!" Goro shouted at the ceiling.

"Goro," said another, more feminine voice in front of him. He looked down to see Tanya, another employee. "The manager wants to see you."

"Alright," said Goro, trying to calm himself down.

He walked across the store to his manager's office.

"Hello," said Ermac.

"Hi," Goro replied.

"Goro, we are worried about your-" Ermac began.

"Who are 'we'?" Goro asked.

"We are Ermac," Ermac answered.

"But there's only one of you," Goro said.

"Forget it." Ermac raised his voice slightly at the incompetent employee. "Anyway, we are worried about your, well, actions here."

"What actions," said Goro.

"You ripped a customer in half earlier," Ermac said, his voice raising even more.

"So?" said Goro.

"So?!" Ermac was shouting now. "So?! Goro, that's against the law. That was your last chance Goro. I'm going to have to let you go."

"What?" Goro said.

"Pink Slip," the same voice shouted from the ceiling.

"Fuck you!" Goro pointed upward. "And you!" he pointed down at Ermac," I have a family to take care of. Do you know how badly my seven wives are gonna ride my ass."

"Fine," said Ermac, "but one more screw up and your out of here."

"Thank you," Goro said before leaving the room. "My shift just ended, so I'm gonna get going."

As Goro ducked under the automatic door and left the store, he spotted Subzero and his group.

"Hey Goro!" Subzero called as they walked by.

"How you doin', man?" Scorpion asked.

"Not so good," Goro answered. "My boss has been really pissed at me lately."

"What you do to make him so mad?" Lui asked, curiously.

"Nothin' to bad. You know, coming to work late. Shoplifting. Tearing apart customers. The usual, you know." He looked

curiously as they stared at him.

"Right," said Kira after a while,"let's go inside."

They set off to find the anniversery present.