Baraka nodded and grew his blades. He dug them into the walls about an inch and carefully used to them to climb up the wall. Cyrax on the other hand shot a grappling hook out of his chest plate and quickly pulled himself up the temple.

"So tell me Baraka. Why are you really here?" Cyrax whispered

"What do you mean? They kidnapped my soldiers, and I am here to get them back." Baraka answered.

"We both know that is false. You could just get Shang Tsung to make more tarkatans. Tell me the truth." Cyrax demanded

"Do you know who you're talking to you cybernetic freak." Baraka said, getting irritated.

"You are here to see Frost aren't you."

"What!? No way."

"I may not of been directly involved with the merge but I am aware that you came to the temple during that time."

"Okay, you got me. I saw her during a fight. I didn't talk to her but, her looks just make me feel weird."

"That is understandable. Now lets get inside."

They both crept carefully to the center of the roof. There, Cyrax pulled out his green pulse blade and cut a hole into the roof. It was used as a viewpoint to see inside. In the temple a small group of lin kuei ninjas where carrying Ardon into a room.

In much rage, Baraka jumped down into the temple. He landed on his feet and left a crack in the floor. Ardon was already brought into the room and Baraka ran after him. Seconds later, Cyrax also jumped down. He decided not to go into the room but, instead stop the other ninjas from going in it.

Cyrax with his pulse blade in hand started to fight against the lin kuei. He stabbed an attacking ninja in the gut then in its forehead. A cyber tried to attack him from behind but Cyrax sliced it in half. He was putting his skills to good work and barely took any damage. He even shot a grappling hook at a ninja and crushed him inside his chest.

Meanwhile, Baraka was fighting the ninjas in the other room. The room wasn't that big is was about 25 by 32 feet. Inside it were the bodies of lin kuei nijas in the middle of being turned into Cybers. The ones Baraka were fighting are not cybers yet and they never will be. Baraka stabbed one in the neck with one blade and diagonally sliced the other one in half. By now there was just one ninja left in the condition to fight and a small group of scientist quivering in the corner. The final ninja ran toward Baraka but, the tarkatan grabbed an oblong looking tool and hit the ninja in the face with it.

As the ninja fell, Baraka checked on his friend to see of he was okay.

"Hey, you still alive?" Baraka asked.

"Yeah." Ardon answered.

"Okay." Baraka left his friend there and ran out the room in search of Frost.