"After the session with Jade, Barry was had woken up to find himself with the two outworld women passed out as well looked peaceful in their sleep as well looking relaxed by him. Seeing this made him a bit fascinated as he quickly looks around the room noticing a small sheet of paper as well pen which had him curious of why a armory like area would have it. He seats down and begins to draw the two women in their sleep together, he calm himself as well began to sketch each of the their curves as well body parts up to their sleeping expression on their faces. After he was done, he grabbed a kunai and stabs the drawing on the wall near them so that they could see the drawing as well a note he wrote for them about how he had to leave to explore the rest of the area as well thanking them for not telling on him. Not finding anything inside he decided to walk out as well see if he could find anything in the dead forest, where the tree's were alive and could eat a living person."

Walking across the forest the human kept his distance away from the tree's as well the plants since this wasn't exactly the place he would want to be in. As he kept walking, Barry felt his energy in him glowing as well him looking around the place sensing something off or rather wrong in this dark environment which wasn't everything around him. Hearing some voices as well a evil like laughter, he hides behind a bush hearing more of it as well an explosion. Taking a better look he see's the black dragon leader Kano as well Shang Tsung, looking amused with what he was holding which was a RPG rocket launcher as apparently the black arms dealer was auctioning off the weaponry for him.

Kano: "With a whole army totin' these, no one in Outworld or Earthrealm could stand up to you."

Sounding like a business man to the sorcerer as the shapeshifter looked intrigue with this offer as he looked at the weaponry.

Shang Tsung: "Well done. You may tell your fellow Black Dragon that I am very interested in your merchandise."

Sounding pleased with this weaponry as the boy's eyes lighted up with anger thinking that even with the tournament going on, Kano had a way to make a deal that would bring war to Earthrealm.

Barry: "Like hell this will happen."

Telling himself as he gets out of the bushes walking towards them as the two look at him which Kano smiled in a violent like manner as he aims his RPG at the teen.

Kano: "Just to prove it to you, I'll demonstrate on this brat here!"

Shouting as he pulls the trigger which soon enough, the rocket flies directly at him in a straight forward shot as Barry not knowing what to do. His eyes glowing he does a backflip towards the rocket making it spiral upwards causing the missile to explode, getting into a fighting stance he looks at the two as Kano's red eye glowed as he throws his launcher to the box.

Kano: "I'll take care of this one. No charge."

Telling Shang Tsung as he walks forwards cracking his knuckles while getting ready to hurt Barry as he does a quick knife throw which the human avoids. They quickly charge into each other beginning to fight each other as their techniques were different but were able hold out against one another.

Barry: "Selling out earthrealm just to make a few bucks? How low can scum go."

Kano: "Seeing as how my allies have all the power as well the army to tear apart special forces, I'm not so worried."

Telling him as he does a sneak attack in the gut kicking him hard it made the boy breath in hard but he punches Kano in the gut in which the man backs away. Barry soon begins punching Kano in the face repeatedly until Kano fires his laser eye at him. Backing away from the arms dealer, Kano pulls out his knives as he goes to stab right through the teen but Barry grabs his wrists and slings him across a dead tree in which the creature was about to bite him.

Kano: "Off me you splinter face freak!"

Telling the tree as he throws a small grenade down it's throat as the creature explodes letting him go, taking the chance Barry does a special move in which he runs over and does a upper kick which made his right foot glow blue making Kano fly upwards again and landing to the ground. Knocking him out cold, Barry looks at Kano beaten as well shaking his right foot as his chin was hard.

Barry: "Now go rest on the barby and wait for the shrimp to be ready."

Making a comment as he looks at the sorcerer as he decided to walk in to deal with this situation as he looked interested in the boys new fighting moves.

Shang Tsung: "You have become much better in a fight that the last tournament."

Barry: "Unlike yourself, making deals with this bastard as well getting weapons? I thought you mystical types rely on magic and dark arts."

Shang Tsung: "Not all of us follow those ways, unlike yourself for interrupting the match between Scorpion and Sub Zero."

Replying back to him as he soon changes into Bi-Han as he makes his hands glow ice like as he shoots a beam at him in which Barry moves to the side.

Barry: "Nice try, but I read enough comics to know that even with stolen powers. Your no original!"

Rushing at him doing a spin like kick as a few more trying to keep him off balance as Shang Tsung dodges his movement till he uppercuts Barry and makes a ice hammer. In the right moment, he attacks Barry by slamming his hammer into his back making the teen fall towards the ground. Getting upset, Barry gets up doing a spin like technique as he does some punches at his face while getting him off guard. Shang Tsung feeling the force of his attacks, decides to do a quick change becoming himself as he hurls a fireball at him. Barry's shirt on fire backs away trying to put out the fire on himself as Shang Tsung leaps upwards and kicks his face, the boy landing on the ground looks at Shang Tsung walking to him.

Shang Tsung: "Battles often change boy, either you adapt. Or die."

Barry: "Your right, good thing I spent a little time training with Lui Kang on calming my inner dragon."

In which his two hands glow as he spins his arms together in which he fires a blue like orb of energy making the sorcerer fly upwards in the air and making him crash into the tree. The teen gets up and see's he had won the fight but soon feels a stinging sensation as he burned his hands a bit as he hadn't fully mastered his powers, shaking them in a fast like manner he walks over to check out the weaponry seeing as how Shang Tsung wouldn't be getting back up. Opening the boxes he saw a whole gallery of rockets, guns, explosives and even plans to certain structural buildings in New York City that would level blocks as well area's for them to have the advantage.

Barry: "Like hell I'd let these people go into my city and burn it to the ground."

In which he tears up the plans as well the other types of information about the city until he felt something grabs his back and pulls him back away from the boxes. Soon enough he see's Shang Tsung and the boxes teleported away as Barry gets up looking around feeling like it could be Reptile, not seeing anyone it was soon shown to be someone else or something. The figure showed itself as it looked like a cyborg like robot as it was dark red and black with light glowing blue eyes as it stood firm while looking at Barry.

"You have left the temple without permission, you are order to return back."

Barry: "What?! No I didn't, I just took a small walk.."

He stops talking at the look made him think of something for a second, the color scheme made him think about from the last tournament that there were two warriors that were at Shang Tsung's temple. He was the red warrior who was with the yellow one from what he could remember, what had happen to them?

Barry: "Dude, you that guy from Shang Tsung's temple. You got Robocop the ass!"

Sektor: "I am Lin Kuei unit 5-3-T-0-4, you shall come with me to face judgement."

Telling him as the teen merely looks shocked as he heard that Smoke as well Bi-Han's brother being Lin Kuei, this was the rest of the clans fate. Becoming lifeless machines that now serve Outworld, showing no mercy as well no signs of humanity.

Barry: "This was the fate Smoke and Sub Zero escaped from, your Sektor!"

Sektor: "And you shall face punishment for leaving the temple."

Telling him as both of his arms open showing two small launchers as they soon fire out a massive flame like blast which Berry watches out for the attack. Barry tried his best to fight off the cybernetic warrior though Sektor merely blocks each of the attacks as he palm punches the teen to the floor as he soon aims his flamethrower like arms at him until he was suddenly interrupted by a speed like kick from Johnny Cage. Sektor getting up looks at the actor as his eyes glowed a bit as he gets into a stance about to fight him until Johnny does a projectile attack as he throws the green like orb making the Lin Kuei fall back to the ground.

Johnny Cage: "Ease of the kid Robocop."

Barry: "Already made that joke."

Explaining to him as he helps up the boy as the Lin Kuei teleports away leaving the two alone, almost alone as the two see that Raiden was with them as the thunder god looked concern as well serious about this small 'detour' Barry took.

Raiden: "What gave you the idea to explore the rest of the area? This is Shao Kahn's domain."

Barry: "Well I also saw that Kano was giving Shang Tsung weapons for a full out invasion for New York. I was able to rip up the blueprints but before I could destroy the weapons, Sektor came and attack me."

Johnny Cage: "Wait, a invasion? Well we still got to win this tournament right?"

Asking Raiden as he now looked uncertain about this, feeling the truth from him as well the anger that Barry was showing because of these men going to attack his home. The thunder god knew that they had to stay alert of what would happen next as he grips his fist.

Raiden: "If this is true, then we must end this tournament quickly as well defeat all of the opponents. I shall take us now."

Barry: "No, we got to find Sub Zero and Smoke. If Sektor is after them then he'll try to cyberized them."

Telling them in a serious manner as he sparred no time talking to the two fighters as he quickly runs back to the temple as they see him go, before they could speak. They merely knew he was going to do whatever it take to stop the warriors as they teleported back with the others.

Within the depths of Kahn's temple, was a massive soul like chamber room which held the souls of all of the warriors Kahn had taken as trophy's in conquest was Sub Zero, along with Sonya Blade and Jax who were talking together.

Sonya Blade: "Just got word from Barry about his encounter with Sektor, he told us to keep you safe."

Sub Zero: "If he is around then I will gladly kill him for killing my brother."

Telling the two as they then notice something glowing from the back, the three see a person coming out of the soul chamber as it was Ermac. A warrior that had been shown during the last tournament to fight Lui Kang as his eyes glowed green. Jax seeing the chance to take him down before doing anything, he goes to grab Ermac's neck but stops as his right hand was unable to move.

Jax: "I can't move!"

Ermac: "You try to attack us, we shall destroy you."

The warrior said as he makes both of Jax's arms move violently as Sonya and Sub Zero watched in horror as Ermac then caused Jax's arms to explode right off him making him scream in pain.

Sonya Blade: "Jax!"

Shouting towards her fallen friend as she soon burns his wounds so they could stop bleeding as she stayed by his side as Ermac's attention went to Sub Zero as he gets into fighting stance.

Ermac: "We shall break you as well."

Sub Zero: "Not if I break you first."

Telling one another as the two soon begin to fight against each other delivering some punches and kicks trying to beat the other. The warrior kept fighting Ermac doing some ice techniques as well other types of movement which makes Ermac trips to the ground as Ermac makes him float into the air as he slams Sub Zero to the ground.

Ermac: "You are nothing like Bi-Han. You disgrace your brother."

Sub Zero: :You have no right to speak his name!"

Doing a powerful like ice blast freezing him towards the ground as that catch him off guard, soon enough Barry comes in and see's the fight as well Jax on the ground in which his arms were both gone. Running towards him and Sonya, he looks at the blood as well the armless Jax as this was something shocking and horrifying.

Sonya Blade: "We need to get him back to my men. They can help him, can you help him up?"

Asking him as the boy merely looked scared out of his mind seeing this in front of him terrified him. Looking at his face, Sonya slaps him in the face to make him stop freaking out as he looks at her.

Barry: "Ow!"

Sonya Blade: "Focus, I know this is messed up but I need help!"

Telling him in a strict tone as he nods as he gets Jax's up as the two soon lead him away from the two battling as Barry looks back seeing Sub Zero and Ermac as he felt a strange like energy from Ermac. Something was strange with this person, but for right now he could merely take the injured Jax back to their base back on Earthrealm, as they find a near by portal Barry stops as Sonya looks at him with a confused expression.

Sonya Blade: "What are you doing? We got to go."

Barry: "I can't leave yet, I have to stick with Sub Zero and make sure he doesn't get captured."

Telling her in a frighten manner as this merely gave her a uncertain look at what he was talking about as Sub Zero looked like he could take care of himself.

Barry: "I know it's dumb for me to be going back, but I have to. Otherwise we might face a full on time travel incident that would doom Earthrealm, trust me. I'm a nerd."

As he rushes back to help Sub Zero out as Sonya couldn't talk to him any longer as she takes him back to Earthrealm. back in the chambers room, Ermac had Sub Zero on the ropes as he was floating upwards as the warrior was about to deliver the final blow.

Ermac: "We shall now take you. Body and soul."

Telling him as Barry gripped his fists which they glowed again as he does the same technique but more controlled like as he fires a blue orb of energy at him, Ermac falls to the ground as Sub Zero lands as well. Barry rushes over seeing if Sub Zero was ok as the Lin Kuei's eyes open seeing the young man help him as the teen pulls him to the side if he was alright.

Sub Zero: "Why did you come back?"

Barry: "Because your in danger, as well if you die. We all lose."

Explaining to him as he looks at Ermac in which the warrior does the same pose as Barry does the same thing.

Ermac: "We are Ermac, we spare no one, young or old."

Barry: "And 'we' aren't going to let you kill Sub Zero. Now fight!"

Telling him as Ermac fires some green like projectiles as Barry dodges each of them while moving close to Ermac as he does some punching like movement towards him. Hitting him directly at his chest and face, Ermac blocks his right fist and back sides the boy with his left hand. Barry spins but regains his stance as he left hooks him. Ermac moves back as the boy saw him getting frustrated like, he teleporting away he kicks Barry to the side as the teen flips away and grabs him, holding him he notices something strange with him fighting this close. The energy he was feeling off Ermac was something familiar as well strange, a strong like energy was coming off him which caught him off guard as the strength of Ermac made him bend his knee's to the ground.

Ermac: "You are weak, our strength is unapparelled to you."

Barry: "Well there's a certain thing about you that is off with you!"

As he does a double palm technique pushing him back, Ermac moving back as he looks at the boy as Barry breathed in deep trying to do a new move. Moving both of his arms in a circular like motion, both of his hands glow as the outworld warrior soon flies towards him about to try and deliver the final blow but was unable to until Barry hits Ermac's chest with both of his hands making fly right back near the soul chambers as it explodes unleashing a whole swarm of souls out of the containment.

Barry: "Kick ass."

Telling himself as he goes to check up on Sub Zero to see if he was alright, the Lin Kuei nods his head to a gesture of being alright. He gets up while getting assistance from the boy.

Sub Zero: "Is he dead?"

Barry: "Ugh, I don't know. I just sent him flying into that thing and then blew up. Maybe he's done."

Telling him in a tone of uncertainty as the two notice Ermac getting up wobbling off as slowly the souls were surrounding him as a struggle for control. The two watched as a small like tornado consumed Ermac as he let out a scream which sounded like if there was huge crowd of people inside there. The warrior moved around as he soon let out a blood curdling like scream as the soul like tornado exploded making the two cover their eyes.

Barry: "Holy shit! That was awesome."

Sounding amazed as Ermac stood their looking confused as the two looked as the warrior which had Barry merely placed his hands up in a defensive like way seeing if he had to go another way.

Barry: "Alright Ermac, if you want to go another round then I'm game."

"My name, isn't Ermac.."

Telling him as his voice changed, it wasn't a amalgamation of multiple voices but of one strong voice. Sounding like a male he looked at the two with a confident like look as this seemed different and strange.

"It is Jerrod of Edenia."

Giving them his name as Barry merely gave a shocking like expression seeing that the warrior had changed into a totally different being as the two merely watched this turn of events happening right in front of them.