Outworld

Tanya regained consciousness after Kitana's assault, as did her lover. The dark-skinned woman sat up and rubbed her forehead. She felt as though a car had hit her. Damn, Kitana must have really done a number on me.

The Outworld male felt nauseous from the stab wounds he had received, courtesy of Kitana. Reiko's magic healed the wounds and helped him and his lover to recover from their injuries, but as they were weakened, their magic was not as powerful as it normally would be. Reiko and Tanya felt like shit after the ordeal and knew that they wouldn't be going anywhere right now.

Managing to stand up, the Edenian woman clutched her stomach from the pain. "What do we do now, Reiko? We can't really go anywhere…" She trailed as the pain returned to her. It felt as though she had been stabbed multiple times with shards of glass and lashed with a steel-laced rope. The pain was unbearable.

The Outworld male felt like shit as well, and he couldn't understand how Tanya managed to stand up. Kitana's assault had done such a number on them that they weren't sure if they could continue on with their mission. But nonetheless, they would have to try, as the duo knew that Kitana could try to resurrect the warriors herself. They couldn't let that happen, as the power of all of the realms was not meant for the Princess. It was meant for them. Reiko and Tanya.

As Reiko stood up, he felt an overwhelming rush in him. The rush wasn't painful, nor was it exactly helpful, but he felt better somehow. Better so much that his magic had returned to him at full force. With his powers back, the Outworld male healed both him and Tanya.

"The resurrection can now begin…"

Dragon King's Incubation Chamber

The possessed Princess had made her way to the Dragon King's Chamber after having made short work of both Reiko and Tanya. As she walked to her destination, Mileena's voice lingered in the back of the azure-clad woman's mind.

Reiko and Tanya are pathetic excuses of sorcerers. You easily overpowered them back there. Did you like that sense of power and commandment? Did you? You don't even need to answer that question because I know, as a matter of fact, that you did. You loved being able to brutalise people for fun. You always loved being 'The Blue Butcher.' You probably hate that nickname, Sister, but I love it on you! I think it suits you so!

The Princess was becoming more and more irritated with her clone; so much that she shut the voice out of her head and ignored it. Normally, Kitana would never be able to do such a thing, but she somehow was able to do it this time.

The azure-clad woman headed further into the Incubation Chambers of Onaga. The chambers were gritty and had human remains scattered everywhere, on the ground and even suspended in the air. Spines and skeletons littered the floor whilst decaying human corpses haunted each room, their throats impaled with a hook that was hung up from the wall.

Kitana suddenly heard a door open by itself. Intrigued by the odd disturbance, the Princess entered the room without a qualm or fear about what was inside, or what would happen if she was to enter the room. The princess saw several erect coffins that stood upright, and noticed that there was demonic scriptures on the floor. They looked similar to the ones that were on Quan Chi's body. Said sorcerer had been dead for quite some time now, courtesy of his former enforcer Scorpion, Kitana's fiancée.

"Kitana," a voice said. The Edenian woman drew her fans, ready to attack the person who spoke.

Composing herself, Kitana spoke back, "Who's there?!"

"Reawaken us…We have been in this slumber for too long…"

"What are you talking about?!"

"If you reawaken us, we will serve you, tend to your every whim. You will have all the power in the universe. Do it. Awaken us."

The Kitana personality suddenly took over her body, and the Princess found that she was the one making decisions once more. "I will not! You will never be able to live again! You'll be stuck here forever!"

"How disappointing. What ever happened to The Blue Butcher, the one that was the best assassin for Shao Kahn? His daughter? The ruthless woman who never gave a damn about anyone else but herself?"

The Princess was really getting frustrated now. "I'm not that person anymore!"

"We shall see…"

Suddenly, a demonic woman burst forth from one of the coffins. She looked familiar. The woman wore a green shinobi attire, but without her mask. She held a prehensile staff that glowed purple.

Kitana recognised the woman as Jade. Her best friend, her true sister, and her bodyguard.

She gasped. "Oh my God, what happened to you?!" The Princess was near tears at this point.

"That doesn't matter, you insolent bitch! Fight me!" The mage growled.

Kitana couldn't take it anymore. She had to get out of there and return to the Kingdom to see if Jade was okay. Using her magic to teleport away, the Princess searched frantically for Jade. She desperately hoped that Jade was still alive, unlike the Jade she had seen whilst in the Chamber of Onaga.

"Jade! Jade!" She called as she searched for her friend. "Jade!" Kitana was growing worried with every second passing by.

Her worries subsided when she saw Jade, who was still a human, sitting outside with a green tea in her hand. The Princess decided to talk to her to make sure she was not seeing things.

"Jade!" The Princess greeted. The green shinobi looked at her ally and smiled. "Hey. Where have you been? I was getting worried about you."

Oh shit. How do I tell Jade what I saw? That Mileena's soul is fused with mine through sorcery, and happened in a dream I had?

"Promise me you can't tell anyone this? I'm really embarrassed about it."

Jade wondered what the Princess meant. Surely she wouldn't be cheating on Scorpion. No way. Kitana was not floozy like that. Brushing her thoughts off what Kitana could have to tell her, the bodyguard looked at her friend and nodded for her to continue.

"My lips are sealed."

Kitana nodded. "I had a dream…about Mileena. She somehow fused her soul into mine, and has some control over me. At times, I can't even make my own decisions. Because of Mileena's control over me, I went to Outworld to try and resurrect the Dragon King's warriors. Reiko and Tanya are trying to do that as well, Jade. We have to stop them."

"Hang on, wait a second," Jade began, "Mileena is now a part of you?"

The Princess nodded and looked at her friend with sad eyes. "Yes…I hate it. I don't know what to do about it. But I need to remedy it or else Mileena will drive me insane, and make me have no control over my body."

Jade nodded to show that she understood. "Nightwolf may be able to help you, Kitana, as he is capable of purifying souls and whatnot. Maybe you need to be cleansed and rid of the evil that plagues you."

Kitana nodded. "Whilst I was in Onaga's Incubation Chamber, I saw you there. You were covered in blood and looked demonic. I knew it was a mage, but I was still worried about whether or not you were okay. What are we to do about Reiko and Tanya?"

The green-clad kunoichi thought for a moment. "We must contact Raiden about what is to happen, and then enlist the help of the Lin Kuei and our fellow warriors that reside here, with us. No doubt Raiden will have the Earthrealm warriors on our side."

"Yes. That is best."

Lin Kuei Temple

Cyrax had teleported to the old Lin Kuei Temple in Earthrealm to help bring Sareena and the rest of the cyberninjas over. The Grandmaster told Cyrax that once everybody in the Lin Kuei had been brought to the new Temple that they would discuss and agree on a method of how to bring everyone's belongings into the new Temple from their old base.

"Hello, Cyrax. Where is Kuai Liang and the others?" The demoness addressed him.

"We have found a new base in Edenia, as that is where we live now. It is hard to keep crossing between realms for a clan. I have been told by Kuai Liang to bring you and the rest of the cyberninjas with me to our new Temple."

Sareena nodded. "Yes. You rally up the cyberninjas. I'll use my magic to conjure up a portal."

The two Lin Kuei parted ways as they went off to complete their respective missions. Cyrax headed into the main room to gather the cyberninjas, whilst Sareena muttered a mystical incantation that opened for her a portal to the Edenian Temple. Calling Cyrax over, the remaining Lin Kuei entered the portal and soon found themselves in the Edenian Temple.

The demoness immediately embraced Kuai Liang upon seeing him; the Cryomancer hugged her back and kissed her neck. Sub-Zero, Smoke, and Cyrax chuckled at their way of greeting eachother, but nonetheless, found it cute.

"You have completed the task given to you Cyrax," Tundra spoke. "Now, as a group, we must decide how we are to bring our stuff over from Earthrealm to Edenia. It will obviously have to involve sorcery."

"I could use my magic to bring our stuff over throw a portal," Sareena said. "But I doubt that'll be easy in any way."

Tundra, Cyrax, and Sub-Zero exchanged glances at eachother and nodded in agreement to Sareena's plans. "Alright," the Grandmaster said. "We'll get onto that tomorrow. Once we have completely organised our new base, we will hold a tournament to recruit another Lin Kuei."

-Kitana has come to her senses (somewhat).

-Reiko and Tanya are back in business. Uh oh!

-Thanks for reading!