Okay one warning. Half of this chapter is memories and flashbacks so... :P


Ashrah sat down on a small rock seat. What was she going to do. The man that had got them all together was now dead. She doubted anybody would follow her. Maybe Belokk but that would be it. She stood up, heading towards a mirror. It revealed her human reflection. Her demon form flashed across it suddenly like a lightning crash. Ashrah stumbled back shocked. An idea then formed in her mind. She picked up a quill and some ink and began writing.

The plan was to make various letters telling her what to do. Every so often she would change the colour of the ink and make strange doodles across the borders. When she had finished the letter she held it up in the light. It looked perfect. There just needed one more change. She picked up the red ink quill again and signed at the base. 'Havik' A rush fell through Ashrah. She then sat back, celebrating her own idea and suddenly had thoughts of the past.

'Ashrah!' Quan chi yelled. Ashrah woke up on her desk. She was one of the group of demons that Quan chi was interested in, he was going to use them as assassins for his cause. To the right of Ashrah was Jataaka, a dark skinned woman with slick white hair. To the left was Kia, A white skinned woman with brunette hair and a red gemstone tiara. To the front was Sareena. Various other girls were also in seats nearby.

It was the choosing period. It was time when Quan chi was going to pick who was going to be included in his forces. He placed out a hand. Green light shot through it killing one of the girls. Ashrah looked over terrified. She had done badly in her test. She was sure she was going to die. Two more went down. Another attempted to run but was shot from behind. Quan chi had now reached her, something strange then happened, he passed her by. Ashrah was confused, she should have been killed. What was going on? Ashrah looked around. The only ones left were her, Sareena, Kia, Jataaka, Nico and Demishi.

They were then assigned in groups of three. Ashrah was with Nico and Demishi. Together they peformed the various tasks Quan Chi commanded. However this supposed stability was not to last. It all started when Quan chi ordered the destruction of a nearby village. Ashrah was sent to scout ahead. There she saw many things. Life, Death, Children, Hope. She couldn't take that away from them. So then she headed back.

On exclaiming her refusal to the two others they shook their heads, pushing her out of the way. Ashrah ran towards them attempting the stop them. At first they resisited any action. After a while however they grew weary and annoyed. Nico lashed out striking Ashrah round the face with a punch. Ashrah wheeled back.

'Come on Sister Demishi, let us kill the traitor'

They two rushed forwards. Demishi blasted Ashrah with a dark beam. Ashrah shot backwards crashing into a pillar. Nico jumped after into the dust. Blood splashed onto the ground. Demishi stood smiling.

'Come Nico. Let us completer our objective now'

'Nico is dead sister, you will join her!'

Ashrah jumped out from the shadows wielding a strange sword. She had found it embedded in the rock where she had been thrown. Demishi yelled in fury and shot out more dark magic. Ashrah dodged out of the way lunging with the weapon. It pierced Demishi's stomach. Ashrah then removed the sword. Demishi was also now dead. Suddenly a strange sensation overcame Ashrah. She felt as if she was being purified by the sword.

Belokk suddenly walked inside interrupting Ashrah's train of thought.

'Coming?' Ashrah looked over quizzically. She then remembered.

'Oh yes.. Sorry Belokk. I had to do something' She then left the room, Belokk following loyally.


Hotaru shivered as he entered the Lin Keui temple. The whole layout of the realm and the whole way it was too close to chaos. It was almost disturbing. A pack of cigarettes lay nearby however the musk inside was frozen even. Hotaru continued through the icy caverns. He opened a door. Snow whizzed through past him with the wind. The sheer coldness of it all felt as if he was being attacked by various knifes.

As he carried on her caught a glimpse of a large statue. The figure was of a hooded and barely dressed woman. She would sure freeze to death in this weather. Maybe it was to commemorate a woman who had so. He looked over at two opened wall spaces. Both were empty.

He moved open a door. He suddenly noticed an iced up doorway. He got ready and punched the ice. It shattered giving way to what seemed like a tomb. Bodies lay about the walls. In the centre lay a woman. She seemed much younger and more recent than the others however. A strange urge suddenly took over Hotaru. He got ready again and he hit the ice. It shattered and the woman shook opening her eyes. Hotaru stepped back. What was this?

'Huh… What? Where am I…?' Hotaru looked cautiously at her. She seemed to display the same properties as the target he was aiming for. She suddenly turned hostile.

'Sub-Zero! Give me the medallion!' Hotaru blinked confused.

'What? I think you have me mistaken' the woman bellowed out again.

'Fight!' she lunged forwards. Hotaru ducked the punch and kicked across, knocking the female onto the ground. She got up, blasting a blue freeze beam across the room. Hotaru dodged it, noting that it had frozen what was behind him solid. He jumped over delivering a punch. She was thrown backwards into a solid sheet of Ice. She smashed through it skidding across the floor slightly. She quickly jumped up staring.

She then relaxed.

'Oh… You are not Sub-Zero…' The woman turned to go.

'Wait! Who are you!' The woman turned round. Blue smoke billowed from her hair. She spoke through a blue half face mask.

'I am Frost. Why do you ask?' Hotaru thought for a moment. This could turn out to be an advantage.

'I am Hotaru…' Frost cut him off.

'Firefly?' Hotaru raised an eyebrow. She must still be slightly delusional.

'It seems you are after Sub-Zero too' Frost suddenly got into a fighting position again.

'You will not get the medallion!' Hotaru shook his head.

'No! I only wish to see him dead' Frost looked over at him suspiciously.

'Why?'

'That is not for you to know. All you need to know is that I wish to kill him' Frost nodded.

'Then I suggest we help each other'


Jade stormed up to Taven, waving the slip of paper under his nose.

'What is this?' Taven smirked at her annoyance and took the paper. His face suddenly changed to horror.

'He has found me it seems' Jade stomped left foot annoyed.

'Who has found you?'

'My brother Daegon' Jade snorted in part laughter part anger.

'How very family-like…' Taven looked round at Jade.

'Shut up! I'm only here to stop this man and that's it!' Jade suddenly grabbed Taven by the throat and slammed him against the wall.

'Stop what? Tell me!' Taven pushed Jade back panting.

'The Kamidoku's' Jade looked over at Taven confused.

'But Onaga has the…'

'Yes but once he is defeated Daegon plans to absorb the power for himself. He will attempt to kill Onaga himself for them with his Drakeswords' Jade sat down on a nearby rock. 'The swords are mythical, they could kill Onaga quickly and effectively' Jade understood.

'Is there anyway to lure Dageon into a trap?' Taven shook his head.

'No, I am afraid not. He has spys all over the place' Jade nodded

'So what do we do?'


Ermac climbed into the tent. It smelt of incense and soothing oils. Sindel was relaxing inside. However, no matter what she was trying she couldn't relax. Not while these thoughts clouded her head.

The marriage between Jerrod and Sindel was well. The family soon accepted Sindel into the family. However things soon went sour, fast. Everything seemed fine however on the outside. Except Jerrod, after his father's death and his mother's suicide, grew less and less attached to Sindel and more connected with his people. Slowly, but surely he spent less and less time with her. One night she confronted this.

'Jerrod… I trust you and you trust me' Jerrod looked at her on the bed confused.

'Yes I do trust you? Why?' Sindel looked up.

'I think… We need to spend some more time together' Jerrod looked back outside.

'I have to honour my promise to my people my dear' Sindel stood up, dressed in a long lilac nightgown.

'And you must honour the promise of Man and wife'

Nothing more was said about that day. Soon Sindel gave birth to a child, a baby girl that Jerrod named Kitana. Sindel hoped that this child would bring her and Jerrod back. However she was wrong. Kitana was always in the royal nursery with the advisor's daughter and the daughter of her bodyguard Kristoff. Mysteriously Kitana always got on well with the bodyguard's daughter. The shorter haired little girl, the advisor's daughter, was always left alone in the corner playing with a small ornate horse.

That was when Sindel met Shao Kahn. She instantly felt attracted by his roughish behaviour, she felt as if she was back to being the poor girl again. Days passed and the two quickly started an affair. However, no matter how she felt during the time, she always felt hollow afterwards for her heart still belonged to Jerrod.

One day she went home and discovered the two talking. She backed off in horror at the thought of what was happening. However she was soon relieved to find out that the two were planning an attack on Onaga's forces. The battle soon happened and Jerrod was injured badly. Night after night she stayed at his bedside praying that he would be okay. Meanwhile over in Outworld Shao Kahn took over Onaga's position and started on taking over Outworld to make it a whole realm again.

Jerrod got better. However Shao Kahn came back later. Sindel stood up to him, she told him that she couldn't go on as long as Jerrod was alive. This was to be her mistake. Shao Kahn killed Jerrod with mistaken belief that it would free Sindel. It did the opposite. She soon went insane and killed herself. Many years later Sindel was revived from the dead in a plot by Kahn to take over Earthrealm. It failed as she re-gained her memory and was re-united with Kitana.

Ermac coughed. Sindel jumped up throwing a dagger towards him. Ermace placed out a hand causing it to hover mid-air.

'Ermac! I could have killed you!' Ermac nodded

'We have found a spy in our midst, she is captured right now in the cavern' Sindel jumped up placing a robe round her own waist.

'Oh… Let us see then' They two left the room.