Melina's POV
I don't remember signing up to calm down Randy and prevent him from hurting Evan. Yet, that's exactly what I'm doing right now. It's safe to say Randy wasn't too happy with Evan's decision to help Sub-Zero. Apparently, Randy told Evan not to help Sub-Zero and just leave him be.
"Randy, come on, you have to understand," Evan tried to explain.
"Understand what, Evan?" Randy shouted back.
"Randy, stop. He was doing what he thought was right," I try to plea.
"Stay out of this Melina!" he yells at me and I cringed a little, "He should have listened to me! What the hell were you thinking?" I honestly don't see what Randy's so mad about. Evan was doing a good thing and now it backfired on him.
"I was thinking that Sub-Zero should avenge his brother's death and I shouldn't get in the way of that. I'm alive, aren't I?" Evan asked.
"I wish he froze you to death." I gasped at the venom in Randy's voice. I can't believe he just said such a thing, especially to Evan who did nothing deserve it.
"Randy, don't say something like that!" I scolded.
"Melina, what the hell have you done in this tournament? Kill Shao Kahn's daughter? You're as mediocre here as you are in the WWE." I don't know what came over me, but I lifted my hand and smacked him hard in his face. He looked at me with those evil eyes and I stood my ground. I was not scared of Randy, but that's probably because I've never had him angry the way Evan has.
"Melina-
"Don't hit her!" Evan shouted at Randy, getting in front of me. I must say, the move shocked me. "Your anger is with me. Just do it Randy."
Evan closed his eyes and prepared for Randy to attack him. Randy seemed prepared to attack him too. "Arrrggghhh!" Randy held his shoulder and fell to the ground. From where his hand was, I saw blood coming through there and he fell to the ground. I looked up from Randy and saw that it was Kitana who slashed Randy's shoulder with her steel blade.
"Thanks, you really prevented something bad from happening," I say to Kitana in gratitude. I see a look of sadness on her face and I could tell that she probably regrets doing it now. "Kitana, it's okay. Mickie and John should be back soon and she'll heal him back to normal."
"It's kind of her thing," Evan adds in.
"Where is Jade?" she asks us. Now that I think about it, I haven't seen Jade for since we left the arena. While we're on the subject, Mark has been MIA too. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what's going on there.
"We thought you would know since you too are basically best friends," Evan answered. "Princess, how long have you known Jade?" that…is a really good question.
"Thousands of years." Hold up, did she say thousands of years? Neither Kitana nor Jade looks a day over 25.
"Kitana, you don't-
"Guys!" before I could say what I have to say, Mickie and John run through the door. How we ended up sleeping in the decent section of this rather creepy lair, I may never know.
"Hey Mickie, could you heal Randy? We kinda got into a little scuffle," I asked sheepishly. She gives me a weird a look before looking down at Randy and his still bloody shoulder. "What are you guys wanted to say?"
"You know how Shang Tsung said we couldn't go to Earth anymore because it violated the rules of Mortal Kombat?" John asked and we nodded, "Well, Raiden and his people were just there not too long ago." Say what? We're in this hellhole and they just go back to Earth?
"Who exactly was there?" Randy asked sitting up and still holding his shoulder. Mickie could only heal blood and wounds, so the person could still feel the pain.
"Umm, Sonya, Jax, Cage, Nightwolf, Liu Kang, Sub-Zero and I think his name was Smoke," John answered. So many 'allies', so little time.
"Wasn't Sub-Zero supposed to be in the Netherrealm looking for Scorpion?" Randy asks as him and Evan share a brief moment of agreement. I hope Evan didn't get himself eliminated for no reason.
"Raiden compromised with him. Sub-Zero had to go to Earth with him and then Raiden would take him to the Netherrealm. Sometime while on Earth, Sub-Zero changed his mind." I'm really starting to get the feeling that Evan did waste his time purposely losing the tournament. He could have beat Sub-Zero, but it might've taken some time.
"I doubt Raiden even knows where Scorpion is," Randy says, "Why are we even trusting him?"
"Can I be of any assistance?" We hear a voice say. We turn around to see that it's Quan Chi with Scorpion and someone else. Whoever this someone else is, he seems more evil and sinister than Scorpion.
"Quan Chi, what are you doing here?" Kitana asked. Honestly, there doesn't seem to be anybody in this tournament that has a true vendetta against Quan Chi. At the same time, he is someone that needs to be kept an eye on.
"Answer to those with questions," he replies with a smirk. This dude gives me such a horrible vibe. He exudes negative aura.
"Like what?" I ask.
He points to the mysterious person in the black, "This is the original Sub-Zero, reincarnated as the wraith Noob Saibot." He looks right at me and a chill goes right down my spine. He looks like he'll attack Quan Chi or Scorpion at any moment. Given Scorpion is his murderer, the latter actually makes sense.
"Noob, your brother's been looking for you. Have you seen him?" Evan asks.
"Kuai Liang is not worthy of the Sub-Zero name. We share blood but we are not brothers."
"So, you're telling me that Kuai Liang did all of that for nothing? Do you even know what Shang Tsung put him through so he could avenge you?" I shouted at the ungrateful bastard, "Scorpion, now I see why you killed this asshole. He deserved every bit of it."
"You will learn respect!" Noob shouted at me. right as he was about to attack, a bolt of lightning hit him and Quan Chi. Scorpion looked down at them, but he didn't really seemed to care anyway. From behind them, I see Mark and Jade. There's still some spark coming from Mark's hand after his lightning attack. Scorpion just vanishes leaving Quan Chi and Noob Saibot laying there. I must say, the sparks bring out the darkness of their souls.
"I seen Raiden, he avoided me. Why?" Mark asks us. We all turn to Mickie and John since they have the answer.
"He probably thinks that we spoke to you already," John answered.
"About?"
"Raiden, Sub-Zero, Smoke, and some others just came from Earth. They have yet to give us a reason," Mickie answered. I give credit to Mark. He's trying his best not to be pissed off, but it's written all over his face. He wants to hit something, I could tell.
"I thought it was against the rules," he says surprisingly calmly.
"We thought that too, but Raiden didn't give us an answer. All he said was that they went to prevent Shao Kahn from taking over or something," John explained.
"What exactly are the odds of that happening?" Randy asked. I have to agree. Shao Kahn is supposed to be some almighty sorcerer or whatever. He could have taken over any time he wanted to.
"He did it to Edenia. Liu Kang barely prevented it from happening to Earthrealm," Kitana explained. This is making my head hurt. All of this responsibility, from a birth defect.
"Plus, he's confined to the rules of Mortal Kombat. At least, that's what Raiden told me and Mickie," John added. I nearly shrieked and ran behind Randy after seeing the look on Mark's face. He looked beyond pissed at this moment.
He glared down at Quan Chi's still unconscious corpse and grabbed him up. Using the electric spark from his hands, he punched Quan Chi awake. "Take us to Raiden, Quan Chi."
"What if I don't?" he actually the gall to say. Mark knocked him out with one blow. The only reason why he's conscious is because of Mark. I don't think anything other than okay would be coming out of my mouth at this moment.
"Since we need you, I can't kill you, so I'll torture you. Melina, scream." I do as he tells me and scream my lungs out. Somehow, the others have grown somewhat of immunity so they're unaffected. Can't say the same for Quan Chi, Kitana, Jade, and Noob, if he's conscious.
"Okay, I'll do it," Quan Chi finally says. Since Mark doesn't give the signal I just continue. Apparently, the signal is Jade hitting him in the stomach with her staff so I just stop. "I will take you to Raiden, just please don't do that again." I didn't know Quan Chi was the please type. I guess it happens when your ear drums are pushed to their limits. He opened a portal behind Mark that I hope would actually lead us too Raiden and not into a trap. Mark throws Quan Chi on the floor and we all walk through the portal and we see Raiden and hi flunkies walking to who knows where.
"Raiden!" I call out. The whole group turns around and a lot of them get defensive. I walk up to all of them with my hands up. "I come in peace. What's going on?"
"What's going on? What's going on?" Jax shouts at me.
"What are you Marvin Gaye now?" John says behind me and I can't help but snicker. This only seems to anger Jax, who looks he'll be a good match for John.
"Got jokes, huh? You won't be laughing when I-
"Jackson, calm down," Raiden calmly said. He better, because John will have no problem hurting him.
"Listen to him Jackson, he'll lead you to the right path," Mark with sarcasm evident in his voice, "Just remember, Raiden is a good god who always follows the rules." Whenever Raiden is around Mark, it seems that emotion takes over logic. Next thing, I know Raiden charges directly at Mark and knocks him to the ground. Of course, Jade was the first person at his side. Mickie was next, so I may need to have a little talk with her about that. Mark gets right back up with not a hint of anger in his features. Raiden doesn't back down though, he's ready for a fight.
"You were the cause of everything bad that happened to us on Earthrealm," Raiden says. Who told your dumbass to go in the first place? Isn't it against the rules?
"Remind me to care, will ya Jade?" Mark says before turning to Raiden and clocking him right in the jaw. While Raiden is on the ground, Mark lifts him up with electro kinesis or something like that and wraps him in I guess an electric blanket. The blanket seems to get tighter and tighter around Raiden's body before it finally squeezes fully on him and electrocutes the hell out of him. How does a supernatural like Mark whip a god's ass? It's one of the many mysteries of life.
"So Raiden, what exactly was your purpose of going to Earth?" Ah yes, little Evvy is the voice of reason. At the same time, he'll kick Jax's ass.
"I felt….I felt something bad was going to happen. I needed to see what it was," he responds weakly. I nudge Mickie to do her little healing thing and she does. Raiden seems to recover his strength and be back to normal.
"So, did anything bad happen?" Mark asks him.
"Yeah, actually something bad did happen and YOU were the cause of it, Mr. Big shot." Jax is really starting to annoy me. Even though my blades are usually used to aim for the sun, I decide to use them for another purpose. With a quick slash, I cut his whole left and right arm off his shoulders. The blood quickly got onto my face, but it wasn't nearly as when I decapitated Mileena. He screams and Sonya immediately rushes to his side.
"Alright, toots, now ya done it!" Johnny Cage wants some too? I've always wanted to show him what real action was.
Before I could, Kitana touches my shoulder. "Melina, there's a time and place for everything. Let it go." I take her advice and close my blades and place them back at my sides. Cage got lucky this time. If I see him in Mortal Kombat, I'm killing him, no matter what the consequence is.
From the bedlam, Sub-Zero and Smoke come up to us. "Were you friends with a man named Sting?"
Mark looks at them and folds his arms, "I killed him. Why?"
"He made a deal with Quan Chi. He along with another named Hulk Hogan are working together to do unspeakable horrors probably."
A/N: I have a somewhat clear idea of how I want to end the story, but not who I want to win the Mortal Kombat Tournament. There's a poll on my profile of 9 characters (mixed Mortal Kombat and Wrestling) of who could win the tournament. The characters in the poll either had their own chapter already or will in the future.