MK:P Chapter 9
Infiltration
MKU2/Earthrealm/OIA...or whats left of it...
"Listen…I know some of you guys are hurting, I know some of you are devastated, some of you are even angry…like myself and some are thinking, we've lost; it's hopeless now… and it may just be…" The dark, brooding, and warn down champion started.
In fact, All were warn down as they gathered around him in the courtyard; as he requested. It was the only place in most of the OIA compound that was not completely tarnished in the aftermath of Quan Chi's invasion of it, just barely a couple of hours ago.
Some of them still could not believe it all; The reality of all they have gone through these past hard long months and the recent few days of the harsh possibility that they may have never been able to even come home after strange, dark sorcery landed the heroes in another universe…seemingly forever. Now the homecoming they were so eagerly awaiting saw death and destruction upon their arrival; All the doing of Quan Chi. Of all of them, Liu knew that he could not let Quan Chi get away with this victory, that he and his team were not out yet…
"But, we can't let Quan Chi win; I refuse to let him win, not after all he's done to us; ALL of us. Liu declared boldly.
"Kenshi has gathered some information regarding the specifics of this invasion…" Liu nodded to his fellow ally and trusted friend. Kenshi stood up and turned his attention towards everyone else to inform them of the news he had found out amongst the wounded in the devastation. All watched him closely with attentive eyes and ears as he began,
"According to a few of the injured I talked with, They said Quan Chi came here with a few warriors. Based on their description, two of the warriors were infact Tanya and Komodai." He revealed.
"The others were a black 'oily' ninja, a guy with a long trench coat and hook swords, a Shokan, and…Mileena". He glanced at the masked young woman.
"What?! Mileena was not there", Mileena shouted in disbelief. She along with the rest of the group was startled at the unbelievable news. How was it possible? She was with the gang the entire time in the other universe. Mileena thought to herself, It did not make sense…to some atleast. Others however, knew one possibility; the only logical explanation…
"No, not THIS world's Mileena… Kenshi implied.
"So Quan Chi is going to parallel worlds to find fighters?" Jade asked.
Kenshi simply nodded, '"That is exactly what he is doing".
"Well, either way, we can beat 7 guys. Hell, I probably could take them by myself", Jade boasted.
"Then where were you when we were getting our asses kicked by Komodai…?" Kitana retorted.
"Maybe I wanted YOU to get your ass kicked…", The sassy emerald fighter returned.
"Anyway, there's no telling, he could have more fighters…" Kenshi replied getting back to the matter at hand.
"And 'Komodokai' or whoever wasn't exactly a walk in the park. Jax added. "That was one of the hardest mofos's ive faced in a while and I thought our reptile was a badass".
"Yes, he was tough…extremely tough…" Kenshi nodded with a hint of suspicion on his face.
"Yea, but we still got him, he was supposed to kill us…but he failed." Jade replied.
"…Or maybe he did exactly what he was 'suppose' to do…" Kenshi remarked, as most then looked to him with inquisitive and worrisome eyes.
"I mean if he wanted to, Quan Chi could have just let us stay at that other timeline for the rest of our lives, but then why would he send someone to 'kill us'…? The pondering Kenshi thought outloud.
"To make sure we definitely couldn't get back? I mean, he must have sent 'Komodokai' to spy on us, and if we were close to getting back home, he'd kill us. It's weird, but makes sense to me." Jax hypothesized.
"Quan Chi is more complicated than that…" The goth looking, former Netherrealm warrior Sareena came in. "If he wants revenge, he wants it long, brutal, and sweet. It's too easy to just kill, sometimes, you want to savor the kill…and suffer the victim."
"Yes, So he trapped us in another timeline, to get us out of the way probably long enough to rebuild his forces with his new sorcery, no doubt set up a plan; which probably included coming here and destroying OIA, killing our men, then had Komodai "bring us back", when he finished." Kenshi revealed, as he realized Quan Chi's set up.
"So Komodai wasn't there to kill us, he lied. His plan was to bring us back…but why?" Kitana pondered.
"He's not done with us…" Smoke came in.
"He must ready then…" Liu Started. Everyone then turned their sights to him and to what his sudden words meant.
"Ready for what?" Kitana inquired, as did they all.
Liu turned his gaze from the ground to all who stood before him. After a brief uncomfortable moment of silence, Liu revealed the terrible revelation that could answer most if not all of their questions.
"He wants us to come to Outworld…for one last battle, if we don't go there, he's coming here…" he revealed.
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"You sound like you know for certain?" Kenshi responded.
"I do, now. He left a message for me"
"What did it say?" Kenshi then asked.
"Better question; when were you going to tell us…? when he came to Earth…?" Jade retorted.
"All the note said was, 'The final battle is at hand, you decide, Come before me or I shall come before you. Earthrealm or Outworld will be your final resting place…" Liu read. "I had to figure it all out, and we have…"
"But we can't just walk into Outworld and fight him, especially now. We lack the focus, we lack the heart, the numbers, and we lack the power we need. Quan Chi's taken that away from us." Kitana pointed out.
"That's the point; Suffer the Victim…" Sareena affirmed. "Cause pain by killing your friends and loved ones, leave you helpless to defend yourselves, You are then left mad with grief, anger, and frustration, so it throws off your focus and right mind in favor of more vengeful and unwise maneuvering. Scorpion has already fell prey to it..."
"And now, he forces us to a dilemma; Lambs to the slaughter, or slaughter to the lambs. 'lose lose' either way…you bastard." Liu muttered.
"Yea, I guess we missed the first leg of Quan chi's 'Slaughter Tour'…I guess he wants us to come to the one out of town, or catch us again on the 'second leg' of the tour." Jax half joked.
"Hardly something to joke about…" Nightwolf responded.
"Yea, you're right, mybad, but we cant just let him come to Earthrealm again…".
"Well in our current position, It would be foolish to go to Outworld, as Kitana said." Nightwolf responded.
"…Maybe not…" Sub Zero pondered.
"What?" Jax looked inquisitively to the ice ninja, along with everyone else.
"It is a risk, But Smoke and I may be able to go to Outworld on a covert mission and infiltrate…to find out what exactly Quan Chi has been up too, and what we are up against; and from there, prepare ourselves as best we can…" Sub Zero explained.
"With what? We have nothing now. Our "Justice League" is now…Just us" Jax replied.
"Actually, that might just work. Sometimes it's not about what you don't have, its what you can do with what you do have." Liu nodded to the Ice ninja in approval.
"Here, I managed to salvage these com links in the wreckage " Kenshi walked to Sub Zero and smoke giving them the comlink watches. "You can keep in contact with us while you're in Outworld."
"Be Careful, don't do anything to get yourselves caught, just tell us what you can make out of things over there, and come straight back." Liu cautioned the two former Lin Kuei.
"Well, atleast we know why the portal was still intact. Still, it won't help them get in unseen, just so you know…" Jax cautiously noted as they walked to the giant portal traveling machine.
"Lucky, I found an extra portal box in the bunker" Liu lightly grinned, giving the portable travel device to the two ninjas.
"How do we know we can trust this?" Sub Zero cautiously questioned. He did not want to wind up in some unknown territory like the last portal box brought him.
"Don't worry, Its Quan chi proof…I hope. And remember, things get out of your control, get your asses back here" Liu told them.
The two ninja warriors set up the device and the group made way for the small mobile portal to open a small blue vortex to the Outworld, one of its many programmed destinations. With the Votex created, the two bid silent farewells in the form of nods to their comrades then stepped through to the dark, enemy world that awaited them.
"…Be careful, Tomas" Jade genuinely shouted to her 'lover' Smoke.
And with that, they were gone.
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A/N: also *dialogue* = com link chat
MKU2/Outworld/The Wastelands…
In the vast, rotten, foul stench wastelands of the Outworld, a small swirling blue vortex appeared out of nowhere. Emerging from the vortex, The tall ninja garbed men; one in navy blue, one in a dark grey, they were no doubt Sub-Zero and Smoke. Luckily for them however, no one was really around to spot them entering the enemy territory. Even if some of them were, They most likely would not get far before meeting their end. The two warriors scooped the surrounding era looking for any nearby enemies; specifically tarkatans who call these lands 'home'. They were also looking to see the familiarity of the world; to make sure this was indeed THE Outworld they knew.
"We're here…" the navy deep voiced ninja confirmed to Liu and the others on the comlink.
"Look up there, a portal" Smoke saw. In the dark violet sky, was a vast red, lightning filled vortex unlike any portal they had seen before.
"It looks different from the normal portals we've encountered, I wonder where it leads to?" Smoke pondered.
"Perhaps the other timeline" Sub Zero guessed, to which Smoked nodded in agreement.
From the center of it, dark shadowed figures were dropping in in masses. Smoke and Sub Zero climed the small hill in front of them to see exactly where these figures were landing.
It appeared that they were dropping into Quan Chi's Outworld Spire.
Smoke then heard vehicles approaching from the nearby road. The two Ninjas quickly concealed themselves out of sight of the large truck that appeared on the gravel road way. The two ninja observed the old, ragged, 'delivery styled' truck and saw that it was headed towards Quan Chi's spire and driving them were Tarkatans. It was the Spire that they needed to get to, unseen in order to find out about what the sorcerer was up to. Fortunately more than one truck was on its way there. Along the road, a few more trucks were seen making its way towards the Spire.
"We need to catch one of those vehicles to get to the spire much quicker" Sub Zero suggested.
There were ten trucks in all, atleast on that trip and Sub Zero and Smoke caught the last one, jumping onto the roof of the medium sized truck. They stayed there as it made its way towards the Spire.
*You guys see anything?* Liu's voice called from the comlink.
"A large Red portal in Outworld's sky, I assume it leads to another time dimension." Sub Zero answered. "That is all of note"
*Okay, keep me posted*
"I wonder what is in these trucks" Smoke suggestingly asked.
"Let us find out…" Sub Zero nodded, placing his hand on a small area on the roof and freezing it. A small frozen spot is what appeared after he was done, he lightly punched through it and made a 'peeking' hole. From all the rattling noises inside, it sounded like whatever was in there was made out of metal or some kind of hard plastic material and that there were many. Smoke pulled out his small flashlight from his belt to see what the source of the rattling was.
"What is in there?" The Ice ninja asked.
"Firearms, and swords…A lot, conjured from Kano's Armory most assuredly" Smoke revealed.
"Hmmm…"Sub Zero began to ponder to himself.
While the two ninjas began questioning the reasons behind so may trucks full of these weapons, they were soon approaching their destination and from the looks of things, they needed to abort the trucks soon. Infront of the Spire stood many 'odd looking' tarkatans unloading the weapons from the trucks and carrying them into a side entrance of the Spire.
The two ninja's hopped off the Truck into a nearby wooded area they saw to further conceal themselves from enemy eyes.
"We are at Quan Chi's Spire…so far we know that a lot of firearms; truck loads of them are being transported from Kano's Armory to the Spire." Sub Zero began to report to Liu and the others via comlink. "And also, there appear to be a new breed of Tarkatan hordes in Outworld as well,
'Super Tarkatas' if you will" Smoke added
*Super Tarkatas?*
"Yes, they seem to have gotten bigger in size and appear more vicious then the ones we usually fight." Smoke further noted.
*Hmm, Maybe he got them from the other world*
"A strong possibility" Sub Zero nodded in agreement at Liu's guess.
*And you said they are gathering weapons?*
"Yes… too many for just a battle against us." The suspicious Sub Zero answered.
They continued to look around the front entrance of the Spire as they secretly made their way closer and closer to the entrance by scaling the Spire from the concealed areas and gaining entrance from the Spire's much easier and unguarded entrances such as the open, higher windowed areas of the multi story building. Their eyes then came across a few warriors of note inside the entrance of the Spire seeing to the trucks' Tarkatan drivers,
"We've spotted…an 'alternate' Kano, the black Oil ninja, Mileena, and a few Shokan warriors as well in the large entrance area. The Shokan seem to have been 'enhanced' as well. A few of them have 6 arms." Smoke reported, being in disbelief himself at the sights.
*Oh great…Any sign of Quan chi?*
"Not so far…" Sub Zero answered.
*Alright stay alert*
Many of the more familiar and Super Tarkatans were unloading the weapons and talking them to a place in the Spire that was not viewable to SubZero and Smoke. They continued to move about the Spire's roofed structures, keeping themselves in shadow as their covert infiltration continued. They did not spot too much else, and they had yet to see Quan Chi anywhere.
"What is that sound" Smoke suddenly asked, hearing nearby 'roaring' noises, "Sounds like…cheering"
Sub Zero and Smoked tried to follow the noise as best they could while still concealing themselves above noticeable eyes in the interior rooftop columns and barred bridges of the Spire used to keep it together. Quan Chi did not see new construction on his Spire during the time Outworld was being rebuild with the technology gained from its merger of Earth years ago. The Spire had still been 'ancient' and not as enclosed and securely built as say an impenetrable fortress such as Kahn's had been. Smoke saw a small opening to his left possibly leading to another room and the noise did appear to get louder as they made their way towards the opening.
"Its coming from over here…" Smoke whispered.
Smoked glanced in first to make sure they were still able to keep themselves hidden before entering another part of the Spire. To his horror however, he discovered something of MUCH more of concern.
"By the gods!" he whispered
"What did you find?" Sub Zero quietly inquired of him.
"…The reason we saw so many weapons…" Smoke simply said.
Sub Zero moved closer to see what had smoke taken aback.
He too then glanced at the unimaginable sight. It was unreal, there must have been a hundreds of them, all in an uplifted, cheery mood, raising their weapons high to the sky, roaring in victory.
"…He has an army" the nearly speechless Sub Zero got out to Liu Kang.
*An Army!? How many soldiers?*
Sub Zero positioned himself to get a better look, only to find that the mass group they saw was but only a fraction of what was then revealed to them.
"More than we can handle…" The dreadful Ice ninja replied.
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MKU2/Earthrealm/OIA…or what's left of it…
Liu Kang and the others continued to stand and pace in utter suspense while they listened on at the startling new developments from Sub Zero and Smoke and their infiltration of Outworld. So far it had not been too bad, but the worst was to come...
"Quan Chi has some kind of army building." Liu reported to his fellow allies. "Is he planning invasion?" Liu quickly asked of the two ninjas.
*Most likely…The numbers im seeing can't POSSIBLY be for just us…* Sub Zero affirmed.
"Oh, man…" the shaken monk murmured.
"Sub Zero, can you give us an estimate of how many men?"
*...At first glance…a few hundred…then once I got a better look, Thousands; filled with Super Tarkatans, Shokans, Saurians, Lin Kuei Cybers, Centaurs and a few other races I do not recognize.*
"What are they doing?!" Liu continued.
*It seems to be a rally of sorts…* Sub Zero further affirmed
"Is Quan chi rallying them?"
*No, they appear to be yelling 'Glory to the Dragon King'*
"It's Onaga?! He got Onaga?!" Liu desperately asked. Everyones faces became even more uneasy and tense after hearing Onaga. They knew all too well the type of threat HE posed. The worst had come and couldn't possibly be any worse.
*I believe so…I cannot see him though…*
"Whats going on!?" Kitana anxiously asked her consort with the others crowding around in equal alarming suspense.
"Quan Chi's recruited a massive army from the other world and I think Onaga leads them" the edgy Liu answered.
"What!? Onaga!?" Jax blurted.
"I don't know, Sub Zero!?...Smoke!? Sub Zero are you there!? The panicky Liu continued to shout into the comlink, but only the uneasy moments of silence answered the desperate call. Now everyone was tense and on edge.
What happened to Sub Zero and Smoke? Where they caught? Did they get disconnected? These questions and more plagued Liu and the other's minds and made him that much more nervous and panicky but their nerves were relieved once they heard Sub Zero's voice once more.
*Yes…Im here…* Sub Zero announced, his voice noticeably shaken a tad.
"Man, don't scare me like that again" Liu sighed in brief relief, "Did you see Onaga? what's wrong?!, what happened?!" he bombarded the ice ninja with an array of questions needing to be answered.
*I found the Dragon King…but it is not Onaga…You're the 'Dragon King'.*
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A/N: OKAY, Man things are looking BAD for our heroes... I can only hope it does not get worse...
NOW is where it gets INTENSE! Its about to be WAR! A rather QUICK one if Liu and and the others dont find some way to get help soon.
Quan chi has formed a NEW deadly alliance! And they are looking to take over Everything. Our heroes need to pull a miracle out their ass if they wanna come outta this alive.
But don't worry too much, A couple new 'old faces' for the goodside will appear in the next chapter, But not enough to battle no thousands of men...
We are now in the Middle of this FanFic. Only 10 more chapters remain...and an epilogue.
So stay tuned those of you who are still reading this long overdue fanfic. please review and comment, they are appreciated.
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and for real, the Daizenshuu WILL be updated, Lol i know i haven't really updated it but it WILL be updated!
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