The next morning, I thought long and hard about what happened between Johnny and I the night before. What did this mean? I told Stryker I wasn't ready for a relationship, and now I'm showing affection to Johnny. He's not the type to be in a relationship. I hate being in the middle of a love triangle. "Stryker was there before Cage. And your right, he may not be faithful to you. But it's up to you." I jumped and realized that the voice was in my head. "Dammit, Kenshi, are you going to just pop up whenever you feel like it?" I asked aloud. "No, but I couldn't resist overhearing you. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you." "It's okay. Just maybe remind me before you do it." "Who are you talking to?" I spun around to see Stryker. "Kenshi. His mind reading scares me." He chuckled, and said, "He does it to you too?" I nodded. "Well anyway, Raiden needs you downstairs. He said it's urgent." I followed him downstairs.
Raiden stood there with everyone I trained with in the past few months. "Nitana, it is time for you to head to Outworld. You will need to find and overthrow Shao Kahn. I cannot go with, my powers will be limited there. But you may take whoever you want to." I thought long and hard. "How about Taven, Liu, Johnny, and," I looked to Stryker and he didn't look like he wanted to go. I walked over to him and whispered, "Do you want to?" He shook his head. "You have good fighters watching you. You don't need me." I nodded, and stepped back. "Li Mei. I need someone to talk to about girly things." She ran over to me and threw her arms around me. We said our goodbyes and went to pack up.
In my room, I grabbed very few clothes and my boots. I also grabbed my perfume and conditioner. "You ready?" Stryker said from the door. I sighed. "Not really. Are you going to be okay without me here?" He wrapped his arms around me. "Yeah, I guess so. It's going to be different, but I will get used to it." I laughed. "I'm gonna miss you," I said. I knew he was smiling. "Same here." He pulled away and said, "It's time to get going." I grabbed my bag, and we walked downstairs. "Is everyone ready?" They all nodded. I walked over to Johnny and stood next to him. Raiden said, "I will now transport you to Outworld." I closed my eyes and everything went black.