Mortal Kombat: Deception Mayhem!

Chapter 19:

Havik, Kabal and Kira walked through the thick forest before eventually arriving at Onaga's castle. Havik was speaking on a cell phone.

"So what's happening up there?" asked Havik, "What...No, really? The resistance won?...Darrius is the king of Seido?...Damn! I gotta head up there one day and visit you guys...Yeah?...Okay, bye man!"

Havik closed his phone.

"Is this it?" asked Kabal.

"Yup," replied Havik "Onaga's castle, abandoned, just as I predicted."

The trio stepped onto the palace grounds. There was nothing but dead bodies everywhere, as every single Tarkatan soldier had been killed, while the good guys had all fled to the giant pyramid.

"Kira," ordered Kabal, "You stay at the entrance and warn us if someone comes."

"Yessir," said Kira.

Havik and Kabal entered the palace carefully and made their way to the main throne room. At the side of the room lay Onaga's dead body.

"Ah," said Havik, "Laid out just for us!"

Havik approached the body and pulled out a knife. He knelt down and began to cut through the body, causing Kabal to look away in disgust. No matter how many people he killed, autopsies always grossed him out.

"Ooooh..." said Havik, "This motherfucker's got a big spleen!"

"Can you please hurry up?" asked Kabal.

"Yeah yeah! Hey check this out!"

Havik pulled out Onaga's intestines and began to swing them around like a lasso.

"Yeeeee-haaaaw!" he shouted.

"Stop it!" snapped Kabal, "You're getting blood all over my vest!"

"Sheesh! Lighten up a bit, I'm having a little fun here."

"Can we please just get that heart and get outta here? This place gives me the creeps!"

Havik dug some more into Onaga's body and found the massive heart.

"Fresh out of the oven," joked Havik, "With this baby, I can finally resurrect Shao Kahn!"

"I'm really starting to doubt that the former Kahn can truly help the Black Dragon."

"Why the fuck not?"

"Well, living under his rule means having to work for him, the same way Kano did. And I don't want the Black Dragon being taken advantage of by some big-shot ruler. I want us to be an independent group again. I want us to have control over ourselves!"

"Well boo-freakin'-hoo! Now that I have the heart, we're reviving Shao Kahn whether you like it or not. If you don't wanna serve him, well then tough! He'll just kill you. Our universe needs chaos and anarchy. Only with Shao Kahn can we achieve that!"

"No," muttered Kabal, "We don't need anyone. Especially not you..."

As Havik turned to leave the palace, Kabal slowly pulled out his hookswords and approached him. Kabal rammed his swords into Havik's back.

"OOOH!" screamed Havik, "OH YEAH! That's the stuff! God, I love pain!"

"Freak," said Kabal.

He then pulled the hookswords out, ripping out a great deal of flesh as well.

"Ow," said Havik, "A little too much pain..."

Before long, Havik was dead. Kabal bent down and picked up the heart before walking out of the palace.

"Hey," said Kira, who stood at the entrance smoking, "I'm outta cigs."

"Well," said Kabal, "They don't sell them in Outoworld. We would have to go back to Earthrealm."

"Sure," said Kira, tossing away the butt, "Where's Havik?"

"I don't know," lied Kabal.

"You killed him didn't you? And you took the heart?"

Kabal nodded.

"Sweet," said Kira.

"I'm not particularly proud but..."

"You said it yourself: Lies, deceipt, betrayal...It's the Black Dragon way! Plus I didn't like that guy. He smelled like a corpse."

The two laughed for a while. Kira then looked at Kabal and smiled. She could tell that under his mask, he was smiling too.

"What should I do with this now?" asked Kabal, holding up the heart.

"How about we resurrect Kobra?" suggested Kira, "I kinda miss him..."

"Really?"

"Blech! Hell no! I'm just kidding."

"I got it! We'll use the heart to ressurect Kano. He was a much better leader than me. With his guidance, we'll reform the Black Dragon in no time!"

"Sweet. I've never met him. Is he nice?"

"Yeah, I guess. Now, If my hunch is correct, Kano's body should be near the ruins of the Deadly Alliance's old palace. Are you up for another journey?"

"Sure," Kira threw away her empty cigarette carton.

"And then we can go home," continued Kabal.

"Or better still," began Kira, "We can check out that giant pyramid."

Kabal looked in the distance and saw an enormous pyramid that he didn't previously notice. There was a flaming man at the top.

"Looks interesting..." said Kabal, "Well, we better get going."

The two began to walk. Suddenly, Kabal stopped.

"What's wrong?" asked Kira.

"How exactly do I work this thing?" asked Kabal.

"I think I heard Havik say you have to consume it..."

"Consume? You mean eat it?"

Kira nodded.

"Alright," sighed Kabal, "Kira, get the fire going, I'll grab the cooking pot. This ain't gonna be pretty..."

Meanwhile, just over the hill, Drahmin and Moloch were watching.

"Geez," said Drahmin, "Dragon Kings, ice ninjas, resistances, sponge cakes, giant pyramids with flaming men at the top, and women pulling random stuff out of their thongs? This was one fucked-up adventure!"

"You can say that again," said Moloch.

"I mean, now that Armaggedon is coming, we can't even go for a walk around the block without encountering some crazy bastard trying to kill us"

"I know," Moloch looked at his watch, "Damn! I gotta go!"

"Where?"

"Home! Wilson M.D. is on now, and on tonight's episode, he's gonna finally ask Vanessa out!"

"That show is so fucking boring! Why do I even watch it with you?"

"Because you love me?"

"True..."

The two then began to walk home, hand in hand.

THE END!