The Poll was to see what everyone's guess was for the fun of it.
Scorpion makes his way down the stairs and towards the throne room where Shao Kahn usually meets with him and whoever else the bastard emperor chooses to partner with him.
He enters the throne room and stops when he sees the bastard emperor is in the middle of a discussion with Baraka who seems overly concerned with Mileena's well-being under Scorpion's protection.
He also notices Shang Tsung standing by Shao Kahn's side.
Scorpion narrows his eyes and continues to approach the emperor. Baraka stood facing the emperor and utterly unaware of Scorpion's presence.
"As I said before," the bastard emperor said to Baraka, "Mileena is in good hands."
Baraka seemed to tense up, but he managed to respond calmly. "I can protect and train Mileena better than that pathetic wraith."
At this point, Scorpion stood directly behind Baraka. "I doubt you will."
Baraka quickly turned and faced him. Scorpion stood his ground.
The emperor merely chuckled at the two. "We can settle this in a fight right now. The winner will be my daughter's personal guard and trainer."
Immediately, Baraka extended the blades in his forearms and took his stance. Scorpion also took his position and waited for the emperor's order to begin.
"Fight!"
Baraka immediately thrashes his blade towards Scorpion, but he easily dodges him and counters with a flaming kick to Baraka's chest. He staggers back, but quickly regains balance and throws his blade at Scorpion. He narrowly evades the blade by ducking and throws his kunai. Baraka tries to avoid the kunai, but it nicks him on the shoulder and leaves a nasty cut.
This sends the Tarkatan in a vicious rage, and he attacks with much more power. Scorpion is forced on defense and blocks and evades his attacks. Each time, Scorpion would avoid Baraka's attacks he would try to counter with his own, but Baraka would thrash wildly at him like a rabid animal.
In the midst of his wild thrashing, Baraka manages to land a blow to Scorpion's side. His blade cuts deep, causing Scorpion to grunt in pain. A conniving grin forms on Baraka's face, and he leans closer to him.
"She will be mine!" He hisses at him.
Scorpion immediately lands a flaming uppercut to Baraka's face and sends him flying across the room. The blow was enough to burn the bottom of his jaw and knock him out cold.
He then hears the emperor's dark laughter echoing throughout the throne room.
"Outstanding, Scorpion!"
He turned to face the bastard emperor. He showed no pain despite how much his wound hurt like a motherfucker.
"I'd tell you to finish him off, but unfortunately I need him alive."
Scorpion narrowed his eyes. "Why keep him alive?"
"He is the general to my Tarkatan army. He's useful for now until my daughter takes his place."
"Or until she takes your place!" Scorpion mumbles under his breath.
"Let us celebrate your victory later on tonight!"
Fuck you! You fucking bastard!
"As you wish!" Scorpion replied calmly.
Mileena stood in front of the mirror wearing her magenta robe and stuffing a small pillow underneath over her abdomen and examined herself.
She couldn't help but smile under her veil, knowing that her child will continue to grow until it becomes time to poop it out.
But until that time, she will have to figure out what to do to keep her child safe.
A sudden knock on her door causes her to flinch and quickly remove the pillow and toss it aside.
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Mileena." She hears the sorcerer's voice.
What does he want?
She opens the door, slightly ajar and sees Shang Tsung hold out the blue serum to her.
"I brought you some more serum. Your father requested that…"
She snatches the serum from his hand, "Thanks!" And slams the door in his face.
She walks over to her dresser and places the serum inside her drawer.
She hears another knock.
"Mileena," she hears the wretched sorcerer's muffled voice.
"What!" She shouts.
"Your father also wanted to speak with you."
Who gives a flying fuck! Mileena's thoughts screamed out.
"Okay. Did he say why?" She replied calmly.
"No. He did not."
"I'll be down in a minute."
"I'll let him know."
She hears his footsteps walking away.
Later on…
Mileena arrives at the throne room but finds no one there. She became confused.
Maybe, her father was caught up in doing something else like watching a beheading in the Courtyard or fucking one of his servants in the pantry.
She walked over to her father's throne and gazed upon it, tempted to step up and claim it. She glanced around and thought no one would notice.
Fuck it!
She approached the throne and sat down.
It was much larger compared to her size.
"It suits you!"
Mileena looked up to find Quan Chi approaching from the entrance.
She remained silent and watched him approach with intensity, wondering what the fuck he was doing here.
"I couldn't help but notice how beautiful you've become, even more so than you're sister Kitana!"
She couldn't help but cringe on the inside.
Gross!
She straightened up and pretended to be flattered.
"Thanks!" She feigned her gratitude.
What is he doing here? What does he want? She wondered.
She noticed his intense gaze upon her.
"There is something different about you." He said and approached closer to her.
She maintained her composure, even though she felt like sinking into the throne.
He stood right in front of her.
She waited for him to say something, but he was silent. He eyed her from head to toe.
"What?" she snapped.
She noticed his gaze was downward and she felt uneasy for some strange reason.
She glanced down and glanced up at him again. "What is it?"
"Nothing." He replied and grinned deviously.
She couldn't help but feel nauseous at the thought of him looking at her desirably.
She stood up from the throne and walked away from him.
"Where are you going?" he asked casually.
"I'm going to the marketplace to eat somebody alive." She replied, but obviously, that was a lie, and she left the throne room.
The moment she was gone a devilish grin formed on the necromancer's face.