Love & War: Harbinger of Chaos
Chapter 19: Warlord of the Apocalypse
Raiden, Tanya and the allies of Earth and Outworld joined the ladies in defeating the rest of the chaos soldiers.
Sonya: Good to see you guys again.
Suddenly, a giant portal opens up. Havik was there to praise the man before him, the former emperor of Outworld, Shao Kahn!
Havik: Praise be with you, emperor.
Shao Kahn looks at Havik.
Shao Kahn: I must thank you for bringing me here, but I have no use for you!
Havik looked in horror as Shao Kahn dove his hands into Havik's chest, then proceeded to rip Havik apart. He laughed as it was now time to take Earthrealm.
Raiden and the others find themselves surrounded my more chaos soldiers. However, before they could strike, they were easily cut down by warriors in beetle armor. The leader of the group appeared before them.
Kitana: Who are you?
Leader: I am Hotaru, commander of the Seidan Guard from the realm of Order. We received reports of Earthrealm currently being under siege by Havik and his thugs.
Raiden: We have the situation under control, Hotaru.
Hotaru: I concur, Raiden. Earthrealm is littered with them. Most of my officers are in different parts of this realm eradicating the soldiers now. We also got word that a Earthrealmer named Chris has fallen victim to Quan Chi.
Jade: Unfortunately, yes.
Hotaru: How do you plan to revive him to normalcy?
Raiden: We will make Quan Chi cooperate.
Hotaru: In the meantime, we will take care of the chaos soldiers as we have done for years.
Raiden: Thank you, Hotaru.
Hotaru and the Guards begin traversing the realm to eliminate the remaining chaos soldiers.
Shao Kahn: RAIDEN!
Raiden looks back and sees Shao Kahn standing on top of the building on the opposite side of the street.
Raiden: Can't be.
Shao Kahn: It is, Raiden. With Chris out of the way, it's just you and me.
Raiden: Leave now!
The heroes left. The sky was no longer green, just changed to red.
As they escaped, they see Chris looking away.
Jade: Chris!
He turned around and sees his former allies. Jade carefully walked toward him.
Jade: It's me, sweetheart. Your wife.
Quan Chi: He is mine, Jade!
Johnny Cage: That's just wrong.
Jade: You killed him and corrupted him to do your bidding.
Quan Chi: Chris, kill her and the others.
Tanya: I don't think so.
Quan Chi: You intend to stop him. He was one of your deadliest warriors.
Tanya: One that saved me from Kano. Now it's turn to save him.
Quan Chi: You are welcome to try.
Skarlet: Quan Chi!
Quan Chi: Ah yes, Skarlet. Shao Kahn's last resort.
Skarlet: He taught me how to kill. And that's exactly what I will do.
Tanya: Chris, please don't do this.
Chris: DO NOT TEST ME, TANYA!
He uppercut her and sends her flying but she lands on her feet.
Chris: Challenge me at your peril!
Tanya: I intend to, but please, this is not who you are.
Chris: You know not of who I am.
Tanya: I used to know you, but if I can't reason with you, then you leave me with no choice.
Tanya had no choice but to fight Chris. During the fight, Tanya thought back to the night they made love at her chambers in Edenia. Although Chris doesn't possess any superpowers, that weakness gave her the advantage as she catches him off-guard with her cannon drill. He tried to recover but Tanya blasted him in the face.
Tanya: I'm sorry, Chris.
Quan Chi and Skarlet were fighting. Jade went to Tanya.
Jade: You didn't...
Tanya: No... I didn't want to do this. I had no choice. (Cries)
Jade: Come, Tanya. We need to take him back to the queen. I can't stand seeing him like this.
Tanya: I know. Let's go.
Tanya made a portal back to Edenia.
Meanwhile, Raiden battles Shao Kahn. The emperor gained the upper hand as he threw Raiden across the rooftop.
Skarlet managed to defeat Quan Chi and slew him. She knows Shao Kahn has returned, but she made up her mind that she would never serve him again. Her purpose is done. She traveled to Edenia.