Kombatants watch Mortal Kombat
~A/N~ Phief: Well this blew up quickly by No-one's standards, so here we are chapter 1.
Phief: Anyway onto the carnage.
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Disclaimer: I don't own ~'Mortal Kombat'~
~Armageddon~
The screen fades in to an Edenian wasteland before panning across to vultures flying over the rocky landscape.
"Where is that?" asked Jade her curiosity getting the better of her.
"Edenia" Phief answered simply.
"But Edenia is gone" Kitana said disbelievingly.
"A rather long series of events led to Edenia being separated from Outworld"
A single vulture's head pops up filling the screen for a second, it's beak bloody from a recent feast, the bird flies away revealing the scene to the audience and the bodies on it.
Kung Lao's limp body was pinned to the ground by two giant skeletal hands, next they saw a roped kunai stabbed into the ground leading to a familiar yellow ninja with a blade of ice impaled into his back, behind him laid a white haired, armour clad corpse in a slumped over sitting position.
Baraka sat propped up against a rock, cleaved in half by Kung Lao's hat, the Tarkatan's left arm rammed into the spine of a blue clad ninja.
Johnny Cage's severed head laid next to his broken sun glasses, the scene changed once more to show Sonya Blade's corpse split in half with her intestines spilt across the dirt and two vultures fighting over her remains.
The kombatants were deafeningly silent, Phief looked down at her hand '3...2...1...' she counted down with her fingers.
"What the Fuck!" yelled Cage, summarizing the thoughts of everyone viewing.
"By the Elder Gods" Raiden muttered in shocked horror at the destruction on the battlefield.
Kung Lao stared solemnly at his body, a range of emotions flying through his mind as he tried to process what he was seeing, Liu Kang placed a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder.
"Holy shit" Sonya muttered, placing her hand to her temples, Jax mirroring her actions.
Mileena looked at Baraka who had an unreadable expression "Baraka are you okay?" she asked.
"I fell in battle" he answered, his tone saying nothing "Like a true Tarkatan"
"Tundra… is that?" Smoke asked looking at the blue clad corpse.
"I don't know" he replied, knowing what his friend meant "but I hope it isn't"
Scorpion said nothing at his body, simply closing his eyes for a moment of respect.
One of the vultures flew away, the camera pans with showing the bodies of Reptile, a dark clad figure and more unidentifiable bodies laying in the dirt and the pyramid in the center of the battlefield.
"How many?" Kitana asked mournfully.
"Too many" Phief answered.
Moving up the pyramid steps the bodies of Bo Rai Cho, a yellow cyborg, Nightwolf, Sheeva, a burnt man, a red cyborg, Kenshi and Mileena, each of them coated in lethal wounds.
Mileena gasped in horror, unknowing how to process the sight before her, she shook in her seat, Kitana seeing this looked conflicted before hesitantly placing a hand on her "sister's" shoulder, Mileena looked at her before latching onto her in a hug.
As the camera continued the rotted corpse of Liu Kang sprawled out on the steps and just above him was Shang Tsung, all the while the sounds of conflict atop the pyramid grew louder.
The scene changed again to Raiden land painfully on the ground, clad in black with red eyses that struggled to focus.
"Is that me?" the thunder god asked in disbelief.
"Yes, your essence became tainted with dark magic" Phief answered, shocking the monks and god "you become ruthless but your desire to protect Earthrealm still drives you"
Shao Kahn walked forward, a victorious smirk on his face.
Shao Kahn: Where are the Elder Gods, Raiden?
The emperor laughs as reaches down and grabs his long time enemy.
Shao Kahn: Their Pathetic Mortal Kombat shackles me no longer.
He hits Raiden multiple times across the face before throwing him across the top of the pyramid, Mid-flight the thunder god's amulet falls from his chest, shattering on the floor, Raiden crashes to the ground once more.
Shao Kahn summons his hammer into his hand, his weapon crackling with energy.
Shao Kahn: They masquerade as dragons, but are mere toothless worms.
Raiden rolls over onto his back, only for Shao Kahn to stomp on his ribs.
Shao Kahn: My venom spreads, it is the end of all things.
The emperor and his hammer now glow with a fiery aura.
Shao Kahn: Armageddon.
Everyone was silent as they watched the display, Raiden with a look horror consuming his features.
"What is that power?" Liu Kang asked, still trying to process what he was seeing.
"The Elder Gods bestowed great power to the elemental Blaze" Phief started "Shao Kahn killed him and absorbed the power for himself"
Raiden: STOP!
Shao Kahn: It is done.
The emperor picks Raiden up again and glares into his eyes.
Shao Kahn: Your time has passed.
He threw thunder god again as if to mock him, Raiden painfully raises himself off the ground.
Shao Kahn: Ages wasted in foolish resistance.
Raiden noticed the pieces of his amulet in front of him.
Shao Kahn: Now is the dawn of my rule.
Raiden gathered the remains of his amulet in hands, chanting lowly as Shao Kahn approaches him, the pieces glow as the chant continues.
Shao Kahn: Yes, Pray to the worms Raiden, As your world ends.
As Shao Kahn raises his hammer to strike him down Raiden finishes his prayer.
Raiden: He must win!
His eyes flash back to their original blue with a bright spark just as the hammer smashes his skull.
Then almost like a vortex, Raiden's memories begin to flash on the screen in reverse.
Raiden facing an unknown warrior, Raiden speaking to Shao Kahn, Shang Tsung, Quan Chi and a humanoid dragon, Raiden stood with the deadly alliance against the dragon from before, Raiden fighting Shang Tsung and Quan Chi alone, Raiden gathering Earthrealm's forces, Discovering Liu Kang's body, Raiden raising a lightning shield against Shinnok, Liu Kang stood over a beaten Shao Kahn, Johnny Cage impaled on a centaur's spear, Liu Kang fighting Shao Kahn, Liu Kang defeating Shang Tsung.
The vortex closes and the camera zooms out to reveal the eyes of the Raiden sat with them, he gasps and clutches his head.
"Wait, what just happened?" Cage asked clearly as confused as everyone else.
"Dark Raiden sent his memories back through time to his past self" Phief answered "in an attempt to prevent what you just saw"
Liu Kang: Lord Raiden, what is wrong?
Raiden: Strange visions.
A crackle is heard as Raiden looks down at his now broken amulet.
Liu Kang: Your amulet!
Raiden: It is nothing Liu Kang, The tournament begins.
They turn and watch a procession of monks walk to their places as the tournament competitors watch on with them.
Shang Tsung and the Outworld representatives reveal themselves, as everyone watch impassively.
Shang Tsung: Kombatants, I am Shang Tsung! In the coming days each of you will fight. Some are here of their volition, others brought here by chance…
As the sorcerer continues talking, Cage ignores him and approaches Sonya.
"Oh here we go again" Sonya muttered.
Johnny: Hey beautiful, Johnny Cage.
Sonya: Good for you.
Johnny: What? "Massive Strike", "Citizen Cage", "Ninja Mime"? None of those ring a bell?
"I'm surprised you didn't hit him" Jax chuckled.
"Almost did"
Sonya seemed to completely ignore the actor as someone else caught her eye.
Sonya: Kano…
Johnny: "Kano"? Wasn't in that one…
"Does everything have to be about you?" Liu Kang asked with a frown.
"Why not"
Shang Tsung: You participate in the most important Mortal Kombat in history! This tournament, the tenth after nine Outworld victories, will determine Earthrealm's fate, If you defeat all of your opponents, you will face one final challenge… me.
Johnny: Huh! That old geezer's the final challenge? They might as well hand me the belt right now, They do have belts right?
"Earthrealm is on the brink of invasion and he is in the tournament" Kung Lao complained.
Hearing a cough, Johnny turns, only to come face to face with Shang Tsung.
Johnny: What? How did you-
Shang Tsung: Appearances can be deceiving.
Having maid his example he levitated back to his throne.
~A/N~ Phief: And there we go chapter 1 is done.
Phief: Also to note for all of you, Shang Tsung and Kano have their MK11 appearances because they are actually better.
Phief: Next time we begin Johnny Cage's chapter.
Phief: That's all for now, goodbye.