Deadly Alliance Pt. 2

Kitana uses her other foot to kick Nitara in the face. The force of her kick causes Nitara's neck to snap. As she loosens her grip on Kitana's ankle, Kitana quickly moves away from her. She rises to her feet and stares at Nitara's dead body. Nitara's neck snaps back into place as red colored sparks appear around it. Nitara rises from the ground and massages her neck. Kitana looks on horrified.

"I killed you twice. How did you…" Kitana stops mid-sentence and harks back to what Kira mentioned during their fight against the Brotherhood 15 years ago.

"There are only three forms of Immortality: through the blood, through the souls, and through sorcery."

"Have you figured it out yet, Princess?" Nitara scoffed. "By the way, you only killed me once."

"Stealing blood isn't the same as stealing souls. No amount of dead bodies can revive your kind from death."

"Dead bodies, sure. However, my immortality doesn't require the dead, but the exact opposite." Nitara shows her right arm to Kitana revealing Ancient Vaeternus writings scribbled across it. The writing started to fade away before Kitana could reflect on what it meant.

"I don't read foreign text from dead realms." Kitana sneered.

"Everyone I've bitten, including your sister, has a permanent blood contract." Nitara stated. Kitana didn't seem to listen to her as she prepared to face her. "Do you know the risk you put towards Mileena by facing me?"

"We came to this castle with no assistance for a reason, Nitara. If we feared death or seeing one another die, we would've left this realm a long time ago. Shao Kahn raised no cowards. No matter how these 'contracts' of your work, I will kill you over and over and over until you no longer stand." Kitana threated as she pointed her bladed fan towards the woman.

Nitara looked slighted disturbed. As her muscles began to relax, she places her palms onto her ribs. Nitara inhailed deeply. Upon pressing her palms onto her stomach with force, she spits out a powerful ball of blood from her mouth. Kitana falls backwards, barely dodging the projectile. Nitara pulls her hand back causing the blood to return to her as a stream of liquid. Nitara casually twirls the magic blood around her hand like a hula-hoop.

"Forgive me if my skills seem a bit rusty, Princess. I haven't had a proper fight since facing Reptile. Centuries ago." Nitara points to her left eye. "Not even blood magic was able to permanently fix this. However…" Nitara then removes the portion of her bandana which covered her left eye.

"You've gave history for you eye just to show me your eye is still intact?" Kitana questioned.

"Didn't you see it? You mentioned it in your report of the 10th Tournament during the second day."

Kitana pulls out her other fan and opens it. She then tosses both of her fans diagonally towards Nitara. Nitara uses the blood to create a blade which guards against Kitana's fan. Kitana vanishes and reappears infront of Nitara while holding both of her Fans. Nitara was stunned as Kitana leans towards Nitara's face and kisses her. As she pulls away and steps back a few feet, Nitara frowns and wipes her arm across her lips.

"You talk too much." Kitana stated.

Nitara flinches as her muscles tightened up. She feels normal after a few seconds and tosses her blood towards Kitana once again. However, the blood falls to the ground. Her muscles tighten once more as her body begins to swell up. She feels a rush of heat traveling along her body before she returns to normal once more. Nitara's eyes widened as she was catching her breath. She felt as if she were involved in an intense workout session.

"You aren't the only one who's a bit rusty, Nitara. The first time I used this technique, it killed my opponent immediately. It seems to be taking it slow for you." Kitana stated as she hovered one of her fans over her face. Nitara's body swells again. This time, her body started to look like it was an oversized cyst. She screams in terror as he body finally gives in.

POP!

Kitana twirls around with both of her fans open as Nitara explodes with nothing but her blood and bones scattered across the room. Kitana begins to decelerate, avoiding the blood-splatter. She looks around the room to see the effects of her spell. Kitana gags as she smells the thick scent of rusted iron. She puts her mask back over her face. The scent of Edenian roses underneath helped mask the scent, though remnants of the smell of blood remained in her nostrils.

The blood surrounding the room rushed towards the bottom of the stairs. As it twirled around, Kitana stepped backwards with her guard up. Nitara's stretches as her body is restored. She peaks over to Kitana and smiles.

"Do you really believe you can defeat someone with Centuries worth of experience? You've only been alive for 37 years. Fifteen of those were spent in limbo. Had Tesla never used the Time Spell, you could've atleast strong enough to pose a threat."

"It only takes one mistake, Nitara." Kitana stated. Nitara dashes towards Kitana at a speed she never saw before. Before she could raise her arms, Nitara grabbed the young woman by the neck sunk her teeth into her shoulder. Kitana yelps as she kicks Nitara in the chest. Nitara doesn't budge as she removes her teeth from Kitana's arm.

"There will come a day when this one mistake bites you back." Nitara whispered. She tosses Kitana away and uses her sleeve to wipe the blood from her mouth. She hovers into the air and waves goodbye to Kitana before flying out of the basement. Kitana wraps her hand around the bite on her arm as she rises from the ground.

"Dang it. I've probably sealed my fate." Kitana muttered to herself.

Meanwhile, K'etz runs around the castle halls in search of Mileena. As he turns each corner, he begins to see a handful of corpses along the way. He follows the trail of bodies down a series of hallways opposite of where Kitana traveled. As he comes near a T-Intersection, he is knocked into a room by a fiery blast. As he raises himself up, he is met with the appearance of Tanya.

"Well, well! If it isn't the failed leader of the Osh'Tekk." Tanya mocked. "Oh wait, you're his father."

"You dare reappear now, traitor?" K'etz questioned.

"You still owe me a debt, emperor. I want the secret to the blood code."

"I already told—"

"I'm not looking for a contract, I want the actual spell. You said you'll retrieve it from Nitara once your contract was complete."

"Nitara seeks to kill me. There's no way for me to get it now unless you help me immobilize her." Kotal stated.

"Your debts are starting to reach heights you can't afford, Kotal K'etz! I've experienced torture beyond anything you can imagine. I've killed my own friend just as you've instructed. I demand the final portion what I need to complete that spell!"

"You shout as if Mileena cannot hear you." K'etz responded.

"Your deflection won't save you K'etz! You have until the count of three to give me what I want! One!" Tanya showcased her index finger to K'etz as he clenched his teeth.

"Two…" She raises her middle finger and conjures a ring of fire around both fingers. She points the ring towards Kotal K'etz as he pulls out his sun shield. He holds it up as he prepares to guard against her attack.

"Tanya!" a voice shouted. She looks back as Mileena runs toward her. Kotal does the same as he rushes towards Tanya with his shield in front of him. She glanced back at Kotal and released the attack. A fiery explosion occurs in the room, startling everyone within range of the castle.

BOOOM!

From the basement, Kitana falls to the ground due to the aftershock caused by the explosion. She picks herself up and rushes back into the hallways. As she peeks out of the door, she notices smoke coming from the direction of the Council Meeting room. She dashes through the halls as to tries to find out the details of the explosion. Along the way, she kills a few of the unsuspecting Osh'Tekk guards within the halls.

As she reaches the now destroyed room, she spots Tanya's body slumped along the wall. Mileena lies beside her holding onto her dislocated ankle. Kitana kneels in front of Mileena and grabs her hand. The two exchange a warm-felt eye contact before Kitana presses her palms on Mileena's ankle. Mileena yelps as her ankle is pushed back in place. Kitana tests out Mileena's ankle to see if she'll be able to continue.

"Did he escape?" Kitana asked. Mileena nodded. Kitana reaches her hand towards Tanya, but Mileena stops her.

"Leave her. If we hurry, we can catch up to him." Mileena stated. Kitana nodded. As they both rose to their feet, the two of them check their hair and clothing.

"It's been years since we've done this. I hope you picked up on some new tricks like I have since that day."

"We've faced much stronger foes than this dear sister. The strength of the Centaurs. The brutality of the clones. The immortality of the Brotherhood."

"They didn't have the courage. They didn't have the experience. They couldn't move at the speed of sound. This lot is in a league of its own."

"Are you frightened Kitana? I can lead the way if need be." Mileena mocked. Kitana opens her bloodied fan dangerously close to Mileena's face. Mileena remained unfazed. Kitana walks pass her and tosses Mileena's sai over her shoulder. As Mileena grabs the sai, Kitana dangles the other Sai in the air.

"You'll be backup." Kitana responded. Mileena displayed a huge smile. Her mouth widened and began to reveal her Tarkatan features.

End of Chapter 11

(Upcoming—The Deadly Alliance Pt. 3)