"Nah. I think your getting sloppy. Heard you crunch a branch, 10 seconds before the shots" EJ replied smirking, getting to her feet.
"Careful now kid. Get dress."
"I am dress" She was wearing a black tank top and red leggings. "Something a bit more...professional and armour, were picking someone up"
"Dangerous?" EJ asked. Erron smirked "Isn't it always?"
"This isn't dangerous dad, this is Kano" EJ whispered to her farther as the continued there march down the street. Is there a different EJ?" Erron questioned.
"Yeah,Kano's worst. You and Mama have literally told me my entire life: Don't trust 't go near Kano. Check under you bed for Kano."
"Err,Your thinking of the boogeyman with that last one, kiddo"
"No, he's over there" EJ reply pointing at Ermac. Erron can't help but chuckle at his daughter absurd humour, EJ continues "My whole life I've been warned about this man. Now he's sitting back there, having a chit chat with the Kahn of outworld. Are things really getting that bad"
"They are Junior" Erron reply. He was wearing his face mask but EJ could tell he was frowning deep. He didn't take his eyes of the road ahead. "Mileena gettin more bold with her attacks. Tarkatans are slaughtering people in the streets. Hell, your Mama off looking into people conjoining portals tryin to get other realms" As they walked, Erron put his arm round his daughter shoulder, and looked at her. "Sometimes kid, you gotta fight bad with worst." EJ sighed.
"I know, but...Dad?"
"Hmmm?" EJ nodded her head up. "Up ahead" Erron turned his head to we're his daughter was looking. Up at the top of the market, between two large stone buildings. Two huge cargo caravan were smashed together. Barrels, crates, boxes of full of various items were scattered all over the street. How the hell did that happen, EJ thought.
"Junior go back to the Kahn carriage."He father said rather bluntly. She look at him confused, she saw his eyes had gone darker. "But dad..."
Don't argue with me EJ. Just go." The tone he used. EJ just nodded her head, turned and began to jog back to the centre of the guard, were the carriage.
She got halfway there when she heard D'vorah. "Make way for Kotal Kahn! Move! She made eye contact with EJ. "Erron the lesser" D'vorah beckon her over. EJ sighed. She hated when people called her that. "Yes, D'vorah?" "This one what's to know what is the delay? And why are you back here?"
"Looks like some sort of collision on the road, a big one. My farther told me to come back here" "Protecting his Young. This one agrees with that. Go. go to the carriage" EJ watch D'vorah walk towards the collision. Now Ermac gave her the creeps, D'vorah...there was something off about her. EJ always felt uneasy around the Kytin. She'd didn't know why, just a feeling. One her Mom and dad shared. EJ had just made back to the carriage when she headed the foots steps. A lot of foot steps. Fast ones. Then she heard the wars cries. EJ head snap to nearest ally and saw who's the nosies we're coming from. Like she already know. She saw the hoard of yellow eyes, fangs and blades coming straight for her. "TARKATANS!" EJ screamed as load as she could. It got the guards attention just before the impact. Suddenly they were swamped by the takatans. Quick as anything, EJ grabbed the dagger strapped to her side and slashed open the throat of the first takatan to get close. As the blood exploded from the wound, EJ raised her left hand, suspending the blood mid air. She focus, the blood beginning to boil. When the next few takatans got close enough, EJ threw the boiling blood. The screeching they let out as the blood stripped the flesh from there bones was deafening, however it didn't deter there comrades, who simple jump over the burning bodies. One of the drooling brutes had got though the osh-tekks that had now circled the carriage, and tackled EJ,slamming her against the carriage. EJ had just enough time to ram her knee into the tarkantan's stomach, keeping him just at arms length. EJ look like a fragile 15 years old, but years of gruelling training from both of her parents had left her with strength that nobody could believe she had. "Damn, Man! Ever heard of mouthwash! EJ gagged as she kept the brutes fanged mouth from her face. EJ felt the carriage shaking from within then a crash on the left side of her face. She and the tarkanan turn to see the dazed and confused head of Kano though the window of the and EJ made eye contact, EJ grinned "having on of those days too huh?" She dropped the grin and turned back to the distracted tarkan. She put her head back as far as she could and head butted the fanged fuck as hard as she could. The tarkanan let go and stumbled back, EJ grabbed her revolver from her hip and shot the tarkanan right between the eyes.
Kotal Kahn had tackled Kano out of the carriage and they were now fighting in the middle of the street, Kotal had the upper hand. EJ had just buried her dagger though a tarkans head when she saw the flash of yellow appear on top of the broken carriage. EJ trained her revolver at the fireball in the yellow and black clad woman and fired. The bullet skimmed Tanya's wrist, making her extinguish the fireball. Tanya snapped her next toward EJ and scowled before replacing it with a smirk, she jumped off the carriage and walk slowly toward EJ "Hmmm, Lets see now: Cowboy boot, leather pants, button up shirt and vest. You dress like Erron Black, but the hair. Those lips." EJ holster her revolver, her grip on her dagger tighten. "I know you Halfling." Tanya sneered getting into a fighting stance.
"And I you. You elitist fuck. Edina's gone."
"Millena will restore It. I'd rather die than integrate." EJ got into her own stance, she eyed the older woman. "Fine" was all EJ said as there kombat began. Tanya threw a punch which EJ block easily blocked, she ducked when the next punch was throw. but that's what Tanya wanted as her knee smashed into EJ face. The cartilage in her nose made a sickening crunch as EJ fell to her knees, dropping her dagger. Tanya laughed as she advance on the girl. She wouldn't be laughing for long, EJ waited for her to step on the drops of blood on the floor before making it rise up, rooting Tanya to the spot. Tanya struggled against the red binds as EJ got back to her feet. EJ released the blood binds before landing a spin kick to the side of Tanya's face making her fall to the ground. Tanya tried to conjure fire from her right hand, but EJ saw. EJ lifted her booted foot and slammed it down on the Edeinas hand crushing her fingers. Tanya's screams of pain were cut short by EJ other foot in her face, rendering her unconscious on the dirt floor. "Outworld dirt tasted good enough for ya?" EJ sneered at the unconscious woman.
Fuck her nose hurt. She couldn't focus on that. Still a hell of a lot of tarkatans. Gotta find her dad. Gotta find the Kahn. The latter wasn't far enough. EJ saw Kotal standing over the beaten body of Kano, ready to slit his throat. Huh, least something good was gonna come out of today. Before Kotal could finish him, Kotal saw something in the distance, on one of the roofs to be specific. He left Kano in the dirt and slowly walked toward the roof, quickly dispatching two tarkatans in his path. "She tasks me. For the last time" EJ look to were the Kahn eyes were trained. There she was crouch on the roof looking down at the chaos. Mileena. On her right the 'half god' Rain. Kotal notices EJ close to him. "Erron the lesser! With me!" The Kahn shouts. Before EJ could register what he had said, a bright red light had engulfed her and she was no longer on the street, she was on the roof behind Mileena and Rain. EJ groaned, it felt like her heart and stomach had switch placers. "Please give me more of a warning before doing that" EJ whined at Kotal. He just ignored her. "Mileena." Kotal said readying his blades. " Kano was meant to kill you,miserable snake! Mileena shouted before looking over at her takatans. ("Kill them both!")she said in there native tongue. The 3 tarkatans advance on Kotal and EJ. Kotal severed the limps of the first two with ease, while EJ duck low away from the thirds arm blade. She pointed her revolver under its chin and fired, what little brains it had going everywhere. Mileena charged Kotal trying to land a few high kick, which the Kahn blocked easily. She landed a punch to his face, Kotal took it and punch her back, then again. This dazed her enough that she was unable to block the sun beam Kotal blasted at her. She went straight though the brick of the roof,falling to the ground below, Kotal jumped after her. Leaving EJ alone on the roof with the half god. "Um...any chance you just going to surrender and we call it a da..." Rain cut EJ of by encasing her in water bubble.
"I would never surrender to filth like you! I am a son of Argus! I am not merely a god because that is what foolish commoners call me!" Rain declared. EJ needed to get out of this thing. Quick. She remembered her nose, it was still bleeding. The blood was starting to wash of her face, mingling with the water bubble. EJ focus. Rain was shock when he saw the blue of the bubble turn deep red before exploding. EJ landed on her feet, with no time to think she grabbed her revolver and shot at Rain, he disappeared in a wave of water. EJ ran to were he was mere second ago and looked over the side of the roof. Big mistake. Rain reappear behind the EJ, using both feet to kick her of the roof. She landed on her right shoulder with an audible thud. Fuck, her should had dislocated she was for certain of that. She heard Rain near her. "Foolish girl! Did you think you- a halfling bastard- could defeat a god! When I rule filth like you will be wipe out!"
EJ took a deep breath. She was one knee now. "Well, that gonna be an easy job" EJ wiped the blood still pouring from her nose with her good hand. The prince at the girl with confusion. What was she...he didn't have time to think as EJ threw her blood right at him getting him in the eyes and chest. The half god screamed in pain. The blood was boiling. EJ rose to her feet, clutching her arm,as Rain staggered back, he tried to recover swing for EJ a few times. She dodge them both and landed a kick to his gut. Rain groaned, holding his stomach. "It gonna be easy, cause there's no one else like me." Rain lets out a frustrated cry and tries to charge EJ again, but is stop by the bullet entertaining his shoulder, he drop to the ground in agony. Bullet didn't come from EJ, it came from behind her. "Dad!" EJ exclaimed as her dad runs up to her. "Junior! You nose! Your arm! What happen?" Erron demanded, looking over his daughters injuries. "Oh you know, business as usual" EJ grinned, some blood dripping onto her teeth. Her dad just shook his head "Turn around kid, cause business isn't done yet. EJ did as she was told and turn. There,surrounded by osh-tekks Mileena looked around wildly for an exit. Kotal Kahn in front of her "your blood will make right" Kotal began to charge his solar energy. "Up the stair path...to the fires edge!" He blasted at Mileena with both hands and that should been that. One tosite tyrant, EJ goes home to her hammock. But it didn't go like that. From nowhere Mileena pulls out a disc shaped object, and amulet? The amulet take the full force of Kotal blast and start to...to absorb it? No. Amplify it. Her dad see this too. "Look our!" He shouts grabbing EJ, shielding her as the amulet threw back the Kahn blast. The beams went wildly in different directions, hitting several guards, they turned to ash were they stood. From were she stood, EJ could see Mileena hit the ground, the arm which held the amulet was smoking and covered in fresh burns. She couldn't control it? Suddenly Rain appeared next to Mileena, as quick as he appeared, he was gone, taking Mileena with him. After a few moments Erron let his iron grip on his daughter go, once he was sure it was safe. EJ look around. The street was now almost silence, the only sounds coming from the cries of the wounded and smouldering ashes of the dead. It took EJ a moment to find the perfect words:"What the fuck was that!?" Kotal Kahn, who had been hit by the blast was being help by D'vorah. He walk towards the youngest member of his guard and placed a hand on her good shoulder. "A mere cub...grown to be jaguar . He dropped his hand from her shoulder and continued his hobble-walk past her. EJ turned and watch him for a few seconds "okay, that...explained nothing. Again. What was that?!