Destiny
Chapter Twelve
Hello. I am Monet St. Croix. I have decided to tell this chapter. To warn you in advance, this will mainly be fighting.
Raiden glanced over us. "Who is going next?"
"Me, mon ami." Gambit said as he went to where Wolverine had fought Scorpion a second ago. "Who wants t' fight Gambit, hein?" He asked the Outworld Warriors.
The woman wearing black and blue with red lines stepped forward. "I'll fight you. I am Griffin."
"Bonjour chere." He said to Griffin, laying on the Cajun charm.
"I don't think it's such a great idea for us to get to know each other before I kill you." She started circled around him, sizing him up.
"Cocky, aren't yo', chere?"
"No more so than I should be." She said as she pulled a Katana out of a sheath on her back, and brandished it at Remy. "Let's dance."
Remy grinned lopsidedly at Griffin and pulled out his Bo Staff. "So wha' yo' spec'al power, p'tite?"
"Given my name, what do you think? And don't call me petite."
"Wha', you turn int' a Griffin?"
"Wow. Got it in one."
"Enough!" Raiden said. "Get on with it!"
"'Ey! Who side yo' on?"
"Yours, of course."
Remy snorted very uncharacteristically, and turned back to Griffin. "So, jus' you an' me, chere?"
"Just shut up already."
"'Ey!"
But he didn't get any farther, because then she swung the sword at Remy's head, probably in attempt to shut him up. He ducked just in time for the sword to miss him by a millimeter, and then spun around with the staff out to trip her up on her back. But, somehow she managed to see it coming, and did a fancy back flip over it, to land on her feet ready to strike at him again. He put the staff up to parry her blow, and faster than the eye could see, struck her in the side of the head. She staggered away, holding her head.
"Wha' was dat abou' you killin' me?" He asked, twirling the staff expertly.
She growled at him, much like a lion would, and lunged at his midsection. He blocked the sword away, and while she was off balance, reached in close, and grabbed the hilt of her sword with one hand. But he couldn't tear it from her grip. She was just too strong.
"Ha! You can't disarm me that easily."
"We'll see, chere." And with the one hand he had on the weapon, he charged it, and triggered it. It exploded with the force of a small bomb, right in front of Gambit and Griffin. It blew the two of them apart. Both kept their balance, and stayed on their feet. "You so sure o' dat?" He asked.
"How did you do that?" She asked, stunned.
"It's my power. Tres cool, hein?"
"Yes. Very much so."
Raiden's exasperated sigh got the fight going again. But Griffin didn't have a weapon any more. So she shifted to her griffin form, half lion and half eagle with eagle wings, and attacked with her talons and beak. Her speed and strength had increased, so that, along with the ability to fly, made it very difficult for Gambit to fight her now, but not impossible. With a few charged cards, he brought her down easily. She had been so high when the weapons hit her, that the fall killed her.
"Griffin!" One of the Outworld Warriors, the man called Dynamo, shouted as he ran towards the fallen warrior. He crouched beside her and checked for a pulse. "She's dead." He said, glaring angrily at the Cajun, who just shrugged.
"You all knew the risks involved when you agreed to this job." Raiden said. "There's no point complaining about it now."
"I demand revenge." Dynamo said sternly to Remy. "Come and get what's coming to you."
"You can have your revenge." Raiden said. "But not on him. A man or woman can only fight once in this version of Mortal Kombat. You will fight…" His eye roamed over the assembled Earth Realm warriors, "Synch."
We all turned around to look at Everett, who had hidden himself in the back when Raiden searched for the next champion.
"Me?" He asked, suddenly looking very afraid.
"Yes. You."
"Okay." Synch said a little reluctantly. He pushed through us, and went to Dynamo. "I don't want to kill you."
"Speak for yourself." He pulled out a pair of Ninja knives, and brandished them at Everett. Synch decided to start backing strategically away. It was obvious that he hadn't decided whom he should synch with yet.
"Bamf!" Nightcrawler shouted.
"Oh, right!" He did as Kurt told him, and jaunted to a spot a ways away from Dynamo, to decide whom to synch with.
"Coward." Dynamo leered at him.
"I don't think so." Everett said as he let loose with Jubilee's fireworks, right at his opponent's chest. Dynamo was pushed away, and hit a support for the staircase. He grunted and straightened up, rubbing his side.
"Very brave, kid."
"I like to think so." Everett said as his eyes went white and a lightning bolt shot down and hit the ground right in front of Dynamo. Dynamo went flying again. This time he landed on the second floor.
"Wow!" Everett exclaimed. "That was so cool!"
"I imagine it was exceedingly painful." Hank said.
"Yeah, probably." He looked at Remy. "Gambit, can I borrow some cards?"
"Sure, mon ami." Remy reached into his pocket and handed Everett the rest of the deck.
Synch then synched with my powers and flew up to the second level. "You know how we all have a power? I want you to guess what mine is."
Dynamo spat at Everett.
"I'm going to assume that means that you don't care. I'm going to tell you before I kill you. I can synch with any mutant's powers. That means I could be the most powerful mutant."
"Stab me already. Don't bore me to death."
Synch turned around to face Raiden and Glorificus. "Do I really have to kill him?"
Both Glorificus and Raiden nodded. Everett sighed. "Okay. Fine. I will."
But then, an explosion blew right behind Everett, flinging him forward and off the floor, into mid air. Fortunately, he was still synched with my powers, so when he got control, he hovered for a second in midair, three feet off the ground, and started flying back up. But before he got there, Dynamo showed up on the edge and did a front flip off, landing heavily, but soundly on his feet in the center of the dragon carving. Synch floated down to land in front of him.
"What exploded?" Synch asked as Dynamo started circling around him.
"The floor."
"How?"
"That's my power."
"Oh. Okay."
"Just shut up already. You've already talked more than I care my prey to."
"I'm not your prey."
Dynamo didn't answer. He swung out deceptively with his foot towards the left side of Synch's head, but at the last second he changed direction and hit the right side in a beautifully executed hooking kick, followed by a extremely precise back kick to the ribs. But to Synch's credit, he didn't move or anything. He stood there and took it. I realized he must still have had my powers, in particular, my invulnerability. It was nice to see that my powers were helping him out this much.
Synch then retaliated, taking a card out of his pocket, and charging it, tossed it right into Dynamo's face. It exploded and did nothing to Dynamo. Apparently Dynamo's power protected him from explosions.
"Okay, that didn't work."
"I'm not amused." Dynamo said, disdainfully.
"I didn't think you would be."
"Get on with it." Raiden shouted.
Everett shook his head exasperatedly, then synched with Logan's power, and extended bone claws out of his hands. Then he stabbed Dynamo in the stomach. Dynamo gasped, and dropped to the ground at Everett's feet. Everett turned away and wouldn't look. Glorificus went over to Dynamo, and checked him for a pulse.
"Well, he's dead." She turned to Raiden. "It's very obvious they don't really want to be here, and they did beat all three of my Warriors, so why don't we let them leave? I wasn't really sure about taking over Earth Realm this generation anyway."
Raiden considered for a moment. "Sure, why not. I'll take them home."
"Okay." Glorificus agreed.
Raiden clapped his hands, and just like the first time we met him, shot bolts of lightning around the room, enveloping us in their energy. When the energy subsided, we were standing back on Lookout Knob.
And I shall now turn you over to Hank. Monet out.
