Part One
~ Orphanage, 2986 ~
"Riala come on" An older woman scolded. "Enough of this hiding, we know you hit Jon. I'm not going to hurt you." The woman said, again peering into the darkened room. The woman was just about to give up when a young girl about 7 years old stepped out of the shadows.
"I'm sorry Miss. Jenny I didn't hurt him too bad did I?" Riala asked her bottom lip shaking. Miss. Jenny bent down and picked Riala up.
"Unluckily honey you did." Miss. Jenny sighed. "Mrs. Zing wants you to leave." Miss. Jenny looked at the child only to she her cringe at the name of the Orphanage head master.
"Miss. Jenny where am I going to go?" Riala asked looking up at the woman with her larger blue eyes.
"Don't you worry. You're going to stay with me." Miss. Jenny said as she walked out of the room.
After eight weeks of having Riala live with her Miss Jenny decided that Riala needed something to help with her love of fighting. Miss Jenny enrolled Riala in kickboxing. Then when Riala was 10 she started taking Muay Thai. Miss Jenny didn't know why she signed Riala up for the class in fact she had never heard of Muay Thai before this but for some reason she felt she had to. Over the next few years Miss Jenny and Riala grew very close but that was all crushed when on a dark October night Miss Jenny was brutally slaughtered in front of Riala. Riala at 17 couldn't return to the Orphanage so for a while she lived off Miss Jenny's savings. She continued her kickboxing and Muay Thai lessons. Riala was lost when the savings ran out. She didn't know what to do. She tried to get a job but none of the legitimate employers would hire her because of her reputation and she couldn't afford to move. Then when she went to tell her Muay Thai instructor that she could no longer take classes he brought up the idea of tournaments. She quickly agreed and lived a nice life for two years when, during a tournament, she accidentally killed someone. Mrs. Zing, who for some reason hated Riala with a passion, blamed Riala for the murder of Miss Jenny. The courts agreed and sentenced Riala to death. Riala was devastated that the people of the city thought that she murdered her friend. In a way she understood because Miss. Jenny's murderers were never caught but it also enraged her. Miss Jenny had always been kind to Riala, as far back as Riala could remember.
~ New York City ~
Sapphire struggled against the men that now carried her.
"Mom make them let me go." She begged. When Sapphire was young her father disappeared leaving her and her mother alone. To make matter worse ever since Sapphire was born she had the ability to turn into a cat. Sapphire couldn't control her power and it often got her into trouble. As Sapphire struggled she saw her mother talking to one of the other men. 'My mother did this? She wants me gone?' Sapphire said to herself. At this thought Sapphire started to cry. When the men threw her into the back a truck the small tears that had escaped turned into undeniable rivers of tears. Sapphire bawled until the men, obviously sick of her sobs, put her to sleep. When Sapphire awoke she found her self in a stark white room with padded walls. 'Am I in an insane asylum or something?' Sapphire asked herself. Sapphire tugged at the restraints the kept her snug against the soft padded wall. Just as she tugged two nurses walked into the room.
"Sapphire Davis" The first nurse said as she looked down on the pile of papers she had in her arms.
"Yes" Sapphire whispered. The first nurse marked something down on the paper and turned towards Sapphire.
"My name is Mrs. Jackson and this." she pointed at the other nurse that was undoing Sapphire's restraints. "Is Miss. Wicks. You are in the New York City state house for the clinically insane. And you are our newest tenant." Mrs. Jackson said. When the restraints were removed Miss. Wicks led Sapphire towards a small white room with one chair.
"Sit please" Miss. Wicks said. Sapphire did as she was told since in essence she didn't have anything else to do. Miss. Wicks stood up and walked out of the room. Sapphire enjoyed the silence and was about to fall asleep when Mrs. Jackson snapped her out of her daydream.
"Miss. Davis, you are to stay in this room until you can control your powers. You shall be fed through an IV and you will take care of other with the help of machines. You will not leave that chair until I say so. Is that understood." Mrs. Jackson stepped back and allowed 2 scientist like people hook Sapphire up to various machine and cords. When Sapphire was restrained against the chair Mrs. Jackson smiled. "Now you have a good day Miss. Davis." Mrs. Jackson spat out as she left the room.
~ A doctor's office, 1995 ~
"Dr. Mitchell I can't deliver this baby. Not now, not without my husband. There has to be something you can do" A woman with red hair exclaimed, close to tears.
"Are you certain he will return?" the doctor asked.
"I'm positive. I know Treze wouldn't leave the realm with out a way to get back with the due so soon." The woman said. The doctor nodded and stood up.
"Then come with me Mrs. Masters." Mrs. Master's followed the doctor out of the room and to the elevator. "Mrs. Masters . . ."
"Willow please" Willow said
"Willow, there is something I can do. It's extremely risky and it's still in the process of development but we can cryogenically freeze you and your child.
~ Edenia 2979 ~
Treze (Sub-zero) sat in his room looking at a picture of his wife.
"I wish I could have been there." He whispered to himself as a tear slipped down his face.
Kitana looked at the sorcerer as prayed to whatever deity that could hear her that this worked.
"Princess Kitana go get your friend I'm not sure how long I can hold this" The sorcerer said. Kitana ran out of the room and headed down the hallway. When Treze finally opened his door after a few seconds of pounding Kitana grabbed him and dragged him back to the sorcerer's room.
"Kitana what's up" Treze asked after Kitana let him go. Kitana pointed at the small glowing orb and when Treze looked into it he gasped. Inside the orb there were pictures of his wife being unfrozen and giving birth to a young girl.
"Your wife just gave birth to a baby girl named Tegan, when she found out that you were trapped in Edenia she had herself cryogenically frozen hoping that you would return home before they were awoken." the sorcerer said. "I think that I would be able to get a package or something through to Earthrealm. Nothing large, nothing living but something that way she knows you." The orb suddenly stopped glowing and fell to the floor as the Sorcerer passed out. As Kitana rushed to the sorcerer's side Treze couldn't stop the teardrop that fell to his cheek.
~ A small house in the middle of nowhere New York State ~
"Tegan, honey are you home yet?" An older woman with red hair asked up the stair.
"Yea ma, I'll be right down OK." A voice responded.
"Good because you have a package" That caught Tegan's mind. Tegan stood up and walked out her bedroom door. While she headed downstairs she began to think about whom would be sending her a package. 'My grandparents on my dad's side don't even know I exist. My mom's parents live here so that doesn't make sense. I don't have any friends really. Who could it be?' She asked herself. When Tegan made it to the kitchen where her mother and grandmother were started dinner she saw a medium brown parcel sitting on the Kitchen Island.
"Hey ma this the package?" She asked as she sat down on a barstool. Her mother turned around and grinned.
"Well you got down here quickly, and yes that is the package. Know who it's from?" Her mother asked obviously knowing whom it was from. Tegan shook her head and looked down on the handwriting on the top of the box.
"Tegan Masters c/o Willow Masters. 245 Anderson Dr. Middle of nowhere NY, 12345"(Akisame Kage: Nice town huh?) Tegan said. The handwritings looked familiar but she couldn't place it. Sighing she started to rip the brown paper off, making sure not to ruin the handwritings on top. When the paper was off she began to open the box. When she got the box open she couldn't help but gasp. Inside was a Shinobi's (Ninja's) outfit, a locket with a dragon on it (Mortal Kombat Dragon), and a letter. Tegan picked the letter up and slowly opened it. When she looked inside and saw who it was from she gasped.
"Dear Tegan, You don't know me. I wish you did though. Do to circumstances that I greatly dislike I can not be with you right now. But I want you to know that I will find a way home and to you and your mother. Please don't hate me or anything. I hated my father for the longest time and I know now that it was one of the worst mistakes I've ever made. Your mother doesn't know too much about me and I have a feeling that you would like to know a lot. Well I start off with some basics. During my childhood I left my family and joined the Lin Kuei. I'm not sure what you're into so if you don't know the Lin Kuei were a band of Ninja assassins and thieves. I spent most of my life living in my brother's shadow until he died in Mortal Kombat, I'm sure that you've heard about that from your mother. I took my brother's place as Sub-Zero. A Ninja that controls cold. It sounds weird I know but trust me it's true. Well to make matters short I went to Edenia to help a friend and I got stuck here. I'm still alive because for some reason we, as in Liu Kang, Major Jackson Briggs, Sonya Blade and I, adapted to the Edenian life span which can last centuries. Well I don't know what else to say. Tell your mother I love her and remember I love you to. -Dad" Tegan read aloud. All sound in the kitchen had stopped and Tegan's grandmother was standing there with her mouth open.
"You got a package from your father!" Tegan's grandmother exclaimed. Tegan nodded and smiled.
"I did . . . hey there's something else written here. PS inside you will find a Ninja outfit, I think it should fit you, and a locket. This locket holds the instructions for something that you will need to do eventually. Don't ask me what cause even I don't know. It will open when you need it. Keep it hidden, if one of Shinnok's general's sees it you're in trouble. It has the Mortal Kombat dragon on it. Guard it well. With love -Dad." Tegan said. Tegan smiled and was daydreaming about her father until her grandmother hit her on the head with the frying pan.
"Young lady I know how happy you are that your father sent you that package but you have sword practice with your grandfather. Now get going, don't want to keep him waiting." Tegan laughed at her grandmother and headed outside.
~ Underground bar 2999 ~
"Hey Lance what you doing here." the bartender asked. Lance sighed and looked down at his drink.
"Nothing much, just drowning my sorrow I guess." Lance replied as he absently swirled the little straw in his drink.
"Well Lance you don't have time to drown your sorrows cause Kota has a mission for ya." the bartender said handing Lance a manila envelope. Lance opened the envelope and took a single sheet of paper out. Lance sighed when he saw it was in binary code.
"You'd think she'd find an easier code for me to decode but NO she insists on making my life a living hell." Lance exclaimed putting the paper down on the bar. The bartender shrugged and went back to wiping the bar down. Lance took a long look at the paper and sighed. 'I'm just gonna decode it at home. If it was extremely important she'd have given it to me herself' Lance thought to himself as he stood up. Lance paid for his drink, placed the paper back into the envelope and walked out of the club. Lance climbed into his car and sped off to his loft apartment. Once there he walked over to his computer and signed on. Lance sat down and went to work on decoding Kota's message. He was almost done when he fell asleep. When he woke up he found Kota sitting in a car to his right. when he saw her there he nearly screamed.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Lance asked holding his chest as if Kota had given him a heart attack. Kota laughed and stood up.
"Nice to know I'm loved." Kota said laughing. Lance shook his head and ran his fingers through his hair. He was about to make a snide remark when he noticed the serious look on Kota's face.
"Kota what's up?" he asked as he sat back down.
"Lance they found us. You better get outta here. You have a better chance of getting Shinnok outta the picture then I do. I'm just a lonely hacker. They can't do much to me but if they find you. Lance you can control your animality and you're an excellent fighter. You better leave." Kota said. Kota closed her eyes and then nodded. "I've but a tracer on the lead car of the squadron that's here to get us. They're almost here you better go." Kota closed her eyes again and held another conversation with the computer she had implanted into her retina and nervous system. Lance sighed and stood up.
"How long do I have?" he asked.
"15 minutes if you're lucky 10 if you're not." Kota said, her eyes still closed. Lance nodded and started to grab a few essential things he needed. When he was done he turned towards Kota.
"Can't you come with me?" Lance asked. Even though they might not get along all the time they were still quite a team.
"No" She said. Kota lead Lance to the back door and handed him a disk. "This contains all the information I've gathered on Shinnok from his computer systems. Guard it well Lance." Kota placed the disk in Lance's hand and pushed him forward closing and locking the door behind him.
~ Orphanage, 2986 ~
"Riala come on" An older woman scolded. "Enough of this hiding, we know you hit Jon. I'm not going to hurt you." The woman said, again peering into the darkened room. The woman was just about to give up when a young girl about 7 years old stepped out of the shadows.
"I'm sorry Miss. Jenny I didn't hurt him too bad did I?" Riala asked her bottom lip shaking. Miss. Jenny bent down and picked Riala up.
"Unluckily honey you did." Miss. Jenny sighed. "Mrs. Zing wants you to leave." Miss. Jenny looked at the child only to she her cringe at the name of the Orphanage head master.
"Miss. Jenny where am I going to go?" Riala asked looking up at the woman with her larger blue eyes.
"Don't you worry. You're going to stay with me." Miss. Jenny said as she walked out of the room.
After eight weeks of having Riala live with her Miss Jenny decided that Riala needed something to help with her love of fighting. Miss Jenny enrolled Riala in kickboxing. Then when Riala was 10 she started taking Muay Thai. Miss Jenny didn't know why she signed Riala up for the class in fact she had never heard of Muay Thai before this but for some reason she felt she had to. Over the next few years Miss Jenny and Riala grew very close but that was all crushed when on a dark October night Miss Jenny was brutally slaughtered in front of Riala. Riala at 17 couldn't return to the Orphanage so for a while she lived off Miss Jenny's savings. She continued her kickboxing and Muay Thai lessons. Riala was lost when the savings ran out. She didn't know what to do. She tried to get a job but none of the legitimate employers would hire her because of her reputation and she couldn't afford to move. Then when she went to tell her Muay Thai instructor that she could no longer take classes he brought up the idea of tournaments. She quickly agreed and lived a nice life for two years when, during a tournament, she accidentally killed someone. Mrs. Zing, who for some reason hated Riala with a passion, blamed Riala for the murder of Miss Jenny. The courts agreed and sentenced Riala to death. Riala was devastated that the people of the city thought that she murdered her friend. In a way she understood because Miss. Jenny's murderers were never caught but it also enraged her. Miss Jenny had always been kind to Riala, as far back as Riala could remember.
~ New York City ~
Sapphire struggled against the men that now carried her.
"Mom make them let me go." She begged. When Sapphire was young her father disappeared leaving her and her mother alone. To make matter worse ever since Sapphire was born she had the ability to turn into a cat. Sapphire couldn't control her power and it often got her into trouble. As Sapphire struggled she saw her mother talking to one of the other men. 'My mother did this? She wants me gone?' Sapphire said to herself. At this thought Sapphire started to cry. When the men threw her into the back a truck the small tears that had escaped turned into undeniable rivers of tears. Sapphire bawled until the men, obviously sick of her sobs, put her to sleep. When Sapphire awoke she found her self in a stark white room with padded walls. 'Am I in an insane asylum or something?' Sapphire asked herself. Sapphire tugged at the restraints the kept her snug against the soft padded wall. Just as she tugged two nurses walked into the room.
"Sapphire Davis" The first nurse said as she looked down on the pile of papers she had in her arms.
"Yes" Sapphire whispered. The first nurse marked something down on the paper and turned towards Sapphire.
"My name is Mrs. Jackson and this." she pointed at the other nurse that was undoing Sapphire's restraints. "Is Miss. Wicks. You are in the New York City state house for the clinically insane. And you are our newest tenant." Mrs. Jackson said. When the restraints were removed Miss. Wicks led Sapphire towards a small white room with one chair.
"Sit please" Miss. Wicks said. Sapphire did as she was told since in essence she didn't have anything else to do. Miss. Wicks stood up and walked out of the room. Sapphire enjoyed the silence and was about to fall asleep when Mrs. Jackson snapped her out of her daydream.
"Miss. Davis, you are to stay in this room until you can control your powers. You shall be fed through an IV and you will take care of other with the help of machines. You will not leave that chair until I say so. Is that understood." Mrs. Jackson stepped back and allowed 2 scientist like people hook Sapphire up to various machine and cords. When Sapphire was restrained against the chair Mrs. Jackson smiled. "Now you have a good day Miss. Davis." Mrs. Jackson spat out as she left the room.
~ A doctor's office, 1995 ~
"Dr. Mitchell I can't deliver this baby. Not now, not without my husband. There has to be something you can do" A woman with red hair exclaimed, close to tears.
"Are you certain he will return?" the doctor asked.
"I'm positive. I know Treze wouldn't leave the realm with out a way to get back with the due so soon." The woman said. The doctor nodded and stood up.
"Then come with me Mrs. Masters." Mrs. Master's followed the doctor out of the room and to the elevator. "Mrs. Masters . . ."
"Willow please" Willow said
"Willow, there is something I can do. It's extremely risky and it's still in the process of development but we can cryogenically freeze you and your child.
~ Edenia 2979 ~
Treze (Sub-zero) sat in his room looking at a picture of his wife.
"I wish I could have been there." He whispered to himself as a tear slipped down his face.
Kitana looked at the sorcerer as prayed to whatever deity that could hear her that this worked.
"Princess Kitana go get your friend I'm not sure how long I can hold this" The sorcerer said. Kitana ran out of the room and headed down the hallway. When Treze finally opened his door after a few seconds of pounding Kitana grabbed him and dragged him back to the sorcerer's room.
"Kitana what's up" Treze asked after Kitana let him go. Kitana pointed at the small glowing orb and when Treze looked into it he gasped. Inside the orb there were pictures of his wife being unfrozen and giving birth to a young girl.
"Your wife just gave birth to a baby girl named Tegan, when she found out that you were trapped in Edenia she had herself cryogenically frozen hoping that you would return home before they were awoken." the sorcerer said. "I think that I would be able to get a package or something through to Earthrealm. Nothing large, nothing living but something that way she knows you." The orb suddenly stopped glowing and fell to the floor as the Sorcerer passed out. As Kitana rushed to the sorcerer's side Treze couldn't stop the teardrop that fell to his cheek.
~ A small house in the middle of nowhere New York State ~
"Tegan, honey are you home yet?" An older woman with red hair asked up the stair.
"Yea ma, I'll be right down OK." A voice responded.
"Good because you have a package" That caught Tegan's mind. Tegan stood up and walked out her bedroom door. While she headed downstairs she began to think about whom would be sending her a package. 'My grandparents on my dad's side don't even know I exist. My mom's parents live here so that doesn't make sense. I don't have any friends really. Who could it be?' She asked herself. When Tegan made it to the kitchen where her mother and grandmother were started dinner she saw a medium brown parcel sitting on the Kitchen Island.
"Hey ma this the package?" She asked as she sat down on a barstool. Her mother turned around and grinned.
"Well you got down here quickly, and yes that is the package. Know who it's from?" Her mother asked obviously knowing whom it was from. Tegan shook her head and looked down on the handwriting on the top of the box.
"Tegan Masters c/o Willow Masters. 245 Anderson Dr. Middle of nowhere NY, 12345"(Akisame Kage: Nice town huh?) Tegan said. The handwritings looked familiar but she couldn't place it. Sighing she started to rip the brown paper off, making sure not to ruin the handwritings on top. When the paper was off she began to open the box. When she got the box open she couldn't help but gasp. Inside was a Shinobi's (Ninja's) outfit, a locket with a dragon on it (Mortal Kombat Dragon), and a letter. Tegan picked the letter up and slowly opened it. When she looked inside and saw who it was from she gasped.
"Dear Tegan, You don't know me. I wish you did though. Do to circumstances that I greatly dislike I can not be with you right now. But I want you to know that I will find a way home and to you and your mother. Please don't hate me or anything. I hated my father for the longest time and I know now that it was one of the worst mistakes I've ever made. Your mother doesn't know too much about me and I have a feeling that you would like to know a lot. Well I start off with some basics. During my childhood I left my family and joined the Lin Kuei. I'm not sure what you're into so if you don't know the Lin Kuei were a band of Ninja assassins and thieves. I spent most of my life living in my brother's shadow until he died in Mortal Kombat, I'm sure that you've heard about that from your mother. I took my brother's place as Sub-Zero. A Ninja that controls cold. It sounds weird I know but trust me it's true. Well to make matters short I went to Edenia to help a friend and I got stuck here. I'm still alive because for some reason we, as in Liu Kang, Major Jackson Briggs, Sonya Blade and I, adapted to the Edenian life span which can last centuries. Well I don't know what else to say. Tell your mother I love her and remember I love you to. -Dad" Tegan read aloud. All sound in the kitchen had stopped and Tegan's grandmother was standing there with her mouth open.
"You got a package from your father!" Tegan's grandmother exclaimed. Tegan nodded and smiled.
"I did . . . hey there's something else written here. PS inside you will find a Ninja outfit, I think it should fit you, and a locket. This locket holds the instructions for something that you will need to do eventually. Don't ask me what cause even I don't know. It will open when you need it. Keep it hidden, if one of Shinnok's general's sees it you're in trouble. It has the Mortal Kombat dragon on it. Guard it well. With love -Dad." Tegan said. Tegan smiled and was daydreaming about her father until her grandmother hit her on the head with the frying pan.
"Young lady I know how happy you are that your father sent you that package but you have sword practice with your grandfather. Now get going, don't want to keep him waiting." Tegan laughed at her grandmother and headed outside.
~ Underground bar 2999 ~
"Hey Lance what you doing here." the bartender asked. Lance sighed and looked down at his drink.
"Nothing much, just drowning my sorrow I guess." Lance replied as he absently swirled the little straw in his drink.
"Well Lance you don't have time to drown your sorrows cause Kota has a mission for ya." the bartender said handing Lance a manila envelope. Lance opened the envelope and took a single sheet of paper out. Lance sighed when he saw it was in binary code.
"You'd think she'd find an easier code for me to decode but NO she insists on making my life a living hell." Lance exclaimed putting the paper down on the bar. The bartender shrugged and went back to wiping the bar down. Lance took a long look at the paper and sighed. 'I'm just gonna decode it at home. If it was extremely important she'd have given it to me herself' Lance thought to himself as he stood up. Lance paid for his drink, placed the paper back into the envelope and walked out of the club. Lance climbed into his car and sped off to his loft apartment. Once there he walked over to his computer and signed on. Lance sat down and went to work on decoding Kota's message. He was almost done when he fell asleep. When he woke up he found Kota sitting in a car to his right. when he saw her there he nearly screamed.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Lance asked holding his chest as if Kota had given him a heart attack. Kota laughed and stood up.
"Nice to know I'm loved." Kota said laughing. Lance shook his head and ran his fingers through his hair. He was about to make a snide remark when he noticed the serious look on Kota's face.
"Kota what's up?" he asked as he sat back down.
"Lance they found us. You better get outta here. You have a better chance of getting Shinnok outta the picture then I do. I'm just a lonely hacker. They can't do much to me but if they find you. Lance you can control your animality and you're an excellent fighter. You better leave." Kota said. Kota closed her eyes and then nodded. "I've but a tracer on the lead car of the squadron that's here to get us. They're almost here you better go." Kota closed her eyes again and held another conversation with the computer she had implanted into her retina and nervous system. Lance sighed and stood up.
"How long do I have?" he asked.
"15 minutes if you're lucky 10 if you're not." Kota said, her eyes still closed. Lance nodded and started to grab a few essential things he needed. When he was done he turned towards Kota.
"Can't you come with me?" Lance asked. Even though they might not get along all the time they were still quite a team.
"No" She said. Kota lead Lance to the back door and handed him a disk. "This contains all the information I've gathered on Shinnok from his computer systems. Guard it well Lance." Kota placed the disk in Lance's hand and pushed him forward closing and locking the door behind him.