Chapter Nineteen
All of the fighters who still remain in the cave all make their way towards the indoor ring where the midnight tournament will take place. They slowly walk through the long, dark halls.
Jax looks at Cammy. "Are you sure that you are up to this? I mean, after all that's happened........"
Cammy looks at Jax. "I'll be fine, at least I'll try to be."
Jax nods. Honestly, according to Chun-Li, it was better for them to take her to this tournament than to leave her alone in the cave.
Ryu and Chun-Li stay close together. Chun-Li looks up at Ryu. "I have a bad feeling about this tournament."
Ryu looks at her with concern. "What do you mean?"
Chun-Li looks down. "I mean, what if he chooses you?" She looks back up at him. "I don't want to.........."
Ryu takes her into his arm and kisses her forehead. "Don't worry. You're not going to lose me."
Chun-Li slowly nods, but she still has that bad feeling in her stomach.
They enter the large hall where the ring is located. Everyone looks into the ring............and overcome with fear.
"That's him," Jax said pointing at the ring. "That's Prince Goro."
Everyone sees as the monster had just killed his opponent with just a few blows. He straightens himself up and cries in victory. Indeed, he was ugly. He was about seven feet tall with thin black hair tied into a ponytail on the top of his head while the rest of his head is bald. He has four arms, two in normal places, and the other two connected under them.
"That thing is hideous," said Ken. "Even worse than Sheeva."
The fighters make their way towards the front of the ring. Goro looks around for more people to fight. After a few minutes, he says, "I choose you!" and points to a very well-built man who looks like a wrestler.
The wrestler jumps into the ring with tons of determination. He growls at Goro.
Shang, who is sitting in his throne as usual, cries, "Begin!"
The wrestler runs at Goro. Goro has both of his upper fists up. As soon as the wrestler was close to him, Goro takes his closed fists and smashes the wrestler's head right into his brain. Everyone turns around to avoid the gross sight.
{I wonder who is going to actually win this?} thought Sonya.
***
Cody and Honda search the forest for any clues about their four missing friends Dan, Mika, Fei-Long, and Sub-Zero.
"I hope they're alive," said Honda. "It actually wouldn't be the same without Dan."
Cody shrugs. "It's been said before........you can't live with them, and you can't live without them."
"That's true," the sumo wrestler said.
The two continue walking through the woods.
"I wonder what it was that kept them missing?" Honda asked out loud.
Cody looks at him. "I could actually imagine Dan getting himself lost, poor Mika. For Fei-Long and Sub-Zero to get lost, that's hard to believe, especially since Sub-Zero knows the area pretty well."
"Speaking of Sub-Zero," Honda said. "I wonder what his real name is."
"Beats me. Kitana told me that Lin Kuei ninjas are all a mystery. They're supposed to be assassins, killing whoever the leader tells them to kill. Sub-Zero only joined because he was vengeance for his brother. He said he was leaving Lin Kuei after he kills Shang."
"Shang, he's another mystery," Honda said. "Guile said that they found him speaking with Shao Kahn. I wonder what that's all about."
"Once again, beats me."
Suddenly they hear a rattle in the woods. The two stop in their tracks and look around. After a while, Cody shrugs. "Must be a fox or something."
"No way," Honda said, his dark eyes narrowed.
Cody notices this. "What's wrong."
Honda looks around. "I sense an evil ki. Definitely not from around here." He turns his head to Cody. "He's not far either."
Cody laughs a little. "Maybe it's your imagination."
They felt a presence just above their heads. They look up and see a man in a yellow Lin Kuei uniform somersault over their heads. Cody and Honda jump out of the way still keeping their eyes on the man. The man lands on his feet and stares at Cody and Honda with his white eyes.
"I know him," Honda said getting into his fighting stance. "This is Scorpion, a once powerful Lin Kuei assassin, until he was killed by the first Sub-Zero."
Cody looks at Honda in confusion. "Sub-Zero?"
Honda continues. "The Sub-Zero we know now, he told me that his ancestors have passed down the Lin Kuei tradition from generation to generation. The first Sub-Zero killed Scorpion and is willing to kill him and anyone who stands in his way."
Cody gets into his fighting stance. From what Honda describes, he definitely knows that there is going to be a fight coming up.
***
Everyone looks as the dead wrestler is taken out of the ring and onto a cart. Goro begins looking for another fighter. Everyone crosses their fingers, hoping that they aren't next.
After a few long minutes, Goro looks in the direction of where the good fighters are. He looks at each and every one of them slowly, sending chills down everyone's spines.
Finally, Goro straightens himself up and cries, "I choose you!" He points at a fighter.
Guy.
Kitana looks at Guy. "You don't have to go through with this."
Guy looks at the beautiful woman. "I've fought guys who are bigger than him. I'm pretty sure that I can defeat him. Besides, I haven't fought since my last fight with Sub-Zero."
Kitana nods. "I've always known that you were very brave."
Kitana leans up to Guy and presses her lips against his. Guy returns the kiss. For a minute, they share a long passionate kiss like it was going to be their last kiss.
Guy pulls back a little and looks into Kitana's dark eyes. "I'll try to be back here in a few minutes," he said.
Kitana takes his hands. "Please be back."
Guy puts one of his hands on her face. He kisses her forehead and then brushes a strand of hair away from her face. Then, Guy lets go of her hand and puts both arms on his side. Then, he begins to make his way into the ring.
Guy stays about five feet away from Goro. Goro is cracking his knuckles as Guy gets ready. He tightens his gloves and gets into a fighting stance.
{Let the fight begin,} he thought.
***
Cody and Honda stand in their fighting stances and stare at their opponent Scorpion.
Cody looks at Honda. "Are you ready for this fight?"
Honda smirks. "You bet!"
Suddenly, Scorpion disappears and then reappears behind Cody and Honda. They both sense his presence behind them and quickly turn around. Scorpion performs a roundhouse kick hitting Honda on his side. Cody delivers an uppercut at his face, but Scorpion dodges out of the way. Honda then kicks Scorpion in the gut making him lose his balance.
Scorpion gets himself back up quickly and starts throwing series of punches at the both of them. Cody and Honda block each and every one of them.
Cody smiles at Scorpion. "You know, it's two against one."
Scorpion jumps back a little and puts his hand out. Suddenly, a symbiatic harpoon (A/N: that's what they really are, not silver snakes. Thank you Kei for pointing this out.) comes out and digs into Cody's chest.
"Cody!!" Honda cried. Scorpion pulls Cody over.
"GET OVER HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Scorpion cries out before throwing an uppercut punch at Cody. Cody flies a few feet back with blood gushing out of him.
Honda runs up to Cody. "You okay?"
Cody sits up. "I'm all right. He obviously didn't get any of my major organs."
"That's good, but you're bleeding."
Cody stands up. "I'll be fine."
Suddenly, Scorpion performs a hard blow to Honda's head. Honda falls to the ground unconscious.
"Honda!" Cody cried. Before he could do anything, Scorpion starts throwing series of punches at Cody.
Despite the loss of blood, Cody manages to spin his arm around once creating a tornado. Scorpion falls back, but manages to get back up.
"What does it take to at least make you go away?" Cody asked. Scorpion starts throwing punches again. Cody blocks most of them, but the loss of blood is now starting to make him dizzy. Scorpion walks forward as Cody walks backwards.
They were getting closer to a cliff. Below is the ocean three hundred feet down.
Cody does not realize what is behind him until he felt a breeze on his feet. He quickly turns around and sees the cliff just a few feet away. He stops himself from walking and takes the punches from Scorpion.
Now Cody was getting weaker from the loss of blood, making him go down on his knees.
{I can't let him win} Cody thought. {I've got to get away from here. He'll definitely throw me off the cliff if I don't.}
Then, Scorpion takes him by the neck and holds him up. He dangles him over the edge of the cliff.
Honda begins to wake up from the blow he received. He picks himself up with a tree to guide him.
Honda looks over where Cody and Scorpion are. Scorpion was hanging Cody over a cliff.
"Cody!!" Honda cried. "Hang on!" He starts to run over to him.
When Honda was only ten feet away, Scorpion lets go.......sending Cody down to the ocean. Cody's piercing scream was heard until a splash was heard.
"NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Honda cried out. "CODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Scorpion suddenly turns around and stares at Honda with his white eyes.
Honda looks at Scorpion with anger. Not only was Cody now dead, but he knew now that he was fighting this demon on his own.
***
Guy looks at Goro with determination. He hopes to get back to his friends and defeat him.
Shang stands up. "Begin!"
Goro makes the first move, taking one giant step forward towards Guy. Guy ducks down and rolls out of the way. He gets himself back up, but Goro was a foot away.
{I guess that's what happens when you're really tall} the Bushin ninja thought. He jumps in the air and throws a hard kick at Goro's face. Goro blocks the move. Guy lands back on the ground and slides his body to trip Goro, but Goro jumps up, ready to step on him with his heavy weight.
Guy sees this and rolls out of the way. He quickly gets back up. Goro turns around and growls.
Guy jumps up and attempts a few kicks at Goro, but of course, Goro blocks all of the kicks.
In the audience, Guile watches the fight nervously. {The monster is 2,000 years old} he thought. {He obviously has more experience than most people.}
Chun-Li stands next to Ryu as she watches the fight. {Every time Guy throws a move, Goro blocks it like it was nothing,} she thought. {Hopefully, Guy will find an opening that will throw him off.}
Then, as soon as Guy could recover from the kicks he gave to Goro, Goro suddenly throws a hard punch at Guy's face. The blow was so hard that Guy could see sparkling colors everywhere.
Then, Goro starts throwing hard punches at Guy, mainly in the stomach. Guy tries to block them, but the blow in his face threw him off pretty badly. Soon, he finds himself weak.
{No!} Guy thought. {I have to win! I have to!}
A blow in the stomach makes Guy spit out blood. Then, Goro delivers a blow to the head making Guy fall to the ground.
Guy laid there, wondering what Goro is going to do next.
Then, Goro takes his uppers hands and wraps them around Guy's neck. He picks him up and holds him high enough so the two would be face to face. He held Guy's ankles with his lowers hands. His arms were too long for Guy to reach over to deliver a blow to Goro's head.
Guy knows now that he is going to die.
As Goro slowly cuts his oxygen off, Guy looks over at his beloved Kitana. Kitana looks up at him. He could see the anger in her eyes.
{I have to} Guy thought. He stretches his arm out towards her. Kitana sees the attempt and reaches for him. They are only close enough for their fingers to linger.
"Ki......Kitana," Guy manages to say. He could feel Goro's grip tightening.
For Guy, it was now or never.
"I.......I love you."
Then, all of his oxygen is cut off.
Kitana looks at Guy feeling her heart race not only because he was dying, but because of his words.
But before Kitana could say anything..........a bone breaking into two could be heard around the room.
Goro has broken Guy's neck.
"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Chun-Li cried. She throws her arms around Ryu and tightly closed her eyes. Ryu holds her close to him and stares at the ring.
Guy's hand falls back to his side, leaving Kitana's hand. Goro holds him for another minute before tossing him to the side like he was only a rag doll.
Shang stands up. "Goro wins!"
Goro raises all four of his arms and cries in victory. Most of the people in the audience cheer on for him.
The good fighters look at Guy's lifeless body and begin to mourn for him. The quiet scream could be heard as his soul is taken.
Kitana bows her head. A single tear falls out of her eye.
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A/N: Please don't hurt me! *Guards herself*
All of the fighters who still remain in the cave all make their way towards the indoor ring where the midnight tournament will take place. They slowly walk through the long, dark halls.
Jax looks at Cammy. "Are you sure that you are up to this? I mean, after all that's happened........"
Cammy looks at Jax. "I'll be fine, at least I'll try to be."
Jax nods. Honestly, according to Chun-Li, it was better for them to take her to this tournament than to leave her alone in the cave.
Ryu and Chun-Li stay close together. Chun-Li looks up at Ryu. "I have a bad feeling about this tournament."
Ryu looks at her with concern. "What do you mean?"
Chun-Li looks down. "I mean, what if he chooses you?" She looks back up at him. "I don't want to.........."
Ryu takes her into his arm and kisses her forehead. "Don't worry. You're not going to lose me."
Chun-Li slowly nods, but she still has that bad feeling in her stomach.
They enter the large hall where the ring is located. Everyone looks into the ring............and overcome with fear.
"That's him," Jax said pointing at the ring. "That's Prince Goro."
Everyone sees as the monster had just killed his opponent with just a few blows. He straightens himself up and cries in victory. Indeed, he was ugly. He was about seven feet tall with thin black hair tied into a ponytail on the top of his head while the rest of his head is bald. He has four arms, two in normal places, and the other two connected under them.
"That thing is hideous," said Ken. "Even worse than Sheeva."
The fighters make their way towards the front of the ring. Goro looks around for more people to fight. After a few minutes, he says, "I choose you!" and points to a very well-built man who looks like a wrestler.
The wrestler jumps into the ring with tons of determination. He growls at Goro.
Shang, who is sitting in his throne as usual, cries, "Begin!"
The wrestler runs at Goro. Goro has both of his upper fists up. As soon as the wrestler was close to him, Goro takes his closed fists and smashes the wrestler's head right into his brain. Everyone turns around to avoid the gross sight.
{I wonder who is going to actually win this?} thought Sonya.
***
Cody and Honda search the forest for any clues about their four missing friends Dan, Mika, Fei-Long, and Sub-Zero.
"I hope they're alive," said Honda. "It actually wouldn't be the same without Dan."
Cody shrugs. "It's been said before........you can't live with them, and you can't live without them."
"That's true," the sumo wrestler said.
The two continue walking through the woods.
"I wonder what it was that kept them missing?" Honda asked out loud.
Cody looks at him. "I could actually imagine Dan getting himself lost, poor Mika. For Fei-Long and Sub-Zero to get lost, that's hard to believe, especially since Sub-Zero knows the area pretty well."
"Speaking of Sub-Zero," Honda said. "I wonder what his real name is."
"Beats me. Kitana told me that Lin Kuei ninjas are all a mystery. They're supposed to be assassins, killing whoever the leader tells them to kill. Sub-Zero only joined because he was vengeance for his brother. He said he was leaving Lin Kuei after he kills Shang."
"Shang, he's another mystery," Honda said. "Guile said that they found him speaking with Shao Kahn. I wonder what that's all about."
"Once again, beats me."
Suddenly they hear a rattle in the woods. The two stop in their tracks and look around. After a while, Cody shrugs. "Must be a fox or something."
"No way," Honda said, his dark eyes narrowed.
Cody notices this. "What's wrong."
Honda looks around. "I sense an evil ki. Definitely not from around here." He turns his head to Cody. "He's not far either."
Cody laughs a little. "Maybe it's your imagination."
They felt a presence just above their heads. They look up and see a man in a yellow Lin Kuei uniform somersault over their heads. Cody and Honda jump out of the way still keeping their eyes on the man. The man lands on his feet and stares at Cody and Honda with his white eyes.
"I know him," Honda said getting into his fighting stance. "This is Scorpion, a once powerful Lin Kuei assassin, until he was killed by the first Sub-Zero."
Cody looks at Honda in confusion. "Sub-Zero?"
Honda continues. "The Sub-Zero we know now, he told me that his ancestors have passed down the Lin Kuei tradition from generation to generation. The first Sub-Zero killed Scorpion and is willing to kill him and anyone who stands in his way."
Cody gets into his fighting stance. From what Honda describes, he definitely knows that there is going to be a fight coming up.
***
Everyone looks as the dead wrestler is taken out of the ring and onto a cart. Goro begins looking for another fighter. Everyone crosses their fingers, hoping that they aren't next.
After a few long minutes, Goro looks in the direction of where the good fighters are. He looks at each and every one of them slowly, sending chills down everyone's spines.
Finally, Goro straightens himself up and cries, "I choose you!" He points at a fighter.
Guy.
Kitana looks at Guy. "You don't have to go through with this."
Guy looks at the beautiful woman. "I've fought guys who are bigger than him. I'm pretty sure that I can defeat him. Besides, I haven't fought since my last fight with Sub-Zero."
Kitana nods. "I've always known that you were very brave."
Kitana leans up to Guy and presses her lips against his. Guy returns the kiss. For a minute, they share a long passionate kiss like it was going to be their last kiss.
Guy pulls back a little and looks into Kitana's dark eyes. "I'll try to be back here in a few minutes," he said.
Kitana takes his hands. "Please be back."
Guy puts one of his hands on her face. He kisses her forehead and then brushes a strand of hair away from her face. Then, Guy lets go of her hand and puts both arms on his side. Then, he begins to make his way into the ring.
Guy stays about five feet away from Goro. Goro is cracking his knuckles as Guy gets ready. He tightens his gloves and gets into a fighting stance.
{Let the fight begin,} he thought.
***
Cody and Honda stand in their fighting stances and stare at their opponent Scorpion.
Cody looks at Honda. "Are you ready for this fight?"
Honda smirks. "You bet!"
Suddenly, Scorpion disappears and then reappears behind Cody and Honda. They both sense his presence behind them and quickly turn around. Scorpion performs a roundhouse kick hitting Honda on his side. Cody delivers an uppercut at his face, but Scorpion dodges out of the way. Honda then kicks Scorpion in the gut making him lose his balance.
Scorpion gets himself back up quickly and starts throwing series of punches at the both of them. Cody and Honda block each and every one of them.
Cody smiles at Scorpion. "You know, it's two against one."
Scorpion jumps back a little and puts his hand out. Suddenly, a symbiatic harpoon (A/N: that's what they really are, not silver snakes. Thank you Kei for pointing this out.) comes out and digs into Cody's chest.
"Cody!!" Honda cried. Scorpion pulls Cody over.
"GET OVER HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Scorpion cries out before throwing an uppercut punch at Cody. Cody flies a few feet back with blood gushing out of him.
Honda runs up to Cody. "You okay?"
Cody sits up. "I'm all right. He obviously didn't get any of my major organs."
"That's good, but you're bleeding."
Cody stands up. "I'll be fine."
Suddenly, Scorpion performs a hard blow to Honda's head. Honda falls to the ground unconscious.
"Honda!" Cody cried. Before he could do anything, Scorpion starts throwing series of punches at Cody.
Despite the loss of blood, Cody manages to spin his arm around once creating a tornado. Scorpion falls back, but manages to get back up.
"What does it take to at least make you go away?" Cody asked. Scorpion starts throwing punches again. Cody blocks most of them, but the loss of blood is now starting to make him dizzy. Scorpion walks forward as Cody walks backwards.
They were getting closer to a cliff. Below is the ocean three hundred feet down.
Cody does not realize what is behind him until he felt a breeze on his feet. He quickly turns around and sees the cliff just a few feet away. He stops himself from walking and takes the punches from Scorpion.
Now Cody was getting weaker from the loss of blood, making him go down on his knees.
{I can't let him win} Cody thought. {I've got to get away from here. He'll definitely throw me off the cliff if I don't.}
Then, Scorpion takes him by the neck and holds him up. He dangles him over the edge of the cliff.
Honda begins to wake up from the blow he received. He picks himself up with a tree to guide him.
Honda looks over where Cody and Scorpion are. Scorpion was hanging Cody over a cliff.
"Cody!!" Honda cried. "Hang on!" He starts to run over to him.
When Honda was only ten feet away, Scorpion lets go.......sending Cody down to the ocean. Cody's piercing scream was heard until a splash was heard.
"NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Honda cried out. "CODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Scorpion suddenly turns around and stares at Honda with his white eyes.
Honda looks at Scorpion with anger. Not only was Cody now dead, but he knew now that he was fighting this demon on his own.
***
Guy looks at Goro with determination. He hopes to get back to his friends and defeat him.
Shang stands up. "Begin!"
Goro makes the first move, taking one giant step forward towards Guy. Guy ducks down and rolls out of the way. He gets himself back up, but Goro was a foot away.
{I guess that's what happens when you're really tall} the Bushin ninja thought. He jumps in the air and throws a hard kick at Goro's face. Goro blocks the move. Guy lands back on the ground and slides his body to trip Goro, but Goro jumps up, ready to step on him with his heavy weight.
Guy sees this and rolls out of the way. He quickly gets back up. Goro turns around and growls.
Guy jumps up and attempts a few kicks at Goro, but of course, Goro blocks all of the kicks.
In the audience, Guile watches the fight nervously. {The monster is 2,000 years old} he thought. {He obviously has more experience than most people.}
Chun-Li stands next to Ryu as she watches the fight. {Every time Guy throws a move, Goro blocks it like it was nothing,} she thought. {Hopefully, Guy will find an opening that will throw him off.}
Then, as soon as Guy could recover from the kicks he gave to Goro, Goro suddenly throws a hard punch at Guy's face. The blow was so hard that Guy could see sparkling colors everywhere.
Then, Goro starts throwing hard punches at Guy, mainly in the stomach. Guy tries to block them, but the blow in his face threw him off pretty badly. Soon, he finds himself weak.
{No!} Guy thought. {I have to win! I have to!}
A blow in the stomach makes Guy spit out blood. Then, Goro delivers a blow to the head making Guy fall to the ground.
Guy laid there, wondering what Goro is going to do next.
Then, Goro takes his uppers hands and wraps them around Guy's neck. He picks him up and holds him high enough so the two would be face to face. He held Guy's ankles with his lowers hands. His arms were too long for Guy to reach over to deliver a blow to Goro's head.
Guy knows now that he is going to die.
As Goro slowly cuts his oxygen off, Guy looks over at his beloved Kitana. Kitana looks up at him. He could see the anger in her eyes.
{I have to} Guy thought. He stretches his arm out towards her. Kitana sees the attempt and reaches for him. They are only close enough for their fingers to linger.
"Ki......Kitana," Guy manages to say. He could feel Goro's grip tightening.
For Guy, it was now or never.
"I.......I love you."
Then, all of his oxygen is cut off.
Kitana looks at Guy feeling her heart race not only because he was dying, but because of his words.
But before Kitana could say anything..........a bone breaking into two could be heard around the room.
Goro has broken Guy's neck.
"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Chun-Li cried. She throws her arms around Ryu and tightly closed her eyes. Ryu holds her close to him and stares at the ring.
Guy's hand falls back to his side, leaving Kitana's hand. Goro holds him for another minute before tossing him to the side like he was only a rag doll.
Shang stands up. "Goro wins!"
Goro raises all four of his arms and cries in victory. Most of the people in the audience cheer on for him.
The good fighters look at Guy's lifeless body and begin to mourn for him. The quiet scream could be heard as his soul is taken.
Kitana bows her head. A single tear falls out of her eye.
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A/N: Please don't hurt me! *Guards herself*