Chapter Twenty-One
Honda looks at his opponent Scorpion. Just a few moments ago, Scorpion threw Cody off the cliff sending him down to his death. Now Honda is filled with rage.
"You bastard!" he cried. "You won't get away with what you did to Cody! What did you do with the others?"
Scorpion only stares at him, his white eyes narrowed. Honda gets into his fighting stance, also narrowing his eyes at Scorpion. The two stare at each other for a minute. The winds blow hard making the dark clouds above more in high speed.
Then, Scorpion quickly puts his arm out. His symbiatic harpoon flies towards Honda. Honda jumps behind a tree. The harpoon hits the tree leaving a big mark on it.
Scorpion runs after Honda. Honda puts his arms out. Scorpion jumps about a foot in the air and performs a roundhouse kick at Honda. Honda blocks the move and throws a punch at Scorpion. Scorpion blocks the move. The two start throwing series of punches at each other. At one moment, Scorpion could be playing offense and Honda playing defense, or it could be the other way around.
Then, Scorpion finds an opening and manages to kick Honda in the gut. Honda has the wind knocked out of him, but he manages to block Scorpion's incoming punch.
The two are pretty close to the edge of the cliff. Both of them are fully aware of the cliff and try to back away. They can hear a storm starting up in the distance.
The fight looks like it would end in a draw. Of course, it was the fight to the death. No matter what, only one of these warriors will make it out alive.
Honda then manages to duck down and trip Scorpion. Scorpion falls to the ground. Scorpion then quickly gets up and throws more punches and kicks at Honda. Honda attempts to block every one of them. Then, he finds himself very close to the edge.
{I've got to do something} Honda thought. {I've got to win for Cody.}
Then, Honda performs his hundred-hand slaps. Scorpion is unable to block the speed of the slaps and is hit multiple times in a row. Honda performs the last of the slap sending Scorpion flying backwards. Scorpion crashes into a tree.
Honda runs after him. Scorpion stands up quickly........and takes off his mask.
Honda stops himself and his mouth drops open. Scorpion reveals his grinning skull.
"This is bad," Honda thought out loud.
Scorpion lets out a line of fire out of his mouth. Honda ducks out of the way. The fire lights up a tree.
Honda runs up to Scorpion and starts throwing more kicks and punches at him. Scorpion blocks them all of course. The tree nearby them burns quickly. Then, it starts to fall.......right towards them.
Honda looks up. "Timber!" he cried out. He runs out of the way for safety. Then he hears the tree crash down to the ground.
Honda looks around still in his fighting stance. Scorpion is nowhere to be seen.
"The tree must've killed him," Honda said. Then he remembers something about Scorpion. "Wait a minute, isn't he already dead?"
Suddenly, a figure, burning with fire, jumps up in the air. Honda could see that it is Scorpion.
"Whoa!" Honda cried, his eyes widened. "Looks like there is only one thing left to do."
As Scorpion lands on the ground, Honda jumps in the air and darts his body at Scorpion headfirst. He hits Scorpion in the gut, which isn't ignited with any flames. They fly across until they are near the cliff. Honda gets back down on the ground. He watches as Scorpion flies over the edge and falls three hundred feet down to the ocean. Honda hears the splash down below.
Honda looks up. "He was definitely dead to begin with. I better get back to the camp before he jumps back up here. At least I have some sort of idea about what happened to Dan, Mika, Fei-Long, and Sub-Zero." Honda starts running through the woods.
***
"We're going to have to do something about all of this," said Sonya. "I'm sick of watching our friends die and have their souls taken in this tournament!"
The fighters are back at the cave at one o'clock in the morning. Guy's death was already tragic enough, but there are still matters to deal with.
"She's right," said Jax. "We can't just sit here anymore. We didn't come here just to watch our friends die. We came here to investigate and destroy The Outworld." He looks at Dan. "What happened to you guys?"
"Mika and I were lost in the woods for a few days," Dan replied. "I got sick too and we met this wizard and he helped me feel better. Then we met Nightwolf and tried to go back, but when we got back to the wizard's hut, he gave us this potion that made us pass out. Fei-Long and Sub-Zero met up with us there."
"Do you know where they are now?" asked Chun-Li.
"It turns out that Shang shape-shifted into the wizard," said Mika. "Shang took the four of us to his dungeon. The four of us try to escape, but the guards captured Fei-Long and Sub-Zero, so Dan and I managed to make it out."
"So now the guess is that they are either dead or alive," said Ken.
"So Shang has been responsible for taking the souls," Rolento said.
Everyone nods.
"Like we've said before," Jax continued. "We can't just sit here anymore. I think it's time that we go in after Outworld. If we keep going with the tournament, little, or none of us, will make it out alive."
That's when they hear someone come out of the woods fast. Everyone sees Honda jump out of the bushes. He stops in front of the group and falls to the ground gasping for air.
"Honda!" cried Dan. "Where were you?"
Honda's eyes become wide. "Dan? Mika? You're alive! It's good to see the two of you again."
"Honda," said Sonya. "I'm terrified to ask, but where's Cody?"
Honda bows his head. "We went up against Scorpion and he threw Cody off a high cliff. I tried to save him, but he was too far for me to reach."
"Wait," said Jax. "Are you saying that Scorpion killed him?"
Honda nods.
"You know, Scorpion is neutral. He has nothing to do with Outworld."
"So his soul is in peace?" asked Liu.
"Yes."
"Funny," said Chun-Li. "Two best friends die on the same night."
Everyone bows their heads.
Kitana stands up which makes the group overcome with silence. "My heart has been broken because of what Goro did to Guy. I know he just died tonight, but I am not willing to let that get in the way, just like how the others died. I am willing to be strong for him. We are going to destroy Outworld and even make sure that Fei-Long and Sub-Zero make it out alive."
"Kitana," said Liu. "You have a strong will and heart."
"When you live for ten thousand years, you learn so much."
"So what do we do now?" asked Cammy.
Jax looks at Mika. "Do you guys remember where exactly Shang's Dungeon is?"
"It's about four miles away," Mika replied. "The place is like a maze, Dan and I didn't even know where the exit was for a while."
"We shall go there," Jax said. "For Dee Jay, Johnny, Dhalsim, Rose, Cody, Guy, and even Sakura who made it out alive, we will use every power we possess, every strength we have, and basically everything we have, we will destroy Shao Kahn and the Outworld......tonight!" He puts a fist out. "We, as Street Fighters and warriors of Mortal Kombat will rise."
One by one, everyone puts their fist out, one over the other.
"We will destroy them!" Jax cried.
"Destroy them!" everyone cried raising their fists high in the air.
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Another short chapter, but whatever I kind of did that on purpose. So as you can see, the next chapter starts the real action of the fight against Outworld. Just a reminder, there are only seven more chapters left!
Honda looks at his opponent Scorpion. Just a few moments ago, Scorpion threw Cody off the cliff sending him down to his death. Now Honda is filled with rage.
"You bastard!" he cried. "You won't get away with what you did to Cody! What did you do with the others?"
Scorpion only stares at him, his white eyes narrowed. Honda gets into his fighting stance, also narrowing his eyes at Scorpion. The two stare at each other for a minute. The winds blow hard making the dark clouds above more in high speed.
Then, Scorpion quickly puts his arm out. His symbiatic harpoon flies towards Honda. Honda jumps behind a tree. The harpoon hits the tree leaving a big mark on it.
Scorpion runs after Honda. Honda puts his arms out. Scorpion jumps about a foot in the air and performs a roundhouse kick at Honda. Honda blocks the move and throws a punch at Scorpion. Scorpion blocks the move. The two start throwing series of punches at each other. At one moment, Scorpion could be playing offense and Honda playing defense, or it could be the other way around.
Then, Scorpion finds an opening and manages to kick Honda in the gut. Honda has the wind knocked out of him, but he manages to block Scorpion's incoming punch.
The two are pretty close to the edge of the cliff. Both of them are fully aware of the cliff and try to back away. They can hear a storm starting up in the distance.
The fight looks like it would end in a draw. Of course, it was the fight to the death. No matter what, only one of these warriors will make it out alive.
Honda then manages to duck down and trip Scorpion. Scorpion falls to the ground. Scorpion then quickly gets up and throws more punches and kicks at Honda. Honda attempts to block every one of them. Then, he finds himself very close to the edge.
{I've got to do something} Honda thought. {I've got to win for Cody.}
Then, Honda performs his hundred-hand slaps. Scorpion is unable to block the speed of the slaps and is hit multiple times in a row. Honda performs the last of the slap sending Scorpion flying backwards. Scorpion crashes into a tree.
Honda runs after him. Scorpion stands up quickly........and takes off his mask.
Honda stops himself and his mouth drops open. Scorpion reveals his grinning skull.
"This is bad," Honda thought out loud.
Scorpion lets out a line of fire out of his mouth. Honda ducks out of the way. The fire lights up a tree.
Honda runs up to Scorpion and starts throwing more kicks and punches at him. Scorpion blocks them all of course. The tree nearby them burns quickly. Then, it starts to fall.......right towards them.
Honda looks up. "Timber!" he cried out. He runs out of the way for safety. Then he hears the tree crash down to the ground.
Honda looks around still in his fighting stance. Scorpion is nowhere to be seen.
"The tree must've killed him," Honda said. Then he remembers something about Scorpion. "Wait a minute, isn't he already dead?"
Suddenly, a figure, burning with fire, jumps up in the air. Honda could see that it is Scorpion.
"Whoa!" Honda cried, his eyes widened. "Looks like there is only one thing left to do."
As Scorpion lands on the ground, Honda jumps in the air and darts his body at Scorpion headfirst. He hits Scorpion in the gut, which isn't ignited with any flames. They fly across until they are near the cliff. Honda gets back down on the ground. He watches as Scorpion flies over the edge and falls three hundred feet down to the ocean. Honda hears the splash down below.
Honda looks up. "He was definitely dead to begin with. I better get back to the camp before he jumps back up here. At least I have some sort of idea about what happened to Dan, Mika, Fei-Long, and Sub-Zero." Honda starts running through the woods.
***
"We're going to have to do something about all of this," said Sonya. "I'm sick of watching our friends die and have their souls taken in this tournament!"
The fighters are back at the cave at one o'clock in the morning. Guy's death was already tragic enough, but there are still matters to deal with.
"She's right," said Jax. "We can't just sit here anymore. We didn't come here just to watch our friends die. We came here to investigate and destroy The Outworld." He looks at Dan. "What happened to you guys?"
"Mika and I were lost in the woods for a few days," Dan replied. "I got sick too and we met this wizard and he helped me feel better. Then we met Nightwolf and tried to go back, but when we got back to the wizard's hut, he gave us this potion that made us pass out. Fei-Long and Sub-Zero met up with us there."
"Do you know where they are now?" asked Chun-Li.
"It turns out that Shang shape-shifted into the wizard," said Mika. "Shang took the four of us to his dungeon. The four of us try to escape, but the guards captured Fei-Long and Sub-Zero, so Dan and I managed to make it out."
"So now the guess is that they are either dead or alive," said Ken.
"So Shang has been responsible for taking the souls," Rolento said.
Everyone nods.
"Like we've said before," Jax continued. "We can't just sit here anymore. I think it's time that we go in after Outworld. If we keep going with the tournament, little, or none of us, will make it out alive."
That's when they hear someone come out of the woods fast. Everyone sees Honda jump out of the bushes. He stops in front of the group and falls to the ground gasping for air.
"Honda!" cried Dan. "Where were you?"
Honda's eyes become wide. "Dan? Mika? You're alive! It's good to see the two of you again."
"Honda," said Sonya. "I'm terrified to ask, but where's Cody?"
Honda bows his head. "We went up against Scorpion and he threw Cody off a high cliff. I tried to save him, but he was too far for me to reach."
"Wait," said Jax. "Are you saying that Scorpion killed him?"
Honda nods.
"You know, Scorpion is neutral. He has nothing to do with Outworld."
"So his soul is in peace?" asked Liu.
"Yes."
"Funny," said Chun-Li. "Two best friends die on the same night."
Everyone bows their heads.
Kitana stands up which makes the group overcome with silence. "My heart has been broken because of what Goro did to Guy. I know he just died tonight, but I am not willing to let that get in the way, just like how the others died. I am willing to be strong for him. We are going to destroy Outworld and even make sure that Fei-Long and Sub-Zero make it out alive."
"Kitana," said Liu. "You have a strong will and heart."
"When you live for ten thousand years, you learn so much."
"So what do we do now?" asked Cammy.
Jax looks at Mika. "Do you guys remember where exactly Shang's Dungeon is?"
"It's about four miles away," Mika replied. "The place is like a maze, Dan and I didn't even know where the exit was for a while."
"We shall go there," Jax said. "For Dee Jay, Johnny, Dhalsim, Rose, Cody, Guy, and even Sakura who made it out alive, we will use every power we possess, every strength we have, and basically everything we have, we will destroy Shao Kahn and the Outworld......tonight!" He puts a fist out. "We, as Street Fighters and warriors of Mortal Kombat will rise."
One by one, everyone puts their fist out, one over the other.
"We will destroy them!" Jax cried.
"Destroy them!" everyone cried raising their fists high in the air.
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Another short chapter, but whatever I kind of did that on purpose. So as you can see, the next chapter starts the real action of the fight against Outworld. Just a reminder, there are only seven more chapters left!