{A young child stares down at a pile of rubble, two bodies lie there, bloody and still. Pre-teen Trunks looks down with tears flowing from his eyes. He mumbles quietly to himself.
There is a sudden bang from behind him. Trunks turns around and looks up in the air where a ball of fire explodes outward. A body falls down from the fire, it's Fujin.
Trunks gasps in horror, and then sprints towards where Fujin will land. Strangely, Fujin's body falls apart like sand. Right before he hits the ground, the body is completely gone and not one particle of dust touches the ground. Trunks stops where Fujin was to land and falls to his knees. He begins to sob loudly, with his face in his hands.
An evil laugh echoes over Trunks's crying. Trunks stops his crying when he realizes who it was. He raises his head from his hands, a fair distance away is Fujin, unconscious with his down, with the four orbs of light holding his limbs in place. Footsteps echo in the darkness as a tall figure walks behind Fujin. It's Onslaught in his red-blue outfit and helmet form.
Onslaught chuckles as to turn towards Trunks. "I'm back, Trunks." He walks in front of Fujin, "And so is Fujin." He continues to the other side of Fujin, with his back turned to Trunks, "I can do it again." Onslaught suddenly turns around revealing a sword in his hand. He places it on the back of Fujin's neck, "Are you going to stop me this time?"
Trunks can only stare on with his mouth gaping wide open with tears going down his face. He suddenly stands up and sprints towards them, "FUJIN!!"
There is an echoing image of Onslaught raising sword into the air. Right before Trunks is able to take a few more steps to reach Fujin, Onslaught brings down the sword.}
Trunks jumps out of his sleep. He looks around to see where he is, he's on the grassy ground and the time is about late afternoon. MegaMan, Rini, Pikachu, and Kirby are either kneeling or sitting beside him.
"Pika," says Pikachu.
"Are you okay?" asks Rini.
Trunks gives them an anger glance, lies back on the ground, and turns away from them. He then sees a pair of red, cloth-like boots. He looks up and sees that it is Piccolo, who stares down at him with his always angered expression.
Trunks looks straight forward pass Piccolo's boots, "What do you want?"
"Nothing," he replies, "I'm just here to keep an eye on you."
Rini crawls forward, "Were you having a nightmare?"
Trunks doesn't respond while he tries to remember the dream.
"You cried out 'Fujin' in your sleep."
Still no reply. "How do you know Fujin?" asks MegaMan.
Trunks turns on his back and rolls up to a standing position, "I'm tried of your questions?" He grabs his sore arm, "I'll see what Cable's doing?" He begins to walk away.
"Nice to see that you're in a good mood," says Sakura's voice. Trunks turns to the voice and sees Sakura, Amy, and Raye sitting next to Sailor Moon who is still on the ground unconscious.
Trunks walks towards them, "How is she?" The others walk over to them as well.
"She seems to be in a deep sleep," replies Amy. "I can't see what's wrong with her. She won't wake up."
Trunks thinks about the situation for a moment. "At least she's with us now." Trunks looks around the small clearing, "Where are the others?"
Piccolo comes up from behind him, "They're not far. They're building something in the next clearing over there," he points.
"To house Serena and you, Trunks, until you guys were awake," adds Raye.
Trunks pauses his response, "I better go see how they are doing." He walks into the trees where Piccolo pointed.
"I'll keep an eye on him," says MegaMan. He follows a fair distance behind him. Trunks gives a quick glance to show that he knows he's following him and he doesn't really want it.
Shinnok teleports into the partially-destroyed throne room in a mist of black smoke. He looks around the room, Xavier is sitting back on the throne and others are scattered around, all looking at him. Shinnok gives a small chuckle.
"What now?" questions Xavier.
"I see that you had problems so I decided to come."
"We may have lost our prisoner, but we would have changed the balance of this war if YOUR Majin Vegeta decided to remain loyal!"
Shinnok starts to walk forward and steps over the gigantic hole. To almost everyone's surprise, Shinnok continues to walk as if the floor remained, even his boots show signs of a surface which wasn't there. "I have a plan."
"I'm not interested if you have any new fighters."
"But this plan requires both our skills."
Xavier pauses for a second. "Are you saying that the Great God of the Dead requires the powers of Onslaught?"
"Hmph. All I need from you are three clones to replace those souls I required."
"Why don't you search for your missing souls? You'll find them eventually."
"Loyalty is the main issue if I do find them."
Xavier grows tired of Shinnok's ramble. "What is it exactly do you want?"
"I want for you to create three clones to mimic the souls for… these three." Suddenly, three limp androids appear beside Shinnok, each facing outward in a triangle formation. They are the same type of android and each has a unique colour (red, yellow, and grey) along with the grey and black.
"Those three!"
Shinnok lips curl into an evil half-grin.
Trunks walks around the clearing where everyone else is. Many are gathering wood and building materials that they can find. Wolverine uses his claws to turn tree trunks into planks, it doesn't take him long to slice a tree. Several others including Cable, construct a small and temporary shack. MegaMan comes into the clearing from behind Trunks.
Cable notices Trunks walking. "You guys continue on," he says to IronMan who was driving the planks into the ground. Cable walks over to Trunks, "How long have you been up?"
"A few minutes." Trunks looks around, "How long have I been out?"
"About ten hours."
"TEN HOURS! How much of that stuff did you pump into me?!"
"You were excited. It would have taken a while before the medicine was removed from your system. You probably exhausted too."
Trunks sighs heavily. "What did I miss?"
"MegaMan sent Rush and Beat back to Dr. Light with Roll's parts. Mugena has left to… 'fix' some things, and Fujin is talking to the other Elder Gods for guidance."
"And the shack?"
Cable gives a small chuckle. "It was Rini's idea actually, and I saw nothing wrong with it. It is only temporary and is made for—."
"For me and Sailor Moon to sleep until we wake," concludes Trunks. Trunks hears something behind him, he turns around to find MegaMan. MegaMan stops when Trunks looks at him, "I don't need to be supervised."
Cable turns to MegaMan as well, "What's her condition?"
"No change. We can't find anything wrong," says MegaMan, "and everything we tried is not working."
"But she hasn't gotten worse, has she?"
"No."
"Good." Cable turns back to Trunks who is looking around.
"Where's m—… Vegeta?" asks Trunks.
Cable motions with a nod to a part of the clearing, there stands Vegeta, now normal, leaning against an old tree watching everyone else work around him.
"He's like another Piccolo," says MegaMan who is now beside Trunks. "You can tell he wants most things his way and only his way. But the main difference is that he isn't seeking control but he would take it if offered it."
"He probably feels guilty for what he did," adds Cable.
"Shut up, you two," quietly yells Trunks. "That's enough about my dad." Trunks walks off towards the shack. Vegeta watches him walk away from Cable and MegaMan.
The sky seems to darken in the afternoon sun. Ken mumbles to himself as he brings several halves of tree trunks to the construction site. Liu Kang and Kung Fu Man stop their building duties and watch him come and leave to gather more. "What's his problem?" asks Liu Kang.
Kung Fu Man shrugs his shoulders as a reply.
As Ken walks back into the trees, Sub-Zero quickly walks pass him, almost accidentally knocking him down. Ken turns to insult him, but stops before he speaks, sighs, and continues on.
Sub-Zero's strange actions are noticed by others who are resting. Morrigan, Lilith, Gambit, Captain America, Storm, and Rogue are the first group to notice and watch him continue towards Cable. Liu Kang, Kung Fu Man, and now Cyclops and Ryu watch him as well.
Sub-Zero stops right in front of Cable. "Is something wrong?" asks Cable.
Sub-Zero thinks of what to say. "I… don't really… know."
"What do you mean?"
"I can feel it." He pauses to think of a description. "Something seems out of place."
"I still don't understand."
Liu Kang, Kung Fu Man, Cyclops, and Ryu walk up to the conversion. "Is something going on?" asks Cyclops.
"I can't believe I am the only one who is sensing this right now. You can't fell it?"
Kung Fu Man swings his head around slowly from side-to-side. "It's probably nothing," suggests Liu Kang.
"This is definitely NOT nothing!"
"Is it something you felt be—," says Ryu, but Kung Fu Man shushes them to be quiet for a second.
Kung Fu Man looks around the area carefully, searching for a single detail which he seeks. "Anything?" asks Cable.
"It's getting stronger," says Sub-Zero.
Kung Fu Man checks around one more time. "The air is still… There is nothing out there."
"Nothing to worry about then," says Cable.
"No," corrects Kung Fu Man. "There is nothing out there; no birds nor forest creatures."
"What do you mean?" asks Liu Kang. "Ever since we came, we have barely seen another animal here."
"We are strangers to them, they will not come near us. Feel that… the air is not comfortable, not natural."
They look around at the others, everyone appears to becoming less comfortable with their surroundings. "What is it then?" asks Cable.
Meanwhile, Raye, Amy, Rini, Sakura, Pikachu, Kirby, and Piccolo remain by Sailor Moon's side.
Pikachu suddenly wakes from his sleepy daze, "Pika?"
Raye suddenly stands up with a worried look on her face. "Something's wrong."
"What?" asks Sakura.
Pikachu hops twice away from the group and stares into the trees. Kirby stands up and follows behind him.
"I… I think there's something over there," says Raye.
"Well, I can't hear anything," says Piccolo. "I don't know what has gotten you so spooked."
Raye walks forward, pass Sailor Moon and then Pikachu. Sakura stands up and follows Raye. The two walk over to the edge of trees around the small clearing.
"Do you still sense it?" asks Sakura.
"I can still sense it… but I don't know where it is."
The air around the clearing becomes foggy. Not too thick but thickens as it collects along the ground. And then, with no wind, it moves towards the two girls.
Piccolo watches the unnatural fog closely. Pikachu and Kirby cough slightly.
"What the-?" says Sakura as she notices the fog moving pass her feet. She examines it while Raye watches it. Sakura watches it become thicker and stands up to see where it is going.
Just as she looks over Raye's shoulder, the fog has collected into a tall stack. The fog suddenly moulds into a humanoid figure, Smoke.
Sakura grabs Raye's arm and pulls her away. Smoke lunges forward and kicks Sakura in the gut, knocking her away. She lands on her from and out of breathe.
Piccolo lunges in at Smoke and throws numerous punches but the ninja blocks or dodges every one.
Raye stands up and turns towards the other clearing. "Hey, you guys!" she hollers. "We're going to need your help over here!"
Piccolo throws an unblockable punch at Smoke's head. Just as his fist is about to make contact, Smoke teleports away by transforming back into a cloud of smoke. Smoke then reappears behind Piccolo, grabbing him.
Suddenly, Captain America's shield hits Smoke on the side of his forehead, forcing him to get go of Piccolo. The shield flies back in the direction it came to Captain America's hand. Then many other Earth fighters run up to beside him.
Piccolo turns around to throw another punch. But strangely, his fist stops just inches in front of Smoke's face. Piccolo tries to overcome the unknown force holding him back. Smoke does a roundhouse kick to Piccolo's chin, making him fly back.
Smoke stretches his arm forward and a rope-like spear comes out of his hand. The spear digs into Piccolo's chest, he moans slightly in pain. "Get over 'ere!" yells Smoke as he pulls him back.
Kung Lao's saw-blade hat flies through the air and cuts the spear, releasing Piccolo. Piccolo recovers his balance and rips the spear end from his chest which heals almost instantly.
"I can do that too," says Spiderman as he shoots a web-line to Smoke. The grey-and-black ninja gets caught and Spiderman pulls him towards the main group.
Suddenly, a red-and-black ninja appears and grabs the webbing. With a spark of fire, the web-line snaps, releasing Smoke.
"Finally, some fun!" says Ken as he gathers energy into his hand which are drawn back to his side. Ken then fires a hadou-ken at the two ninjas.
Another ninja falls from the sky and lands on his feet on the fireball's path. The yellow-and-black ninja places a hand forward, the fireball slows down and disintegrates. While everyone is shocked by what's happening, Piccolo comes up from behind them to attack. But the yellow ninja suddenly turns around and stretches out his other arm. Piccolo is suddenly swooped up into the air and over the three, landing with the rest of the pack.
"Who are those three?" asks Amy, who is now Sailor Mercury.
"The grey one is definitely Smoke," says Liu Kang. "But I don't know who the other two are?"
"I do," says Sub-Zero.
All three ninjas step forward in their offence stances and stare at Sub-Zero. "Sub-Zero, a skilled warrior of the Earth Realm," says the yellow ninja.
"And traitor to clan of the Lin Kuei," adds the red ninja.
"The Lin Kuei betrayed me!" yells Sub-Zero.
"No matter," says Smoke. "Your soul will burn in hell, just like your brother's."
"Who are those two?" asks IronMan.
Sub-Zero begins to talk without removing his eyes from the three. "Years ago, when the Lin Kuei was still loyal, the clan chose four masters of different fighting arts. I was one of them, and when I found out that we were being turn into cyborgs to aid our enemy, Shao Kahn, I escaped before I was… changed into an android. The other three however I could not save, only Smoke was able to keep his soul. I don't know why they're here, but those two are better known as Sektor and Cyrax."
"What?! Those guys are the same robots were fought when OutWorld and the Earth realms combined!" exclaims Kung Lao.
"Yes," replies Sub-Zero.
"But why—?" asks Cyclops.
"Enough talk!" says Smoke. "We have come for the female warrior."
Sailor Mini Moon steps forward, "No! You cannot take here!"
"The word of Onslaught is law…" says Sektor.
"… We will take her back. Even with your deaths," adds Cyrax.
Sailor Mars and Mercury stand in front of the unconscious body of Sailor Moon, ready to defend. Cyrax raises his hand high into the air, Sailor Moon's body begins to rise as she is levitated. The Scouts gasps as she is taken away.
Rogue jumps up to get her. As she grabs Sailor Moon and holds her in her arms, Sektor suddenly teleports in front of them. He grabs her feet to bring them smashing to the ground. WarMachine flies in and kicks the ninja away before they hit the ground. Rogue manages to quickly recover and stay in the air. She slowly lowers to the ground.
Smoke morphs back into a cloud of smoke while Cyrax charges in at the group. Cyrax is confronted by Cyclops but the yellow ninja uses his telekinetic powers to increase the strength of this attacks. Cyclops flies back into Ken and Gambit. Wolverine dives in for the fight.
Piccolo watches the cloud of smoke move around. Suddenly, Sektor raises straight up from the fog and delivers an uppercut to Piccolo's jaw. Cable turns around and raises his firearm at Sektor. But before he could shoot, Smoke materializes behind him and locks Cable's arms with his. Before Cable can struggle, Smoke digs his kneecap into Cable's back and pulls back. Cable moans in pain.
B.B.Hood raises her guns at Smoke, but both Morrigan and Lilith quickly pulls her arms down. "Don't do it," yells Morrigan, "You might hit Cable instead!"
"We can't fire anything at them," yells Cyclops just when Cyrax attempt to hit his optic lens.
"We're here!" yells Saiyaman. He, Gohan, Goku, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comes up to the fight.
IronMan and Cyrax struggle for control. Just as Cyrax seems to get the upper hand, Super Saiyan Goku comes flying in and punches the ninja in the cheek. Cyrax flies back and lands on the ground, surprisingly he's not knocked out.
Kung Fu Man tries to tackle Smoke but Smoke wisely morphs back into smog, letting go of Cable.
"You know what to do?" asks Knuckles to Sonic.
"Don't I always," he replies. The two speed off around the area in a circular pattern.
Meanwhile, Chun Li lies on the ground while trying to fight off the hot-hand Sektor. "Now, it's time for some fun," says Ken. He bends down and then does a shoryuken right into Sektor's chin, launching Sektor into the air. He lands on the ground away from the group.
Slowly, the smog begins to build as Sonic and Knuckles create a miniature whirlwind. Ryu runs in and, just when Smoke materializes, Ryu kicks him with a strong flying kick. The blow causes Smoke to wobble backwards but not fall over.
The other two ninjas stand up off the ground and walk forward. They stop on each side of Smoke, who is now standing upright himself, and all three go into an identical defence stance.
"We got them beat!" says Ken.
A small jolt of electricity flows across Sektor's body, then Cyrax's, and Smoke. Everyone gasps as the electricity comes at an increasing rate. The ninjas then stand with their legs and back straight, arms at their sides, and heads lowered. The electricity intensifies and brightens around their bodies. There are a few extremely bright flashes, most of the fighters shield their eyes.
A few seconds pass, slowly everyone adjusts their eyes to the now non-existent light. They look forward, in a cloud of steam and smoke stand three cybernetic androids.
"Who are they now?" asks Chun Li.
"They're in the forms that we know best," says Kung Lao.
The cyber-ninjas remain limp.
"Do they still have their powers?" asks B.B.Hood.
"Not exactly," replies Liu Kang. "They don't have their powers but they are easily replaced with mechanical, identical ones."
"What does that mean?" asks Spiderman.
Suddenly, the cyber-ninjas robotic eyes light up and their head look straight forward. The Earth fighters quickly get ready to fight again.
Cyrax's chest opens up, revealing a small hole surrounded by mechanical parts. Two golden spheres pop out and float in the air. Spikes come out of the spheres and speed off to opposite sides of the group and dig into the ground.
"Look out!" yells Kung Lao and he gets down on the ground just when the spheres explode into two large fireballs. Some are thrown by the blasts.
Sektor's chest now opens up, revealing four identical holes. From each hole comes a missile which fly directly at them. Liu Kang and Kung Lao push others out of the missiles paths and duck themselves. The missiles explode as they hit a tree but the explosions are much bigger, causing few to be thrown forward. The only one who has seem to be not have dodges or have been pushed by an attack is Sub-Zero who stares a Smoke.
"This doesn't look good," says Kung Fu Man. Cyrax and Sektor runs pass Smoke and at the fighters. They jump into battle against their dazed opponents. Sub-Zero walks pass them, keeping his eye on Smoke.
Sektor and Cyrax fight over a dozen foes separately, sometimes giving two completely different attacks at once. With greater strength and instant thoughts and calculations, these cyber-ninjas are now quite a challenge even when outnumbered. For about a minute they concentrate on quick near-attacks.
Suddenly, Cyrax and Sektor both face each other, quickly cross their arms, and bring them down to their sides. Their chests reopen, from Cyrax come four sphere and four missiles from Sektor, the explosive artillery automatically turn upward and fly high into the air.
Fighters try to watch and listen for the falling bombs. The missiles and sphere hit the ground all at once around the android but never at. The cyber-ninjas dodge out of the blasting area away from the fighters. Smoke and Sub-Zero are along the opposite edge of the clearing in their fighting stances.
Super Saiyans Goku and Gohan stand up and get ready to knock the heads off the androids. But they hesitate to attack when they see Cyrax's chest reopening again. To their surprise, two glowing-green blobs come out and quickly head towards them. They punch the blobs, making the blobs create a net-like object and grip around the two.
They both cry out in pain. "It really stings!" yells Gohan.
Cable raises his futuristic gun at Cyrax, but he suddenly blown back when another one of Sektor's missiles hits him causing him to fly back into Piccolo and onto the ground. Sektor then rearms himself for any other interference.
While the Saiyans moan in pain, Cyrax prepares to do his 'crusher fatality'. Two bars quickly extend from his chest area, move in opposite directions while extending in width.
Suddenly, a strong wind moves by them. Goku and Gohan's nets become shredder but bruises remain. Two giant slash marks appear on the androids' chests. The cyber-ninjas bodies begin to crackle with electricity and Sektor's missiles explode causing him to fall to the ground, but still being electrocuted.
"Are you guys okay?" Everyone turns to the voice and sees Super Saiyan Trunks. "Sorry, I was so late."
Cyrax get back some control of his body and stands ready to fight. Kung Lao steps forward, "Let me finish him off." He takes off his hat and throws it. It first goes through Cyrax's legs, circles to the right and goes through his gut, circles right and comes through Cyrax's neck from behind. The hat curves upward into the air and comes back down right through Cyrax's head and down through him until it hits the ground. Cyrax doesn't move for a short moment, then with electricity and squirting oil, Cyrax falls apart into several very large chunks. Kung Lao walks over to the mess, takes his hat out of the ground which is amazingly clear, and places it back on his head. He looks at everyone with a smile.
Sektor stands up right behind Kung Lao and advance towards him. Kung Lao turns around, but it is Liu Kang who gets the first hit with a flying kick. Sektor backs up to fire another missile but, due to the damage done, the rocket explodes inside him when Liu Kang does a roundhouse kick to its chest. "He's all yours," says Kung Lao to Liu Kang and backs away.
"Stand back." Liu Kang then places his hands together and lowers his head as if praying. A small wind surrounds him and then, in a second-long cloud of smoke, Liu Kang transforms into his Dragon form. Many gasp at the surprising serpent-like dragon which now stands before them.
The Dragon looks down at the dizzy cyborg. Just when Sektor regains his consciousness, the Dragon brings its head down onto the android and lifts him into the air, leaving behind Sektor's legs and bits of other parts that were instantly bitten off. The Dragon swings his head around, spraying oil everywhere. It then brings its head back, then smashes its head down on the ground which a big metallic crunch. The Dragon lifts its head, dropping the remains of Sektor. There are large teeth holes in Sektor's head.
The Dragon gives off a flash and, in a second, Liu Kang stands in its place with his head lowered and hands together. Liu Kang places his hands to his sides and gives a quick bow and turns around to face the others.
Everyone, but Kung Lao, is shocked at what they had seen. "Whoa," says Michelangelo, "for a couple of peaceful guys, you are pretty gruesome!"
Both Kung Lao and Liu Kang chuckle. But then they all realised that they have forgotten about one, Smoke.
They all look at Smoke and Sub-Zero. "They haven't moved," says Sailor Mercury.
Sub-Zero slowly moves around Smoke, towards the rest of the group. "Now, it's just all of us against one," says Raphael. "Boy, are you in trouble!"
Smoke's head slowly turns towards the group as if showing an invisible grin. His chest opens up revealing only one tube. Four spheres pop out and float in midair for a second. They then repel each other and go in opposite direction and dig into the ground. Before anyone can guess what they were, several beams of light rise up from them and connect with each other. In a few seconds, the spheres have generated a cubic-shaped box with Smoke and Sub-Zero inside.
Everyone now understands their purpose. But slowly, two spheres from the inner side of the clear begin to move outward. The box doesn't break apart but the spheres leave trails by their movement.
The Earth fighters are so busy watching the force field come at them that they don't realize that the unconscious Sailor Moon was in its path. "Oh no!" yells Sailor Mini Moon when she realizes what will happen. But by the time she gets to her, Sailor Moon's legs are already inside the barrier.
Sub-Zero runs over to the corner where the two are, "Get her away from there." Leonardo is the first to grab Sailor Mini Moon and pull her away, yelling in protest.
Sub-Zero quickly pulls Sailor Moon inside the force field. When she's completely inside, the spheres stop and branches that cross the barrier snap and fall to the ground.
Sailor Mini Moon breaks free from Leonardo and runs over to the wall almost crying. Sub-Zero places Sailor Moon along the barrier and stands up. He uses his knuckle to tap on the invisible wall which creates no sound but is obviously there. Sailor Mini Moon places both hands on the barrier and cries softly. The others reach the side.
"SUB-ZERO!"
Sub-Zero turns around and looks at Cyber Smoke.
"You know that I am not the Smoke you know," Smoke says in a mechanical voice, "but you will see that I am like him in everyway." He changes his fighting stance, "And now, I will carry out your assassin's last order and honour the Lin Kuei with your death."
"I've beaten those like you long ago." Sub-Zero goes into his fighting stance, "I will beat you eventually."
Smoke changes back to his standing stance and his chest reopens. Then numerous spheres come out and bounce along the ground and reflect off the barriers. Smoke closes his chest when there are about fifty small spheres lying on the ground.
Suddenly, all the spheres display eighty-eight in block-numbers, Sub-Zero picks one up. "Eventually, we'll all be dead. You will have only ninety-nine seconds to completely destroy me," the spheres show '99', "or the barriers will drop and we'll all be blown to oblivion."
Everyone gasps.
"I thought MUGEN cannot be destroyed in any way," says Piccolo.
"The land itself, yes. But I don't think we're included," says Kung Fu Man.
"No matter how far you get, you cannot escape my 'Armageddon Fatality'," says Smoke. Smoke then goes into his fighting stance, Sub-Zero does so quickly after.
All the spheres, the perimeter spheres, and Smoke all say at once, "Final Round… Ready… FIGHT!!" The clocks start to count down, Smoke charges at Sub-Zero and Sub-Zero at him.
Smoke throws a punch but Sub-Zero blocks then counterattacks. Smoke then blocks it too and the battle continues back and forth for a few more seconds. Smoke catches both arms and kicks Sub-Zero away, he slides a short distance.
Smoke runs in to trample him. Sub-Zero freezes the ground underneath him with his fists and rolls out of the way. Smoke is caught off-guard, slips, and falls onto the ice, cracking it slightly.
Sub-Zero rolls up and goes for a heel strike to Smoke. But Smoke catches the foot and throws Sub-Zero at an adjacent barrier. A rippling-sound and effect occurs when he makes contact, he then falls to the ground on his front. He looks at a near-by sphere as he catches some strength.
'… 81… 80… 79…' Sub-Zero grabs it. He freezes it in his hand and crushes it, shattering the sphere with no explosion. He quickly gets to his feet.
Smoke has already risen but stares at Sub-Zero. Smoke's chest suddenly bursts open and a harpoon-like spear comes flying outward and at Sub-Zero. Sub-Zero dodges the spear, grabs its cord, freezes it, and then shatters it by banging it on the ground. The remainder of the unfrozen cord retracts into Smoke.
Sub-Zero sprints in at Smoke, but before he gets there, Smoke teleports down into the ground and coming out behind him. Sub-Zero turns around but is hit away by a metal back-hand slap to the cheek. Sub-Zero catches his balance shortly after. He creates an ice-ball and throws it at Smoke. The cyber-ninja easily avoids and teleports again through the ground. Smoke rises from the ground with a raised fist, hitting Sub-Zero and knocking him back into the centre of the boxed area.
A few people are startled when the ice-ball actually goes through a barrier, freezes a tree, and shatters it due to its velocity.
Sub-Zero stands up and faces Smoke with a bit of a nosebleed. Everyone gasps when Smoke instantly disappears and his smoke trail vanishes. Sub-Zero is now dangerously uncomfortable. He is suddenly roundhouse kicked away and turns the barrier where everyone is with Sailor Moon to his left. He searches the area, trying to ignore the murmurs from the others.
SLICE! Sub-Zero then hollers in pain and blood flies off from his left side above his waist. Everyone looks at the wound and there sticks out a partially-invisible harpoon head of Smoke's spear. Some people gasp in horror.
He moans again when he is pulled towards the middle of the clearing. His feet drag along the ground, hitting a few spheres. Sub-Zero is roundhouse kicked again, ripping the spear from his side and throwing back near the barrier. His eyes look at a couple of sphere standing side-by-side while he tries to silence his pain.
'… 49… 48… 47…'
Sub-Zero looks away and at the people on the other side of the wall, they look back with helpless expression. Sub-Zero looks at different faces, looking for one with not so much disappointment, but he stops when he sees Storm. He gets an idea…
"Storm!" he yells in a burst. Storm walks through the crowd and kneels in front of the wall. Sub-Zero takes a deep breathe, "Make it cold, make it snow! The barrier can't hold back energies and particles. I need—!"
Sub-Zero is grabbed by the foot and dragged along the ground. Sub-Zero frantically uses his other foot to attack the invisible Smoke to let him go.
"You better as he says," says Cyclops.
Storm nods then walks out of the group. Her eyes glow white and she rises into the sky. "Arctic winds. Bring forth snow to aid us."
Meanwhile, Sub-Zero is still battling. He gives one mighty stomp and Smoke's image appears for a split-second and he flies backwards. They can hear where he lands. Sub-Zero quickly flips up, he then hears Smoke gets to his feet but still can't see him.
A semi-strong and cold wind flies pass everyone. Michelangelo shivers as if joking, but who knows.
Sub-Zero fires a blast where he thinks Smoke is, but the ice-ball simply leaves through the barrier. Smoke begins to take a few more steps forward. Sub-Zero fires somewhere else but it doesn't him still.
WarMachine and IronMan kneel in the corner near Sailor Moon using their heating units to keep her warm. There bodies also act as shields for the other three Scouts. Snow begins to fly in the wind.
Sub-Zero takes a deep breathe letting out a small mist from his mouth. He concentrates on the surroundings, his eyes suddenly catch something. A few feet away, the moving snow doesn't want to enter an invisible space and seems to hover in mid-air. "There you are," says Sub-Zero to himself. Another spear flies out of the space, but Sub-Zero slides underneath it and uppercuts the invisible Cyber-Smoke. Smoke flies upward and lands hard. When he stands back on his feet, the snowy wind is more like a blizzard and messes up his sensors. Sub-Zero gives one mighty kick to the head, Smoke's body begins to show signs of electrical and mechanical problems which makes his body almost completely visible.
"30 seconds left!" yells Lilith.
"I have a clear shot," says Cyclops as he places a hand on his visor.
Kung Lao puts a hand in front of Cyclops's chest, "No need!"
Smoke tries to take a step forward but the snow messes up his functions. Sub-Zero punches Smoke in the gut forcing him back. Smoke slides on his feet but doesn't fall, they are now around the middle of the box.
Sub-Zero walks up and stands a few feet away. With the blizzard at its safety limits, he raises his arms into the air. The winds change and flow into Sub-Zero's hands creating air of subzero temperatures. The snow disappears from the air. Then with a loud moan, Sub-Zero throws the air at Smoke, freezing him solid. A crystal ice statue stands in Smoke's place, staring back at Sub-Zero. Sub-Zero gives it a push on the chest, Smoke tips over and shatters on the ground.
The barriers collapse and the cold winds return to finish their command. Sailor Mini Moon quickly grabs on Sailor Moon while IronMan goes to carry her to a warmer place. "She's freezing," says Sailor Mini Moon.
Sub-Zero gives a deep sigh then looks around, he notices something…
"Uh, guys?" says Donatello, "We're not done yet."
Everyone looks at Smoke who is obviously defeated but everyone then sees that the balls haven't stopped their countdown. '… 21… 20… 19…'
"What are we going to do now?" asks Gohan.
"Everybody, stand back!" yells Sub-Zero as he centres himself in the field of spheres. Everyone does as he says and carefully backs away from the area.
Sub-Zero bends his knees, lowering his body. He closes his eyes and stretches his arms to the side. Slowly, he brings his hands closer together and an ice-ball forms in between. Sub-Zero concentrates harder, causing the sphere to grow in bursts. Eventually, the sphere consumes Sub-Zero and creates a layer of ice on the ground.
The ice-sphere continues to grow and everyone cautiously backs away more. The sphere continues pass the counting balls. A few seconds after being in the ice field, the balls shatter under pressure. One-by-one, each one shatters, but Sub-Zero continues on not taking any chances of missing one. Trees around the area begin to freeze on contact, Sub-Zero tries to keep the sphere growing but the deed is too great. Sub-Zero reaches his limit and the sphere stops growing but the balls keep on exploding.
The ice-dome is over the boundaries of the original barriers. Layers continue to form on top of layers, the remaining balls become buried in ice. Suddenly, the ice-sphere shrinks rapidly after nearly thirty seconds of existence. The sphere disappears in Sub-Zero's palms and he collapses to the ice.
Captain America and several others quickly run towards him, the ice shatters where a frozen ball was. Captain America and Leonardo help Sub-Zero to his feet. They lead him off the ice. Captain America's boot slips slightly, "Watch out," says Sub-Zero in an exhausted voice, "It's slippery."
IronMan carries Sailor Moon over to the other clearing. Everyone talks to one another about the fight as they walk out of there.
Cable and Trunks are the last to leave. Cable stretches his arm out in front of Trunks to stop him. "Something has been bugging me for a while."
"I know."
"Where is he? Where is Vegeta?"
"I let him go."
"YOU WHAT!? What did you tell him?"
Trunks turns to Cable, "I didn't tell him everything but I told him about himself." Cable gives a sigh. "I know he won't rejoin Onslaught but he need time to think about joining us."
"Did you tell him about…?"
Trunks touches the scar on his right eye, "Yes, I did."
"He didn't take it well, did he?"
"No." Trunks continue to the other clearing.
Cable follows behind. I don't know, kid, thinks Cable. You're starting to jeopardize our mission.
Sailor Moon dimension
"Now not only is Rini missing," say Lita, "but now those three are missing."
"They should have at least left a message or something," says Mina. The two girls, Luna, and Artemis are walking their round in one of Tokyo's parks. The girls are in their normal school uniforms and the cats are walking on the ground
"This isn't like any of them," say Luna.
"Maybe they found out where Rini is," suggests Artemis.
"Well, they could have contacted us by now," says Lita.
Mina sighs, "It's getting late. We should be heading back soon."
A little girl laughs…
Lita gives a quiet growl, "Where the hell are those guys?"
"Maybe Raye finally say something in the fire," says Mina.
The girl laugh again, same laugh but louder…
"I know one thing. I won't be able to take the upset looks of Serena's family much longer," says Luna.
"It's no longer a local incident. The police are involved now," says Mina, "and now the world is looking for them.
Another laugh, same laugh but in a deep man's voice. The girls hear it this time. They look around but keep walking. "Hey, over there," says Mina.
They all turn to their right to a bench along their path. There sits a small girl in black clothing.
"It's Hotaru!" exclaims Lita.
Hotaru laughs again.
"What are you doing here?" asks Mina.
"Wasn't she turned back into an infant a short while ago?" asks Artemis in a whisper to Luna.
"I'm not an 'infant' anymore," says Hotaru with a blank stare.
Artemis is surprised that she heard him and the reply he got. "Why are you here?" asks Mina again.
She slowly turns her head to Mina's eyes, "The war is going to end soon. You're all going to die."
"What is that suppose to mean?" asks Lita with a hint of anger.
"Your friends are going to be the first to die."
The girls and cats gasp at her. "You know where they are!?" asks Lita.
Hotaru doesn't respond right away. "She looks like she in a trance," warns Luna.
"They're fighting… fighting the ultimate war. They're going to lose. They're—."
"Enough of that!" orders Lita.
Hotaru laugh her childish laugh. "My master wants to meet you."
"What!?" asks Mina.
"Who!?" questions Lita.
Hotaru turns her head down the path, they all turn down the path. There stands a tall and bulk military man.
"General M. Bison," introduces Hotaru.
"Good evening, girls," says Bison. He gives a bow, "You want to meet your friends again? I suggest coming with me."
"No way, creepazoid!" yells Lita.
"I suggest doing as he says," warns Hotaru.
"Are you ready, Lita?" asks Mina holding her power stick.
"Right with ya!" yells Lita as she takes out hers.
"BRING IT ON!" yells Bison.
