A/N: well here it is! Hey! its MONDAY aint it? see I keep my promises! Plez let me know what u think abt this one and thank u SO much for reviewing!
CHAPTER 5
"A BODY GUARD?!" Johnny Cage screamed at his manager, "You hired a BODY GUARD?!"
"Well you DO need one y'know," The chubby man informed munching on his taco.
"I am a martial arts actor!" Johnny screamed once again, emphasizing that word.
"Well you are also a director these days should I remind you? And for your own health, I hired you a bodyguard. Big deal." The manager shrugged his shoulders. Even he himself didn't know why the heck was that he was managing things for an egotistic guy like Johnny Cage.
"YOU can guard your OWN body!" The actor clearly pouted his finger on the fat man's chest and started to walk away from him. They were in Johnny's 'expensive' apartment in Los Angeles, he bought it after his recent blockbuster hit film 'Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance' made its release last February. His crew had started working on his next film 'Mortal Kombat: Return of the Dragon King' but it was soon canceled on pre-production when Johnny got 'annoyed'.
"Johnny, c'mon! Give it a shot! What have you got to lose?" The chubby manager tried whining for the third and final time.
"Money!" Came the answer from Johnny. Yes indeed, apart from his egotistical self, Johnny has been creating another annoying character after his two self-produced movies, he was beginning to get cheap.
"Ah . . . Hey! My name is Nein Lee. I have this appointment here?" Someone spoke from outside the door. A Chinese boy introduced himself, he was wearing multi-pocketed pants and a black T-shirt, exactly what you'd expect from an 18-year-old. Both Johnny and his manager looked at the teenager with a confused look, with Johnny giving the 'what the hell?' face. "Mr. Borsman send me?" the teenager said again.
"What's this kid doing here?" Johnny again pouted at his manager, not giving another look at the boy.
"Nein!" The manager wide opened his arms and dashed Johnny out of the way, "Johnny, meet your new Body guard!" he said as he put his massive fat-filled hand over Nein Lee's shoulder, resulting the actor/director/producer to show disgust in his face.
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In China, back in the Temple of Light. Rain kept on falling that morning, of course, it has been raining non-stop for the last 5 days. Kung Lao made his way on a small boat that would take him to Hong Kong, he was instructed that once there; another boat would be waiting to take him and the rest of the chosen members to where the real meeting was to be held. The rain scattered on the tin roof of the boat, causing a tremendous noise inside. The tin was kept that way because then the passengers wouldn't get wet on rainy days, nor would they get hot on sunny days.
"ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE UP FOR IT?" Kung's master, Bo Rai Cho called out from under the protection of his umbrella, his voice nearly shouting due to the noise caused by the rain.
"YES! I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AS SOON AS I GET THERE!" Kung Lao shouted back, his hand covering his forehead so that water couldn't reach his eyes.
"GOODLUCK!" Master Bo screamed with a thumbs-up as the boat started to row away towards its chosen destination.
The trainer smiled to see his favorite student slowly fade away into the misty horizon.
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In the Lin Kuei temple,
Subzero clinked shut his belt, he put on his old mask which never had the blue color on it, instead the mask had spikes that were made of steel (a/n: think the mask from the first movie) and its edges reflected blue.
His eyes looked even more colder with that mask on, with his skin now growing old it had a shady touch of white. His eyes had most of its white frozen in the color of an October sky.
The iceman walked out into the main hall where most of his students were practicing.
"Smoke," The Grandmaster called out to one of the masters. Smoke was really the son of the original Smoke who was forced to be part of a Cybernatic ninja all those years ago. This Smoke, however, has been hand-chosen by Subzero himself to be the lead trainer of the Lin Kuei, and he had the skill to complete that task.
He approached the Grand master, bowing his head in honor.
"Smoke, I want you to come with me in this journey." The Grandmaster announced into the hall, quickly getting everyone's attention.
"Sir, it would be my honor to accompany you." The younger man responded, his head still faced downward.
After nodding, Subzero continued his declaration to the clan, he stated that Master Yong would be temporarily in charge of events until he and Smoke returns.
"I believe you are ready to finish off your list of agendas in order to travel?" The Grandmaster asked his compatriot.
"Yes master."
From a distance, Frost was looking at the two men with a glare of hatred in her eyes. She was supposed to go with Subzero, she wanted to go with Subzero. But the plans that engulfed her mind were still saying the same words over and over again. She is still going with Subzero.
A few minutes later, both Subzero and Smoke were preparing to leave the frozen temple by means of a boat. Unlike the rest of the fighters, Subzero had given the direct location of where the meeting was held. He needs not to go all the way to Hong Kong and continue to journey from there. By 2 days, both of them would be able to reach the meeting spot with no worry.
As their boat began to castoff, a certain ninja with the traditional black outfit was secretly attached to the boat, unknown to both the Master and the Grandmaster.
TBC
A/N: I'll try to update as fast as I can! Pleaz review and lemme know if you have some ideas! Again, sorry for the short chapter!