The Black Ninja part 3
Everybody gathered around the round transport. What the hell is that? Callipso thought.
"What is this?" She asked Sub-Zero who was (as always) standing near her.
"It's called the Dragon jet. It is a transport that takes you to a place anywhere in the world in an hour." Sub-Zero explained.
"Oh…" She finished. Then she saw her friends climbing into the transports.
"Callipso! You can use that!" Liu Kang, who was already inside that (with Kitana), shouted.
"…May I ride with you?" Sub-Zero asked timidly…(?).
"Why of course…you can teach me how to drive these things too." Callipso told him.
"You two stay here." Rayden said to Stryker and Jax. Stryker opened his mouth.
"Ok! Just call us if you guys having a hard time!" Jax smiled. Stryker shocked. Jax doesn't seem to care at all.
After the Dragon jets took off, Stryker became perverse.
"Don't worry, they'll do just fine without you." Jax cheered him up sarcastically.
When they reached the place, they saw the sky with some color than just blue. The portal was opened. Well, this was a fun ride…Callipso thought as she dizzily got out of the Dragon jet.
"Where are they?" Liu asked Rayden. They were walking in the middle of savanna. Kitana was with them.
"I don't know…just be cautious. They must be hiding somewhere." As he replied, there was a battle cry behind the earth warriors. The fighters came dashing towards them.
"They gave up hiding!" Rayden shouted some pointless comments in the confusion…
Johnny and Sonya were checking out another place.
"You know, we should sometimes go out and have some fun together." Johnny suddenly told her.
"??…Go out where?" Sonya not that interested.
"Well…like, like amusement park! Yea, we should sometimes go to the amusement park!" He thought he looked really pathetic…Before Sonya could answer back; they heard a battle cry faraway.
"They're here!" She shouted.
"But not here!" He answered. Then five dark clothed warriors jumped out (?).
"Now they are!" They immediately got into their fighting poses.
Callipso looked around the great savanna.
"Have you been to Africa?" She asked as she watched the animals faraway.
"No. Have you?" Sub-Zero also looked at the animals.
"No. Isn't it beautiful? I never saw all those animals at once!" She grew excited as if she forgot why she came here. Sub-Zero smiled. They became silence. They became tense.
"Do you sense something…?" She asked without turning her face to him.
"Yes…" Sub-Zero also said in a small voice without moving.
Callipso tried to listen as hard as she could. She heard someone stepping on a dead grass. They both turned around.
One of the opponent warriors jumped to Callipso without warning. She fell back as the warrior tried to grab her neck. But he was quickly kicked away by Sub-Zero. Callipso got up quickly without using her hands. She looked at Sub-Zero and nodded shortly. Thanks.
There were four warriors in front of them. They wore dark, dirty (?) torn clothes. Callipso and Sub-Zero glared at them coolly, and slowly turned into their fighting pose. They stood still. They were both trained not to make the first move as possible in the fight. The enemies exchanged glances and sprang upon the other waiting warriors.
Sub-Zero first did the infamous ice slide (in the savanna!?) to one of the warriors who dashed towards him. The thug tripped upwards. Then the thug's other partner, who was watching Sub-Zero sliding, came running to him as he shouted wordless battle cry in falsetto.
Callipso jumped up with her legs wide apart, which hit the two warriors' groin. Then she waited for some more.
When the singer (?) was in the range of his reach, Sub-Zero did a powerful roundhouse kick, which broke the foe's neck easily. One more to go. He thought as he waited the other one to recover from the trip.
Callipso picked the nearest opponent and dashed toward him. She did some low kicks and dodged some attacks that the warrior fighting her, managed to do it. Then she flipped backwards and stood on her hands, then she bended her legs and brought up slightly diagonal with capacity. This kick bashed him under his chin, hitting him with enough velocity to lift him for a moment off his feet as his head snapping back. She got up on her feet eyeing the other one.
Sub-Zero let him attack and dodged at the last possible second. And did a fatal blow at him. The fighter lunged again, and again Sub-Zero waited. Then eluded the movement at the last possible second. He then whacked the warrior's right shoulder with his fist. The warrior gasped. Sub-Zero saw fear in his eyes but the warrior didn't give up. The warrior knew that he was totally outclassed but he moved in again. Honorable. Sub-Zero thought. For the first time, Sub-Zero attacked, he made a precise blow to the abdomen with his knee. The soldier bent over his stomach. Sub-Zero brought his fingers and punched in quickly to a place on the neck where the blood can be stopped to feed the brain. The soldier collapsed.
Callipso did a spin kick, which dizzied the last soldier. Then she flipped back again. This time without standing on her hands, and in the mid air, she hooked her legs to his neck and continued flipping back. The soldier was banged hardly on the ground headfirst.
Callipso looked at Sub-Zero. He was also looking at her. She smiled.
"Are you alright?" He asked her as he came closer.
"I'm fine. It was a nice little exercise wasn't it?" She asked.
"Yes." He smiled. He wanted to say something…but before he could say anything, Callipso started to walk.
"Let's go and see what's others are up to."
When they reached the meeting place, everybody was there.
"There they are!" Sonya noticed two ninjas coming toward them.
"Well?" Rayden asked as they arrived.
"We fought four of them. I think the uniform was the same as Shinnok's soldiers." Sub-Zero replied.
"What does that means?" The mortal kombat champion asked.
"I guess Shinnok now has some armies." Rayden shrugged.
"Well? How did it go?" Shinnok asked Quan Chi who was looking into some kind of a crystal ball (?).
"…They won, master." Quan Chi turned his eyes away.
"Well, who?" Shinnok asked. Then his face got dark. "Our enemies?"
"Yes." Shinnok growled. He was loosing his patience. Fool, Quan Chi thought.
"I want them killed!" Shinnok clutched his teeth. Quan Chi said nothing. Shinnok went away.
"Zafria!" Shinnok shouted as he entered another room. She turned around.
"Yes?"
"Play me a song which I can relax! NOW!" He sat on his chair.
"At once." She fought her fear. She took out her harp and started playing.
Zafria was a musician, she was not a warrior. She always played songs with her harp for Shinnok in the outer realm. Her job was to play songs for Shinnok whenever he got bored…
She had black, long, silky hair up to about her breast. She had dark eyes. She wore light purple, hooded robe, with light brown leather boots.
She looked at Shinnok. Oh good, he is pleased… Shinnok's eyes were closed and relaxed until…until his elite warriors interrupted him.
"Master." Juba bowed. The others were with him.
"What is it…" Shinnok opened his eyes again. Zafria decided to stop playing. Then she looked at the warriors. Her features brightened.
"Reiko…" She murmured happily. Reiko looked at her. Then he smiled back at her.
"When shall we go?" Juba asked politely.
"Oh not now~…" Shinnok said sleepy. Then he sat up. "Today, rest yourselves. And tomorrow, you will go and murder them." The warriors bowed, and went away.
"Leave me until tomorrow." He said to Zafria.
"Good night." She bowed and silently closed the huge dungeon door.
The warriors walked in the dark corridor of the dungeon. Nobody spoke. Only Reptile's hiss could be heard.
"Who wants to come to my room?" Wabiko said out loud slyly. But she was ignored. She frowned. Then she tried once more.
"Scorpion~? Do you want to come to my room?" She approached him. She drew her hands to his shoulder but before she could touch him, his hands grabbed her hand hardly.
"Don't do that to me you diseased whore! " Scorpion said in his harsh voice as he squeezed the bones together inside her hand. Scorpion was always in a bad mood. His dead eyes glared at her as he released her hand. Xaria giggled. Wabiko stared angrily at her.
"I'm just advising you as a friend." Xaria talked. "Don't do that, you're ugly." Then she laughed at her own crappy joke. Juba stopped Wabiko, as she was about to kill her with her knife.
"When this is over, do what ever you want!" He shouted. Then he continued walking toward his room.
Sung-Hee didn't like this. He felt so uneasy. Why did I end up in this place? All those people around him was strange, freaky, funky-oops…
Reptile watched the whole thing with his shining yellow eyes. But that was not his problems. Once this is over, he can go back to his home realm. There, he could start his own life again, make a family, and watch his offspring grow...
Scorpion hated everything. He lived with hatred. And the hatred is for the Lin Kuei ninja, Sub-Zero, who killed him. Every time he thought about that ninja, his blood boiled inside him as if he was only made from rage and hatred. Sub-Zero, who killed him, Sub-Zero who put him in the Nether realm…Tomorrow…
Reiko didn't even care what happened. He was only thinking about his lover, Zafria. They fell in love when he was a general in Shao Kahn's army. She was working for Shinnok as a musician.
When he reached his room, he went inside without saying good night to the others. He didn't need to. They weren't friends. They were only utter strangers in one team. When this was over, they could kill each other. He quickly took a shower and removed his sweat from his hard training. When he was done with cleaning, he got out of his room and headed for another room.
She opened the door. She got surprised.
"Reiko!" She hugged him. Then she let him in. "Oh I missed you!" She hugged him again. Reiko lightly put his hand under her chin and kissed her tenderly. She looked at him and smiled sweetly. Reiko loved her smiles. He gently stroked her cheek with his hand.
"How was your day?" She asked him as they still hugged each other.
"Nothing new. Tomorrow, we're going to the earth's realm." As he held her, he slowly moved both of them toward the bed.
"Please be careful." She said in a concerned voice. "I don't think working for Shinnok is not a very good idea…he really scares me-"
"What do you mean he scares you?" He asked seriously.
"??…When he shouts…the look of him…"
"So he doesn't hurt you, right?" Reiko asked.
"…Yes…" Her face got quizzical. "…But you really should quit working for Shinnok."
"I-can't…" Reiko breathed out tiredly. "If you're not going to fight for me, then… she will die…" He remembered the cruel laugh from Shinnok…
"What do you mean you can't stop?" She asked looking into his eyes. He looked down.
"Rei-" Before she could finish her question, she was disturbed by Reiko's kiss. She opened her eyes widely and tried to speak but his kiss blocked her voice.
"Weiko!" Were the only clear words from her voice. "Shtop dat! Aim tring tu ta-k!" She tried once more. Then she tried to push him apart, but she was weak (She was very weak!). Reiko easily took her small hands into his hands. Then he pushed her down to the bed. Now she couldn't move. He was on top of her. Zafria gave up and let Reiko have his own way.
Callipso (and Sub-Zero) entered the dining room.
"Ahh, I'm starving." Sub-Zero told her. She smiled.
"I know, after the hard training, I always have to eat!" They both hanged a towel on their neck.
"Hmm~ let's see…I'll eat…a bowl of rice, and some chicken with salad." Callipso took out the foods from the big container. "What are you eating?"
"Well… I guess, I'll eat some rice, chickens, soup, salad and fruits." Then he took out huge amount of foods on his tray. Callipso widen her eyes.
They sat on a long table facing each other. And started to eat. The dining room opened and Jax, Sonya and Kitana came in.
"Hey." Jax greeted.
"You guys already eating?" Sonya asked as she opened the container.
"What were you doing?" Sub-Zero asked.
"We were playing computer games." Kitana smiled.
"And I lost." Jax said sadly.
"And I won." Sonya said proudly.
"Yea, anyone can win if you cheat." Jax said in a low voice.
"I'll show you one more time on that. I've got enough time!" Sonya challenged.
"Hey, would you mind? I want to eat too." Kitana interrupted.
When the dinner was peacefully over, everybody decided to sleep.
Callipso turned to Sub-Zero.
"Good night." She smiled beautifully to him.
"G-g-g-good night…" His tongue tangled.
After Callipso took a hot shower, she dived into her new
bed. She heaved a sigh. She was very
cheerful at this moment though she didn't know exactly why. She remembered what
happened today as she looked up the ceiling. When that fighter tried to grab
her neck as she fell down, Sub-Zero kicked him away. She smiled as she
remembered. He helped her…that moment; he looked so sturdy, so robust, and so
stout…when he follows her everywhere, he looks like he's protecting her, and
she feels so reassured. She did a sigh again. His eyes were cold, but when she
looks in his eyes…strange…she feels so warm…
She woke up. She looked to her side. Reiko was already gone. He always
does this. Until she woke up, she wished they could sometimes talk in the bed.
But she knew he was a busy man. And he had an important master. If he offends
the master, he might get killed instead of fired. She realized that she forgot
to ask him again why he couldn't stop working for Shinnok because she failed
last night. She also forgot to tell him to be careful…I hope he's all right…
Callipso yawned as she exited her room. She couldn't sleep that well.
Most of the night, she spent her time thinking about…
"Sub-Zero. Good morning." She saw him coming out of his room. He too,
was yawning.
"Good morning!" Sub-Zero looked as if he was waving his tail vehemently
(if he was a dog).
They looked at each other. Sub-Zero tried to speak so he opened his
mouth…but before he could speak, the annoying alarm rang like mad.
"The alarm! Let's go." Callipso was already walking toward the main
room. Sub-Zero stared at Callipso's back. Again, I have missed to tell her…Then
started to follow her.
"What is it now?" Johnny asked annoyingly.
"I guess another portal has been opened." Rayden looked at the computer
screen.
"But this time from all over the world!" Sonya found out now from the
monitor.
"What?" Everybody looked at each other.
"Wha-what do we do?" Liu Kang said in a trembling voice (?).
"What if there were a lot of soldiers like when we met in the savanna?"
Sonya asked.
"But you fought that lot of soldiers or maybe more, alone when we were
fighting our way out in Shao Kahn's time." Jax told her.
"Where is those place?" Kitana asked Sonya who was sitting in front of
the computer.
"One in Tokyo, in the highland of Scotland." Somebody said I wanna go
there. "Then there's one in the rain forest in South America and one in
the…Black forest in Germany." She finished.
"I'm going this time." Stryker spoke out loud.
"Then I will stay." Rayden said. "Good luck."
She opened the window and looked outside. Her features were dark. She
looked at the busy people outside in the night from the second floor. It's
past 10 o'clock and they're still walking around…no sign of him…She heaved
a sigh. Why is he not coming back? He told her that when that job was over, he
would marry her…why did he leave her? Or is he dead? She went inside to sleep.
They were all around the Dragon jets.
"We'll go to the Black forest." Liu Kang said.
"Then Jax and I'll go to the highland. I always wanted to visit there."
Stryker said.
"Hey, we are not going to be a tourist." Jax corrected.
"Then we will go to the rainforest." Sonya put her hands on Johnny's
shoulder.
"Then I guess we go to the place what's left of it. Tokyo…" Callipso
said finally. Sub-Zero didn't speak at all. Something is going to
happen…something that I don't want to know…Sub-Zero told himself. He was
tense already.
"Ooo~ did is nice." Stryker looked around.
"Yeah, if the weather was a little better." Jax shivered. Stryker walked
forward to the hill ahead of them.
"But the sun is out!" Stryker shouted to Jax, who was about 20 meters
away.
"Oh gees…"Jax muttered as he
kept on shivering. "Hey Stryker! Don't walk that fast!" He shouted, but the
strong wind blocked his voice. Stryker disappeared to the other side of the
hill.
"HEY STRYKER!" Jax yelled. Damn you, wind! Jax frowned. But
then…what was that? He narrowed his eyes and looked at the side of the hill. He
can see something moving behind that hill. Did Stryker gone stupid and moving
around? But he caught the sight of a hand, and that hand wore a glove with
spikes? When did Stryker buy new gloves? If he does, he would show everybody.
Jax changed the gear into jogging. When he went over the hill, he saw a very
familiar figure lying on the green carpet of highland.
"Stryker!" Jax finally became serious. Then he looked to the warriors.
He studied them.
One of them wore dark red shirt, which was a V-necked, tight black pants
and black boots. His eyes and hair were red. Jax looked at him with disgust.
Then he looked at the other one. The other warrior's hair was short-cropped
black hair. His eyes were shining in lighting blue. Around his eyes were
covered with this black thing (?). He wore similar clothes like Sub-Zero but in
red. His gloves had spikes. They stood there (Stryker in between) for a long
moment. Jax looked down at Stryker. Is he…dead…? But the warriors are quite
skilled. They had beaten Stryker up (or killed him) in a very short time. Jax
couldn't kneel down and study Stryker. It would be too dangerous. They could
attack him while he's concentrating on the other things. He thought of the
things he should do. If he fights, it is not likely that he will win. But if he
tries desperately, he might survive. He took off his vest. The warriors smiled
viciously. They moved in closer. Jax brought his hands up and formed a fist.
The shiny eyes came in first with a kick. Jax moved away. Then realized that he
was heading toward the bloody hair guy so he jumped before he got punched in
his chest. Then he landed behind him and kicked him in the solar plexus. The
"red" was kicked back to "shiny". But the shiny one jumped over and landed in
front of him and kicked him on the chin. Jax's head snapped back. Then he was
bashed by the warrior's spin kick. Jax spun. As he spun, he was whacked by the
red's flying kick. Jax finally landed on the ground. He got up on his knees.
Then by his reflex, he rolled to the side when one of the boots smashed the
ground where he had been. And he got up completely. Then he did a dashing punch
to the nearest one, the shiny. The shiny gave a cry (with rage in it). Then he
attacked madly to the red, and when the red dizzily avoided the last punch some
how, Jax sent him home with his powerful roundhouse kick. If I know their
name, it would be much more easier to explain…The shiny came dashing back
as he tried to punch him with his spiky glove, he stopped as something started
to beep. A mobile…? Jax wondered. Then the warrior took out the round
thing and pressed a bottom. In the sky, the portal opened. Jax eyes widen. The
shiny grabbed the knocked-out reddy, and glared at him with is shining eyes for
a moment. Then disappeared in the portal.
The portal closed.
Jax just stood there, panting. He looked around. They were gone. He
breathed out harshly. Then he realized that he forgot about something. Stryker!
He rushed over to the body. Before he turned Stryker to lie on his back, he saw
raw wound around his shoulder blade. Jax scowled. Then he hesitatingly turned
him around to face him. He looked at his friend. There was a big bruise at the
side of his head…and a small knife stuck on his chest. Jax kneeled beside his
good friend for a long time. He fought the strong wind going past him that
tried to topple him. Then he finally took out the small knife from the body. Then he walked over to his roughly thrown
vest and covered Stryker, as if he was warming him up from the cool weather.
"So long Stryker, you were a good fighter and
always is." Jax managed to smile.
Then he headed back to the Dragon jet to report whatever happened…
The birds sang beautifully.