Callipso and Sub-Zero rushed into the room.
Followed by Johnny.
"What is it now?" Johnny asked.
"Another portal opened." Kitana looked at him as she said quietly.
"Oh man~." Johnny sighed.
"Where is it?" The mortal kombat champion asked.
"In the ruins (temple) of north-west China. It's near Mongolia's border." Sonya replied.
"That's it?" Jax asked. Everybody looked at him. "I-I mean like that's the only portal opened?"
"Yeah. This time, this is the only portal." Sonya double-checked the monitor.
"Then I'll go." Liu Kang said.
"I will go too." Kitana said as she touched his shoulder. They looked at Rayden. The thunder god thought for a moment. Then nodded still unsure.
"You guys can go…but…" Rayden thought hard. They all waited patiently. Rayden finally turned to Sonya.
"Sonya, do you have any comlink or something?"
"Um…" She thought. "Oh then take mine. This is connected to this computer." She took it off from her wrist and gave to Liu. "Just press this button when you talk." She explained.
"Thanks." Then rushed toward the door with Kitana.
"Be cautious." Rayden said out loud.
Haruna came into the room with a quiet knock. Scorpion was meditating. He slowly opened his eyes. This time, he didn't show any murderous intent (?). Haruna stopped behind the door.
"I came to change your bandage…" She asked nervously. Then she saw him nod slightly. She came closer cautiously. She didn't want to be choked again. Then the tray of food, which was next to his bed, came in to her eyes. Everything was gone. He ate it…She was amazed and at the same time, happy.
She sat on the edge of the bed. Bandage on her lap. Scorpion was not moving at all. He sat in a meditating position in his bandaged chest (without his top gi), his legs crossed. He stopped meditating and rested his dead eyes on her.
"May I…?" She finished when she saw him nod. She reached his chest to undress the old bandages. Her fingers touched the bandages. Scorpion felt the fingers lightly on his chest. It was warm and at the same time, cold, it was a funny, sensitive touch.
Haruna slowly unwrapped the bandage. He gazed her with his dead eyes. Softly, she checked the broken rib with her hands. Then she cocked her eyebrows, and paused, surprised emotion filled her face. Then she checked once more on the place.
"It got better…" She muttered. "It's not even broken now…" But there was still an ugly bruise. So she reloaded some ice and placed it on his bare chest. Then she moved to his back and checked the injuries. She looked at it carefully and uncapped a tube medicine.
"I am going to put this onto your back if it's ok…" She told him as she showed him the medicine. He nodded silently. She couldn't believe this. This untamed man was letting her take care of him. When she was done pasting (?) the medicine on his back, she came back in front of him and took the new roll of bandages. Then she started to wrap around his muscular body. Scorpion sat unmoving. But when she finished everything and tried to stand up, he suddenly placed his strong hand lightly on her forearm. It was a strange, new touch to him. Whenever he touched a living thing, it was normally attacking, killing or doing something nasty. Haruna paused and slowly looked at his face with fear. He was watching her face in a way, which she could not read.
"I am Scorpion. You are…?" Scorpion asked nicely as he could in his harsh voice.
"Haruna." She answered. Haruna heard him mutter her name again.
"Thank you." These words came out from his masked mouth. Haruna doubted her ears. "Thank you for taking care of me, thank you…thank you." He continued. His hands moved away. Haruna couldn't react right away. But then, she made a smile. Not a frightened smile, but a sweet (that's what Scorpion thought) smile.
"I'll make the lunch." She said as she stood up smiling.
Haruna's smile was burned inside his brain. That smile…He thought hard.
"Well, what a temple!" He commented. Kitana nodded. The ruin in front of them was really a ruin (?). Plus the weather was cold and dark made the mood creepier. They stood close to each other. Looking around for some enemies trying to kill them.
"I feel that…" Kitana started. Liu looked at her. She looked up to the temple's roof. "…that they're here." She finished. Liu looked at where she was looking.
A figure stood on the roof. Then the two on the ground heard a laughing voice right behind them. They quickly turned around. A female came walking out from the dark, Wabiko, Kitana mused. The ugly mortal's loud laugh echoed the lonely waste of northwest China.
Liu heard a sound. He looked at his side. He saw a shining beast like eyes in the dark. But when it came out from the dark like Wabiko, it was a human shape warrior grinning.
Kitana looked at her side. She thought she sensed something; she narrowed her eyes to stare at the dark harder. In her sensitive ear, she heard something move, like stepping the dead grass on the ground. She got surprised, as the scaly, green figure appeared suddenly not faraway from her. Reptile…using his camouflage technique…she solved.
"Welcome! Enjoy your death!" Sung-Hee came out (?) from the ancient temple. The earth warriors heard the quick, vivid sound from the enemies. Without looking around, they knew that the enemies turned into their fighting pose. Kitana looked at Liu Kang.
"We need help." She said in a voice that only Liu could listen. He nodded slowly as he looked back to the opponents.
"I'll take cover." She got tensed. Liu brought his arm up to his mouth and with his other hand, he pressed the button and said:
"Sonya! We need help! Come quick!" Then Wabiko came dashing toward to the couple with an inhuman voice.
Kitana knew Wabiko was glaring at her, and she knew that Wabiko was going to attack her.
Liu looked at Reptile. Not you again! He thought.
"Sonya! We need help! Come quick!" Everybody froze. Rayden reacted first.
"Come on!" He woke everybody up. Sonya was on her way to the Dragon Jet. Everybody hurriedly followed her.
Haruna couldn't stop smiling. "Thank you…" She remembered the words from his mouth. She decided that she would make the most delicious lunch that she ever made (?). She almost skipped to the kitchen. When she opened the door as she hummed a tune, she froze.
Scorpion heard the scream from down stairs. He sat up. It's that female's scream. He got up from the bed. He still felt the pain on his chest but he ignored it. He rushed for the stairs.
As she screamed, she dashed away from the two dark, torn clothes men. The soldiers rushed behind her.
"Help~!" She screamed loud as she could as she ran. Police! She cried. She felt the violent grab on her arm. One of the soldiers grabbed her and made her trip. Haruna felt her palm scratched as she tripped. Her knee banged the wooden floor. This made her hard to get up and run. She became white.
"Where is he?" One of the soldiers asked her in a threatened voice.
"Um…what are you…talking about…?" Haruna asked with her trembled voice. Then she trembled even more when she saw the other soldier took out a lo~ng, shinny and pointy dagger in front of her face.
"You know what this is huh?" He asked her in an insinuating voice. She almost stopped breathing as he tilted her chin slightly up with the dagger. "I don't want to hurt your pretty face, hon. Now if you tell me where he is…you'll be just fine." He played with the dagger in his hands. Haruna couldn't speak by fear. In her eyes, she saw the soldier's face turned into an ugly angered face.
"Tell me or you'll be lynched lady!" He shouted in front of her face as he grabbed her shirt's collar and shook it widely.
"Let her go!" A familiar voice (to Haruna) froze the three mortals. Hanzo! Haruna almost cried. She felt the grip of the soldier's let go of her.
Scorpion waited for the familiar uniformed soldiers coming closer to him. When they were in his reach, he kicked the nearest one in his abdomen and with his other leg, did the same as he span around. They stumbled back. Scorpion did not waste any time. Without any pause, he kicked the nearest one's neck in a sokutou form.
Haruna heard the loud crack when she saw Scorpion kicked him on the neck. Then she saw him grabbing the other soldier's neck with his both hands and twisted. Another crack.
Scorpion stood still and waited the pain in his ribs to go away. Then he looked at Haruna who sat powerlessly on the floor. Then he went over and kneeled beside her.
"Are you all right?" He asked as his white eyes gazed her eyes. She nodded once. Then she gasped as she looked at the dead bodies vanish into a thin air. Scorpion nodded slowly to himself. So it's Shinnok's slaves…They vanish when they die. Now she doesn't have to clean the corpses like the glasses. He thought.
"What-What happened?" Haruna's voice was trembling. Scorpion turned his face back to her.
"They vanish when they die. They are from another realm." He explained only a bit. Haruna's face turned into a quizzical look.
"Don't worry." Scorpion couldn't believe himself saying this. Haruna nodded very slowly once more.
Kitana fought Wabiko who was screaming like an animal. Wabiko was quick; Kitana had more hard time fighting than in the last battle. She looked at Liu in a moment she pushed Wabiko away.
Liu didn't give Reptile any chance to perform any camouflage. He dashed at Reptile. Reptile hissed and waited with his yellow eyes glowing at him.
Kitana then looked around. This is not good. The others came closer. She found herself kicked by Wabiko. She fell hardly on the rough, dry ground. Then she rolled to the side as Wabiko brought her leg to stomp her. Kitana tripped Wabiko with her leg and got up.
Liu dodged the tricky attacks from the reptile. Reptile twisted his flexible body to avoid Liu's punch and rolled away. Liu dashed behind him. Reptile suddenly stopped spinning and bashed Liu's chin with his legs from the ground. Liu stumbled backward as he covered his chin with his hands. This was enough time for Reptile to get up and disappear.
Liu opened his eyes and regretted. I shouldn't fight with a thing that can vanish. He concentrated his ears and breathed slowly, getting ready for anything. He couldn't hear any sound.
Reptile stood right in front of him. He smiled. This camouflage technique was indeed useful. He soundlessly walked behind the mortal kombat champion and stopped. He remembered the time when they fought. Liu was strong enough to destroy him. Reptile respected him. He shook off the thought out of his mind and stared at his prey.
Liu felt the pain on his neck. He rolled away from the place where he stood. He looked where nothing was there. Argh! Reptile~ He scowled.
Kitana received a kick on her back. With a surprised cry, she was pushed toward Wabiko who stood in front of her. Wabiko with any hesitation punched in her face. Kitana rolled to the side. When she recovered she saw a man standing next to Wabiko, grinning. He had blood red hair and eyes, which gave Kitana a look of disgust. They moved in closer. Kitana moved back. Finally, they leaped toward her.
Juba was kicked away in his ribs. When he landed roughly on the ground, he already knew who kicked him.
Jax held out a knife and asked: "Is this your knife?" Juba smiled.
"Jax!" Kitana felt a relief going through her body. They're here! Wabiko used the chance to lung in. Kitana and Wabiko rolled away (?) into the bushes.
"This is my knife." Juba spoke as he watched the two tangled females rolling away. Anger filled Jax up.
"Then I came to return it to you." He remembered this knife stuck on Stryker's chest. Juba grinned cruelly.
Reptile stopped attacking Liu. He looked at his side. He saw one figure coming this direction.
"Liu!" Reptile narrowed his eyes as he looked at the running figure. He's the one I fought not long ago-Liu kicked him on his abdomen. Reptile lost his concentrating of the camouflage technique.
Johnny bumped into the figure that appeared suddenly.
"Woa!" Johnny stepped two three meters back. "Hey, you…!" He pointed at Reptile. Instead of answering, Reptile hissed back.
"Johnny!" Liu amazed (?).
"Hey!" Johnny brought his hand up pointing the scaly cold-blooded animal. Reptile leaped to Johnny with a loud hiss.
"I-I'll take care of this one!" Liu heard Johnny, who managed to say in the confusion when Reptile pushed his into the bushes near them.
Sub-Zero, Callipso and Sonya watched the three fights going on at the same time. They didn't know which to help. Liu came running toward them.
"How many are there?" Sonya asked when Liu arrived.
"Well, quite a lot. There's…I guess four, five of them."
Somehow they became silent. Sonya broke the silence as she sighed loudly.
"You know, I'm tired of this "magical portal enemies."" Then she headed slowly for Johnny. The three left behind warriors just looked at Sonya's back.
"Where are your playmates?" The trio (?) turned around. They saw Reiko and Sung-Hee standing about 10 meters away.
"Sung-Hee!" Callipso's eyes turned red. She stepped one step forward already in a fighting stance. Sung-Hee was surprised.
"You!" Sung-Hee pointed at her, "How come you're here!?"
"To get your head." Callipso's voice was awfully cold and emotionless. Reiko glanced at Sung-Hee.
"Who is this?" He asked quietly, "Seems like she's from your clan. She can join us."
"Ah...no, she won't join us." Sung-Hee denied. She's trying to kill me. He added.
"YOU!" Reiko pointed at Liu, "What's up, fluffy head. Fight!" Liu scowled and moved in slowly.
"As you wish…" He muttered ironically.
Callipso didn't seem to care when Liu went off to fight. All she was looking-glaring at was Sung-Hee. Rage started fill up inside her. She started to move in. Sung-Hee stepped back. Callipso went faster and faster. Sung-Hee turned and ran toward the main temple. Callipso dashed after him in her maximum speed.
"Callipso!" Sub-Zero shouted in a rather quiet voice, and decided to go after her.
This is it…Sung-Hee mused as he escaped into the big, ancient Chinese temple. Time to kill her. He smiled. When he came to the big throne-looking room, he stopped. He looked around. In the back of the hall, there was a huge Buddha sculpture. He stared at the entrance, where he stormed in. Callipso emerged, followed by the blue Lin Kuei warrior, who battled with Sung-Hee not long ago. I'm gonna fight with both of them? Sung-Hee shrank.
"Sub-Zero," Callipso said as she glared at Sung-Hee, "This is between him and I…" She paused.
"Please, don't help me. I am going to face him alone."
"But-"
"I'll be alright." She turned to him, her eyes were not glowing, "Remember, I'm not that weak last time I fought him." She smiled.
"But-" He stopped when he saw her wink before she turned around.
Callipso brought her face back to Sung-Hee. Her eyes started to glow red again. She stepped forward slowly. She couldn't read Sung-Hee's face. His face was also emotionless. Soma, watch me. Callipso smiled before she attacked him.
Jax did a nice elbow punch on Juba's back. Juba fell down forward but he did a handstand and bashed Jax's face with his legs. Juba came up to his feet and grabbed Jax by his shoulder. Then Juba brought his other hand's forearm and bashed Jax on his neck. He did a spin kick to make Jax fall to the ground. Jax rolled a bit to the side to avoid Juba's elbow blow as he dived to the ground. Jax kicked him in the arm as he still lay down. Juba rolled away by the kick. Jax stood up with effort. His neck still hurts.
Juba was already up to his feet. He dashed toward the earth warrior. The earth warrior stepped to the side and brought his knee up. Juba widened his eyes and tried to stop. But too late, he received a nasty blow to his gut.
Reiko narrowed his glowing eyes. Liu lunged in. Reiko blocked the first punch with his forearm and dodged the knee kick with his other hand. Liu did a spin kick, which Reiko ducked, but Reiko noticed that this was a double spin kick and received a powerful kick in his side. Reiko fell. But he kicked Liu's cheek as he fell. Liu stumbled backwards. Reiko got to his feet and jumped up. He threw fast blows as he landed behind the mortal kombat champion. Liu jumped low to the ground to avoid the attacks from the back. He rolled to the ground and suddenly spun himself with his legs straight to the side. This tripped Reiko who was chasing the rolling human. Liu got up without using his hands. He did a flying kick to Reiko who was getting up to his feet. Reiko was flown several meters away.
Reiko felt his back scratching against the dry, poor soil. He got up quickly and blocked the fast blows from Liu. He found an opening and threw some clips. Then he did a roundhouse kick as the blows stunned Liu.
Liu felt a whack on around his shoulder. The impulse sent Liu few meters away on the ground. Liu desperately scrambled to the side as he saw the attacker approached with a flying kick. Liu still on his crouching position, he braced his body on his right hand and right foot, he threw his left leg to Reiko's armpit. Liu heard the shout as he got up.
Wabiko and Kitana were wrestling on the ground. Wabiko had a knife in her hand, Kitana, a matter of course, trying to get rid of it. Kitana now learned that Wabiko was stronger in muscles and she was under Wabiko's sturdy body. A light bolt lit up above her head. She jabbed her knee to Wabiko's gut.
"A…u…" Kitana heard her groan. She pushed her away promptly and got up. Oh yes…She remembered. She walked to the still lying and moaning Wabiko and took the dagger away from her grip. Then she came back to her spot and threw the knife away to the nearby bushes and waited Wabiko to recover.
There they are. Sonya raised one eyebrow and gazed the fight. Which one is winning? She thought carefree. Haha, Johnny received a facial punch. She smiled. Hey, that was a nice one. Sonya commented as she saw Johnny gave Reptile a split punch. Never knew reptiles had "balls". She thought as she watched Reptile cover his groin with a suffering face. She walked slowly to the spot. Johnny noticed her coming as if she was taking a walk.
"Hey!" Johnny waved.
"Watch your back!" Was the reply. Before Johnny could turn around, he felt a kick on his back. Johnny fell forward to the ground headfirst. Aw. Sonya mused. Then she turned into a jog.
Reptile stood over Johnny. Then he brought his leg up and in the next second, he let it fall with speed.
He opened his eyes widely when he stomped only the ground. And he realized that the female he also encountered in the jungle pulled Johnny away by his legs.
As soon as she was done pulling him back, she jumped forward, one leg straight to the side. She bashed Reptile's head in the side with her shin. Reptile hissed. Johnny got up as he brushed off the sand on his face.
"Hey…" He smiled weakly to Sonya.
"You ok?" She saw him nod.
Reptile watched silently. At the same time, he waited the pain to go away. Two attackers. This will make situation more difficult. He might win, but…he might not. The warriors' interests came back to him as they turned around to face him. Reptile thought fast. This is going to be a troublesome battle with two warriors against him. As he encountered them before, he knew that they are skilled. It would be stupid if he attack them now. To be smart, he should leave this place at once. Being alive was important than fighting with the warriors he held no hatred at. It was more like wasting time.
Both in Johnny and Sonya's eyes, they saw Reptile disappear. They quickly turned into a defending posture and looked around, their back turning toward each other. They saw and heard nothing. They could only hear the fighting shouts nearby.
Reptile stalked away smoothly from the place and headed for the small temple. He went to the behind and took out the "portal opener" and pressed the button.
Callipso was now few feet away from her ex-master.
Followed by Johnny.
"What is it now?" Johnny asked.
"Another portal opened." Kitana looked at him as she said quietly.
"Oh man~." Johnny sighed.
"Where is it?" The mortal kombat champion asked.
"In the ruins (temple) of north-west China. It's near Mongolia's border." Sonya replied.
"That's it?" Jax asked. Everybody looked at him. "I-I mean like that's the only portal opened?"
"Yeah. This time, this is the only portal." Sonya double-checked the monitor.
"Then I'll go." Liu Kang said.
"I will go too." Kitana said as she touched his shoulder. They looked at Rayden. The thunder god thought for a moment. Then nodded still unsure.
"You guys can go…but…" Rayden thought hard. They all waited patiently. Rayden finally turned to Sonya.
"Sonya, do you have any comlink or something?"
"Um…" She thought. "Oh then take mine. This is connected to this computer." She took it off from her wrist and gave to Liu. "Just press this button when you talk." She explained.
"Thanks." Then rushed toward the door with Kitana.
"Be cautious." Rayden said out loud.
Haruna came into the room with a quiet knock. Scorpion was meditating. He slowly opened his eyes. This time, he didn't show any murderous intent (?). Haruna stopped behind the door.
"I came to change your bandage…" She asked nervously. Then she saw him nod slightly. She came closer cautiously. She didn't want to be choked again. Then the tray of food, which was next to his bed, came in to her eyes. Everything was gone. He ate it…She was amazed and at the same time, happy.
She sat on the edge of the bed. Bandage on her lap. Scorpion was not moving at all. He sat in a meditating position in his bandaged chest (without his top gi), his legs crossed. He stopped meditating and rested his dead eyes on her.
"May I…?" She finished when she saw him nod. She reached his chest to undress the old bandages. Her fingers touched the bandages. Scorpion felt the fingers lightly on his chest. It was warm and at the same time, cold, it was a funny, sensitive touch.
Haruna slowly unwrapped the bandage. He gazed her with his dead eyes. Softly, she checked the broken rib with her hands. Then she cocked her eyebrows, and paused, surprised emotion filled her face. Then she checked once more on the place.
"It got better…" She muttered. "It's not even broken now…" But there was still an ugly bruise. So she reloaded some ice and placed it on his bare chest. Then she moved to his back and checked the injuries. She looked at it carefully and uncapped a tube medicine.
"I am going to put this onto your back if it's ok…" She told him as she showed him the medicine. He nodded silently. She couldn't believe this. This untamed man was letting her take care of him. When she was done pasting (?) the medicine on his back, she came back in front of him and took the new roll of bandages. Then she started to wrap around his muscular body. Scorpion sat unmoving. But when she finished everything and tried to stand up, he suddenly placed his strong hand lightly on her forearm. It was a strange, new touch to him. Whenever he touched a living thing, it was normally attacking, killing or doing something nasty. Haruna paused and slowly looked at his face with fear. He was watching her face in a way, which she could not read.
"I am Scorpion. You are…?" Scorpion asked nicely as he could in his harsh voice.
"Haruna." She answered. Haruna heard him mutter her name again.
"Thank you." These words came out from his masked mouth. Haruna doubted her ears. "Thank you for taking care of me, thank you…thank you." He continued. His hands moved away. Haruna couldn't react right away. But then, she made a smile. Not a frightened smile, but a sweet (that's what Scorpion thought) smile.
"I'll make the lunch." She said as she stood up smiling.
Haruna's smile was burned inside his brain. That smile…He thought hard.
"Well, what a temple!" He commented. Kitana nodded. The ruin in front of them was really a ruin (?). Plus the weather was cold and dark made the mood creepier. They stood close to each other. Looking around for some enemies trying to kill them.
"I feel that…" Kitana started. Liu looked at her. She looked up to the temple's roof. "…that they're here." She finished. Liu looked at where she was looking.
A figure stood on the roof. Then the two on the ground heard a laughing voice right behind them. They quickly turned around. A female came walking out from the dark, Wabiko, Kitana mused. The ugly mortal's loud laugh echoed the lonely waste of northwest China.
Liu heard a sound. He looked at his side. He saw a shining beast like eyes in the dark. But when it came out from the dark like Wabiko, it was a human shape warrior grinning.
Kitana looked at her side. She thought she sensed something; she narrowed her eyes to stare at the dark harder. In her sensitive ear, she heard something move, like stepping the dead grass on the ground. She got surprised, as the scaly, green figure appeared suddenly not faraway from her. Reptile…using his camouflage technique…she solved.
"Welcome! Enjoy your death!" Sung-Hee came out (?) from the ancient temple. The earth warriors heard the quick, vivid sound from the enemies. Without looking around, they knew that the enemies turned into their fighting pose. Kitana looked at Liu Kang.
"We need help." She said in a voice that only Liu could listen. He nodded slowly as he looked back to the opponents.
"I'll take cover." She got tensed. Liu brought his arm up to his mouth and with his other hand, he pressed the button and said:
"Sonya! We need help! Come quick!" Then Wabiko came dashing toward to the couple with an inhuman voice.
Kitana knew Wabiko was glaring at her, and she knew that Wabiko was going to attack her.
Liu looked at Reptile. Not you again! He thought.
"Sonya! We need help! Come quick!" Everybody froze. Rayden reacted first.
"Come on!" He woke everybody up. Sonya was on her way to the Dragon Jet. Everybody hurriedly followed her.
Haruna couldn't stop smiling. "Thank you…" She remembered the words from his mouth. She decided that she would make the most delicious lunch that she ever made (?). She almost skipped to the kitchen. When she opened the door as she hummed a tune, she froze.
Scorpion heard the scream from down stairs. He sat up. It's that female's scream. He got up from the bed. He still felt the pain on his chest but he ignored it. He rushed for the stairs.
As she screamed, she dashed away from the two dark, torn clothes men. The soldiers rushed behind her.
"Help~!" She screamed loud as she could as she ran. Police! She cried. She felt the violent grab on her arm. One of the soldiers grabbed her and made her trip. Haruna felt her palm scratched as she tripped. Her knee banged the wooden floor. This made her hard to get up and run. She became white.
"Where is he?" One of the soldiers asked her in a threatened voice.
"Um…what are you…talking about…?" Haruna asked with her trembled voice. Then she trembled even more when she saw the other soldier took out a lo~ng, shinny and pointy dagger in front of her face.
"You know what this is huh?" He asked her in an insinuating voice. She almost stopped breathing as he tilted her chin slightly up with the dagger. "I don't want to hurt your pretty face, hon. Now if you tell me where he is…you'll be just fine." He played with the dagger in his hands. Haruna couldn't speak by fear. In her eyes, she saw the soldier's face turned into an ugly angered face.
"Tell me or you'll be lynched lady!" He shouted in front of her face as he grabbed her shirt's collar and shook it widely.
"Let her go!" A familiar voice (to Haruna) froze the three mortals. Hanzo! Haruna almost cried. She felt the grip of the soldier's let go of her.
Scorpion waited for the familiar uniformed soldiers coming closer to him. When they were in his reach, he kicked the nearest one in his abdomen and with his other leg, did the same as he span around. They stumbled back. Scorpion did not waste any time. Without any pause, he kicked the nearest one's neck in a sokutou form.
Haruna heard the loud crack when she saw Scorpion kicked him on the neck. Then she saw him grabbing the other soldier's neck with his both hands and twisted. Another crack.
Scorpion stood still and waited the pain in his ribs to go away. Then he looked at Haruna who sat powerlessly on the floor. Then he went over and kneeled beside her.
"Are you all right?" He asked as his white eyes gazed her eyes. She nodded once. Then she gasped as she looked at the dead bodies vanish into a thin air. Scorpion nodded slowly to himself. So it's Shinnok's slaves…They vanish when they die. Now she doesn't have to clean the corpses like the glasses. He thought.
"What-What happened?" Haruna's voice was trembling. Scorpion turned his face back to her.
"They vanish when they die. They are from another realm." He explained only a bit. Haruna's face turned into a quizzical look.
"Don't worry." Scorpion couldn't believe himself saying this. Haruna nodded very slowly once more.
Kitana fought Wabiko who was screaming like an animal. Wabiko was quick; Kitana had more hard time fighting than in the last battle. She looked at Liu in a moment she pushed Wabiko away.
Liu didn't give Reptile any chance to perform any camouflage. He dashed at Reptile. Reptile hissed and waited with his yellow eyes glowing at him.
Kitana then looked around. This is not good. The others came closer. She found herself kicked by Wabiko. She fell hardly on the rough, dry ground. Then she rolled to the side as Wabiko brought her leg to stomp her. Kitana tripped Wabiko with her leg and got up.
Liu dodged the tricky attacks from the reptile. Reptile twisted his flexible body to avoid Liu's punch and rolled away. Liu dashed behind him. Reptile suddenly stopped spinning and bashed Liu's chin with his legs from the ground. Liu stumbled backward as he covered his chin with his hands. This was enough time for Reptile to get up and disappear.
Liu opened his eyes and regretted. I shouldn't fight with a thing that can vanish. He concentrated his ears and breathed slowly, getting ready for anything. He couldn't hear any sound.
Reptile stood right in front of him. He smiled. This camouflage technique was indeed useful. He soundlessly walked behind the mortal kombat champion and stopped. He remembered the time when they fought. Liu was strong enough to destroy him. Reptile respected him. He shook off the thought out of his mind and stared at his prey.
Liu felt the pain on his neck. He rolled away from the place where he stood. He looked where nothing was there. Argh! Reptile~ He scowled.
Kitana received a kick on her back. With a surprised cry, she was pushed toward Wabiko who stood in front of her. Wabiko with any hesitation punched in her face. Kitana rolled to the side. When she recovered she saw a man standing next to Wabiko, grinning. He had blood red hair and eyes, which gave Kitana a look of disgust. They moved in closer. Kitana moved back. Finally, they leaped toward her.
Juba was kicked away in his ribs. When he landed roughly on the ground, he already knew who kicked him.
Jax held out a knife and asked: "Is this your knife?" Juba smiled.
"Jax!" Kitana felt a relief going through her body. They're here! Wabiko used the chance to lung in. Kitana and Wabiko rolled away (?) into the bushes.
"This is my knife." Juba spoke as he watched the two tangled females rolling away. Anger filled Jax up.
"Then I came to return it to you." He remembered this knife stuck on Stryker's chest. Juba grinned cruelly.
Reptile stopped attacking Liu. He looked at his side. He saw one figure coming this direction.
"Liu!" Reptile narrowed his eyes as he looked at the running figure. He's the one I fought not long ago-Liu kicked him on his abdomen. Reptile lost his concentrating of the camouflage technique.
Johnny bumped into the figure that appeared suddenly.
"Woa!" Johnny stepped two three meters back. "Hey, you…!" He pointed at Reptile. Instead of answering, Reptile hissed back.
"Johnny!" Liu amazed (?).
"Hey!" Johnny brought his hand up pointing the scaly cold-blooded animal. Reptile leaped to Johnny with a loud hiss.
"I-I'll take care of this one!" Liu heard Johnny, who managed to say in the confusion when Reptile pushed his into the bushes near them.
Sub-Zero, Callipso and Sonya watched the three fights going on at the same time. They didn't know which to help. Liu came running toward them.
"How many are there?" Sonya asked when Liu arrived.
"Well, quite a lot. There's…I guess four, five of them."
Somehow they became silent. Sonya broke the silence as she sighed loudly.
"You know, I'm tired of this "magical portal enemies."" Then she headed slowly for Johnny. The three left behind warriors just looked at Sonya's back.
"Where are your playmates?" The trio (?) turned around. They saw Reiko and Sung-Hee standing about 10 meters away.
"Sung-Hee!" Callipso's eyes turned red. She stepped one step forward already in a fighting stance. Sung-Hee was surprised.
"You!" Sung-Hee pointed at her, "How come you're here!?"
"To get your head." Callipso's voice was awfully cold and emotionless. Reiko glanced at Sung-Hee.
"Who is this?" He asked quietly, "Seems like she's from your clan. She can join us."
"Ah...no, she won't join us." Sung-Hee denied. She's trying to kill me. He added.
"YOU!" Reiko pointed at Liu, "What's up, fluffy head. Fight!" Liu scowled and moved in slowly.
"As you wish…" He muttered ironically.
Callipso didn't seem to care when Liu went off to fight. All she was looking-glaring at was Sung-Hee. Rage started fill up inside her. She started to move in. Sung-Hee stepped back. Callipso went faster and faster. Sung-Hee turned and ran toward the main temple. Callipso dashed after him in her maximum speed.
"Callipso!" Sub-Zero shouted in a rather quiet voice, and decided to go after her.
This is it…Sung-Hee mused as he escaped into the big, ancient Chinese temple. Time to kill her. He smiled. When he came to the big throne-looking room, he stopped. He looked around. In the back of the hall, there was a huge Buddha sculpture. He stared at the entrance, where he stormed in. Callipso emerged, followed by the blue Lin Kuei warrior, who battled with Sung-Hee not long ago. I'm gonna fight with both of them? Sung-Hee shrank.
"Sub-Zero," Callipso said as she glared at Sung-Hee, "This is between him and I…" She paused.
"Please, don't help me. I am going to face him alone."
"But-"
"I'll be alright." She turned to him, her eyes were not glowing, "Remember, I'm not that weak last time I fought him." She smiled.
"But-" He stopped when he saw her wink before she turned around.
Callipso brought her face back to Sung-Hee. Her eyes started to glow red again. She stepped forward slowly. She couldn't read Sung-Hee's face. His face was also emotionless. Soma, watch me. Callipso smiled before she attacked him.
Jax did a nice elbow punch on Juba's back. Juba fell down forward but he did a handstand and bashed Jax's face with his legs. Juba came up to his feet and grabbed Jax by his shoulder. Then Juba brought his other hand's forearm and bashed Jax on his neck. He did a spin kick to make Jax fall to the ground. Jax rolled a bit to the side to avoid Juba's elbow blow as he dived to the ground. Jax kicked him in the arm as he still lay down. Juba rolled away by the kick. Jax stood up with effort. His neck still hurts.
Juba was already up to his feet. He dashed toward the earth warrior. The earth warrior stepped to the side and brought his knee up. Juba widened his eyes and tried to stop. But too late, he received a nasty blow to his gut.
Reiko narrowed his glowing eyes. Liu lunged in. Reiko blocked the first punch with his forearm and dodged the knee kick with his other hand. Liu did a spin kick, which Reiko ducked, but Reiko noticed that this was a double spin kick and received a powerful kick in his side. Reiko fell. But he kicked Liu's cheek as he fell. Liu stumbled backwards. Reiko got to his feet and jumped up. He threw fast blows as he landed behind the mortal kombat champion. Liu jumped low to the ground to avoid the attacks from the back. He rolled to the ground and suddenly spun himself with his legs straight to the side. This tripped Reiko who was chasing the rolling human. Liu got up without using his hands. He did a flying kick to Reiko who was getting up to his feet. Reiko was flown several meters away.
Reiko felt his back scratching against the dry, poor soil. He got up quickly and blocked the fast blows from Liu. He found an opening and threw some clips. Then he did a roundhouse kick as the blows stunned Liu.
Liu felt a whack on around his shoulder. The impulse sent Liu few meters away on the ground. Liu desperately scrambled to the side as he saw the attacker approached with a flying kick. Liu still on his crouching position, he braced his body on his right hand and right foot, he threw his left leg to Reiko's armpit. Liu heard the shout as he got up.
Wabiko and Kitana were wrestling on the ground. Wabiko had a knife in her hand, Kitana, a matter of course, trying to get rid of it. Kitana now learned that Wabiko was stronger in muscles and she was under Wabiko's sturdy body. A light bolt lit up above her head. She jabbed her knee to Wabiko's gut.
"A…u…" Kitana heard her groan. She pushed her away promptly and got up. Oh yes…She remembered. She walked to the still lying and moaning Wabiko and took the dagger away from her grip. Then she came back to her spot and threw the knife away to the nearby bushes and waited Wabiko to recover.
There they are. Sonya raised one eyebrow and gazed the fight. Which one is winning? She thought carefree. Haha, Johnny received a facial punch. She smiled. Hey, that was a nice one. Sonya commented as she saw Johnny gave Reptile a split punch. Never knew reptiles had "balls". She thought as she watched Reptile cover his groin with a suffering face. She walked slowly to the spot. Johnny noticed her coming as if she was taking a walk.
"Hey!" Johnny waved.
"Watch your back!" Was the reply. Before Johnny could turn around, he felt a kick on his back. Johnny fell forward to the ground headfirst. Aw. Sonya mused. Then she turned into a jog.
Reptile stood over Johnny. Then he brought his leg up and in the next second, he let it fall with speed.
He opened his eyes widely when he stomped only the ground. And he realized that the female he also encountered in the jungle pulled Johnny away by his legs.
As soon as she was done pulling him back, she jumped forward, one leg straight to the side. She bashed Reptile's head in the side with her shin. Reptile hissed. Johnny got up as he brushed off the sand on his face.
"Hey…" He smiled weakly to Sonya.
"You ok?" She saw him nod.
Reptile watched silently. At the same time, he waited the pain to go away. Two attackers. This will make situation more difficult. He might win, but…he might not. The warriors' interests came back to him as they turned around to face him. Reptile thought fast. This is going to be a troublesome battle with two warriors against him. As he encountered them before, he knew that they are skilled. It would be stupid if he attack them now. To be smart, he should leave this place at once. Being alive was important than fighting with the warriors he held no hatred at. It was more like wasting time.
Both in Johnny and Sonya's eyes, they saw Reptile disappear. They quickly turned into a defending posture and looked around, their back turning toward each other. They saw and heard nothing. They could only hear the fighting shouts nearby.
Reptile stalked away smoothly from the place and headed for the small temple. He went to the behind and took out the "portal opener" and pressed the button.
Callipso was now few feet away from her ex-master.