Well welcome back foos! I'm quite pleased with how the story turned out so far! Well I guess its time to do another chapter. This one will detail what occured in between MK1 and MK2, thus it will be short and kind of wrap up MK1 and put MK2 into place. Well onward!
In the Lin Kuei temple...
The master of the Lin Kuei was quite upset, the tournament had ended weeks ago, according to their sources and Sub-Zero had not yet returned. He was beginning to fear that Sub-Zero had been killed in battle. He decided to hold a meeting with the other elders, to formulate a plan of action immediatly. The grandmaster and the four elders sat down and began discussing plans.
"Alright, now let's get down to business," The Grandmaster began, "It has come to my attention that our finest ninja, Sub-Zero has yet to return from his mission of assassinating Shang Tsung, I have come to the conclusion that Sub-Zero is dead..." this brought a hushed murmured the elders. Seiryu, the only female elder, and master of water immediatly spoke up.
"What are you getting at grandmaster?" She looked at the grandmaster fearfully. The Grandmaster frowned.
"If'd you let me finish, I've brought you together to consider our next plan of action!" The fire master, Suzaku spoke up next.
"Grandmaster, don't you think it is wise that we send another ninja after Tsung, and to avenge Sub-Zero?" Suzaku said calmly. Another of the elders stood up, Byakko, he was a master of wind and very intelligent, looked at the Grandmaster.
"Are you insane Suzaku!? Sub-Zero was our greatest warrior! He battled the gods mind you!" This put a scowl on Suzaku's face. The Grandmaster frowned.
"Yes Suzaku, I plan on sending out another ninja, quickly, fetch Sektor." The grandmaster said. Genbu, the other elder, was master of earth.
"Um my lord..."
"What?"
"He's unavailble at the moment." Genbu looked almost nervous. The Grandmaster looked at him,
"Very well send-" Genbu interrupted him. "He's not availble either." The Grandmaster had clearly become angry.
"Why is that Genbu?" The master of the Lin Kuei was loosing his patience.
"Well they've volunteered to undergo, the "operation"." The Grandmaster frowned.
"Oh...you know we could drop this right now, I'm sure this a wise decision," Byakko looked at his master.
"But my lord, you've seen the weapons modern technology has created, our ninja's abilities are quickly loosing their edge. This is required should we be ablt to continue receiving clients." Byakko smiled weakly.
"Yes Grandmaster! Chances are these enhancements will even improve our success rate!" Seiryu chimed in.
"...I suppose you're right," The grandmaster sighed "Well what about our current situation?" Suzaku's eyes widened as an idea entered his head.
"Why not send his younger brother? He's had little experience, and our tests have shown his manipulation of ice is far superior to that of his elder brother's!" The Grandmaster's eyes lit up.
"Yes...send for him immedietly!"
"Master?"
"Yes?"
"Considering Sub-Zero's death, do you not think it wise to send a spy to keep an eye on his younger brother?"
"Another excellent idea! Call for Smoke, but make sure nobody, not even Sub-Zero knows it."
Meanwhile somewhere in China...
Liu Kang was in a good mood. He had won mortal Kombat and it was once again the Shaolin monks were in control of the tournament. He smiled to himself thinking of how happy the monks would be once he returned with the news. Something alerted Kang, a strange smell like burning. He figured it was nothing, but as he neared his village, in the distance he saw smoke! The monk broke into a sprint, hoping that his home was safe. He reached the village,
no... The entire village was burnt to the ground, numerous villager's bodies were scattered across the ground, and so were some very odd looking humans, horribly mutilated, or it seemed like they were, it seemed like they were naturally born in their current state. Liu Kang called out for anybody, he hoped at least one person survived...
"Liu!" The monk spun to find the source of the voice, it was one of the other monks, he was very young, and wore a sash around and baggy blue pants, and had a razor bladed hat, he'd made it himself, it was Kung Lao, his friend and realitive, Kang wasn't sure how they were realated but were both ancestors of the original Kung Lao. Kung Lao was in bad shape, his sash was horribly ripped, and he was holding his right arm, blood was leaking from between and under his fingers and hand. Liu Kang dropped his bags immediatly and dashed over to him.
"Kung Lao! Are you okay!?" Liu was very worried about the young monk. Kung Lao, smirked and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm fine...agh!" He winced, the wound on his arm was bleeding pretty bad. He motioned for Kung Lao to move his hand, Kung Lao shakily moved his hand, which was covered in blood. Oh man... it was a cut, a very deep slice,
"Kung Lao, is this...wound from a sword?" Liu Kang knew that it probably was but wanted to make sure, he was secretly hoping a freak accident destroyed the village and Kung Lao's wound was from falling derbis or shrapnel. Kung Lao looked at his fellow monk grimly
"I don't know...the attackers, they...they weren't even human..." Liu Kang's mouth fell open, he was right, the attackers weren't human.
"Who...who did this to you?" Liu Kang was still in shock and the severity of the attack hadn't set in. Kung Lao scowled, remembering his attacker.
"He was a hideous beast...he had long razor teeth, forever in a horrible grin... he seemed human besides that, but he had these blades that ripped out of his arms, he caught me off guard," Kung Lao grinned darkly "But I got him in the back," the young monk pointed to the rim of his hat, which had a thin layer of drying blood coated over it. Liu Kang looked on in shock, he helped Kung Lao to his feet. He took a deep breath and said a prayer for his friends and family.
"C'mon"
"Where are we going?"
"To the shrine of Raiden."
Meanhile in California
Johnny Cage was somewhat confused. During filming of his next movie, Mortal kombat II, Cage was picked up by some guy from the US army, it seemed urgent, so Johnny went with him. The man was an african american, very large, he hadn't said much.
"Right... so who are you again?" Johnny asked the large stranger.
"Agent Briggs, US special forces, I need to ask you something, you participated in the ShaoLin tournament Mortal Kombat correct?" Jax's voice was very deep and powerful.
"Yes...I was." Johnny replied confused.
"Well we had an agent in pursuit of a criminal, are you familiar with Kano or Sonya Blade?" Jax was all business. The movie star grinned.
"Yes...very well both of them." Johnny said with a cocky tone. Something was bugging Jax about the actor, he continued his questioning.
"Right... are you aware of what happened to either of them?"
"Well, last I remember the island was crumbling and I was fighting this big guy, called Goro." Jax turned and looked at him puzzled.
"Goro?" Jax asked.
"Yeah," Johnny said in awe. "He was this...huge guy with four arms, he was like half dragon or somethin." Jax laughed.
"That's a crazy ass story, you expect me to believe that?"
"Well-LOOK OUT!!!!!!!!" Jax slammed on the brakes, the car squealed as it slid accross the road stopping inches from a man, he was extremely tall and thin, he wore white robes and a peaseant's hat. Johnny sighed in relief.
"Good to see ya Raiden." Johnny grinned.
"Johnny Cage, excellent to see you doing well." Jax was royally pissed.
"You know this crazy ass?" Jax said outraged. Johnny looked stressed
"Err... yeah, you see, he was in the tournament with us." Raiden smiled calmly.
"Major Jacksonn Briggs of the Us Army," Raiden smirked, Jax had a sheer look of shock on his face.
"I know where we can find agent Blade..." Raiden continued.
"Really...where Raiden," Jax replied his voice dripping with Sarcasm.
"First, we must go to a temple in the east, a shrine of mine," Raiden had a stone faced expression.
"Man, you said you know this guy? This fool's crazy!" Jax looked at Johnny somewhat stunned. Johnny just smiled casually at him. Raiden let a smile smile crack on his lips,
"Well allow me to get us there." Raiden was on the verge of laughing.
"Yah, some white guy in a-WHAT THE HELL!?" Jax, Johnny, and Raiden were materialized into thunder and flying accross the sky at breakneck speed. Jax was able to utter out one phrase before forming into thunder.
"CRAZY ASS WHITE FOLK!!"
Meanwhile in Hell
Scorpion had not yet grown accustomed to this way of life. Hell was a sad place, and demon were at every corner, trying to toture him, granted none were powerful enough. He usually wandered aimlessly or killed demons to pass the time. He was walking down a rocky black trail, he usually stayed here, to avoid the demons. He rested, and tryed to remember his family, that really kept him happy. However during meditation, a dark voice called out to him.
"Scorpion...he lives, you have yet to kill him..." It was that old demon, the one that made him a specter, Scorpion growled, he hated that demon, but something had shocked him, he said he was alive...Sub-Zero, that was impossible! He threw into that pit of spikes, plus he was on fire. Yet he sensed the ice warrior's presence, even from hell...Scorpion looked up to the sky and shouted in fury. He tore through hell, making his way to the portal. Several demons noticed him along the way and were uttering things such as: "hey stop him" "that specter's heading for the portal!" and things like that. As Scorpion found the path the shrine and portal to earth, several demons were barricading the way. Scorpion's voice, like always became inhuman when he was out of patience.
"OUT OF MY WAY!!" Scorpion roared, his voice demonic and unholy. Some of the demons cringed but stood their ground.
"heh...fine have it your way," Scorpion's brow furrowed and he let out a battle cry. He bum-rushed the demons, punching one square in the face, bones and cartilage snapped, blood poured out of the demons face...
Scorpion had caved its skull in... another demon attacked from the side of the specter. Scorpion ducked under the demon's haymaker, and spun on his heel, and in a swift motion, elbowed the demon in the temple, the beast literally flipped in midair and landed on its side. A demon grabbed him from behind, trying to hold him while another charged with a sharpened bone.
The key word was tried. Scorpion drove the ball of his foot into the demon's shine, shattering it instantly, the demon howled in pain and crumbled to the ground. Scorpion flung his spear at the charging demon, he tugged hard to the side and the spear blade whirled into the demon's throat and sliced through, decapitating the demon. Without even looking, Scorpion stomped his foot hard onto the downed demon, the head exploded like a rotten watermelon. Scorpion grunted and proceeded to the portal.
FIN Yeah kinda cheesy, but oh well! Well I guess I'll start work on the MK 2 chapter soon enough. Toodles!
In the Lin Kuei temple...
The master of the Lin Kuei was quite upset, the tournament had ended weeks ago, according to their sources and Sub-Zero had not yet returned. He was beginning to fear that Sub-Zero had been killed in battle. He decided to hold a meeting with the other elders, to formulate a plan of action immediatly. The grandmaster and the four elders sat down and began discussing plans.
"Alright, now let's get down to business," The Grandmaster began, "It has come to my attention that our finest ninja, Sub-Zero has yet to return from his mission of assassinating Shang Tsung, I have come to the conclusion that Sub-Zero is dead..." this brought a hushed murmured the elders. Seiryu, the only female elder, and master of water immediatly spoke up.
"What are you getting at grandmaster?" She looked at the grandmaster fearfully. The Grandmaster frowned.
"If'd you let me finish, I've brought you together to consider our next plan of action!" The fire master, Suzaku spoke up next.
"Grandmaster, don't you think it is wise that we send another ninja after Tsung, and to avenge Sub-Zero?" Suzaku said calmly. Another of the elders stood up, Byakko, he was a master of wind and very intelligent, looked at the Grandmaster.
"Are you insane Suzaku!? Sub-Zero was our greatest warrior! He battled the gods mind you!" This put a scowl on Suzaku's face. The Grandmaster frowned.
"Yes Suzaku, I plan on sending out another ninja, quickly, fetch Sektor." The grandmaster said. Genbu, the other elder, was master of earth.
"Um my lord..."
"What?"
"He's unavailble at the moment." Genbu looked almost nervous. The Grandmaster looked at him,
"Very well send-" Genbu interrupted him. "He's not availble either." The Grandmaster had clearly become angry.
"Why is that Genbu?" The master of the Lin Kuei was loosing his patience.
"Well they've volunteered to undergo, the "operation"." The Grandmaster frowned.
"Oh...you know we could drop this right now, I'm sure this a wise decision," Byakko looked at his master.
"But my lord, you've seen the weapons modern technology has created, our ninja's abilities are quickly loosing their edge. This is required should we be ablt to continue receiving clients." Byakko smiled weakly.
"Yes Grandmaster! Chances are these enhancements will even improve our success rate!" Seiryu chimed in.
"...I suppose you're right," The grandmaster sighed "Well what about our current situation?" Suzaku's eyes widened as an idea entered his head.
"Why not send his younger brother? He's had little experience, and our tests have shown his manipulation of ice is far superior to that of his elder brother's!" The Grandmaster's eyes lit up.
"Yes...send for him immedietly!"
"Master?"
"Yes?"
"Considering Sub-Zero's death, do you not think it wise to send a spy to keep an eye on his younger brother?"
"Another excellent idea! Call for Smoke, but make sure nobody, not even Sub-Zero knows it."
Meanwhile somewhere in China...
Liu Kang was in a good mood. He had won mortal Kombat and it was once again the Shaolin monks were in control of the tournament. He smiled to himself thinking of how happy the monks would be once he returned with the news. Something alerted Kang, a strange smell like burning. He figured it was nothing, but as he neared his village, in the distance he saw smoke! The monk broke into a sprint, hoping that his home was safe. He reached the village,
no... The entire village was burnt to the ground, numerous villager's bodies were scattered across the ground, and so were some very odd looking humans, horribly mutilated, or it seemed like they were, it seemed like they were naturally born in their current state. Liu Kang called out for anybody, he hoped at least one person survived...
"Liu!" The monk spun to find the source of the voice, it was one of the other monks, he was very young, and wore a sash around and baggy blue pants, and had a razor bladed hat, he'd made it himself, it was Kung Lao, his friend and realitive, Kang wasn't sure how they were realated but were both ancestors of the original Kung Lao. Kung Lao was in bad shape, his sash was horribly ripped, and he was holding his right arm, blood was leaking from between and under his fingers and hand. Liu Kang dropped his bags immediatly and dashed over to him.
"Kung Lao! Are you okay!?" Liu was very worried about the young monk. Kung Lao, smirked and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm fine...agh!" He winced, the wound on his arm was bleeding pretty bad. He motioned for Kung Lao to move his hand, Kung Lao shakily moved his hand, which was covered in blood. Oh man... it was a cut, a very deep slice,
"Kung Lao, is this...wound from a sword?" Liu Kang knew that it probably was but wanted to make sure, he was secretly hoping a freak accident destroyed the village and Kung Lao's wound was from falling derbis or shrapnel. Kung Lao looked at his fellow monk grimly
"I don't know...the attackers, they...they weren't even human..." Liu Kang's mouth fell open, he was right, the attackers weren't human.
"Who...who did this to you?" Liu Kang was still in shock and the severity of the attack hadn't set in. Kung Lao scowled, remembering his attacker.
"He was a hideous beast...he had long razor teeth, forever in a horrible grin... he seemed human besides that, but he had these blades that ripped out of his arms, he caught me off guard," Kung Lao grinned darkly "But I got him in the back," the young monk pointed to the rim of his hat, which had a thin layer of drying blood coated over it. Liu Kang looked on in shock, he helped Kung Lao to his feet. He took a deep breath and said a prayer for his friends and family.
"C'mon"
"Where are we going?"
"To the shrine of Raiden."
Meanhile in California
Johnny Cage was somewhat confused. During filming of his next movie, Mortal kombat II, Cage was picked up by some guy from the US army, it seemed urgent, so Johnny went with him. The man was an african american, very large, he hadn't said much.
"Right... so who are you again?" Johnny asked the large stranger.
"Agent Briggs, US special forces, I need to ask you something, you participated in the ShaoLin tournament Mortal Kombat correct?" Jax's voice was very deep and powerful.
"Yes...I was." Johnny replied confused.
"Well we had an agent in pursuit of a criminal, are you familiar with Kano or Sonya Blade?" Jax was all business. The movie star grinned.
"Yes...very well both of them." Johnny said with a cocky tone. Something was bugging Jax about the actor, he continued his questioning.
"Right... are you aware of what happened to either of them?"
"Well, last I remember the island was crumbling and I was fighting this big guy, called Goro." Jax turned and looked at him puzzled.
"Goro?" Jax asked.
"Yeah," Johnny said in awe. "He was this...huge guy with four arms, he was like half dragon or somethin." Jax laughed.
"That's a crazy ass story, you expect me to believe that?"
"Well-LOOK OUT!!!!!!!!" Jax slammed on the brakes, the car squealed as it slid accross the road stopping inches from a man, he was extremely tall and thin, he wore white robes and a peaseant's hat. Johnny sighed in relief.
"Good to see ya Raiden." Johnny grinned.
"Johnny Cage, excellent to see you doing well." Jax was royally pissed.
"You know this crazy ass?" Jax said outraged. Johnny looked stressed
"Err... yeah, you see, he was in the tournament with us." Raiden smiled calmly.
"Major Jacksonn Briggs of the Us Army," Raiden smirked, Jax had a sheer look of shock on his face.
"I know where we can find agent Blade..." Raiden continued.
"Really...where Raiden," Jax replied his voice dripping with Sarcasm.
"First, we must go to a temple in the east, a shrine of mine," Raiden had a stone faced expression.
"Man, you said you know this guy? This fool's crazy!" Jax looked at Johnny somewhat stunned. Johnny just smiled casually at him. Raiden let a smile smile crack on his lips,
"Well allow me to get us there." Raiden was on the verge of laughing.
"Yah, some white guy in a-WHAT THE HELL!?" Jax, Johnny, and Raiden were materialized into thunder and flying accross the sky at breakneck speed. Jax was able to utter out one phrase before forming into thunder.
"CRAZY ASS WHITE FOLK!!"
Meanwhile in Hell
Scorpion had not yet grown accustomed to this way of life. Hell was a sad place, and demon were at every corner, trying to toture him, granted none were powerful enough. He usually wandered aimlessly or killed demons to pass the time. He was walking down a rocky black trail, he usually stayed here, to avoid the demons. He rested, and tryed to remember his family, that really kept him happy. However during meditation, a dark voice called out to him.
"Scorpion...he lives, you have yet to kill him..." It was that old demon, the one that made him a specter, Scorpion growled, he hated that demon, but something had shocked him, he said he was alive...Sub-Zero, that was impossible! He threw into that pit of spikes, plus he was on fire. Yet he sensed the ice warrior's presence, even from hell...Scorpion looked up to the sky and shouted in fury. He tore through hell, making his way to the portal. Several demons noticed him along the way and were uttering things such as: "hey stop him" "that specter's heading for the portal!" and things like that. As Scorpion found the path the shrine and portal to earth, several demons were barricading the way. Scorpion's voice, like always became inhuman when he was out of patience.
"OUT OF MY WAY!!" Scorpion roared, his voice demonic and unholy. Some of the demons cringed but stood their ground.
"heh...fine have it your way," Scorpion's brow furrowed and he let out a battle cry. He bum-rushed the demons, punching one square in the face, bones and cartilage snapped, blood poured out of the demons face...
Scorpion had caved its skull in... another demon attacked from the side of the specter. Scorpion ducked under the demon's haymaker, and spun on his heel, and in a swift motion, elbowed the demon in the temple, the beast literally flipped in midair and landed on its side. A demon grabbed him from behind, trying to hold him while another charged with a sharpened bone.
The key word was tried. Scorpion drove the ball of his foot into the demon's shine, shattering it instantly, the demon howled in pain and crumbled to the ground. Scorpion flung his spear at the charging demon, he tugged hard to the side and the spear blade whirled into the demon's throat and sliced through, decapitating the demon. Without even looking, Scorpion stomped his foot hard onto the downed demon, the head exploded like a rotten watermelon. Scorpion grunted and proceeded to the portal.
FIN Yeah kinda cheesy, but oh well! Well I guess I'll start work on the MK 2 chapter soon enough. Toodles!