Chapter 4- What have I gotten into? Shannon

Look, I'm just a normal girl… so I thought. I was a simple thing; I was shopping at the mall when I felt like I was being followed. Going into different stores and what not I was left alone until the mall closed. The sense grew stronger when my back was turned; someone tapped me on the shoulder. Turning around, my eyes came face to face with him.

"Shannon" he said with a smile.

"How do you know my name?"

"I've been watching you, sorry I have scared you. But I need your help, the help of a dragon" he said.

"Look, I don't know who the hell you are. And what do you mean that you need help of a dragon?" I demanded of him.

Just when I asked that did a white light blind me. Standing before the superstars of the WWE… in a Chinese temple. Oh yeah, it was a dream I thought to myself… that was until Kane decided to pinch me. This was for real, yet why me? Of all people why?

I had my first taste of what I was getting into, fighting for my life constantly. Facing horrid creatures that are trying to kill you, I can't do this!

Rayden had turned me into a dragon; I still looked human just with more dragon features. He looked me in the eyes and said. "I know you're scared, but please they do need your help," he whispered.

Tears flowed down my face. "I'm no good to them! Look at the guys, they can all fight and handle themselves, I'll get in the way!"

Rayden shook his head no to me. "You got a gift none of the others have, you need to trust it, for it will be their greatest asset."

Rayden had a sincere tone in his words. He truly meant it. Or he's gotten so good a suckering people into doing this that it went way over my head.

When I returned to the others, I felt my knees shake with fear. They knew I was terrified, Sara looked to me with pity. "You ok?" she asked of me.

Liu Kang sneered. "You were no help to us, I think you should stay here" he stated.

"Shut up! She couldn't help but to be scared, she couldn't change like us!" John spat back. "For a monk, you sure suck at it"

I was shocked to see them all come to my defense. I didn't expect them too. After all, Liu was right. I was no help to them.

John Cena looked to me. "We all go in this together, thick or thin. Chain Gang style!"

"Whatever" Liu shot back.

It wasn't long until Rayden returned with Kane, were stood together wondering what was the next step. "We are going to Outworld" Kane stated.

Rayden smiled. "I have arranged for a guide to meet you"

Liu looked to Kane and nodded. "Come on then, we cannot waste time!"

"Liu Kang, I suggest you change to your dragon form!" Rayden called out. But Liu didn't answer.

"He has that… sort of Hulk Hogan thing going" Taker smirked.

"What do you mean?" I asked him.

He shook his head. "You got to know him to understand it" was his reply. Something tells me what he said wasn't a good thing. Rayden and Liu Kang led us to a room inside the temple, there was a strange wall in there that Rayden opened with his powers, revealing a rather freaky black hole as it was.

"Whoa" Rob whispered as he stared at it. "Can you imagine being stoned and looking at his?"

It made me smirk. I could picture that. But the laughter stopped.

"When you pass through, you must remain calm and collected. Stay together and don't leave one another's side. Your guide will led you to the Shokan portal and to the new ruler there"

"Who's the guide?" I asked

Rayden smiled to me. "You will know when you see him" he said, it was rather odd that he directed that right to me… was this the reason I was needed? I felt my nerves acting up again when I saw Liu Kang go into the portal. John Cena and Batista stood on either side of me. "You get scared, I don't mind holding hands" Cena explained.

Oh man, this is going to make me feel embarrassed! I didn't hesitate to take the hand he offered. Batista took my other as they walked me through. We were thrown into the wastelands of Outworld. I looked about scared and confused. Taker held onto his wife to protect her.

"Oh my God" she whispered as she looked about the place. Kane's eyes surveyed the area as well.

"Well… where's the guide?" Kang demanded.

I saw someone not too far off on the black hill. He stood there not moving an inch. I didn't know where I got the strength let along courage to let go of the wrestler's hands. But I went to the hill. Kane called for me wondering what I was doing. Yet I knew I had to be the one to meet him. The closer I came, the better view I got of him. He was a ninja no doubt, dressed in black with yellow sashes. His eyes were white as if he was blind.

"Are you the guide?" I asked.

His head snapped to the side to look at me, his look scared me. But I managed to stay brave. "We need to go to the Shokan palace, can you take my friends and I there?" I asked him. He only nodded, his hand reached to the others.

"COME HERE!" he yelled out.

"Shannon?" called Kane.

"Come here! Didn't you hear him?" I called out to them. They all came to me on the hillside. Taker was rather concerned.

"You ok?" he asked me.

"Yes, I found the guide, we are to follow him"

Everyone looked around, seeing nothing. "Who?" Batista asked. This was strange.

"You're telling me you can't see him?" I asked, the ninja was right next to me. By the looks of things I knew who he was. Scorpion.

"I don't see anyone, you see she's useless!" Kang spat.

Kane however hissed at him. "If she says she sees someone, I believe her. It's not the strangest thing I have ever seen"

"Yeah like the time Snitsky… Oh… wait…" Cena said as he looked down at me. "You're too young to know of that"

"I'm twenty one years old"

"Too young" Taker stated. "Ask the guide where we go from here"

I turned back to Scorpion. "Where from here to the Shokan portal?" I asked. He stared walking down the hillside, so I suppose we were to follow him. Kang didn't trust me one bit.

"She's leading us on a wild goose chase" He said.

Scorpion turned to look at me and said. "When given the chance. Smite him hard!"

I couldn't help but laugh, since it came from him. Rayden had confessed he makes money off of Mortal Kombat. He goes by a mortal name and makes the games, movies, action figures and what no. So what he has mortals see is what you get really. I just never expected Scorpion to have a humor side to him.

Yet there was sadness there too. He kept looking to Sara and the Undertaker, envying them greatly. People know of his history… Scorpion's that is. His family and children were killed in cold blood; he had become a living specter to seek revenge against the one responsible. The blame was placed on Sub-Zero and his clan for they killed him.

My little brother played the Mortal Kombat 4 video game; you learned it was the sorcerer Qain Chi who killed Scorpion's family… I just don't know if he knows it yet. I grew nervous when I heard odd noises come from all about, yet I heard Scorpion say, "Don't be scared, or they will come after you. They draw on fear. Don't show it, they can't see you"

I was still in aw that I was the only one who could see him, and I couldn't figure out why. And why did Kane take my word over that of Liu Kang's? It wasn't long before we were taken to a gateway looking structure. It was old and broken down.

"Does his meet health and safety regulations?" Batista asked aloud.

I saw John looked about as his eyes nearly came from his head. Sara turned and saw what Cena did. "Ask him" she said pointed to a skeleton Sara did spot something strange about the skeleton. She walked over to it and looked closely.

"You see something wrong?" Kang asked. "It's dead if you assume it's an injured dog"

Taker growled at Kang and turned his attention back to his wife. "What is it?" he asked her.

Sara stepped back and pointed to the remains. I saw Scorpion nodded as she pointed to it.

"She's smart, she knows the switch," he said.

Taker went over and smirked. "Well I'll be damned" the sword that sticks out of the skeleton… was going the wrong way. The sharper end was sticking forward, as the handle was in the back.

"He couldn't have been stabbed from behind, due to this… whatever it is," Sara concluded. She took hold of the blade carefully and pulled down, it sent a shockwave over energy to the gate. Giving us a portal.

"This is it" Rob whispered. He looked to everyone. "So… it's gonna be do or die huh?"

Kane nodded. "Yeah, that's pretty much the scenario"

I could hear the haunting sounds once more coming this way. I turned to see these ogres like beasts running right at us!

"We got company!" Batista called. Liu stood ready to fight, but Sara had another idea. She found an old rusted sword and took to the sky. Taker was about to go after her until he saw what she was doing. Sara dove towards the ogres stabbing it right in the chest. Making them all pause at the sight of the fallen creature. They turned and started to devour the beast!

"Ew" Kane said in disgust.

Sara flew down. "Yeah, I read they are cannibals. Come on!" she called out and ran into the portal.

"What a woman" Taker grinned as he ran in after her. We all followed, yet Scorpion stayed behind.

"Good luck… you'll need it"