Chapter 6- You dumbass!- Undertaker
You know, not many can say they have saved the world. Well, now I can! Our meeting was successful, as we learned about the Shokans and their way of life. Sara was rather impressed too; we had spoken with the elders when Goro asked of one thing before we left.
"A friendly combat. Kane and I" he said.
"Not to the death right?" Kane questioned.
Goro laughed and said he wasn't in Mortal Kombat so neither were we. It was to be a friendly joust. You know, I am getting way to old for this? Goro asked if I wanted to go first. I shook my head no. But Batista was all game.
"Goro, if I may?" he asked.
The Shokan laughed aloud with great pleasure as he invited Dave to the middle of the room, away from the tables and chair. Batista and the Shokan circled like they would in the ring. Sizing one another up, no doubt Goro had… litterly the upper hand in this. But Batista is crafty. They locked up, Goro jr. grinned as he was about to use his bottom arms. Yet Dave counted on it. When Goro tried to strike, Dave jumped, grasping the lower arms with his feet and he rolled back, throwing the young Shokan across the room. He landed hard to the ground. I cringed.
"There goes the peaceful mission," I muttered to Sara. Yet shockingly Goro stood up and laughed! He was pleased!
"YES! Crafty as ever are dragons!" he grinned with pleasure; he shook Batista's arms with great joy. "Very good strength, very honorable"
This was when everything got shot to hell. Out of nowhere was Goro struck in the back, forcing him to the ground hard. Liu Kang stood before Dave, grinning.
"I just saved your life!" Kang stated.
"You dumbass!" I growled at him.
Goro rose off the ground, glaring at Kang. "You!" he hissed in anger. Needless to say, Liu just spoiled the whole thing. There wasn't anything we could do now, this was all for nothing!
That was till Dave seemed to have an idea. Goro was going to charge Kang until he stopped him.
"No… let me" Dave stated with anger. "He dare strike you in the back, when I should have been watching it. Give me the honor!" he begged.
What the hell was he up to?
Goro gave his blessing; Dave grabbed Liu and threw him into the darkest hall there was. Kang was heard fighting back until he screamed. "NO! NO, NNNNOOOO!"
There was silence; then a HUGE earth-shattering belch was heard. Dave came out… and he looked fat.
"Dear God, you didn't" John asked as he stared at Dave's stomach.
Goro erupted in laughter once more. "Truly now, more than ever. You have proven yourselves. Cousins, you are all welcomed back!"
Wow… Dave ate Kang, to save all our asses… well… better him than me! We were given an escort back to the portal, and were celebrated by the people. Damn, my life just keeps getting stranger and stranger. We walked through the portal, after waving good-bye to the Shokan people that let out a howl. Once through I turned to Sara.
"Now, you can never say I don't take you anywhere!"
She giggled at me. The girl looked a bit shaken, she was clearly scared. "I don't want to do this again," she whispered.
"You did well, Damn girl. That takes guts to go through that, you ought to be proud!" John stated.
Now… to get back to our realm.
Kane looked about and sighed aloud. "Uh… does anyone remember which way we came?" he questioned.
The realm of Outworld seemed to have shifted and turned about greatly. Nothing was farmiller anymore.
"Damn it all!" growled Dave, and I swear I saw his stomach shift and turned.
Rob looked at him. "Please… please tell me you didn't seriously eat him!" he begged.
Dave grossed me out when he pulled back his skin on his stomach, reaching in he pulled out Liu Kang, safe and unharmed. Needless to say, he wasn't impressed. "What the hell did you just do?" Liu demanded.
"Saved your sorry ass!" Dave shot back. Liu picked himself off the ground, glaring at Batista.
"I saved your sorry ass from the Shokan! He was killing you!"
"You dimwit! He was shaking my hand! We established peace, stop being an assclown about it!"
Liu growled at us. "I still don't understand why Rayden forced me to take you with me. Worst of all is now we are lost!" He turned his attention to Shannon. "Well where's the guide?" he demanded of her.
"I… I don't know," she whispered.
"Well, didn't you just become dead weight so suddenly…" It happened so fast. Something knocked Liu right in the face, sending him to the ground. It was Sara.
"I had enough of him," she told me.
"Darling, I could be more proud of you right now" I smirked. But the problem was, we were still lost in this wasteland. Kane picked up Liu Kang and looked about once more.
He turned to Shannon. "If you see the guide, can you let us know?" he asked gently to her.
She nodded. John looked about. "Why not fly around for a bit, and see what's out there?" he asked.
"That's the thing… you don't wanna see" Shannon spoke up. She warned us Outworld was full of creatures and monsters, not even she knew how many were out there. "Remember the Ogres?" she asked.
"Oh yeah… the things that ate the injured one" Rob replied.
"Yeah, those are just one of many" she whispered.
"So… we hoof it?" Dave questioned.
I looked to Shannon only to see her eyes widened at something before us. I turned and saw what she did. "Anyone else see that freak dressed in Green and black?" I asked aloud.
"Yeah… it's Reptile" Shannon said. "He's not good…" Just as she said that, Reptile ripped off his mask. And for the love of God where the hell do these things come from? Under his mask was a face covered in scales and a lash tongue. He gagged acid towards us. Kane countered the attack with fire breath, surprising himself and us of his power.
"Wow" Kane whispered.
"What do we do?" Batista asked.
"You go ahead, I'll handle him," John stated. He didn't stop to think what could be behind Reptile, he charged headfirst and speared him to the ground… not knowing Reptile was standing before a cliff! I ran to see, only to nearly fall in myself!
"Damn it" I growled, it was so dark down there that I couldn't see them. Kane and the others join me, looking down into the abyss.
"That's it. I'm going in after them," I said.
"What if we lose you too?" Sara asked.
Damn, she had a point. The sound of hisses echoed in the cliff and then a monstrous dragon's roar downed out the sound. Silence took over once more.
But something happened down there, a strong haunting wind began to howl and echo in the darkness. A silver light sparked, only to erupt into a large fire. Cena came bursting from it, flying high into the air and circling us for a bit. He was landing, yet it looked to be a rough one.
"He's hurt!" Dave yelled. He took to the sky and caught John in mid air. Easing him back to the ground.
"Damn, damn, damn!" John moaned. His shoulder was burnt, as was his right wing, eaten right through by acid.
"Oh Cena" I sighed. He's a good kid, but he just need to know when to step into a fight and when to back off. John looked at me and smirked.
"I… got him better than he got me," he said.
Just then Shannon looked ahead. "There! He's there!" she called.
We looked, seeing nothing once more. "Is it the guide?" I asked her.
She nodded. "It's him. Scorpion"
Kane nodded to her and then turned to me. "Shannon led the way. Dave. Get one side of Cena. I'll take the other," I stated.
Rob walked head with the girl to make sure she has someone with her, the kid has guts I can tell you that. But I hate to say it. I agree with Liu. She shouldn't have come with us, you can see it in her eyes she was terrified when we first encountered the beasts at the temple. It gave me all the more reason to make sure we get back safely.
When Shannon stopped, we stopped. "Scorpion, can you led us back to the portal of Earth Realm?" she questioned gently.
There was silence and yet she nodded as if she heard someone speaking to her. "What does he say?" Sara asked.
She turned to her with a smile. "Scorpion says nice punch. Second, the portal has shifted, every time is becomes in use, and it changes all about Outworld. Scorpion knows where it is, yet warns us there are many creatures that will attack," she explained.
"In other words, we got a fight on our hands" Rob whispered.
She nodded. "But there is a bright side" she explained.
"And that would be?" was my question.
"There is an Earth Realm warrior looking for us. Sub-Zero."
We were silent. "Don't get me wrong, but isn't Scorpion mortal enemies of Sub-Zero? According to the video game and what not?" Kane asked.
"Yes, but Scorpion is more concerned with a sorcerer named Qain Chi. Sub-Zero is no longer a concern of his" Shannon explained.
"Well, I'm in favor of getting the hell out of here" Dave smirked.
Let's hope Scorpion knows the safest path out of there, and perhaps we might gain some help along the way.