Chapter 8- through hell…- Shannon

The more I thought of it, the more I knew Liu Kang was right. I was useless, what good was I to these guys? Oh sure, I could see Scorpion. Why? I don't know. But that was it. I haven't battled; I ran and hid at the temple when we were attacked the first time. Why did Rayden make me come here with them? I was quiet as I walked, following Scorpion carefully. He seemed to know Outworld like the back of his hand. We were rising upward, climbing a rather tall hill to say the least. He stopped and pointed outward.

The view was amazing, yet horrifying at the same time. Before us were a broken down castle, creatures and monsters roamed about freely. "You must go through here, to get to your portal. They all know you wish to go home, they are under orders to stop you from doing so" Scorpion stated.

I relayed that back to the others. Kane looked concerned. "How do they know that?" he asked.

"They are under orders of a sorcerer. Perhaps Qain Chi. He was the one who wished for the Shokans to invade Earth Realm."

Again I relayed the information back to the others once more. Taker snarled at the idea. "Damn it. Why doesn't the coward show himself?" he hissed.

I knew the answer to that. "Qain Chi will do anything not to soil his own hands… Unless he has changed form…" Something was eating away at me, and it led me to believe it was Liu Kang. "Kane, put him down for a moment" I asked of him.

This confused him greatly, yet Kane did what I asked. He put Liu down on his back. I looked at him oddly, when my eyes started to see it. A green spiritual glow… this wasn't the champion of Mortal Kombat!

I turned to Sara and whispered in her ear. "Do me a favor. Kick him as hard as you can in the stomach" I whispered.

Sara looked concerned. "You see something we don't?" she asked me.

I nodded to her. This caught Scorpion's attention as well. He was rather curious as to what I was doing. Sara went over, and nailed Liu Kang right in his gut. He woken up instantly as a green light came form his eyes.

We backed up in shock. "You're no Liu Kang," I whispered.

This guy got off the ground and smirked. "And you finally saw it now… Pity really" Green skull surrounded him as he transformed… Qain Chi! He smirked to all of us, laughing. "You may have foiled my plan, but I will be sure you don't leave here alive!"

Kane growled at him just as Qain hit most of us with a green power, being a coward I was I ducked out of the way. Scorpion stood in front of me, as if he was taking the blow! I watched in Horror as the others were turned back to normal… in their human forms. "You won't make it now… even with a single dragon. Non of you can change back, suckers!" With that Qain Chi vanished from sight. I got off the ground as Kane looked to everyone.

"Well then… this missions officially sucks!" He growled aloud.

I looked down at what lay before us. "I can fight," I whispered.

"No way kiddo, you're not able to!" Batista shot back.

"Mortal Kombat was won by mortals, not those who could transform or change!" I shot back. "I can fight and hold them off, I can withstand more in this form… I won't let you risk your lives"

"You are being crazy!" Taker shot back at me. "You can't fight worth a damn and you know it! Besides, just because we are like this, don't mean we ain't helpless!"

I saw Taker's eyes nearly come from his head. "Where the hell did you come from?" I turned to see Scorpion. But… they can now see him?

"Uh, Shannon… is this the guide?" Kane asked. "He's in yellow and black… and his eyes are white"

"Yes… but… how can you see him now?" I asked of them.

Scorpion fielded that one. "The energy that damn sorcerer hit you with turns you back into humans… when it hit me. It made me flesh once more!" He stated. "Now… for Qain Chi" he hissed.

"Scorpion please, we need your help!" Rob begged. He turned to him.

"Why? I now have the power to destroy the sorcerer!"

"Decada!" Sara stated.

This took everyone by surprise. Even me, she knew his mortal name. Scorpion turned around completely looking Sara in the eyes. "How could you know that name?" he asked.

She didn't know herself. "Please, we need to get back home and I know you can help us. I have two small children; I need to get home to them… We both do" Sara reached and took hold of the Undertaker's hand. "Please, help us?" she begged in a whisper.

Something struck the restless spirit. He turned away. And he finally turned his back.

"That is your family, not my own… Good-bye" Scorpion then vanished into a portal he made.

"Oh damn it all to hell, he could have just teleported us to the portal and we could have run like hell!" Batista snarled.

"Wouldn't have worked. You cannot have two portal near one another, if you do it collapse." I replied. Damn, where is all this information coming from? We looked on over the cliff, trying to figure out a way to get out of here safe and sound.

John was surprised that his wound was healed already, despite the heavy damage he too as a dragon, it didn't affect his normal form. But that wasn't going to get us home. I thought long and hard, wondering how we could do this. Kane was getting frustrated with the lack of assistance for Scorpion. I wasn't too surprised; he has his own agenda after all. Our only change to get out now would be to find Sub-Zero. Yet he is so skilled from what I know it would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

"We have no choice, we're going to have to fight head on" Taker stated.

"With what? Rocks!" I demanded.

"You wanna go home?" Taker shot back at me.

"Yes, but in one piece!"

"Enough!" Rob yelled out. "This is bad Karma! We need to work together on this… We have to…"

"Uh guys… where did Kane go?" Batista asked.

We looked about… Kane was gone. My eyes caught him though, he was going down the path from the cliff… he going to go and fight? We all ran to catch up with him.

Kane was at the foot of the cliff when we finally caught him. "What the hell are you thinking Glen!" Taker shouted to him, this was serious. He used Kane's real name.

Kane turned around and said. "Look at us, the more we stay here, the more we turn on one another. I refuse to do that; I think we can take them. You said so yourself Shannon, mortals won Mortal Kombat. Ordinary people like us, not ones with super powers. If they could defeat them then, we can defeat them now" he said in the greatest of confidence.

"But how do we know for sure?" Cena asked.

"Let's put it this way, it's no longer scripted. Hurt them any way possible, forget how strong you are and just kick some ass!"

Well that was a blunt way of putting it. Kane turned to me next. "I know you're scared. But you're a lot stronger than you let on to be. Prove me right."

It wasn't long before Kane kept going, it was as if he knew he had something powerful to use against them. Kane started walking towards the mob of monsters and demons. We all followed him.

"I think we can do this" Dave stated as he got himself pumped. "Yeah… Yeah we can do this!"

"Yeah, they wants some, they come and get some!" Cena called out.

"We'll show them what Earth Realmers are made of!" Rob grinned.

"I'll kick their asses" Sara stated.

I was still scared to go through with this. What if I am not strong enough? What if I get killed? Or if I do have the power, what if something happens to the others? It would be my fault… dear God; I pray we will survive this.