Chapter 7- A battle of epic proportions.- Kane.

We had found him; he was just desecrating the last of the US cities when Sonja said over her communication she located him. She gave each of us a walkie-talkie so we can keep an eye on Shinnok by air and land. "He's dead ahead!" she called out as she stopped her hummer. The dragons landed just in front of it as Shinnok turned and gave us his full attention, I could just feel the power come off of him. Liu Kang stood next to me prepared to fight. "Amusing, all of earth's forces are here!" Shinnok laughed.

"We can beat you sorcerer. Give up now!" Liu yelled to him.

Oh yeah, like that's going to work. Shinnok looked at all of us. "Oh… really? How?" he questioned.

"All together" was my reply as everyone charged right at him. Instantly Shinnok had summoned Baraka's minions to his aid, Liu Kang and I were the only ones that made it pass the horde, however being greedy Liu Kang went first in hand to hand combat against Shinnok. He held his own for only minutes, until he was propelled away with a single blast. It was my turn, I charged at the sorcerer, locking hand with him. All the souls he had taken made him much stronger than me. Yet I had faith in myself to defeat him, I tried to focus a small portion of my power to reach the old soul of Shao Kahn. However Shinnok caught it.

"He can't hear you anymore!" he laughed. A blast left his hands, and threw me over twenty feet from him! I handed hard on the ground. He was just too strong.

"Can I help?" I heard a voice say, looking up… I saw Owen! He looked at the Shinnok guy and nodded. "What a jackass" he growled.

"Owen don't, you will be lost forever in him!"

Shinnok however wasted no time. I saw him take Owen before my very eyes, pulling him into his body… strange thing was… he didn't resist.

That smirk however on the sorcerer's face pissed me right off! I began battling him, not like martial arts but a straight brawl, I was stunned when I landed a punch, and made him bleed!

Shinnok cleaned the blood from his lip. "Oh, you insolate boy!" he growled to me. He blasted me point blank in the chest; it burned like hell and made me bleed as well. Shinnok aimed his staff at me. "Your soul will be delectable!" he laughed, yet something sharp came from nowhere, cutting the bottom of the staff!

Shinnok turned and of all people… it was Randy! He was in his full Scorpion attire and damn was he amazing! He struck down Shinnok's warriors and stood face to face with the sorcerer himself!

"Randy, don't!" I yelled out. Yet he didn't respond to the name… come to think of it… he looked taller than usual. Shinnok laughed.

"A mortal, taking the power of scorpion… amusing" he smirked. But the strangest thing occurred. Randy summoned Ice! Shinnok caught this instantly. "Wait a moment…" Only to have the harpoon come from behind and take away the staff! Behind Shinnok was Sub-Zero.

"See, switching outfits work!" Randy called… he was in Sub-Zero's armor! Sub-zero started to fight Shinnok as Randy Shattered the staff. I felt Shinnok's power drop instantly!

"NO!" Shinnok screamed. We stood a chance now. Sub-Zero gave out more damage than any one of us.

I helped the others for a moment. Sonja became overwhelmed by the Tarkatans, Sara and Shannon however took care of them for her. Those girls were just amazing. Johnny Cage and Rob Van Dam were working well together. John Cena and Cyrax watched each other's backs as The Undertaker and Batista assisted Jax with some of the Oni that came on scene. Shinnok was down. And Liu Kang looked posed to strike. But a massive power was felt; lightning struck and eliminated every evil creature from sight, all but Shinnok. Shao Kahn had appeared, and his eyes were set on Shinnok.

"He's mine" were the only words spoken. Liu didn't back down.

"No, he's ours, this is our realm!" he spat back. Randy went over to Liu and did a very odd looking pinch to his neck. Making Kang fall to the ground.

"He'll be fine. He's all your" Randy stated to Kahn.

Shao Kahn then turned to me. I nodded as I backed away. My eyes saw the strangest thing though… it was Owen… and he was getting out of Shinnok's body. But he was pulling something behind him. It was a powerful arm and it tried hard to make it's way out! I started to summon what I could of Shang Tsung's powers to help Owen out. He made it ok, but he refused to let go of this one thing.

"No… you will not take it out of me!" Shinnok hissed. He somehow blasted the soul of my friend away. He was all right though.

"Go, we'll be ok" I mouthed to my friend. I was relieved to see him vanish. Yet the thing that was being pulled out… was still fighting.

Kahn knew what it was. "My soul doesn't want to be with you anymore" he hissed. Everyone took a good few feet back as Shao Kahn stared down Shinnok.

"This is gonna be intense huh?" whispered Cena.

"Yeah, you can feel it" Randy whispered.

I glared at Orton. "What the hell are you doing here anyway? And how did you get here?" I demanded of him.

Orton smiled. "I learned how to teleport!"

I looked to Sub-Zero. "I didn't teach him that… beside, you think he got here on the first try?" he shot back at me.

We watched on. Shinnok and Kahn charged one another, throwing punch and kick after another. Shinnok was able to match him as if he knew what he was going to do next. Yet Shao Kahn had a few new tricks up his sleeve. Our wrestling moves maybe 'fake', yet we don't try to hurt whom we're facing, yet if used in hand to hand combat and it isn't done correctly… the results can be deadly. For an example Kahn just used called the RKO. It made Shinnok crash face first into the ground hard.

The two were a force in itself. When a fist was caught, thunder could be heard, and a kick made the earth itself shake in fear. Yet it came to the ultimate test. The power. They locked hands just as Shinnok and I did. Yet they seem equally match, something went wrong though, the blue wisps were coming from Kahn's body and going into Shinnok.

"He's taking his new soul!" Dave growled in anger. He was going to go in and help, but I shook my head no and held him back.

"Dave, don't you feel it?" I asked him. I felt the portion of my soul I gave Kahn go into Shinnok… yet it wasn't adding onto his power, it latched onto something big. Dave began to feel it. All the dragons did, and Randy.

"I see him" Orton smirked.

Kahn grew worried as Shinnok laughed. "You can't win! Not alone!" he smirked.

"He isn't!" Our eyes shot to a ruined Building, there shoot Raiden! He blasted both Kahn and Shinnok with lightning! Separating the two from the hold. Shao wasn't harmed, yet he was starting to glow an odd blue. Shinnok looked like he had something ripped from his body.

Kahn smiled and laughed aloud as he glared down at Shinnok, who started to age very, very quickly. "My soul had returned. The new one given to me latched onto the old one in you. When the lightning stuck, it was the extra power I needed to take it from your body."

Shinnok stood there a broken man, Kahn turned to us. "Sub-Zero. Orton, do the honors" he grinned.

Randy looked confused. "Honors?" he asked.

"Go and kill him," Taker growled in Randy's ear.

Randy looked scared. "Me?" Sub-Zero dragged the young wrestler over; he froze Shinnok's body and told Randy to harpoon it just once. I nodded to him to say it's ok. Randy called apone the harpoon and blasted it through the frozen body.

The energy ripped open as the world around us glowed brightly, in a renewing color.

There was the white flash once more, and it was Kahn and I back at the arena in front of the cheering fans, holding the WWE tag titles in our hands. Shao Kahn looked to me with a grin as we posed before the crowd; it was as if nothing happened.

When we went to the back, Raiden was there waiting for us. He looked at me oddly. "I… Owe you an apology," he said to me.

I was rather stunned. "Oh?" I asked of him.

Raiden looked to Kahn. "And I owe you one too. I should have known you better than I did. Why I couldn't see it for myself, I don't know…" Raiden was about to continue till Kahn told him to stop.

"You're forgiven, the question is now. How can I be forgiven for all the pain I caused?"

Raiden had made a proposal with the elder gods due to the new information they have just learned, Shao Kahn is not to return to Outworld, due to the minions who serve him are no doubt willing to continue on his evil plans. If the see a different Kahn, they would go off to torment other realms despite the new Kahn. "You are to remain here, as Kane's brother it seems…" Raiden explained as he turned to me with an odd look.

"What?" I asked.

He rolled his eyes. "I fear what you will turn him into!"

Shao Kahn smiled and looked to me. "Sounds like fun"

"Ok and before you go. I need to make sure… are there any other threats we need to know of? Sorcerers? Other emperors? Uh… monsters?" I asked Raiden.

The Thunder god shook his head no. "But I do suggest you leave Randy to Sub-Zero for a while… the boy nearly teleported them in a very… unpleasant place"

I couldn't help but laugh, Orton being trained as a ninja, that I will need to see for myself.

However we ran into Orton in the hall, holding a scroll. "Hey Kane, guess what? I'm going to be a ninja!" he said with a grin.

Kahn and I looked at one another. I suppose it's best he get trained on how to use his powers… then trying to learn them on his own…