Episode 9: Team NiGHTS: Deadly Alliance
It was the next morning and Tyeebo was the first to wake up. He found himself nearly falling out of the bed and quickly got himself up. When he turned around, he saw Zack and NiGHTS sleeping in an adorable position. Zack still had his muscular arm around her waist, but this time, she was facing him with a smile on her face while she was sleeping. Tyeebo awed silently at this as he flew up out of the bed and headed towards Tikal's room. He was ablt to easily slide under the dooor and land softly on Tikal's shoulder and licked her gently until her eyes fluttered opened. She smiled as she saw him.
"Good morning, Tyeebo." She greeted tiredly as she sat up, making Tyeebo float himself to the mattress. He squealed as he opened his mouth and pointed to the inside of his mouth, indicating that he was hungry.
"Hungry for breakfast, huh?" She asked. The little creature nodded as he squealed again. "Okay. Let's go make breakfast while everyone's still asleep."
Meanwhile, Cream and Croc were just walking out of their room, seeing Tikal and Tyeebo heading towards the kitchen.
"Hey, guys." Croc greeted.
"Good morning, you two. Slept well?" Tikal asked.
"We slept like we were young again." Cream replied before she giggled at that reply. Tyeebo squealed as she was hopping on Tikal's shoulder.
"What is it, Tyeebo?" She asked, looking at him. He pointed to where NiGHTS and Zack were sleeping and they all awed at the sight they saw.
"I always knew they loved each other that much." Croc said to himself.
"They were just engaged, right?" Cream asked Tikal.
"Yeah. It won't long until we can take a break from all this mission madness and plan a wedding for the two." She replied.
After that statement, Tanzanikyte woke up with a large yawn.
"What did you say about a wedding?" He asked in a drowsy voice.
"I was saying that since NiGHTS and Zack are engaged, they'll get married anytime now and we're hoping that we can do that." Tikal repeated before a split screen appeared on the monitor. On the right was Sonic and on the left was Argos.
"Morning, Team NiGHTS. We heard from Cream that you were doing an excellent job so far." Argos greeted.
"Yeah. Did she tell you about Shadow?"
"No. What about him?"
"We had to dismiss him from the team, due to the fact that this little guy right here wanted to stay with us."
"Ah! I see."
"Where's NiGHTS?" Sonic asked.
Right on cue, NiGHTS, dressed in her silky purple pajama set, walked up right behind Tikal, Cream, Croc, and Tanzanikyte.
"You called, Sonic?" She asked, scratching the sleepyness out of her eyes.
"Looks like you had a good night's rest." Argos said to her. "I heard you got Zack back."
"Yeah. He's still asleep."
"What happened to Randy?"
"He didn't make it… unfortuneately. Cream replied with her head down.
"Oh. Sorry to hear that. I do hope that he will rest in piece. Now, about Zack…"
"He just did the most amazing thing I would never expect a guy to do to me…" NiGHTS replied.
"What did he do?"
"He proposed to me!"
"Really!" Sonic asked with excitement.
"Congradulations! When are you planning to get married?" Argos asked.
"As soon as we get a chance. We have a lot more missions to go, don't we?" NiGHTS replied. Sonic shook his head, still having a smile on his face.
"I beg to differ, Miss Wife-to-be. The wedding can be your next mission after 2 more, including the one we're about to tell you about." He replied in an announcer's voice. "Argos?"
"Thank you, Sonic." Argos replied. "It looks like guys have a mission involved with Mortal Kombat. Reptile assembled a life-saving team call 'The Kombat Heroes'. One of the members, Kitana, has been forced on Shang Tsung's evil side along with other baddies, like Sheeva, Sindel, and the most dangerous of all, Scorpion. So, only three of you will be joining this team with Reptile, Jax, Sub-Zero, and Cyrax and help them get Kitana back. Are you up to it, NiGHTS, Zack, and Tanzanikyte?"
"Sure. We can handle a little gore." NiGHTS replied. "Do you know what the mission is after this?"
"Really, there wasn't supposed to be one after this, but we received urgent news from Crash Bandicoot."
"And he was part of Spyro's mission." Tikal muttered.
"A new member of Crash's good side with CoCo, named Kojak Dymandfoxx, has been captured by 'you know who' and here's the shocking catch…" He continued talking, but all they saw was Argos' mouth moving with a censor beep until his mouth stopped moving and he continued. "…That's the catch."
"What was?" Tanzanikyte asked confusingly. "Whatever you just said got cut off by a censor beep. Can you say it again?"
He tried again and censor beep came on again until his mouth stopped moving. This was frustrating the whole team, including Zack, who just woke up from thr beeping sound.
"What the hell…!" Zack exclaimed. "Why did that damn thing cut you off?"
"Hmm. I don't know. Maybe because…" Argos started before he was cut of again.
"…I did it." Sonic finished. "I have this really cool censor button. It plays the beep every time you don't wanna hear what the other says… and unfortunately, why I did it, in this case, isn't because I didn't wanna hear it. It was because I didn't want Argos to give away the surprise catch until you actually get to the mission itself."
"Sonic…" The entire team groaned, except Tyeebo, who just growled.
"Sorry, guys, but Sonic's right. This catch is so amazing… so shocking… AND SO ENTERPRISING… that I can't actually tell you without Sonic pressing the button." Argos replied. "So, until you complete this mission, I can't tell you what the catch is. Good luck." After that, the screen blacked out, leaving the team speechless and confused.
Later, at breakfast…
"I bet this 'mysterious catch' involves with me." NiGHTS guessed, taking a bite of her pancakes, which were cooked by Zack.
"Don't they always?" Croc asked sarcastically.
"Maybe it involves with Tyeebo, since he's new here." Tikal predicted.
"I hope so." NiGHTS complained, putting her fork down. She left only one third of her pancakes. This was concerning Zack as he did a sideglance from his left and continued eating. "Just thinking about it made me lose my appetite. If you need me, I'll be in my room." After that, she got up from her seat and flew, not walked, towards her closed room, going through the door in the process. Zack looked at the others as soon as she did and finished his breakfast. He ran towards the door and went inside, closing the door behind him and puzzling the others at the table.
Meanwhile, in NiGHTS and Zack's bedroom…
Zack found NiGHTS laying face first in her pillow, crying immensely. He walked up to her on the right side of the bed and placed a hand on her back.
"NiGHTS, what's wrong?" He asked softly.
"Somehow, I read Argos' mind earlier when he was announcing Crash's mission." She replied between sobs.
"I forgot you could do that. What was the 'mysterious catch' that Argos couldn't say?"
"You nor the rest of the team can't to that mission with me."
"You mean… you have to do it by yourself?"
"Yeah."
"Oh, my God. Look, I'm sure it's not gonna be that bad doing a mission without me. I mean, look at Cream. Even though she lost Randy, she's still high-pitched and bubbly as she was before. Why can't you be like that?"
"There's a confession I have to make…" NiGHTS paused as she sat up, wiping her tears off her extremely drenched face, facing her husband-to-be with a solemn look on her face. "…even though you're about to marry me and be my beloved husband… and even though I'm a strong nightmaren named 'the grandmaster of all nightmarens'… and even though I'm deep and quiet… I have a heart so sensitive to you that… (sniffs twice)… I can't do a single mission alone without you. Remember the time where we first met?
"Yeah. How could I forget that?"
(Flashback)
"Is that a Tommy Kaira" Kunimitsu asked as she walked up to the small vehicle. "It's beautiful."
"And purple." Cream finished. "It must be new."
"Brand new" Said a male voice from behind them. They turned around and saw a 21 year old muscular rabbit with black fur and purple eyes. He was wearing a blue t-shirt with red khakis and blue and white K-Swiss shoes. He was about as tall as NiGHTS and his ears were as long as her hair as well. NiGHTS stood speechlessly as she sighed.
"What do you need it for" the rabbit asked Kunimitsu. She walked up to him as she spoke.
"I'm looking for a special gift for my husband-to-be named Gon. Since he's short, I decided to get him something that he can drive by himself." She replied. The rabbit nodded.
"Aw, that's nice. By the way, my name is Zachory Jamison, but you can call me Zack."
NiGHTS sighed as he introduced himself. Her purple eyes turned into hearts as she stared at him. He noticed and smiled.
"What's up, baby" He asked deeply. NiGHTS blushed.
"Hey. Do you like doing missions that involves other video games"
"Yeah. That sounds cool, though. Are ya'll a team or somethin'"
"Kunimitsu isn't with the group, but Cream and Tikal are." She pointed to the two other ladies as she spoke. "We're trying to prove to Sega that I can be able to apply another game for the new year."
"Sounds hard to do, but if it means that much to you..." He walked up to NiGHTS, who was shivering with nervousness. He stroked her face gently as he looked into her eyes. "... I'll help along." He walked over to the mini car and picked it up with his bare hands. NiGHTS raised an eyebrow in astonishment.
"Ooh! Strong boy." She said seductively. He nodded in agreement.
"I work out." He told her as he walked over to the register. NiGHTS turned her head towards his direction and smiled. Tikal walked up to her and patted her leg twice as Cream and Kunimitsu followed Zack.
"Well, well. Looks like someone's got a crush." Tikal told her. NiGHTS took a deep breath and continued on her way with Zack.
(End Flashback)
"You did look pretty cute when you lifted Gon's mini-kart up like that." NiGHTS continued. "But, really, the moment I saw you with hearts in my eyes, I actually felt that someday you would be very understanding to me."
"So did I when I introduced myself to you." Zack agreed.
"But, then… during the mission where we had to rescue Shadow and the others from Ripto, you had to betray me and murder Randy just for saving me. What were you thinking!"
"NiGHTS, baby, calm down. I was just pissed off at the fact that you had more of a loving heart to Shadow than me. Jealously slammed on me like a hammer."
"That doesn't mean that you had to murder Randy!"
"Chill, NiGHTS. I didn't know what I was thinking. That's all. I deeply apologize for what I did back there. My mind just went poppin' like popcorn." Zack embraced his wife-to-be with affection as she was crying on his shoulder like she's been at a funeral. As this moment was is session, Zack held a deep thought deep in his mind.
I've never seen NiGHTS this sorrowful before… not since I met her. His thoughts started. Maybe, if I get a chance during the mission, I could do something special for her. Just to cheer her up. He smiled as his thoughts continued, without NiGHTS noticing. Yeah! I'll make her a special surprise for her that'll make her forget about the past and toss it to the pitbulls.
After 10 minutes of an embrace and crying, the two finally released and calmed down, having Zack wiping NiGHTS' leftover tears as he had his other arm around her waist, looking into her eyes.
"NiGHTS, baby." He started. "How about we take a nice, hot shower to calm those sadness nerves. What do ya say, baby?" He then gave her a passionate liplock, sending her arms around the scruff of his neck. After 5 minutes, they broke the kiss, looking into each other's eyes.
"Okay." She replied softly. "I'll be in the shower and ready when you are. Just go and tell everyone that I'm okay."
"A'ight!" Zack walked towards the bedroom door and just stuck his head out to see everybody in the living room, watching tv. "Hey, ya'll!"
"Is NiGHTS okay?" Tikal asked.
"Yeah. She just needs to take a nice shower to calm herself down and Tanzanikyte, we'll be ready to go soon."
"Okay, Zack. Take your time." Tanzanikyte replied.
Meanwhile, back in Zack and NiGHTS' room…
Zack sat down in his bed and took out his cell phone while he was waiting for NiGHTS to get ready for their shower together. He dialed a few numbers and it rang twice before the other line finally picked up.
"Hello?" Started a comedian-like male voice.
"Hey, Plazo! It's your college roommate, Zachory Jamison." Zack replied.
"Zack! Is that you, man? Damn! I haven't seen nor heard from you in years since you had to move in your third year in college. Where ya been, Z?"
"I've been in… many places."
"Really? What about your job?"
"I quit that job, man. I thought you knew."
"Hell, naw! I didn't know! Where you at then?"
"I'm in this team my fiancé, NiGHTS, assembled. Thanks to the help of Sonic, of course."
"Since when did you get a fiancé?"
"I don't really know since when, but I can say that it was during their Tekken mission. I was purchasing a mini-kart for Kunimitsu's rex boyfriend, Gon. The moment I saw NiGHTS, I was in love."
"NiGHTS? The 'NiGHTS into Dreams' NiGHTS?"
"Yeah. She does have a big makeover."
"She's not lookin' like a damn fool anymore?"
Hell no! She's sexy, man. She has long hair that stops at her ankles, beautiful eyes, a deep feminine voice, a really seductive figure, and… here's the best part… she has a big ass hidin' under her long hair."
"Shit! She sounds sexy. Does she still have her magic, like flying without wings and shootin' plasma outta her hands or somethin'?"
"Yeah."
"Damn! This girl's got it goin' on!"
"Hey, listen, man. I called ya because I was wonderin' if you could help a brother out."
"Sure, man. Anything."
"NiGHTS is feeling a little down because of our mission with Crash Bandicoot. She has to do the damn mission by herself and she doesn't like it. What can I do to cheer her up?"
"She's a nightmaren, right?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. All nightmarens know that NiGHTS is very sensitive when it comes to having her being by herself. What I suggest you do is plan a surprise dinner at her favorite hangout: Twin Seeds."
"That's the tall building in the middle of Neotopia, right?"
"Yeah."
"We're gonna be on the roof?"
"Yeah. That's her favorite place to chill ot just let her stress out. Make a special dinner for ya'll there and she'll soon have courage to do that mission alone. Trust me. A friend of hers told me about all this."
"Who is…?"
"Cream the Rabbit herself."
"Cream told you? When?"
"Just a few minutes ago. She called me before you did telling me about this. She sounded a little older though."
"(chuckles) Well, thanks for the tip, man."
"Don't thank me. Thank Cream. She is with you, is she?"
"Yeah. She in the team with us. I'll tell her thanks."
"A'ight. Good luck."
"Bye, man." Zack closed the lid on his phone just in time to hear NiGHTS call out to him.
"Zack, I'm ready." She called from the bathroom.
"Okay!" He stood up as walked into the bathroom, closing the door in the process.
Later, at the Mortal Kombat lobby…
Reptile was roaring in agony, sitting all alone by himself. He was really ashamed of himself about Kitana. Minutes later, NiGHTS, Zack, and Tanzanikyte arrived in the lobby door, almost startling Reptile.
"Hey, Rep." Zack greeted. "It's just gonna be you and us, right?"
Reptile nodded.
"Okay. Let's go."
Meanwhile…
We find Kitana in Shang Tsung's hideout in a forest somewhere. She was in a cage surrounded by many ninja guards and some of Shang Tsung's comrades, including Sektor and Nightwolf. She looked fearless, but was scared in the inside.
"Well, well, well." Shang Tsung started as he walked in. "You do hard to convince to join my team, but I'll force you one way or the other."
"Sir!" Sektor started. "We have intruders headed our way."
"WHAT! WHO?"
"Reptile… along with some outsiders."
"Which are…?"
"A human nightmaren, a giant, but long dragon, and a rabbit beast."
"Send my army of Barakas to get rid of them! NOW!"
"I will lead them." After that, Sektor left, sending a beeping signal along the way.
Meanwhile, in a brick path in the center of the forest…
Tanzanikyte was walking with NiGHTS and Zack on his back. They were both exhausted from their walking. Reptile was still leading the way. They were getting close to Shang Tsung's hideout. Minutes later, the reptilian beast stopped when he heard a rustle in the bushes. This puzzled the three members of Team NiGHTS.
"Rep, what is it?" Zack asked. Reptile growled in response as he pointed to the bushes that continued to make the rustling sound until Kabal came out.
"Kabal?" Tanzanikyte asked.
"Hello, travelers. What brings you here?" Kabal asked.
"We're here to rescue Kitana from the clutches of Shang Tsung." NiGHTS replied.
"It's not gonna be easy with just Reptile to help you. I've come here to provide assistance. Shortly, you'll be ambushed by an army of Barakas, led by Sektor."
"Baraka?" Tanzanikyte asked nervously. "Isn't he that freaky-lookin' bastard with those sharp-as-hell swords that stick out of his arms?"
"Yeah."
"Yeech! There is no way I'm fighting those bitches. If they wanna fight me, they can just kiss my ass for all I care!"
"But, if you don't fight them, you'll die the instant they arrive."
"C'mon, T!" Zack pleaded, patting him hard on the back. "I don't wanna die that quickly!"
"Alright, alright. We'll fight them. Sheesh!" Tanzanikyte complained as he allowed NiGHTS and Zack to hover off his back safely. They landed on the ground just in time to see the Barakas and Sektor arrive.
"Now, remember: defeating them is our only hope to rescuing Kitana. Ready?" Kabal repeated before they team nodded simultaneously in response. After 20 seconds of waiting, Sektor and the army of Barakas came from the faded darkness and they all showed deadly smiles on their faces, except Sektor.
"Yikes." NiGHTS exclaimed softly. "Tanzanikyte does have a point."
"You all will die for attempting to rescue Kitana." Sektor commanded. "Barakas, ATTACK!"
"I'll get red boy." Zack said to Kabal, who nodded.
"NiGHTS, Tanzanikyte, and I got the leftovers." He replied.
As they started fighting, Zack had his thoughts talking in his head again, but kept his focus on his fighting.
Okay. His thoughts started. Plavo just told me that having a special dinner at the roof of Twin Seeds would cheer NiGHTS up. I just have to make a perfect proposal to it. If I can propose my marrage to her, then I can propose a dinner. I gotta think of somethin' fancy first.
His thoughts echoed in his head as he continued fighting the red robot, blooking every attack the bot attempted. After a few strong punches from Zack, Sektor grew into a malfunction state and he started sparkling lighting all over himself before he finally shut down, making a loud "CLANK!" as he collasped. When he turned to see how Kabal, NiGHTS, and Tanzanikyte were doing, he saw that they defeated all of the Barakas, having half of them with their heads bitten off by Tanzanikyte. This made Zack whistle.
"Damn! You bit off that motherfucker's head!" He exclaimed to the dragon.
"They tasted like chicken." Tanzanikyte agreed.
"Now, that we defeated those monsters and took out Sektor, we can proceed to rescue Kitana. I have to go." Kabal announced before Zack stopped him from walking off.
"But, aren't you gonna continue to help us?" He asked.
"I wish I could, but I have other mishaps to take care of. You're on your own. Good luck." After that reply, Kabal jumped into the trees and disappeared. Zack nodded as he looked up to where Kabal disappeared.
"You were one of the good ones, man." He said to himself before he walked back to his crew. He froze with surprise when he got there.
"Wha…! Where's NiGHTS?" He asked. Tanzanikyte stood there wih wide eyes the whole time, looking foreward. Zack slowly walked up to him and tapped him on the back. "T, where did NiGHTS go?"
The dragon was still in a daze. Zack snapped him out of it by simply punching him on the back of his head hard. It knocked him to the ground hard face first, but it got him out of his daze.
"OW, MAN! What's your damn problem?" He asked furiously, looking up at Zack while rubbing his head.
"I asked you twice where NiGHTS went and you were in a fuckin' daze both of those times!" Zack yelled back. "Now, this is gonna be my third and final time! Where the hell did NiGHTS disappear to!"
"I was in a daze because of what she just said before she flew off that way."
"What did she say?"
"She said she's gonna practice overcoming her fear of doing missions by herself and she's gonna die trying if she has to."
"WHAT!"
"Yeah. That's what she said."
"Aw, damn! She killed me, but I'm not gonna let Shang Tsung kill her. I am not gonna let her die tryin'!" Zack flapped his wings hard before he hovered for a few seconds, then flew off in the same direction NiGHTS went. Tanzanikyte had no choice but to follow him, feeling as terrified of this forest as he was.
Meanwhile, in Shang Tsung's hideout…
"Your execution is only 5 minutes away, Kitana." Shang Tsung said to himself. He was sitting in his office, looking at his clock. "Won't I be pleased?" He chuckled after that question before he heard magical explosions and bodies crashing from the other side of his door. He got out of his chair and ran towards it before he opened it and he was shocked at what he saw.
"WHAT THE…!" He exclaimed as he saw all of his ninja comrades and mutants defeated with blood everywhere. He looked up and saw NiGHTS. She was more powerful than ever. She was showing as face of intense fury in her purple eyes, which were glowing brightly. She was growling like a tiger nearly as Shang Tsung stood there chuckling to himself.
"Humph! You expect me to be afraid of you, bitch?" He asked. "You wish."
"If you wanna get Kitana, you'll have to go through me first." She deeply pleaded, still keeping her cool, but showing fury.
"Really? If that's the case, Manateerum!"
Right on cue, a giant mutant tiger striped dingo came out from behind the evil spirit stealer and he landed with a big rumble right in front of NiGHTS, who kept her angry face at full swing.
"I'd like for you to meet my newest assistant, Manateerum. He's even deadlier than Goro. Defeat him and Kitana's all yours… but if you lose…" He pauses and laughs devilishly before continuing. "…your soul… is mine… FOREVER!" He laughed hysterically after that. "And to make sure that nobody disturbs this…" He walked over to a switch as he continued. "…I'll just simply lock the gates, so that no one can get in. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" After that last request, he pulled the switch and all of the outside gates were closing one by one. This didn't phase NiGHTS at all. She just wanted to beat Manateerum by herself.
Meanwhile, in the entrance hallway…
Zack and Tanzanikyte were heading their way towards the prison chamber where Kitana was held, but when they were about 2 feet away from the entrance, the last gate closed on them and they immediately screeched to a stop, having Zack nearly hitting his face in the metal bars that were shown before him. He had his eyes wide open as he saw his fiancé about to battle the mutant dingo. He tried pulling the bars free, but it was no use. Tanzanikyte shook his head in dispair as he sat behind him.
"Let's face it, Zack." He started. "We're too late. NiGHTS has to go solo."
"Hell, no!" Zack screamed. "I am not gonna let her die like this! She doesn't deserve it!"
"She probably does."
"What the hell are you tryin' to say, man! You're scarin' me!"
"I'm saying that since she feels really bad about killing you earlier, even though you were miraculously resurrected, she actually deserves to be killed for murdering the one person she loves."
"I know, but I made her happy, didn't I? I proposed to her, gave her a very expensive gemstone, and now, I'm planning a special dinner for her at Twin Seeds after this mission. She DOES NOT deserve to kill herself because of me and THAT'S FINAL! ARRRRRRRRGHHHHHH!"
After that response, Zack began to scream at the top of his lungs in anger as lightning began to spark from random places in the hall. This freaked Tanzanikyte out before he flew for santuary in the ceiling vent and watched from there. There was wind and dust everywhere as Zack continued to scream, slowly mutating in the process. His wings grew and turned to gold, his rabbit ears turned into sharp-as-butcher-knife ears, 10 inch spikes grew out of his back, a pair of fangs grew out of his mouth to about a length of 7 inches, his muscles got intensified, his eyes became pupil and iris-less into Scorpion-style blue eyes, and finally, a long, purple, and horse-like mane replaced the small fuzzy scruff on the back of his neck. When he was fully mutated, he stood there, growling at every breath. When Tazanikyte saw this, he was speechless and wide eyed, but he stayed in his spot, knowing that Zack is gonna do this on his own.
Back in the prison chambers…
Manateerum roared as he slammed NiGHTS' limp and nearly bloody body against the wall for the 10th time since Zack mutated. Shang Tsung was enjoying this as he was sitting back in a fold up chair. NiGHTS collasped to the floor face first with a bleeding, but torn up shirt. She managed to look up at the beast again before he gaze was cut off guard by a set of 5 connected bars coming out of nowhere and slamming the beast against another wall that was to other right of NiGHTS. Her eyes blinked quickly before she saw the mutated monster version of her fiancé. He ignored her gaze as he stood right in front of her. She had a side view of him and she was looking at him up and down. Her eyebrows weakly fluttered with a sexy smile as she tried to get up and lay back against the wall. She watched from this view for the remainder of the fight. Shang Tsung was furious that NiGHTS was still up, but he had most of his anger focused on Zack.
"WHO ARE YOU, TYRRANT!" He asked angrily as he got up from his seat.
"That's none of your motherfuckin' business, bitch!" Zack growled as he kept his focus on Manateerum, who managed to get up. When he was upright, he glared at Zack with fury in his eyes as he roared intensely. Zack glared back, but kept his stance as Manateerum started to run towards him. When he approached Zack, he attempted to punch him in the face strongly, but Zack was able to stop his punch by simply grabbing his fist and twisting his arm sharply with a bone cracking sound. This made the evil monsterous dingo roar in pain before Zack sent one of his sharp ears to fiercely stab him in his neck before he sliced his head off, making blood spew everywhere. NiGHTS put up an invisible shield to protect herself from the monster's blood, since she was already stained with her own blood. Zack smiled with satisfaction as he saw this. He then dropped the now dead Manateerum's body on the ground as he glared at Shang Tsung slyly. This made the soul stealer nervous.
"Uh… best 2 out of 3?" He asked randomly in a nervous manner before Zack strangled him hard on his neck.
"You are one… sorry… asshole!" He exclaimed to him before he twisted his neck sharply, rendering Shang Tsung dead.
"Zack… you didn't… have to… do that." NiGHTS managed to groan in pain before she was about to collaspe to the floor. Zack caught up to her and caught her just in time. He held her head up while patting her cheek softly. He was mutating back to normal as this happened. He looked at her soft and glossy purple eyes with a passionate smile on his face while stroking the other cheek with his thumb. She weakly smiled back as he looked into his eyes. Seconds later, Tanzanikyte walked in and freed Kitana without disturbing the loving couple. He silently motioned for the ninja to get out before he sat there and watched Zack and NiGHTS from behind… far behind. As he was, their faces were closing in towards each other while their eyes were slowly closing before they finally went into a passionate lip-lock, sending NiGHTS moaning with lust as this happened. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he slowly got up between the kiss, carrying her from under her legs. Tanzanikyte smiled as he walked off, leading them back to their teleporting spot and they automatically teleported back to HQ safely. Another mission accomplished.
Later, back in HQ…
Tanzanikyte was only one that walked in the door to the headquarters. He had a sly smile on his face as he walked up to the rest of his team, who had confused looks on their faces.
"What happened to NiGHTS and Zack?" Tikal asked. Cream looked at the dragon's face carefully as he winked at her. She got the hint and she winked back with the same sly smile.
"Let's just say Zack and NiGHTS had… unfinshed business to take care of." Tanzanikyte replied smoothly. This confused Croc, Tyeebo, and Tikal as they looked at each other in question.
Meanwhile, at the rooftop of Twin Seeds…
There was a pure white table set on the roof that was decorated with a candlelight in the middle and two chairs. A mini kitchen was set behind the table. NiGHTS was cleaned up and was looking really sexy. She was wearing a shiny, silky, and an as-long-as-her-body dress that was black with a v-neck collar. It was decorated with purple trimmings around the edges of the bottom of the dress, the short-sleeves, and the v-neck collar. She had on very expensive tanzanite gemstone earrings and a shiny white diamond necklace. She also wore fancy 4-inch black high heel shoes. She was sitting at the table, waiting for Zack to come with their food. She looked at the view of the city that she was very familiar with and loved every minute of it. This was indeed a surprise for her: a fancy dinner at the rooftop of Twin Seeds, all just for her and her fiancé. She soon heard the sound of footsteps coming and she turned around to see Zack looking as sharp as he could be with two plates of the same platter, which was NiGHTS' favorite: shrimp scampy with Italian dressing. As for Zack, he was wearing a blue fancy suit with the sleeves ripped off, since his muscular arms were too big, with a red bowtie around his neck. He was also wearing a 24 karat golden watch with a white face and blue shiny numbers and hands. He approached the table and gently placed the plates down, one in front of NiGHTS and the other in front of his empty seat. As he sat down, he pulled out two forks from his suit pocket and gave one of them to NiGHTS, who sighed at his naivete with a passionate smile. He then pulled out two empty, but fancy glasses and a bottle of ruby red champange and placed all three of them on the table before he finally spoke.
"This dinner is just for us, baby." He said softly. "This shows you how much I love you."
"And I suspect that this means that you love me lots." NiGHTS chuckled before she took a forkful of her favorite dish. "How did you know I love shrimp scampy?"
"Wild guess?"
"Hmm! Figures." She took a bite of her pasta. "You were really brave back there, Zack, but like I said, you didn't have to do that."
"Well, that just shows you." Zack took a bite of his pasta. "People do crazy things when they're in love."
"That's right. That's the first time I've ever seen you like that. Mutated, I mean."
"Oh, right, that. I've got that ability added onto me since my resurrection and I used it at the right time, I'll have to admit."
"You sure did. You did all that just to save me?"
"My question is: why did you risk doin' that by yourself like an idiot?"
"I just knew I needed to sacrifice myself for what I did to you and didn't wanna do it on myself."
"Well, damn, girl! Don't scare me like that. You nearly died back there when I saw you bloody as hell. I couldn't take it anymore."
"I'm sorry I scared you, but that's how I am. Every nightmaren knows me exactly like that: risky and a daredevil."
"Daredevil is right. You were about to mutate yourself before I came, were you?"
"Yeah, but that dingo was too strong for me. He was stronger than you… in your normal form."
"I noticed, but for someone who was lookin' really bloody, you healed up quite well and you look… whew!"
"What?"
"You look… you look… aw, shit!"
"Are you okay?"
Zack didn't reply. He was breathing sharply in clenched teeth as he stared at NiGHTS' breasts. He tried to keep his cool, but it was very suspenseful at this moment. This made NiGHTS worry.
"Zack, are you alright, baby?" She asked again. He had his eyes focused on her boobs before he finally snapped out of it.
"Huh?" He babbled randomly, quickly returning his attention back on his food. This made her giggle.
"Are you eyeing me somewhere?"
"No! Why would I do that, baby?"
"You were just staring at my…"
"No, I wasn't! I was just… staring into space for a minute, that's all."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. I'm… ahem… I'm positive."
"Mm-hmm." She continued eating as she kept her suspicious eye on Zack. She sensed something was on his mind and she took a daring guess at it.
"Do you wanna have sex with me?" She asked suspisicously.
"What!" Zack asked in surprise.
"Do you wanna have sex with me?"
"How did you…? Oh! That's right. You can read minds."
"That's right. So, do you?"
"Uhhhh…"
"Don't be acting like you don't know what I'm saying. Do you wanna have sex after this dinner or not?"
"………………"
"Zack?"
"…………yeah. Yeah, I do."
"You do?"
"Yeah."
"You sure?"
"Goddamn it, NiGHTS! Hell, yeah!"
"Okay, okay. I was just checking. You think you can handle me?"
"What's that supposed to mean, girl?"
"I'm pretty rough when it comes to some really hard sex. I just not sure you can handle me, so I'm asking you."
"Oh, fuck, yeah. With a sexy-as-hell figure like that, damn! I can take you and your big ass hidin' behind your hair."
"Well, if you say so…"
1 hour later…
They were back in HQ in their bedroom. NiGHTS was out of her dress and was wearing nothing, but a purple bra and matching panties. She was sitting on the edge of the bed with her smooth, sexy legs crossed and her hands on her knees, showing a very seductive pose in front of Zack, who was in nothing but his white boxers. He was in his staring trance again, scanning her whole body with his eyes. He purred sexually as he looked at her. She giggled as he saw his gaze.
"Are you sure you can handle me?" She asked again. Zack scoffed as he walked up to her and laid her back slowly on her back on the bed, having her legs between his.
"Between me and you, baby… I can handle you like a man can handle a million bees all over his body without gettin' stung." He replied sexually as he slowly stroked NiGHTS' face with passion.
"Sounds good to me, baby." Those were he last words before Zack leaned in and kissed her passionately on the mouth, sending her moaning again while massaging his muscular arms gently. During this kiss, Zack reached up to her shoulders and slowly slid her bra off. She giggled between kisses before she stopped the next one.
"You're naughty, baby." She said seductively.
"You better believe it." Zack agreed as he pulled off his boxers, exposing his erect member. NiGHTS got into the same daze Zack was in as she stared at it with passion. "You like that, don't you?"
"Oh, yeah. How about we do this?" She reached into the nightstand on her left and pulled opened the drawer, but before she could reach in it, Zack's long prehensile tail grabbed her wrist to stop her. This puzzled her as she looked up at him with a solemn look in his eyes. "What's wrong, baby?"
"I'll get it myself." Zack replied as his tail slowly released her wrist and reached in there and pulled out a condom before NiGHTS closed the drawer door and looked back up at him. She watched as he slowly placed a finger on her lips to keep her from talking as he tore open the condom wrapper with his teeth. She sighed lustfully as his smooth finger went across her lips and she closed her eyes with passion for a minute before his finger went off her face and she looked at his dick, breathing heavily. He placed the condom on before he placed a hand under her chin so he could lift her head up to see his face.
"Ready to have some good hot sex?" He asked sexually as he eased himself down. Before NiGHTS could reply, she shuttered between gasps as she felt Zack's protected member go inside her slowly. She screamed softly as she grabbed his ears and tugged on them hard. Zack cringed from the pulling of his ears, but he still hung in there as he started thrusting his dick in and out of her carefully so he couldn't hurt her. She moaned louder and louder every thrust and she started to sweat before her eyes started to get a glossy look. Seconds later, a tear ran down her red, sweaty face. This urged Zack to go a little deeper and a little faster. As he did, they both screamed with passion as they reached their first orgasm before settling down for a minute.
"Oh, Zack. I love you." NiGHTS sighed.
"I love you, too, baby." Zack said back before he planted a kiss on her tasty mouth and their love continued through the rest of the night.
Aw, romantic! Talk about passionate love. Anyway, on episode 10, a mission with Crash Bandicoot goes amiss. How? Find out in the next chapter. Also, the big moment has come: NiGHTS and Zack getting married.