Chapter 8

Kabal was not impressed "Havik! What are you doing?" Havik smiled "Creating chaos… you should know better then anyone!" Kabal remained silent. Tremor's arms started t shake a little bit, he was getting a little pissed off. "Are you quite done!" tremor stomped on the ground, causing everyone to stumble. Diarou smirked "My my… a powerful one you have there!" Havik looked at him, in a way that told him to shut up. Kobra and Kira just stared at each other… a fight was going to brew… this everyone knew.

Shao Kahn defeated the last oni that remained, many had fled with Kintaro. Kahn srood alone, the shokan where dead, the centaurs and tarkatans where probably in the netherealm with them. Kahn put his hammer away, not knowing what to do, he sat on his throne and pondered for a while, until a familiar face showed up. "Reptile! You are alive?" Reptile said nothing, he just stood there in front of his master. "Reptile, I need you to scout the area and find out where Baphomet is keeping his forces, I can launch a counter attack! They will get whats coming to them!" Reptile bowed, still remaining silent, then left 'Oh… they will get whats coming to them… as will you… master…"

Khameleon stood on the cliff, watching Reptile leave Shao Kahn's now destroyed tent. She sighed, not knowing if Reptile would blindly follow that tyrant once more, she heard a noise, so she turned around, seeing no one she camouflaged herself and followed Reptile again. Chameleon then uncloaked "Almosssst sssspotted me… I had besssst be more careful" Chameleon was getting closer, he camouflaged again and followed his pray.

Noob Siabot and Smoke made it to their destination. The ice caves of outworld. "Ah… this place… it brings back memories of my old life" Noob Saibot remembers his days as the Lin Kuei's best ninja, only his brother could compare to him, but he was too busy with his friends Hydro… the poor insolent fool who didn't make it through the cybernetic change and… his ally, Smoke. Noob shook his head, 'No need to worry about this…' "Smoke! Why are we here!" Smoke scanned the area "There are many battles taking place, after they are done, you can sweep the victors off, one by one… the first one will be making his way here" Noob shook his head "How certain of this are you?" Smoke scanned the area once again. "Likelyhood of arrival, 98.043, due to a loved one being buried here… he is someone connected to both my life and your previous one" Noob smiled "hmm… my brother? Excellent, I shall start the takeover of this realm by defeating the one person with memories of my… past life!"

Sareena looked shocked "So… you really are my beloved… but, you have changed… Sub Zero… I cannot let you kill your brother!" Sareena ran to find Noob's brother, to warn him of the danger he faces.

Jade returned from her scouting mission with Cyrax and Kenshi. "It appears as though the Tarkatans and the Centaurs' wiped each other out…" Jade said coming through the tent. Kitana did not look happy, "Kunreva… is dead?" Jade nodded. Kenshi stepped forward "I could sense the life force of many shokan dissipating… I believe they where killed off as well, though there was one man remaining after the oni fled." Rain did not look impressed "I take it that would be Shao Kahn… how is he still alive?" Kitana looked at Rain and said "You know of his trickery, I for one, am not surprised he is still alive…" Cyrax sat down without saying a word.

Stryker was confused as to why the cyborg had not given in his report. "Cyrax, what about you? What do you have to report?" Cyrax remained silent. JAx then started questinning his friend "Yeah, Cyrax, whats up?" Cyrax sighed, "It appears that the oni are systematically picking off one army at a time, odds of them attacking us in the next few hours is 1'349 to 1.. we are at a disadvantage compared to the forces I saw at the camp where Reiko is. His army out numbers ours 3 to 1" Sonya couldn't help showing her shock at this "You mean even they could take us out?" Cyrax nodded "Affirmative, also, the neatherealm oni are being led by generals… Kano, Millena and Kintaro" Evereyone seemed shocked at this "Sheeva was with them, but I can no longer detect her presence… however, I sens someone else…"

Rain stood up "Sektor…" Cyrax nodded "He is in the area, but he is not who I am talking about…" A voice called them from above "I am" A woman dropped from the top of the tent. Cyrax stood up and bowed "We meet again, Nitara" Nitara smiled "Always a pleasure Cyrax, thank you for your help before" Cyrax nodded "It was no problem". Nitara looked to Sindel "I come with an offer… we know of the dealings with the Netherealm, they will most likely come for us once finished here… so I come with the proposal of adding every willing vampire to add to your forces" Cyrax started beeping "From what I can detect, our numbers would out number Reiko's forces at a ratio of 2.65 to 1." Sindel shook Nitara's hand "I accept your proposal Nitara"

Shinnok sat down on Baphomet's throne. "The fool left this place totally un protected… fool, ill make my way back up… as soon as I have that blasted medallion!" Shinnok stood up, he was getting impatient, "That's it…" Shinnok now set off to find his amulet himself, Jarek was taking too long! Jarek watched Quan Chi enter Baphomets halls, aware that Shinnok was coming, this was perfect, their hatred for eachother would give Jarek time to find that amulet and free himself from the Netherealm… 'Never did trust that elder god…' Jarek thought to himself. He spread his wings and flew down… he could sense that a battle was going to take place… and he was going to be there to face the victor!

Mileena, Kano and Kintaro returned to Baphomet, Baphomet looked around "Where is Sheeva?" He shouted. Kano stood up after bowing "She… was killed off by the Edenians… I may have hated her, but I warned her not to go to close… she was found and killed by their gaurds!" Baphomet looked angry "They shall pay… to war!" Kintaro roared, the army of the Netherealm marched forward… the final battle would soon take place!