Chapter 9
Reiko had not heard from his spies, the Black Dragon in some time. An officer walked in "Lord Reiko... some intelligence from the Netherealm has arrived!" Rieko sat up "Continue officer…" He pulled out a small scroll and read from it "It has become apparent that due to Baphomet's absence from the Netherealm, it is total chaos down there… in that chaos, Lord Shinnok is attempting to regain power by controlling the Netherealm in its former lords place" Reiko was no pleased with this news, if Shinnok rose up again, he would have to hand over all his power to him.
Reiko killed the officer quickly and got rid of the scroll. He would have to act fast, gain power in this realm before Shinnok get power in the next. He stepped out of his tent, at this point, all solders stood at attention. "We march on the Edenian camp… we fight to the last man, may no one stop us!" He shouted, the troops cheered and got ready, then marched towards the Edenian camp.
Ermac surveyed all the events that where transpiring, he could tell a lot of lives where going to be lost, although this saddened him, he was also grateful for the power this would bring him. Due to him being made from the souls of those killed in Outworld, each soul that wonders freely would seek Ermac as a soul in Earthrealm would seek the heavens or the Netherealm… this is where he got his power from, that and soul provided by Shang Tsung when he was first created. Ermac turned away and walked toward where he would face his greatest adversary.
Shang Tsung waited at the Pit II, He had consumed many souls and is now ready to spring a trap upon his pursuer, Seprion. The ninja would not be able to stop him like this, though he regretted not consuming the souls from Ermac, as if he would, he would have all the souls he would have needed for a millennia. 'No matter' He thought to himself 'I am strong enough to kill that fool now!' Shang Tsung transformed into a shadow priest and joined the few of them that was waiting in the area… the trap is now set.
Rain ran in to Sindel's tent. "We have lost a small outpost on the other side of the mountain! The Oni are approaching!" Cyrax made himself known again "I also sense the arrival of another large army…" Stryker grunted "So, Reiko is finally making his move huh?" Jade looked at him and asked "Whats so funny? We are all about to face death and your laughing?" Jax got between the two "Hey hey, chill out!" Jade then turned to him "Chill out! I don't think you get how serious this is!" Sonya got in Jades face "Watch what your saying!" Kitana broke it up "Silence!" Kenshi held everyone still. "I am getting fed up with all of this…" Sonya and Jax only now remember just how powerful Kenshi really is. "Instead of arguing… why don't we try and get ready for this eventual attack?" Sindel laughed "I see you are the brains out of these earth warriors…" Kenshi laughed briefly "Mentally, I am the most capable… but that's not the point" Nitara nodded "My forces are ready, the await for your command, they shall fly in from the south." Kenshi released his hold on his friends and Jade. Rain never took his eyes of the mountain top, he was sure he saw a familiar figure at its peak, if only for a brief moment. Rain turned to them "As a former general of Shao Kahn's army, I am adept at strategies… what I think we should do is…"
Baphomet stopped marching with his men, Kintaro stopped alongside his leader. "IS there a problem my liege?" Baphomet looked around "I… I am needed elsewhere… I sense something… Kintaro, I am entrusting you with leadership until I return, do not fail me!" Kintaro nodded "Understood" Baphomet flew up into the air, to a place where he felt he needed to be, why, he was not sure. Kintaro looked to see Mileena and Kano looking very jealous of him Kintaro roared, causing the two of them to turn away and keep marching.
Kai, Kung Lao and Liu Kang where close to their destination, when they suddenly got a funny feeling "We must hurry…" Kung Lao said, his friends agreed and they ran to get to their destination on time.
Ermac awaited on the mountain top, gathering his strength 'The time is near for us to fight… we will be ready…' he thought to himself.
Sub Zero looked to the air, seeing a shadow 'I'm late! Its about to start!' Sub Zero slid across the floor, tripling his speed.
Scorpion stood alone at the destination, looking at the incoming figure. 'Finally, my true purpose is about to be fulfilled'
Baphomet landed, only to see a yellow ninja standing before him. "Ah, Scorpion… it has been quite some time… tell me, is it you am I here to face?" Scorpion got into his fighting stance "Apparently… but, one way or another, you shall fall!" Just as Baphomet was about to attack, he was attacked from behind by three monks. "Scorpion, sorry we are late!" Liu Kang shouted. Kung Lao, after fetching his hat which ricocheted of Baphomet's back "Took us longer then expected getting here, by the way, this is Kai" Kai nodded. Scorpion nodded back. Suddenly is started raining boulders on Baphomet, the four of them looked at the hill to the side of them to see Ermac launching them "We apologise for our lateness, but our power has increased ten fold since our last meeting, so this should make up for it" Ermac then tried to levitate the ground which Baphomet stood on, but when he lifted it, Baphomet flew towards him, Ermac teleported next to Scorpion. It started to get cold all of a sudden, an ice blast came from behind them, blasting Baphomet's wings. "That ought to hold him!" They looked behind to see Sub Zero standing there. Scorpion looked at Baphomet "Apparently... you are here to face… us" Scorpion said. They all got into their fighting poses. Baphomet then broke the ice around his wings. As Baphomet flew towards them, the three monks charged, Sub Zero fired ice blasts, Ermac was using his telekinesis to throw large objects while scorpion threw his spear "GET OVER HERE!"