Chapter 13

Smoke had been travelling Outworld in the shadows, watching as the wars go on, he was surprised to see Cyrax fighting, even more surprised to even see Sektor, it had been many years since he last saw his comrades… but he had a mission to fulfil, track and capture Sub Zero! He had watched many events unfold, but he was eventually found. Smoke turned around to see the person who had discovered him, it was that she-demon from the Netherealm, Sareena" Smoke stared at her, not making a move, before she spoke "Smoke… do you remember what we last talked about?" Smoke nodded "Affirmative…" Smoke said in a deep, yet quiet voice, Sareena was saddened, she remembered Smoke as that happy go lucky Lin Kuei, so full of life… what is left of him does not seem to be what he used to be like. Sareena nodded "So, you are aware of what is going to take place…" Smoke nodded, "Your soul is still there Smoke… you are strong enough to fight your programming!" Smoke had heard enough of this, he turned into a pillar of smoke and disappeared, from a distance, he watched as Sareena moved on… was she right… is there a chance for him to be remotely human once again? He sighed, he did not believe what she was saying and left… little did he know, a small glimmer of hope had just opened in his heart.

Jade killed what seemed to be the last of the Fallen Gods army, thanks to the timely intervention of the vampires and Nitara, they successfully managed to kill most of that army off, leaving the oni and their generals. Kano once again fired his eye laser, missing Johnny Cage, Sonya tried a bicycle kick on Kano, but he grabbed her leg and threw her to the floor. He looked down at her, grabbing her by the top "Any last words, baby?" Sonya spat in his face, he smiled and laughed, before touching her breast and saying "it's a shame I have to do this but-" he was cut off, he was caught in the back by a Shadow Kick, he flew over Sonya and looked at Johnny Cage who did a flying Shadow Kick, knocking him over once more. Johnny picked up Kano and said "I so want to kill you… but I'll let her do it!" He threw him at Sonya who kicked him in the back of the knee, forcing him down, she grabbed his head, pulling it back, she blew a kiss at him before driving her knee into his back then elbowing him in the throat, Kano had stopped breathing. Kitana fell to the floor, Mileena had grown stronger in her short time in the Netherealm. Mileena laughed "Any last words sister?" Kitana tripped her 'sister' up, then uppercutting her into the air. She threw both of her fans, which cut off both of Mileena's arms. Mileena struggled to her knees, only to see Kitana standing above her holding her fans "You should never have been created…" Millena didn't even get a chance to scream, as Kitana took of her head with one swipe of her fan, Kitana then ran to check on her fallen mother. Kintaro once again countered Jax and Stryker's attacks, this general was not going to fall as easily as the others! Kintaro laughed at the two humans "The two of you actually thought you could win against me? Ha!" Kintaro charged, but was put off when an explosion blew in his track. Jax looked over his shoulder "Cyrax! 'Bout time you helped out!" Cyrax nodded "I was preoccupied!" Cyrax then fired a net, causing Kintaro to slow down, suddenly, Kintaro started floating, Kenshi had finished cleaning up the troops attacking him and now decided to help out his friends "Finish Him!" Kenshi shouted. Cyrax grabbed Kintaro's legs, whist Stryker and Jax grabbed 2 arms each, they then proceded in ripping the limbs off, Kintaro roared out in pain. Jax punched Kintaro's floating body in the gut, stryker applied some C4 to Kintaro and Cyrax fired a nit over it so it wouldn't come off, Jax threw Kintaro into the air and Kenshi pushed it far away, a few seconds later, you could hear an explosion… Kintaro had been defeated, with his defeat, the oni would soon fall.

Jade had been separated from the fighting, killing off fleeing oni and soldiers, when she was blindsided, she turned round to see who had attacked her. "Tanya! I knew you would show up sooner or later!" Tanya smiled "Well, I had to repay the favour for what you did to me!" Tanya pounced on Jade, knocking Jades spear out of her hands, they proceeded in their cat fight for quite sometime, before Tanya got the upper hand by bashing Jade's head into a rock. Jade was barely conscious, but she could hear Tanya gloating. Tanya had picked up Jade's spear and held it to her throat "I am going to make you suffer Jade… I am going to urr!" She was hit from behind by a projectile, Tanya dropped her spear and levitated into the air "Wh-Whats going on?" Tanya shouted, she turned her body round to see Rain standing there with his arms out "You where the traitor who let Shinnok into Edenia! You're the one who sided with Onaga and you did it willingly! You deserve no mercy!" Rain pulled Tanya towards him, performing a Roundhouse Kick sending Tanya into the air once more, he then raised his arm, and a lightning bolt brought her to the floor, three more struck the unfortunate woman before she finally died. Rain smiled "Jade, that's twice you owe me…" Jade laughed, suddenly there was an explosion, Rain flew next to Jade, Rain couldn't stand up, he was hurt, badly! Suddenly, Sektor landed in front of them "The woman played her part nicely… you are separated from all who can help you Rain, you are mine!" Sektor walked over to Rain, picking him up by his throat, suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his side, he looked to see Jade stabbing her spear into his side, Sektor knocked her to one side, then using his other arm, sent a short burst of flames out, burning her slightly. "J… Jade!" Rain got a second wind and punched Sektor in the face using both hands, this stunned Sektor briefly, it stared raining in the immediate area, Sektor now lost sight of his target, the flames on Jade had subsided "Trying to take me was one mistake… but hurting her will be your last!" Suddenly, Sektor was hit by a barrage of kicks and punches from no where, Rain was using the weather to move quicker then light! Sektor couldn't track him! Sektor then took a roundhouse kick to the head, knocking him almost unconscious. Rain stood over the cyborg, wondering what to do with it, he decided that it would come in great use for defending his home realm. He then ran over to Jade "Jade… Jade! Answer me!" Jade's eyes opened "R… Rain… your ok" Rain took of his mask "I am… thanks to you… I am sorry I couldn't help sooner" Jade smiled "It… its ok" The two of them looked into eachother eyes, forgetting the war that was taking place to kiss eachother. Rain helped her up "I'm getting you to a medic… but I shall not leave your side… I promise!" Rain picked Jade up and carried her over to the medic's tent. When he returned to camp, he was happy to see the war was over, they had won! Nitara stood with Kitana "Our deal is done… we can now live in peace in our own world!" Kitana nodded "Yes… oppression has been stamped out… we are all free!" They then watched as the sun rose, for the first time in many thousand years, the sunrise in Outworld would be subtle and beautiful, marking a time of peace for the realm.

Liu Kang was thrown into Kai, Kung Lao was tossed over near Sub Zero, but he dodged the monk and fired an Ice grenade at Baphomet, which did little, Scorpion was breathing fire on Baphomet, keeping him back, suddenly, Ermac's glow got so bright it attracted everyone's attention. Their eyes narrowed "Now is the time to finish this!" Ermac shouted, he held his arms up, suddenly, he was surrounded in a tornado of souls, these where gathered from the defeated armies of Lord Shinnok and the Oni, their generals and the now defeated Shang Tsung. Ermac's power swelled, he used his telekinesis on Baphomet, finally being able to lift him up while making sure he could not break out of his grasp "Finish Him!" Ermac shouted. Kung Lao shot up and threw his hat into Baphomet's chest, where it stuck. Kai and Liu Kang did a double flying kick, into his shoulders, almost ripping his arms out. Sub Zero jumped on Baphomets back, freezing his neck before doing a backflip kick, knocking Baphomet to the ground as Ermac released his hold, Scorpion threw his spear which stuck inside his opponents head, he then ripped the head off, with the ice shattering around his neck. They heard an almighty 'No' coming from a soul within the demon, it slowly vanished though.

Scorpion turned to his allies and said "I thank you all for what you have done… you have made the elder gods happy with your endeavours… now, we may return home" They all bowed to eachother, Ermac teleported away, where to, no one but Ermac knew, Liu, Lao and Kai decided to visit the Edenian's. Sub Zero headed off in the direction of the Ice Caves. But Scorpion would have to face another… one from his past. He was confronted by the spectre, Noob Saibot! Noob looked at Scorpion "Well done… you killed yet another master who may control me…" Scorpion did not recognise this warrior, though he did seem familiar, "Who are you? What do you want?" He asked. "My name is Noob Siabot… I doubt you have heard of me Scorpion… I was here to face my brother… but there will be another time for that… I must thank you for sending me to the Netherealm in the first place!" the spectre shouted, Scorpion then realised who he was talking to "S… Sub Zero? So you became a spectre much like myself… how fitting…" Noob laughed "It is thanks to you killing me that I became much more powerful then I could have possibly dreamed of whilst I was alive!" Scorpion got into a defensive stance "You wish to fight me then? Settle the score?" Noob once again laughed "No… I have bigger plans, more important then petty revenge…but, I though it would be fitting for you to see how I turned out!" Noob disappeared into the shadows, only to reappear behind Scorpion and knock him out, the last thing Scorpion remembers hearing was "You will know your place soon, but there is only one who can stop me… and he will die soon enough!"

Dairou, Tremor, Kobra, Mavado and Havik arrived in Seido. Havik smiled and said "Mavado and Kobra, you two will cause as much trouble as possible in the south of the city!" the two of them bowed and ran off, "Tremor, all you need to do is cause some mayhem in the north side of town… after you have attracted the guards attention, use this pendant to cross the dimensional plane to your home world… note it will not work unless I permit it and I wont until you have done your task!" Tremor bowed "Oh well… at least I will enjoy doing this…" Dairou ran to the chambers where Darrius would be, Havik chased after Tremor "Wait… I have a better idea Tremor… how about you come with me to Chaosrealm after this? WE could use someone like you to cause chaos!" Tremor shook his head "What do I get of this?" He asked, Havik replied "No restrictions on what you can do, you may do anything and will have people praise you for it… you would become a living god!" Tremor smiled, "A god eh… sounds promising… alright, you have a deal!" Havik smiled, he now had the perfect warrior to help in case the Seido Guardsmen decide to invade his realm again!

Darrius sat on the throne of Seido, bored that nothing has been happening, yet pleased that chaos had won, suddenly, a guardsman ran in, "Sir, two warriors are attacking our resistance members in the south and there are earthquakes in the north, destroying everything!" Darrius jumped out of his seat. "Send all guardsmen to the north to fix anything broken, send our elite assassins to the south and destroy the intruders to this realm!" All the guards except that messenger left, Darrius looked at this man and asked "Why have you not left?" The messenger replied "Because I am no guardsman… at least not anymore!" He tore off his mask, revealing himself to be Dairou! Darruis jumped up "Dairou! What are you doing here? Is Hotaru dead?" Dairou nodded "He is… but he told me of what you did before he died! How could you! Why me? Why my family?" Darrius stood up "Dairou, buddy! It was a necessary loss… we where at war! We needed you to help us!" Dairou held his head down "I understand…" Darrius walked up to him "See? We can still be buddies!" Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain, he looked down to see Dairou's sword through his chest "I see you used me… you used my family to get to me, now they are dead! Now you are joining them!" Darrius slipped to the floor. 'My family… you have been avenged… I shall lead Seido through times of peace and prosperity… without oppression and without chaos' He looked as two portals opened, Kobra and Mavado jumped through one, Tremor and Havik through another, he sighed, he felt at peace for the first time in years.

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By far, my biggest chapter in this story... many deaths of characters, all of them nessicary. But it is not over yet! What is Jarek doing with Quan Chi? What will happen when the shaolain three meet the Edenians? What of Scorpion? and the eventual fight between two brothers... the next chapter may be the begginning of the end! Be sure to keep track of whats going on! Once more, R&R!