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Chapter 2- The Nether Realm Battle Royal
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"Frost? It can't be…" Sub-Zero said as his student helped him off the ground.
"It is Sifu, I'm back." She replied smiling under her mask.
"But you're dead. I buried you myself."
"I don't know how I'm back either, but I believe I have three friends that do."
Before the conversation could carry on any further Noob Siabot was back on his feet holding a hand full of shurikens. Taking one of the throwing stars he quickly whipped it at Frost. Sub-Zero saw the flying projectile soaring at Frost so in response he tackled her to the ground. The shuriken missed and harmlessly flew overhead but Noob had a lot more. Quickly he threw another seven, one after another. Sub-Zero and Frost quickly dived into a pile of large rocks to shield themselves from the wraiths attacks.
"Who's your friend?" Frost asked her Sifu as the sound of three shurikens flew into the rocks.
"He's my older brother." Sub-Zero said as he tried to mask the sorrow from his voice.
"WHAT!"
Suddenly Noob jumped out from the shadows and gave Sub-Zero three quick jabs in his chest then roundhouse kicked Frost in the head. The two Lei Kuei few apart as Noob summoned another set of shurikens from thin air.
"Be careful Frost!" Sub-Zero yelled as he shot an ice blast at his brother. "Noob can manipulate the shadows themselves!" Noob distorted his body into shadows letting Sub-Zero's ice blast phase threw him before turning back into a solid and throwing five continuous throwing stars at him. Sub-Zero took a step back and created a solid ice clone of himself. The shurikens embedded themselves into the clone and froze instantly as Sub-Zero palmed the ice clone forcing it to shatter into clusters of ice shards. The shards went flying straight at Noob who back flipped into the air and once again transformed into shadows. But this time he sank into the ground and disappeared.
Sub-Zero started to scan the battlefield looking for the wraith. Noob jumped out from a shadow that was in front of Sub-Zero and was about to deliver a fatal kick to the grandmasters neck when a large ice shard flew into his shoulder. He turned and glared at Frost who was the one to summon the frozen spear. Noob suddenly gave out another yell of pain as the shard froze everything it touched. He jumped away from Sub-Zero not giving his brother a chance to attack and yanked out the ice spear out of his shoulder. He then summoned more shurikens and threw at least fifteen of them at the same time towards Frost. Frost shot a large stream of ice from her hands at the ground, and then quickly she threw her arms into the sky and on command the ground froze and shot up making a large ice wall. All the shurikens hit the wall and froze over.
Frost turned her attention back to Noob with a cocky grin on her face but the Wraith was nowhere to be seen once again. Frost got into a defensive position waiting for Noob to jump out from the shadows… but he didn't. Instead she felt a hard punch slam into her stomach knocking all the air out of her lungs. She bent over in pain and unfortunately was suddenly hit with an uppercut on the jaw knocking her off her feet and onto her back. She looked around her but couldn't see what was attacking her. Before she could recover from the brutal uppercut she felt someone or something slam the heel of its foot into her forehead.
Frost was blacking out; she knew that if she got another powerful hit like that she would be knocked unconscious or killed. But before another powerful attack could be landed Sub-Zero ran over to her side and throwing ice blast in random areas around her. Finally it dawned on her: Noob was invisible.
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Kobra gave a hard right hook into Smoke's face screaming profanities at the cyborg. But as soon as the attack landed Kobra gave a yell of pain and jumped back waving his hand in the air. Smoke decided to add to his pain and elbowed Kobra in the chest instantly cracking a lot of his ribs. Kabal watched his pupil get his ass handed to him by the cyborg. Under his mask he was panicking. The cyborg was plated with an indestructible armor plating that he had no chance in breaking. His hook swords where useless when it came to attacking the robot so he knew that his fist's would even less effective. And to add to the misery Kira was unconscious and Kobra wasn't far behind, so in other words: he was royally screwed.
Smoke turned his attention off Kobra (who was holding his chest screaming in pain) and turned to Kabal. It seemed that the cyborg was finished with Kobra's ass whooping and was ready to move on.
"Target acquired." The cyborg said and dashed in Kabal's direction. Kabal knew he only had one chance for victory. Throwing his head back his facemask began to gathered energy from the air around him and quickly formed a plasma blast. Firing it at the cyborg and praying to the elder gods that it worked the blast hit Smoke head on, directly in the chest. The cyborg was thrown back by the attack and fell onto his back. Kabal smiled sinisterly under his mask when he saw a large visible crack in Smoke's armor, he knew he had a chance now.
Unfortunately that smile of his was short lived as well as Kabal's thoughts of victory when Smoke stood on his feet and held his hand out.
"Warning, unknown target poses moderate threat, now resorting to level 4 extermination." And with those words Smoke's hand started to change. First his hand shot up into a perfect 90-degree angel and his fingers transformed into five even cylinders that grew in length. His arm started to move around and the back part of Smoke's elbow dropped down making a large box that let out a line of what looked like small metal daggers. His wrist opened up and Smoke took the line of "daggers" then inserted them into his wrist. Smoke's fingers started to rotate around very quickly and Smoke grabbed the underside of his arm yanking it back Kabal herd a loud cocking sound. Kabal suddenly knew what Smoke was doing, Smoke just turned his entire right arm into a small gattling gun.
Kabal cursed and ran for his life as he heard Smoke's joints creek as he pointed his arm at the sprinting Black Dragon member. He divided behind a large rock pillar and covered his ears as Smoke let loose his first barrage of bullets. Smoke's gattling gun fired 1,200 rounds per minute so he very quickly started to tear threw Kabal's cover. Kobra herd the sudden rat-a-tat-tat of the gattling gun so he stopped moaning in pain enough to see Smoke's new weapon.
"Ah Hell, you've got to be kidding me!" Kobra yelled and struggled to his feet. He saw a large ditch in the earth that could shield him from Smoke's gunfire. Quickly he moved to the foxhole but on the way he saw Kira. Who was still unconscious He grabbed her and literally threw her threw the air and into the foxhole. He dived in after her and pressed his back against the hard rock.
"Man the Nether Realm sucks!"
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Ashrah was meditating near the large structure where she first challenged Ermac to Mortal Kombat. Unfortunately she failed miserably against Shao Kahn's precious psychic assassin. After he defeat she was beginning to think that she'll stay in the Nether Realm forever, but before she can continue her self-pity thoughts she felt a presents behind her. Quickly she grabbed her Kriss and turned to engage the being.
There stood Havik in his dark robe smiling at the demon.
"Hello again Ashrah my dear, I see you're still trapped in this realm."
"Havik it's been a while."
"Almost two years to be exact."
"What brings you to me this time? The last time you where here was to tell me about Ermac."
"Yes I remember that clearly, and once again I bring you news of a new being that you could get you out of this Realm."
Ashrah was on her feet in a heartbeat with her Kriss in hand and a look of hope on her face. "Really? Who?"
"Eager as always dear Ashrah. The being isn't an Oni he was once human but now threw dark magic he is a Wrath and a very powerful one at that."
"He sounds powerful."
"Oh he is, even more than Ermac but this time you have an advantage."
Ashrah gave Havik a curious look. "What advantage?"
Havik pointed to the east "The Wraith is named Noob, he was once the older brother of Sub-Zero himself. As we speak Sub-Zero and a his student are locked in Kombat with the Wraith. When you reach them Noob will be exhausted from his fight with the two Lin Kuei thus allowing you to deliver the final strike." He turned to look at Ashrah and smiled "But you must leave now."
Without hesitation Ashrah quickly bolted past Havik and towards the east where the wraith would be. As she left she heard Havik yell one last thing.
"If you wish to achieve victory you must defeat Noob before he calls his cyborg companion Smoke to the fight. If Smoke joins the fight then you will lose and the Lin Kuei will die. Do not allow that to happen, the Lin Kuei must live!" And with those departing words Havik faded into nothing.
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Frost and Sub-Zero where back to back shooting random ice blast around the arena. So far half of the area was frozen solid yet Sub-Zero or Frost didn't seem to care. After about three minutes of turning the Nether Realm into a winter wonderland the two stopped and where gasping for air.
"Do… you think… we got… him?" Frost asked panting for air
"I… have no… idea…" Sub-Zero replied looking over the arena. But suddenly two shurikens flew threw the air one hit Frost in the kneecap and the other hit Sub-Zero right in his chest. Frost fell to the ground screaming in pain as Sub-Zero grabbed his chest in shock and stumbled back. Noob appeared out of the only place they overlooked; there own shadows.
Noob ran forward and jump kicked the shuriken deeper into Sub-Zero's chest throwing the Grandmaster on the ground next to his student. Noob reached for another shuriken but Sub-Zero threw his hand out and hit Noob in the chest with an ice blast. He then jumped up and shot the floor with ice he then slid forward and hit Noob in the jaw with a cold shoulder attack. As Noob broke from the ice and was flung back Sub-Zero gave a quick yell of pain as he ripped the shuriken from his chest and threw it to the ground. He then held out his hands and summoned the Kori Blade out of the most powerful and sturdy ice he could make.
Noob jumped back and summoned another weapon from the shadows. This time it wasn't a shuriken it was a large black scythe. Sub-Zero glanced at Frost who was still on the floor holding her knee in pain; the shuriken logged its self-halfway into her kneecap disabling her ability to walk. Knowing now that it was up to him he took his Kori blade and held it out towards Noob.
"It will finally end here!"
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Smoke slowly marched towards the cover that Kabal was hiding behind as he unloaded over 50,000 bullets on what was once a large rock pillar was now just a large pile of pebbles.
"Resistance is futile," Smoke said as he started to move around the pile. Kabal saw Smoke making his way around his cover and started to move away from the cyborg. Kobra poked his head out from his foxhole and peaked at Kabal.
"Psst! Kabal over here!" Kobra yelled getting his master's attention. "Over here!"
Kabal peaked around the opposite corner from Kobra and saw Smoke still marching towards him. Quickly Kabal jumped up and started to sprint toward the foxhole. Smoke saw Kabal making a break for it and resumed firing. Kabal herd the firing from Smoke's gattling gun and herd the ground behind him shatters as the ammunition crashes into the rock. He knew that the bullets where getting closer and closer to striking him feeling the vibration and feeling the bullets wiz threw the air.
Deciding that he had only one chance left Kabal dived threw the air. As he flew into the foxhole he felt a large amount of pain hitting his side. As he fell into the foxhole he quickly looked at his side to see two or three large holes bleeding horribly.
"Ahh shit!" Kobra yelled as he saw his leader bleed, Kira was also finally conscious and instantly started to tend to Kabal's wounds. Kabal looked up and saw that Kobra was bleeding in various places as well.
"What happened to you?" he asked
Kobra pointed to Kira. "I chucked her into this pit and she woke up half way in the air."
Kabal rolled his eyes under his mask, but suddenly a very loud and familiar noise was herd. Smoke started to unload his gattling gun rounds on the foxhole. Once again the loud gunfire tore threw the air and bullets whizzed by the foxhole tearing the rocks apart.
Kabal, Kobra, and Kira suddenly covered their heads to prevent the rocks from falling on there heads.
"ENOUGH OF THE FREAKING BULLETS ALREADY!" Kobra yelled at Smoke. Instantly the bullets stopped, there was a moment of silence before the sound of Smoke activating his jets again and took off into the air. Kabal, Kobra and Kira froze for a while before Kira gathered enough courage to peak out of the foxhole. Smoke was nowhere to be seen; only a trail of smoke in the air told them that he left.
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Sub-Zero ran toward his older brother and swung his Kori sword at Noob. Noob tilted his scythe so its blade collided with Sub-Zero's Kori blade. Noob then pulled his scythe back and swung at Sub-Zero's legs. The Lin Kuei jumped over the blade and kicked Noob in the chest still in the air. He landed then swung at Noob's neck but the wraith leaned back and the Kori blade just hit thin air. Noob stood straight again and brought the blunt end of the scythe into the faceplate of Sub-Zero's helmet. Sub-Zero stumbled back and Noob took the opportunity to swing his scythe a second time slicing Sub-Zero very lightly in his abdomen but it was deep enough to draw blood. Sub-Zero jumped away from the wraiths attack and shot a ice blast at him. Noob swung his scythe at the ball of ice and disrupted the attack. Noob then ran forward again swinging his scythe.
Sub-Zero expected this to happen and stepped back holding out his hand and another ice clone appeared in his place. Noob quickly noticed the error of his mistake and tried to slow himself down but it was to late. He hit the clone head on and froze instantly. Sub-Zero quickly jumped forward and trusted his Kori sword straight at Noob. The Kori blade instantly embedded itself into Noob's stomach. The ice around Noob shattered as he stumbled back in pain and surprise.
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Ashrah sprinted on top of a cliff that overlooked the area where Noob and the two Lin Kuei where fighting. She arrived just in time to see Noob stumble back with a large hole in his abdomen and Sub-Zero holding a blooded Kori Blade. Noob fell to his knees as his blood pumped threw his stomach. Noob seemed frozen with fear knowing that he may die. Suddenly without warning Noob threw his head up and screamed.
"SMOKE!"
Ashrah gasped in surprise as Noob shouted out his companion's name. Then suddenly there was a sound like a jet taking flight. Ashrah, Sub-Zero, and Frost looked to the west to see a long cloud of smoke taking off into the air. Ashrah knew that if Smoke arrived that he'll kill the three without hesitation, quickly she devised a plan and jumped off the cliff holding her Kriss blade. She landed behind the wraith and quickly slammed the sword into Noob's back and threw the heart. Noob froze gagging on his own blood as he fell over. Ashrah then felt a strange tingling all over her body, she realized that her time in the Nether Realm was up.
Sub-Zero was take by surprise by the sudden death of Noob at the hands of the his old ally during the Onaga act but was taken even more aback when she threw out her hand at him and yelled. "Quickly take my hand! There is no time!"
After those words a vortex started to appear over Ashrah leading into another realm. Ashrah held her hand out still hoping that Sub-Zero would trust her enough to grab it. Sub-Zero looked to the west again to see Smoke was almost upon them. Swallowing his doubt he quickly ran over to Frost and scooped her into his arms then made a dash to Ashrah who was being pulled into the portal. Sub-Zero reached out to grabbed Ashrah's hand and got a firm hold on it.
Ashrah smiled as both her and Sub-Zero's feet where lifted of the ground but then something dawned on her. Her Kriss blade forced itself out of her grip and fell to the earth. She gasped and reached out for it but it was to far before she could get a second chance the Vortex sucked both her and the Lin Kuei away.
Smoke landed and looked around the terrain, Noob was dead and the Kriss blade was left behind. After a short period Smoke said the last thing anyone would predict.
"Mission accomplished."
"Indeed Smoke, well done." Havik said as he walked out from the background. He held out his hands and the same green glow engulfed his body from when he revived Frost. Havik shot the green beam into Noob restoring his soul into his body. Noob's head shot up and the wraith started to gasp for air. Havik smiled and grabbed the Kriss blade from the ground.
"You did good Noob, you are a credit to assassins everywhere." Havik said as he inspected the blade.
"Why do you need that damn sword so much?" Noob asked as he checked his stomach.
"That is none of your concern. Just know that I am pleased with you work and you will be rewarded handsomely just like we agreed."
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The End… For Now.
PS: Havik is a tricky one isn't he?
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