Disclaimer: I don't own Mortal Kombat or it's charecters. However Marcoses, Kinopo, Kirkoc,Teal, and Xavier are my own creations.
MORTAL KOMBAT VII: LUST FOR POWER
CHAPTER V: SECRET DISCOVERED
"Holy shit!" Jarek said examining the large bag of coins."This is at least 3 million in dollars!" he said handing the bag to Kabal.
Kabal then skimmed over the contents of the bag. He nodded in agreement."The money seems to be of a good amount. Now explain exactly what is you want us to do."Kabal said.
"It is quite simple. I am planning a takover of the realms and I expect to be meet with some resistance. You and my other employees will be in charge of halting this resistance." the man who idenifyed himslef as Marcoses said. He was sitting a large throne as four warriors he had proclaimed to be his bodyguards.
Kabal knew the woman in purple as Mileena and the man in burgandy as Reiko. The female in yellow and the tarkatan were unknown to him.
"I don't mean to jump in budda. But this sounds a lil long to me.You betta have a lot more bags to keep us here as long it dis job's gonna take." Xavier said.
Marcoses snapped his fingers and three guards came, each holding two more backs of currency. They turned the bags upside down and let the coins pour out. As the money hit the floor, so did the jaws of the Black Dragon.
"And that is just for taking the job. You will be paid double once it is complete."Marcoses said.
The Black Dragon swarmed into a small huddle before Kabal spoke.
"We accept your offer." Kabal said.
"Good. Now that that has been settled..." Marcoses words were interrupted by the opening of the large stone doors of the room.
Then entered four figures. They were four people were known as Mavado, Kobra, Hsu Hao, and Sektor; the Red Dragon.
"You bitch!" Kobra yelled as he drew his Kali Sticks and lunged at Kira. He was intercepted by a blow to the stomach from Xavier and a roundhous from Kira to the head.
Sektor and Hsu Hao looked to Mavado, who gestured for them to help their comrade. At this Hao tackled Xavier hard into a wall, but was slammed by the warrior. He was unuaslly strong for his size. Jarek drew his sword, only to have it knocked out by Sektor, who then punished him with a barrage of lightning fast punches and kicks. Kabal and Mavado took this time to stare each other down. As if thinkingthe same thing, both drew thier Hookswords, and stuck them into the ground. They would battle each other only with their hands.
Kabal rushed at his opponent at break neck speed. Mavado sent his Dragon Tounges(I think thats what they're called. If not, please correct me.) into the ceiling and lifted himself away from the danger of the attack. He then released himself in time to plant his feet square into Kabal's back. He then executed a combo from his Long Fist style on his masked foe. He continued by launching a red orb of energy at Kabal. It him square in the face, knocking him to the ground and removing his mask. Mavado laughed and unlodged one of his hookswords.
Kabal scuttled toward his mask only to have it kicked away by Mavado. He then flipped over the deformed warrior who began choking and making gasping noises.
"This is how you will die Kabal. With all of your hideous features exposed for the world to see." Mavado said raising his Hooksword into the air.
"Don't you dare!" Kira said. She was holding Kobra down, with a dagger to his throat."Touch Kabal and blondie here gets the ear-to-ear treatment." she said.
"Yea and I don't think ya buddy here can live out his heart eh?" Xavier said, his robot hand tightly holding Hsu Hao by the heart.
"You are in no position to make demands." Sektor said as he held Jarek's between his hands, threating to crush his skull.
"ENOUGH!" Marcoses' voice boomed throughout the room." I hired you both to ensure my takeover goes smoothly, not to kill each other! Now as long as you are on my payroll, you will be allys. And if any of you even eye a member of the other faction in a manner I don't like, I'll kill you all!" Marcoses calmed himself."You can kill each other after you are done working for me.Understood?"
All eight were silent.
"AM I UNDERSTOOD!" this time his voice make the structure shake.
The warriors nodded. Sektor, Xavier, and Kira released thier opponents from they death holds, and Mavado allowed Kabal to return his helmet to his head.
"When this is done, you die Mavado. I swear it. Black Dragons! Disappear..." with these words spoken by Kabal, he and the three other gang members vanished in the shadows.
Marcoses then spoke."Now Red Dragon, let us discuss your payment."
Dairou stood outside the Hall of Order, where he knew his foe would be. He sighed heavily and was about to kick the door down when...
"He is not in there." the voice came from a man in red with glowing green eyes.
"Who are you? And how would you know that?" Dairou asked.
The person leviatated towards him."We are Ermac, Champion of the Elder Gods. And he has gone to Edenia to meet with a tyrant who has taken over there. We belive he is offering to help the tyrant." Ermac said.
"So you came here to tell me this?" Dairou questioned.
"No. We came to give a chance at revenge. If you help us defeat this tyrant, we will give the oppotunity to kill him." Ermac said.
Before Dairou could answer, a man came out the building. His cloths were that of a Seidan Guard, and were badly ravaged. He was covered in blood; some his and some of the warriors he had slain. His hair was long and white, and he had a demented look in his eyes. Dairou appeared to know the man.
"Hotaru. My how the mighty have fallen." Dairou said strutting towards Hotaru.
"Dairou?Dairou! It is you old friend! I need your help. I have become tainted. I have become...unclean."Hotaru said.
"Explain yourself."Dairou said.
"Under Onaga's order, I tryed to defeat the Lin Kuei known as Sub-Zero. After he and his blind comrade defeated me, I narrowly escaped alive. By the time I got here, I heard that Onaga had fallen, and that Darrius and the rebellion had taken over our realm. So I decided to get it back." Hotaru trailed off for a moment."I entered the hall looking for him. Many of the converted Guards tryed to stop me, but I easily disposed of them. When I saw he had left, It hit me. By killing my own men, I was not helping Order, but spreading Chaos!"
It was then that Hotaru realised who he was talking to."You! You are a traitor of Order! By killing you, I will have redeemed myself! Yes! In the name of Order!" Hotaru yelled in his inasane rant.
"So you think you can atone by killing me? Ha! I will slaughter you here where you stand."Dairou took fighting stance.
Through out the brief battle, Dairou punished his opponent until Hotaru used the flash bomb move to blind Dairou. By the time his vision recovered, he only saw Hotaru coming down with his Weapon. He was covered by a green light and froze in mind air. His body then flew towards Ermac.Ermac drew his axe and slice the warrior in half while still in the air.Ermac then merged Hotaru's soul into his being.
"I owe you Ermac. I will join you in your battle."Dairopu said.
Ermac nodded and sent them threw a portal to the location were the other fighters were. As soon as they entered, Fujin began talking.
"Has he been briefed?"Fujin said, refering to Dairou.
Ermac nodded.
"Good. Now I have deducted that our best chance of defeating Marcoses is by using a weapon called the Claw of Jerrod. It negates Marcoses' quake attacks and Jerrod himself almost killed him by using it. The only reason Marcoses survived was because his brother took pity on him." Fujin said.
"Well, were is this claw?"Cage asked
"It's location is unknown..."Fujin voice became very sad.
Ermac stepped foward"If you can give us one hour, we can tell you where it is."he said.
"How?"Fujin was very skeptical.
"Don't not worry how Lord Fujin. Just give us the time."Ermac said.
Fujin nodded."Take as long as you need."
Ermac then began to meditate. How he planned to find the claw, no one knew. In the meantime, the other warriors began making small talk. All except for Jade. Her brothers well being still weighed heavy on her mind. Then she heard a voice.
"You know, a pretty face like yours should not be so sad." she looked up to see Kai standing in front of her. She scoffed she was not in the mood to be hit on right now.
"You're worried about him aren't you?"he said
"How did you know?" she asked.
He then took a seat next to her."I can see it on your face. Plus I asked Kitana if she knew why you were so sad." he then extended his hand."I'm Kai"
"Jade"she said taking his friendly gesture.
"Whats your brother's name?"he asked.
"Teal. Why?"she said.
"You'll see" he picked up a large staff he had with him and closed his eyes. He began rolling it around in his hands. As he did this, smalls volts of lighting ran across his body. When he opened his eyes they were white, like those of Raiden. Finally, he slammed the staff to the ground send elecricity out. When he opened his eyes, the were normal.
"Teal is fine. He is with a warrior named Rain and they are safe. Anything that comes they're way now, they can easily overcome. And don't worry, he misses you too." Kai put on a smile and Jade followed suit.
"How did you do that?" Jade asked.
"Simple. I'm magic." He said with a sly grin
Jade laughed a little at his comment."Thank you"
"No problem."
Kirkoc couldn't belive it. He had his way to get in Marcoses' good graces. Although he was assigned to be a bodyguard after storming the castle, he was under close watch. You see, Marcoses didn't quite like Tarkatans, and the only reason he and Mileena were not killed is because he felt it would be a waste of thier talents. And now he found his way to make Marcoses trust him; he had discovered that Rain and Teal were traitors. He had been spying on them and decided that he would expose them. But one thing went wrong. Rain found out his motives and attempted to battle him.
So they fought. And Rain was winning hands down until Kirkoc used his blades. Rain himself had weapons(a pair of blades that could only be described as a mix between a short sword and a long knife.) but he was not as skilled with them as Kirkoc was with his. Luckily for Rain, Teal jumped in by sending a scy into the foes neck. This only stuned the Tarkatan warrior. An unarmed Teal dodged the Tarkatan's attacks, but barely. Rain then got his self together. His purple eyes turned the color of the sky during a storm. His body began vibrating as he sent a barrage of thunderbolts into Kirkoc. With the monster down, Rain raised his foot high in the air and performed a heel drop so powerful it smashed Kirkocs skull. Thier secret was safe for know.
Noob Saibot stood in the very place he didn't want to be ever again; the Neatherrealm. He cursed himself.. He knew that cyborg shouldn't have been trusted. As he thought to himslef, a small group of oni approached him. Although he was practiclly a native of this realm, his power was weak from the fight with his brother. He reached for his scy, only to see it was gone. And their was no way he could defeat these oni by hand. Franticlly, he looked for a weapon. And he found one; a small twisted sword with a shining light around it. Quickly, he grabbed the weapon and killed all the oni. After the battle, he felt like he hadn't felt since he was alive. His solid black clothing became a tad lighter. Whatever this sword was he was keeping it.
A/N: The last part about Noob is in no way related to to this fic. It's just a window I'm opening for a spin-off fic.