Chapter 10- The Tournament
Days had passed since Quan Chi had taken Bluesong. Scorpion had finally arrived at the tournament sight. He was to fight against Mavado, a foe of the black-dragon. He was of the red-dragon, but he was still evil.
Sub-Zero was surprised to see Scorpion fighting to defend earthrealm. It had been a long time since the two enemies had spoken. Even with the oath of piece that Scorpion had taken with Sub-Zero. "Why have you decided to aid us?" Sub-Zero asked cautiously. "My mind was swayed," Scorpion explained, "By a girl named Blue." Sub-Zero looked confused, "Do you mean she is still aligned with the good?" "Yes," Scorpion answered, also confused, "Why do you ask that?" Sub-Zero lifted his arm and pointed behind Scorpion. Scorpion turned to look. He saw a sight that struck him very hard.
It was Blue. She was looking at him too. She was dressed in fine clothing, the deepest red coloured kimono. Her face contained life, vibrancy, and rosy colour due to the nourishment that Scorpion could not have provided for her. Her hair was shining in the sun light. She looked happy and Scorpion thought that maybe she was better off with Quan Chi but he abandoned that thought as quickly as possible to save himself from that sort of mental torture.
She smiled softly at him. Her hand was on Quan Chi's shoulder, it was covered with glittering jewelry. She was forced to stand by Quan Chi with out moving. Quan Chi was presiding over the tournament.
Suddenly, Quan Chi clapped his hands and demanded some quiet from the many kombatants. All of the kombatants gave him their attention, good and evil.
Silence fell over the people. "It is time to begin the tournament," Quan Chi had to yell for the enormous amount of people to hear him. Blue removed her hand from his shoulder and sat in a seat next to Quan Chi. She looked at the kombatants and truly wished that she could be one of them.
Days went on with many kombatants being eliminated. Scorpion was not eliminated. More days passed until the tournament ended. The final match consisted of a man named Shujinko fighting Kobra. Both of the men were the selected fighters from their sides. Kobra was much younger than Kobra yet Shujinko had trained under many fine warriors. Shujinko was the victor of the match. The forces of good had kept earthrealm away from the evil forces for another period of time.
After the tournament Quan Chi and Blue were transported to Quan Chi's fortress.
Scorpion went after them, determined to find Bluesong again.