Well since no one has tried to get this deleted yet I guess its time for a disclaimer! All characters, locations and factions used in this story unless otherwise stated are property of Midway.

As the figure made another pass Sektor caught a glimpse of his face and said "Sub Zero have you come to finally repent for abandoning your friends?" "The only thing I have to repent for is not killing you sooner!" Sub Zero responded as he skated towards Sektor and thickly encased his hands in ice. Sub Zero threw one mace like fist at Sektor who easily dodged. Sub Zero hammered into the wall leaving a watermelon sized crater in the steel plating.

"You deny the fact that you failed a friend in need. You deny that you left him to suffer under years of slavery and turmoil. You deny that you sacrificed him to a fate that should have been yours." Stated Sektor coldly enough to make Sub Zero shiver. Sub Zero's arm immediately flew from the wall and into Sektor's gut. Sub Zero pried his arm from Sektor's gut only to redeposit it a second later. "Do you know why Sektor, Cyrax and Smoke were recreated into what they are now?" Rang a voice that seemed to originate from the very walls of the compound "They were a cover-up."

"Who are you and what are you hiding!" demanded Sub Zero while still holding Sektor up with one arm. The seemingly unconscious Sektor opened his chest letting loose several grenades. Sektor and Sub Zero both jumped away in time to avoid getting hit by any of the metal fragments. "You were the intended vessel, you were the entire reason the cyborg program began." Continued the voice as it reconvened in Sektor. "What do you mean intended vessel?" queried Sub Zero. "Your blood line has been the subject of many studies for a while. Your mastery of ice has made you famous. I thought you make the perfect host," said Sektor. "Then why did you involve them at all?" boomed Sub Zero as he charged towards Sektor. "How do you think the Lin Kuei would have reacted if one of their arch assassins were to disappear? I told the former grandmaster I could increase the efficiency of his assassins 200 and he practically threw you at me" stated Sektor.

Sub Zero had about reached Sektor when he began forming his kori blade. Sektor knew he couldn't go unarmed against a blade so he began to examine his surroundings. It was then when he noticed Sub Zero had endowed all of the sculptures with a weapon of it's own. Sektor quickly pulled a katana from one of the statues in time to meet Sub Zero's blade. The two fought as hard as possible to gain ground until Sektor said "Do you know what I did to Smoke as punishment for your escape? I made him unique. With all of the others I repressed their souls so that they couldn't resist orders or fight what they had become, but with Smoke I didn't."

Sub Zero began a flurry of strikes desperately trying to silence his opponent. Sektor easily parried all of the attacks with almost no effort and continued, "He was there through all of it, he watched all of it, and he lived all of it. Did the speech Cyrax made make you feel better. I know you could hear the pain in his voice it more for himself then you. He still blames you for those nightmares, but to him that is all they were. Every one of my cyborgs is directly linked into this building; all of their missions and vital signs were recorded. Do you know what Smoke would do during missions? He would cry for the blood he was forced to shed and cry for what he had become. He would continuously beg for forgiveness as he dragged people's loved ones, he would fight with every ounce of strength he had to disobey orders as his body was raped by my orders."

Sektor noticed Sub Zero's attacks had lost power and aim with each word but he continued on "When he got back from missions I'd have him watch the footage of it. Even through the helmet you could see the look of pain on his face. His soul was slowly withering as he relived each and every moment. Every so often I'd play the tape of what happened when he gave you that scar as a reminder that you walked away. I'd play it as a reminder that it is all your fault."

By the time Sektor had finished talking Sub Zero's punches had no weight at all and had no purpose. Sektor propelled Sub Zero onto his back with one kick and raised his blade up to his helmet. The image contained within the crystalline blade frightened and enraged Sub Zero. Sektor's face was reflected in every portion of the blade multiplying that helmet that all Tekunin wore. That helmet had haunted his nightmares for years, it was the helmet that had chased him, it was the helmet that had stolen the lives of his friends and it was the helmet that threatened to engulf him. Something inside snapped under the judgmental gaze of that helmet.

Sub Zero leapt to his feet and shattered the blade so that most of the shards hit Sektor. Sektor recovered in time to see a thick mist enshroud the area. Sektor noticed a sculpture with a drawn back fist gliding towards him and rolled out of the way. Sektor returned to his feet only to find another sculpture holding his fist next to his head and gliding towards Sektor. Sektor jumped out of the way and right into Sub Zero's fist. Sektor could only watch the hail form in the living mist and rain down upon him in mid air. By the time Sektor had reached the wall hail had intruded into every inch of his body except his head. Sub Zero could only smile as he formed that last shard in the mist and let it plummet into Sektor.

Sub Zero triumphantly marched away until he heard the sound of metal tapping against metal. He looked around franticly finding his only company to be Sektor and then he realized Sektor no longer had his armor. Sub Zero found the origin of the noise, six spider-like figures of varying sizes. Without warning one jumped at Sub Zero. He tried to swat it away only to have it engulf his arm. While Sub Zero tried to pry the first off another caught his leg. The rest quickly went after his remaining appendages, body and head. He felt them stirring all of his body making weird noises and fought harder no longer caring if he looses body parts as long as they are not of him. As soon as all of the mysterious attackers settled Sub Zero found he could no longer move. He found himself being pulled downwards by the figures as if they were trying to prove a point. There point had been proved as Sub Zero looked into the mirror-like floor to find he was now one of the Tekunin.