Mortal Kombat: demon of the mist

Ch.38 where there is Smoke there is fire

Smoke eye widen as seen the village set in flame. There corpse outside litter the streets. Young and old.

"Kuki! What going on?!" Smoke shouted. When he looked at the direction where Kuki was he was not there. Smoke look around trying to find where he went. Smoke began to walk around the village, try to figure out what was going on. The voice inside his head was back and so was the pain. He grabbed his head in pain while the voice shouted in a language he can't understand.

"Ah!" Smoke groaned from the pain.

"Don't ignored it Tomas."

Smoke look up hearing Kuki voice.

"Kuki? W-where are you?"

"This is where you truly walk alone. Do not shun away the truth or you be lost forever." Kuki warned before his present was gone. Smoke kept wondering around wondering what Kuki meant till he heard a scream. He knew where the scream was coming from. He was running towards house that wasn't on fire but had some damage. He heard cry from up stair. He quickly went up to a room that look like it belong to a child, assuming it belong to him.

He saw at the corner of the room was his mother and his younger self hugging each other.

"Mommy! Were Daddy?! Their blood everywhere outside and –"the Boy said in tears

"He should be fine. But, you need to listen. You need to hide and whatever you hear, what you see don't leave this closet. You understand?" Juki said in a panic voice

"But-"

"Do you understand?!"

Tomas just nodded as hide in closet, quietly crying

Smoke was still confuses, wondering who attacking the village. He felt fear something he haven't experience for a long time. He soon hear yelling coming from downstairs. Smoke quickly went to the top of the stair case to see men in red robes coming up the stair, with bloody weapons.

Smoke wanted to stop them, but they quickly went through him, forgetting that he was in a memory.

"Dammit!?" Smoke cursed to himself know he couldn't do anything

As the men ran down the hall, they were stop to see Juki blocking there way. She has a hatful look in her eyes. Juki dash towards the men with two knives in her hand. She went to the two men, stabbing one of them in the eyes while the other in stomach. She quickly went to the third men slice his throat.

She was about to finish off the forth one, before both her and Smoke heard a gunshot from behind. Two of the bullets went through her knees. Juki was stunned and unable to get up from the attack. One of the man that held the shout gun came up to her and kick her in the face, then kick her in the stomach. This anger Smoke so much that his eye began to turn red. The man then pointed the gun towards Juki's stomach.

"No!" Smoke screamed as he could do nothing but watch as the robe man pull the trigger. The blast shot through her making her paralyzed from the waist down.

Juki could do nothing but scream as the pain rock her body. Smoke can feel her pain as the blood began to pool around her.

"Is this the one?" the man who shout Juki asked as the leader of the group walk up to Juki a kneel to her. He grabbed her face and look in her eyes.

"No, she is not the one," the leader look at the group.

"Finish her."

The hooded man with the shot gun nodded as he pull out knife. He had a twisted smile as grabbed Juki head and pull close to the knife. He then began to saw her head off. As he wanted to feel every second of it.

Smoke at this point began to shed tears, wanted to save his mother. If he wasn't in this ghost like state he would kill these men, no monsters. He would make the stuffer for causing all the pain to all the villagers, his home, and family.

Smoke grabbed his head in both in pain and not wanting to see anymore. He then look up to see his younger self at the other end of the hallway. He screamed seeing hi beheaded mother in front of him.

The robbed man smile more then threw the beheaded Juki toward Tomas. Tomas screamed even more as tear came down like a waterfall as reach for his mother head.

"Grab the boy." The leader said as pointed to Tomas. One of the robbed man, grabbed him. Dragging him with. Smoke quickly ran after them as the landscape change again. This time they were in a cave, Smoke saw the many corpses of men, women, and children pile high.

Smoke saw his younger self be grabbed towards the large fire that was in the middle of the cave. He saw that there was large slab in the fire pit. There ashes on it telling he wasn't the first.

The leader walk up to the young Tomas who was blinded by tears begging them to let him go. The leader look inside of Tomas eyes.

"It him! He the one!" The leader shouted in enjoy as his fellow cult member also shouted enjoy. This sacred Tomas even more not knowing what these people were talking about.

The leader then grabbed Tomas by the arm leading towards the raging fire. He was the stabbed onto the slab as his back was already was burning. He screamed in pain. But the cult member ignored his cries as they began chatting.

"Oh Great Enenra! We summon you! We return you this realm! Reclaim it as yours and only yours!" the leader chatted but it went to deaf ears to Smoke and Tomas.

Smoke couldn't hear anything but his raging heartbeat. He didn't noticed that skin was beginning to turn grey on right side and started to spread on his body. He saw his younger reach out as the flame consume him. It was almost like he was reach to Smoke. Smoke reach out to Tomas as well. When did that, the landscape change. This time it was nothing but darkness. Smoke saw his younger self was crying in the middle of the darkness. Steam was coming off of him.

Smoke was about walk up to his younger self till he saw the steam that was coming off him began spin around Tomas until it form a young looking child. This child had bandage from head to toe. The small child walk up to Tomas a put it hands on the back his back and began rubbing him. Tomas look up to see the young child

"What your name?" the child asked in a soft tone. Tomas felt like he could trust this child.

Tomas. Tomas Vrbada."

"What happen?"

Tomas sniffed "T-These bad guys hurt my mommy and daddy. They hurt all my friend and family. And then …and then… they hurt…" Tomas didn't finish as he began to cry realizing everyone and him are dead. Thinking this child is some sort angel of death.

"That not fair." The child said. "They did this so they can summon god to take back a realm it's did not care for."

Tomas look up at the child with a confuse look

"Tomas, you are strong. Those people don't have any idea who they mess with. Your mommy and daddy knew about it, but they were afraid. You're not a scared boy. Will make them pay. No will make them stuffer, they desired to be punish. The child hissed on the last part. Tomas eye widen by the words.

"Don't you want to make them pay for what they do to you? Come, let show them how a god punish the sinner." The child said as it eyes began to turn read with a slit. It also have sinister look in its eyes. The child began pull their bandage of around there head. Tomas and Smoke eyes widen when they saw what the child look like. It look exactly like Tomas but it hair was white and had red eyes. The child also has smile that was less warming then it should be.

"All I want from you is to trust me." The child said as they lend a hand out to Tomas. Tomas started to reach out to the child. Smoke was about to run towards Tomas knowing what ever that thing is it was not to be trusted. But his knees gave way. The pain from his head was so painful that vision was getting blurry. Smoke was having a hard time breathing that he rip off his mask to breath. Realizing his mask was full of sharp teeth that would make Tarkatan jealous.

"DON'T DO IT!" Smoke yelled preying that his voice can heard by his younger self.

For the first time Tomas did look at Smoke. Before Tomas could react, the child grab Tomas by the throat with a twisted smile. Tomas eye widen with shocked as the steam and vapor around them spiral around them.

Smoke could do nothing but watch as he saw his younger self change into something else. Something more monstrous.

Once again the landscape change as Smoke was back at the cave. Where the cult member looking at Smoke younger self burning copse. One of the cult member was saying something till something was cut him off. All the other member stare in shock as the cult member was tore apart. And one by one they were all kill in gruesome ways.

Smoke watch in horror, once the member were kill off the demon appear in front smoke staring down at him with cold eyes.

"You weren't supposed to see that." The Smoke demon said in a deep voice.

"What are you?" Smoke asked

"I am you."