Mortal Kombat: demon of the mist

Ch.42

Playing with Memory

A/N: this is another chapter, That went through a ton of changes. Also I got to admit something. When I first started this story I was trying to put Smoke x Jade relationship in story ever since I started there was clear lack of it so I'm trying put in. I didn't want to just slap in out nowhere so in next few chapter I'm going try my best putting it in more. (in a non-force way)

Back in Jade's mind, Smoke and Jade were up against the Titan with one eye. It monstrous form surround both of them making it impossible to escape from it. They are trying has best to keep the darkness at bay.

"You specks are making it harder on yourself. If you give up now I'll let that one go. I'll I want is you, Tomas Vrbada. Just give up I'll make it a lot less painful." It hissed

Smoke try to keep it up the stream of smoke and vapor he made around them. Keeping the darkness from attacking them. Smoke trying to think what he can do, Jade was still in this child like form and she was terrified that she was holding Smoke leg very tightly.

"Jade! Listen to me! I know that you are scared and I don't know what memory that was so bad. But you have to remember it. If you don't that thing just going to keep toying with it." Smoke said Jade just hold him tighter too scared to listen.

"Please I don't want to remember." Jade whisper

"HeHe the memory that I too from her was a poison one. So I got rid of it and made a new one. One that she never get hurt from it." The Titan teased as it brought down its giant fist above them trying to crush them. Smoke eyes widen didn't have time to react he end up pushing Jade out of the way. As the giant fist came down on him caught it hoping it would not crush him. He was surprised he had the strength to do that.

"Good, you not so weak then I thought. You being half speck would be herds." The titan crush down more. Smoke struggled to keep it from crush him.

"J-Jade. Whatever in that dark memory you can face it!" Smoke yelled. Jade close her eyes try to remember what was the memory was about. What she member the most was feeling of being weak.

"I was weak." Jade finally said. Smoke look at her wondering what she meant.

"I wanted to be a royal guard so badly. By doing this I could be strong like my father." Jade try to remember.

*Jade's memory*

I wanted to make my father proud. Ever since I was born I been nothing but a burden to him. My mother die when I was young. I always blame myself for that and I think my father also thought the same. Try my hardest to get strong to make my father proud of me and not thinking me as a mistake. I wasn't born anything special no power no talent, no nothing. It took me forever to just learn how to weld a weapon.

I try to learn fast as I can without fail. But I was not getting there fast enough. I try to impress the king and queen to let me be royal guard to my surprised they let me in with my father improve of course. But with that he work me hard and itself didn't came without struggle. My father became stricter training me every day, say my life is worthless if I can't protect the king and queen. It was like a switch turn on for my father like he was different person now. He even threaten to disown me if I fail the final exam. Saying he didn't want an embarrassment in his family name.

With that 'I don't know if I really want this. I had so much to lose now. The day that I was going to take the test, that when Shoa Khan Attack the city was on fire and people were dying left and right. There people being capture to be his slave. Jade father fought hard against the invader at bay. I was sacred, not knowing how to react to this. I never fought for real before, seeing these monster tarkatan, shokan, and other Outworlders slaughter my people. I was young I didn't know what to do so I ran. I ran as far away from the battle, I could hear my father yell after me. But I didn't listen I just kept running till I reach the scared temple, were Edenia would go to prey. In middle of the temple was a statue of a women. They call her the dragon queen since she had blood of a dragon in her vain. It was said that she was the reason why we ages so slowly than the other races.

I didn't know how I got there or why I even ran there. It felt safe. But didn't help me one bit I truly felt nothing but weakness and failure. My dream of becoming a warrior was finally crush not knowing the true horror of war.

"My child do not cry."

I look up wondering where that voice was coming from. My eyes landed on the statue as it was glowing now.

"Shoa Khan and his army invade this realm. There is still hope to save it. You can save queen Sindel and her unborn child. She would be the one to save the realm but in order to do that you must protect them." The statue state I wondering what the statue meant.

"You are a special child Jade and you are stronger then you think. When the time is right you will know what to do."

I soon felt a spark inside of her like a weight was lift off my shoulder. I felt so claim that didn't feel fear anymore. I was going to asked what just happen to me but the statue didn't speak again. I didn't have time for that as quickly left the temple and head back to the castle. I saw the corpse of my father. I thought I would be upset by this. But I felt claim that I didn't worry about it. My mind was elas where wonder were the queen was. As head to throne room I saw queen Sindel holding her dead husband while Shoa Khan laughed.

"HAHAHA! So this is the great Jerrod? How pathetic! I thought he be more of a challenge." He then turn attention to Sindel who was terrified. "Now, I claim you as my wife!"

"No!"

"IF you don't I will kill every last one of your kind and I'll make you watch before you die." Shoa Khan said with an evil grin. I saw Sindel wondering what she can do. I can tell that she wanted to fight back but she couldn't as her power was very week after just giving birth to the baby. Not wanting her people to stuffer. She had no choice

"Fine. I'm yours but please let my people go!" Sindel begged

Shoa Khan just laughed "Your people are now my slaves and you're now my wife!"

That was the dark memory I had, but something wasn't right. It didn't feel right.

*end of Jade memory*

Jade memory didn't feel right that one thing for certain. It was like someone change and wrapped it like movie that went one way but change to other way. This cause Jade to feel empty like her life was like a laid. This made her feel void from something.

Smoke was still dodging the titan it as best he can. Titan was faster than he thought. The titan was finally was able to catch him.

"You speck are so weak. I never understand why the elder gods created you. But be grateful your just half of a speck." The titan mocked. Then look at the young Jade who didn't move and was looking down.

"She just a broken speck. Like they can't handle anything. When something so wrong they break and crumble.

"Y-you wrong!" Smoke protect making the titan to look at him.

"Moral are more then you know. We might break down but we can get back up to fight another day!"

"Joki truly was poison by this. She could have did away the elder god by now. What a waste, but you…" the Titan began to crush Smoke. "I think you be a clear slate." Smoke began to scream in pain.

Outside of the hall the Enenra was seeing creak are getting worse and began spread toward Smoke's mind.

"I got to pull us out." It hissed before try to pull away but he couldn't due titan power.

"Shit!" It hissed realizing how there are.

Outside the mind, everyone saw that Jade and Smoke were bleeding profusely that shock everyone

"The titan is too strong, we must stop this before the titan get out." Raiden stated as he began to walk toward Smoke and Jade but Juki, Sub-Zero, Kitana and Mileena got between them.

"I'm not going to let you interfere Raiden." Juki said

"I don't know what you're planning Joki, but if that Titan is here we must take action before it because more trouble."

"I'm not letting you touch them. How about once in your life stop and think what you doing. If you kill the titan that in Jade it probably will go into someone else!"

"If we don't then the realms are dead and that was not the future I foreseen."

Smoke struggle to break free try to gather as much power he could, but it wasn't enough. Thinking he lost he thinking one last drastic measure. Before he could do it. A boomerang came out of nowhere and slice the hand of the titan off, Jade was up and in her adult form.

"You Speck! How dare you betray me!? I gave you power!"

"No! That wasn't you that gave me power. You're toyed with my memory!" Jade said angry that something like that was able to twist her memory to their liking.

"Hehe and you never get it back. Now where were we?" the titan try to grab Smoke again but Smoke was able to dodge and ran towards Jade.

"Glad you back to normal."

"Least talk more fighting." Jade said as she ready her weapon to attack again. She charge at the titan hoping she figure out a way to get the titan out of her. While she doing that Smoke was also trying to figure out how to the titan out with it hurting or killing Jade. As he try to figure how he then nostice that something was glowing in her chest.

'What is that?' Smoke thought

"That her harmony heart. Grab it and get out!" the voice from out nowhere said to Smoke. Smoke recognize the voice

"Enenra?"

"Get her heart dumbass! That your ticket getting that thing out of her." Enenra yelled. Smoke wasn't sure what the Enenra is talking about and he have no choice but to trust it.

"Jade come back! I have a plan!"

Jade turn back as the titan was about to attack again Jade dodge it as she ran back to Smoke.

"What the plan?" Jade asked

"Grab her chest!"

"What!?" Smoke blushed by this

"Grab her heart you dumbass!"

Smoke didn't want to but she the creak were getting worse and the titan was charge at them

"I apologized in advance for this, Jade."

"What do you mean-"Jade was about to asked before she could Smoke stab his hand inside her chest. Jade was shock thinking he just killed her. But she realized she couldn't feel any pain. Smoke pull out her harmony heart which was dull color then when Jade had it before.

"Purified it." Enenra said

"How?" Smoke was going to asked but before he could the dullness from the heart was coming into him making it glow back to its normal again.

"No!" the titan roar as it was trying to grab them but the light that was coming from heart was glowing bright that the titan try to block it. The light was pull the titan away as if it was being pull from somewhere. The titan try to grab something to keep it from being pull but it was no used.

"This isn't over you half speck! You will be ours!!" the titan roar being pull into the darkness. As that was happening the light was glowing so bright that it blinded them both.

When the light was gone Smoke open his eyes realize that he wasn't in Jade's mind anymore but back outside. He realize that he laying on the ground and so was Jade. They were both cover in blood which freak them out a little bit. Juki and Sub-Zero were by smoke side while Kitana and Mileena were by Jade side.

"I don't sense the titan inside Jade anymore it must been force out." Everyone turn to Raiden. "I don't know how you two were able to do this but I'm glad you made out alive. I'll heal you both." Raiden then went towards Jade. Kitana and Mileena didn't trust the lighting god since he was planning on killing Jade just a moment ago. But Jade told them down. Raiden heal Jade wounds, he turn to Smoke as he got closer Smoke's right hand began twitch, he look down at his hand and his eye were widen on what he saw that he quickly hide his hand.

"I'll heal Raiden." Juki stated with a glare not trusting the lighting god either. Raiden look at Juki then to Smoke

"Fine, but please join us we have much to discuss."