Mortal Kombat: Demon of the mist
Ch.43
How little girls are made.
Juki nodded trying to play nice. Her beef with the Elder Gods can wait, right now she need to help them get out of here. Raiden and the other Earthrealmers head back to their little camp they made. Kitana and Mileena help Jade up as they too head back to the camp. Jade look back at Smoke about to say something but she didn't have the energy for it. Leaving Juki, Sub-Zero, and Smoke alone.
Juki turn to smoke "Let me see your hand Tomas." Juki said knowing that Smoke was hiding it. "It's ok were alone."
"Did you broke your hand?" Sub-Zero asked
"No." Smoke then show them his deform hand that was grey looking with claws and yellow veins showing that go up to his elbow also it look bigger than his normal hand . Sub-Zero eye widen by this.
"I guess it still hate the elder gods. Sorry for that." Juki said not faze by the hand. She then concentrate her energy to Smoke's hand and his hand transform back to normal. Smoke look back hand weird out by it that it can do that now.
"Uh, thanks…mom." Smoke said feel too awkward say that to a person he been with most of this journey and also like there way too young looking to be his mother.
"You don't have to call me that if you don't want to. I wasn't a good mother to begin with." Juki said then she look up at Smoke "Is Fumo gone?"
Smoke look down and nodded knowing she was probably just as hurt as he is learning that Fumo is gone.
"He knew he couldn't keep your life-force. You probably had a year or two left if we stay and do nothing. I'm going to finish what we started." Juki said as she got up. Smoke and Sub-Zero also got up
"What do you mean?" Sub-Zero asked
"I'll tell you, but first I need two thing from you boys."
Smoke and Sub-Zero look at each other then back to Juki wonder what she want. "You two can't mention about the Enenra."
"Enenra? What that?" Sub-Zero asked
"It a demon thing that inside me." Smoke stated "or put bluntly I'm an undead demon."
"Uh…wow, thought you be some lost prince who lost his memory. I was way off."
"Really?" Juki and Smoke said at the same time
"Yea, I made a lot of theories who you were when I was young. Bi-Han though half they were dumb."
Smoke could help but laugh at this. Juki even chuckled a little but went back to composer
"Anyway you can't talk about it. if Raiden knew about it he would probably kill you on the spot."
Smoke and Sub-Zero nodded knowing risks "Also don't mention who that titan was."
"Who was that anyway? It really something like my grandma or something?" Smoke pointed out, not want know that thing is somehow related to it.
"It's complicated. Let meet with Raiden."
They walk back to the came with lord Raiden other Earthrealmer were waiting for them. Smoke's group saw the Kitana, Jade, and Mileena were on the other side guess being weary of the Earthrealmer.
"Glad you can join us." Raiden said Juki as she roll her eyes.
"Joki I'm willing to make a treaty in order to get us out of here."
"Fine, but like I said I can't get us out of here the orb don't work." Juki said as she pull out the orb and shacking it to provide her point. Raiden gave her a grim look.
"That Certron's orb isn't?"
"Yep, she still not mad that I broke her back, right?"
"The Elder God are not so keen on you. I will for the sake of Earthrealm will turn a blind eye on your exist."
"Wow I'm touch. Didn't think someone like you thought for themselves."
"So how do we get out of here in this desolated place?" Sonya spoke up trying to change the subject
"It wouldn't be like this if it wasn't for the Elder Gods." Juki said under her breath but loud enough for Raiden to here
"It was you kind own discretion for your own down fall."
"You guys were the one that started it!"
"We were stopping the One Being. It was destroying the balance of universe."
"Enough!"
Everyone turn to Jade who was on her feet. She was tried being in a loop. She wanted know what that Titan wanted. It took away want she hold so dear to her. And she want to know why that thing was after Smoke and using her to get to him.
"Lord Raiden. Juki. I don't know why you two hate each other but right now we need answer. Think that thing that possessed me was after something…and I don't know what. It was saying it was looking for a weapon. And by tell us what happen between the Elder gods and titans. "
"The truth is hard for you to understand." Raiden said
"Try us lord Raiden. I think the Earthrealmer that are your choose champions will understand." Jade pointed out
"Lord Raiden." Raiden turn to Lu Kang who had his hand on his shoulder. "I believe we have to know the truth. You want us to believe Elder Gods, I do but if there something we need to know in order to get out here."
Lord Raiden thought about it. He believe In Elder gods all his life and had done some questionable things that he wonder about.
"I don't mind tell them the truth. It up to them to believe or not." Juki said
"Fine, what I'm about to tell you can only between us. Nobody else can know about even the Elder god would frown pound this.
"They kill you all to put it bluntly." Juki said. Raiden said nothing but the look alone tell everyone that she right.
"So life and death secret? Shit. I thought the ones in Hollywood are bad." Johnny joked
"This is no laughing matter Johnny. How about you go first Raiden, I'm carious on what those Elder Gods been saying about my kind and the titans." Juki said
*Raiden's tell*
Long time ago, before the war on Shoa Khan. Before the war on Shinnok. There was the war on the One Being. When the Elder Gods were created the One Being was also was born. The Elder Gods lived in peace with the One Being until they found out that it was eating them in order to gain power. For this was a declaration of war. The other Titans and the Followers also join in. they never liked the Elder gods as they saw them as a threat to their ways. The war wage on for eons as both side were at a stale mate.
Until a titan name Kronika stop the war by making peace with Elder Gods by helping them stop the One Being from hurting them. In order to do that she made two new Elder God. One was Shinnok while the other name Cetrion. One of darkness. One of light. Their power turn the tide of the war. The Titan was also creating a weapon of their own but the before they could use it the war was over.
Kronika seal the Titan outside the realm bound so they could never enter. While, the one being was spilt into six realm. Earthrealm, Outrealm, Endia, NetherRealm, Chaosrealm, and Orderealm. If all six realm were fuse into one then the One being will return and finish what it started.
That why it very important that we stop people like Shao Khan from ever fusing the realm. This is the true reason why Mortal Kombat exist.
*end of Raiden story*
Everyone try to take on what Raiden just said. Lu Kang was the first person to speak up first.
"Lord Raiden, so the realm used to be a Titan?"
Raiden just nodded
"Wow never thought I be told how were actually made." Johnny comment.
Raiden then turn to Juki who look unfazed but more bewildered by this. "That was I able to find out on my own and was told by Cetrion. I was born before Shinnok betray. So that all I know. But something tell me you know more Joki."
"Please stop call me that."
"You really don't like being call that." Smoke said
"The name have a lot of bad memory."
"Joki I mean Juki, I would like to know what really happen." Raiden said
Juki raised eyebrow "really?"
Raiden nodded
"O.k. I tell."
*Juki's tell*
One thing is Raiden was half right I give him that but are some holes that the Elder gods made. Before there was anything there was nothing, before there was nothing there was us. That want I been told since I was created.
It was just us titans and the follower, my kind. My kind never had a name. We either call angels or demon so this the first time I heard the term followers. But for my kind we didn't have a name nor did we needed one.
My kind were giving to a titan kind of like assistant to the Titans. I was the youngest and I was given to the one being as it was born a few thousand years before me. Unlike the other Titan who want gather more territory, the one being and I just keep to their ourselves we were at peace and I guess we were happy.
Then one day that all change. Kronika, the time titan decide to make new beings known as the elder gods. I don't know what happen but when there was made something happen to the One Being. It started to eat the Elder Gods. It kept telling me that they felt empty or there something missing in them.
I try to help them but nothing I do would work. I try to get the other titans and follower to help but they ignore us.
The Elder God had enough and start to attack us. The titan were given a reason to attack the Elder Gods so the war began. It went on for eons while I and the one being try to stay out of it but there hunger was too great. The titan sick and tried being in a stand still so they decide to make a weapon to end it.
They decide to use the One Being will be there weapon. I didn't want that for the One Being and either them so I did something drastic. Before they could do it I switch places with the one being.
I don't remember anything after that. When I came to, I realize the war is over and the one being was slip into six realms. I realized that the war was lost and the titan were seal away. And I was lost and had nothing left.
*end of Juki's tell*
Everyone was silent for a while not knowing what to say until Sonya spoke up
"I have a question: you said that you took the place of the One Being a weapon. Does that mean you are a threat?"
"Well, I was but I don't have power anymore. I'm technically dead, so there that. Beside if I was still a threat I wouldn't be talking with you. But to answer your question, no Sonya I am not." Juki stated
"Well, then how about that titan that possessed Jade. What does it wanted? You?" Kung Lao said. Juki said try make sure none of figure out who was the titan really was after. Raiden quickly change the subject.
"That does matter, were are still trap here and we do not know what Shoa Khan is planning." Raiden said. Juki nodded then pull out the orb that was still black. She can tell that there were some energy that was dark was stuck in the orb. She wonder where that came from.
"I have a theory. What if you put some of your energy and some of…Smoke energy to purify it." Juki stated
"Why would my energy and Smoke energy can purified it?" Raiden asked
"Well I have no idea if it will work or not, but it doesn't hurt to try." Juki hoped that Raiden wouldn't find out about Smoke. Raiden was a very hard man to read sometime.
"Wait how I'm going to do that?" Smoke asked kind of confess by this
"Just do the thing you did with Jade's heart."
Smoke sigh not knowing what he was doing. Juki hand him the orb, when Smoke touch the orb he felt dark energy in it. Just like he did with Jade's heart as he subconsciously absorb the energy that was in the orb into his body. Raiden saw that orb was clearing up. trying to make sense how Smoke can do that. He put that thought aside as put his hand on the orb and put some of his energy into the orb that cause it to glow. Then a beam of light shoot out of it to create a portal.
"Sweet! You guys did it!" Johnny cheered
"Don't cheered yet Johnny. Raiden were that going to take us?" Sonya asked
"It should take us to Earthrealm. But will find out soon enough."
Everyone one quickly went into the portal. As that got to other they were know back to Earthrealm but there was something wrong as the city they were in was under attack.
