Well, let's see how the boys are going to stop Azril. Is there any lemons in this? Maybe or I could do another flashback story of our Disciples. To the guest suggesting about the mini series of Nash fucking every other girl in MK while they are super pregnant, I might but I have a time constraint. I can put you on the line with my colleague CW2K but you need to sign up and join this site if you want to discuss this even further.

I have a busy schedule so things will be slow.

So now, enjoy this story!

Chapter 33

You know, if this wasn't Mortal Kombat, we wouldn't make it back to the temple in time before Azril commits a massacre to every member of the Lin Kuei and history will just repeat itself like in the comics and older games I played. One thing that all the games stayed true: keeping all the female fighters hot and boner material.

"Okay, so where would an emotionless cyborg fusion hide?" I murmured to myself as the three of us scattered to investigate like some Scooby Doo mystery. Then again, I wonder if Azril is aware of the fact he's fused with a sentient robot to cleanse the world of organics. Something I've seen what Azril likes to read or watch.

I will never understand Cyberpunk with all of the W.A.L.L.E technology. Too deep for me!

So far, not a single Lin Kuei member from where I am surveying. Maybe they are in hiding or something? I have the slightest feeling of being followed but it could be the anxiety I felt back at the Cyber Lin Kuei when Azril decided to exterminate us. I gripped my hammer tightly, not knowing what's going to surprise me. I almost forgot that there's Frost, the only female member of the Lin Kuei.

Despite her brash attitude, she's kinda hot. Which is weird because her attitude reminds me of Kristina's if she had a bigger chest and skills. Don't tell her I said that! The reason why I was friends with her was because she saved my life from the bullies. Yeah, kinda embarrassing and we let Bryan join us mainly because people love to punch his lights out. Thank goodness he's not wearing prescription glasses or else the shards might have gone into his eyes. But having glasses without any lenses seems insulting.

At least to me.

Just then, a loud buzz was heard in the atmosphere. The kind one would think of being electrocuted or zapped by a cattle prod. I rushed over to the site to find a group of the cyborgs clashing their weapons with the Lin Kuei guards. It was hard to tell which one is Azril because now, all of them have the same paint jobs like him. Last time before we were teleported to the SF base, I distinctly remembered him having a very monotone voice, more so than what he was as a human and tentacles on his back like those weird anime porn Riana's into.

Smart move, Azril.

All I could do now was pick which one is Azril and then attack him. I hope the egg that was strapped onto him is stored safely away in that chassis or something. Damn, it's hard to tell who's who.

Suddenly a metallic appendage suddenly coiled itself around my body, preventing me from struggling. It was too tight! I can barely hold my hammer and it dropped to the ground. Then, I was several feet up high in the air, almost out of the atmosphere and before I could blink, the cyborg froze in midair. Not a sound was made from either of us as we were dropped down at a fast rate.

Oh fuck….I'm going to die!

Before the both of us could it the ground, we landed onto something sot but I couldn't see what it was. Was this something like an invisible forcefield? I managed to break free from the appendage by breaking the tentacle away from me but the cyborg did not react. In fact, it was like it was trapped in slow mo.

"Bullseye!" Bryan cheered. He rushed towards me with a small little device in his hand. It was that thumb drive he wanted to implant the virus into the cyborg's CPU. Wait, was Bryan the one who fired?! Even the members of the Lin Kuei, including Sub Zero looked stunned at the scene. No pun intended.

"Bryan, that was a perfect shot!" I exclaimed. But Bryan was getting down to the cyborg to open the head component. I watched how his skilled fingers manipulated the wires of the head before he finally inserted the the drive into the port of the head.

"How long will the virus take to corrupt the body?" I asked, this time wanting to know how are we going to fix him. The optics suddenly lost its glow and the whole body became black. I saw Frost glaring at the cyborg with fury but I noticed there were tears in her eyes. I better comfort her later.

"Since he's a super computer," Bryan pointed to the cyborg. "I should take at least seconds before he goes into something like a coma. And it worked out just as I have planned. The shot, the forcefield, the immobiliser and now the virus! Oh, I am just that good!"

Before any of us could do anything, the cyborg's optics glowed red and his reflexes became even more accurate. Some of the Lin Kuei members tried to slow him down with a freeze but he evaded their attacks as if it were just a bunch of toddlers trying to beat up the babysitter. Except this babysitter is metallic and likely isn't going to let us get in his way.

"Come on, Azril!" I yelled, trying to knock some sense into the cyborg. But a quick swipe from the tentacles knocked me at the pole of the temple. I swear, I could hear the bones inside my head cracked. My visions became blurry and I feel disoriented. I could only hear screams and cries around me as Azril the cyborg retaliates with vigour. Bryan, are you sure that virus is working?!

I wished I had some time to recover because now Azril's robotic arms have transformed into saw blades and rocket launches are heating up on the shoulders. Dammit! What if saving him is too late?

"AHHH! I DIDN'T SIGN UP TO BE IN A WAR!" Bryan's shrieks of terror was heard. Seriously dude, now you want to run after all that serious talk we just went through. I have to get to Azril before the whole Lin Kuei becomes extinct like the Shirai Ryu. His screams could almost wake the dead if he keeps running around like a maniac when he fought Goro back at the tournament. Speaking of which as I am dodging attacks, I wonder how is Mileena. Sure, she does pounce on me and do things I protest but I missed her just as much as Jade.

If only Mortal Kombat ever released a game where I can date and marry all of the girls here, that would be great!

We can live in a mansion together, have lots of romps and maybe have little mini-mes if I want. But I would love that paradise. If I can defeat Shao Kahn and get the five of us back, maybe I can get a reward for this! Oh, now I feel pumped more than ever!

"Bryan, are you certain that the corruption is taking place?" Sub Zero's voice boomed over the chaos. He was using his Kori blade to slash the tentacles binding him and some guards near him but like an octopus, the damn thing has a mind of it's own ever after it has been sliced!

"I was hoping for that!" Bryan's yell in protest kinda seals the deal. We are so fucked and damn us if the girls are still guarding the entrance of the mouth of the hideout. I hope my sister and Kristina know how to handle the Black Dragons. That will buy them much time as we try to separate Azril from Triborg.

All around me, blood and oil spilled the snowy grounds of the courtyard. Bits of metal debris everywhere, while those in flesh have lost some parts of their bodies due to the cyber attacks. I just hoped Bryan's virus works on Azril because now, he is already like a fucking terminator!

"That's it!" Bryan wailed. "We're all going to die and Azril might break another dimension unless some writer decided to write this plot in a better context! Seriously, if there is a god or creator in this universe, undo this mess now!"

I was not expecting that out of him.

Only one member that was not exhausted was Frost. Her eyes had a mixed of fury and tears. Maybe she does care about the Lin Kuei after all. Until Sub Zero is defeated so that she could take over. Yeah, I know her history. But she's kinda hot for a killer with cryomancer's powers.

"You will not destroy the Lin Kuei!" she roared, leaping in front of the cyborg and gouged his optics with her icicle daggers. The cyborg screamed in pain but it sounded like something out of a sci-fi horror movie. I would be traumatised if I see more of the tortures but we have to stop this before we lose Azril forever.

But what's more shocking was the voice coming out of the cyborg. It wasn't monotone yet it still maintains the robotic hum. It sounds like fear and desperation like this:

"Help me…." the voice pleaded. "Get… me… out…"

It was Azril!

"Keep fighting him!" Bryan encouraged, dodging another blast as usual. I have never seen him so hyper and afraid at the same time. Why the hell am I so determine in a suicide mission like this?

"GET OUT!" a clear human voice rang through the cyborg before the body fizzled with sparks of electricity, smoke coming out from the head. I guessed that's overheating. The cyborg wanted to give the final blow but I knocked him out with my hammer, finally doing something!

All of us that survived gathered around the fallen machine. "What do we do now?" I asked.

"We have to take him to the Sky Temple," Sub Zero announced. "Raiden once helped me overcome the control of Quan Chi in me. But now, let's see if he can restore my disciple."

Gently, he carried the cyborg in his arms while Bryan and I followed him. I didn't know Frost wanted to accompany us but I'd like to have a quick round with her. Bryan was walking alongside me, a little too close for comfort.

"I know what happened back at SF," he whispered. I almost halt in my steps. My heart started to pound at a rapid rate. Knowing Bryan, he will share the gossip with the whole world if he wants to. If he knows, then…Oh god!

"You don't mean-"

"Threesome with my mentor and Jax's daughter? Oh yeah, that's going to be some sensational news!" Bryan exclaims. "Look, I love Johnny Cage but no way in hell I am ever going to touch his girl and her bestie! That's like being colourblind while the red flags are being raised! Another war is going to start because of-"

"Not if I can help it!" I silenced him. Bryan blinked, then stared at me. "Nash, as much as I want to score as well, you have to play your cards right."

I sighed. Bryan's got a point but when was the last time someone has ever been transported into a video game world where all the female characters are hot? So use that time to take an opportunity to bang everyone. Also, since I come from a well off family, I bet it would be nice to live in a mansion or palace to be with a hot woman as my wife. I am not sure about my sister for I never seen her interested in a guy or anyone. Well, she's big size despite being short and only focused on nature or animal stuffs.

No way in hell I'm letting that damn lizard paw all over her!

"Be careful, just saying!" Bryan patted my shoulders. "As much as I am a pussy, I don't fuck around with people who are wizards, ninjas or fucking monsters."

Silence came afterwards as we made our way to the Sky Temple. It looks majestic, something like a fantasy game I can't recall. Statues of what I assumed were the Elder Gods loomed over the courtyard. Honestly, I got shivers just by looking at them. I hope Raiden knows how to restore Azril.

Lord Raiden was already waiting along with Lord Fujin. Thunder and wind side by side with stern expressions. We did our best to explain what happened to Azril. Raiden raised his hand to stop the commotion of our explanation.

"I know," Raiden told us. "We may not have the magic Quan Chi used but we will try to at least separate them. If his injuries are severed, we will let him dip into the Jinsei Chambers. You know well about being a cyborg, Sub Zero?"

"Yes," the Grandmaster sighed. "I will explain to him once he is conscious."

We were told to wait outside the room while Sub Zero stayed inside with Raiden to separate the two beings. Only Frost, Bryan and I remained outside. I keep gazing at the fiery warrior's smooth thighs and her chest. For an ice warrior, she makes me feel funny inside. Frost caught my gaze and glared at me.

"It's bad enough we have an outsider in the Lin Kuei," she grumbled. "Now I have to stay here with you two bozos. I could have gone in and settle my beef with that dignified dumbass!"

"Lol, she called Azril a dignified dumbass!" Bryan jabbed me with an elbow, trying to stifle a laugh in a play where the Thunder god and Wind god resides. "Couldn't describe a better word myself, Elsa."

Frost was about to freeze him just as Raiden came out of the room. He looked weary and I assumed it was from all the power he had drained out for restoring our friend. "Your friend has been restored," he announced. "Be careful with him for I have never seen a mere mortal thrashing like the demons are still residing in him."

"Can we see him?" asked Bryan, hopeful in his voice.

"Of course," Raiden nodded. "He did request for all of you to come in. Sub Zero is with him."

"What about Triborg?" I wanted to know if he's still alive after the separation.

"A mere husk but I doubt the spark survived the separation."

Bryan and I went inside, seeing Azril in bed wearing a white robe while listening to Sub Zero attentively. The egg which was strapped to him before the fusion was now nestled in his arms in a protective manner. He saw us, sat up a bit. Bryan tackled him into a hug, tears in his eyes. He was aware of the egg between them.

"Don't you are leave us ever again!" he sobbed in his chest. Azril, his expression calm and cool just patted his back gently. His eyes focused on him and then looked at me. While Bryan was sobbing with joy, I smiled at the scene at how funny it is.

Not too shabby for someone who was fused.

"How are you?"

"Exhausted," he replied. "Though, I doubt the effects will wear off due to organic and cyber fusion. Anyways, I appreciate that the both of you coming all this way to help."

"You're our friend," I told him gently. It's good that he's still alert even after the whole ordeal. One way to survive a place like Mortal Kombat I guessed. The egg seemed to formed a silhouette with the room's white lighting. I bet the egg's going to hatch soon.

"So," I cleared my throat. "What are you going to do after this?"

"Once I am healed, I need to catch up with my training and my duties. Technically, all five of us are indebted to these people who helped us stay while we find a way home," he sighed, leaning back into the pillows. He keeps staring at his hands, no emotion but I guessed he's judging or is disgusted by his hands.

"Just don't push yourself too hard," Sub Zero told him. "I know you have a lot to make up for but please, rest for now. The egg is almost ready to hatch and I would like it to be your companion. Who knows what it might bring."

"Alright," Azril nodded. He was still observing his hands, seeing how they flex and move slowly. "If that's your wish."

"It's a suggestion," Sub Zero corrected him. "I believed you deserved a companion for times like these."

Bryan was now rummaging at the side of the bed, finding the husk of the cyborg. He has a mad gleam behind his glasses. "Ooh, can I keep this? I promise I won't turn it into a murder weapon. I will make him my butler and call him George," he rambled on.

All of us stared at him.

"Go on," Azril sighed. "Afterall, you implanting the virus into Triborg was a smart move. No, it was a genius move. I might want to know about the technique for it."

Bryan gasped and squealed loudly I think the Netherrealm could hear him. "Genius! Look guys, he called me a genius! A genius!"

He ran out of the room, can still hear him screaming to the heavens on how he is a genius. Sub Zero chuckled a bit. "You have strange friends, Azril. But I must leave to discuss some things with Raiden. Make sure you at least rest."

With that, he left the both of us alone.

"So, where are Riana and Kristina," Azril asked, his eyes scanning the room.

Oh shit! I nearly forgot about them!

…

3rd P.O.V

Frost watched with distaste as the boy with glasses ran out the room while prancing like an idiot while the other one chased after him. He may look attractive but she wasn't targeting him. This was her chance to kill that dignified dumbass who bested her the minute their eyes met. She was frustrated and angry that it took him mere seconds while she took years in the fighting pit to earn her title. He is nothing but a pest and freeloader.

How dare he earned everyone's favour just by being superhuman!

She had worked hard and sacrificed a lot to earn her spot in the Lin Kuei and become the Grandmaster's student. Now she was cast aside like nothing the minute he became disciple to Sub Zero. She hated it!

She hated him.

All this while, she will kill him and then he won't have to bother the Lin Kuei or her training with Sub Zero. Watching her Grandmaster leaving earlier before those two boys, she waited for the right opportunity to impale an icicle up Azril and let his blood come out of his mouth.

Slowly, she crept into the room to make for the kill. Azril had his eyes close, resting. Frost wondered if this is how he slept everyday: very straight without curling his body like a corpse before a funeral. Oh, what a perfect day to assassinate!

She walked up to his face, smirking at how easy it is to get him in his vulnerable state. The egg was on the beside table wrapped up with a blanket. She will steal the egg once she is done with him. Forming a blade with her icicle, she aimed for his heart. He did not stir, too exhausted to retaliate. This was her chance to end this foolish praise of disciples. Her eyes were fuelled with anger, hands shaking from holding her icicle blade close to his heart.

Yet, why does she hesitate.

"This is all your fault, you bastard," she seethed at the sleeping figure. "You took everything away from me and you think you can waltz into the Lin Kuei like it's some store for you? I worked hard to get here."

"I know," Frost almost screamed and knocked the egg from the bedside table. How the hell can he hear her?! She was about to stab him when his hand swiftly grabbed hers and knocked the blade, leaving her exposed. Both hands were gripped and Azril stared at her tiredly while he observed his actions. She now will have to think of another way to finish him.

"We can fight again once I have recovered," he sighed. "It gets boring all cooped up here until they said I can walk again. Even in bed, I can't let you have that egg."

"Why the hell not?" she demanded, feeling her wrists becoming bruised from the pressure. For someone as lean as him, he is quite strong.

"That's the Grandmaster's request," he answered. "Nothing more than to give the best of service. I have a lot to thank him for and I have a cafe to run. I can't always rely on Sub Zero to give me the change like others."

Frost could not believe this guys! How the hell was he born with this routined mindset? Has he always been like this?

"I…"

"Yes, you need to kill me," Azril nodded. "You did yet you hesitate. Why?"

"I don't know!" she yelled. "God, you're the most frustrating thing that no one else can understand what you are doing! I wished you were gone and none of this would have happened."

"I will be once there's a way," he stated. "I only wish to keep my head low and do what I must until I can get home."

"How would you know?!" she demanded.

"I don't," he admitted. "But I just have to observe the situation and make it out from there. Unlike you, I do want to use an action but it's better to analyse it first. I'm not a science student but the common sense are basic for human survival. I remember I heard you were a cage fighter, which shows your hostility as well as your orphan status. So I would be in the same position if I were you."

"I don't believe you. You don't even know me…" Frost finally breathed. She wanted to slap him and showed him how hard she has trained but her body wouldn't budge.

Azril never noticed the tears sliding down Frost's face as she stormed out of the room, slamming the door. Azril shook his head. "She's a strange woman," he commented. Whatever happens, he will work harder than the hardest and be smarter than then smartest if it is the key to survival.

…

Riana thought it was nice to be away from the drama to spend some time with the Zaterran. Reptile was leading her further away from the camp where she and Kristina had escaped with Outworld's warriors. She wished Reptile would slow down. He was fast even when they are just walking.

She wondered if it's going to be some sort of date for the both of them.

"I want you to take off your gloves," Reptile instructed as they made their way into a clearing. Riana arched her brow at his request but seeing his serious expression, she obliged. Satisfied, Reptile lunged at her with great force.

Riana didn't have time to react so she was knocked down, her head hitting the tree trunk. "Is that all you got from training?" Reptile scoffed. "I've seen better reflexes from child slaves!"

"R-Reptile," Riana groaned. "Why?"

"Get up and fight back!" he demanded, now in a stance. He was already camouflaging just as Riana got up. She has to fight him if he's going to strike again. She doesn't understand why is he doing this.

"Syzoth," Riana whispered as she tried her best to search for a mere presence in the clearing for the Zaterran. "I thought this is a date?"

"You thought wrong," she heard his voice snorted. Riana's mind was already panicking now that this moment is turning into a battleground. How could he do this? Why is he doing this? Riana was trying to control her breathing as adrenaline kicked in.

"Where are you?!" Riana called out.

"Here," a voice whispered behind. Riana felt a sharp blow to her side, as if it could cut her torso in half. This time, Riana knew she should hold back just because she has grown affections for him. Her eyes behind her glasses began to slant, her whole thick body acting like a shield as she ripped off her shoes to listen to the ground.

Whatever it is, it's working.

When the vibration began to draw near, Riana unleashed a kick to which she heard a crack of a bone. She hoped he could survive that. "Finally!" the voice hissed. Riana understood what now: he wanted to test her out.

But it was far from victory as the camouflaged Zaterran retaliated her with a powerful slash across her face, leaving a scratch with blood pouring out. Riana winced in pain and wanted to cry but she was not done with this. Angrily and hurt, she was fighting back but it was difficult because his camouflage and without a moon as a light source, Riana's pretty much in a trap.

"With all that weight," Reptile's voice sneered. "No wonder you refused to fight alongside your brother. You rely on those venom to do your bidding. How pathetic of you."

It hurts to hear those words from someone she really cared about.

She keeps telling herself to keep going but if she missed a step or get another strike from Reptile, his insults will come in. Was this how he must have felt back at the palace with Shao Kahn and Shang Tsung? To top it all, her relationship with him was forbidden in any realm or human logic.

"Are you going to cry?" he asked her in a mocking tone. "I thought humans are made of sterner stuff! But what can I expect on someone who eats more than she could progress!"

"SHUT UP!" Riana screamed and this time tackled to where the source of the sound was found. Her face was contorted with anger as the only thing she wanted now was to close off all the insults. She can take the pain physically but the mental part was her weakness. She was not prepared to hear it again.

"You think I am pathetic!" she breathed, now found Reptile under her as she punched his face, seeing green blood oozing out from the corner from his mouth. "You kiss Shao Kahn's ass and endure everything just because you want your race back! It's never going to happen!"

A bite to the neck made Riana cry in pain as the corrosive acid started to melt her skin. He was growling lowly at her. Not the good kind. "It will happened!" he defended. "At least I don't mope around and waiting for people to give me sympathy, you sensitive girl!"

The fight almost lasted for what Riana would say more than two hours. In the end, both were bloody with red and green mixed together, heaving breathing and Riana's eyes red from crying hot tears. Reptile was still standing strong and stared at her as Riana finally collapsed from exhaustion, her body would not let her stand up anymore.

She wanted to curl up and hide.

This was nothing new except for the battle part. All her life, she saw their hands and insults beating her until she obeys. She wished she was slim or at least have the figure like Jade but they forced her to starve where they eat in front of her like watching a caged animal. Riana wants to fight back but she couldn't.

'Can you love and hate your family?' she wondered every damn day.

She whimpered and cried, as what Reptile had said feeling sorry for herself. She wants someone to help yet she wants them to leave her alone. Just then, she flinched and almost jumped at a gentle hand on her shoulder. She wouldn't dare to look up.

"Never knew humans could be like animals," Reptile murmured. He stroked her back, which was ripped opened from their battle earlier where he saw it. Her back that resembled a tree with the dried blood from old wounds like a tree sap. He wondered who could have done this to her. Was this why she shied away from him when he lifted her top once?

"I trusted you…." she echoed.

"It was a training," Reptile told her. Riana slowly looked up to see his face. Ashamed of herself for cowering like a mouse. "You can't depend on those venom a lot of time. I have grown immune to it. You must adapt."

"I can't…."

"You can and you will," Reptile helped her stand, Riana looked down at his chest, trying not to cry from the previous hurtful insults he said to her during the match. "This place is full of unpredictable danger. No one is just going to stick with just one weapon. You have to manoeuvre with everything thrown at you."

Riana knew he was right. But something nagged in her mind. "You mean everything you say? About me during the fight?"

Reptile held her hands in his claws. He gently licked her face to comfort her. "No. To some extend it was to provoke you just as you did to me. You need a lot of work to do to improve your fighting skills. I'd give this at least 2 out of 10."

"Oh…"

"But it was a good effort," he assured her, now holding her close. "Sorry for the bite in the neck and your scar on the back. I didn't mean to slash your top that way."

"It's okay," Riana hummed and hugged him. Her tears were almost dry. "I'm sorry about pulling a scapegoat on you about your please don't tell anyone about my back. It's….something I carry as a reminder of myself. I will tell you some other time."

"Indeed," he nodded. "Come, let's get back to meet up with your friend. I believed you have somewhere else to be?"

"Sure do," she agreed. "Kristina and I better get a move on and meet up with the boys. Just hope Nash didn't do anything stupid."

"I don't understand why you defended him for his actions."

Riana stopped her tracks to look at him, adjusting her specs. "It's more of a family thing. No matter how much you can't stand your family or superiors, you can't help but defend them because you were raised in that environment."

Reptile thought about her words as they walked back, supporting each other's weight. He and she will need to come up with an explanation to their torn clothes. Riana had finally put on her gloves but she was already considering his words.

"We're not so different after all," he murmured to himself.

Hooray! Azril has finally been separated! If you are wondering, the egg will be hatching soon and I have come up with some baby names. Yes, I can write Nash having sex with Frost but she's too busy obsessing over killing Azril, the outsider. And tell me what do you think of the talk she had with Azril or Reptile and Riana's battle?

Now, I am going to watch my favourite movie as I ponder the next chapter: The Shape of Water.

Best movie and love story for me and I am crying!

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