Chapter 1: The Legacy of a Fallen Hero (2/3)
Jaden Kang didn't know what to do about the situation he was in. Right now he was being held at arrow point by the guy he was looking for who looked like a year or two older than him. Jaden was struggling to keep his balance in the stairs due to the fish bag he's carrying but he can't drop it otherwise it might damage the fish that the old men worked hard to catch it. Kung Jin was on the top of a tree and Jaden could tell that he was skilled with that bow.
"Who are you?" Kung Jin asked while still pointing the arrow at him.
"Nobody, I just want the amulet that you stole." Jaden answered.
"You mean this?" He pulls the amulet out of one of his pockets.
"Yes, Give it back." Jaden ordered.
"Why the hell would I do that? This could make me some amount of coin." Kung jin replied.
"It's not yours!" Jaden countered.
"You're a pretty annoying." Kung Jin commented.
After saying that , Kung Jin has shoot the arrow only missing Jaden's head for a few inches but it made him move a bit to the back which caused him fall down due to the weight of the fish bag. Jaden falls flat on his back and starts to roll down the stairs that he was trying to climb. When he finally hit the end of the stairs, Kung Jin spoke again.
"Ouch, that's gotta hurt." Jaden sensed the sarcasm in his voice which made him more angry. "I only missed because I wanted to. So don't come after me again." He spoke with a lot of arrogance in his voice which also angered Jaden. Kung Jin then dropped down from the tree and walked off.
Jaden was struggling to stand up due to the pain he was feeling. He didn't broke anything, at least he thinks he didn't but he's still in pain. Using all of his willpower he lifts himself up and prepares to chase him ignoring the pain. But then he looks at the fish bag that he was thankful that it didn't break due to the fall. As much as he wanted to chase after him, he knew that the old man needed this fish delivered.
After finally climbing the stairs again, he manage to get to the market and delivering the fish to the man but now he had no idea where did Kung Jin and the amulet had gone. His back was hurting like hell and he really needed to find out if he broke anything. For the next half-hour, Jaden was searching the village for either a healer or a doctor but he was having no such luck. The more he walked, the more the pain increased. But luckily for him, he sees a sigh that says "Healer" and decides to go there.
"Excuse me?" Jaden asked while knocking at the door.
"Cmon in" A voice from inside responded.
Jaden enters and sees a bald man with glasses making some type of powder. "What can I do for you?" He asked.
"I fell from the stairs that lead to the docks and my is hurts." That's all that Jaden said to the man.
The man simply told Jaden to sit on the small bed close to the table and asked him to take off his shaolin robe. Jaden did as the healer asked and the man started examine his back. He touches it a bit and presses in a few areas to see the damage. Then he goes to the table nearby the bed and starts to make a strange mixture of herbs and a few other things. He then mix it all on a strange colored drink.
"Drink up." The man said while holding a cup.
Jaden decides to comply since the pain was starting to become unbearable. The healer then leaned Jaden down on the bed and said "The medicine I just gave will make you fall asleep but don't worry, the pain will be gone when you wake up." Jaden was a bit skeptical but he decides to trust the man.
With that Jaden starts to feel really tired and decides to sleep.
Jaden Kang was dreaming, a familiar dream. He had this dream for the first time when he was five years old, a dream where he sees Lord Raiden in a rooftop. But that's all he can remember from this dream when he wakes up.
The image was replaying again but this time, it was clearer. He could see a portal and Raiden looking at it.
"Back from the Netherrealm empty-handed, I see." Jaden hears a man with his hands folded in disgust say. He then starts to walk towards the portal
"Liu Kang! Liu Kang, I now realise what we must do. We must allow Shao Kahn to merge the realms!" Lord Raiden said to the man and Jaden almost gasped.
That man with the red bandana was his father, Liu Kang. Jaden couldn't believe that he finally was seeing him.
"That is insane!" Liu Kang said in return.
"The Elder Gods forbid it without victory in Mortal Kombat. When he does, the Elder Gods' fury will fall upon him." Raiden responded.
Liu Kang shakes his head in denial.
"Defeating Shao Kahn before the merge is but temporary. He will return, bringing Armageddon. I have foreseen it!"
"Enough, Raiden!"
A sound from the portal catches their attention. Shao Kahn is beginning to walk through it.
"He is here." He moves toward the portal but Raiden grabs his arm.
"No! Do as I say! Have faith in the Elder Gods." He releases Liu Kang's arm.
"Have faith in me." Liu Kang shakes his head and starts for the portal. Again Raiden stops him.
"Liu Kang, I cannot let you fight Shao Kahn!"
"Then you are my enemy!"
The two started to fight and Jaden couldn't comprehend what was going on, Raiden said that his father died fighting Shao Kahn. But he never said anything about him and his father fighting each other.
Raiden manages to get an advantage and he knocks Liu Kang to the floor.
"Liu Kang, do not interfere!" Raiden commanded.
Liu Kang get to his feet and rush toward the portal.
"Liu Kang, stop!"
Raiden blasts lightning at Liu Kang's feet to stop him. In response, Liu Kang charges up his fist with his fire. Jaden noticed that his fire was strong than the one that Jaden can do.
"Enough of your madness! If you must die, so be it!" Liu Kang said in anger.
Liu Kang charges forward with the intent of running through Raiden. Raiden generates a shield of lightning. As Kang collides with the shield, the resultant backlash not only blasts Liu Kang with lightning, but his own fire as well.
Jaden could only watch in horror and his father screams as his body is both electrified and scorched at the same time.
"AAAAAAHH." Jaden screamed as he woke up from a horrible nightmare. He was covered in sweat and was having difficulty breathing.
Jaden was trying to understand what he just saw. "Did Lord Raiden killed my father?" Jaden asked himself.
He looked around the house and noticed that the healer wasn't around. He then looked to the window and realised that it was already dark. But the pain on his back was gone which was a good. Since the healer was not around, he decided to go back to his hunt.
"Kung jin better start to pray cause when I find him." Jaden said to himself in anger. He was also thinking about Raiden. "I need to talk to him after this."