Mortal Kombat : Before The Tournament
Chapter 2 - Sonya Blade
Sonya Blade traversed through the mountainous terrain as she followed her colleagues towards their latest mission; Operation : BLACK DRAGON.
"Jax...you see it too, right?" Sonya asked.
"Sure thing Sonya. He's right there." Jax stated.
"Aye aye woah woah woah, slow it down mate. Are you out of your bloody mind? There's three of us, twenty five Black Dragon and bloody Mavado...come on guys, we should wait on reinforcements." Kano implied.
"Oh, quit being such a bitch Kano. We've never been this close before...and let's face it. This is the least number of clansmen he's EVER going to have guarding him." Sonya stated.
Sonya, Jax and Kano were all part of the Special Forces. Their mission; Hunt down and destroy Mavado, the leader of the Black Dragon clan. The Black Dragon were a terrorist group that supplied illegal firearms to Shang Tsung and other notorious beings. They have been tracking Mavado for days and finally discovered a small holding in the mountain where the Black Dragon were taking account of their newly obtained weapons, however Sonya had other plans. The mere sight of Mavado filled her with a rage which was immensely difficult for her to quell. She clenched her fist as she and her team hid in the bushes, waiting for the perfect moment to ambush Mavado.
"Alright S.F. Alpha, this is it. No turning back. We've made it far and we're sure as hell not gonna fuck things up now, you hear me? Aim down your sights on the two henchmen with the R.P.G.'s and I'll aim for Mavado's head...maybe a bullet in his head will shut him up." Jax instructed.
"Sir, yes sir..." Kano muttered.
Sonya did as she was told and aimed down her sights on one of the R.P.G. wielders, but a voice in the back of her head was telling her that there was something wrong about this whole thing, but she quickly shut it up and wait for the command to fire.
"Steady your weapons...aim...FIRE!" Jax shouted.
The clansmen were felled in the blink of the eye and not long after, the attention of the remaining Black Dragon focused on their position.
"SHIT! NO WAY DID HE SEE THAT COMING!" Jax screamed in rage.
Mavado dodged the bullet and was now infuriated at the attempt on his life.
"Black Dragon...finish them." he said solemnly.
Sonya, Jax and Kano took cover from the torrential downpour of bullets while also peeking out of cover to pick off as many Black Dragon as they can. Their strategy was in fact working, but it was taking way too long and they were still under heavy fire.
"Jax! We have to move in now! Mavado HAS to die if we're gonna get out of here alive!" Sonya screamed.
"ARE YOU BLOODY MENTAL? We're already getting our asses handed to us here and you just want to charge in head on mate? Fuck that!" Kano shouted.
The torrential downpour of bullets ceased...
"I've been expecting you...Special Forces to catch up with me sooner or later. It's about time, don't you think? Well. There's no fun just watching my men pick you off one by one...so I'll just do it myself. I call out your leader, Jackson Briggs to face me in kombat. If he wins, well...he gets to kill me...but if I win, I'll finish him and every last one of you wastes. So what do you say Jax? Do you accept? Or would you rather dying by my clan's guns." Mavado stated.
"Jax...you-" Sonya was cut off.
Jax got up from the bushes to see Mavado with a disgusting smirk on his face and twenty Black Dragon aiming at his head.
"It's okay Jackson, they won't hurt you. Put down your weapons men...this is kombat." Mavado said.
"They sure as hell ain't gonna hurt me, but I can tell you what WILL happen you piece of shit. I WILL beat you senseless, I WILL make you yield, I WILL make you kneel at my feet, I WILL take those fucking hooks out of your back and I WILL FINISH YOU! FIGHT!" Jax shouted.
Jax lunged towards Mavado with a fist that threw Mavado into a tent, but he quickly ran out of the now broken tent and sent his own fists against Jax's face. Jax then broke out of the blows then ducked and lifted Mavado right off the ground and used him as a battering ram against a tree, almost splitting it in half. Mavado slowly got up from the ground clutching his back as he winced in pain.
"Not bad Jax...you're clearly stronger than I am, but are you faster? That is the question." Mavado taunted.
Mavado then unsheathed his hooked swords from his back and began intimidatingly twirling them while staring Jax dead in the eyes. He ran towards Jax who prepared to plant another fist in his face, but Mavado slid between his legs then planted his swords into Jax's calves in order to stop him. Jax screamed in pain as the swords were removed from his calves...
"How beautiful is irony, Jackson Briggs? The very thing you SWORE to do to me has just happened...to you. You're on your knees, can't walk, can't fight, can't defend yourself. It's over Jax...I win." Mavado said.
Mavado then deeply buried his swords into Jax's shoulders and with one swift and powerful stroke, ripped his arms right off his torso. Jax screamed a bloodcurdling cry before he fell face down to the floor motionless. Sonya was too shocked to do anything but cry for her fallen comrade.
"...Fatality." Mavado said solemnly.
"Now...I believe the terms of the kombat also allows me to take your pathetic life." Mavado motioned towards Sonya.
Sonya was perplexed by the statement, so she turned to Kano...but he wasn't there. It was too little too late when Sonya realized that the voice in her head was right. She never wanted to believe it, but it had already come to pass. As she then turned her head to where Mavado was, Kano was standing next to him with a sinister grin on his face.
"Kano! You bitch! How could you?! WHY would you?! We trusted you! Jax and I...we were a team Kano..." Sonya said with tears in her eyes.
"Aw, cheer up mate. Never heard of double agents? I've just been working for the side with more greens Sonya...you should too." Kano suggested.
"Kano...go to hell." She said.
Kano ran towards her while Mavado watched on satisfied with his new pawn, but the sound of helicopters stopped him dead in his tracks as his eyes widened. Sonya called for reinforcements during the gunfight with the Black Dragon...and they had finally came. Knowing that this was a battle that they could not win, Kano and Mavado chanted a spell of sorts and ripped open a portal. Before jumping into it, Kano looked at Sonya.
"I wish things could've been different mate." he said.
Sonya, still shocked ran towards her fallen comrade...who miraculously still had a pulse. He was bleeding too profusely, so Sonya used a laser to burn the wounds. Jax cried out in pain before slipping into unconsciousness again. A medic from the helicopter scrambled towards Jax and stabilized him before eventually loading him onto the helicopter.
"Sonya...what the hell happened here?" Stryker asked after dismounting the helicopter.
"The Black Dragon's what happened...and you won't believe who joined them." Sonya said.