Mortal Kombat: Deception Mayhem!
Chapter 17:
Numerous Tarkatan soldiers stood on the palace grounds, facing away from the palace. Onaga stood on a balcony high up on the castle, observing the woods. After a few minutes, Bo' Rai Cho and his army finally arrived.
"Ah," shouted Onaga, "You've arrived? It seems you've finally developped the courage to face me at my palace!"
"You're fighting a losing battle," said Bo, "Step down right now, while you still have the chance, Onaga!"
"What's the rush?" asked Onaga, "Why don't you stay a while? You know, smell the flowers, take a look at my beautiful garden, maybe get to know some of my Tarkatan soldiers?"
"Forget it!" said Bo, "If you refuse to surrender, then we must destroy you once and for all!"
"Don't forget to count me in!" said a voice.
Just then, Sub-Zero walked onto the battlefield.
"After the day I buried Frost," began Sub-Zero, "And after I found out my friends had all been killed by the Deadly Alliance, I tried to escape from this realm and return to my home. But now I realized I'm here for a reason. It is my duty to rid this realm of the Tarkata. Let me fight with you, Bo, and I will finally avenge my friends!"
Bo and Sub-Zero shook hands.
"What?" said Baraka, who was at the front line, "What happened to Hotaru? He was supposed to kill you!"
"Hotaru?" laughed Sub-Zero, "I'm afraid he had to 'split'."
"Grrr...You're gonna pay!"
The Tarkata and the humans braced themselves. Within seconds, the battle began. Bo pulled out his jojutsu and impaled an oncoming Tarkatan. Li Mei swung around her dao, decapitating several more Tarkata. Sub-Zero fired an ice blast at a group of soldiers, freezing them.
Meanwhile, Baraka was performing his usual acrobatics, jumping in the air and slicing people around. One big fat soldier charged at Baraka, forcing him to roll on the floor to dodge his attack. After impaling him in the gut, he lifted him up into the air and tossed him into another group of soldiers. A man suddenly pounced on Baraka, wrapping his arm around Baraka's head.
"I've got you now, Tarkatan scum," said the man.
Baraka then elbowed him in the gut, forcing him off. Baraka opened his mouth and sank his teeth into the man's neck before violently tearing his head off.
"Thanks for teaching me that, Mileena," said Baraka, wiping the blood from his chin.
As the bloody battle raged on, Onaga ran inside to prepare to fuse the Kamidogu. Most of the text had been decoded at this point and was ready to go. He quickly paged Tanya in her office.
Meanwhile, back on the battlefield, Bo' Rai Cho found himself surrounded by several Tarkata.
"You're screwed now," said one of them.
Bo laughed. he chugged down some rice wine and puked all over the ground. As the Tarkata approached him, they all slipped and fell. Bo used this opportunity to kill them all.
"Grr..." said a Tarkatan, "You'll pay for that!"
But before the soldier could do anything, Bo leapt into the air and body-slammed him to death.
Meanwhile, Sub-Zero just finished impaling some Tarkata with icicles when he spotted Baraka nearby stabbing a soldier to death. Baraka noticed Sub-Zero as well and the two eyed each other for a bit.
"Time to die, Mr. Freeze!" said Baraka.
"Not if I give you the cold shoulder first!" replied Subby.
The ninja then rammed right into Baraka sending flying into the wall of the palace.
Tanya walked down the dungeon corridors. She had received the page from Onaga, but was unwilling to do anything unless she had a nice mug of coffee. As inconviently as possible, the coffee machine was down in the dungeons.
"Pffft," said Tanya, "This is so fucking annoying having to come down here..."
As she passed by Jade and Sindel's cell, she noticed something slightly off...The cell was empty, and the lock had been picked.
"Wha?" said Tanya, "Isn't someone...Oh shit!"
Tanya began to run the other way, looking for where they could have gone. Just as Tanya reached the exit, a foot suddenly flew up into the air and struck her in the face. Jade had been waiting for her around the corner.
"Give it up, Tanya," yelled Jade, "You're finished!"
"You whore," said Tanya, spitting out a couple of teeth, "I'm gonna kick your ass once and for all!"
The two got into fighting stance. Tanya began by punching Jade several times, but each hit was blocked by Jade, who retaliated by performing a roundhouse kick. Tanya backflipped to avoid it.
"Ha!" said Tanya, "Good one, bitch! But not good enough!"
Tanya then ran up to Jade. Thinking she was going to throw a punch, Jade ducked. Instead, Tanya elbowed Jade in the face, giving her a small cut above her eye.
"Had enough?" asked Tanya.
"Hell no!" replied Jade, "I'm just getting started!"
The two ran up to each other and punched and kicked for several minutes. Jade kicked Tanya in the stomach, sending her right into the wall.
"Bitch..." muttered Tanya.
Baraka stumbled around as Sub-Zero approached him.
"That was cheap!" whined Baraka, "You're gonna pay for that, Shredder!"
"Oh really?" said Subby.
He then fired a giant ice ball at Baraka, who dodged it.
"Now you're asking for it!" said Baraka, unsheathing his elbow blades.
The Tarkatan general charged at Sub-Zero. The ice ninja made a giant kori blade and used it to deflect the elbow blades. The two fought viciously with their weapons, with Baraka seemingly gaining the upper hand...
"Take that!" said Baraka.
"Think again!" said Subby, as he threw himself to the ground and did a sweep that knocked Baraka down.
"Grrr..."
Baraka stood up and attacked the ninja again. Baraka leapt into the air and drove his blades into the kori blade, shattering it.
"Ha!" he laughed, "Now you're weaponless!"
"Idiot," said Subby, "I can easily make more!"
Sub-Zero made two small blades instead of his big fat sword.
"Now we're a little more even" he said.
Baraka charged at the ninja again, and the two fought some more. As they pressed their weapons up against each other, Sub-Zero surprise-attacked Baraka with a headbutt, causing him to stumble backwards. Sub-Zero charged up another big ice blast and fired.
"Ack!" said Baraka, dodging the shot yet again.
The beam, however, had seemingly arched upwards.
"What the..." began Baraka, "You dumbass! You completely missed me!"
"Are you sure about that?" said Sub-Zero.
Baraka looked up and saw that Sub-Zero had frozen the large balcony overhead. With the extra weight of the ice, the blacony began to crack and break off the palace wall. Baraka said nothing as tons of stone and ice came crashing down on his head, killing him. Sub-Zero smiled under his mask and returned to the battle.
Back in the dungeons, the two Edenians continued their brutal battle. Tanya leapt into the air and tried kick Jade in the face, but Jade threw herself to the floor to dodge. Tanya attempted to stomp on Jade, but missed. Instead, Jade tugged on Tanya's leg, sending her to the floor. Both combatants rolled around on the floor trying to wrestle each other down.
"I got you now!" said Tanya.
"Wrong!" said Jade, who broke free from Tanya's grip.
They both stood up and eyed each other. Tanya screamed and delivered a powerful kick. Unfortunately, Jade managed to catch her foot with her hands. Jade smiled and raised her fist in the air.
"Oh God," said Tanya, "This is gonna suck..."
Jade slammed her fist down into Tanya's knee. A loud "Crack!" could be heard throughout the dungeons, followed by Tanya screaming in agony. Jade then kicked Tanya in the stomach, forcing her right back up against the wall.
"You fucking stupid cunt!" snapped Tanya, "You broke my leg!"
"I guess now we know who the better fighter is," said Jade.
"That's only 'cause you payed more attention in martial arts school!"
"Ah yes..." began Jade, "The good old Edenian School of Combat. Remember those days?"
"Yeah, they were great," replied Tanya, "And remember our teacher? He was a real hunk Rrrrrr..."
"He had a thing for me, though..."
"Alright! Enough fraterizing! We're enemies!"
"Right! It's time for me to get rid of you, once and for all!"
"Wait...You're gonna kill me? Whatever happened to the peaceful Edenian way? You guys are all about proper justice!"
"Screw that! You've betrayed our realm far too many times. Plus, we're not in Edenia right now. So, yeah. Prepare to die!"
"I just gotta do something first..."
Tanya pulled out a small electronic device and pushed the button on it. Suddenly, three Tarkatan guards entered the room and surrounded Jade.
"Hey!" said Jade, "You're not playing fair!"
"Aw, Boo-hoo," chuckled Tanya, as she limped towards Jade, "Haven't you realized I'm all about fighting dirty?"
"Whore..." muttered Jade, "I thought all the Tarkata were outside fighting!"
"Onaga left these three behind to watch the castle," replied Tanya, "They're a little...Special, if you know what I mean. But they're still smart enough to know who to kill. Now, any last words before I have these lucky boys here do their job?"
"No," said Jade, smiling, "But I have something to give you!"
Jade shoved her hand into her thong and pulled out a small orb, which she hurled at Tanya. The orb hit the ground and shattered, splattering a sticky substance all over Tanya.
"Ewww..." said Tanya, "The fuck is this?"
"What's that smell?" said a Tarkatan.
"It smells like...Sponge cake!" said another.
Tanya gasped, "You threw sponge cake batter all over me? Now you're really gonna get it! Kill her! Kill her!"
The the Tarkata did nothing.
"What are you doing?" demanded Tanya.
"I'm getting mighty hungry," said the Tarkata, "And she smells goooood!"
The Tarkata licked their lips and began to approach Tanya.
"Idiots!" said Tanya, "Don't come after me! Go for her! HER!"
Jade was already on her way out of the dungeons. Tanya could not run because of her leg. In a few seconds, Tanya found herself being tackled to the floor and eaten alive by the three Tarkata.
I completely regret joining the Dragon King...