AN: Thanks to nivet. thanks to you, I promised myself to never post a draft of a story in this site. And never type one in the middle of the night.

Yet here I am doing it again... with Skarlet as a promotional gift to get anyone to write about her. although I don't like her much. Totally neutral about her.

Warning: This was supposed to be a fluffy kind of story, Ermac fixing the relationship of Kitana, Mileena and Skarlet. But an idea came to mind and I couldn't stop myself. i really tried to stop myself. I'm sorry if i slightly scarred anyone.

Ermac and Mileena III: Skarlet

Three days later, Ermac walked towards the palace, reaching the armory where the usual executioner resides. Once inside, Ermac kept himself from giving a panicked visage, showing weakness might mark his existence null. He walked liked a dead man, stiff and movements overly controlled, but there's a slowness to it. He expected wary looks from the people, insults spoken, especially from Kano, yet there were none. He was confused at Shao Kahn's forces acting as usual, maybe they didn't care or unaware of his scheduled death. Ermac wasn't surprised at the act, he would've done the same to anyone.

He knew the accusation Skarlet issued before was false, so false, yet he accepted his fate. He did not question it, he knew it was pointless trying to hinder an upcoming execution, it was like trying to stop hair growing, you can postpone but it will come. Look at what happened to Kitana, she shall be executed very soon, much like him; and she was Shao Kahn's daughter. She was either punished either for treason or for being a relative to such a very conniving little brat that they hated to call their sister.

Mileena.

Ermac finally understood what Kitana felt, but on a much, much different degree.

Hate...He never felt an emotion this strong, he wasn't sure if he should be happy or be annoyed with it.

But why did he felt sympathy for this small behemoth?

He felt worried somehow for that tarkatan hag, he hated feeling as such. That filthy, dissolute, maladroit wench. Immature, ugly, selfish, envious girl. She told the King to execute us. What 'brainwash' was she falsely speaking of? He kept repeating negative mantras about Mileena over and over to truly loathe her, to detest her existence, to actually have the conviction to end her life before his was ended. And now he wanted punch himself. He was thinking about her again, but he couldn't stand the thought of her.

We have not seen her for days, how did Skarlet attack her...stop.

Even her name...Mileena, it hurt his tongue, he hated how her name constricts the walls of his throat. The screech sounds it creates when it bubbles up in his head. Hated that his tongue could pronounce her name correctly. She was on his mind like a weed in a beautiful garden, always popping up to corrupt his beliefs. Remove her and she would grow more in his head threefold. Thoughts of her were amorphous, changing its shape and form constantly, it pissed the hell out of Ermac. He couldn't stand the uncertainty. What did he truly feel about this girl? Hate? Concern? Grudge? Sympathy...? Even with all the harsh adjectives he could think of, it could not hinder his rising concern for that...that...abomination Shao Kahn calls his 'true daughter'.

Wait...if Mileena is technically our sister and Shao Kahn is technically her father...that would make us...

Ermac stopped in his tracks. No...just no. He snapped then.

Why are acting like this? We were days before our death and here we are, thinking of her. Hell he thinks about detesting her so much he didn't pay attention to his impending death. Why?

Perhaps Ermac was a master at inflicting pain to himself.

Don't think, Ermac ordered each soul.

Well, at least, that girl won't disturb us in our deaths. It's better this way.

He looked around, the person he was looking for was 'generic' so it wasn't easy looking for him using only your eyes. He skipped the other tarkatans and finally found him next to grinding wheel. Seeing him sharpening his innate blades made him feel happy somehow. Ermac caught him off guard the minute he patted his shoulder. The tarkatan slowly turned around and greeted him with a skeptical look.

Ermac presented his arms,expecting to be chained and spoke with outward dignity."We are ready, make it quick"

Baraka, the 'executioner', just stared at him. "What?"

Ermac wasn't fazed and he continued, "We will be executed soon correct? The sooner we are arrested the better or...rather, you can kill us right now."

Just do it. The thought of continuing living with Mileena annoying him made him shudder.

Baraka pondered for a bit. Ermac was tempted to say please.

"I was not given any reports of the sort, Kitana is the latest so far."

"Perhaps you weren't informed."

"It's impossible if I did not heard about this, information like that always goes to me first. Always."

Ermac wasn't sure If he should feel happy or sick. Kitana's so lucky.

And then a strange feeling flooded him.

He was scared of her.

"Did he buy it?" Mieena asked, she circled around Skarlet in prideful and seducing strides, Skarlet just stood still, indifferent.

"...yes, no matter how irrational the alibi was you've given me" She crossed her arms and continued.

"How can I take someone in the middle of a teleportation process -something I can't touch- and transport them to a far off location? It's illogical"

"Doesn't matter!" Mileena waved a finger in front of her "It worked!" She cackled and playfully spun around like novice ballet dancer. Skarlet eyed her cautiously.

"Silly Ermac! He thinks he's the only one who can teleport! How absurd!"

Skarlet looked at her, what she did was a very cruel joke.

"I won't participate in this folly anymore Mileena" Skarlet was already tired of the 'game' she was forced to play in.

Mileena stopped spinning. Her happy eyes had a glare of an angry tiger. "You dare confront the princess?"

Ah, now Skarlet remembered why she was here in the first place.

"My father is your master right? I'm his daughter and I'm a princess. They only created you to kill people, you have no authority here sweetie... And that means you're my slave and you're lucky I didn't order them to kill you..."

Skarlet wished Mileena was in her list to assassinate. She couldn't disembowel people she wasn't ordered to kill. She scornfully pitied herself at her present predicament. She sighed. Authority...what that felt like?

Being a slave to this girl was worse than going through hell. That she found out as days pass.

Oh yes, Mieena was about to kill the wench when she teleported to her location, since she thought Ermac was on her side, she thought he, her faithful big brother, would follow her. But no...Mileena understood though. Problems with teleportations are expected at the intrepid act she did. She teleported to soon due to her excitement, and it somehow made Ermac end up in the soul chamber.

She was going to kill her, about to, Skarlet was a bit weak when she spotted her in the bell tower, she was thirsty for blood. Skarlet was temporarily quarantined since there was a shortage of bodies for her to absorb. Mileena knew so, she even told Ermac about it.

But a crazy thought went to her head. Both of them are red...how cute! It was intrepid, but now she totally felt it was worth it.

That's when the deception started.

Mileena imbibed the feeling, Skarlet was her slave, and Ermac...Ermac was her plaything. She felt unreasonably happy.

And because they were mere assassins they have no say on the situation.

She didn't know what it was yet but she's getting really good at manipulating people. Too good. She loved it.

But Mileena was merciful to Ermac, he wasn't a girl, so there was no competition. She is her playmate. She owns him.

And so it goes for the next few weeks, she pushed their buttons to the point of them on the verge of sanity, and her treatment to them got sickeningly worse.

Ermac hated her and was concerned for her at the same time. His senses were shot. Skarlet had it worse, she started to question her right to exist and attempted to kill herself many times.

But Mileena did not care.

Mileena was asked by her father why his top assassins ended up like that. Mileena said she had no clue. She was that bad.

Totally worth it. She said to herself. Just look at my Ermy! Going insane like that! So adorable!

AN: I REGRET NOTHING.