Chapter 5: The Living forest and Wastelands
The four warriors had finally made it to Outworld. Masao and Yoshio were surprised with what they saw. Bo Rai Cho had told them stories about how beautiful it used to be. All of that came to an end when the Dragon King Onaga came into power. His advisor Shao Kahn had seize Outworld from him by treachery and has ruled it ever since.
They continued walking until they reached the living forest. Whenever they growled, it was because they were hungry. Shao Kahn would have his extermination squads take people from the villages and feed them to the trees. He would also feed them the minions he had no more use for.
As soon as they reached the middle of the forest, more Tarkatan warriors had jumped out and surrounded them.
"There are more of these things? I though we defeated them" said Masao.
"No we have not. This is Outworld so you are going to see a lot more of them" replied Liu Kang.
"Since you two have trained with Master Bo Rai Cho, let us see you put your skills to good us" said Kung Lao.
Yoshio reached for his boomerang "All right, we will show you everything we have learned."
He tossed his boomerang and it cut one of the Tarkatans in half. Kung Lao got the idea and threw his hat and decapitated three of them. Liu Kang and Masao stood back and shot fireballs but some of the Tarkatans had dodged them. Liu Kang fought with it in hand to hand combat. He dodged his slash attacks and roundhouse kicked him. As the Tarkatan tried to get up, Liu Kang gave him and flying kick.
The trees will still growling and Liu Kang had gotten and idea. He knocked the Tarkatan warrior into the tree's mouth. After the tree had eaten the Tarkatan, it stopped growling and it looked like it had a smile on its face.
"Everyone, feed them to the trees" said Liu Kang.
Three more Tarkatans came after Masao. He grabbed one of them and tossed him into a tree. The tree grabbed the Tarkatan with its tongue and ate it. Kung Lao and Yoshio tossed the wounded Tarkatans into the trees' mouths as well.
"Well that takes care of them" said Kung Lao.
"Yes now we must keep going. Kitana is counting on us" said Liu Kang.
They continued to walk though Outworld and eventually they reached the wastelands. Nothing was here but broken and decayed bodies of Shao Kahn's enemies or troops lying around. They stumbled across more Tarkatan warriors eating the flesh off Edenian soldiers. There were only eight of in the area so it was easy enough to battle with them.
"Quickly, we must defeat them" said Liu Kang.
Kung Lao and Yoshio decapitated four of them and made it easier for them each to have a one on one fight. Simultaneously they fought with the Tarkatans and proved to be too strong for them. Liu Kang transformed into a dragon and bit its upper body off. Kung Lao took off his hat and the tarkatan in half.
Masao took hold of the Tarkatan and ripped off its head. Yoshio snapped the last ones neck then pulled its head off.
"Up ahead is the Dead Pool. We must cross it but be careful not to fall in it"
Heeding Liu Kang's warning Masao and Yoshio walked to it carefully.