Falling in love with the dead
By
Swordsman Of Darkness
Disclaimer: See chapter 1.
Chapter 2
"Explain yourself!" Sonya said. "How could you and I be the same?" She asked.
Liu kang and Johnny Cage were also wondering what Scorpion meant by what he said.
Scorpion then stood and turned to face the blonde special forces agent. "You and I have lost someone or something very dear to us." The specter told her.
The clue was so mysterious. Sonya then realized that this warrior had someone who was close to his heart, just as she did with her last partner.
"What do you mean?" she asked. Sonya felt that she was still in the dark as to why the specter would spare her.
"During our match, I looked into your soul." Scorpion said catching Sonya, Liu Kang, and Johnny Cage's interest. "A long time ago, you lost someone to a cold blooded person, did you not?" The ninja specter asked.
Sonya was starting to remember the event that caused her unequaled hatred for Kano. The memory of when Kano killed her partner and enjoyed every minute of it. She started to get angry with Scorpion for seeing into the dark recesses of her mind and brought up something she wanted to forget. "Who are you to dive into my mind, and look into my memories!?" She asked outraged at the specter.
She threw a punch towards Scorpion. This time, the punch felt like nothing more than a love tap to Scorpion.
"I am also in the same boat as you." The specter said suprising Sonya. "I lost something that cannot be regained so easily." Scorpion said.
"What do you mean?" Sonya asked. To tell the truth, she was now interested in what Scorpion had to say. She wanted to know the story behind this warrior.
"My family, my clan, and my honor were all taken away from me, when I died." Scorpion had told her. Sonya Blade, Liu Kang and Johnny Cage were dumbstruck. The warrior in front of them had just confused them more than ever.
"What do you mean?" Liu Kang asked. To tell the truth, Liu wanted to know what Scorpion was.
"All started two years ago." Scorpion said as he began to tell the story of how he became a specter.
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Flashback
Two years ago, there was an attack on the temple of the order of light. One intruder was normal human ninja, who wore yellow and black. The other wore blue and black and had ice powers at his command.
The two didn't know the other was there until the blue ninja who worked for the Lin Kuei, had broken into the temple and saw Scorpion, who also saw him.
Scorpion had ran ahead and hid in the shadows, while Sub-Zero had also hid in shadows, but killed any who came into his line of sight.
The more Sub-Zero went deeper into the temple, the more dead monks' bodies that were lying around. He didn't leave anyone alive that night.
Both ninjas had gotten past the traps in the temple with little to no trouble. However, Scorpion was a little bit faster.
Sub-Zero wasted little time in catching up to Scorpion. They met in the very room that the reason for their presense was known in the temple.
On an alter, there laid a map, but not just any map. This map was known as The Map of the Elements. Sub-Zero had came into the room that the map was in, just in time to see Scorpion reaching for the map.
"Not so fast, Scorpion!" Sub-Zero said. The ice ninja-assassin began walking with the purpose of taking the map at any cost.
"So, you caught up to me at last, Lin Kuei?" Scorpion asked as turn to face his rival. Scorpion had also came for the map and he didn't plan on leaving without it.
"I can't let you have the map, Scorpion." Sub-Zero said as he stood in his stance. "The map is property of the Lin Kuei from this moment forward." He added.
"We'll see about that." Scorpion replied as he stood in own stance. The two planned on fighting each other if needed to.
The battle between the two ninjas was very fierce. Every time Scorpion or Sub-Zero attacked the other, the attack was either blocked or countered.
Sub-Zero had threw a right hook, which Scorpion ducked with ease. As the yellow ninja stood, Sub-Zero had brought the right hook back and had backhanded the Shirai Ryu warrior.
Scorpion had also countered a blow as Sub-Zero tried to deliver an left punch that was aimed for his head. Scorpion, at that moment, proformed an backflip which he used to kick Sub-Zero in the chin.
The battle then went in Sub-Zero's favor as he lightly frozed Scorpion. He then delivered three hard roundhouse kicks to Scorpion's head.
The kicks had launched Scorpion a few feet, before he got up and show a trick all his own. He launched his right hand forward as an serpent flew out of his hand and caught Sub-Zero in the gut.
"GET OVER HERE!!" Scorpion yelled as he pulled Sub-Zero in for his own combo attack. Two punches and three kicks had staggered Sub-Zero.
Scorpion chose to end the fight by knocking his enemy out. The yellow-clad warrior proformed a jump kick aimed for Sub-Zero's head, only for the blue-clad warrior to roll out of the way.
Sub-Zero was chosen as the winner of this fight as he landed a seven hit combo on his enemy. The two warriors then knew who was the best this night.
Sub-Zero wasn't finished yet, with Scorpion on his knees, Sub-Zero made the final move.
"Please, spare me." Scorpion begged. Sub-Zero however, never had an once of mercy in his soul, which he proved by ripping Scorpion's head from the rest of his body.
That night, Scorpion died, but he would not rest, because he had been dishonored by the same warrior who ignored his plea for mercy. From that day until the end of time Scorpion would haunt Sub-Zero for the rest of his life.
End Flashback.
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"So if you died, how you here?" Johnny Cage asked. The story had made Liu and Sonya want to ask the same question.
"Simple, I am what in known as an Specter." Scorpion answered. He answered, because it was best.
At the moment, all became clear to Sonya. 'He wants that Sub-Zero to answer for his crime of killing him, just like me.' Sonya thought.
"One more thing" Johnny said. "What the heck is a specter?" he asked.
"Specters are ghosts in human forms." Liu replied. The fact had came to Kang when Scorpion had answered Cage's eariler question.
"That's correct, Liu Kang." Raiden said. "Specters are ghosts in human that have returned from death to finish something that was left undone or in Scorpion's case, to get revenge." The thunder god added.
"I see in your eyes, blade, that you now understand what I meant when I said you and I are the same." Scorpion said looking Sonya in the eyes.
"What are you going to do now?" Johnny asked of Scorpion.
"Wait until Sub-Zero wins his next match, to face him." Scorpion replied. Scorpion began to walk closer to Sonya. "If you wish, I will take that thug, Kano to hell with me when I leave." He said.
"As much as I would love to see Kano suffer and die, I have to arrest him." Sonya said. Scorpion bowed in understanding.
Liu and Johnny left to train and rest for tomorrow. The next day matches was set.
Sub-Zero Vs. Kano, winner would face Scorpion the following day.
Liu Kang Vs. Johnny Cage, winner would face the current champion of Mortal Kombat, Goro.
Before the day came to a close, Sonya had asked Scorpion to teach her the spear. He had implanted one his spears in her body, after showing her how to proform the spear. She trained late into the night to master the new move.
In her mind, she realized that she was falling in love with someone who was dead. Her personality and mind were in sync, she didn't care if he alive or dead, the specter had won her heart.
End chapter.
A/N: I would like to thank all the reviewers for this story who have given me either great reviews or positive details on how to make the story better.