Cage woke up in a bed, kinda comfy, but not quite what a movie star deserves. "...Where am I...? Where's the lightning-y dude?" Raiden, who was at the side of his bed, sighed. "I am here, Johnny Cage. Perhaps respect to your elders is another thing you have yet to be taught." Cage hopped out of bed, as ready as ever. "Hey, I know plenty about respect! You mean letting people walk through doors first or complimenting them, right?" The thunder god was displeased with his take on respect. At least he wasn't necessarily disrespectful. "Y'know Raiden, you're my favourite light bulb. See? Compliments!" Raiden was already finding him annoying. He just wanted to be rid of him as soon as possible and send him to his training that was already planned. "Johnny Cage, tending to your lack of respect will have to wait. Today, we will begin your training on conjuring and making full use of the energy you have inside of you. One of our combatants for the upcoming Mortal Kombat tournament, Liu Kang, is at the training ground center platform as we speak, mastering the use of his chi. Speak to him. He may have much to teach you." Johnny looked confused. But then again, he was on his phone for most of the time Raiden was speaking, updating his status on FaceHook, the social networking site for fighters. "Ok, ok, so I gotta go to that big ass round platform I saw on the way in, talk to Luke Hang and learn about quiche. Got it." Raiden sighed again. He wasn't going to bother correcting him, so he just nodded and teleported away. Johnny continued typing on his phone and finished updating his status.

Johnny Cage Official posted:

Kickin ass at this monk place. Beat up every1 here. I RULE lol #like4like #NoLies

Johnny Cage arrived at the training ground and saw a black-haired, shirtless man wearing a red headband and black trousers with a red stripe down either side, standing at the center of the platform with his back towards Cage, with his hands together, like he was praying. "What a show off. Hey, Luke! Ray-diddy asked me to come talk to ya!" He didn't turn around, either because his name wasn't Luke, or because he was simply ignoring him. The man's hands separated as he engulfed them in flame and began to form a huge ball of fire between his hands. "Whoa... Are your hands ok? You're gonna need to keep 'em in cold water for a while, you know that, right?" Again, he was ignored. Cage just watched the fire-wielder as he unleashed his ball of flame against the wall, causing a small but intense explosion against it. "Alright, now that you're done firebending, you gonna pay attention to me?" Cage demanded as the man turned around. "You must be Mr. Cage. Your reputation precedes you." Johnny chuckled. "You must be quite a fan, huh? You want an autogr-" Cage was cut off by the man expanding on his statement. "Your reputation as an arrogant, impatient, immature person, that is." Cage pulled a disgusted face, as he was clearly very insulted by this. The 'firebender' continued. "Let me get a few things straight, Cage. My name is... Liu. Kang. Not Luke. Understood? Second, that was not 'firebending' as you called it. That was mastery of the chi. And another thing, I refuse to-" Liu Kang was cut off this time by Johnny, who was not willing to listen to his whining. "Stop bitching, ok? Raiden told me I should talk to you about chi, whatever that means." Kang sighed. "If it is the will of Master Raiden, then he must have something planned. Very well. I will teach you about chi on his behalf. Now first, you must... Wait, what are you doing?" Cage looked up from his phone. "Oh, my phone vibrated. Some dickweed called... Kung Lao called bullshit on one of my posts. Gimme a sec." Liu Kang was already irritated with his behaviour. He also pondered why Kung Lao was on FaceHook right now, since he should be spending his spare time training, but that was forgivable. Everyone needs a break now and then. Kang waited patiently for him to be done.

Johnny Cage Official posted:

Kickin ass at this monk place. Beat up every1 here. I RULE lol #like4like #NoLies

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Kung Lao:

I call bullshit. You can't beat everyone at the academy

Johnny Cage Official:

lolwut u sayin m8 wher r u i'll kick the crap outta u! D: #DungLao #AngryNow #CageRage

Cage chuckled. "Sorry, Liu. I just needed to teach that asshole what's up. So what were you saying about quiche again?" Liu Kang sighed. "You appear distracted. Or, rather, you will be." he stated, moving his head in a way that told Johnny to look behind him, and he did, only to be confronted by Kung Lao himself. Of course, he was not aware that the man who stood towards him was the one he was arguing with online. "Hey, Oddjob, nice hat! Grown a little taller since last time, huh?" Kung Lao was familiar with the old Bond movies, so he got the reference, and was definitely not pleased. "Indeed, 'Johnny Cage Official'. I had better not stand in your way, after all, you said you took out everyone here at the academy, is that true?" Kang pulled a disgusted face upon hearing this. Cage had to defend himself. That hat looked awful deadly. "What? How'd you know about- er, I mean, I never said that!" he said, backing off. "Oh really? Well, Mr. Cage, do you know who I am?" Kung Lao was following him to the edge of the platform as he was backing off. "Not a clue, now can you stop doing what you're doing please? It's a little close for comfort..." Cage asked. "With pleasure." Kung Lao responded as he grabbed Johnny from the edge of the platform and threw him in between himself and Liu Kang. "Now let me tell you who I am. I am Kung Lao. The one you wanted to fight, remember?" Cage shook his head. "On FaceHook?" That jogged Cage's memory, as well as bringing on a flood of regret. "Oh... Shit." was all he could say. "Well, Cage, here I am. Now let us begin." Both Liu Kang and Kung Lao took fighting stances and were prepared to do battle. Too proud to forfeit, Cage tried his best to defend from the oncoming barrage of attacks. But his best wasn't nearly good enough.

It's rare that people get the crap kicked out of them and left unconscious for two days in a row. But it happened to dear old Mr. Cage.

Sorry for the long wait for chapter 2. Regardless, Johnny got owned. 'nuff said. Hope you're still enjoying it!

Chapter 3 will be up hopefully soon!