Is the title even appropriate for Sonya? :P This chapter is something, but it's not my favorite. I will say this, Sonya as a character is not too shabby, but man is she a bitch to Johnny in this game. I haven't read the comics, so I don't know why she's like this, other than the fact that she and Johnny are divorced. :P The title was hard to come up with. Either way, I hope you enjoy this chapter... right after I respond to these replies!
xMK Warriorx: He won't have to suffer from it anytime longer after the next chapter! :D
MikuHatsuneLove: I don't think they did, just when you battle him. Twitter is a powerful app, so I'd figure I use it. XD
SpellcraftQuill: First off, I want to say thanks for the splash of reviews! And second, I totally forgot about her in Kano's fight (on accident), since I wanted to focus on the Blood Offering and all that you've read, and that's why I used her in Mileena's fight instead. :P I also was going to reference Timmy Turner, since you are in a way correct: Ferra sounds more like Timmy than Tommy, but I wanted to reference an older cartoon as a nod to older fans of the show. And when you mentioned that Erron's name won't be mentioned in the game, that'll make his gag funnier! I might mention his real name when he comes back, though. XD I unfortunately haven't read the comics, so I'm just sticking to the game's story. I'd love to reference the comics though!
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Sonya Blade: Worst Mom of the Year
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"Thanks for the heads up, Sergeant," Sonya Blade replied to her daughter's call. "Stay with Kotal Kahn. We'll figure out next steps once I've got Kano locked down."
"Yes, ma'am," Cassie said through her cellphone. "Cage out." Immediately after her call with her daughter, Sonya got another one coming in. She sighed and answered it,
"Hello? Yes, Mom, I'm doing fine— Yes, ma'am. Cassie's at Outworld— No, you cannot have dinner with Johnny, he's busy! Look, your granddaughter's fine! I got to go!" The blonde immediately stopped the call and placed it in her pocket. If she thought her mother would stop worrying about her military daughter and live her own life, Sonya got it wrong big time. Like with the fight against Shinnok, Sonya's mom always calls at the wrong time and interrupts at the amazingly right times.
It's a good thing she's healthy at her old age, but man she can be annoying!
"Should we give you a moment?" one of the soldiers behind her asked. Sonya snapped out of her train of thought and waved her hand, meaning no.
"He's still here. I can feel it," the general said to herself.
"You can sense him?" one of the soldiers asked. Sonya refused to comment on that, not wanting another Star Wars reference to be heard. She and her group walked forward until she met up with a couple of paramedics carrying a covered dead body.
"Report," she commanded.
"One of the refugees. Found her near at the north perimeter," he responded while Sonya zipped down the covering to see the dead body.
"Kano tried to do a fatality on her and failed, so he did a 'necktie' instead," Sonya remarked, zipping back up due to the smell. "Inform Li Mei. Tell her we're investigating." One of the paramedics nodded, heading to the tent where the Outworlder is. When she thought her phone was ringing, she was about to hang up the first minute, but it was actually Raiden's communicator. Don't know how she got it to do a ringtone, but she did it. "Raiden? What'd you find?"
"Shinnok's amulet has been stolen. Replaced by an exquisite duplicate," he replied ever so casually with his arms folded. "I guess if I hadn't gone to the movies with Fujin, then it wouldn't have happened."
"Damn it..." Sonya paused, looking away for a second. "What movie was it?"
"Ninja Mime. Your ex did a great job with his acting, but it was overall terrible." Raiden said, looking from his view. "Something's wrong, I will speak to you once I—" The communication was cut off.
"Raiden? Raiden!" Sonya sighed, and placed the communicator back in her pocket. "Really, Johnny's movie? And I told you not to get T-Mobile!" She turned around to the soldiers. "Lieutenant, I need you to take a team to Fort Charles. Check in with Raiden and report back."
With a nod, the three went to their destination, while Sonya stays put. She checked her phone and noticed her mother was texting her, making the blonde rub her eyes with vexation. From her right, her ex came in with a serious, concerning look on his face.
"What's goin' on?" Johnny asked. Instead of answering his question, she asked him,
"What's your update from Colonel Flagg?"
"He said, 'Why are you bothering me?' and I said, 'Because my ex-wife is a pain in the—' I mean that she's so sweet and beautiful, I decided to obey her." Sonya scowled at him, walking away from the actor. Johnny walked faster so he can put her to a stop. "You can't just walk away. I'm in this too."
"Not my decision. Thank your buddy, Secretary Blake," she responded with venom dripping in her voice.
"My personality has changed since the last game," Johnny stated. "This is what split us up in the first place. You disappear in your work. Never time for me and Cassie. We wanted you to go with us to Universal Studios, and since you said you couldn't, we had to bring Kenshi instead. You have no idea how awkward it was for a blindfolded man to be with us, especially when he was scaring people without even trying!" Sonya crossed her arms, her grimace never leaving her face.
"I had responsibilities!" Sonya barked at her ex. "Sorry you couldn't be the center of attention, Mr. Wears-My-Apron-Whenever-I'm-At-Work." Yeah, when they were together, Johnny would be the cook, so he would wear her apron all the time if he didn't have to make movies. He calmed down and responded,
"There was a time when you cared more about your family than your job, General." He stormed off, while Sonya head the opposite way. The blind swordsman noticed her and started catching up to her.
"Is now the time?" Kenshi asked Sonya when he got up to her.
"No, Kenshi!" Sonya snapped at the blind swordsman. He raised his hands up in defense.
"I do need more screen time than this melodrama, you know?" he responded, heading off to find Johnny. Indeed, Kenshi. Indeed.
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Twenty years ago in Quan Chi's fortress, the Special Forces slowly went down the stairs. It took them ten minutes since there was no telling how many flights of stairs there were. Then again, they had to be quiet just in case an enemy would appear. The fortress was decorated with candles, shelves of books, and everything a library needs, really. It's more like Harry Potter, but more evil and less enchanting.
"Nope. No evil sorcerers in here. Quan Chi, it's time to play!" Johnny, now younger and more delicious looking said.
"Would you get serious..." Sonya asked, laughing a bit from his immaturity.
"Why are you still acting like— Oh, wait, we're in the past now," the actor realized. "I do kinda wish Kenshi was here, he never gets enough screen time. Not to mention, his sword is a freaking light saber! Speaking of that, where is he?" Sonya gripped her gun and she froze, completely forgot that he wasn't with them.
"Oh my God. We left him!" she announced. The blonde turned to one of the three soldiers. "You, go find Kenshi, and when you do, tell him that we need him as soon as possible!" One of them nodded, heading back up the stairs, even though it was unfortunate for him since it's a long way up. The other two moved forward, scoping out the place.
"Quan Chi needs to clean up his man-cave," Johnny said after all that.
"S'cleaner than yours," Sonya remarked. The actor gave her a strange look, his eyebrow raised for effect.
"You're comparing me to that albino?"
"Only in terms of cleanliness," Sonya emphasized, winking at Johnny. He smiled in return, glad to know that it's not what he's been thinking. With the conversation done, the two began to investigate the giant stronghold. Their eyes were laid on the dark circle where it looks murky. "What's this?"
"Oh sweet! A dark colored pool!" Johnny said, putting his weapon down to take off his vest and gauntlets, leaving him shirtless.
"I..." Sonya paused, distracted by Johnny's shirtless form. The way his torso looks is just so... ripped and sexy. She blinked and shook her head before he did something stupid. "I wouldn't do that."
"Aw, come on, babe! Where's your sense of—" Johnny was interrupted when he touched the pool with his hand, making the pool glow blood-like red. "...adventure?"
"You wish for adventure?" Quan Chi asked, walking into his fortress from his portal with his three revenants: Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and of course, Jax. "You shall have it."
"Fire!" Sonya commanded the soldiers. The two soldiers fired their ammo at Quan Chi, but with his magic, he summoned a wall of green skulls, and when the bullets stopped, the Lin Kuei formed an ice ball towards them.
"Kamehameha!" Sub-Zero yelled, freezing the soldiers.
"Sub-Zero, you may be a revenant, but that doesn't mean you can yell silly phrases like Goku," Quan Chi elaborated to the undead ninja. He sighed and frowned, while the evil sorcerer said to the remaining humans,
"I have no need for your soldiers. But you and Mr. Cage will serve me well... Once you are dead." He and the other three ran to them, making the fights two against one.
Sonya got Scorpion and Quan Chi. The revenant ninja sure does know his fighting moves, but when she got him out, Quan Chi was really easy, with just a feint on the abdomen, and then a kick to the back of the head. Man, if fights were this short, then that would make their lives easier!
Johnny hurried and put on his vest and gauntlets back on, fighting against the Cryomancer and Sonya's best friend. Jax was easily down with the kick on the pectorals... and due to the fact that his arms were heavier, so his weight made him fall down. Unfortunately, paper-rock-scissors won't make a return for the actor and Lin Kuei member, since Johnny already had his chance to shine. With that, he kicked Sub-Zero and that knocked him to the floor. Afterwards, Jax came back up and started fighting with Johnny again.
Sonya, on the other hand, is kombating against the Shirai-Ryu ninja. Scorpion has the habit of using his spear and saying one of his two catchphrases, resulting in a different voice, but the Special Forces woman has her drones to use to blast her opponents. Other than trying to put her on fire, Scorpion kept teleporting on the other side of the screen until Sonya decided to just do her X-ray move on him, which immobilized him.
Sub-Zero came to her, while Johnny punched Jax in the face and finished him off with a wrestling move, in which, to be fair, sounds more like Jax's style than Johnny's, but whatever. Seeing that his woman is still fighting the undead Lin Kuei, he ran to her for support, but Sonya managed to stop him without any help. With small nods in agreement, they ran to Quan Chi.
"Quan Chi... you've lost," Sonya stated, walking towards him with Johnny.
"A delay, Ms. Blade," the sorcerer replied with confidence. "The inevitable still beckons." As if on cue, Jax stepped up behind Johnny and stabbed him at his diaphragm.
"Johnny!" Sonya's voice broke in fear.
"Mmm, what you say? Mm, that you only meant well—?"
"Oh, I don't have time for you!" Sonya screamed at her phone. Just when she was about to turn it off, Quan Chi punched her, and Jax pulled his knife out of Johnny, making the latter fall to the floor, bleeding, but enduring. Jax turned to look at the murky pool, and a revenant of Johnny is emerging.
Meanwhile, Sonya fights off against Quan Chi, and to be honest, he's not that good a fist fighting and kicking. In fact, he's more of a sissy, because other than that punch he landed on the blonde, the best he could do is magic, nothing more. Because of that, Sonya kneed his chin and punches his mouth, resulting in the sorcerer falling to the ground. With worry, Sonya makes her way to Johnny, who yells out in pain from the loss of blood and the revenant coming close to being out of the pool.
"You won't be dead for long," Jax said with determination. Before he could do anything, Sonya wrapped her arms around Jax to throw him away from her comrade.
"This will not happen..." Sonya remarked. She gathered enough just to do an X-ray, and as long as it didn't call, that's all it matters. Even though her best friend managed to hit her a few times, Sonya had the upper hand since they've trained together. Seeing her friend fall to the floor beaten, she said to him, "I'm sorry, Jax." With no second thought, she ran to the actor and slightly lifted his head up and placed her other hand on his wound to suppress the bleeding. "I'll get you out of here. You'll be fine." Her voice was that of worry, but eloquence.
"Dunno..." Johnny rasped weakly. "Blood's... s'posed to be... on the inside..." From afar, Johnny's revenant is coming up closer out of the pool, and looked like it was stretching. Behind the two, a flash of lightning appeared, and the Thunder God stood before them.
"Raiden!" Sonya called out after his appearance. The Earthrealm protector walked towards them.
"In all seriousness, how many times am I going to appear in these flashbacks?" Raiden asked with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
"Probably until you are able playable," Sonya replied. Raiden sighed, but said in seriousness,
"I must reverse his spell." As his hands and eyes began to glow he said... whatever gibberish is coming out of his mouth, and used his lightning to reflect the spell. Johnny's revenant slowly went down into the murkiness of the liquid, relieving Sonya.
"It's working!" she said with confidence.
"You cannot save him," Quan Chi stated, using his green skull to hit Raiden, but it landed on his face again. It distracted Raiden, but it disappeared. The growing undead warrior rose up again, obtaining more of his development. "You're weak, Thunder God. Johnny Cage is mine." Sonya glared at the albino sorcerer.
"No, He's mine." She stood up and walk towards him. "Save him," she said to Raiden. "I've got this son of a bitch." And to be fair, she's got him. Like an unfair player online, Sonya would be all up in Quan Chi's face and beat the shit out of him in kombat, not giving Quan Chi the time to use his magic to attack her. "That wasn't even close to what you've deserve." Throughout their fight, Raiden still had to deal with Johnny's revenant since he's not coming down completely.
"Sonya Blade! The link with Quan Chi is not completely severed!" Raiden told the blonde.
"Not a problem..." she replied. Sonya walked up to the albino, who was on his knees, and thanks to quick time events, Sonya placed her fists against Quan Chi, hitting him repeatedly until she decided to kneed him at his chin, cracking it and landing his body to the floor completely. The sorcerer's hand reached out to her, but Sonya slammed it down back to the floor.
Her boot met his face, and she continued that, switching feet. Then, to make it more interesting, she moved to where their faces meet. With her boots, she swept aside his legs. Quan Chi's face was decorated with alertness.
"Oh, God, are you going to rape me?" Quan Chi asked worriedly. Sonya made a face of disgust from his response.
"What? No!" With a bit more rage built up in her system, her boot met his groin, releasing a groan of pain from Quan Chi, and strangely enough, it knocked him out.
Raiden continued to reverse the spell, and as soon as the forming revenant was destroyed, so was the pool, making Raiden's lightning backfired at him. Since the pool was destroyed, that was when the revenants were turned back into humans, even more so when Jax's skin turned back to normal. Sonya watched as her best friend returned to normal, but Johnny crossed her mind, and she ran back to him and the Thunder God. He, on the other hand, got down on one knee and began to heal Johnny's wound.
"Narala fetar." Sonya walked up to them to see Raiden using harmless, but effective lightning to heal Johnny, and it amazed her. "The others are restored to the living. By coupling Quan Chi's dark magic to my own, I was able to restore their souls and to get rid of those hideous glowing cracks on their skins."
When Johnny groaned, Sonya rushed to his side. "Is he gonna make it?" she asked Raiden with concern.
"Haven't I told you?" Johnny responded. "He's a god." Sonya placed her hand behind his head, and helped him sat up.
"You scared the shit outta me," she replied in relief.
"And they said I couldn't do horror films..." he said to her, wincing slightly to the pain. A flash of purple light emerged for a second and then was gone, and the three turned around to see that Quan Chi is gone, despite having his nuts crushed.
"He's gone?! How did he...?"
"We gotta go after him..." Sonya smiled at him gently, saying otherwise,
"He can wait. Right now we need to get you and the others back to Earthrealm." When she finished speaking, the soldier that went to find Kenshi did so, and the blind swordsman followed him, seeing the three. The soldier noticed his comrades frozen, so he went to them, while Kenshi went to Sonya, Johnny, and Raiden.
"Am I needed now? One of the soldiers found me and said you were looking for me. He tried to call you, but you didn't answer." The major sighed in relief.
"Good. I thought that was my mother calling. Anyway, when this flashback's over, you're gonna be needed," Sonya replied with a small smile.
"About damn time," Kenshi remarked, crossing his arms.
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Back in the present, the Outworld refugees were in multiple lines for identification, and from afar, Kenshi, Sonya, and Li Mei watch.
"You seem to know this 'Kano' intimately," Li Mei said to the general, whose arms were crossed.
"That's the most disgusting way to put it, but I do know him. I chased him for years until he escaped to Outworld after Shinnok's invasion," Sonya responded.
"Why would he return now?" Kenshi asked Sonya.
"All that matters is he's..." she paused, something or rather, someone, catching her eye. "...caught. Gotcha."
"How do you know? He's clearly not here since his eye piece is not noticeable," Kenshi replied, not catching her drift. Even Li Mei was confused. With the command from Sonya, Kenshi went to the opposite direction, and when that woman noticed Sonya coming her way, she tried to escape, but Kenshi was in front of her. "Are you lost?" he asked. The woman turned around and Sonya was there, and a crowd was surrounding the helpless woman. She pressed buttons on her wrists and Kano was here in the flesh!
"Hello, love! Been a while!" Kano said with greeting.
"Not long enough, and for God's sake, put on a shirt! You're old!" Sonya replied, getting out her phone. "This is General Blade. I need MPs to my location immediately." After giving instructions, she put her device away.
"Aw, let's keep this between friends. A trade! Info for freedom," Kano suggested.
"I don't negotiate with scumbags without a shirt on."
"Well then... If mother won't play nice... maybe daughter will." Mentioning Cassie made Sonya snapped. Even though she's not the best mom to ever grace the Earthrealm, but she does at least care for her.
"If you ever..." Sonya's icy voice let out, pointing at Kano with a deathly glare. She put her hand down when he spoke up.
"Back off... and all's well. Piss me off... and Cassie's gonna meet Uncle Kano."
"I swear to God I'll kill you," Sonya's poisonous tone said, running up to the Black Dragon leader and landing a punch on him. Kano threw knives at her, but her grenades came into play and she bombed them away. Unfortunately for Kano, since his fight with Kotal Kahn left him slightly unmotivated, he was definitely here at the wrong time, and Mommy Dearest stopped Uncle Kano with an aggressive combo, ending it with her dangerous X-ray. "No. I'm not done with you."
She immediately walked up to her longtime nemesis and kicked his chin, which seems to be her favorite place to kick. Then she got down on one knee and started to punch him to death, anger rising from what he did to her in the past. She stole one of his signature moves and started to choke him, and Kano resisted as best as he can.
"Alright... Alright! Get off me!" his voice strangled, hoping his begging would work. With Sonya's angry face, it looks like a no. Johnny stepped through the crowd to try to stop Sonya from killing him.
"Sonya! Ease up...!" he said cautiously. The actor used his hand to pull her away, but the general pushed it away and continued what she's doing.
"You kill me... never find... amulet...!" Two soldiers came in to fire, but Johnny used his hands to motion them to stop.
"Stop... Hammer time!" he said. The soldiers dropped their guns and did the Hammer Dance, while Johnny used the time to encourage Sonya to stop trying to kill Kano. "Sonya, we need that info..." Kano's strangled gasps were audible, and the volume started to decrease. "Sonya. Don't make this another thing you'll regret." Kano was at the brink of losing his breath, but with a shove, Sonya let him go, and he coughed as he tried to catch his breath.
"Talk!" Sonya commanded.
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It's amazing that when I have plans for this chapter, it stays in my head, even if I don't think about it. :P I also liked how this is more flashback chapter wise than present day, since Sonya is a bitch when she's older, but at least when someone threatens Cassie, she gets pissed. I just can't wait for chapters seven, nine, and ten. XD I do have something planned for D'Vorah and Jax, so don't worry, they won't be left out!
As always, don't forget to leave a review! Reviews are love and they help me go on!