Oh, D'Vorah, the only villain that is playable in story mode. She might be one of the only one of the characters in this that isn't really OOC, other than having some extra dialogue. Her design and voice is already enough for me. XD Other than that, it's not like she would do things the same like in the game, so there you go, I guess. :P
MikuHatsuneLove: When Johnny did that to stop the soldiers, I had to include it in there. XD He's so funny it fits him. When I first saw Quan Chi's face, it translates to that, since he kept saying no and all that jazz.
xMK Warriorx: Thanks! Kenshi deserves some love! :)
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D'Vorah: Not the Bees!
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Since the cutaway didn't state where the Special Forces squad is, it's possible that they are at the emperor's headquarters. Cassie and Jacqui were talking to General Blade, while Takeda and Jin were slowly coming up the stairs due to having to find and use the bathroom. It probably took them an entire chapter to find one since they're still in Outworld.
"The Kuatan Jungle? Really, Mom, I'm gonna get these awesome boots dirty!" Cassie told Sonya through her phone.
"Not only that, there are also two divisions of Tarkatans. They're on the move constantly to avoid detection and Cassie, you have more of those boots back at camp," Sonya responded with a small hint of sass.
"That's not far," Jacqui stated, staring into her phone. "Maybe two hundred kilometers."
"You know what to do," Sonya said to her daughter.
"Yes ma'am," Cassie sighed, rolling her eyes when her mother started to speak. When she hangs up, the two ladies noticed Jin and Takeda heading up the stairs.
"I thought it doesn't take long for guys to piss?" Jacqui asked the Shaolin and Shirai-Ryu warriors. Jin crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow at the African-American.
"Well, we couldn't have people stare at us, so we had to hide somewhere so we wouldn't get caught," Takeda replied nonchalantly. From behind, the Kahn and his First Minister were walking towards them.
"You have new information? From Earthrealm?" Kotal Kahn asked the four, specifically Cassie. The four walked towards the two until a table stopped them, which is kind of ironic to place it outside where it could rain, but whatever, if that's what the Kahn wants, then let it be.
"Kano talked," the blonde leader replied. "Gave us the details on Mileena's location. She has the amulet, but she's got a lot of protection."
"Should have used the latter when she slept with him," Kotal Kahn muttered to himself.
"...what?" Cassie asked her as her reaction looked priceless. The emperor waved his hands to shrug the idea off.
"Oh, nothing! We will strike immediately."
"Perhaps a two-pronged approach," D'Vorah suggested. "The army will engage Mileena... distract her... while This One retrieves the amulet."
"Not alone," Cassie replied. "This One's coming with."
"Don't use my words on me!" D'Vorah fired at her. "Stealth is of the essence..."
"Bug lady, did I stutter?" Cassie sassed back.
"You may assist in the main strike—"
"D'Vorah," the Kahn interrupted the Kytinn. "We will grant their request, and finally be rid of Mileena and that rumor." He looked at D'Vorah. "You need to avoid those TLC shows. They're trying to ruin you." The Kytinn slightly glared at the emperor.
"But I like Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. She has a weird voice like I do."
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Five years ago in Outworld, a hood-less D'Vorah, who looks like Asajj from Star Wars with yellow skin, was caressing one of her bug children on her arm. To show how much has change from five years, Kotal Kahn, or in this flashback, Ko'atal, looked like a completely different person, who wears white and red. It must be the phase he went through after getting picked on for looking like an Aztec warrior. As for the creature beside him, he's... well, a reptile. Nothing much to say about him, but he was asked too many times on how he originally had a human body in the previous games. For Reptile, he calls it, "adapting".
"This One understands your logic, but does not reach the same conclusion," D'Vorah said to Kotal. She placed her bug in a crib of some sort, and walked over to the two and sat down across from them. "Like others, This One is not pleased with Mileena as Kahnum. But it is not clear your coup will succeed."
"That is why I invited our Zaterran friend," Ko'atal replied, glancing at Reptile. He glanced back at him, confused.
"Wait, me?"
"You're the only Zaterran alive, aren't you?"
"Oh, right, sorry." Reptile looked at the Kytinn. "Listen, and join us. I know things about Mileena, like her secrets when she invited me to her sleepovers, favorite people to eat, clothes, all that. Her troubled rule will fall in the telling—and pave the way for Ko'atal." D'Vorah looked at the reptile seriously. Her glare reflects on Reptile's words, and how they would work.
"What would you know that cause—?"
Before she could speak, a group of Tarkatans came in while humming the theme from Jaws. D'Vorah did say she was having a get together with the two, but she didn't remember inviting butterfaces with musical numbers. Three more people came in: a group of souls in one body, a slightly different Tarkatan, and of course, the Kahnum herself.
"Ah, there they are..." Mileena said in joy, looking around in D'Vorah's apartment, which in all honesty does not look like one. "Three of your fellow councilors... whispering like handmaidens. About what, I wonder..." The three looked at each other anxiously.
"Uh... we... we were planning a gift for your birthday!" Ko'atal replied as his voice cracked in nervousness. The other two nodded in agreement. Mileena glared at them with a hand placed on her hip.
"My birthday was two months ago!"
"Fine, we'll explain!" Ko'atal replied in aggravation. "If only you would hear our council. As war with Netherrealm looms, I have urged détente with Earthrealm." Mileena walked two steps towards the Flintstones-punk-rocker-like man.
"And I've told you I would sooner die than treat with my father's murderers!" The Osh-Tekk raised an eyebrow from her words.
"Can you do that? That would make this a lot faster," Ko'atal said, moving to where he is away from the Kytinn and Zaterran. Mileena huffed and her face turned red at the speaker. "Besides that, you refuse practical solutions to credible threats. You endanger the realm..."
"And sedition does not?" Mileena asked, lifting her forearms to form a shrug. "Speak your last, before I have your tongue."
"You are not Shao Kahn's true heir!" Reptile stated, pointing at Mileena. Like a reporter revealing the truth of a celebrity, Reptile continued. "She is a construct. Formed in Shang Tsung's Flesh Pits. I saw this. Your best claim to the throne is moot."
"How dare you!" Mileena scolded. "We pinky swore this, and I succeed Shao Kahn by his decree!"
"Succeed him you have. But Outworld demands new leadership," Ko'atal responded.
"From you?!" Mileena asked while her eyes narrowed in disgust. "Osh-Tekk fool! Kill him!" Before a butterface would reach him, D'Vorah stood in front of him and grabbed the Tarkatan's arm, glaring at him.
"This One serves Mileena no longer," she announced. The two started their fight while Mileena said to one of her recruits.
"You will defend your empress, Ermac," she snarled bitterly.
"Our creator, Shao Kahn is dead," the multiple voices in one body said to the Kahnum. "We will serve whom we choose." And sure enough, they started fighting. Ko'atal and Reptile took care of the butterfaces while D'Vorah took care of the slightly different one. It's going to suck when she has to clean up the furniture.
Regardless, everyone continued fighting, while some of the objects in the Kytinn's room started to fall and break apart. Then, out of nowhere, a doorbell rang, and when D'Vorah heard it, she realized she forgot all about that when she had Reptile and Ko'atal hanging out with her. Since the fighting wouldn't stop, she screamed at the top of her lungs so she can answer the door.
"Everyone stop! This One will get it!" Once everyone got quiet, D'Vorah flew downstairs to her front door and noticed a pizza deliveryman carrying two boxes of pizza. Outworld pizza is delicious, and that why D'Vorah got two boxes, but since there's a fight party going on, it's best to eat it now. The Kytinn gave the deliveryman a twenty, took the boxes, and flew back up, seeing everyone who's anticipated to know why they were stopped. "Let's just finish this pizza and then we can resort back to fighting."
Oddly enough, everyone, including Mileena, agreed. As soon as the pizza box was open, the butterfaces ran to the food like it was their last chance to eat it. That probably means the other box can be for the rest. As if nothing happened, they started conversations, including Ko'atal explaining his drastic appearance, and Reptile having no one to mate with in order to repopulate his Zaterran species. It's sad for the both of them, but at least they're cool.
D'Vorah got herself a slice and gave some to her bug children. When she turned around, there was one more slice left. Everyone looked at each other carefully, and started to come in for the last piece, and that's where the fighting began. The Kytinn couldn't care less, so she took the unique looking butterface and dragged him to the ground outside, while she floats above and sees him fall, while citizens ran away from the falling creature. With a back flip in the air, D'Vorah landed on the ground, looking down at the Tarkatan.
"Still you follow Mileena?" she asked him.
"Shao Kahn conquered my realm. I owe him my loyalty," he responded, getting up slowly. "I honor his will." Yippee, another battle... Now it's one against a character who is one of the victims of being unplayable, but that wouldn't matter until D'Vorah beats him. The Kytinn threw one of her children at him, which gave him damage, but it killed them after use. If someone thought Sonya was a bad mother, D'Vorah would take the spot. No wonder one of her variations is called, "Brood Mother". Her uppercut, or rather, her stinger, stopped the butterface.
He got up, but was dizzy. D'Vorah looked up to see Ko'atal giving her a thumb down. It's strange for a cue, but nonetheless, D'Vorah got it and did what she's been dying to do. While all of that happens, the Osh-Tekk turned to see Reptile and Ermac pick up Mileena, who is defeated. She struggled to get out of their grasps, but it was no use. A few seconds later, D'Vorah flew back up to her apartment, not pleased with her living room destroyed, but was happy enough to see Mileena struggle.
"Baraka is dead. Your last ally has left you."
"The president of Earthrealm is not my ally!" Mileena barked at her. Everyone gave her a look like she was being an idiot, but maybe she misheard.
"Baraka."
"Oh."
"Take her away," Ko'atal commanded, and like a butler to his master, Reptile guided her forcibly away. Ermac looked at the Osh-Tekk, and said with eloquence in multiple voices,
"We would serve the new ruler of Outworld."
"Then you serve..." D'Vorah paused, looking at the man beside her. "Kotal Kahn." The Kytinn walked to stand beside Ermac, and then both bowed down before him. The newly announced Kahn smiled in pride, staring down at his comrades.
"We should go watch a movie to celebrate," he declared. The two stood up and agreed, heading out of the destroyed apartment.
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Now at the Kuatan Jungle, D'Vorah and Cassie sneaked past through the tents. When they got to a good cover, the Kytinn raised her hand for Cassie to get down. They noticed Rain and a butterface talking, and when the latter left, they used the opportunity to run and surround him. Cassie lifted up her pistol to the Edenian and D'Vorah covered the other side.
"Here to surrender, traitor?" Rain asked.
"You would speak of treason? This One knows you desire the throne and to be a stripper. Why serve Mileena?"
"I advise her. Stealing my amulet was my genius. It kills her a bit each time she uses it."
"As both sides diminish, you fill the void."
"Exactly my plan," Rain finished. Tanya came up behind Cassie and started to attack her, while Rain went against the Kytinn, grabbing her arm and punching her face. "A shame you will not see its fruition." The fight commenced, and right now, Rain has the upper hand, but D'Vorah quickly grabbed him and smashed him to a random stonewall. He was far from her, so she thought of a decent strategy with one of her moves. Ironically, D'Vorah was able to use her Spawning Puddle, even though they're fighting on water. Unlike his fight with Kotal Kahn, Rain was able to summon giant bubbles to trap her.
Rain summoned lightning, which is strange how he's basically a waterbender. If the lightning's wet, then that's probably okay. With her spray, D'Vorah drained Rain's health and he fell to the water, injured, but relaxed.
"Your schemes end here," she said to the Edenian. She walked passed him and sees Tanya on top of Cassie, punching her face back to back. The other Edenian noticed her, and threw a fireball at her, but D'Vorah dodged it.
"Leaving without your friend, D'Vorah?" Tanya asked, walking towards the Kytinn. "Your people believe we avoided your island out of respect for your solitary nature..." She placed a fist to her hip, smiling smugly at her. "We didn't just like you."
"The Kytinn do prefer solitude," D'Vorah replied. "Which I will achieve momentarily as soon as I get that eyeliner off your face, and to make it interesting, if you summon a fireball at me, you lose automatically." A smile formed in the Egyptian looking woman's face. When the fighting began, Tanya released a shroud of purple mist on D'Vorah, and it confused the Kytinn, but she smiled darkly since Tanya totally forgot that if she used her fire abilities, she loses the fight. Sure enough, she did it, and when Tanya suddenly noticed, she passed out and landed face down, her eyeliner messing up once again. "Now two Edenians will die."
D'Vorah revealed her stingers to finish them, but Cassie intervened.
"I know you said you weren't friends, but you're not killing them." With a quick tilt from her head, Cassie mentioned, "Head's fine, by the way." The Kytinn placed her stingers back into herself, and walked with the squad leader to the tent that hold a chest. Cassie placed her hands to it, but was slightly pushed away by D'Vorah. Talk about working together.
The Kytinn placed her hand near the key slot and multiple, but small bugs went inside, in the process of unlocking the chest.
"That... is really disturbing," Cassie commented.
"D'Vorah!" Mileena's venomous tone spoke out, walking up towards the two. Cassie pointed her pistol at the rebel, while D'Vorah released bugs out of her stomach, which is totally not creepy at all, and it got to Mileena, attacking her by pestering her. "Yuck!" The two women looked at each other, and since D'Vorah's the star of this chapter, she went to take care of Mileena, while Cassie waits for the chest to be unlocked.
"This One knew you would not stray far from the amulet," D'Vorah said to Mileena, who unfortunately still has bugs annoying her. Once she got them off, she said in an icy voice.
"You took my throne. Now you wish to steal my means of reclaiming it?"
"Neither was meant for you," D'Vorah fired back at her.
"Who are you to say?!" Mileena rebuked, pointing at the Kytinn with the dirtiest glare she's has ever given. "I will take something of yours... Your life!" Mileena used her sais to pierce D'Vorah, and the more she did that, the angrier the Kytinn got. Since her attacks were venom based, she used that advantage and drained Mileena's health. The rebel kept teleporting, which is why the battle's fifty-fifty, but D'Vorah found a way and finally stopped her.
"At least I didn't sleep with an old man," the Kytinn responded. The group of Outworlders that were there for Kotal Kahn yelled, "Oh!" and "Burn!" D'Vorah exchanged high fives with them until they disappeared to who knows where. Seriously, how did they know they were in the jungle?
In spite of everything, D'Vorah dragged her to one of the tents, and immediately, the rebel's hands were tied to her back. Kotal Kahn and the Special Forces group were already in there. The emperor was on his favorite seat, with D'Vorah standing at his side.
"Did you start that rumor about me being a masochist?" Kotal Kahn asked Mileena.
"Yes! Now please finish me so that I may join my father!" she begged, which is not her character, but no one can blame her.
"You do not deserve death by an emperor's hand. That'll make it messy for me. Instead, I give the honor to my worthy First Minister." He looked at D'Vorah, and the latter moved her head side to side as a way to mock her. Mileena growled as she can closer, and the Kytinn picked her head up with her hands, and... kissed her? Actually, it was a way to release bugs so that they can eat the skin and all that jazz.
Takeda got out his phone and started to record the supposed girl on girl action, but Jacqui took it away and turned it off. When D'Vorah pulled back from her kiss of death, Mileena strangled, but managed to talk for a few seconds.
"No, not the bees!" Mileena shrieked. Her screams of pain continued until her face was eaten and revealing her skull. D'Vorah looked at the Earthrealmers with a grin. It shocked the four humans, but the emperor said after all that.
"The rebellion is over."
"Well... Thanks for that... I know I'll never eat again..." Cassie responded. "With your leave, we're gonna head back to Earthrealm. Put the amulet back where it belongs." With a sudden grip, the four Earthrealmers were bound to the mystical, purple ropes. "The hell are you doing?!" Kotal Kahn stood up, walking towards the leader.
"Earthrealm cannot be trusted to protect the amulet. It will remain with me." He took the amulet from Cassie's hand, while Kung Jin referenced what they talked about when they fought.
"The Reiko Accords require that you—"
"Bitch, please. Who cares about those rules? However, you may be useful to me when Raiden comes for this." The Osh-Tekk warriors took the four Earthrealmers, and the emperor looked at the amulet like it was his child. D'Vorah looked from behind, and walked pasted the Kahn. "Where are you going?"
"To feed my children," she responded calmly, even though that was not what she was doing. She flew into the jungle, and when she found a safe place to hide, she found a hologram of a familiar face: Quan Chi. "This One deceived them. The amulet is in Kotal Kahn's possession."
"You can retrieve it?" Quan Chi asked.
"He trusts no one else to transport it."
"Keeping you close to the Outworld throne these many years has proven most fortuitous, D'Vorah," Quan Chi stated, his hologram walking towards her. "They never suspected one of their own to be a disciple to our lord."
"This One lives to serve Shinnok," D'Vorah announced pledging to the sorcerer.
"You have done well," Quan Chi stated, crossing his arms."Now bring it to me."
"Without delay, Quan Chi," D'Vorah obediently said.
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Quan Chi opened his eyes from his telekinetic conversation with the Kytinn, and head over to the revenants on demon steeds, waiting for Quan Chi's command. One of them includes Kitana, the super special awesome fallen Edenian princess who was killed thanks to her revenant mother, who's beside her. The others include Kung Lao, who somehow had gone completely bald, but rocks an awesome hat, and of course, the fallen Champion Liu Kang, who was unfortunately killed if he hadn't gone with Raiden's plan. It was stupid, but it would save him from death.
"Master," Lao acknowledged, getting on his ride.
"What news from Outworld?" Liu asked the sorcerer, who got on his steed.
"Shinnok will soon be freed," Quan Chi replied. "On the count of three, we make for my fortress with our chant." The four revenants nodded, waiting for their master to give the cue. "One, two, three... Woolay!" He rode off, heading to the fortress.
"Woolay!" the rest chanted, following Quan Chi.
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So, that happened. :P When the Kytinn got close to Mileena like that, I was like, "Oh God, is she doing what I think she's about to do?" sure enough, she did it! It is disgusting with the bugs all over Mileena, but hey, D'Vorah's doing her execution well! XD I also was going to make Reptile speak like Yoda, but it sounded off for me. :P And I decided to skip the scene where D'Vorah is at the kove and stole the amulet, because I wanted to add the revenants in this chapter and not add another line break.
As for the next upload (which I'm really looking forward to), it will probably be up on Friday (earlier if I get lucky) because I have to take over the morning and afternoon shift in the elementary school office I'm working at. The guy who does the mornings has to do observation hours at his university so I'll have to take over ten hours for three days. I'll still be working on the chapters during some of the hours, but I will be tired since all I do is take phone calls and sit in the office. If I get extra money off of it, I'd say it's worth it. :P