I can't believe I'm almost done with the parody! It feels like yesterday when I was just doing Johnny Cage's chapter. XD This pains me to say this, but I'm not the biggest fan of Jacqui. D: Don't get me wrong, she's an awesome character, it's just that I prefer the others more than her. However, that doesn't mean I'll make this chapter not funny. :P This is slightly more serious than funny, but you'll know when I add some awkward or funny scenes here. XD
KingKhrystopher (Chapter 9): But Hanzo's hoooot! XD But Kuai is sexy too, and thanks!
xMK Warriorx: You need a hospital, my friend. XD
MikuHatsuneLove: It's called "irony" my dear friend, that's how I it made you laugh. :)
Guest: I would too! He's so serious he doesn't laugh that much. XD
Enjoy the second last chapter! :D
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Jacqui Briggs: Like Father, Like Daughter
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After the crazy shit that went down when the squad came back from Earthrealm happened, the four were back on the military airplane from the training exercise with Sub-Zero. Before being where they are now, Cassie had to help her mother with her injuries, Jin helped Scorpion with his, and Takeda and Jacqui had to help Kenshi regain his memory. The poor man, he nearly scared himself when Takeda told him that he can read his mind. However, he's back to normal, being the blind swordsman everyone knows and loves.
"We land in fifteen minutes," Cassie said to the three. "We'll enter the Sky Temple from the terrestrial entrance. Seriously, why call it the Sky Temple if it's not in the sky?" Everyone muttered different responses while Takeda said after his opinion,
"Why not go straight there like light speed in Star Wars?" Jin turned around to answer the Shirai-Ryu warrior's question.
"It exists in a different quantum state, basically meaning a different world, but on the same planet. It can't be reached by conventional means." He noticed the camera on him, and said, "Damn, I look good here!" Unfortunately, his view disappeared, turning over to Jacqui and Takeda. The latter's lips curled down, and the African-American noticed.
"What?" she asked him concernedly.
"It's just you and me—I mean the four of us. Everyone else is either lazy to help us or are severely injured. We either pull this off or—"
"We'll be the new heroes of Earthrealm," Cassie intervened, encouraging Takeda. Not too long after her response, the four looked at the view from outside, and there was what looked like red smoke.
"What is that?!" Jin asked, standing up to see more of the redness.
"Fear toxins?" the Shirai-Ryu warrior responded.
"Not the right time to mention Batman references, Takeda!" Cassie replied, standing beside Jin.
"Elder Gods have mercy..." the Shaolin voiced out. Despite not being on the ground, their plane began to rumble to the point where Jin accidentally cupped Cassie's breast, and she slapped him across the face. He yelped in response, rubbing his cheek slightly.
"Buckle up, people! I gotta put her down," Jacqui warned. Doing what she said, Jin and Cassie sat back down in their respective seats and waited until Jacqui landed their ride down to safety. Jacqui went outside, while Takeda followed, leaving only Jin and Cassie alone inside. Despite being gay, Jin blushed from the embarrassment of accidentally touching one of Cassie's breasts. He stood up and said to the blonde, whose back was facing him.
"Look, Cassie, I didn't mean to—"
"Just never speak of it again," Cassie replied, crossing her arms.
Outside, Jacqui looked outside in the forest and used her GPS to figure out where the temple is close to their current location.
"Looks like the Temple entrance is fifteen clicks that way," Jacqui said to herself, pointing forward.
"Ooh, Jacqui, remember when I told you about that midnight walk in the woods?" Takeda asked as he stepped closer to the Specialist. She smiled, but continued on her GPS.
"You look more of an insider than outdoorsy."
"My mother and I lived near a forest a lot like this. Then again, this looks too similar... No way, we're in Thailand!" Takeda announced excitedly. Jacqui shook her head at his response, but she replied,
"After we wrap this up, we should go." She flashed a smile, and so did Takeda. They leaned in closer to each other, but they were interrupted thanks to Cassie fixing one of the plane's wings. Jin watched her with his arms crossed, and when Cassie finished, she cursed, which sparked the attention between the love birds.
"It's official, we're grounded," Cassie announced. "That shock wave fried the leads."
"Then let's get going," her best friend replied. "We're almost outta time." The four ran forward to the Sky Temple, but a portal just so happens to conveniently appear. Kotal Kahn, Ermac, Erron Black, Ferra/Torr, Reptile, and Osh-Tekk warriors came out of the portal. The emperor had this huge sword that has spikes decorated, and that sounds no fun if a person got caught with that weapon.
"What are they doing here?" Jin asked from above in surprise.
"Looking for the amulet I bet," Jacqui answered.
"We have to tell him about Shinnok and his birthday party. Call a truce." Kotal Kahn looked mad pissed, due to the fact that his eyes were glowing blue. He pointed his weapon at the four, and commanded in a strong roar,
"Bring them to me!" The Osh-Tekk warriors ran to them, while the companions of Kotal Kahn walked calmly.
"Or not," Cassie replied to Jacqui's words.
"Into the woods! C'mon!" the African-American suggested running back.
"I love that movie!" Takeda responded, following Jacqui. For a few seconds, the four found big trees, one of each can hide behind while the enemy group was looking for them. The Outworlders continued to wander through the forest, hoping to find the four Earthrealmers.
"They quiet," Ferra acknowledged. "Sneaky."
"Ermac," the Kahn called to the souls.
"We sense them like the Force," he replied. "But the forest teems with souls."
"Yes..." Reptile replied seriously. "So close..." They were close to the trees the four were hiding from, and one of them accidentally sneezed.
"Achoo!"
"Bless you," Kotal Kahn replied to one of his comrades.
"That wasn't us," Erron replied. The Kahn looked at him carefully, and took note of that, but he was too little too late when the trees the four were hiding in started to explode. It landed on the warriors, and Cassie continued to throw the flashing grenades, while Jin used his arrows, and Jacqui using her high tech arm gun. When Cassie threw another grenade, it landed near Reptile, but he leaped before it exploded.
"Divine fire and earth! And I thought Outworld has worse surprise attacks!" Kotal said. Reptile crawled to the top of a tree and managed to find Jacqui aiming more blasts at the warriors, and then he said to himself,
"I see you." Takeda was clear, so he ran to Jacqui for support, but noticed Reptile above her.
"Jacqui, look out!" he warned, running to her. Reptile landed on the African American and had Jacqui pinned down, which is kind of creepy since their position is kind of romantic, even though it's not supposed to be. Reptile spit his acid on Takeda's face, and out of all his spits, it didn't destroy Takeda's handsome face, but it distracted him. Reptile tried to hold Jacqui off, but with a punch in the sternum and head-butting the creature, Jacqui got up and backed away from Reptile.
"You hurt him; you answer to me and my whipping!" Jacqui threatened. Reptile laughed at her response.
"Kinky..." he said quietly. The Specialist glared daggers at the Zaterrean.
"Shut up and fight!" Afterwards, she started to cough due to Reptile's poison damaging her health. It almost made her lose the first round, but then she realized that he fights like Sub-Zero, having similar moves like sliding and throwing projectiles. Thanks to the training exercise from the Grandmaster, Jacqui defeated Reptile, albeit it wasn't a flawless victory. "Go crawl under your rock, Reptile."
"Burn!" the group from Outworld yelled, giving high fives to Jacqui. She grinned and high five them back and immediately went to Takeda to check on him.
"Stop rubbing your eyes! You need water!" Jacqui said worriedly. She placed a hand on his head, aiding him. "Lean your head back." From her other hand, she poured some water on the Shirai-Ryu warrior's eyes, later asking him, "Can you see?"
"Surprisingly," he replied. "I'm amazed I'm not like my dad now."
"Better?" the specialist asked, using the rest of the water. Takeda's vision cleared up and he sees Jacqui, smiling.
"Wow, you're hot up close," Takeda stated. This would be the part where the fan girls were screaming, "Do it!" like Shia LaBeouf. Then again, there were like ten girls squealing from behind when Takeda and Jacqui gave each other loving gazes, but it didn't last long when Ermac picked up the tree they were hiding behind, and he almost hit them with it, but the two luckily got away.
The two ran as fast as they can, getting away from the telekinetic. Ermac kept blasting green blasts at them, and apparently had terrible aim, so it made Jacqui and Takeda's running much easier. They were unfortunately stopped by a dead end, resulting in Kotal Kahn walking towards the two with Osh-Tekk warriors. Ermac caught up, his hands glowing green, preparing for an attack.
"I've got Ermac," Jacqui said. Takeda looked at him and nodded quickly, heading to the group of Osh-Tekk warriors and Kotal Kahn. Jacqui threw a tech blast at Ermac, but he laughed since it tickled, and he grasped Jacqui with his telekinetic abilities, and threw her to a tree trunk, hitting her back severely, but not to the point where she can get back up.
"You are spawn of Jackson Briggs," he said coldly.
"For the record, it's daughter," Jacqui corrected, slowly getting back up from the blow she dealt with. "But I'm damn proud of it. I know what you did to him."
"We took your father's arms," Ermac stated. "We will take all of you." At the start of the battle, Ermac teleported and hit Jacqui, but she used her attack inspired by her dad, but did a beat up instead of grabbing him. Later, Ermac got a hold of Jacqui and had her upside down in the air, giving him a chance to attack, but Jacqui strive forward and took him out with a punch in the balls, her specialty, even though that's more of Cassie's attack, but Ermac asked for it.
"That was for you, Dad," she said to herself. Worried about Takeda, she ran like her life depended on it, and she encountered Ferra/Torr jumping towards her, as the giant tried to attack her, but her evasiveness is greater. Unfortunately, she fell back, so Torr grabbed her, while the little one responded,
"Squeeze, squeeze, Torr!" Jacqui struggled, while Ferra noticed her eyes gleaming. "Your eyes, so bright. Gonna carve 'em out and eat them like Shrek!" Despite being in the brute's grasp, Jacqui was surprised that Ferra knew of Earthrealm movies. Her claws almost stabbed Jacqui's eyes, but with the help of Jacqui's arm weapons, she blasted Ferra and Torr away from her. "Trickery! Deceit!" Torr tried to hit her again, but Jacqui dodged as fast as a cheetah. "No more tricks," Ferra growled.
"Just a straight-up beat down for a girl and her ride," Jacqui replied sneakily. When they started the fight, the two were being vicious against Jacqui, which was ironic because that was their variation. Despite that, Jacqui was very serious when she used her beat down attack, using it too many time until the two couldn't take it anymore. "Two for one. I'll take it."
Since they haven't been shown since the sabotage, Cassie and Jin fended off against the Osh-Tekk warriors. Jin landed an arrow on one of their faces, somehow not killing him. Cassie knocked out one with a kick, and punched an incoming warrior three times with the help of Jin fending him off. On the other hand, Takeda started punching Kotal Kahn multiple times until a kick in the stomach made the Shirai-Ryu warrior jump back.
"We know D'Vorah is here," Kotal Kahn said in a sharp tongue. "Where is the amulet?"
"Kotal Kahn, you've gone crazy, and the situation has changed," Takeda replied carefully.
"Do not fling your spittle at me," the Kahn demanded, pointing at the young man. He ambushed Takeda, countering his attacks until he kicked Takeda again, making the latter fall to the ground. Takeda immediately got up and used his whips, humming to the song "Whip It" while fighting against the Outworld emperor. Kotal Kahn grabbed his whip and started to spin Takeda so fast until he was dizzy, but Jacqui made it in time. "I will kill you both," the emperor stated.
"Kotal Kahn!" Jacqui called out his name. "Shinnok's been freed. He's at Raiden's Sky Temple. He's already infected Earthrealm's life force." The Outworld emperor looked at the sky, seeing red.
"The heavens boil... Earthrealm is lost!" Kotal Kahn stated.
"Not if we hang together!" Jacqui pleaded. The emperor gripped onto his weapon, saying to the two,
"Shinnok invited me to his birthday party, so I shall appease him. Bring him your heads. Gain time to bolster Outworld's defenses." The emperor almost killed Takeda with his spiked machete, but thankfully, Takeda dodged it, but is now engaged in a fight against Ferra/Torr.
"You need to help us, Kotal Kahn!" Jacqui exclaimed, trying to reach out to him.
"It is too late for Earthrealm. Shinnok is now its master." To start off the fight, the Kahn tried to summon the sunlight, and he realized it wasn't working, so he tried again. Jacqui raised an eyebrow, seeing the emperor trying to summon sunlight, but clearly it wasn't working.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Trying to summon sunlight," Kotal Kahn replied. "What does it look it to you?" Jacqui face palmed herself, using the advantage to do a grab attack on him.
"Before you got here, it's night, so that's not gonna work." The Kahn nodded, but Jacqui got a hold of him and attacked him with a beat down, getting the first hit. Due to the fact that the emperor has his weapon, he threw it like a Frisbee, but then he heard dogs barking, running to get to the weapon. "He should'a been with us so that wouldn't happen." The Kahn was exhausted from running to get his weapon, so Erron, and a couple of Osh-Tekk warriors guarded him, while the cowboy held out his gun to Jacqui, Jin, and Cassie.
"That's enough," Erron warned, switching his weapon to turn the safety off. Due to being surrounded, Cassie switched from her pistols to her yellow fighting gloves. Ferra and Torr managed to defeat Takeda, and Torr threw him to the ground where Jacqui ran to him to make sure he's okay.
"You don't scare us, Erron!" the Shirai-Ryu warrior responded, getting up with the help of Jacqui. The cowboy was infuriated, about to shoot Takeda with his weapon.
"For the last goddamn time, my name is not—!" He paused, and realized that he said his real name, which was a first for everyone. "About damn time someone got my name right! Now killing you will be better." While being surrounded, the four has their faces against each other, hoping a miracle would happen.
"Don't know about you guys, but I'm living the dream," Jacqui said to the three.
"You have weird dreams," Takeda replied.
"Chattel," Kotal Kahn said, panting still. "You die tonight." Things couldn't get worst, but then Ferra/Torr was frozen, along with a couple of Osh-Tekk warriors. It was Sub-Zero, and he has the Lin Kuei ninjas helping him. He casually walked toward the four, while the ninjas took care of the others. The four ran to the Grandmaster, surprised to see him.
"Sorry it took me so long to help you all," he said truthfully. "I was watching Ninja Mime with Scorpion. That movie was terrible." He looked at Cassie and said to her, "No offense, Cassandra Cage."
"Non taken. He gets that a lot," the blonde replied.
"Anyway, you stood together against formidable foes. Lesser warriors would die and have body parts been eaten."
"Thanks Grandmaster."
"I will remain here to push Kotal Kahn back to Outworld. Proceed to the Sky Temple. Earthrealm's fate lies within you." The squad looked at each other, giving each other nods, and running past Sub-Zero. Before he helped his Lin Kuei companions, he said to himself,
"It sucks that this is my last screen time in this game." And with that, he ran to fend out against Kotal Kahn and the others.
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So, that happened. I know this is kinda short, but what can I say? The chapter is rather short, but it builds up to the last one. :P I'm looking forward to Cassie's chapter, since it's the finale of this parody! :D Batman Arkham Knight is trying to take me away from MKX, but since I've beaten the story mode with all Riddler trophies found and side missions complete, I'm free for now! XD I'll see y'all on the last chapter!