Chapter 3- Venting- Jeff

"Amazing," came the voice of Sindel. I had finished my mural, as dark as it maybe… I felt really good about it. She knew instantly I was creating my frustration out, and instantly deciphered my story. "Jeff, do you feel better after this?" she asked of me.

Sort of, but not completely "I still got some stuff to think through, I kinda want to go home and see my brother…"

"Why I came here just in time then!" I was rather stunned to see Shao Kahn; he stared at the mural and was about to say something until Sindel nailed him right in the jaw!

He dropped like a rock! "What the hell?" I demanded of her.

"No, she has full right to that and then some. I got to hand it to you, Sindel you still got the fire in that kick!" Kahn said as he checked his bloody lip.

Sindel… was rather stunned. "You… you bleed?"

"Kahn's been one of us for a while. Kane got his soul back from Shinnok or whatever the hell that guy was…"

"No, no you said his name right. Still doesn't give me any excuse not to get my ass kicked" Kahn said. He picked himself off the ground, he was about to speak until Kitana came from behind and nailed him hard in the back of the head! He fell face first into the ground, shattering the stone beneath him. I cringed to the sound of that.

"Damn it's a good think I didn't do anything to piss you ladies off"

Sindel ordered Kitana to stand down as Kahn slowly got himself off the ground once again. His wounds healed quickly though. "I'm still immortal… I just have my soul back," he explained to the ladies.

He stared at Sindel oddly; almost love stricken yet never said a word. He and I left when I asked him about it. "You love her don't you?"

Kahn let out a sigh. "For thousands of years" he explained. "Back when I had my soul and even when I didn't. I killed her… and used dark magic to bring her back from the dead… She nearly killed her own daughter. I adopted Kitana… destroyed her realm to make her submissive to me… and this is why I have never been a married man"

"So I see. That's why they beat the tar out of you!" I said.

"There's another reason. Onaga… the fake dragon King… I gave him the means to take over the one Sindel treasured as a friend," he muttered.

Awkward! "You helped him destroy the dragon King?"

His head nodded. "Onaga wanted to take over for he constructed an army of undead that were unstoppable. However he needed the power of the king to do it. The only way to get the King's power is by removing a set of his wings… the King has four. He took the bottom ones and forced them into his own spine. Onaga never earned or gained a set of his own. Once he had the wings the King's power was cut. He went one farther and took the horns, nearly reducing his King to nothing… But… the Dragon King was wise beyond his years. He much rather settle for a draw than to die without trying. So he did just that. I also used swine men as minions and learned of their weakness of the dragons. When the dragons were gone, they became very strong supporters of me."

"Damn… but… what happened to the people? They…. They didn't all die did they?" I asked.

"No, the final act of the King to his people is he turned them all into pearls, and hid them within the vault, only dragons may enter. They were safe… when you found them. You saw the results as to what happens when one eats the pearl!"

"Yeah, I poked Edge non stop!" I grinned; I was very amused that day. But it grew better when I heard Matt's revenge on Edge. However it seems the fans still pegged their favorite moment when my brother swallowed a pig size man on life TV before their very eyes. Matt's made peace with it…. since the kids think he's just the coolest guy in the world for doing it.

I had just ran into the guys as they were talking about their mini adventures they had at the other realms. "I swear Hunter, they did a lottery as to who was going to be eaten and who wasn't. The hippo people were the size of piglets at the four weeks!" Thorn explained. "They were all willing to be eaten… which was odd… not to mention some even thanked me. It was either I eat them or their people hunt them down, slowly kill them THEN eat them"

"That's a bunch of bull and you know it" Hunter growled lowly. "Who believes him?"

Hands went up. "I was there man," Punk announced. "They were overpopulated and needed to cut down on it, they can only eat their own kind for so long…"

"Wait, their cannibals too! Ok that is just ridiculous!"

"Hunter, the fact that other realm exist sounds ridiculous. But we've been there, we ate, and we got fat" Jericho snapped back.

"Just because we did, doesn't mean that realm existed! I mean come on, mini Hippo people?"

"I ate twenty of them," Thorn said without missing a beat. "They don't squirm like swine do. But they did make me very lethargic afterwards, more so than usual."

"I hear you on that, man I ate six and I wanted to fall asleep" came Batista. He sat down with the guy. "Granted, I just ate a huge ass swine the week before and didn't know I was ready for this one. But yeah, those hippo people really know how to act inside a dragon's belly" he grinned.

Hunter gave up trying, he thought he could change the subject yet everyone was talking about; he saw me lingering in the doorway and figured it was better to talk to me than the others. "So, what do you say about this hippo people?" he asked.

"They exist, one came to Kitana's realm when I was there asking for help. She referred it to us. And Thorn was the first one on the job."

"I'm glad we get a break though, Kane found the wealth McMahon hid on Jericho and I. Damn some of these placed paid through the nose!"

"They could afford it, the realms willing to pay usually can. Question is, what are you and Jericho going to do with it?" I asked.

Hunter thought it over; it was a hell of a lot of money when it gets changed to US currency. But what to do with it all? "Chris wants to buy plots of land all over Canada and the US, I don't know why though, he hasn't told me. But there was one place he was really gunning for…"

"What was it?" I asked.

Hunter smiled. "The Hart house, the guy that bought it was going to tear it down. Jericho is going to buy him out and turn it into a museum of the Harts."

That sounded like a wicked idea! Speaking of houses… I'm still without one. Matt came from the room and nearly tackled me to the ground. "JEFF!" he cheered as he lifted me up and spun me around.

"Matt. Relax we weren't separated at birth!" I growled lowly.

There was something odd about my brother. "I got a surprise for you!" he said, his eyes widened as a grin he couldn't not contain soon became contagious. "I think it's about time you go home…"

Go home? I stared at Matt, his smile widened even more so if that was at all possible… he didn't… did he?