15 years later, now in her 30's with a husband and a MSGT rank. Cassie, with her friends by her side was still following the path started by her parents; working for Raiden as the leaders of the earthrealm forces.

She had no children, not for lack of trying. But it was ok, Jaqui and Takeda had the most beautiful baby girl who she adored like her own. Her life was an adventure, but she never forgot Kabal; he was still her inspiration. But after all these years she never thought she would have the chance to see him again.

Kabal was now terminally ill. He had traces of cancer in his body long before his interaction with Kano (as most people do)It started as leukemia, and for the first 10 years he was able to power through

Through exhaustion and pain, still fighting, restocking supplies, making contacts with other organizations in other cities, to further the stability of the cause.

They saved the lives of thousands of homeless men women and children by creating a massive underground housing system (also funneling weapons and drugs..but that was the part Kira kept quiet on, for now.)

Kira needed the extra income to keep the program afloat, she had huge plans. She married Kobra (in the spiritual sense- they were both wanted fugitives so a legal; marriage was not possible), who had been staying on as the official medic(working as a doctor but also training dozens of students.) Kobra was the reason Kabal was still alive. He helped Kabal keep with his physical training as well as sanitizing his cybertic components and treating his pain.

But in year 11 he suffered a massive stroke. The mechanical components were keeping his body alive, but it would only be a matter of time before his mind was gone.

With exploratory surgery (since they did not have an MRI machine readily available) Kobra found evidence of several tumors. They were inoperable without rendering him a vegetable. He started Kabal on a treatment of painkillers and a crude version of chemotherapy to help the pain. He lost weight and his hair, but he still tried to walk, to visit the people he saved. Seeing them made him happy, it gave him hope.

In year 12 Kabal lost his ability to walk. At around the same time Kira found herself pregnant with Kobra's child. So she was assigned to simply stay by Kabal's side. That was when she started to learn, as his brain degraded his memories of Cassie were returning.

One night Kira awoke to him calling her name "cassie..." he said while choking back tears.

"What do you remember about her?" Kira asked holding his hand. She talked to him about Cassie, but only the good. If this brought up the memories of what Kano did- then so be it. Memories are what souls take in to the afterlife. He was strong enough to take the bed with the good.

"she...loved...me...he...hurt...her..." he said in a haze.

At the beginning of year 13 Kira gave birth to her daughter, Anya. For the first 5 months she still never left his side (assigning authority to Kobra.) Then with her baby on her back she took back control; she would build and army; and underground nation, all in his honor. (While Kobra's students checked in on Kabal.)

Year 15, Kabal slipped in to a coma; he would experience fevers and seizures, as his mind and body started to fail. Kira was in Arizona when she found out. She raced home to San Francisco, (through the sewers, on her motorcycle) in hysterics.

Kobra was by Kabal side, injecting adrenaline to keep his heart functioning, while toddler Anya sat on a chair with a book.

"We need to find Cassie Cage." Kira said, crying.

Anya looked at her, "mama, who- Cassie?" Kira fell to her knees sobbing uncontrollably.

"You'll like her. She's a good person." Kobra said, "Wait, here sweetie." Anya had a giant pile of books, so she went back to reading.

Kobra hugged his wife as she cried on his shoulder, "he remembers her!"

"we can find her, we work for the same side." he stroked her vibrant red hair. And it wouldn't be hard, just send an email to every variation on Cassie/Cassandra Cage at every common or military domain.

Kobra composed a letter for Kira to send. Hopefully one would get through.

Cassie, as a defender of earthream had unlimited access to her email: meaning if she thought something was spam, it was spam, but that was her decision. Her email address was easy enough; her first name and last name at US military dot com.

She caught Kira's email, and she was not sure what to do. She would have to wait and see what her husband had to say but right now was not a good time to be asking. He was sick as well. But his love had been her salvation. If it hurt him even more, she would not go. Not even for Kabal.

Conner Stryker, the son of the late Kurtis Stryler. With blond hair and green eyes, he was a strong and beautiful as his father. They met 3 years into her first enlistment. 21 years old she was now Coporal Cassie Cage. She had been on only 1 deployment, a 5 month stint in Syria assisting in the efforts to evacuate refugees. Most of her time was spent training for a special team (created by her father) to engage the "otherworld" enemies; not just outworld, they were about to embark on a series of missions in nearly every one of the realms. As long as she had her best friend Jaqui by her side it would be a wild ride.

The day she met the man she was going to marry, she had been at the gym with Jaqui, when she noticed him. 6'3" blonde man walked in wearing sweats. He changed in to a t-shirt, in public, right in front of the weight bench. Cassie could not take her eyes off him.

"he is all kinds of gorgeous" she said, poking Jaqui.

He had a sweetface, the kind of guy who just comes off as approachable, but that body was to die for. Muscular, but still soft, like someone you want to cuddle with.

"He is off limits." Jaqui rolled her eyes. He wasn't her type anyway.

"How do you know?" Cassie asked, still staring. He was so sexy, she couldn't stop herself.

"He's an officer, how do I know- he's just got assigned to your dad's unit, he will be leading our next mission." Jaqui snapped her fingers in Cassie's face- it was no use.

"What's his name?" she asked with a smile.

"Major Conner Stryker, the son of .." Jaqui had read his file.

"He's a Major?" super sexy.

"Yes, he's 7 years older than us and he has a master's degree in mechanical engineering, and a BS in chemistry. Even if it was acceptable to ask him out, what would you even talk about?!" Jaqui knew her argument was futile.

"Let's see." Cassie made her way towards him. If nothing else she would introduce herself.

"Did you not hear me!" Jaqui said to herself since Cassie was already too far to hear.

"Hello, Major Stryker- I'm Cassie Cage, it's such an honor to meet you." she shook his hand. She could still make out his chest muscles through the sweat on his t-shirt.

"Pleasure's all mine, Corporal Cage" he smiled back at her, "your father's told me allot about you." he tried to sound as professional as possible. She was cute, and she was blushing. But she was still the boss's daughter.

Conner, was often referred to by his code name "Agent North," for his ability as a long range sniper. He carried a rather gigantic pump action sniper rifle that could double as a machine gun; He built it himself.

He made a name for himself during his 6 years in the special forces; Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Bosnia- there was no target he couldn't take down. Yes, he was the son of Police detective and earthrealm warrior Kurtis Stryker, but his own work was far surpassing his father's reputation.

Ooc- this is not a cross over but if you know who agent north is you are awesome.