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Chapter Three

Emma and Ella walked down the hill from their grandparent's house to their house. They were halfway down when the pole lamp across the road went out. That didn't bother them so much because of the full moon, but they still couldn't shake the feeling they had.

"Do you get the feeling we're being watched," Emma asked as she looked around.

"Yeah," Ella said. "But it's probably just the dog." No sooner had the words left her mouth when they found themselves surrounded by a group of men dressed in black cloaks with their hoods pulled down to hide their faces. The leader of the group stepped forward.

"It looks like we've found the rest of Raiden's chosen warriors," he said to his men before turning back to the girls. "Sorry, but for our plans to succeed, you two have to die." Before he could move, however, he heard screams come from behind him. He turned just in time to see a giant battle axe swing at his head.

Emma and Ella watched in shock as the leader of the group was decapitated by someone dressed in red and carrying a battle axe. Before the body could hit the ground it disappeared. Looking up from where the body had been they saw Ermac standing there with his axe resting on his shoulder.

"Ermac," they both said in disbelief. He nodded at them before turning and killing a man who was trying to sneak up on him. Looking behind Ermac, they saw another figure that was now surrounded by the shady looking group. In one swift motion the figure froze the surrounding enemies, who in turn vanished. Once they were gone, the figure walked up to stand beside Ermac.

"There were more than I expected. Whoever's behind this doesn't want these girls to succeed."

"Yes, but now we are faced with a new problem," Ermac said.

"What's that?"

"How do we tell these two apart?"

Sub-Zero looked over at the two girls. Ermac had a point. Both girls had short brown hair that reached just past their chin, dark brown eyes, and they both dressed in loose t-shirts and shorts.

Emma could've fainted from happiness. Her favorite character had shown up and saved her from a group of creepy looking people who were about to kill her. Ella hadn't said anything, but she knew her sister was just as excited about this as she was. After all, Ermac was Ella's favorite character.

Sub-Zero looked at the girls again and noticed that one was looking at him with an admiring look. Ogling him was more like it. That's when he saw the key chain of himself in her hand.

"I've got the creepy one," he said as he motioned towards Emma.

Tori sat on her bed in her room. What had just happened? Who was that man? He had called her one of Raiden's chosen warriors, whatever that meant. And then there was Scorpion. She looked down at the key chain in her hand. Had he really appeared and killed that man? Or was she just losing her mind? She decided to pay Emma and Ella a visit tomorrow. Maybe they knew what was going on. After all, they had gotten key chains similar to hers. Setting the key chain down, she went to get ready for bed. She would figure all this out tomorrow.

Author's note: Enjoy!