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Chapter Fourteen

Before Emma stood the last person she thought she would ever have to face.

"Noob Saibot!" Noob said nothing, but crouched down into a fighting stance. Tori and Ella looked behind them to see Sub-Zero staring at his older brother in a mixture of shock and horror.

"I thought I'd killed him," Scorpion growled.

"You did kill him," Sub-Zero answered. "But he was brought back." The conversation was cut short as another voice rang out over the area.

"Little brother," Noob said in a deep voice as he turned to Sub-Zero. "Do you think this weak young girl can possibly defeat me?" In one swift motion he disappeared and reappeared holding Emma up by her neck.

"NO," Sub-Zero shouted, starting forward. Before he could go more than two steps however, Ermac grabbed his shoulder.

"You cannot interfere or she will have to forfeit," he said when Sub-Zero looked back at him.

"That's right brother," Noob said before throwing Emma to the ground. Placing his boot on her chest, he leaned onto his leg until she cried out.

"You see now," he said to Sub-Zero, who was glaring at him. "You can't stop me no matter what I do to her." He leaned onto his leg again, making her cry out once more. Sub-Zero flinched despite his efforts not to. Noob laughed.

"You can't hide it brother. It's easy to see you've fallen for this weak girl. I wonder, how long do you think you can watch her suffer before you try to intervene? Let's see, shall we?" He laughed again, but was cut off as a flash of metal went flying past his face. Jumping back, he growled as he flicked the oil off of a fresh cut on his cheek.

Emma pulled herself up with her sword, her other hand clutching at her ribs.

"You bastard," she growled.

"Ah, so you can still move, but that won't be enough to help you beat me," Noob said as he too stood up.

"Shut up," Emma snarled as she summoned her other sword. "A 'weak girl' huh? I'll make you eat those words."

"I'll enjoy watching you try," Noob said. Emma frowned and disappeared. Noob looked around a moment before jumping back as her swords came crashing down on the place where he'd just been standing. He lunged at her, aiming a destructive punch at her face. Bringing up her sword, Emma blocked his attack. Seeing a movement out of the corner of her eye, she looked down in time to see his other fist collide with her ribs in a sickening crunch. Flying backwards, she landed hard on her back, knocking the wind out of her. Rolling over, she coughed out a mouthful of blood onto the ground.

"See, you're already beginning to cough up blood. Why don't you just give up? I promise I'll kill you quickly," Noob taunted.

"Never."

Noob sighed at her response before continuing.

"Well then, I supose you're going to have to learn the hard way." In one swift motion he pulled out several shuriken and threw them at her. Jumping to the side, Emma dodged most of the shuriken, but she wasn't quite fast enough for one.

"Ah," she let out a pained yell as the piece of metal embedded itself deep in her thigh. Falling to one knee, she reached over and pulled the throwing star out of her leg. It clattered to the ground along with a good deal of blood. She gritted her teeth and forced herself up on her feet again, turning and glaring at Noob.

"I've grown bored with this. I think it's high time I kill you and leave," he said as he got ready to attack.

"I don't think so," Emma growled as she began swinging one of her swords at her side like a rotary blade. A chain of fire appeared around the sword and she swung it at Noob. The chain wrapped itself around him, holding him in place. Taking aim, Emma threw her other sword at the wraith. The sword flew across the arena and embedded itself in his chest like a knife in butter. Noob's eyes widened as oil began to run from the corners of his mouth and his chest, turning the bright silver of the blade black.

Emma stood there for a moment, watching as Noob slowly bled out. She let out a pained sigh and both of her swords disappeared in a blaze, which didn't do Noob any favors, seeing as how one was stuck through him. He fell to his knees before falling over completely. Before anyone could react, Smoke appeared at Noob's side.

"Damn it," Emma growled. She didn't have the energy to fight Smoke. It was taking everything she had to keep from falling over like Noob had. Smoke looked up at her before picking Noob up and disappearing. A weak grin slowly spread across her face.

"I win," she said before falling to her knees.

Author's note: Enjoy!