The spectre held the unsuspecting male close, tightly wrapped between his arms. The blond male kept turning his head back and forth, as if trying to see who it was that had him pinned down. It was then that his captor suddenly set him down, and released him. Scorpion regarded the blond male with little interest, though he did his best to let his features show little in the way of emotion.
The yellow-clad ninja had far more heavily-weighing thoughts on his mind, but when Quan Chi ordered the undead spectre to bring back the male, the ninja had no choice to comply. Quan Chi. It made Scorpions blood boil(or would- if the spectre were alive) every time he had to go near Quan Chi. The sorcerer kept delaying what he promised so long ago. Scorpion was beginning to have his doubts that he would ever see his beloved clan, wife, and child again.
Still, the Shirai Ryu warrior pull himself from his thoughts before pointing at the man in front of him, "You are being summoned for an audience with Quan Chi. He is requesting your... presence."
The blond seemed confused, and nearly dropped his jaw when he finally turned around to face Scorpion. It wasn't Scorpion who was rendering him speechless, but everything behind Scorpion that had the male thoroughly confused. He seemed to have not heard Scorpion, or just wanted to rush right into the questions. Which he did.
"Where the hell am I? Who the hell are you? Is this hell? Who were those guys? Why were they chasing me all around that place? What "
By this point Scorpion had grown tired(or irritated enough) to just raise his hand and backhand the male. The male would blink a few times in response before rubbing his jaw, "Ow."
Scorpion didn't see what use this male would have for Quan Chi, but he would deliver the male to Quan Chi, even if the blond didn't want to go. Without bothering to answer the man's questions, Scorpion would simply point off to a ways in the distance, "There. You can have your questions answered there."
Without another word the ninja turned around and started walking. The portal had been opened by Quan Chi himself, but Scorpion was sent as the portal was to the Netherrealm. Logically, Scorpion was the better choice to go and collect the male. And as Scorpion walked he didn't much bother with observing the scenery in the way the male was apparently looking at it. It was obviously his first time in the Netherrealm.
Scorpion stopped when he realized one thing: The male hadn't moved an inch.
The spectre was back in front of the man within seconds, dead white eyes narrowing at the blond as the blond defiantly folded his arms. He did not, however, say anything beyond, "Go away."
Scorpion took two steps back before jabbing a threatening finger at the male, "I'm bringing you to my master whether you want to go or not." His tone suggested the discussion, the very very one-sided discussion, was final.
Still, the male relented, "Go away. If your precious master has need of me then why cannot he come ask me himself? Why does he need to send his attack dog?" That last one really had Scorpion wanting to punch the male. And he was close enough to do just that.
It did seem, however, that the male was not that interested in fighting as he sighed, "Whatever." Scorpion narrowed his eyes once more, but said nothing. He'd just turn around and move in the direction of Quan Chi's fortress, with the blond male walking behind. Scorpion looked behind himself to see that the male was keeping up fairly easily. Wonderful. They would be there in no time.
After that Scorpion didn't much bother to turn his head anymore, as he could easily hear the mans footsteps close behind to confirm the male was still close by. The only time they had to stop was when the male called up to Scorpion, "Hey, uhh .yellow guy?"
Scorpion stopped before whipping around and shouted right in the blonds face, "MY NAME IS SCORPION!" The blond male backed up a step before nodding, "Okay, 'Scorpion'. Is there a restroom around here somewhere? I really- gotta go pee." Scorpions eyes seemed to become almost slits before he made a circular motion with his right forefinger, "Then turn around and go. And hurry it up!" They were wasting precious time.
The male frowned before taking care of business. Zipping up, he turned back to see Scorpion was still staring at him. "Dude! You were not- just watching me take a leak, were you?"
Scorpions eyes remained as they were, but there was a hint of frustration in the spectre's voice as he said, "Get moving!" He'd then abruptly turn around and keep moving. The blond apparently didn't know when to take the hint though as he caught up to Scorpion before admitting, "Hey guy, come on. It's okay. I'm gay. Well, except when I'm drunk then I have this odd attraction to breasts. I mean wh " The blond was cut off as Scorpion had stopped, then moved his left hand out to clamp over the males mouth, "Not. Another. Word." This trip was turning out to be much harder than anticipated on the dead ninja.
Finally, after some threats and a black eye were administered, both the spectre and the blond reached the next point in their trip. Scorpion held out an arm for the man to stop before another portal opened. "Wait, didn't you already thr- " Again, Scorpions hand found itself clamped on the man's mouth as the spectre glared at him, "Just. Go." He'd then throw the man through the portal, without so much as a warning.
Scorpion stepped through the portal as well, narrowly missing stepping on the blonds hand before moving onward. The blond had landed on his ass, and after pulling back his hand to avoid being stepped on he stood up and dusted himself off. That was also when Scorpion heard the blond mutter, "Welcome to Dr. Creepy's castle." The spectre ignored what was said as he had grown used to traversing Quan Chi's castle, and nothing here frightened him. Or maybe it was being dead and wanting revenge against Sub-Zero for the annihilation of his clan that let him forget fear.
The yellow-clad warrior practically dragged along the young male along the corridor past guards before approaching the throne room. The doors were closed so Scorpion took the moment to turn back to face the young man before stating, "You will not speak unless spoken to, understood? Master Quan Chi is a man you do not want to mess with." He stared down the blond male for a few seconds more before pushing open the main doors to the throne room. Quan Chi was slowly pacing the room, muttering to himself before looking up to see Scorpion and the young male walking in.
"Ah, Scorpion, you have managed to retrieve our young friend before the monks could hurt him." Quan Chi gave both Scorpion and their new arrival a big, if uncomforting, smile before pulling Scorpion off to the side. He lowered his voice as he murmured to his undead spectre, "How much trouble was he? Did you learn anything valuable?" Scorpion briefly shook his head as he said, "He does not appear to be very bright, but it may yet be a ruse."
They looked back just in time to see the blond facing away from them, looking around the throne room. And of course, scratching his ass, if albeit briefly. Scorpion snorted before muttering, "Maybe it's not a ruse after all."
Quan Chi frowned, however, before moving forward, "Well then young man, surely you have a name, yes?" This appeared to surprise the blond as he stated, "At least you- have manners." He'd then move to hold out his hand, before thinking better of it. Letting his hand fall back to his side he finally introduced himself, "My name is Jay."
The sorcerer smiled before reaching out his hand, "Well then, Jay, I'd like to welcome you to my home. I hope you'll feel right at home..." The sorcerer kept on smiling as he then snapped his fingers and added on, "...in the dungeon!"
The ground beneath Jay gave way and he fell, shock apparent in his eyes. Scorpion would eventually hear a mute thud before Quan Chi spoke up again. "See what he knows, but don't break him. He may have something valuable we just don't know about yet. After all, the monks want him." Scorpion moved to head towards the dungeon as he heard Quan Chi sigh, "And if not, Reptile could always use a new playmate..."