Johnny Cage had been(ever since Sonya left) trying to tell Kung Lao all about his new movie, which the latter really wasn't all that interested in. But he should be! At some point Sonya returned, looking a little annoyed, followed by Jay, who was rubbing his bicep, and grinning.
Johnny, of course, had to check on Sonya, and when he approached her she gave the flirt a brief smile. That smile of hers. Each time the action star saw it he wanted to drown in it. Jay gave a nod to which Johnny grinned, "Hey buddy!" Looking back to Sonya, Johnny asked, "What happened to his arm?" Snickering, the female blond stated, "Long story short? He got revenge for earlier, but I still socked him for it."
Blinked before nodding, "Ah, okay." was Johnny's response. A grin was then directed at Sonya before leaning close to whisper. Mostly he just talked about himself(again) in an attempt to impress her(again). He couldn't tell if it as working or not half the time, though. Sometimes Sonya would appear interested and others she looked like she would rather just shove him off a cliff. This time, when she frowned, Johnny knew it was option two. Giving her a thumbs up, Johnny would slowly back away and made an excuse about going to check on the new guy.
Sonya was already becoming less hostile as Johnny backed away. After slipping through the hallway door and heading upstairs, Johnny actually decided to look for the missing new guy. Everyone else it appeared was downstairs so when movement was heard coming from one it was safe to make the logical choice. Without knocking Johnny slid the door open, "Heeey buddy!" Jay stood stark naked except for a towel which was draped over his arm, and thankfully, was covering his front end. Johnny would blink before internally breathing a sigh of relief. Not that he didn't mind the view, but more that he didn't want one of his first introductions to a potential fan to be mired by having walked in on said fan naked.
Jay sighed before wrapping the towel around his waist as Johnny grinned, "Happy to see me?" The rival dirty blond simply gave a roll of his eyes(which was something like what Sonya normally did) before shaking his head, "Just wishing people knew the importance of knocking." Tightening his towel, Jay looked over to Johnny, "You're... Jax, right?" Johnny shook his head before launching his first campaign, plus the door was blocked so Jay was screwed either way. "No my good man I am not! He is the one with the freaky robot arms. I, on the other hand, am an action movie star extraordinaire, plus martial arts -master-. Maybe you've seen a few of my films and didn't want to embarass yourself in front of the rest of the guys? It's okay, I'll let you save face."
A few moments of silence passed by, Jay starin at Johnny incredulously before shaking his head, "Never heard of you." The towel wearing man then moved to one of the drawers before sighing. Looking back to Johnny he asked, "Say, you wouldn't happen to know how I could get clothes, do you?"
Johnny's ego wasn't even remotely tarnished. Being unknown just meant that there was untapped fan potential! Also, couldn't blame the poor guy for needing clothes. Grinning the offer was made, "You can have a few of mine if you want!" Jay gave a small nod in thanks before Johnny led the blond man to his room. Sub-Zero wasn't in so it was somewhat warmer, thankfully. Johnny then led Jay over to his mountain of suitcases, yet before Johnny could say anything Jay cut in, "I see you pack light." A cheesy grin was given before a single thumbs up was the reply, "You know it!" Motioning to the suitcases Johnny stated, "Help yourself to anything that fits. Just don't touch the suits! Or the sunglasses!" A nod was made before the -master- backed up to let Jay wander closer.
Hesitant, then reluctantly, Jay moved closer and started rummaging around. Eventually the taller blond found a pair of blue jeans(customer faded), a plain pair of boxers(Johnny refused to wear briefs, even going so far as to go commando) which Johnny said were new as he had gone shopping before coming to Outworld so most everything in his carry-ons were brand new, and finally a white wifebeater. Jay seemed satisfied before pulling free a leather jacket Johnny had forgotten about. Jay seemed to like it though and Johnny(being the absolute good person that he was) parted with it.
Jay then walked off towards the bathroom to wash up and dress as Johnny sighed to himself. Untapped fan potential. Right.
Sub-Zero walked into their room not ten seconds later, wearing his mask(Johnny recalls up to this point -still- not having seen the ninja's face, and yes, he's tried) so Johnny normally had to ask what was going on with the ice ninja to at least get some kind of reaction. Johnny was about to say something when Sub-Zero spoke up, anger hidden behind his icy words, "Do -not- let that man into this room again." Johnny blinked before tilting his head, "What?"
"I do not trust -him-, and would appreciate it if he stayed -out- of my room." The ninja then moved over to his desk and took out a scroll in one of the desks. Johnny shook his head before pointing out, "It's my room too."
Sub-Zero either ignored or didn't hear but Johnny just strolled out into the hallway, stopping briefly when he thought he heard splashing and an odd... growl? Sliding open the door to the bathroom Johnny was surprised to see it was just Jay in the bath. Thankfully, everything waist-deep was covered, especially since Sonya happened to be walking towards Johnny. Quickly he shut the door before scratching his head as Sonya stopped, then asked, "Is someone in there?"
Johnny nodded before flashing his golden-boy smile, "Yeah, think Jay must've slipped in the tub by accident or something. He looks fine though!" Turning on the old Johnny Cage charm by waggling his eyebrows at the beautiful and curvaceous blond woman, "Wanna share a bath with me when Jay gets out?"
Later, as Johnny was nursing his bruised arm he saw Jay walking back to his room. Johnny followed, not to be perverted but he really wanted to ask Jay what happened in the bath. So when he knocked on Jay's door he was surprised no one answered. He slid the door open to see no one home. Sonya was walking by(again! Johnny Cage charm for the win!) when she pointed out to Johnny, "If you're looking for him, he's probably on the roof. It's where I found him last time." Johnny was about to turn on the usual Johnny Cage charm again, but the look Sonya gave him at that moment suggested it was best saved for later.
Sonya was given a thumbsup before Johnny started moving through Jay and Jax's shared room to the balcony. Slowly, he climbed up, surprisingly without even making a sound! That, was what probably also allowed him to hear Jay speaking to someone he couldn't yet see. Then again, he couldn't even see Jay, instead choosing to snoop and not see.
Jay: "Look, I said I would help you and I will. You're not being very helpful with telling me what it is that you want though. You helped me escape that funhouse of terror so the least you could do is enlighten me as to what it is you are... well, wanting, exactly? Revenge doesn't exactly narrow it down."
"I need answers for what happened. I wish to know why it is that they all died, and by Sub-Zero's hand no less."
That last part almost had Johnny slip off the balcony! Sub-Zero killed people?! Well, innocent people? That seemed odd, even for the ice ninja. Then Jay spoke up again, "Well, I'm trying not to be skeptical but I just don't know. I mean, he's kind of a dick, true, but I'm not so sure about him murdering in cold blood."
"That is probably because you yourself do not know that his clan and mine were rivals."
Johnny's eyes went wide. He knew who was up there, so the action star scrambled up to the roof, only to see Jay standing by himself. Jay gave Johnny a brief up-nod before turning around to face the sun.
Johnny scratched his head before moving to stand next to the slightly taller man as he said, "Dude, not cool. If Sub-Zero finds out you're buddy-buddy with Scorpion he'll flip."
Sighing, Jay turned to face the self-proclaimed lady-killer, "I'm not trying to step on anyone's toes but a lifeline was tossed to me when I sure as hell had no other. Do -not- expect to just forget about that and move on." Jay wasn't issuing a warning or threat. This much was obvious in his relaxed posture. Johnny nodded before pointing out, "That's okay, I think, but those two have had some bad blood for years. Long before any of us even got here! So please, -please- don't let Sub-Zero know that you're being friendly with Scorpion?"
"Too late."
Jay never said that.
Turning to see Sub-Zero had joined the duo on the roof, Johnny froze(no pun intended) before glancing back and forth between Jay and Sub-Zero. A few seconds went by before Johnny tried pulling the reigns on this potential disaster. "Guys guys, maybe we can talk about this? I'm sure Jay has a good reason for talking to Scorpion. He hasn't exactly known Scorpion long enough to see what the hell-spawn... thing is capable of."
Johnny moved forward a few steps, putting himself in the middle of Jay and Sub-Zero, with the high hopes that this wouldn't come to blows. Jay just casually gave a light shrug, "I'm willing to talk."
This caused Johnny to breathe a sigh of relief. That is, until Sub-Zero spoke next.
"I was going to speak to Lord Raiden about the contract the Lin Kuei have for your head, but hearing this makes me glad I came up here first." Sub-Zero narrowed his eyes on the blond in Johnny's clothes before lowering himself into attack stance. "Prepare to die."
*A/N*: Edited and updated, slightly.