Love & War 4

Chapter 33: Chris

Long before he entered the Mortal Kombat tournament, Chris lived a happy life with his family in Ohio. As a child, he was stolen away from his abusive father. Since he attended high school, he became quite popular, but popularity was not something Chris was looking for. Since the incidents with his abusive father, he tried to reconstruct himself and live a better life. His popularity in high school helped him on that. On weekends, the girls had their way with him. Two years later, after graduating at 18, he was chosen by the U.S. Army. That's when he realized that destiny was calling for him. Through basic training, he was taught CQC systems that allowed him to combine his Kickboxing style, which he had learned during his high school years with Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Shotokan and Vale Tudo. Six years later, after he was released, he returned to his fiance Jennifer, who went to school with him and they dated for four years even before attending high school. They got married and moved to Los Angeles, but Jennifer told him that adopting a child would be more sufficient instead of creating one. It reminded him of a incident that happened in high school. A fight broke and Chris settled the matter peacefully, only to be shot several times out of jealousy by those same people, taking away his ability to procreate. They believed his way with the girls on weekends was "cramping their style." He went along with the adoption and got a beautiful 3-year old daughter, Kate.

Chris was called back into action two years later by the military. He met with a Colonel of a military conglomerate called the Homefront Warriors. The agency was created by many military and police forces all across the United States at the request of the Special Forces. The Colonel believed he would serve well as a commander, since the former commander was shot down by terrorists. Since he took the rank, he led the Warriors in many hostile territories, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and several others throughout Asia. After six months, the colonel says "Chris, after your successful missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Thailand, the people were grateful that you were able to defeat the terrorists. Meet Kevin, an Australian who recently joined our ranks as lieutenant. He has a important mission for you."

Chris and Kevin went to the map room. Kevin explained a situation in Cuba.

"We're sending you to Cuba, mate. A huge drug trade operation in the Western perimeter has caused hundreds of lives there already. We need you to put a stop to it."

After being sent to Cuba, Chris found no operation. He met with the Cuban military and they informed him that no such operation existed. He was sent there on a wild goose chase. More, he could not leave the country as his transportation back to the HQ was cut off. That night, Chris watched the news. A segment of his wife and daughter was shown. They were raped and murdered. It also showed Kevin, who turned out to be Kano, leader of the Black Dragon criminal organization, responsible for this crime. Chris was tricked. Kano lured him to Cuba so he could find his family and kill them. Chris' body was like a robot, malfunctioning. His family was murdered, and he wasn't there to protect them. The next day, he finally returned to HQ and reported to the colonel of the situation. He couldn't contain his sadness. This loss overwhelmed him greatly. A few days later, the Colonel saw him paying his respects to Jennifer and Kate at the cemetary.

"Chris, I am terribly of your loss. We had no idea that Kevin turned out to be Kano."

"I... have failed..."

"You may think you have. But it was mostly our fault for not seeing this betrayal firsthand. It was also our fault for sending you there, not knowing that it was a trick."

"Why me?"

"Kano cares not of who saves the world. He only wants to conquer it, and seeing you stopping terrorists the way you have, he used the Kevin moniker to get close to you and find out your credentials. I got in contact with the Special Forces. Lieutenant Sonya Blade informed me that she is also searching for Kano. With your service to us, you may be able to help her."

"Where is she?"

"She reported of a martial arts tournament, known as Mortal Kombat on some guy's island in the Lost Sea. We believe Kano will be there as well. This is your chance of bringing your family justice, Chris. Are you up to the task?"

'Yes," Chris answered sharply." "He'll pay for what he's done. I accept this mission, Colonel, and I will not rest until justice is served, however long it takes."

The next day, Chris returned to HQ and requested transportation to an island in the Lost Sea.

"Listen carefully, Chris. Kano is around this island, so you are to meet with Lieutenant Sonya Blade. She'll need help capturing Kano, dead or alive."

"Affirmative," Chris said. " Hopefully this won't take long."

"Contact us if you need backup."

"Copy that, let's do it."

Chris was dropped off 5 clicks near a courtyard, armed with silenced Beretta. He saw an old man announcing something.

"Kombatants, I am Shang Tsung. In the coming days, each of you will fight."

Chris stood next to a guy wearing a light blue tux with sunglasses.

"Some of you arrived on your own volition, some of have arrived by chance."

"Hey, beautiful. Johnny Cage."

"Good for you," said a woman next to him. She was wearing a vest which showed much cleavage. Chris then saw other people next to Shang Tsung. He saw a bald warrior wearing his MK2 skin with blade out of his forearms, he sees two women in blue and green attires respectively, and a ninja in yellow MK1 ninja outfit and a albino skinned man who looked a slimmed down Uncle Fester. The tournament began with Johnny Cage who fought a ninja in his green MK1 ninja outfit. He defeated him. Chris instantly became annoyed of Johnny's obnoxious remarks towards the woman next to him, so he decided to challenge him and defeated him, along with Baraka by shoving one of his blades up his ass. Remember? :) After the first day of the tournament was over, he met with a Shaolin monk Liu Kang and the god of thunder, Raiden. He explained to them his situation, not knowing that the women in blue and green were watching him. Later, he witnessed the same woman being assaulted by Kano. This was his chance.

"Kano!"

"You again. It was real funny that you shoved Baraka's blade up his ass, but this is none'of your business."

"The death of my wife and daughter by your hand IS my business!"

Johnny Cage leapt up to face Kano. Johnny did most of the fighting, while Chris was conversing with the woman. She was Sonya Blade of the Special Forces. She explained to him that she is also after Kano for killing most of her men and asked for his help. They later was successful in bringing him in.

After the tournament, Sonya was captured. Chris alerted HQ of the situation and ordered him to rescue her. He journeyed with Johnny Cage, Jax and Raiden to Outworld to find Sonya. They encountered a dark-skinned woman in green. She sees Chris and remembers her night with him. Instead of harming him, she fought Jax and was defeated. After Sonya was rescued, Raiden sent Chris to the Living Forest where he met Smoke of the Lin Kuei in his MK2 attire. They encountered Kano again, only with Shang Tsung operating RPG-7s. Kano fought Smoke but was defeated, thus giving Chris a chance to bring him in again, but before that, he was ambushed by a man who can form rocks, Tremor in his MKX skin. Tremor was about to kill him, but a flying object came out of nowhere and attacked Tremor. Chris couldn't see what was going on as he lost consciousness. He later woke up in a campsite, where he saw a dark-skinned woman stretching her legs as if she is practicing Yoga. She was wearing her Mk Deception outfit.

"Excuse me, miss..."

"You're awake..."

The woman has long black hair, no eyes, yellow leotard with yellow skirt and yellow boots.

"Who are you?"

"I am Tanya, Chris, right?"

"How do you know who I am?"

"I've been watching you."

"Come again?"

"Tremor was about to kill you. I brought you back here to treat your injuries. It seemed you're much better now."

"I thank you, Tanya. Yet, I wonder... I'm asking too many questions, sorry."

The following night, they encountered the green-clan woman, Jade in the Wastelands.

"If you dare hurt him, Tanya, I'll kill you myself," said Jade.

They returned to Tanya's campsite. She explained the dire situation of her realm of Edenia and how it could be rebuilt once Chris defeats Shao Kahn. Chris felt that the task of saving not just Earthrealm, but Outworld and Edenia was a lot on his plate. Add to the fact that Kano is still out and about. He assured her that he will defeat the emperor. With that, they fell in love. He studies Tanya's figure. She was absolutely beautiful. Later, Chris witnessed the death of a Shaolin warrior, Kung Lao, who successfully defeated not just Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, but Kintaro as well. His victory came to a abrupt end when Shao Kahn broke his neck. Chris charged him, realized that he could die by his hand, but Chris had a "No Fucks Given" attitude that drove him to defeat the emperor, not once but twice. The second time, he faced the emperor in Earthrealm after successfully preventing the disaster of his allies' death by Sindel's by simply turning against the emperor.

Sometime after the Dragon King's defeat by his hands, him and Jade got married, but he completely forgot about Tanya. But the marriage ended in Jade's death by Shang Tsung as well as Kitana and Chris was the only one who can save them. He was requested to travel to Edenia to meet Queen Sindel. She instructed him to find Tanya in Outworld. He went there and found a woman who was about to be raped by Kano. The woman he rescued was Tanya, but she looked different. She had a graduated bob hairstyle, wearing a Egyptian-based top, pants with gold trims and boots. She also has eyes as well. This was not the same Tanya he knew. Despite that, this Tanya had a different attitude, and a deep care for Kitana and Jade. He did not however question how Tanya came to be, but later he learned that she had a twin, an evil one. She explained to him that the Tanya he knew was born from the corruption she suffered from Shinnok. The twin with the same name planned to kill her one day. later, she was abducted, as well as Li Mei and Skarlet. He went to the Red Dragon hideout to rescue her, but he found her beaten and near death. Chris travelled to the Netherrealm for the first time and was duped by Shinnok that the leader of the Red Dragon, Daegon was in Outworld when he was actually in the Netherrealm. After suffereing this setback, and his assault by the revenants, he joined Sonya to the Netherrealm and successfully recovered the girls. After successfully reviving Jade and Kitana of their revenance thanks to Shang Tsung's death by Quan Chi's hand, Tanya and the girls knew Chris would face Quan Chi in a chance encounter, an encounter that had him killed. He was turned into a revenant and killed many innocents. He was later defeated by Tanya and was taken to Edenia. Queen Sindel used an ancient ritual to remove the corruption from him. He later gave the girls an opportunity to shine. They successfully defeated Shao Kahn with the help of Mileena and was accommodated by Raiden for their heroic efforts.

Several months later, Chris, Jade and Tanya were dealing with the Black Moon crisis, joined by Samus Aran of Metroid. Chris defeated M. Bison, leader of Shadaloo and saved the world again. The colonel recognized Chris' heroic actions and awarded him for his efforts. Sometime later, the trio adopted a little girl named Melody. Since then, Chris was a father again.

Two years later, Earthrealm was facing the Netherrealm demons. Chris and his Warriors were regrouping. Ashe was about to return to base, he was ambushed by Reiko. They fought, but Chris underestimated Reiko's abilities and lost the fight. As a result, he was in a coma for over a year and as he woke up, he was removed of his duties. He spent 18 years with his wife Jade and his daughter, Melody. She was interested in joining the military just like he did. She spent 10 years training with the Warriors. During that time, Chris met Sonya and was informed of the Outworld Civil War. Shinnok returned, taking Chris as hostage. Jade was in Edenia learning of this and was sent to Earthrealm to rescue him. Tanya was in Outworld to find Mileena in bad shape due to the lack of food. Chris defeated Shinnok with everything he had and purified the Jinsei, saving Earthrealm again. A month later, Tanya was sent by Sindel to find her twin and stop her from threatening the realms with the Kamidogu daggers. She later joined Chris in Outworld and managed to survive the wrath of the Shokan, led by Kintaro. And now, since they arrived on Shang Tsung's island, Chris meets Reiko again. Tanya and her twin disappeared somewhere, leaving Chris with the one enemy that ended his military career.