Hanzo threw a fist at Sub-Zero's face, who then retaliated with a knee to the stomach. Hanzo was knocked back, but charged him. Sub-Zero was knocked down, and Hanzo began throwing punches at Sub-Zero's body. Sub-Zero caught a punch aimed for his face, head-butting Hanzo in the process. Hanzo got up, dazed by the blow. Sub-Zero got up, cupping his hands together. A blue ball formed out of thin air.

Hanzo's eyes went wide. Sub-Zero shot the blue ball out of his hand, all the while shouting something in a language Hanzo didn't understand, sending the ball at high speeds towards Hanzo. The Shirai Ryu assassin jumped out of the way, and the ball froze the tree behind him. Hanzo looked at the tree, and then back at Sub-Zero.

Sub-Zero chuckled, saying, "You didn't think they called me Sub-Zero just for my cold demeanor, did you?"

Hanzo just stared at him. He slowly got back up from the ground, looking Sub-Zero straight in the eye. He slowly unsheathed his two katanas, putting them both in front of him. Sub-Zero chuckled again, slowly forming an ice sword. Sub-Zero laughed again.

Hanzo ran at him, swinging his right sword in a downward motion. Sub-Zero dodged it, swinging his own sword in a horizontal motion. Hanzo blocked Sub-Zero's ice sword, punching him in the face. Sub-Zero stumbled back, dropping his ice sword, which dissipated in the air. Sub-Zero grinned under his mask. Hanzo put his left sword back in its scabbard, circling Sub-Zero. They both yelled, and charged each other again.

Kenshi slashed his sword at Ermac, who ducked it. The red ninja backhanded the blind swordsman, the kneed him in the gut. Kenshi doubled over in pain, clutching his stomach. Ermac laughed, kicking Kenshi in the stomach. The blind swordsman fell to the ground. Ermac chuckled again, grabbing Kenshi by the hair. He picked him up, put him on his feet, and punched him in his face. Kenshi let out a yelp of pain, falling to the ground in pain.

Ermac laughed again, saying, "This is what Shang Tsung gave us? We should've choose that yellow assassin instead." Kenshi began laughing, louder with each passing second. Finally, Ermac became annoyed, and yelled, "What is so funny?" Kenshi stopped laughing. Instead, all he did was grin. He did a kip up, startling the red ninja.

Kenshi said, "I haven't even begun to use my full abilities."

Ermac, narrowing his eyes, charged Kenshi. The blind man just stood there, grinning, while the red ninja reached him. Ermac began trying to punch him again, but Kenshi dodged every punch, and snap kicked Ermac in the chest. Ermac was thrown into the wall. The red ninja looked back up at Kenshi who was standing there. Ermac let out a growl, and lunged at Kenshi.

Kenshi side stepped Ermac, and, while Ermac passed Kenshi, elbowed him in the back. The blow sent Ermac to the ground, struggling to get up. Kenshi picked up his sword, putting it back in his scabbard. Ermac slowly got back up, coughing.

Ermac grinned under his black mask, and said, "You are a great warrior, Kenshi. We are honored that we get to do battle with you."

Kenshi raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean ninja?"

Ermac held out his hands. They slowly glowed a bright green color. He pulled his arms back, and suddenly, with Kenshi pulling out his sword again, pushed his arms out. Kenshi was thrown back by an unseen force. He was thrown into a wall, which broke and sent him into an empty room.

Ermac grinned, and repeated, "We are many. You are but one."

Kenshi got up, and said, "Yeah. Okay. Now this is getting interesting."

Ermac ran up to him, punching him in the face.

Hanzo was thrown into a tree. He looked up to see Sub-Zero slowly walking towards him. The Lin Keui warrior smiled under his mask, forming two ice balls in his hand. Hanzo pressed a button on his wrist gauntlet, sending his kunai shooting towards Sub-Zero. The ice warrior dodged it, and sent one of his ice balls towards Hanzo. The Shirai Ryu assassin dodged it just in time. He pulled the kunai back before Sub-Zero could freeze it. Sub-Zero instead punched the ground, and spike came popping out of the ground. Hanzo jumped back, avoiding the spikes before they could skewered him.

Sub-Zero snapped his fingers in a frustrated manner, and ran at Hanzo. Two more balls of ice formed in his hands. He threw them both at Hanzo, who jumped over them again, while still running towards him. Just as Hanzo landed on the ground, Sub-Zero tackled Hanzo to the ground. Sub-Zero began throwing punches at Hanzo's face, while Hanzo tried blocking them. Hanzo looked to the left, seeing his fallen swords.

Hanzo looked back at Sub-Zero, and sent a fist right into his face. The blow gave Hanzo enough time to shove Sub-Zero off of him, crawl to one of his swords, and get into a fighting position. Sub-Zero jumped back up, looking Hanzo straight in the eye.

Sub-Zero chuckled. He said, "Never in all my years as a Lin Keui warrior have I seen someone survive this long against me."

Hanzo ignored him, running full speed at his nemesis. Before Sub-Zero got a chance to avoid the blow, Hanzo slashed his face. A long, blood red scar ran down his right eye, making Sub-Zero let out a scream of pain. Hanzo then roundhouse kicked Sub-Zero, sending the Lin Keui warrior into a tree. Hanzo straightened himself, and looked at the very angry man.

Sub-Zero shouted, "You will pay for that!"

Sub-Zero charged Hanzo, and then punched him square in the face, breaking a piece of Hanzo's mask. The crack ran from the top left side of the mask, all the way down to the pseudo-mouth. Hanzo back a Sub-Zero, panting heavily.

Sub-Zero grinned, now tasting the blood from his scar. "Now, since your scarred my face, I'm going to scar your soul," sneered Sub-Zero.

Hanzo stood up to his full height, which was an inch or two shorter than Sub-Zero, and said, "The scar on your face will go away."

Sub-Zero's grin disappeared. Instead, he let out an inhuman growl, forming an ice sword in his hands. Hanzo gripped his sword tighter, waiting for Sub-Zero to clash swords. Sub-Zero swung his sword, which Hanzo blocked with his.

He kicked Sub-Zero back, pressed a button on his wrist gauntlet, and sent his kunai spear towards Sub-Zero again. This time, in impaled him on the shoulder. Hanzo gave it a good tug, and shouted, "Come here!" Sub-Zero was pulled towards Hanzo, who grabbed Sub-Zero's head, and brought it towards his knee.

Kenshi's head slammed on Ermac's knee. Kenshi stumbled back, dazed by the blow. He shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts. His senses were off. He couldn't pinpoint Ermac. He'd just have to wait until he talked.

Which was easier said than done.

Ermac's fist was shrouded by a neon green glow. He made a motion like he was punching something, while there was nothing in front of him. But Kenshi felt a blow to his stomach. As well as two more blows to his head and right arm. Kenshi fell to his knee, but got up immediately after. Ermac ran up to Kenshi and began to punch his chest. Kenshi let out shouts of pains, not knowing what to do for the first time in his life.

Ermac, after delivering about ten punches to the chest, threw a hard right across Kenshi's face. A few teeth flew out of Kenshi's mouth, blood following the teeth. Ermac lightly place his hand on Kenshi's chest, with Kenshi unaware that it was glowing the same green color. Kenshi flew into another wall, not breaking through it this time. Ermac walked over to him, grabbed his face, and looked him in the eyes.

"You have survive longer than anyone who has faced us," said Ermac. "Congratulations, swordsman. Now you will die."

Kenshi, thinking fast, punched Ermac right in the gut. Ermac staggered back, looking at his chest in amusement.

He said, "You really think that would hurt us? We are—"

He never got the chance to finish his sentence, because Kenshi tackled him to the ground. The blind swordsman began punching Ermac's face, knocking out more teeth than Ermac did to him. Ermac only tolerated it for a few seconds, because he slammed his head into Kenshi's forehead. He got up, panting heavily.

"Very good, swordsman," stated Ermac. "You are defiantly a stubborn warrior."

Kenshi got to his feet, but fell again. He got on all fours, spitting out more blood.

Ermac saw this. He growled, and shouted, "Why won't you just fucking die!"

Kenshi said, "Because if I do, this city will fall. I won't be able to exact revenge on Shang Tsung for blinding me, I won't save Decon City from its corruption, and I won't be able to stop you, pawn of Shang Tsung."

Ermac laughed. He said, "You think We serve Shang Tsung? No. We serve no one. We are here because We want to take this city for ourselves."

Kenshi sensed his Sento blade calling to him. He looked over to his blade in the room he first crashed into. He held out his hand, trying to call forth the blade to his hand. Ermac was amused by this. But not amused enough to not kill him. He jumped towards Kenshi, who sensed him. Kenshi put his hands up in a defensive position.

He felt an invisible force pushing back on him. He then heard a crashing sound and, not knowing what it was, slowly stood up. Ermac had been pushed back into a wall in a very similar fashion as he did when he first showed his powers to Kenshi. The blind swordsman stood up, putting his hand out again. The Sento blade came towards him. He grabbed the hilt, and put it in a fighting position.

Ermac looked up and saw Kenshi ready to fight again. He growled, jumped up to his feet, and snarled at Kenshi. Kenshi gave a small smirk, and spoke two words.

"Bring it."

Sub-Zero clashed swords with Hanzo again, breaking the swords in half. Hanzo looked at his sword in disbelief, and then looked at Sub-Zero, who was grinning under his mask. Hanzo put the sword back in it's scabbard. He got into a fighting stance, but felt a sharp pain in his chest. He looked down, and saw a blade coming out of his chest.

His eyes slowly began to close. He was slowly losing consciousness, but he saw another Lin Keui assassin walk up to Sub-Zero. Hanzo finally lost consciousness after seeing Sub-Zero snap the Lin Keui's neck.

"Wake up, Hanzo."

Hanzo woke up to cold water being splashed in his face. He shook his head, seeing himself in a dark room. He instantly recognized it as his house. He struggled to get out of his bonds, but stopped when he saw Sub-Zero and two Lin Keui standing next to him. Sub-Zero knelt beside him, and said, "You've been out for a while, old friend. We were worried you were dead."

Hanzo jumped to try to get to Sub-Zero, but was quickly subdued by Sub-Zero's companions. Sub-Zero snapped his fingers, and the two assassins left the room. Sub-Zero kept looking into Hanzo's eyes. Hanzo would've spat in his face had his mouth not been tapped shut.

Sub-Zero said, "We have quite the surprise for you, Hanzo. Remember what I said about your family?"

The two Lin Keui returned with two additional people, one adult female, and one adolescent male. Hanzo began shouting something, but was muffled out. Sub-Zero grinned again, and looked back at Hanzo's family.

He snapped his fingers again, and one of the assassins let go of the female. She shouted, "Hanzo!"

Hanzo said something that sounded like, "Kana!"

Kana walked over to Hanzo, but Sub-Zero grabbed her shoulder and drove Hanzo's blade into her. Kana let out a short scream before falling to the ground.

The boy shouted, "Mom!"

Hanzo stood there in shock. His wife was dead and the killer was going to kill again very soon. Sub-Zero walked over to Hanzo again, whispering in his ear, "That was your wife, am I correct?"

Hanzo just stared at the dead body, hoping that this was all just a dream. Sub-Zero smacked Hanzo and shouted, "Answer me!"

Hanzo nodded, still not being able to speak. Sub-Zero got up, and walked over to the boy. "And this must be Jubei," said Sub Zero. He put his hand on Jubei's shoulder, and said, "He's a handsome lad, isn't he Hanzo? Yes, it'd be such a shame to waste this. Sadly, I must put an end to the Hasashi bloodline. "

Jubei said, "You're a monster!"

Sub-Zero laughed, and said, "I'm not the one who put you on this world to die, little boy. And I'm defiantly not the one to join a clan when he knew that clan had mortal enemies."

Sub-Zero took the blade, and drove it into Jebui's chest, similar to what he did with Kana. Hanzo shouted, "No!"

Sub-Zero walked over to Hanzo, ripped the tape off Hanzo's mouth, and said, "This is your entire fault, old friend. If only you stayed with them, instead of going to tend to your precious grandmaster."

Hanzo shouted, "Why? They did nothing to you!"

Sub-Zero knelt to Hanzo's eyelevel, and said, "They were your family. I can't think of a better reason than that."

Hanzo tried to get out of his bonds, but his struggles were cut short when a blade was driven into his chest. He looked down, and saw Sub-Zero twisting the blade. Sub-Zero left the blade in Hanzo's chest and snapped his fingers. The two Lin Keui exited the house. Sub-Zero chuckled, stepping over Kana and Jubei and Kana's body on his way out.

Before he got to the door, he stopped, look back at Hanzo, and said, "Enjoy the rest of your life in hell, Hanzo." He stepped out of the house, laughing. That laugh would haunt Hanzo for the rest of his life.

Present day,

Scorpion woke up from his dream with a scream. He threw the blanket off of him, and looked at his chest. The scar was still there. He slammed his fist against the wall, punching a hole in it. He then heard a struggle. It was on a different floor. It sounded like Kenshi. He grabbed his wrist gauntlet, not bothering putting his entire costume on. He then got his mask, tied it to his face, and ran towards the noise.

Kenshi stabbed his blade at Ermac, but Ermac pushed himself back. The red ninja opened his palm, and sent a wave of energy at Kenshi. The swordsman flew back, crashing into a stand with a vase. Before the vase hit the floor, Kenshi caught it, then threw it at Ermac. Ermac dodged it, but was caught off guard when Kenshi tackled him.

Kenshi raged his sword, but Ermac kneed him in the groin. Kenshi's eyes went wide. Ermac, while Kenshi was holding his crotch, punched him in the face. Kenshi held his bleeding nose, while Ermac brought his legs to Kenshi's stomach. The red ninja kicked Kenshi off, sending the swordsman back to a wall.

Ermac stood back up, but Kenshi ran up to Ermac. He threw two punches at Ermac's stomach, then roundhouse kicked his face. Ermac fell to the ground. He pulled down his mask, spat out some blood, put the mask back in place, and got back up. Kenshi then grabbed Ermac's arm, punching the elbow joint.

Kenshi heard a crack, knowing for certain that the arm was snapped in half. Kenshi then elbowed Ermac's head, hearing another crack. Just to make sure, Kenshi kicked Ermac's thigh with enough force to break the femur. Ermac let out a scream that basically woke up the entire apartment. Most went back to sleep when they figured it wasn't worth looking into.

Ermac feel to the ground, and Kenshi's hand glowed blue, ready to attack Ermac. The swordsman made a punching motion, which cracked Ermac's skull even more. Ermac's entire body glowed a neon green, and he lifted himself of the ground.

Kenshi lifted his arm up, calling Sento to him. He ran at Ermac, swinging his sword at him like an expert, but Ermac kept pushing himself out of the way with his telekinesis.

Kenshi swung his blade at Ermac again, trying to hit him. Ermac was running out of breath. He wouldn't be able to keep this up any longer. However, he heard a sort of whirling sound, and a spear tip embedded itself in Ermac's vertebrae. He heard someone shout, "Get Over Here!"

Kenshi stared on in confusion as someone pulled Ermac towards them, and gave Ermac an uppercut. Kenshi, not wanting to waste this opportunity, jumped on Ermac and drove the blade in Ermac's head. Ermac let out a scream, but quickly stopped struggling. Kenshi looked up, and sensed Scorpion holding out a hand.

Kenshi asked, "What the fuck took you so long?"

Hanzo replied, "I was having a nightmare."

"Reliving the past," asked Kenshi.

Scorpion simply said, "Yeah."

Kenshi shrugged, and said, "Let's go talk to Kung Lao and Stryker."

Scorpion nodded, and walked back to the room that served as their "headquarters."

Bi-Han turned the screen off that him and Shang Tsung were watching the fight on. He looked back at Shang Tsung, who had a very pleased expression. He took a sip of his tea, and said, "Tell the others of Ermac's death."

Bi-Han nodded, and left the small security room.

Shang Tsung whispered to himself, just to amuse himself, "Fatality."

A/N: Finally! It's about damn time I got this shit done. Sadly, I had to kill Ermac, because this is a fight to the death, and no none takes prisoners in MK. Hope you enjoyed.

Spino, out.