In the residence of notorious serial killer John Ginger, a teenage girl with tan skin, blonde hair, and wearing a cheerleader outfit was bound in a chair in John's basement. A piece of duct tape covered her mouth so she wouldn't scream. A few seconds later, the basement light turned on. When she heard footprints coming down on the steps, she feared for her life. Soon she was face to face with her harbinger of death in the form of a teenager with tan skin, orange hair, a clown-like face, a t-shirt, brown sweatpants, and boots. In his hand was a bloody butcher knife.

"Ah, so nice of you to stick around," John said in a sinister tone, "even though you had no chance o' leavin', so why the hell would I say something like that? Anyway, I have an appointment in about twenty minutes, so let's make this quick, shall we?"

The girl violently shook her head no as sweat trickled down her face. However, John was already untying her white sneakers. She attempted to scream, but because of her taped mouth, only muffled noises were heard.

"I'm sorry, it must be opposite day, because I could've sworn you were telling me yes." With that, he pulled off the sneakers, then oh-so slowly peeled off her socks, revealing her pale bare feet with unpainted toenails. John pulled those sweaty bare feet towards him and rubbed them on his face, sniffing and licking them as he went. This went on for about five minutes before he used his knife to write a capital J on her left sole and a capital G on he right one.

"I believe playtime's over now," John said before readying his knife. "Here's your farewell present." With that, he plunged the knife into the girl's throat. He then slashed the knife upward, vertically slicing her face in half. She died instantly.

Pleased with his work, John walked back upstairs while licking the blade of his knife. His girlfriend, Jackie Bellus, was waiting for him in the kitchen, where John entered. "Did you give the cheerleader the time of her life, Johnny?" she asked in a very high tone of voice.

"Did I ever," John replied. "Also. I have new plans now."

"What is it?"

"As it turns out, Quan Chi from Mortal Kombat actually exists, as does Belial from that Epic Blades thing on deviantArt. I say this 'cause Belial resurrected Quan Chi and now the former's talkin' about havin' a fighting tournament."

"Ooooooh, how amazing."

"Exactly, and what's more, the Sphere of Wonders is involved. I believe we can turn this to our advantage." John beckoned for Jackie to follow him out the front door.

However, unbeknownst to them, a mysterious figure with a bluish grey sneaking suit, a grey headband, a brown bullet, and a cigarette in his mouth was spying on them from atop a tree across from John's house.

to be continued...