In the audience, Kano was shaping up his beard with a Bowie knife. He was glad to have a match today and he hoped it was against that dreaded Ginger. Every night prior, he dreamed of tearing John's heart out of his chest, watching him suffer as he died within seconds.
From a portal above the arena, Liu Kang flipped as he descended. He landed perfectly on his feet. He then walked off the arena floor.
"The time has come for the second match," Liu Kang announced. "John Ginger..."
John confidently walked up to the arena. "Say who I'm fightin' already.
Despicable beast... "...vs Kano." With a chuckle, Kano walked onto the arena across from John.
"Hello, sport. Been a while," Kano quipped. "Ya remember me?"
"Ah yes, the Aussie Terminator," John replied just as snarky. "I knew you been wanting to kill me."
"You're damn fuckin' right I do!" Kano snapped as he got out a bowie knife. "I'll enjoy cuttin' ya ear... to ear."
Cheesy movie references? John thought to himself. Really?
"Begin!" Liu Kang announced. Kano used his eye implant to fire a mid ranged laser at John, who nullified it with his butcher knife while yawning. Next to Quan Chi, Kano was his most hated character in Mortal Kombat X.
He then countered by planting his knife into the ground, causing a metal spike to appear under Kano's current location, knocking him upward into the air. Everyone was amazed by this. Although Kano fell very hard onto the floor, he somehow managed to get back up and draw both of his knives. He charged towards John, and he clashed his own knife with Kano's. A few seconds later, Kano headbutted John, knocking him back a bit and leaving him kneeling.
Kano spat on the floor and got a knife ready to gut John. John, however, used his knife to cut off Kano's hand, causing blood to gush out of the stomp. Kano, clearly in pain, screamed and held his stump. John then stabbed Kano's leg, breaking the bone. This caused Kano to fall onto the ground, unable to continue fighting.
"Winner: John Ginger," Liu Kang announced. "Finish him."
"Sonya's gonna be pissed," John said before stabbing Kano's good eye. He then took his knife out of the eye and proceeded to walk to where his legs were. He pressed the tip of the blade on the floor and dragged it upward, splitting Kano in half from his genitals right to his forehead.
Near the front, Vega and Balrog were impressed by their current employer's fatality. They were starting to rethink their earlier feelings towards him and began to respect him as a superior.
to be continued...