"Cassie Cage!" Sulphoron announced. It was the final match before the absolute final round, and Cassie was ready. "...vs Kisara!" Kisara floated onto the arena, wearing a blue and white variant of Ermac's attire (given to her as a thank you gift for defeating Liu Kang).
"You ready, Cassandra?" Kisara asked Cassie.
"I've been ready," Cassie replied.
"Begin!" Kisara constructed a pair of tonfas from her light energy. In return, Cassie got out her baton. The two darted towards each other for their weapons to clash. This went on for about a minute and a half before Cassie grabbed Kisara's arm and tossed her on the opposite side of her. Kisara did not stay down for long, as she unleashed light projectiles at Cassie, tossing them like snowballs. Cassie whacked the first few away with her baton, but then a light ball hit her hand and knocked the baton out of it.
"Hmph. Now I have the advantage," Kisara said as she threw the remaining light balls, all of them making contact with Cassie's body. The last one knocked Cassie back a bit. This gave Kisara the opportunity to dart towards her like a missile. Cassie merely countered by doing a salute that went into a backhanded slap, giving off enough force to knock Kisara out of her form and onto the ground.
"Suck on that, bitch!" Cassie taunted. This ticked Kisara off so much that she used her powers to lift Cassie into the air, slam her on the ground very hard a few times, and toss her over to the edge of the arena. She should have lost, but didn't, because she was able to recover from that.
Meanwhile, Kisara flew high into the air, apparently so mad that a light aura emanated from her and her eyes turned blue. "You will regret the day you chose to embarrass me, Cassandra Cage!" she yelled with an echo-y voice. She then charged up a light beam powerful enough to obliterate Cassie in one hit. This caused Cassie to try and tap into the power that helped her defeat Shinnok in order to nullify this. After a few seconds, she had summoned this jade aura around the same time Kisara unleashed the beam.
On contact, there was an explosion of dust that surrounded the arena. When the dust settled, Kisara saw that Cassie, still glowing, was still standing, much to her chagrin.
"No... how?" Kisara asked herself.
"Nice try, lady Ermac," Cassie taunted as she got out a pistol. "Now it's my turn." She aimed the pistol upward, and the bullet pierced through Kisara's arm, causing enough pain and trauma for her to come crashing down. Though she hit the ground hard, she wasn't unconscious, nullifying any chance for her to turn into the White Dragon.
"Winner: Cassie Cage!" Sulphoron announced, causing Jacqui, Takeda, and Kung Jin to cheer for her. Before Sulphoron got a chance to say "Finish her," Cassie already made her way towards the downed Kisara. She aimed her pistol at Kisara's head. Kisara closed her eyes, awaiting her fate.
However, in a worst case scenario, the gun misfired, meaning no bullet came out. Far from being depressed, however, she made a complete mockery of this situation.
"Oh, darn. Out of ammo," Cassie said in a humorous tone. "Guess I won't be killing today." Despite this ass pull, a few laughs were elicited from the audience. Cassie then helped Kisara to her feet.
"I can't believe this," Kisara said. "Why did you misfire?"
"You didn't think I'd actually kill ya, now did you?" Cassie quipped. "I purposely put one bullet in that thing just so you'd fall like a sack o' potatoes."
"You are most definitely clever. Even I had no chance of predicting this outcome."
"Yeah, and sorry for the gunshot wound."
"Not a problem." Kisara used her light powers to heal the wound within seconds. "I wish you best of luck in the finals, Ms. Cage." She and Cassie then went their separate ways. Unbeknownst to them, however, something devious had already went down in the castle...
to be continued...