John's influence has spread to not just Earth, but also Outworld, Zebes, Yautja Prime, Pandora, Keisei, the Realm of Light, and the Chaos Realm. From the dark clouds of those worlds spawned a race of dark creatures known only as Heartless. The residents of each world kept fighting off the Heartless.
On Earth, many of the people on Fighter's Island did their best to fight off the Heartless.
Wulf used his claw and axe to slice his way through; Felis fired her light arrows at the Heartless's throats; Minerva used her light powers and sometimes her owl to attack; Dr. Clef fired his shotgun and even used a chainsaw he believes is supernatural; 953 used her signature fighting abilities; Kotal Kahn's primary means was his war club; Erron Black used not only his six-shooters, but his sand bombs and Tarkatan arm sword; Reptile spat acid, ripped Heartless apart limb from limb, and used his tongue to eat some Heartless' heads; Ferra clawed her way through Heartless while Torr slammed them to the ground and sometimes tore them apart; Edmund Gareth used a gold axe, his purple fire, and his demonic tornadoes to fight these threats; Ogoleithus primarily used his tentacles to tear them limb from limb; Kisara mixed up her psychic powers and light powers for a diverse set of attacks to protect Naomi; Ermac primarily used his psychic abilities to combat the Heartless; Ken utilized his many combat attributes to fight his foes; Takeda used his whips and kunais to attack; Kung Jin relied heavily on his arrows, physical bow strikes, and his chakram; Yandere-Chan mainly used her knife and her frozen bra to attack; Jacqui utilized everything in her gauntlets to plow through the Heartless; and Cassie used her pistols, grenades, and baton to fight.
All of these contestants decided to band together in order to save the universe from peril. However, they were not the only ones in the fight. Right when it looked like Cassie might be eaten by a Heartless, a cracking sound was heard. Behind the Heartless was an Afro-American man with a beard, a baseball cap with the word 'Rap' written on it, a red t-shirt, a sleeveless orange jacket, and green pants.
"Thanks, sir," Cassie said.
"Name's Murdock," the man replied. He looked behind him and fired a green energy wave from his arm at incoming Heartless.
In another part of the island, Jacqui was working with an Afro-American young woman with an afro, a magenta top with yellow borders, pink gloves, magenta boots, and green pants. This woman was named Shantel and is Murdock's younger sister.
"Didn't think you for the agressive type," Jacqui said to Shantel as she threw a Heartless to her. Shantel punched it in the throat, rendering it unconscious.
"I'm a boxer," Shantel replied with a sassy tone. "S'what I do best." However, she got so distracted that she didn't notice a Heartless about to bite her neck. However, Murdock grabbed the Heartless, slammed it to the ground, and punched it in the face until it was unconscious.
"Thanks, bro," Shantel said to her brother. "Guess I shouldn't'a let my guard down."
"Anytime, sis," Murdock replied. "We gotta get you and the others to a safe place." With that, Murdock led Shantel and the other twenty-one members of this new alliance to a Heartless free area.
"Okay, now what?" Cassie asked, trying to get her breath back.
"Yeah, things are goin' south around here," Dr. Clef chimed in.
"Good thing Shantel and I ran into youse when we did," Murdock said. "I dunno know how the hell things got messed up like this, but I know one thing; it's gotta stop."
"Great speech," Felis said in a sarcastic tone. "So what do we do now?"
"Shao Kahn's former castle," Kotal Kahn remembered. "It must have been compromised."
"There's a castle here?" Kung Jin queried.
"Yeah, when Ryu went here the first time," Ken explained, "that castle was used by that Kahn dude that green guy referred to earlier."
"Yes. If we can somehow stop whoever caused this Armegeddon," Kotal Kahn continued, "we might be able to reverse this."
"And to do that," Minerva said as she created space for herself, "We'll need all the help we can get." Minerva then concentrated power to bring up three souls from under the sand. In a process that took about three minutes, the souls began to materialize skeletons, organs, muscles, skin, and clothing. Using the Reanimation Wave spell she learned from Michael, Minerva had resurrected Snake, Ivy, and Lilith. Minerva explained their current situation to them.
"By God," Ivy exclaimed. "I knew it all along! There is an evil force behind this."
"We gotta break into that castle, and fast," Snake suggested.
"Uh, that castle is near indestructible," Lilith said. "However... there is one human I know of that can make explosives powerful enough to penetrate the castle's walls, and if I'm correct, she might have came here and set up shop."
"Lead the way, hot stuff," Murdock said.
to be continued...