Chapter 3

Jax had planned a surprise raid on the Black Dragon warehouse three days after Sonya made her dreadful bargain with Kano. When they stormed the the warehouse, they learned that Kano moved his operations; he and Sonya were nowhere to be found. Following the failed raid, Jax searched leads which often led to dead ends. It also seemed that the Black Dragon activity had grown stagnant, which made them extremely difficult to track.

However, recent developments forced Jax to put his search for Sonya on hold. Jax's unit had been tasked to investigate supernatural attacks on innocent civilians. These investigations lead Jax to a chance encounter with a warrior named Kenshi. Eventually, Jax and Kenshi would go on to form a new branch of the FBI known as the Outworld Intelligence Agency or OIA. Despite his newfound duty, Jax had never given up hope of finding Sonya.

Fate would have it that an unlikely ally would help him resume his search for her. Fire God Liu Kang made contact with Kenshi and Jax for a new mission. Liu Kang had filled them in on a dangerous new threat. Titan Havik had begun his quest to start invading realms to spread chaos and mayhem; Earthrealm was his latest target. Liu Kang was seeking out Kano as he had learned that he had developed a weapon with a powerful technology that would aid them in destroying Titan Havik whom was rumored to be impenetrable. Jax was anxious to get started as he knew that finding Kano would lead him to Sonya.

"I have been searching for Kano for months and have hit nothing but dead ends. How are you able to find him?" Jax asked Liu Kang. "You forget that I am a God, Jackson Briggs. I have my ways of finding him." Jax hesitated. "Liu Kang, he has my partner, Sonya. The last time I saw them...the circumstances were not the best. My only interest in finding Kano is to find her. Are you able to tell me if she is ok?"

Liu Kang smiled. "I understand your concern for your friend. Sonya Blade is alive and well...but Jax, I must prepare you. Sonya is much changed. She is not the same woman she was when you last saw her." With that, Liu Kang made a circular motion with his hands to create a fiery portal. "Come Jax, this portal will take us to Sonya and Kano." Jax looked at Kenshi. "You can hold down the fort, right?" Kenshi nodded. "I'll be fine here. Go and find your friend. Good luck."

Upon stepping through the portal, Jax and Liu Kang found themselves in the Little Havana section of Miami, Florida. The aroma of Cuban food flooded the night air. People joyously were dancing to salsa music and children were happily running in the streets. As Jax and Liu Kang made their way through the crowds, they took notice of a few thug like looking men with distinctive dragon tattoos. Jax immediately recognized them as Black Dragon members.

Jax and Liu Kang watched the men as they laughed over beers and cigars. After a few moments, the men started to leave. At this point, Jax and Liu Kang followed the men while keeping their distance to avoid being seen. After walking a few blocks, the men arrived at a restaurant bar. Walking through the restaurant, Jax and Liu Kang followed the men toward the roof top. It was there that they saw Kano and several Black Dragon enjoying dinner and drinks.

Rage went through Jax at the sight of watching Kano laughing without a care in the world. WIthout a second thought, Jax abandoned Liu Kang, and started to push through the crowd to get to Kano's table. Kano had his back facing Jax so he did not notice him coming through the crowd. Before Kano's men had time to warn him, Jax violently grabbed Kano from the back of his shirt to lift him up." HEY ASSHOLE!" Jax shouted as he punched Kano right in the face.

The chatter in the restaurant went silent as they saw Kano fly back backwards onto the table knocking everything including himself onto floor. His men immediately drew their guns to shoot Jax. The patrons of the restaurant began screaming and started to flee. Kano got back onto his feet and rubbed his jaw. "That was a bit uncalled for, mate." Jax started to scream, "WHERE'S SONYA?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HER?!" Kano devilishly smiled. "Relax mate, Sonya's fine. She and I have been having a great time, if you know what I mean."

"YOU SON OF A BITCH! I WILL KILL YOU!" Jax's rage got the better of him as he started to lunge for Kano again despite the fact that his men had their guns pointed to him. As Kano's men started to cock their guns, Jax heard a familar voice shout, "STAND DOWN!" At her authority, Kano's men dropped their weapons, which took Jax for surprise. His heart stopped at the sight of Sonya standing at the entrance of the room with a mojito in her hand.

Jax almost didn't recognize her. Sonya almost never wore makeup; however, tonight her face was made up with smokey eye makeup and a dark red lip gloss shade. Jax was also used to Sonya in uniform. Instead, she wore a plunging dark red halter top that stopped just above her belly; tight black leather pants and nude stilletto open toe shoes. Her long hair was loose instead of in the pony tails that she was accustomed to. She also never painted her nails, however, her manicured nails were of a crimson shade.

Jax also couldn't help but notice a five carat princess cut diamond and matching band on her ring finger. Kano face lit up at the sight of her. "Hello, baby," he said. Sonya walked directly to Kano and gave him an annoyed look. " Really?! What the hell is all of this?" she asked as she pointed to his men. Kano grinned. "I am sorry, love. We got a little carried away. Honestly." Caressing her chin, Kano gave Sonya a kiss on the lips and looked Jax directly in his eyes when he did it.

At the sight of them together, Jax became furious. "Sonya, are you going to tell me what the hell is going on here? I have been worried sick about you!" Sonya shrugged. "About that Jax, I can explain..." The look in Jax's eyes was dangerous. "You better explain! What the hell is going on?"

Sonya hesitated for a moment and then she looked at Kano. He started to grin. "Are you going to tell him, love, or am I?" She looked at Kano. "No...that won't be necessary. I will," she said. Then she turned directly to Jax. "I know you are not going to understand this and for that I am sorry", she started to say. "We fell in love. Kano and I...," she hesitated. "We were married last month."