Mystery Science Theater En Masse

Special Episode 7: The Scar (Part Eight)

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Warning: There's a gore scene in this part. Again, it's a Mortal Kombat fic. This part also has some accidental misogyny.

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9. Know Your Limits

The Scar

A Mortal Kombat Fanfiction

A.N. I promised you guys, so I will not go back on that promise! Regular updates for everyone! :D

Brace yourselves guys, this chappy's a long one o.o

Emi: *flatly* Oh, joy. Can I leave?
Amy: Well, you can. But do you want to?
Emi: I don't know any more.

I'm really happy that you people haven't given up on this story even though it took me forever to get it updated before :) My readers are the best in the universe. Lol, I love you guys and thanks for all the positive feedback.

Mai: Someone has yet to see this riffing.
Jessie: Hey, we said that there were some good parts. We never said "stop writing forever".

Also I'd just like to say that even though I am following the story line of the game rather closely, I'm not doing it one hundred percent.

James: Well, that was pretty bloody obvious.

You're gonna see some things in this chapter that are different, they are plot points which I've created to add different twists on the story. This is just to add in my own couple of flavors into the Mortal Kombat slushie, that I wanna try out. It's nothing TOO significant but I wanted to add more to this then just an OC so I hope you guys like it.

Sonic: Time to stick the rest of the story into a blender and set it all on fire.
Emi: ...I don't feel like burning a fic.
Sonic: Kyo's really starting to rub off on ya.

And just a little note I'd like to add, I want everyone to know that I'm doing my best to keep the characters from the game as in character as possible especially with Kitana.

Cassy: Bull and shit, dude.

I made many characters pretty OOC before in the first few chapters and I don't want to keep doing that, but with how I started the story a few years ago the best I can do is just try to salvage the situation.

Keiko: And that's where the revenant version comes into play.

So you're gonna see Kitana being a little out of character for this story since she's suppose to be attracted to Kyle/Scar and wants him to court her. I do not want to alter her personality in ANYYYY way, I love Kitana for the way she is. So I'm sorry if at any point she acts a little too 'girly' or 'love drunk' I'm only doing it to further the relationships and story line but she is still the proud and lethal Princess Kitana that we all know, love, and RESPECT!

Jessie: Ah, ha, ha, ha... bullshit.

Disclaimer: You remind me of about 90% of my mail, completely worthless but I just keep having to address you over and over again. But the other percentage I tell you that I don't own Mortal Kombat :3

Aaaaaaand we're off!

Emi: *sighs* Well, at least we finally have a "disclaimer".

Day 6 Of The Mortal Kombat Tournament: The Flesh Pits

Drills were loud. They screeched high pitched wails while they drilled each respective screw into their place, the place in this point was a plate of metal. And attached to that plate, a green scaled head.

All: Huh?

"Reptile." Spoke the man holding the drill, he knelt beneath the large humanoid form systematically changing positions for better angles or to adjust the metal he was attaching to the back of this creatures skull. "Never thought this'd be how he'd go out, and from that fuckin' boy wonder no less." He said eventually getting up from his crouched spot to place the drill back onto a metallic platter. His voice had a thick Australian accent, and his face was partially covered over his right eye with a steel mask like device. The glowing red 'eye' surveyed the array of other power tools he had to work with, but this project he was given was nearly done so all he needed was to tinker with it just a bit more.

Amy: So we have... Cyber Reptile now?
Mai: I'm a bit intrigued.

The body he was tampering with lay flat out on the gurney like surface, sturdy metal material was added however to it's structure. The various places which had suffered severe damage from the battle with Black Scar. Over both knee caps, along the left side of the rib cage and of course, on the back of his head. Each were bolted to the rough flesh, strapped down securely and permanently into place.

Another man was in the room with him, "Is he ready yet Kano?" The voice was very deep but smooth at the same time, the operating man looked up upon hearing it and rolled his one eye.

"Fuck mate, I told you. I'll be done when I'm done and..." He dragged out the last word for a moment longer than he should've as he went back to adjusting something with Reptiles new plate attachment. It only took him a second or two before it completely clicked into place and he said, "I'm done!" Kano patted the creatures head appearing to be proud of his work and looked him up and down. "The rest'll be up to you great wizard." His words just felt as slimy as his scraggly beard was, causing the addressed figure in front of him to grimace slightly before he stepped into better view. He was white as snow, either that or just unhealthily pale. inscribed along his head and body were symbols from some ancient text that Kano couldn't even begin to translate. Leather gloves and matching pants were the only clothes he wore, and his eye sockets were dark. And although the scruffy man's words were mostly laced in sarcasm, there was an air of truth to them. He was a 'wizard' of sorts. Although the necromancer; Quan chi, was more likely a better choice of words. "Why does Shang Tsung want this bloody thing back anyway? He can't be worth much if he goes out this easily."

Sonic: Uh... was that description copied?
Cassy: I don't know, and I'm not gonna bother, dude.

The pale man shook his head, "Reptile has been a loyal servant, and a soldier for Shao Kahn before you were in your mother's belly. Shang Tsung must have something in store for him. Along with the child who did this." He told while giving Reptile another once over on his own. It was true, if the sorcerer wanted Reptile to come back to fight another day, he must've had something important for him to do. Only question is; what?

Jessie: Sure won't be killing him in revenge. Can't have the fic end abruptly.

But Quan Chi didn't bother asking or even troubling himself to think about it for long, Reptile was due to come back from the Netherrealm, and that's what he was going to do.

With a flick of his wrists, his palms opened and he began to raise his arms as if he was lifting a body up from the ground. The sickly purple veins under the skin of his arms bulged against the confines of his skin and suddenly began to change color, pulsing from their original shade to a quickly growing brighter green; running down his arms to beneath his glove clad hands. From there a strange aura started to illuminate from his finger tips, whipping delicately like transparent green flames. Kano watched seeming fascinated while Quan Chi's eyes were closed in a deeply focused manner, when at that moment the glowing magic like mist pulsed from the pale man.

Reptiles body ever so slightly twitched as more green luminescent flames began to envelope his body...

Cassy: ...before being sent to the post office.

Royals Tower-The Sparring Fields

The Princesses blue high heeled boots swept through the grass, stepping elegantly around each other as if they were water dancing over rock.

James: And that purple prose just made Emi's hair a little bit brighter.

Kitana was silently in her element. Her folded fan held firmly in her hand while the steel brightly glistened in the sun. She waved the weapon through the air in in several fashions, practicing each form, and twirling the single fan between both hands and occasionally changing grips. Keeping one arm behind her lower back where the second fan was sheathed, pressing her forearm gently against it, all the while keeping her eyes locked in front of her as if she was facing an opponent right now.

She continued spinning the conjoined swords effortlessly, not for a moment losing her grip or even stumbling with her fingers. She took a few steps forward leaning on her tip toes to carry her weight forward, maneuvering around both legs one foot in front of the other almost as if she was pirouetting, spinning both her body and the fan at the same time, maintaining a constant focus and not wavering for a second.

Keiko: And we were just fine until...

Her fans were thin castle forged steel with the design of a short sword, five of them were made and attached together with Edenian memory cloth which was one of the strongest non-metal materials they had. It retained it's strong shape no matter how stretched or strained it was, same with Kitana's battle wear, only it was also made with blued leather. The fans handle's were wrapped in strong cordage for easier maneuverability, and this showed as she was continually able to flawlessly twirl the weapon before her.

Keiko: ...that. We didn't need that.
Amy: I mean, it's good, but this fic has a bad habit of padding words out sometimes.

With the weather being as beautiful as it was the Princess decided today would be a great day to train a little earlier than usual, a gentle breeze whipped through her long curtain of black hair and the sun kissed her cream colored skin. Even the distant bubbling of a nearby creak could softly be heard.

She pointed the connected swords forward, then took a quick step thrusting it outward. She was switching her fighting styles every few moments to practice each one, and there were indeed many she knew that needed to be gone through. Again she stood on her tip toes and picked one leg up off of the ground locking it at a ninety degree angle, marking wear she would strike her invisible target before she again took a quick step forward and began slicing through the air. This was second nature to her, what made her the renown Princess that she was.

Once more switching up her style, her eyes caught sight of a tree standing proud about twenty yards away, and without a second thought, Kitana spun on her toes, adjusted her hold, and flung the fan through the air. With just a flick of her fingers, the blades opened immediately forming the full blue form of her signature weapon, and spun traveling in a blue blur until they stuck into the tree several inches deep.

A fine toss.

Kitana wanted to take a moment to admire her throw, but before she could, she heard something creeping around behind her. Without missing a beat she whirled around and drew her second fan, holding it far out in front of her like a rapier and stared into the forest just a little ways away from the clearing.

To untrained ears, all that could be heard was the wind blowing amongst the greenery. But the Princesses ears told a different story, she distinctly heard movement approaching her from this direction. And as she continued listening for it, she finally was able to recall what kind of creature made a noise like that when it was trying to be sneaky.

Mai: I'm surprised that she could hear that, considering how she was insanely horny for that Stu a few chapters earlier...
Keiko: *elbows Mai*

"Jade, why must you always try to sneak up on me?" Kitana chastised turning away from the forest and resuming her training, while several footsteps behind her became louder and louder.

"I do it to make sure you're keeping your skills sharp, and I've yet to be disappointed" The green clad warrior woman spoke playfully, emerging from the environment she so well blended into. Kitana smiled behind her mask while she continued to dance with her blades, Jade smiled behind hers as well but only briefly. Her mood turned a bit somber when the memory of why she came here returned. "Princess, may I speak with you?"

The older Edenian peaked back at her from over her shoulder and nodded, "Of course." She gave her permission still not slowing up or being distracted from her forms.

Emi: Here we go. It's going to be about him, isn't it?
Sonic: You know it.

She spotted a large grey rock protruding out of the earth several feet back and decided to take a seat on it, with any luck this would be an easy conversation. But Jade knew how set in her ways Kitana could be, so she steeled herself for the worst as well.

Jade let out a heavy breath before she began, "The Earthrealm warrior, Black Scar."

Emi: ...oh, butts.

Her words took less than a second to drift from her lips to Kitana's ears, and Jade was able to spot just the slightest falter in her movements after she spoke. Although it only lasted for a split second, she was able to catch it before the Princess corrected herself and kept on going fighting nothing.

Kitana should've known that Jade would've started her snooping sooner or later, but she thought that she was being discreet enough to not get caught at least for a time. "Perhaps I was just to busy fawning over him to see she was onto me."

James: Oh, let me count the goddamn ways, lady.

She thought but still put on her best poker face and tried to play off the stumble in her steps as if she wasn't worried at all. "What about him?"

"I know you've taken a liking to him." Getting right to the point was her plan of action.

That got Kitana to finally stop waving her fan around in practice, and she turned to face her best friend. Putting on her best confused face with an eyebrow raised and a slackened back as if Jade had just told a bad joke. "Are you teasing me Jade?" She played a fake chuckle, "He's a fine combatant yes, but I'm afraid you're mistaken if you me-" Jade suddenly cut her off.

Keiko: How long have they known each other?
Amy: For about 10,000 years.
Keiko: ...this version of Kitana is insanely dumb.
Amy: Unfortunately.

"I know that you've followed him." Her voice was even more firm now, she wanted to skip right pass any defense or playful banter Kitana had prepared to protect herself from being caught. Jade knew the truth and she was going to call her out on it. "You're not as adept at your stealth when your head is in the clouds my friend." Kitana was stunned at how straight forward she was being while Jade crossed her legs. "I saw you. You've left your chambers to pursue him, you've challenged a woman to Mortal Combat

Sonic: Mortal Combat? Is that the knockoff bootleg game that has that tiny version of Goro?

because you saw her with him and nearly lost your life doing it! Kitana, you're doing so many foolish things because of him, but do you even know his real name?" That sent a painful jolt to Kitana's chest, Jade wasn't sugar coating the fact that she thought this was all a bad idea and she was giving it to her cut and dry.

Cassy: Yes. His name is Gary.
Jessie: Pfft!

Kitana hadn't forgotten about that blonde bitch who jabbed her with some kind of paralyzing device, which was the only reason she had gotten the better of herself.

Jessie: If that taser hit a different area... it would be a nutty erotica.
James: Axl would probably read that.
Amy: Yikes. Also, remember that Lieutenant Blade's "crime" in her eyes is merely standing next to the Stu.
Cassy: This is some Nu-13 bullshit, dudes.

And she was prepared to challenge her again now that she knew about that strange weapon, she would know to avoid it at all costs. And of course her last statement made Kitana very uncomfortable, she grew fond of Scar by watching him from afar but other than that she knew nothing else about him. She hadn't even spoken to him yet.

Sonic: But remember, he was better than those two "frightening" women!
Emi: And he's "not like the other guys"!
Mai: Don't make me throw up.

"I..." She was about to speak but before she could Jade uncrossed her legs and stood up.

"Kitana, you are my dearest friend. I don't want to see you get into more trouble with your father. I know you've wanted to be courted for some time." She approached the woman in blue until she was within arms length of her. "We're women, we both want that at some point but now is just...not the time or the place." Her stern voice from before was now beginning to soften. Kitana's brown eyes were on her boots for every word Jade said, Jade saw this and started to feel bad for her friend. She knew this talk might hurt her but at the same time she didn't want to be cruel. "I've been to see him."

Immediately Kitana's gaze sprang to life, shooting up to meet Jade's. "You have? Where? When?"

"Calm down," She placed her hand on the older woman's shoulder, "It was only a brief meeting, but if you were just going to watch him from a distance I assumed somebody would have to find out who you were swooning over." Jade poked fun at her, trying to lighten the mood.

With a roll of her eyes Kitana brushed Jade's hand from her shoulder, "What is he like? Please Jade tell me."

James: Prep your arses, here comes the bullshit.

She was getting her hopes up, this worried the younger ninja a bit but she continued, "He is...different than most of the other Earthrealm warriors here.

Amy: *flatly* Thud.

He wears the face of a killer but inside that's not..." She hesitated, "It's not what he is, I could just tell that he's out of place here. Not here for glory, or the reward.

Jessie: Bullshit. That's exactly why he was originally here.

But only to protect, he is...innocent.

All: Bullshit!
James: He fucking killed people!

Just a young warrior who I believe is trying to be something he's not."

Keiko: Well, that much is obvious.

Jade laid out her opinion for Kitana to hear, which she was; she was hearing every single word of it and keeping it locked in her mind for later use. "I do not see anything malicious in him,

Cassy: You wanna talk to the eight of us, dude? We have a list.
Emi: It's enough to fill an essay, you know.

which is why I went to him from the start. I wanted to see if your choice in suitors was as poor as your choice in timing." Again she continued to tease Kitana.

Amy: Her timing's mostly fine, but that choice? Whoo...

That one caused the Princess to give a small smile, but it hadn't deterred her desire to learn more about the prospect hat had intrigued her for over the passed week. "And? What do you think? Now may not be the time I understand but that doesn't mean I shouldn't pursue him at another date correct?"

Mai: How about you stop chasing him and get your personality back, you horny idiot?

Now it was Jade's turn to roll her eyes, Kitana never acted this way, what had that boy done to turn the Princess Kitana herself into a bubbling pile of mushy goo.

Jessie: *points at James's crotch* Here's the answer to your question.
James: Hey, it's not a magic wand, Jess!
Jessie: It would be if you're a Stu. Ask Benji.
James: *gags*

"Kitana please, my friend I...he's...I think he has no ill will toward you and I feel like he is a kind soul.

All: *coughbullshitcough*
Emi: The character shilling is awful here.

But were you not listening to me? I only met him briefly, and you, yourself have never met him at all. I told him I would continue to watch him and make sure he would not try anything to harm you,

Amy: Too late, he harmed her character.

so I suppose..." She exhaled showing her slight annoyance with her friends persistence. "If you MUST" She emphasized the word strongly, "You too may try to learn more about this boy who has fascinated you so. But!" She lifted a finger between them like she was scolding a child, "If he should attempt to court you, or you try to make him a suitor for you. I will know about it, and I-" Finally Kitana spoke up butting into her sentence.

Sonic: She will what? What?
James: Hope it ended with "will impale him".

"Jade, I should thank you." She said, baffling the younger woman as she reached forward and wrapped her arms around her in a slow but surprising hug. "I'm thankful for your protection, I'm thankful for your concern, and I'm thankful for your friendship." There was a pause as Jade uncomfortably returned the embrace.

Cassy: ...this would be a better pairing. I'm just saying.
Jessie: See?

"You're...taking this remarkably well." She felt Kitana's body shift slightly and felt a few quiet giggles bump in her chest.

"And, I'm thankful for your silence on the fact that I'm going to pursue him anyway." She whispered almost with a sort of mischievous glee.

Keiko: You. Are. Dumb.

Jade was confused, "Wait, what? Kitana I-"

"If you trust me," Again she interrupted, "As you swore you always would, you will let me do this. I understand that during the tournament isn't the best of times to look for companionship,

Emi: Dur-hay!

but tell me Jade, when else do I have?" And there was Kitana's fatal point, the Mortal Kombat tournament was the only time the Princess met any men outside of her father and of course the repulsive deadly alliance Shang Tsung with Quan Chi. She never had a chance otherwise to be around new people, of course that was good for her training and well being. Which has brought her up to be the powerful warrior Princess that she is, but whether she liked it or not she couldn't help it that at times, "The life of royalty can be quite lonely Jade, I will take your advice to heart I swear it by the Elder Gods.

Mai: Don't trust the Elder Gods. They're useless.

But let me find out for myself whether I should pursue him or not. I've been in the shadows for too long and I feel like you coming to me today has given me the motivation I need to just confront him. And I shall see whether or not you are right about this, or I am." She finished, pulling back and looking into Jade's eyes which were full of reluctance.

She had never heard Kitana be so sure about something like this, "Kitana..."

"Please Jade," The Princesses voice went lower with more seriousness now rather than sweetness, "Let me have this, if you're right than I'll forget all about this girlish fantasy of mine and focus on nothing but the tournament." Her brown daggers were dueling with Jade's green ones as they battled each others opinions around.

Jessie: Their eyes are daggers? This is the weirdest purple prose ever.

Kitana was being honest, if Scar was not what she wanted than she would not pursue him any further. But Jade had inspired her by actually taking charge and going to find out what he was like. So now Kitana needed to know too.

And after a few seconds of silence, Jade's demeanor seemed to soften and she could see the faintest smile appear behind that mask. "How will you do this?"

The Princess almost jumped for joy but held it in and thinking about her question for a minute before simply stating what she had in mind, "I'm going to see him after tomorrow's combat. Tomorrow night."

Sonic: This is gonna end with a sex scene, isn't it?
Amy: I don't know if I want to stick around for that.

Day 7 Of The Mortal Kombat Tournament: Kombat Ring

"Great turnout this time." Kyle thought to himself while watching the fight go on before him.

Sonic: Kyle? I thought he was gonna stay as Scar!
Cassy: Consistency doesn't exist.

The sun rose today as it did any other,

Keiko: ...and then it suddenly exploded.

but it also brought a wave of nausea and nervousness along with it. This was the day where the fighting resumed whether your wounds had healed or not, and judging by his last opponent, the teen had no idea what to expect to battle against today.

James: You. Fucking. Killed. People.

He could hardly lift his spoon to eat anything during breakfast, he sat in his usual spot beside the S.W.A.T. officer Kurtis Stryker and the special forces agent Sonya; who again claimed that she wasn't going to participate in the primary battles. Opting to rather than risk her life in the ring for a prize that she didn't even care about, she was going to find the highest point that she could and call for evac'.

Having had enough of this place and no luck with finding her friend, she decided that she needed to get out of here and bring back up instead, since some 'blue bitch' had tried to kill her already. She figured they might need some more help fighting for Earthrealm and she knew a couple of good HTH fighters back at home.

Stryker on the other hand was more concerned about Kyle, he was able to tell that something was off again by the way he was barely speaking and the way he just simply stared at his mask.

Cassy: Is another attempt to gain sympathy points?
Emi: I know that this fic's trying, but it just doesn't work when the earlier chapters are also a factor.
Jessie: It's like scotch taping a head that was already cut off.

Either way eventually the gong of Mortal Kombat was sounded and the fighters were called to the same stage where they held the first battle. Kyle's heart was racing the whole way there especially after Sonya slipped away spotting a very high up bridge off in the distance where she thought she might get a good signal there.

Thankfully after the routine drummers and spectators including Shang Tsung, and Quan Chi had arrived announcing that round two of the tournament was now beginning; Kyle realized he wasn't the first to fight this time. However that relief was short lived as all the combatants were arranged in line, he realized that he had a front row seat now to watching however many people kill each other right in front of them.

James: I'm seriously going to be this group's broken record now. Mate...
All: You fucking killed people!

On his right was Stryker still trying to silently reassure him that they both were gonna come out of this ok, he just needed to be strong and stay confident. Liu Kang was training him even though it was brief but at least it was something he had this time which he didn't previously. And speaking of Liu Kang, he was standing on Kyle's left with the Thunder God Raiden beside him but he wasn't even making eye contact with Kyle yet. Probably because of something about discipline or other things of that nature.

Mai: He was actually wondering where the nearest bathroom was.
Amy: Or thinking about what turkey noise he should use next.

Regardless the fights were on, and they went just as the day did. Once again the teen was reminded of just how many people were here by how long this was carrying on, the round started at noon and now several hours had gone by without Kyle, Stryker, or even Liu getting called upon to fight. All they did was stand and watch as people, or humanoid type people paraded around back and forth on that stage dying. Each brandishing their own type of weapons or skills and looks as if they had appeared from across the globe and then some. Some of these people were abnormally insane in how they acted, laughing hysterically when they crushed their opponents skull or dragging the lifeless body around using them as a mop to soak up their own blood.

Jessie: Holy shit. I didn't know that Kyo entered the Mortal Kombat tournament.
Cassy: He may be the fluffy Anti-Christ, but he's our fluffy Anti-Christ.

It occurred then to the young man that, "I have to fight some of these people..."

Sonic: *with a megaphone* Do you freakin' have amnesia?!
Keiko: Apparently, "character development" now means "get bashed in the head by a giant rock and forget everything".

His heart sank, actually it did more than that it dropped further than his confidence did. Despite his weapons, despite his armor, despite his promise to be a cold killer, and despite his training he was scared. He couldn't help it, he was only sixteen! Turning seventeen in less than a month but with all of the things he was seeing before him he really questioned whether or not he would make it to another birthday.

Mai: *flatly* But... your... mortgage...
James: Guess you're about to be a broken record, too.
Mai: I don't want this role, but you take what you can get.
Emi: *sarcastically* Yes, give him a break! He couldn't help putting bullets into people's heads! *facepalms* Absolutely ridiculous.

None of the fighters were showing mercy, killing their enemies with an array of Fatalities that would've made the man with the strongest stomach grimace. "You'll be fine...you'll be fine...you'll be fine..." He nervously repeated in his mind taking several deep breaths through his nose and blowing the air out through his lips.

Amy: This needs to be repeated over and over again. He was fine killing others, but once again, he freaks out when his life is on the line. Our hero, ladies and gentlemen.
Emi: I want a new hero.
Amy: And I want a million dollars, but we can't always get what we want.

His legs were starting to ache after the hours of death and waiting, but his heart jumped after the last combatant stepped down from the stage as it was cleared; for he heard it, "Black Scar!"

It was finally his turn, he immediately turned to Stryker, his eyes silently begging for help even though he knew he couldn't provide any. So Kurtis just gave him a confident nod and gestured him forward. All Scar could do was breathe deep, over and over again and force his now seeming to be filled with lead, legs to carry him robotically towards the stage. Before he could make it three steps however he felt the hand of Liu Kang on his shoulder and the words, "Remember, do not kill your opponent." Then the hand was gone and he was back to walking, but not before nodding in response.

The mask he held in his hand was slowly strapped over his face and he said a silent prayer to his God back at home that it would protect him.

Keiko: This... is definitely being shoehorned. We're just being forced to accept that he's religious now.
Jessie: If that's the case... *looks up* God, can you do me a solid and get me out of this broken record of a fic?
Cassy: *horrified* Dude! You're a killer, Jess! You're definitely going to Hell with that request!

His hands trembled as they fumbled with the clasps in the back, finally the ground turned to steps and he climbed them up into the ring.

"Fighting against Black Scar will be..." Shang Tsung's old rasped voice called out, "Savage!"

"Well that doesn't sound good." Scar thought looking up at the old wizard, but it was because of this brief glance he realized something. The green woman from two days ago was up there beside him watching the fights as she had before but, "Where's the Princess?"

He was brought out of this train of thought though when he heard the footsteps on the other side of the ring, right away he turned his attention to face the opponent.

It...was a woman.

Sonic: Oh, I can't wait to see how this will be bungled.
Amy: Is Sonia still watching?
Sonic: *looks at the stands* Yep.
Amy: Uh-oh.

She seemed to be a little less muscled than the Princess or Sonya but there was something very off about her stature. She had long messy auburn hair, and her attire was a black tank top with matching finger-less gloves, tight cargo shorts that reached to mid calve and boots, pale almost sick looking skin. Her eyes however seemed to be completely devoid of pigmentation and very bloodshot giving them a reddish hue. And strangely at all, she seemed...twitchy.

"You're...my opponent?" Scar asked once more bringing back his lower darker voice trying to sound intimidating.

Suddenly she did something that he could've lived his entire life without seeing and would've died a happy man. She smiled, a big toothy grin that revealed her grotesque mouth. Her mouth was human, with lips and a normal tongue, but the teeth inside looked to be sharpened as if they were filed down or if they all were K-9 shaped. Grey and black corrosion was painted all over them, one would wonder if they had ever been white. Scar's eyes widened at the site, and suddenly he heard her speak in a voice so calm, and so weak almost that it seemed to be barely above a whisper.

"You smell good." She hadn't been able to get that smell out of her head since she caught scent of his blood a few days back. When she saw him in the dojo through the bushes, she supposed that it was just fate that now she had a chance to get a taste.

It didn't take long for Scar to put two and two together, the teeth, the unhealthy flesh tone, and the spastic muscles, and the fighter name Savage? It was obvious.

She was a cannibal.

Cassy: Oh. So it's Mileena Lite.
James: Welp, if you don't want me to start up the oven, go ahead.
Emi: So that's who was watching him? I guess it wasn't because he was attractive.
Jessie: It's still bad. He's now in the Bella Swan tier of delicious.
Cassy: So he's not just good. He's bacon-y good.

"Fight!" Shang Tsung suddenly shouted so out of nowhere that Scar practically jumped into his guard stance, and Savage took her own. She looked like a cat hunched over with her hands open below her.

Cassy: I take offense to that, dude.
Emi: *snickers*

He made sure to keep his fists open this time instead of closing them. Remembering what Liu Kang said, "If your palms are open you can block your enemies easier." Kyle was trying his best to remember everything he was being taught but his brain frantically wanted to go blank. She started moving, in a jerky fashion leaning to the right them moving to the left trying to psyche him out. He stayed focused on her though, "Never get greedy, never be too eager in a fight and try to rush your opponent. Let them come to you."

Amy: I love how that five minute lesson will work for him because reasons.

And she did, finally she leaped up at him and delivered her first kick his way. Scar slapped it back effectively but now the fight was on and she was on him. She swung each of her limbs at him in several attacks which he continued to block against but she managed to push him backwards making him step further away while she advanced. She was very nimble it seemed and incorporated many jumps, flips, spins, and turns into her kicks with less of a focus on using her hands. All that could be heard among the silent crowd was the slapping of body parts being parried away and the thumping of their footsteps as they moved around the stage.

Emi: Why am I imagining hands being slapped against each other instead of an actual fight?

Scar managed to find an opening after she tried a spin kick, he ducked under it then shoved both of his hands forward pushing her back to get some space. Without really thinking he dug out one of his revolvers in this brief second of time he bought and brought it up to point of his attacker. In a flash of movement though she swung her leg in a loop down on his hand kicking the gun away just as he pulled the trigger, it discharged splintering into the cloth covered floor below them before dropping to the ground itself, then with her opposite leg, Savage spun on her heel and reversed her stance using the heel of her other boot to collide with Scar's face.

The mask clanged with the impact as he fell backwards a bit, shocked at how quickly she disarmed him of one of his guns and now was attacking him again.

Amy: And I guess he forgot that crucial part of the five minute lesson.
James: Should've brought grenades.
Amy: Grenades don't solve everything, you!

Her face was the epitome of excitement, she kept her teeth bared always and was now even trying to primitively scratch at Scar with long un-clipped and unkempt fingernails.

Jessie: Just in case you needed more reminders...

The teen dove to the side somersaulting over the still wet blood covered carpet which had remained unclean from previous bouts. And again he was going to attempt to draw on her, this time with his lever action shotgun,

Keiko: Okay, she just kicked your revolver out of your hands, and you're reaching for the shotgun?
Mai: He's incredibly dense, isn't he?
Sonic: It's like he's bringing a popsicle stick to a sword fight.

he reached over his head and slung it forward, but not quick enough as Savage lurched her body towards the floor putting one hand on it to support her front flip, and arched her legs down to once again kick his firearm out of his hands and to the floor. But from this position she was able to flip her body back in the opposite way to perform a back flip while at the same time kicking her enemy directly under his chin. Again the mask made the audible sound of the impact while Kyle's head jerked up and he stumbled back, but quickly re-took his guard stance.

James: Okay, if you pull one more weapon out, I swear to bloody Christ... I will kick you in the goddamn teeth.

Savage's smile did not leave her though as she reached behind her back and pulled free two small pieces of steel, no bigger than maybe ten inches or so. But each one had a ring in the center where her finger went through, and arrowhead like points on both ends. Emei Piercers, an old Shaolin Monk style weapon used for quick stabs to quickly take out an opponent. Savage licked her lips.

Dashing forward, Savage rushed Kyle again and started spinning her weapons. The light from the setting sun continuously flashed off of their shining material and threatened to blind the man. Thankfully his mask did block most of the light so he could see her coming and was ready to dodge her thrusts.

Emi: *as the Stu* Did I mention how many times my hockey mask saved me? I did? Well, let me remind you all again!

She swiped at his body becoming distracted with getting a good hit on him that she wasn't protecting herself anymore, he spotted this and after dodging a swipe to the head he was able to charge in grabbing her almost like a tackle and rushing to the other end of the stage. Until he slammed her into one of the support pillars in the back, she grunted upon impact but he didn't stop there. Not even carrying that she was a girl,

All: Okay, okay-- *stumbling over each other's words*
Amy: Whoa, whoa, whoa! *bangs a pair of cymbals together*
Everyone else: *quiets down*
Amy: Sorry about that. Who wants to speak?
Jessie: I'd like to do that.
Amy: Sure.
Jessie: That... sort of reeked of that "I'm not sexist, but" crap. The Mortal Kombat universe doesn't give two shits about your gender when it comes to fighting. We know that he's supposed to defeat her or he'll get killed. We understand all of that, so that's not the problem. The problem was shoving her gender into the audience's faces.

he gave her two quick blows to her stomach followed by a third across her face. It did register in his mind that she was a woman and you shouldn't hit them, but he believed an exception could be made if she was trying to kill you, and if she had literally just kicked you in the face, twice.

Kyo L.: Oh, fuck off!
All: *blinks*
Sonic: Uh... I forgot that he came to watch, too.
Cassy: *laughs nervously* Yeah.
Sonic: Oh, yeah, this fic... uh... I think someone slipped and accidentally hit a sexism button with their butt for this part.

He held her arms in this semi bear hug so she couldn't stab him, but she still had her teeth and with a loud "AHHM!" She sunk her gross chompers into Scar's shoulder, thankfully it was covered by his vest but

Emi: *groans* Are you kidding me? I'm really getting bored with the "it's okay, his armor protected him" nonsense.

she was pivoting her head back and forth wringing the material around and moving closer to his arm, even catching a bit of his shirt. Kyle had no choice but to pull back before she managed to bite him, who knows what kind of infection he'd get from those nasty things.

James: Is it wrong that I'm hoping for that?
Jessie: Nope. It's too bad that he won't get an infection, though. He built up an immunity because he's a human virus.
James: *snickers*

So he leaned away not meaning to give her any leeway but he did by accident, that's all she needed in order to free her right arm and swing it down at him, dagger end first.

Kyle panicked and brought his own forearm up in defense, but he held it wrist side up where his arm guard did not cover and the blade punched right through his flesh. He gasped at the sharp sudden intrusion, the shock of it all and his bodies amped up state almost made it so he didn't register any pain at first. But that quickly went away when she started twisting and turning it.

Mai: Should've gotten his armor tips from the Michelin Man.
Keiko: I'm just waiting for the plot to save him now.

"AH!" He yelled as the severe pinching feeling writhed to very painful degrees, he knew he had to get that out of his arm now. The Emei was made to puncture multiple times, not just once so she actually wasn't using the weapon correctly right now.

Keiko: And there it is.
Amy: *sighs* This is nonsense. He's only lucky because she's incompetent? Really?
Sonic: Button, meet butt.

She was just sick in the head and wanted to make it hurt, so wanting the opposite Scar lurched his head towards hers and rammed it into her face.

Jessie: Heihachi Mishima, ladies and gents.

She leaned away in response to the impact as it broke her lip open and she started to bleed as well. The piercer in his arm was ripped free and he could hear the blood spilling onto the cloth below.

Savage jumped against the support pillar and only using her back against it, kicked her legs out and shoving them into Kyle hard knocking him back from her and getting her free from the confines of the corner. He hit the floor and rolled to his feet, clutching his now regularly bleeding arm. She saw this and looked at her weapon seeing it was still dripping with sweet smelling blood. Feeling a bit sadistic she decided to lick it up in full view of everyone, especially Scar.

"You taste good too." With that she started spinning the daggers again and ran towards him.

Now with one of his arms injured he needed to think quickly as again she swung the daggers at him in a flurry of movement so fast he had no room to think!

Keiko: ...that's how a fight is supposed to go, you nitwit.

"What do I do!?" He frantically thought as a blade nicked the right cheek side of his mask clinging against it hard. "How do I stop her!? How do I stop her!?" He was freaking out trying to dodge each swipe of those specially designed to kill quick blades, another jabbed into one of the steel rods of his vest not making it through but he still felt it. "I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!"

James: Mate, you fucking killed people. Why the bloody shit are you pissing all over yourself now?
Jessie: Because he was the one in charge. It's okay until he's in peril.
James: Then he shouldn't have entered.
Jessie: Then we wouldn't have a fic.
James: I'd be okay with that.

It happened fast, he remembered ducking under a overhead swipe from her and he remembered managing to swipe his Bowie knife free from the sheath on his ankle. But how he got in this position now was a bit of a blur, he was facing away from her with his left arm all the way backwards behind him clutching his knife. his other hand had come up in front of him and blocked another stab from her that was going towards his exposed eye. His knife however was stuck in something and he could hear some quiet sputtering.

Cassy: Uh-oh. Where was it conveniently lodged?

So he turned his head and saw what he managed to do in his blind panic. The Bowie knife was jammed into Savage's flesh just beneath the left side of her chin and was protruding out of her right eye. Quickly after discovering what he had done, he actually realized that he stabbed her with the same arm that she stabbed only he wasn't feeling any pain anymore regardless that it still bled.

All Savage could feel was pain, she couldn't move, couldn't breathe, couldn't think, and she faded fast. Going limp she was no longer able to stand and fell sliding further onto his knife at first until he pulled it free and she hit the floor. Scar was stunned, he was still alive but he didn't mean to..."Oh no." He whispered to himself.

Cassy: And he accidentally killed her. Yikes.
Emi: It's truly jarring when he boasted that he wasn't a clumsy killer in the very first chapter.
Keiko: He definitely got bashed in the head by that rock.

He looked out into the audience, Liu Kang closed his eyes in frustration.

"Black Scar wins." Shang Tsung announced, skipping over the whole 'Finish her' part. It was already finished.

The spectators began to clap while others cheered and Kyle wordlessly maneuvered himself to pick up his dropped guns and go off of the stage, once more holding onto his wounded arm trying to staunch the bleeding. He stepped down and right away went over to his teacher and friends, "I told you not to kill her." Disappointment laced Liu's words. "Now Shang Tsung has yet another soul in his grasp."

"I know I'm sorry." Kyle said removing his hand from the wound to take off his mask. "I panicked, I was freaking out."

Emi: Once again... remember what he said in the very first chapter: "I wasn't as merciful or as clumsy as Kick-Ass, I knew what I was doing."
Amy: Forget the rock, he just had a lobotomy.

Liu Kang stepped forward, "That's no exc-" Before he could finish a hand was rested onto his shoulder.

"Liu Kang." Raiden's voice practically boomed in a quiet manor over everyone else's. "He won his fight, speak to him about this later. For now he must tend to his wounds."

Kyle looked up at Raiden questioningly, "But I'm-"

"You must Know Your Limits child,

Sonic: Title drop!
Keiko: Again? *sighs*

if you want to be a great warrior one day, no when to fight, and when to rest."

Amy: I think our thunder god also needs to "no" the difference between "no" and "know".
James: What the hell does that lecture have to do with anything right now?
Amy: Heck if I know.

He said, knowing fully well that he could heal him on the spot but he was giving the boy a chance to vacate the area. Raiden was the wisest out of them all, and he could tell Kyle wanted no part in being here any longer, especially not to see them drag her dead body away.

All: *flatly* But... your mortgage...
Mai: Definitely bears repeating, doesn't it?

Slowly Liu softened and with another glance at Kyle he nodded, "We continue training tomorrow." He told him and Kyle took that as his chance to go. He just wanted to be out of here, almost everything that could've went wrong did go wrong. And he just felt like a disappointment regardless that he still won.

Jessie: Wanna describe the previous chapters, then?

Stryker approached him before he left, "Do you know how to take care of that?" He asked pointing to the wound on his arm. Kyle nodded claiming that he'll be fine and if it gets worse he'll just ask for some help from Liu or Raiden. And resumed his exit, he couldn't get away quick enough.

Emi: Okay, let's be serious here... what if the wound really is infected?
James: Make like you're going on the Oregon Trail and walk it off.
Emi: *horrified* That's not how that works!
Sonic: Or he can just sit there and have it go through his body. Manic told me about a doofus doctor that left poison in Benji's body for three whole months.
Emi: *stunned* What in the world...

As he left however Raiden watched him go and saw somebody else step up in his place, dressed in the guard's attire. Suspicion quickly set in as the thunder God knew the guards don't stand in line with the combatants. Without warning though another vision suddenly blurred through Raiden's mind and he flinched at the suddenness of it. "Kung Lao." He breathed only quiet enough so that he could hear it, then moved to confront who he knew was behind that mask.

"Combatants!" Shang Tsung announced before Raiden was able to get to him though, "The next match will now begin..." And with those words, in the very center of the stage the cloth covering it began to smoke and smolder getting hotter and hotter until singing away and flames sparked up in its place. Quickly growing into a bright inferno on the tournament ring. Out of the flames a figure began to stand, to swords on it's back and yellow irises glowed as bright as the fire he stood in. The chain wrapped along his wrist dangled down letting the kunai at the end of it lick the flames. "Scorpion..."

Cassy: And we have to cut it off since we'd risk more of that copying stuff.
Mai: Never stopped him before.

Combatants Chambers

Kyle had already pressed a makeshift 'bandage' over his stab wound offered to him by one of the combatant attendants. It was essentially just a clean white rag that could soak up the blood which was already beginning to slow down thanks to the applied pressure. But he had more efficient medical supplies in his back pack that he could use when he finally got to his room.

Although it scared him when he first received it, now that the adrenaline had begun to die down he was glad to see that the damage wasn't as bad as he thought it was. The dagger went it side ways parallel with his arm so even though she was twisting it, it didn't cut as much as it could've had it gone in vertically.

Jessie: It didn't hurt that much... until the rabies symptoms kicked in.

But he shook the thoughts of the fight away, he killed another person today, only this time it was an accident, he didn't even remember pushing the knife in. And that thought scared him.

Mai: "And if I thought a person was evil enough, I didn't hesitate to put a round in their head," he once boasted.
Keiko: Perhaps his brain ended up in a blender between chapters.

Finally he had arrived at his room, the sun was going down since they had been there for so long. But all Kyle wanted to do was take care of his arm, then probably go to bed. He had, had enough of this day as it was. So he moved to unlock his door only to find that it wasn't locked. He stopped cold when he touched the handle and the latch was already open. "Are you serious?" As if this day couldn't have gotten better, was someone in his room? Or did he just forget to shut it all the way in his haste to meet the others? He couldn't remember.

James: See, this is how morons get offed in those horror flicks.

Only one way to find out though.

He pushed through the doorway and scanned his surroundings. Everything was exactly the way he left it, his things were untouched, his bed was made, and the fire was still flickering in the hearth. The only difference was there was something here that wasn't before, a person.

Amy: *bored* It's Kitana. Speed it up.
Sonic: *smirks* Now you're thinkin' like me, Ames.

Kyle's mind went straight to the worst case scenario and thought this person wanted to challenge him right after he had already fought. Quickly he fished out his flip knife from his back pocket and clicked it open, this person was cloaked, standing in front of his large window and looking out of it at the setting sun. He felt like he recognized the cloak even though he had never seen it before though. It was blue and had several patterns woven into it that just looked...familiar.

Mai: Is this supposed to surprise us? We already know it's Kitana.

"You won't be needing that." A womanly voiced softly spoke without turning to look at him.

"That voice..." Kyle thought halting all movement as his door closed behind him. "Who are you?"

All: *annoyed* It's freaking Kitana!

Finally the figure moved and turned around to look at him, the light from the fire flashed orange light on the woman's body and lower face. He recognized the outfit, and the mask beneath the hood, could it be?

She stepped closer and reached up to her face to take hold of the edges of the hood and pull it back. Revealing the royal tiara tucked into her dark hair and the same brown eyes that winked at him the very first night he was here.

"...Princess..."

Emi: To slightly misquote a certain red robot... "Boy, a brain-dead jellyfish can write a better story than this."

A.N. And cliffhanger because I can ^.^

Wheeeeeewww, that one was a doozey guys. It's freaking hard writing fight scenes but I love it x) I hope you guys did too. I'm doing the best I can here.

Cassy: Dude, they're fine. We've read much worse than your fight scenes.
Amy: Well, they're not perfect, but we can definitely see the effort in them.

Did you guys like the OC Savage?

James: I don't know, since she was offed as soon as we saw her arse...

I did, it's fun making OC's aside from Kyle/Scar even if they get killed after appearing in only two chapters lol. So we had a lot of stuff happen in this chapter, I'm sorry again if it feels weirdly paced, I'm trying to make it flow evenly and I hope I'm not failing.

Sonic: Nobody asked for a neck brace yet. I think you're fine.

Also we have Kitana and Kyle FINALLY MEETING YAY :D took long enough right? Well I can't wait to start writing how they interact, it's gonna be awkward and awesome at the same time!

Keiko: But mostly awkward.

Again I want Kitana as in character as possible though, so although she may be smitten with Kyle she is still herself. Oh also yes to answer the question I got before about Kyle's age I put it in this chapter, he's just a few weeks short of turning seventeen which is why he's still having trouble becoming accustomed to all of this, he's still young.

James: Even though he... or "you"... fucking killed people. I'm sorry, but the "he's just a kid" bollocks stopped flying since the fucking first chapter, mate.

Now I had this idea about trying to put out one chapter per month, which sounds great BUT do NOT think that's a guarantee. I have other stories to write too, and a life to live so I might not be able to get a chapter out per month. I'll try, I promise you guys that I'll try but don't quote me on that.

Sonic: Duly unquoted.
Amy: You're going to get a grammar lecture from Sonia in a minute.
Sonic: Okay, then I'll pretend to pay attention when she does it.

Anyways I hope you guys liked it, and what do you think will happen in the future?

Emi: Hopefully, I would like this nonsense to go somewhere...
Jessie: So you just want to skip to the sex scenes? Well, if there are any sex scenes?
Emi: Then I'll just tap out and switch with Master Kyo.
Jessie: Ooh. Does he usually get back at you all for throwing him under the bus?
Emi: *shrugs* It's sort of worth it.

Leave a review and let me know, what do you think is up with Reptile?

Keiko: We know, he's Cyber Reptile.

Who do you ship together?

Cassy: The number zero... and a division sign.
Sonic: We're all gonna die.

How do you think Kitana and Kyle will interact?

Keiko: They will be smushed together like moldy bread and rancid peanut butter.
Mai: And there goes my appetite.

What do you think of Scorpion coming into the story now? Let me know! :3

Mai: It's the same entrance from 9. We can't really judge that.

Next Chapter: Who We Are, What We're Doing

Amy: They're characters. And they're... existing... taking up oxygen... wasting our time...
James: Well, you're incredibly chipper, aren't ya?
Amy: Uh-huh. Definitely.

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