Mortal Kombat III

The return of Raiden

The cyborg's grip begin to tighten around Sub-Zero's throat, in a few minutes, Sub-Zero's neck would've been shattered, thinking quickly, the ninja managed to strike the cyborg squarely in the chest. This managed to loosen it's grip on his neck just enough for Sub-Zero to slip away.

Taking this incentive, the ninja attempted to move in and strike the cyborg down while it was still stunned, he managed to knock it to the ground with a quick knee attack. But he knew that it would not stun the robot for long.

Taking this opportunity, Sub-Zero resumed his desperate escape from his soulless assassins. Before he could cinch his escape, the smoke began to swirl around him. This was not natural for fog, now Sub-Zero knew that something was not right. Holding his breath, Sub-Zero managed to avoid possible smoke inhalation.

As the smoke around him cleared, Sub-Zero noticed that the new cyborg was back on his feet, and for the first time, he saw that puffs of smoke surrounded his body. Only one other person had that "ability." As he faced the cyborg, he couldn't help but feel a certain amount of dread filling his mind, for this cyborg was beginning to remind him of his best friend, Smoke, who had been missing for several months now.

As much as he would like not to believe it, deep down, Sub-Zero knew that it was true… although he had succeeded in eluding capture, Smoke did not, he was forced to undergo the automation process. Smoke had become a cyborg, one without a soul, and a being with only one purpose: to destroy his best friend.

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Liu Kang's group had decided to rest for the night, not affording to start a fire out of fear of possibly being spotted, they merely sat on a circle of rocks as Kung Lao took out the small backpack that contained several small supplies, most notably, food.

"What did you pack?" Liu Kang asked.

"Well, let's see here…" Kung Lao spoke, as he ran his hand through the bag. "Well, here we are."

"Is your food any similar to what we eat on Outworld?" asked Kitana, some curiosity in her voice.

"Well, you'd have to answer that one. I made special notice not to eat anything that came from Outworld while we there a few months ago." answered Kung Lao. "Anyway, here we are. We've got some Kung Pao chicken here… and I'm aware of the names similarity, so don't bother pointing that out." He said to Kitana.

"Actually, I wasn't going to."

"Oh."

Liu Kang took a bite into his chicken, but after that, he set it back down. Despite all the long journeys he had been taking recently, he wasn't really all that hungry. Kitana examined her chicken for a moment and with a shrug started to eat.

"So Kitana, what do you know about your mother aside from her death?" Liu Kang asked.

"Oh, I don't really know much. I just know that she died when I was still a baby. All I know of my parents is that they died because of that monster, Shao Kahn."

"Yes, I know that.' Liu Kang decided to change the subject upon noticing how uncomfortable Kitana seemed to be when talking about it. "What happened after we separated?"

"I managed to avoid capture for a short while, but I couldn't outrun forever. I was taken back, where I was held prisoner in the dungeons and tried for killing Mileena."

"You killed your own sister?" Kung Lao broke in.

"Well, more clone than sister, really.' answered Kitana. "Anyway, shortly after, I managed to get away and that's when you found me."

"I see…" Liu Kang said.

"So what you two been up to since I last saw you?"

"Well, it's a long story but… since our Shaolin Temples had been destroyed thanks to Baraka and his men, we've set about rebuilding the Shaolin Temples and recruiting a new generation Shaolin Monks. But this invasion by Shao Kahn has put our plans on hold for the time being."