In the Armoury, Baraka and another Tarkatan are inspecting a crate of shotguns.
BARAKA: That is all of them.
Baraka puts his shotgun in the crate. The other Tarkatan, fiddling with a shotgun of his own, points the barrel directly in Baraka's face. Angrily, Baraka swipes the gun from him.
BARAKA: That is no toy! It belongs to Shang Tsung! We are finished. Return to your post.
The Tarkatan walks off. Baraka places the shotgun in the crate and turns to spot Jade walking toward him.
JADE: Stand aside. I will see Kitana.
BARAKA: No one enters the Tower.
JADE: You are an excellent guard dog, Baraka. But you must learn to heel.
BARAKA: I do not take orders from you.
They fight. While a vicious fighter, Baraka is unprepared to deal with Jade's agility and her reach with her staff and boomerangs. After an intense battle, Jade soon has the Tarkatan down on the ground.
JADE: Good boy.
Baraka groans as Jade walks over to him.
BARAKA: Edenians have no loyalty.
JADE: Blind loyalty is not a good thing, as I have learned. You must keep your eyes open to anticipate the finishing blow.
BARAKA: What are you talki-
Jade interrupts him by stamping on his face, knocking him out.
JADE: You make it too easy.
She walks off. In the Tower, Kitana is magically bound to a statue with Sheeva standing over her as jailer.
SHEEVA: If you had not dishonoured yourself by
KITANA: Jade!
Sheeva turns to face the newcomer.
SHEEVA: My orders are clear. No one is allowed in the Tower.
JADE: As you can see, I am here.
SHEEVA: Here to help the princess escape! You would deny her execution? The only means of regaining her honour?
JADE: We have very different concepts of honour, Shokan.
They fight. Much like Baraka before her, Sheeva has quite the difficulty fighting someone with as much agility and reach as Jade does, even with two extra arms to help her. The battle soon ends with Sheeva unconscious.
JADE: Not much of a jailor, are you?
She turns to Kitana.
JADE: Now then, Your Highness, let us see how quickly we can remove these bonds.
KITANA: Jade, I...
JADE: I am too.
Before she can continue, she hears a sound from behind the door to the Tower.
BARAKA: Stop her!
MILEENA: Do not let her get away!
KITANA: Go. Find Raiden and Y/N. Ask for their help.
With no choice, Jade does as Kitana asks. The scene cuts to the Wastelands. Jade has just finished running from several unseen assailants.
JADE: That should distance me from any pursuers.
Mileena (now clothed in her purple attire) then teleports in front of her. Jade turns to face her.
MILEENA: Others pursue. I find.
JADE: By the gods... You are Mileena!
MILEENA: You must return with me! There is to be a celebration for my sister! She is going away...
They fight. While Mileena is an adversary just as quick and fierce as Jade, she lacks the fighting experience of the Edenian warrior. After an intense battle, Jade manages to beat Mileena unconscious.
JADE: I am more of a sister to Kitana than you. I must find Raiden and Y/N.
RAIDEN: Then you have found us.
Raiden teleports into the wastelands with Y/N, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Johnny Cage, Smoke and Cyrax?! But how is Cyrax alive and not the cyborg we saw in the koliseum. The Cyborg in question is not indeed a cyborg instead it is a robot that Sektor had built. Upon spotting Mileena's body, Smoke immediately jumps to the wrong conclusion.
SMOKE: Kitana turns away from Shao Kahn so you attack her rather than join her?
Jade holds up a hand in mercy.
JADE: This is not-
Raiden holds back Y/N and the others.
Y/N: Smoke, stop! That is not Kitana! That is her clo-
SMOKE: You will come no closer!
They fight. Although she doesn't want to battle, Jade has no problem defending herself against an unwarranted attack. After a brief melee, Smoke is down on the ground.
JADE: I did not wish to do that.
Raiden approaches as Jade as Smoke picks himself up.
JADE: Lord Raiden. I come at the request of
While they're speaking, Johnny turns to Liu Kang and Kung Lao.
JOHNNY CAGE: "Lord"? I was with Smoke. I thought she was a bad guy eh, girl. Guess he turned another one. What's Raiden got that I haven't got?
LIU KANG: God-like power?
Y/N: Actual human decency?
KUNG LAO: A personality that is not at all like sanding paper?
CYRAX: He is not a movie star?
JOHNNY CAGE: Jerks.
Everyone in the group chuckles as they hear the last bit of Jade's sentence.
JADE: ...if we do not save her, she will be executed. Kitana does not have much time!
At the mention of Kitana, the guys walk forward to join the conversation.
Y/N: Kitana... executed? Where is she?
JADE: Held captive in the Tower of Shao Kahn's fortress.
LIU KANG: We wil-
RAIDEN: I am not pleased with this outcome either, Y/N, Liu Kang. But there is no time. We must return to the tournament.
Y/N: But you aren't responsible for her capture I Am! I persuaded her to turn against Shao Kahn!
KUNG LAO: Lord Raiden, we can free her as others fight in our stead, and join you thereafter.
RAIDEN: Very well.
Y/N, Liu Kang and Kung Lao nod to each other, and as Kung walks off, Liu only pauses to give Raiden a brief look of comtempt before joining him.
KUNG LAO: We will meet you at the Coliseum.
Liu Kang and Kung Lao then gather around Y/N as he sticks his arm into the air teleporting him in a mix of Lightning and Fire.
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The Boy That Changed It All
FanfictionHow can one person change the fate of everything. Well that's for us to find out isn't it. Let's see how Y/N the son of Lord Raiden changed the fate of the lonely demi god. How can one boy be so special that the god of thunder took the boy in as his...
