The Cheated Kombatant (Cheater Kitana x Male Venom Reader x Mileena)

Chapter 22: Battleship

Many ships are sailing across a sea of blood. The first ship is helmed by Kharon, Raiden stands next to him. Behind them stand past Y/N, Sub-Zero and Scorpion. On another ship, Cassie stands alongside Jax and Jacqui, with what remains of the Special Forces behind them. Cassie looks toward the horizon, determination etched on her features. Jax checks over an assault rifle in his hands, and Jacqui hands him an extra clip of ammunition. On a different ship, Kung Lao walks to the bow and looks to the horizon. Behind him are rows of Shaolin warriors, all seated and meditating in prayer. On another is the Sharai Ryu with Hanzo standing in the front. Admist one more ship is a loosely formed congregation of Outworld species - Osh-Tekk loyalists, Tarkatans and Shokan. Y/N, Mileena and Luna Kahn walks among them to the ship bow, receiving a passing nod from Baraka, a salute from Sheeva and Kotal, and finally a warm smile from Jade and Kitana. She too looks to the horizon before them. Back on the first ship, Kharon addresses Raiden and Y/N.

Kharon: Kronika's Isle lies beyond the fog.

A foghorn is sounded, the echo felt by the inhabitants from all the ships. Cassie brings her binoculars to her eyes and looks through them. She sees a large, armored ship approaching through the fog, metallic in design. On the bow of that ship, Geras, a few Nearthrealm armies and the Cyber Lin Kuei behind him walk up to the ship's captain. Frost. On Kharon's flagship, he watches with concern.

Kharon: Battleships.

He turns to Raiden.

Kharon: My ferries cannot fight a war.

Raiden: This fleet is under my protection.

Kharon nods in agreement as Raiden turns to address the others.

Raiden: If Kharon falls, our fleet cannot sail. Protect him at all costs.

Back on the battleship, Frost looks to her army.

Frost: Ramming speed!

The gigantic battleship begins to gain further momentum, now coming within sailing distance of Kharon's flagship. It veers toward the flagship's starboard, prompting Kharon to swing the boat's wheel hard to port. He does so just in time, as the battleship grinds against the starboard side of his boat but fails to shear it. The Special Forces' ship also grinds against the battleship on its port side, staggering everyone on board, but the boat remains intact. Back on Kharon's ship, Raiden helps Sub-Zero up to his feet, but a loud sound from above catches their attention. Dozens of Cyber Lin Kuei leap from the battleship onto the boat, and battle is immediately joined. Raiden blocks a flying kick from a cyborg and parries the strike of another, disabling it with a lightning enhanced kick. He strikes another and kicks it aside, before blocking a third cyborg's strike and disabling it with a flying knee. Past Y/N stabs multiple cyborgs with his tentacle as more came running towards him but Venom, She-Carnage, past She-Carnage, and She-Venom destroys them as past Y/N transforms into past Venom and the five Symbiote run in fighting. Sub-Zero and Scorpion throw a pair of cyborgs to the floorboards and Sub-Zero kicks away another while fending off a third, also disabling it with a roundhouse kick. At the same time, Scorpion disables the cyborg he threw with a punch to the face and catches the leg of another, disabling it by stabbing it with his kunai. Sub-Zero blocks an attempted strike from another cyborg, dropping it with a disabling face punch. He turns to block a cyborg's punch, catching a second strike and taking it out of commission with a kick to the neck. He follows through with a forearm chop to the same location. Yet another cyborg attempts to kick him, but Hanzo comes onto the boat and blocks the strike, parries two punches and Sub-Zero shoots an ice blast to the cyborg's thigh. With the cyborg immobilized, Scorpion and Hanzo rushes it from behind and front and tearing out the cyborg's spine along with the head. Scorpion uses the head-and-spine as a makeshift club, battering another three cyborgs across the face with it. Four more cyborgs approach Raiden, but he charges his hands and disables them all with a barrage of lightning. He then ducks, narrowly avoiding a fireball that explodes behind him. He faces down the one who threw it... the elder Jackson Briggs. As from before, Jax is torn up with sorrow, but that only drives him onward.