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

Chapter 24: A Deadly Alliance

Shang Tsung, Fujin, and Nightwolf come out of the portal as Raiden steps in front of Y/N, his now mortal eyes widening in shock.

Raiden: Shang Tsung?!

Y/N: Nightwolf? Fujin?! What are you-

Shang Tsung: Cease your magic, before the hourglass shatters.

Raiden: Even here, at the dawn of time, you spew lies and deceit. We will not hear it!

Shang Tsung: In defeating Kronika, you destroyed her crown. Without it, you can't restart history. The hourglass will shatter. All realms will be lost.

Raiden looks to Fujin.

Raiden: Fujin, is this true?

Fujin: Kronika's every action was taken to ensure her crown's preparation. She would not dare to restart history without it.

Behind them, Y/N stops manipulating the sands, causing the magic to fizzle out. He turns to the new arrivals.

Y/N: How do you know this?

Nightwolf: Kronika came to each of us. For our help, she offered places in her New Era. For refusing her, we were banished to a void beyond time.

Fujin: We could observe the events leading up to your siege of the Keep, but we were powerless to intervene.

Shang Tsung: But then you killed Kronika. The void's seal was broken open, permitting our escape via the hourglass.

Liu Kang: If you know so much about the hourglass, how do you propose I reset the timeline?

Shang Tsung: With the crown.

Y/N and Raiden exchange looks with each other.

Y/N: About that... the crown is kind of in my stomach.

Shang Tsung: Only in our present. Not in our past.

Y/N: And while I cannot restart history without the crown...

Shang Tsung: You can send travelers back into the current timeline.

Raiden folds his arms, looking unconvinced, while Shang Tsung slowly clasps his hands together.

Y/N: I see... I must return to the moment before Kronika's defeat, end that battle differently, so that her crown remains intact.

Shang Tsung waves a hand in the air, seemingly dismissing the thought. He turns away from the group as he walks, gathering his scheming thoughts.

Shang Tsung: That leaves too much to chance. Kronika must never possess the crown. Otherwise, you cannot guarantee victory.

Y/N walks toward Tsung, facing him directly.

Y/N: What do you propose, sorcerer?

Shang Tsung starts to walk around the group again.

Shang Tsung: That you send me into the past to steal the crown from my island before Kronika sends Cetrion to claim it. I'll then deliver it to Lord Raiden and together we'll defeat Kronika. With the crown and hourglass under our control, we can restart history safely.

Raiden snorts in contempt.

Raiden: Why are we listening to this snake?

Shang Tsung: Because I am a snake who's toiled beside Kronika, learning her secrets. I know them. Do you?

Y/N: Wait, hold on, if we can do this, we can just wait a few hours for Venom to shit out the crown, I mean it will be covered in Symbiote shit but I think it'll still work right?