Chapter 42: Battle For Time

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On the bow of a ship, sailing across a sea of blood, the ship is helmed by Kharon, and Raiden stands next to him. Behind Raiden stand Sub-Zero, Frost and Scorpion. On another ship, Cassie stands alongside Franklin, Valeria, 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 are the heroes of 616 all preparing themselves and readying their powers. Admist one more ship are a loosely formed congregation of Outworld species - Osh-Tekk loyalists, Tarkatans and Shokan. Kitana, Mileena and Y/N walks among them to the ship bow, receiving a passing nod from Baraka, a salute from Sheeva, and finally a warm smile from Jade. Y/N to his side and sees Kotal on a wheelchair.

Back on the first ship, Kharon addresses Raiden

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Back on the first ship, Kharon addresses Raiden. 

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. From her perspective, we see a large armoured ship approaching through the fog, metallic in design. On the bow of that ship, Geras and the Cyber Lin Kuei behind him walk up to the ship's captain - a newly rebuilt Sektor. 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, Sektor looks to her army. 

Sektor: Ramming speed! 

The gigantic battleship begins to gain further momentum, now coming within sailing distance of Kharon's flagship. It vears 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. 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 and Hanzo 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 cyborgs 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 for good measure. Yet another cyborg attempts to kick him, but Sub-Zero blocks the strike, parries two punches and shoots an ice blast to the cyborg's thigh. With the cyborg immobilised, Scorpion rushes it from behind and plunges his hand into its back, tearing out the cyborgs spine. He 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 as Y/N in his Smybiote suit arrives swing kicking one of the robots into the sea. Y/N then grabs Raiden and ducks, narrowly avoiding a fireball that explodes behind him. Raiden 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 as Iron Man and Carol flies over them. 

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