Mortal Kombat Harem x Male OC Reboot (MK9-MK1)

Chapter 6: Weird Science: Baraka

An underground complex can be seen, bloodied humanoids with limbs apparently stitched to their body chained up on the walls and even in the ceiling. Blood drips onto the floor which is drained out through a storm drain. The sound of banging is heard as Baraka is seen locked in a cell, trying to break out but is unsuccessful. Behind him sits Kenshi in the corner of the cell, clearly still in pain from the eyes being stabbed. He then speaks but his voice is barely more than a pained whisper.

"You've been at that for hours." Kenshi says.

"It you could see, you'd know why." Baraka replies as he continues trying to break the cell bars.

"That's not happening is it?" Kenshi asks.

Kenshi's head lays low, blood staining where his eyes once were.

"Keep talking will you? To keep my mind off this. Tell me about life before you got sick." Kenshi requests.

"I was doing well, trading goods up and down the Fartakh coast. My family was comfortable, happy." Baraka says.

Baraka lets out a dejected sigh as memories rise back up in his mind.

"Then Tarkat came. It took my wife, then my children. Cruelly, it lets me live for now. I think it enjoys ravaging my body more slowly." Baraka explains.

A groan is heard and Baraka turns to Johnny waking up, his hand on his head due to a headache.

"Ugh. This hangover." Johnny says.

Johnny turns and sees Kenshi. He rushes to his side.

"Kenshi! Goddammit. How bad's the pain?" Johnny asks.

"Excruciating." Kenshi replies.

"You saved me. I won't forget that." Johnny says.

"But you may just regret it." Baraka points out.

"What're you..." Johnny says before looking outside the cell through the bars.

He sees some twisted form of a laboratory. Test tubes scattered throughout. Blood staining the floors. Prisoners chained and restrained on tables and stands. Johnny looks on at the sight in shock,

"What in the... When did we take the left turn into survival horror?" Johnny asks.

"This is Shang Tsung's real laboratory." Baraka replies.

"We're beneath where we were before. That was a false front." Kenshi explains.

Kung Lao is then seen having awakened as well and standing beside Johnny.

"Reminds me of this cheap-ass film I did in my early days. The Flesh Pits. God that was trash." Johnny says.

The door to the lab then opens and a man in green attire walks inside.

"Who's that." Johnny asks.

"Our jailor." Baraka replies.

The man walks past their cell and towards a barrel full of flesh and bones. He takes a piece and throws it a cell. The prisoner inside immediately crawls it it and devours into it. The man turns and walks across the room and towards a table that sits on the other side. Baraka, Johnny, and Kung Lao see Manado strapped to the table with vials and tubes attached to the table.

"Is it Manado? What is he doing here?" Kung Lao asks.

"Beats me. But he's certainly seen better days." Johnny replies, pointing out the burns on Manado's head.

The man then turns to their cell and addresses them.

"How is he?" The man asks, referring to Kenshi.

"His eyes are gouged out. Guess." Johnny replies.