Mortal Kombat: The Road to Armageddon

Chapter 4

Chapter Four

A loud horn can be heard from the boat indicating that we are arriving at the island soon or already landed. I open my eyes and get up. Nina had already been up looking at the ocean.

"Hey we're almost there." She doesn't seem to have heard me."Nina, we're almost at the island." She snaps back to reality.

"Huh? Oh sorry I got distracted from such a beautiful scenery." I look back at her.

"Sorry to bother just letting you know." She looks back at the scenery once again before looking back at me.

"It's ok. I want to ask you something. Why were you speaking in your sleep?" Nobody ever seemed concerned up to now, especially somebody I just met. There really wasn't a plain way of saying it, so I might as well tell her the truth.

"Well it's a rather disturbing thing that most people would think of me as a demon or devil. The reason that happens is because of my blood lusts. The blood from my shirt is my most recent bloodlust. If I get into a fight that I'm in, and me or anyone else bleeds, and I smell it, then I get a bloodlust. So far I've been able to control all of my blood lusts, but I haven't had any where I couldn't control them. After a bloodlust has occurred when I sleep I only dream about that moment. Just the bloodlust, and it usually makes me say what I said during that time period." The look on her face. She's confused and horrified at the same time. She wasn't expecting anything like what I just said. She doesn't know how to respond. "Let's not talk about this as much as possible. After seeing how you reacted I'd hate to see others go through that. I'll only tell people I trust and so far it's only you. I don't trust anybody else here yet. Oh yeah I forgot I made an agreement with Johnny, that the three of us will be working together in the tournament." She raises a brow.

"That's fair enough. We have to work with him? Why?" I sigh, disappointingly.

"For his personal gain of women". I say as I shake my head. The other passengers are disembarking the boat. I tap Nina and show her the passengers leaving and we both follow them.

After about an hour of walking up a mountain we finally get to the top. There are several people awaiting the final boats to arrive. In about another hour of waiting everyone has arrived. A gong is struck to announce someone important arriving. It's none other than Shang Tsung himself. Followed by a few women who seem to look similar to my skin tone. Could they also be Edenian? I ask myself staring at them. There are only two of them though. One of the catches me watching them. I look away and look around at the other people who decided to come today. I see Johnny Cage chatting to a woman who looks familiar. She doesn't pay any attention to Johnny and looks at somebody who walks by. I also look and I'm surprised as to who it is. It's the biggest member of the Black Dragon. Kano. What's he doing here? He has no reason to be here unless he's getting some profit out of it. As I continue to look around I see that the Lin Kuei have also taken part in the tournament. Though I don't know any of the members I recognize the grandmaster's son Sektor. I still have a hatred for them for my father. Though I don't know who the killers were exactly, I still have my hatred for all of them. Why was Sektor the only child to be raised by one of the Lin Kuei? Why couldn't we be raised by father? What's so special about Sektor other than him being the grandmasters only son? Some from the Shaolin have also joined though I don't know them either. I don't have anything against them. Maybe I could be friends with them. Though only one Shaolin is allowed to join the tournament I see somebody else with the Shaolin. He doesn't appear to be one of them. Maybe just a friend? After that I focus back on the two women I saw earlier. I can't help but question if they are like me? I decide to check my backpack now in case anything got stolen. Nothing was stolen but something else is in their tht I didn't have before. It's my father's assassin armor. When he used to be a part of the Lin Kuei. How did this get here? Was it my father's spirit or was it my mother's? Does my father want me to show them that they were wrong to do what they did? Or does he want me to continue his legacy where he failed? Does he seek pride or vengeance? I guess time will tell. Shang Tsung greets the audience.

"Welcome all to the Mortal Kombat Tournament. Though it doesn't begin until one and a half weeks from now. We have many ways for the participants to train for the upcoming days. That is all I have to talk about today. The servants around here will show you to your rooms you can choose to partner up with someone else if you choose. Just let them know ahead of time." As they all start to leave I continue to stare at them. No matter what I couldn't look away. Yet again the same one caught me watching her. Except this time she kind of smiles. Though she is wearing a mask I can see the smile form and she also looked at me for a bit. I also smile back at her. The one that always caught me was darker than her other friend. She had long black hair that went below her waist. She wears a green skin tight type of clothes. I mainly kept an eye on her than the other one. I only know the other has a lighter skin tone. They also had different colors. This one was blue and the one I couldn't stop staring at was green.

I guess it was time that I should go to my room. First I need to wait for a servant to come and show me first. Nina is already talking to one of the servants. Her servant leaves but she doesn't follow. I wonder if she decided to go in the same room with someone else. Nina then walks up to me with something to say.

"Hey do you mind if we share rooms? Because my room is apparently not available." She asks expectantly.

"I don't mind at all I'm just waiting for them to show me where my room is." After a while of waiting, a servant finally approaches us and leads the way. As we follow the servant we see the other rooms around us. Though it isn't a hotel it's more of a type of hut. Though they're not the best rooms at least they're clean and comfy. Our room is rather small with one bathroom and two beds. There are some windows and a small table but other than that there's nothing left to talk about our room.

"This is where you will be staying in the meantime. Good luck at the tournament." As the servant leaves we get our stuff unpacked and ready. I still look at my father's armor. The color is red. It's more of a blood red to be exact. Blood. Maybe it runs in the family. I decide to take today off my shoes and just lay around. I don't really talk to Nina since she seemed to be reading something. I'd rather not bother her at the moment anyways. I wake up and I find that Nina is asleep. I wonder what time it is? Though this island may differ from New York, hopefully I can at least see what time it is. I can't find a damn clock anywhere. I look outside and it's pitch black. I decide that I should just go back to sleep. I'll start my training tomorrow.