Mortal Kombat: In the Dark

In the Dark Skies

(October 9, 1992)

 

I finally woke up. It's been 7 hours since I went to sleep. I'm surprised that I slept so well, especially after what I saw last night. I have to admit, Kano never cuts corners on the truth. It makes me wonder if he was really lying at the time he lured my partner to his death trap. Even if it is truth, he still committed a foul crime. If it wasn't for Ciero, I would have killed him by now.

 

"Sonya, it's time." Stryker stated. He put out the fire we burned for the camp and stood up before everyone. Capitol was the last to wake up, which was no surprise. Kano was Kano, no matter what time of the day. Metric was still sitting on the ground studying his map of the Central HQ interior. I stood up to make my final decision on the matter of stopping the invasion. Before that, though, I wanted everyone's opinion on the situation.

 

"I know my answer, but I want to ask you all for your thoughts, concerns, and things like that." I know Capitol better than anyone here, and I trust him.

 

"I'm not comfortable with the idea of killing the boss. I mean, he brought us in. However, we got these uniforms to protect, not destroy." Capitol stated. Next up was Stryker.

 

"Earlier when I didn't explain my mission for coming here, I did that because I didn't want you to know the truth. That changes today. If Fang is alive, so is the mission. We need to stop him." Stryker stated.

"Metric?" I asked. He didn't look concerned at all.

"I'm not reading this map for nothing, that's for sure." He stated. We all chuckled a bit, but came back on a serious note. We all looked to Kano for a response. He just looked at us.

 

"What are guys looking at?" He stated.

"Aren't you going to state your opinion?" I asked. He looks a bit surprised.

 

"I didn't know I was part of the conversation." Kano stated.

"I don't have to like it, but you're a part of the team for now. In this situation, we need to be diplomatic about this." I explained. Kano must've thought hard about what I said. He looked impressed. "So, you still in?" I asked. He still looked hesitant to respond.

 

"Isn't this a surprise." A smooth voice commented. Someone was pointing a gun to my head. More people gathered around us; about eight of them. They wore red and black clothing with a very familiar dragon symbol. "I never thought I'd be able to capture all of you in one area. I work hard. I thought deeply about how I was going to catch all of you. I was hoping that the Oni and vampires wouldn't kill you since I wanted to finish you off one by one. This...this is a whole lot better." The man said. He wasn't the one holding a gun to my head. I don't know him. He made us sit on the ground. I eyed Kano with fury.

 

"Kano, this is an all-time low, even for you." I stated. He gave me a weird look. He seemed a bit furious.

 

"It's not my group, princess. I told you Jarek, Tasia, and No Face died days ago. We only had four members left since this thing started. You should already know this." Kano explained. I find it hard to believe some random people came and stole their uniforms, but he might be right. Our database showed that the only members left were the 4 we've heard about. Plus, the symbols are a different color. Also among them was Hsu Hao.