Mortal Kombat: Sub-Zero's Student

Chapter Forty-Eight: Do You Think You're Being Brave?

-Hanzo's POV- I still haven't found Frost nor Sektor. Where could they be hiding? I aim my katanas at the door that suddenly whooshes open. Tundra staggers in, clutching his side with a pained look on his face.
"Tundra," I sigh, putting my blades away. "What is wrong?"

I rush over, grabbing his shoulders as he leans against me. He gasps, icy clouds flowing out of his mouth. His chin rests on my shoulder as I kneel down, forcing him on his shaky knees as well. I feel his icicle claws grip my arm, frostbite glazing over my skin almost immediately. "Leave..." his voice is harsh. "Leave before she finds you. Before I harm you." His voice is rougher than before.

"Before who finds me?"
"Kronika. Go! Her hold on me is coming back! LEAVE!" He shoves me away, making me fall over. Just when I thought things could not get any worse, I see Bi-Han and Kuai rush in. At least Kana is still safe at the temple....

Kuai cries out, clutching his head as Tundra does the same. "All of you need to leave...! Kronika wants—"
He chokes, grabbing his hair and screaming. It sounds like a horrible echo chamber as the screams are amplified 2X from the both of them. At the same time, they both faint. Bi-Han catches Kuai while I hold onto Tundra. Gods, he's so cold. Even with my hell fire, the contact still makes me shiver.
"Hm. It appears that Kuai could not handle my control for long."

I turn to see Kronika floating calmly. Both Frost and Sektor stand near her, their eyes both the same shade of blue as Kronika's. With a growl, I launch my Kunai at her. She dodged it easily.
"And you are idiotic enough to challenge me. Come then. Let us make this fight more interesting."

With the flick of her hand, the room distorts. Reality and space twist as we are all teleported to her keep. The hourglass in the middle of the room hums ominously, crackling with power.
"Let me see how the two of you fight while Kuai's life hangs in the balance." She snaps her fingers, causing a beam of light to come from the hourglass and glow around Kuai and Tundra's bodies.

They are both still unconscious as they are lifted into the air and suspended near the hourglass itself. Their heads hang low but they twitch occasionally, like they are trying to wake up, but can't.
"Round one," Kronika smirks. "Fight."

Frost charges at Bi-Han, who holds his sickle up and grunts as she slams into him. They both go sprawling out of the cool reflective surface of the floor. I am suddenly hoisted into the air by Sektor, who is choking me with his iron grip.

I gasp for air, blindly reaching for my Kunai while stars dance in my fading vision. Focusing, I set my entire body on fire, forcing Sektor to drop me. I crash to the ground with a thud, feeling one of my ribs crack at being dropped from such a height.

"You will be forced to serve," Sektor states as he lands. "Like that will ever happen," I spat.
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-Bi-Han's POV- I dodge Frost's spinning drills as she charges at me again. With a snarl, I uppercut her in the jaw, making her fly upwards before I grab and slam her back down to the floor.

Hanzo is putting up a decent fight. After kicking Sektor in the face, the red man-turned-machine suddenly dissipates into sand and is blown away.
"Huh?" Hanzo blinks in surprise, landing back on his feet while gasping for breath.

Frost dissipates into sand and vanishes as well. "What in the world...?" I gasp.
Kronika growls, flying back to her Hourglass and changing the setting of the stage. Trees suddenly sprout out of the ground at an alarming rate.

Both Hanzo and I scream as a T-Rex suddenly charges at us. We both barely manage to dodge as it keeps running. Kuai and Tundra suddenly screaming forces our attention on them.

They're both clawing at their throats, eyes shut tightly as they flail while being in midair. "Tick, tock, you two. Let us make this even." Kronika snaps, floating to ground level at us. "Come at me."