Chapter 6: War on the Homefront

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The scene cuts to the command center. Cassie is with Sonya, using one of the holographic interfaces at a desk.  


"Here's how you access incoming reports. Swipe here to crosscheck them with past reports. The software can suss out the deltas" Cassie explained as she showed Sonya how it works "Now that's progress" Sonya said impressed. Cassie smiles and leaves her to it. Sonya pulls the chair she's seated in closer and starts looking over the data. Across the command centre, both of the Johnny Cages look over at her with adoration, with past Johnny flashing a cheesy smile. Sonya briefly looks over at them, trying her hardest to smile back as non-flirtatiously as possible. past Johnny leans over to his older counterpart.  


"So... I marry Lieutenant Princess over there?" past Johnny asks as present Johnny looks in her direction, also cracking a smile "I always have had a thing for blondes. Ever since Suzie-- " past Johnny say as the present Johnny catches the thought and speaks at the same time as his younger self "--Donardo Junior year" "Take it from me, heh, you didn't miss much" present Johnny says then points over to Sonya "That woman over there? She's the real deal" past Johnny tilts down his sunglasses "Oh, I got eyes, brother. As Younger You, I solemnly swear to tap that at the earliest opportunity"  


His words instantly cause present Johnny's smile to drop from his face. Around them, the other soldiers in the command centre gasp and look at past Johnny in disapproval. Sonya looks particularly upset, while Cassie shoots a look of disgust in his direction. As present Johnny hangs his head in disbelief, past Johnny turns to him "What? It's our destiny!" present Johnny stands up from his chair and grabs his younger self by the ear, dragging him up amidst protests of pain "Out" He says as he forcibly drags past Johnny out of the command centre.  


"How the hell do I ever sleep with that guy?" She looks to Cassie, who walks over to her. "Who's... your father. I can't believe I just said that" "Look, my dad isn't the Johnny you know. He... grew up. I like to think you rubbed off on him. As a kid, I looked up to both of you" Casssie said as Sonya smiled "My dad - your grandfather - was my hero. Called me Private Pun'kin" "Huh. That's what you called me" There's a moment of awkward silence between them "We should get back to work"Cassie said as Sonya nods and Cassie takes her leave. Sonya looks back to the interface "Biometric verification required" The interface says then scans her eyes "ID verified - General Sonya Blade" Sonya is impressed "General Blade? Dad would be proud" The screen brings up a picture of Sonya saluting in her combat gear, alongside her biography which lists her as deceased. Sonya looks around for a moment, seeing that Cassie is currently in discussions with a couple of her subordinates. She turns back to the screen and begins to type in some commands.  


The scene cuts to the Special Forces' hangar. past Johnny is walking away from his older self "Untwist your panties, Older Me. I'm a star" he says not caring. Present Johnny grabs his past self by the shoulder and pulls him back, getting in front of him at the same time and staring him down "This is a military operation, not a movie set!" he sternly said but having no effect on his pastself "I'm only the best fighter here. But YOUR--" He prods his older self "--daughter's got me sitting at the kids table" fed up with his attitude present Johnny slaps past Johnny on the side of his head, causing his sunglasses to dislodge. After a moment of shock, he hastens to put them back on properly "OUR daughter is C.O. A little humility MIGHT earn her respect!" he says raising his voice.  


 Past Johnny looked straight at his furuteself annoyed at how he is in the future "Dad always said "Hungry people eat lunch, humble people serve it." present Johnny prods past Johnny in the chest "Dad was an asshole! Hollywood made us--" He removes his younger self's glasses and drops them on the ground "--an even bigger one!" He then stomps them into bits. Undeterred, past Johnny pulls out another pair of sunglasses from the side of his pants and puts them on his face. He smirks, and then jumps into a comically over dramatic fighting stance "Heee-yaaaaah!" he exclaims. Present Johnny shakes his head in disgust and assumes his own stance.  

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