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"We're going
to have to split up," said Rayden.
Everyone looked at him. "Split up?" asked Guile with confusion.
"Yes. One
group will go to Shang, and the other will go to Shao. Shang is only one person and Shao does have a big army so only about
three of us will go to Shang."
"I'll go," said Kitana.
"Me too," said Honda.
"Great," Rayden replied.
"Well,"
said Rolento. "Does anyone even know where Shao's Lair is?"
"I do," said Ken. "Just follow me and we'll be fine."
Rayden
looked at everyone. "Good luck, my friends. I hope to see you all well and alive when we beat Shang."
"We hope to see
you three alive too," said Guile. "Go over there and turn Shang into a bloody pulp!"
Rayden, Kitana, and Honda started
making their way towards Shang's Lair, which was only a five-minute walk.
"Let's go," said Jax. "We have a demon to
destroy."
***
Fei-Long was in horror as he looked at Sub-Zero. As Baraka, Shang has stabbed Sub-Zero right
through the stomach.
Sub-Zero looked at Shang, his blue eyes wide opened. Then, before he knew it, Shang quickly pulled
the claw out of him and changed back into himself. Sub-Zero held on to his stomach and quickly fell forward to the ground.
"Sub-Zero!!"
Fei-Long cried. He tried to run over to him, but then Shang stepped in front of him.
Fei-Long got into a fighting stance
and clenched his teeth. "You will pay for all the things that you've done!"
Shang only laughed. "And you really think
that you can beat me?"
"Only fate can decide that," Fei-Long replied. "And I hope that fate knows the difference between
right and wrong."
"Very well. Let's see what it's like to fight someone similar to you." Shang then changed into........Fei-Long.
Fei-Long's
dark eyes become wide opened. He felt like he was looking at himself through a mirror, but deep inside, it was really Shang.
Shang
got into a fighting stance. "Begin."
Fei-Long immediately jumped in the air and performed a roundhouse kick. Shang
quickly blocked the move. Fei-Long jumped back down to the ground. As he does, Shang threw a punch at Fei-Long's stomach.
He ignored the pain in his stomach and threw kung-fu punches at Shang. Shang blocked them and kicked him on his side. Fei-Long
pulled back to recover.
"Fei-Long!" they suddenly hear someone cry out. Fei-Long looked over by the door and saw Rayden,
Kitana, and Honda.
"You guys made it!" Fei-Long cried.
"Yes," said Raiden. "And we definitely know that one
of you is Shang. After all, Fei-Long doesn't have a twin brother or anything."
"I am Fei-Long," Shang said. He pointed
at Fei-Long. "He is Shang."
"You lying son-of-a-b***h!!!" Fei-Long cried.
"Well, one of you is lying," said
Honda.
"Sub-Zero!!" cried Kitana. She noticed Sub-Zero lying down on the ground bleeding. She ran over to him.
Sub-Zero
looked up at her. "The wound is bad enough for me to stop fighting."
"It'll be all right," Kitana replied. "Rest, we'll
take care of Shang."
Sub-Zero nodded slowly.
Rayden looked at the very similar looking warriors. "Where are
you from?"
"Hong Kong, China," said Fei-Long.
"Whom did you come here with?"
"Chun-Li!" cried Shang.
"And
who else?"
"Ryu and Ken," said Fei-Long.
"What is your favorite color?"
"Blue," Shang said.
"How
old are you?"
"Twenty-seven," Fei-Long replied.
Rayden shook his head from side to side. "Damn, this is bad!"
"Then
how can we tell who is the real Fei-Long?" asked Honda.
For a minute, silence came between everyone.
Then, Fei-Long's
eyes lit up. "Wait! I know one thing which Shang wouldn't have." He reached into his big pockets and pulled something out.
He then held the item out to show everyone.
Kitana looked at the item in shock. "Johnny Cage's sunglasses!"
"Yes,"
Fei-Long replied. "He gave them to me before Vega killed him."
Everyone looked at the fake Fei-Long. Shang growled
and changed back to himself. Suddenly, he grabbed Fei-Long by the hair and threw him against the wall hard enough to knock
him out.
"Fei-Long!" cried Honda. He, Kitana, and Rayden got into their fighting stances as Shang began to walk over
to them.
An evil laugh escaped Shang's lips. "You fools really think that you have a chance to beat me? That's where
you are wrong."
"You're the one who's doing wrong," said Honda. "You've taken so many innocent people's souls and kept
them for what?"
"To rule the universe," Shang said.
"Shang, tonight it will all end," said Rayden.
Shang
laughed like Rayden's words were only a big joke to him. "I've taken so many souls for thousands of years, especially from
those who dare to challenge me." He got into a fighting stance. "Don't be surprised when you join them as well."
"We
won't," said Honda.
Then, Shang jumped towards them, his left leg extended outward. Honda went after him. As Shang
fell back to the ground, Honda raised his arm up and hit Shang's leg. Shang went back a little, but still managed to
land safely on his feet. Then he transformed into Sindel. He opened his mouth and let out an ear-piercing scream.
The
three of them covered their ears. The volume of the scream was so loud that it caused them to fall to their knees.
Shang
laughed and changed back to himself. "All of my powers come from the taken souls and those I've come in contact with.
You are all worthless, even with your powers combined."
"That's what you think!" said Rayden. He put both of his hands
out in front of him. A bolt of lightning came out of his hands. Shang saw this and dodged out of the way.
Rayden looked
at Kitana and Honda. "You two take care of Shang."
"Why?" asked Honda.
"There's something I must do, but I promise
that I'll be back."
"All right, Rayden," said Kitana. She and Honda got up and ran towards Shang.
Rayden saw
Sub-Zero, walked over to him quickly, and bended over to him.
Sub-Zero looked up at Rayden. His eyes were only half
opened and he was breathing heavily. "Rayden......I tried to....stop him...."
"Quiet," Rayden said. He put his hand
over Sub-Zero's wounded stomach.
"What are you doing?"
"Doing something I wish that I could've done for everyone
else. Sub-Zero, I promise you that you will get vengeance for your brother."
Meanwhile, Kitana and Honda are fighting
Shang. Kitana was throwing series of punches at Shang. Shang blocked all of them and managed to kick her out of the way by
the stomach. Honda jumped in next and performed his hundred- hand slaps. Shang saw this and blocked the move.
How
is that possible? Honda thought to himself.
Then, Shang changed into Liu and fires a fireball at Honda. Honda
flew in the air and hit the wall hard enough to weaken him.
"Honda!" cried Kitana. She looked at Shang and went
after him again.
Sub-Zero watched Rayden's glowing hand. Sub-Zero winced a little bit as he felt his damaged organs
going back to their original places.
Not too far, Fei-Long began to open his eyes. At first, all he could see was blur.
What
happened? he thought.
Then, everything started to become clearer. He saw Honda holding his head in pain. Then,
he could hear fighting. He slowly turned his head and spotted Kitana and Shang fighting. Shang was winning beating Kitana
with multiple punches and kicks.
Fei-Long's eyes became wide. That bastard!
He slowly got himself up.
"I won't let you win!!"
Despite feeling dizzy, Fei-Long managed to run towards Shang. Shang saw him and threw a hard
punch at Fei-Long's face sending him flying to the side almost falling off the balcony.
"Fei-Long!" cried Kitana. Unfortunately,
the distraction gave Shang the opportunity to strike. He threw a hard kick to her stomach knocking the wind out of her and
sending her to the ground.
Shang laughed. "Like I said, you fools think that you could beat me. Now you will all die."
Unfortunately,
he had forgotten about Rayden.
Rayden removed his hand from Sub-Zero's stomach. "I've healed you."
Sub-Zero
looked as his stomach. It looked as though he was never stabbed. "I can feel my powers coming back to me."
Suddenly,
the room turned a dark green.
"What the......" Sub-Zero managed to say.
Rayden stood up. "This isn't good. Even
if we're alive, Shang will take out souls in this condition."
Shang laughed loudly. "And now, your souls will be mine!!"
Sub-Zero
narrowed his eyes. "I know I already said that doing the same move is cheap, but when desperate times come, it calls for it."
He
put both of his hands out. A gust of wind was heard.
Then, Shang became frozen becoming surrounded by cold, dry ice.
Everyone
looked at Sub-Zero in silence.
Fei-Long scratched the back of his head. "Well, that was easy."
"I know," Sub-Zero
replied. "But he did need to be rid of right away."
"One problem," said Honda. "Ice melts."
"I can take care
of that," Sub-Zero replied. He walked over Shang. He stared at the demon for a minute before pushing him over the balcony.
"Oops," he said sarcastically.
Shang fell towards the ring below. As soon as he crashed, ice, blood, and flesh shattered
everywhere.
Everyone stared down at what was left of Shang for a while. Then, Honda broke the silence. "Let's get going."
That's
when the room suddenly turned blue.
"What is that?" asked Fei-Long.
They looked over to where the souls were
stored. The machine holding the souls became surrounded by electric shocks. Then, part of the ceiling opened. They watch as
thousands of souls made their way out of the room and towards Heaven.
"The souls are free!" cried Kitana.
Everyone
watched with smiles on their faces. They knew now that the souls will finally rest in peace and live freely without being
under the hands of Shang.
After the last souls left, Fei-Long looks at Sub-Zero. "You're alive."
"Yes, thanks
to Rayden."
"And if wasn't for your powers, we would all be dead," said Honda.
Then, Rayden looked at the four
fighters seriously. "The souls may be free now, but we still have Shao Kahn to beat."
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