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Chun-Li and Jax
watched as Cammy slowly opened her eyes revealing the blue- colored iris. She started looking around a little. When she spotted
Chun-Li and Jax, she gasped loudly and sat up fast.
"Whoa, Cammy!" Jax cried putting his hands on her shoulders.
"Where
the bloody hell am I?" she demanded her British accent echoing through the cave.
Jax gave her a bottle of water. "You're
in a cave where we're staying. You'll be safe here I promise."
Cammy calmed down a little. "How did I end up in this
tournament anyways?"
Chun-Li bended down to her. "Bison has been controlling you mind for quite sometime, five years
the most. Bison is gone now, but the man who killed him is far worse, but at least answer me this........is Shao Kahn controlling
your mind in any way? If so, can you remember anything?"
Cammy looked down. She stayed silent for a while before looking
back at Chun- Li. "Well, one minute I was giving orders to my master, the next I'm being told to exterminate my opponent in
this tournament."
Chun-Li looked at Jax and whispered, "My guess is that the farthest she can remember is Bison's last
order before Shao captured her which is obviously not very long."
She looked at Cammy again. It was obvious that she
was frightened and wasn't sure exactly what was going on.
Jax looked at her. "Just rest for now. Hopefully Chun-Li
can get more information about what happened to you."
Cammy only nodded and laid back down closing her eyes.
Meanwhile
outside, some of the fighters were eating dinner.
"I'm really not in the mood for fish," said Sonya. "Dhalsim was a
vegetarian."
"Tell me about it," said Ken putting his bowl down.
"So what is happening now?" asked Rolento.
Guile
cleared his throat. "Chun-Li and Jax are checking up on Cammy, the four of us are eating, Guy and Kitana are at one of those
fancy dinner parties Kitana was invited to, and everyone else is sparring."
"Fancy dinner party?" Ken said. "I'm a
millionaire! Why didn't they invite me?"
"Guess you're not that special," Sonya replied trying not to laugh.
Ken
sighed.
"Speak of the devil," said Rolento pointed forward. Everyone turned around and sees Guy and Kitana walking
towards them.
"How was the dinner?" asked Guile.
Guy smirked. "The best. I bet you that if Ryu saw all the food
that was being served, he would devour all of it, even from other people's plates."
Everyone laughed.
"Yeah,
he eats like a horse," said Ken. "You should see him whenever my place serves food."
Kitana's face then turned serious.
"Where's Jax?"
"You need me?" a voice said. Everyone turned to see Jax and Chun-Li walking out of the cave towards
the group.
Kitana looked at Jax. "They made an announcement about a midnight tournament and all of the fighters are
invited."
"A midnight tournament?" cried Rolento. He spun his baton. "I'm ready for it!"
"What's this midnight
tournament about?" Jax asked.
"Fighters in the audience will be chosen to fight," Kitana replied. "The challenger is..........Goro."
Everyone
became silent.
"I was wondering when we would hear about him," said Ken.
"Sounds like Goro is ready," Jax replied.
He put his fingers in his mouth and released a very loud whistle.
A few minutes later all of the fighters gathered
around the fire. Jax made the announcement about Goro.
"Hope you have a strong stomach," said Sonya. "He's not a pretty
sight."
"That's no worry for me," said Honda patting his big belly.
Jax looked around then sighed. "Now Fei-Long
and Sub-Zero are missing."
Everyone looked around and realized that indeed the two of them, along with Dan and Mika,
are missing.
"What happened to them?" asked Ryu.
"I got a bad feeling that they're dead," Jax replied. "But
we can't give up hope. This I'm going to do one more time.........I need two brave men to go out and find them, if anything
suspicious happens, try to get back here immediately."
"I'll go!" cried Cody.
Rolento passed Cody a walkie-talkie.
"This will help."
Cody looked at Guy. "You going to come too, buddy?"
Guy looked at Kitana. Her eyes seem to
plead, not wanting him to leave.
Cody got the message. "Well, I've got to admit, if I had a girlfriend, I wouldn't
want to go either."
"In that case," said Honda. "I'll go with you."
"All right then," Jax said. "Cody and Honda,
all I ask for you is to be careful and come back safe whether you find them or not."
Cody and Honda nodded.
"We'll
see you guys later!" Cody cried. He patted Guy's shoulder. "See you around, buddy."
"See you," Guy replied as his best
friend and the sumo wrestler made they way into the forest.
***
After hours of waiting, Dan, Mika, Fei-Long,
and Sub-Zero are released from the chains by Shang Tsung's guards.
They are escorted into a small room with the guards
pointing bow and arrows at the good fighters. In the room is a low wooden table with a black candle in the middle. Four plates
laid on the table holding their raw meat.
"That's unhealthy," said Fei-Long. "But we do need to live."
The meat
wasn't all that bad, at least it was cooked a little so that maggots wouldn't form in their stomachs.
After finishing
their meats, Fei-Long noticed that the guards were outside of the room.
"Guys," he whispered. "We have a chance to
escape and get back to the tournament."
"But what about the guards?" asked Mika.
"We've got Sub-Zero," Fei-Long
said.
"What about me?!" Dan said. "I have my Gadouken!"
"Yeah," Fei-Long said.
Unfortunately, one of
the guards was listening to the conversation.
"Let's go," Fei-Long said. The four of the slowly got up.
About
four guards jumped out of the way.
Sub-Zero put his hands out freezing all four guards.
"That was easy," Mika
said.
"I know how we can get out of here faster," Sub-Zero said. He put one leg up to one of the guards' necks. "Hope
you guys know how to skate!"
With his leg, he pushed the guard down and began sliding out the door.
"That was
awesome!" cried Dan.
Fei-Long does the same to one guard and followed Sub-Zero. Mika does the same next. Dan went last
and the four of them slide down the long halls.
Sub-Zero looks down at the guard he stood on top of. "The ices are
melting. It won't be long before the guards start moving."
Everyone stepped off the guards. When Dan stepped off, he
slips and landed on his rear.
"OW!!!" he cried. "My behind!"
Fei-Long ran over to Dan and helped him up. "No
time to complain! We've got to get out of here!"
The four of them begin running down the hall hoping to find an exit.
Mika was in front followed by Dan, then Fei-Long, and finally Sub-Zero.
After running for five minutes, two guards
appeared out of nowhere. They manage to grab Sub-Zero and Fei-Long.
"NNOOO!!!" Mika cried. She and Dan stopped.
"Go!"
Sub-Zero cried. "This guard has a part of my hand that will help freeze!"
"No!" Dan cried. "We're not leaving you!
We're all friends here, and friends stick together!"
"The least you can do is go back to the cave and tell the others
what's going on!" Fei-Long cried.
"He's right Dan," Mika said. "It's better for some of us to go back than none of
us."
Dan looked at Sub-Zero and Fei-Long one more time. "We'll be back for you, we promise."
"We're counting
on you!" Fei-Long cried. Dan and Mika started making their way down the hall.
As they disappeared, Fei-Long and Sub-Zero
are dragged away.
"Good luck," Sub-Zero whispered.
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