Part 12

By: M14Mouse

Damn that bitch! Quin Chi drag his body back to the grand hall. He underestimates her. She was strong and powerfully. Likely, she survive the crashing of the building and the merge when it is finish. He will get to finish her personally. He picks up his crystal staff and glance at the chained and un-conscience Smoke. He must have fought well. He walks into the beam of red light that surrounds the altar. He focuses his powers onto the crystal and join his master in chanting.

Aasu, Gogyou, Hageshiikaze, Himizu

Emnetsujigoka arasu inochi botai.

Emnetsujigoka arasu inochi botai.

The knife become solid and then it pludge into Sonya's chest.  Sonya scream like dying animal. A light shot from her chest as two portals open. The gates of heaven and hell were open.

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Jennie Cage moans softly as she opens her eyes. She rubs her forehead because her pounding headache. Her shield was still surrounding her. She looks around her. The building has totally collapse. Quin Chi was nowhere to be found. Damn it, the ceremony! She stag to her feet and a wave of dizziness hit her. She shakes her head as she takes off toward the hall. She cannot fail. She won't fail. Her mouth drops when she saw the grand hall. That light was now a twist painting of heaven and hell. She could hear the roar of demons and screams of spirits. Jennie wrapped her shield around herself and ran into the twist images and vanishes.

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Jennie appears in the center of the chaos. It was like the center of a tornado. Calm and chaotic. She could see everything . . . Spirits, demons, the gates, the works. Sonya was screaming as the blade was in her chest. A beam of energy was connecting the two gates. She did not see Shinnok or Quin Chi. "What took you so long?" A voice said as Jennie jumps and turn around. Rydain was standing there. "How? I thought." Jennie said. "The dimensions are in chaos. The rules are bending as we speak." Rydian said. "Oh...How..." Jennie said as she look up again but when she look back to Rydian. He was gone. "Damn it." Jennie said. How is the world, is she going to stop this? Maybe, if she removes the blade. No, Her instincts told her that makes everything worse. The crystals were still there. Shining like stars in the heavens. She tries to move the staff that hold the crystal but it would not move. She eyes the white crystal and then grab the crystal.

A white light cross her eyes. Wave after wave of energy pout into her body. Jennie was crying or perhaps screaming. She could not tell. She opens her eyes when she heard a voice. "You don't belong here, mortal" a voice echo through her head. "Uhhh...I know that." She said as she looks around. She floats in a white light. "The other one did not make it. He could not handle the power that was given to him." The voice said. A body of Quin Chi or what left of his body was floating in the white light. "Then why are the gates still open?" Jennie shouted. "Because the crystals are still connect to the gates. The crystals are the power. The two creatures are merely the channel for that power. Once the crystals are gone, the soul would return to the body and the gates will close." The voice said. She thought for a moment. What to do? What to do? Quin Chi tries to keep the power to himself and look where that got them. Maybe....

"Then I shall take this power and uses the power as my own." Jennie shouted. "Very well." The voice said. Seconds, The waves of power pout into her body. She didn't have much time. She wills herself outside of the crystal. She touches Sonya's broken body and heals her even her old scars. Soon, she heal Liu Kang, Jaxs, Kitana, and Smoke and that barely made a dent in the power of the crystal.

"JOHNNY!" Jennie screams. Soon enough, she feels his present and spirit. "Sis, I cannot help you." Johnny said. She cut him short when she pouts the power of the crystal into his spirit. Spirit makes the flesh. Skin, blood, flesh, and bone was created. Soon enough, a body was created. She didn't have time to wonder if it works. Her thoughts turn to the gate of heaven. They need to be close forever. No 6,000 year clause is going to come back and bit her in the ass. First, she broke down the old gate. She could almost feel realities tear and shift. Second, she put up a new set of gates. The new gates were almost like a giant wall but it was open to the spirit and not to the flesh.

The crystal was drained. She could hear it fall to the ground and shatter into pieces. She feels her body drop to the floor. Darkness wraps around her. A voice echoes in her head.

"Well done."

End of Part 12

Rydian smiles softly. Jennie did it! Unlike heaven, the plain to hell was dark and ugly. Hell was death. Molten rocks and lava flows from the black earth. The air was full of steam and decay. "Welcome to hell, brother!' Shinnok smirks as he appear on hellish plain. "We may be gods but we are not brothers, Shinnok!" Rydian growls. Shinnok laughs. "I must say I underestimate the mortal. Perhaps, after I finish with you, I will handle her in different matter." Shinnok laughs as his soulless eyes glow. "First, you have to win, Shinnok." Rydain smirks as lightening flash across the sky. The ground shakes as the reality become their battle field.

You thought two magic users were bad. Realties shift and twist as the fight continues. Their weapons were not fists and kicks but realities and the elements. Lightening and thunder clashes against earth and fire. Hail and snow pounds into the ground and the gods. Fire and water burst from the ground. Rydian and Shinnok were evenly match. It was like to yin and yang or a horrible storm. The crystal glows violently. But another voice seems to echo in troubling the storm. First, it was soft. Slowly, it grows louder and louder.

"Enough!" The voice roars over the battle field. The voice belongs to Sonya Blade. With that one word, everything stops. Almost like a pause in time. Slowly, the storm clears. Sonya was standing next to the crystal and looking Shinnok dead in the eye. She seems cover in a long cover in a black material. "No more . . . No more." Sonya rambles as the reality seems to shift from chaotic to almost to calm. "Sonya..." Rydian said. "No..." Sonya turns to Raydian and then Shinnok. "No more what, my dear?" Shinnok smirks. Oh no..This fight was not on a reality plain. It was on Sonya's soul. The thought itself almost send Raydin to his knees. He should have known. His foolishness almost cost one of his chosen . . . one of his friend's death. If Sonya give into the pain, Shinnok would win and he made it worse. Sonya's hand tightens around the staff. Shinnok appear in front of Sonya. Sonya look up at Shinnok and for a brief second, it look like Sonya was going to hand him the staff.

WACK!

The staff made contact with Shinnok's face. Sonya hit him again and again. The crystal seems to shakes and glitter with each hit. A loud crack could be heard. The crystal fell onto the ground and broke into a thousand pieces. The staff fell to the ground. A portal open up under Shinnok's feet. Shinnok did not have time to react and seems to disappear into the gates of hell.

"No more pain." Sonya said as she disappears.

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The sun. Something has been foreign in the skies of Outworld for thousand of years. It shines on new age. A better one, that yet to be seen?

"I want to see my sister!"

Part 14

Jennie growls as she blinks her eyes. Who woke her up? She looks around the room, It look like the temple's sleeping area. She guesses, hell and heaven were safe. How long has she been knocks out? That would require to get up and get dress.

"How do I know you are not, Johnny Cage?"

But at the moment, she wishes they would shut up. She looks for her clothes. The only pair she could found was the ones that Smoke gives her. She has idea what happens to the other. Slowly, she slips on the black clothing. She chuckles at Johnny and Smoke continues arguing. She walks over and opens the door.

"Well, gentlemen, are you done argue?" Jennie said with a smirk on her face. "Sis, you are awake!" Johnny said as he hugs her. "Yes, bro. You look good for a dead guy." Jennie said as she returns the hug. "At least, I wasn't knock out for two weeks." Johnny said. "Two weeks? Gee . . . what hit me a two-by four?" Jennie said as she shakes her head. "No, Raydin said you depleted energy because of the battle. You didn't look to good and Raydien said if you didn't wake up in two more days. He would make you wake up. I think Smoke was about to hang Raydin before he could touch you." Johnny laughs. Jennie looks up at Smoke. Smoke almost looks like a statue. "Thank you, Smoke." Jennie said. "I only live to serve, Mistress." Smoke said. "Later, I and you need to talk about this "mistress" deal and the "live to serve" part." Jennie said with a frown on her face. "Raydin needs to see you and Sonya wants to talk to you as well." Johnny said. "Ok, lead the way." Jennie sighs.

*************** Raydin was standing in front of statue of dancing woman. Jennie didn't know if he just got there or waiting for her. "Raydin?" Jennie said as she walks up to the elder god. Raydin turn to look around at her. "You did well, Jennie." Raydin said. "Well...uhh...I was lucky. It was scary. So much power in my hands and I have no control over it." Jennie said shyly. "Control is only part of you. The other are emotions. You let your emotions guide you in the most important moment." Raydin said. "Now, I understand why Quin Chi wants the power. It was almost like a sugar high. Magic makes me feel so alive but it is not the magic fault. It is the person who wield it. And guess, I have to learn to wield without exploring or turn something a chicken." Jennie said. "You are right. That what makes you different. Your task is far from finish. You have to go with Kitana. She will need you in the future. Lack of control and all." Raydin said with a smile "Well, I do my best. What about Sonya? Will she be all right?" Jennie said. "She must fight her own battles like the others." Raydin said as he disappears. Jennie looks around. "One of these days, someone going to pin him to the wall." Jennie said.

***************** "No more pain"

Those were her words before she broke the crystal. Now, she was lost. Johnny was back and his sister was a sorceress that save the world. Yet, she was a tool to be tosses aside when it was finish. Now, what does she do? Could she go back to normal? She didn't know.

"Hello." Jennie said. Sonya looks up at Johnny's sister. She blinks as she looks at the woman. She seems more confident but different. Perhaps, that was the sorceress in her. Sonya nods as silent full the air. "How are you feeling, Sonya?" Jennie said. That was the question everyone has been asking. How was she? She didn't know the answer. "I have been better." Sonya said. "Of course...look, I am..." Jennie said but Sonya cut her off. "No more sorry. I have been hearing that ever since I got back. Look, it could happen to anyone." Sonya said. "No, it didn't happen to just anyone. It happens to you. That is the point. I know you are strong but look, I am sorry it took me so long to figure out my destiny." Jennie said. Destiny? Destiny can go screw itself. It was not her fault. No one gave her directions. She did it all by herself. "No, never blame yourself. It is never easy being the guardians of Earth. But the question, are you all right?" Sonya said. "Me?...I am fine. I mean, it is all very confusing but I guess, I get the hang of it." Jennie said. Sonya just laughs. "It will never be easy. It is going to get tough and hard. You going to get into some tight spots. In fact, I think you are going to have it worse. Kitana and you are going to rebuild a world that has been in chaos for thousands of years. But I think, you can do it." Sonya said. Oh, I know the girl can do it. She beat Quin Chi and destroy the crystal. The girl just needs some confident in herself. She will be fine. "True . . . but Johnny and you are going to have a hard road ahead. Both of you have change. It has yet been seen for better of worse." Jennie said.

"I know . . . Sometimes, I have touched him to make sure he is still there. I always think Johnny is going to vanish if I turn around." Sonya sighs. "I know the feeling. It was strange when I woke up and saw him there." Jennie said. You think it was bad when you woke up. You should have seen it when the crystals were broken. "I remember meeting the big guy and it was not scary but it is almost like calm was place over me. I could image to think what to happen to Quin Chi." Jennie said as she runs her hand through her hair. "I hope he suffers but . . . I need to move on. I have a life." Sonya said as she stands up. "Good luck, Sonya." Jennie said."You too." Sonya said as she walks out of the courtyard. Jennie was left there to think.

Act 1 was finish. So, what is in stores for her next? She is a sorceress who cannot control her powers. She does have control over her fate. She is going to help rebuild Outworld.

Fate.....

She was hoping it came with instruction manual.

The End.

A/N: Sequels due out in early 2003 or middle of 2003. Disillusion: Sonya and Johnny slowly rebuild their relationship but does not it is going to be easy especially with ex-lovers, nightmares, and demons from the past walk right in.

Reunification: Jennie and Kitana are going to have a hell of time fixing up Outworld but first, they must make it thought rebellions, traitors, and ghosts. Of course, there is that little problem with Jennie don't know how to control her powers.

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