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And so, in front of both warriors, an horde of black-clothed warriors with oni mask on their faces appeared, wielding swords, spears, and flails.

- Hah! Just this!?

Scorpion started running towards the horde of soldiers, rising his palm in order to launch his harpoon to a spear-wielding warrior, penetrating his chest with the sharp kunai on the end of the harpoon, and as the warrior stopped his movement, Scorpion pulled furiously the wire attached to the kunai.

- COME HERE!

Yelled scorpion as the soldier got separated from his comrades towards Scorpion, who, having him now in range, took his sword and slashed his foe in half as the harpoon retracted to his hand.

- To easy!

Scorpion grabbed his sword with both hands as he adopted his fighting stance, allowing Tai to make his move.

- Show me what you got, Tai!

As the small shadow shield raised, the hands of Scorpion did as well, still graving with one of them his sword, doing so, he opened a couple of portals beneath two of the soldiers, emerging from them the huge hands of a flaming skeleton, grabbing the soldiers and burning them to ashes just before they could return to their home realm.

- The gods are truly underestimating us...

Scorpion said to himself as he walked towards the 4 remaining warriors.

- Finish them!

Scorpion grabbed his mask with his free hand, taking it off in order to reveal his true face: A flaming skull that faced another two of the soldiers, opening its jaw in order to spit a huge burst of flames that consumed the bodies of his enemies, turning them into bones resting in a pile of ashes.

Scorpion putted his mask back on with no hurries, as the last warrior standing glared at him.

- This test... Is over!

Scorpion extended his left hand toward the man, letting his harpoon fly once again, impaling his head with no further problem, pulling the wire in order to rip off his head, grabbing it in his hand as the harpoon brought it to him.

- Fatality...

He threw the head into the ground, saying to his ally just two words.

- Flawless victory...

((Time warp!!!))
(Earlier)
Sub-Zero simply dogged the snake, catching it in mid-air, and freezing its insides, then shattered it in his hand.
(A little later...)
Sub-Zero was surrounded by a large number of enemies. He always hated Scorpions loud mouth. He grinned. Time to see if he had the power he once had. He charged up his chi, then released it in a large blast of ice that froze all of the enemies in the nearby area. He then jumped into the air, and came down with a large blow to the ground, with almost enough force to cause an earthquake, which was just enough to rattle the frozen armada and shatter them into millions of pieces.
(Current)
Sub-Zero looked around. All of the Kombatants had survived! But how?

A bright light appeared in front of them, just as bright as the sun. A voice came from the light, saying, "You have all been tested, and, as I expected, you have completed your task. Now I will tell you of why you are here..." The voice paused, then started again. "As you know," the voice said, "you have all competed in Mortal Kombat tournaments in the past, but now, it's time to have the last, true Mortal Kombat tournament. You will be sent randomly to realms, killing each kombatant you see. After killing a certain number of kombatants, you will be warped to a new realm, where you will do the same. The final two will fight at the Arena of the Gods, where the winner will receive a prize that is equivalent to that of a God."

Sub Zero was intrigued. The prize of a god...
((That's enough for now...))

"Not yet, Scorpion..." The voice said. "And nor will anyone else warp. For, as you all see, there are many more kombatants that are here, yet even more that are not, for they have not yet competed in the tournaments. We must discuss which kombatants and future kombatants will be allowed in the tournament. In the meantime, you will all be sent to your individual realms. But if any of you so much as touch your opponent, you will be killed, immortal or not..." Suddenly, the light spread to encompass every corner of the room...
When Sub-Zero opened his eyes, he was shocked. He was back at the Lin Kuei palace! In Earthrealm! He broke out of his icy coffin he was stored in once he died, shattering it into millions of small icicles. He got off the pedestal, examining his body. He had all of his muscles, skin, and limbs all in perfect condition. He walked over to his right where the Lin Kuei traditional armor was stored. He dawned the armour and went outside. Now he just needed his medallion, and he could start practicing for the tournament...

Hoping for the tournament to soon get to an end, Scorpion closes his eyes, being warped to the ruins of the Shirai Ryu temple in Earthrealm, where Hanzo Hasashi, Scorpion former self, and all of the Shirai Ryu clan was killed.

- I must walk this forsaken land once again...

The burned down place and the still remaining bones of his fallen comrades made the ninja specter go slowly more and more insane, being his senses blinded by a burning rage.

- Quan Chi! Sub-Zero! I shall kill you both in this last tournament!

Scorpion knew that the true Sub-Zero was no other than Noob Saibot, however, that name could not stay in his mind, for him, he was and always would be the only true Sub-Zero, putting little attention to the younger brother of the Lin Kuei, who he once sworn to protect to repay his debt of killing his elder brother.

- I must wait here...? The gods truly are sick...

Scorpion sat on the collapsing rooftop of a building, waiting, only waiting for the moment to avenge his family, his clan and hopefully, finally die in peace and rest for all eternity...

((Time for a gods post))
All of the gods, from the Lessers to the Greaters, met in a chamber, similar to a world meeting room. The god from earlier, the Greater God of Light, stood, not in his light form, but in his earthly form, like the rest of the gods. He stood, doning shining robes, saying, "As you all know, our tournament list is complete. However, as most of you know, the consequences could be fatal." The God of Fire stood, saying, "It's the only way we can do what we could not do in our last tournament!" Suddenly, there was an earthquake, then a hole in the sky, having Demons appearing from it's midst. They were easily defeated, and the hole quickly closed. "See?!" The Fire God said, "If we do not hurry, holes like these will be much larger!"
"Then we must make haste..." The God of Light said. "Let us begin the tournament."
All of the kombatants received a message from the gods, saying that it was time to begin the tournament.
Sub-Zero had a vision. It was of the imprint of the gods, the mighty dragon. It was time. "We must talk later," Sub-Zero said. "For now, where is the medallion?"
The captain pointed behind Sub-Zero, at the painting. On the bottom frame of the painting was the medallion. Sub-Zero quickly grabbed the medallion, feeling its power surge through him again. He looked at the boy, saying, "If you are a fighter, and have seen an image, then follow me. If not, go home." Sub-Zero ran through the door leading outside of the palace, but, instead of going to Earthrealm, he landed in the Orderrealm. "This was what the gods have meant by warping us to different locations. I didn't know that the gods could warp without being so flashy..."