(Cubed Cinder)
NOTE from author: Takes place during MK3.
Major Jackson Briggs, or Jax as we know him, could feel the sweat and blood
coming down his entire body. He knew he was pouring heart and soul into his
battle with the four or five Tarkata soldiers that were still standing. The
sidewalk was covered in blood and body parts of those he had already slain. Even
with so few remaining, he wasn't about to back down. He banged his metallic
fists together, the sound of his bionically-enhanced arms clanging together
ringing around the area.
"Yeah, come on! I can take you on!" Jax said.
"Hur hur hur... you are weakening, mortal! It is only a matter of time before we
slice and dice you!" one of the Tarkatas said. The creature stretched out the
blades in its hands and then charged for Jax, as did the other monsters.
Meanwhile, on the far corner of the street that Jax was having his battle on,
Lieutenant Sonya Blade was watching the action from behind the buildings,
standing by in case Jax needed her help. Before leaving on his mission, Jax made
it perfectly clear to Sonya that he could handle the mission to defeat the
Tarkatas by himself despite learning of the large number they came in. But Sonya
was not someone who could stand by and let things play out on their own. She
owed Jax one after he risked his life to come to Outworld and rescue her and, to
a lesser extent, Kano.
Sonya watched as her boss clearly looked tired and was having trouble dodging
even the simplest of attacks.
"Damn it... I told him this would be a dangerous mission." Sonya said. She was
tempted to run in and offer assistance, but she knew Jax would chew her out for
disobeying a direct order. Outraging him was the last thing she wanted to do, so
she kept on waiting.
After a brutal slash to the back, Jax fell down onto his knees and grimaced
in pain. He was breathing heavily against the high grunts of pain. The few
Tarkata that remained laughed evilly as they began to surround the fallen
combatant.
"Ha! Any last words before we finish you!?" one of the Tarkata said as it
sharpened its blades, no doubt to decapitate Jax just as the Tarkata had done to
many innocent people that already lost their souls to Shao Kahn.
"Yeah... prepare for your fatality, punks!" Jax said as he defiantly stood up
and looked up in the sky. Just as the Tarkata were wondering what he had in
mind, Jax concentrated.
Only a few seconds later, Jax began to grow.
"What the hell!?" Sonya shouted as she watched Jax grow bigger and bigger in
size. He looked to be at least 100 feet tall by her best guess, but nevertheless
she felt quite puny by looking up at the giant-sized Jax. The Tarkata weren't
admiring this at all. They immediately feared for their lives as they saw Jax
now looking right down at them. Just as they took off running, his huge black
boot quickly came down on them.
"Master Baraka!!!" the Tarkata all shouted. And then SPLAT! Jax put down his
foot and then lifted it up, revealing nothing but a deep hole in the ground with
the blood and broken bones of his enemies. Jax rubbed that boot against the
concrete sidewalk, splattering it with the blood and guts that had gotten stuck
on the bottom. After wincing a bit in pain, Jax shrunk back down to his normal
size. He took a deep breath, relieved that this latest battle in the war against
Outworld's invasion was done and over with. He reached for his radio and pushed
the button to talk.
"Major Briggs calling Lieutenant Blade. Come in, Sonya." Jax said. Sonya, still
in disbelief over what she had seen, could hear Jax's voice coming from her own
radio and she pulled it out, backing away so that Jax wouldn't look in the
corner and see Sonya right there.
"Lieutenant Blade speaking. What's going on, Jax?" Sonya asked.
"Ah, just your run-of-the-mill run of Outworld bad guys with press-on nails for
teeth and blades that couldn't slice through bread. Are you still back at base?"
Jax said. Sonya wanted to say that she was so that Jax would think that she
followed orders, but she had to get the truth on what she had just seen with the
whole size-changing bit. Luckily, her keen sense of thinking got her an answer
after a few seconds of silence.
"Negative, Jax. Intelligence reports are suggesting that an attack may be coming
from the bridge. I'm taking a squad with me to intercept!" Sonya said.
"I'm a few minutes from your position. I'll be right there! Jax out." Jax said.
"10-4. Sonya out." Sonya said. She put her radio back and quickly moved out to
head for the bridge.
At the bridge, Sonya was able to get there first and she waited patiently for
Jax to show up. While waiting, she thought of every possible scenario for when
Jax started to ask questions as soon as he saw there was no battle. Soon, he
arrived running as fast as he could, thinking that Sonya might have been in
danger. Hey, that's why he's an American hero, Sonya thought.
"So where's the fire, Sonya?" Jax said.
"Must've been a false alarm. Special Forces just changed the attack location
to the park and
I sent the squad team to take them on." Sonya said.
"Well, why aren't you following them?" Jax said.
"I figured I would investigate the area for threats while I was here. Gemini is
monitoring the team back at headquarters. But listen... there's something we
need to talk about." Sonya said.
"But why now? Can't it wait until we stop this invasion? Millions of lives are
at stake, and we were chosen by Raiden to subdue this threat!" Jax said.
"I... saw your battle with the Tarkata today." Sonya said.
"Huh? But that would mean... wait. Did you leave base again, something I told
you not to do!?" Jax shouted.
"Look, you can punish me later! I owed you one after you risked your life to
save me from Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn. I want just as much a piece of these
creeps as I'm sure you do." Sonya said. Jax kept silent for a few seconds and
nodded, but he did not smile.
"Yeah, you are right. And we Special Forces members always should stick
together. Still... you think next time you can try to obey my orders for
once?" Jax said.
"Fair enough. Now then, there's something I want to ask you." Sonya said.
"Yeah, what's that?" Jax asked.
"It's about your... huge performance today against those Tarkata." Sonya
said. Jax was taken aback... but remembered Sonya admitting to watching the
entire battle he had with all those Tarkata. That means she saw everything,
including that short time he became a giant to crush the remaining foes.
"Yeah... that." Jax said, softly.
"Why didn't you tell me? We've been partners for a while. You said there
wouldn't be anymore secrets between the two of us!" Sonya said.
"It's not that simple, Sonya." Jax said.
"Then make it simple. How are you able to grow like that!?" Sonya shouted.
"Alright, fine... but what I tell you has to stay between the two of us.
Understand?" Jax said.
"Loud and clear, sir." Sonya said. Jax took a deep breath.
"Well, it was on the day I got these metallic arms. The surgeons told me the
only way my body would properly accept these arms without me going into cardiac
arrest was if they changed some of the wave patterns in my brain. It worked...
but it turns out one side effect of that was the new brain waves gave me total
control over my growth spurt." Jax said.
"Meaning...?" Sonya said.
"Meaning I can change my size just by thinking about it. But only for about a
minute. After that, I start to feel some major pain, probably from my body
changing like that. So... yeah, it's only good for a short while." Jax said.
Sonya was at first silent, trying to take in all of this info.
"And you've had this power since you got the metallic arms?" Sonya said as Jax
nodded.
"For god's sake, Jax! This could play to our advantage!" Sonya said.
"Huh? What the hell are you talking about?" Jax said.
"Think about it... I could tower by your side and..." Sonya said. Jax very
quickly caught on to Sonya's idea and he was eager to shut it down.
"Sonya... no! This operation has only been tested for men, and even then I'm the
only one that has been operated on! I'm not about to risk your life just for
some measly one-minute stomping spree!" Jax said.
"But Jax..." Sonya said.
"Damn it, Sonya! I fuckin' said no! Not even for you. Now I'm going to
rendezvous with the team in the park. I'll send a forensics team to help with
your investigating." Jax said. Sonya knew there was no arguing with Jax once he
flat out spoke his mind.
"Yes, sir." Sonya said as Jax walked away. Sonya watched Jax walk into the
distance and as soon as he was far enough away from her, Sonya pulled out a
remote phone.
"One minute my eye... if there's a chance for me to become giant-sized and stomp
the shit out of Kano and the Centaurians, I've got to take it!" Sonya said,
thinking back to when she had to watch Johnny Cage almost brutally murdered by
the hands of Motaro. Sonya dialed up the number to the Special Forces Command
Office.
"Special Forces Command Office, this is Pierce." a man's voice said on the other
end.
"Aaron... it's me. I need you to find out the names of one of the surgeons
who worked on giving Jax his metal arms a week ago." Sonya said.
"I'll have that information ready when you get back." Aaron said.
"Thanks. Have you guys made contact with the riot guard yet?" Sonya said.
"Yes, ma'am. We have Kurtis Stryker taking command of a few squadrons and
they're ready to mobilize on your word." Aaron said.
"Okay, thank you." Sonya said as she turned off the phone.
A few moments later, Sonya arrived back at Special Forces headquarters.
Naturally, it was a busy place as the people there were monitoring the
soul-stealing crisis very closely. It seems Raiden's magic was protecting the
souls of these dedicated people... at least so far. Regardless, Sonya clearly
looked to be the hardest-working individual in the room, as evidenced by her
quickly walking up to Aaron's computer screen.
"Aaron, do you have that info on Jax's surgery?" Sonya asked.
"Yes, ma'am. This is the lead surgeon... Dr. Miller, along with his three
associates." Aaron said as he pointed to Dr. Miller's picture. Also on the
screen were pictures of a black bearded man, a young-looking man with blonde
hair, and a woman. They were all in doctor's clothing, obviously.
"Where is Dr. Miller?" Sonya said.
"He and his team are keeping themselves safe in the operating room, the same one
where Jax supposedly got his arms worked on." Aaron said.
"Thank you, Aaron. Tell the riot guard I'll be speaking with them when I get
back." Sonya said. Aaron nodded as Sonya quickly walked off through a set of
doors.
Sonya proceeded down the long hallway before she peeked into one of the
windows and saw what clearly looked like an operating room. Inside were Dr.
Miller and his three assistants. They looked like they were talking with each
other and comparing notes. Sonya walked up to the door and knocked on it three
times. Dr. Miller opened the door and greeted Sonya.
"Lieutenant Blade? What can I do for you?" Dr. Miller asked.
"Dr. Miller. I understand you were the lead surgeon in the metal arms operation
on Major Briggs." Sonya said.
"That's right. Why? Is something the matter?" Dr. Miller asked.
"No, everything's fine. I'm just curious as to how you were able to change his
brainwave patterns." Sonya said. Dr. Miller had a rather uncomfortable look on
his face.
"Well... you see, Lieutenant, that is classified information. Major Briggs has
asked that the matter regarding his surgery be kept to ourselves." Dr. Miller
said.
"I see. Well, sorry to bother you then." Sonya said.
"No problem, Lieutenant. Good luck out there, okay?" Dr. Miller said.
"Oh... doctor. One more thing." Sonya said. Dr. Miller turned around to face
Sonya, only to see a gun pointed right at his head.
"Uh... Lieutenant. What's the meaning of this?" Dr. Miller asked.
"Your private information about Major Briggs just became public. You do what I
say and nobody gets hurt." Sonya said. One of Dr. Miller's assistants, the black
man in fact, looked out the window to see Sonya aiming her pistol right between
Dr. Miller's eyes. As the man was running over to a nearby phone, Sonya quickly
caught this and ran in the room.
"Freeze! Step away from the phone or I will shoot!" Sonya shouted, keeping
the gun pointed at Dr. Miller as she dragged him into the room."
"Do what she says!" Dr. Miller shouted as the black man slowly stepped away from
the phone.
"Cut that phone off." Sonya said as the female assistant walked over and
disconnected the phone out of the jack.
"Get over there!" Sonya shouted as she pushed off Dr. Miller towards his
assistants. She kept the gun aimed right at his head.
"Look, just take it easy, Lieutenant... we can work something out!" Dr. Miller
shouted.
"Shut up! You're going to do that brainwave altering operation on me just as you
had done for Major Briggs." Sonya said.
"What? You want bionic arms too?" Dr. Miller asked.
"No... I want to have babies just by thinking about it." Sonya said
sarcastically. "Come on, doctor, you know full well how this works."
"But but but... we haven't tested the process on a woman. It might have adverse
effects!" Dr. Miller said. Sonya walked closer to Dr. Miller, still with the gun
in her hand.
"Well, the good news is that I'm your test patient." Sonya said.
"Sonya... I mean, Lieutenant. Why are you doing this? Why do you ask this favor
of us?" Dr. Miller said.
"Let's just say I have a score to settle with someone, and I could use the
extra... mental abilities." Sonya said.
"Now, Dr. Miller, you are either going to do the brainwave surgery on me or I
can have you all treated for bullet wounds. What's it going to be?" Sonya said.
"Okay, okay. Donna, prepare the equipment. James and Kenneth, prepare the table
for the Lieutenant!" Dr. Miller shouted as the assistants quickly ran around
doing their things. Sonya finally holstered her weapon.
"Thank you, doctor." Sonya said.
A couple hours later, Sonya was regaining her consciousness. She had been
laying on the table in a coma, naturally so the doctors could do the operation.
Sonya rubbed her head as she slowly sat up.
"Ugh... is it over?" Sonya said.
"Yes, Lieutenant. The operation was successful." Dr. Miller said. Sonya kept on
tapping her head, trying to feel for any bandages that may have been attached to
her forehead.
"Are you sure? I don't feel any different." Sonya said.
"Oh, the brainwave operation was easy. We used a special machine that was
attached to your head, allowing your brain waves to be altered remotely. No
surgery required." Dr. Miller said.
"Well, that's good. Can't go walking around the city stomping evil Shokan
warriors with a large gash on my forehead." Sonya said.
"Are you really sure you wanted to do this, Lieutenant? Like I said, we have no
idea how this process will go for a woman. And besides... what would Major
Briggs say?" Dr. Miller said.
"I promise you Jax won't come after you. Remember... I forced you guys to do
this operation on me." Sonya said. Then she closed her eyes and began to
concentrate.
Then she started growing.
Every bit of Sonya's clothing around her grew with her except for her weapons
belt, which snapped off as her hips grew wider and wider. The doctors watched in
amazement as Sonya's head reached the ceiling of the operating room. Then she
opened her eyes and that's when the growing stopped. Sonya looked about ten feet
tall, twice her original height.
"Now this feels good." Sonya said, smiling as she looked down at the doctors.
"Amazing... do you feel any pain, Lieutenant?" Dr. Miller asked.
"No. In fact, that growing sensation felt kinda pleasant... it was like getting
a massage." Sonya said.
"Interesting! It seems the female hormones are less tolerant to the pains of the
body suddenly expanding, if at all really." Dr. Miller said.
"So you're saying I'm supposed to be feeling pain but I'm not?" Sonya said.
"After one minute, yes. Now, the reaction could be later... I don't know. Like I
said, we've never tested this thing on a female body." Dr. Miller said.
"Well, we'll just have to see how the test goes." Sonya said with a smile. She
closed her eyes... and grew again. The ceiling began to crack as her head was
being forced through.
"Um... Lieutenant Blade? What are you doing!?" Dr. Miller said.
"You better get out of here if you don't want this room to cave in on you!"
Sonya said, still keeping her eyes closed and getting bigger. Indeed, the four
doctors ran out of the room, just as the whole ceiling finally gave out.
Eventually, when Sonya felt she was big enough, she opened her eyes and let out
a slight gasp. Special Forces headquarters never looked so small to her eyes.
Sonya was about 150 feet tall, probably a little bigger than even Jax could
manage.
"This... is awesome!" Sonya said to herself. She looked to see several
commanding officers running out of the building and shouting up at her, but she
didn't pay any attention to them. The moment of her growing so big was still
sinking in. Finally she looked out in the distance, not just at the city, but
also at the tallest tower where Shao Kahn's fortress was with the soulnado
sticking out like a sore thumb.
Sonya finally let out a cunning laugh. It definitely didn't sound cheerful.
And she still had no pain radiating through her body too.
"Time to show those Outworld assholes who is boss around here." Sonya said. She
took one huge step that got her to clear the rest of headquarters, and then she
started her free walk for the city.
The people that still had their souls intact were very much unruly, wanting
to get out of the city as soon as possible and making sure nobody stood in their
way. That's where the riot squad comes in. They've been doing their best in
trying to control this one corner of the city. Kurtis Stryker, the leader of the
riot squad, basically directed traffic.
"This way, everyone! Hurry!" Stryker shouted. Just then, he could feel a slight
rumbling on the ground along with booming sounds in the background. He looked to
his left to see a mob running wildly towards him.
"Whoa! We're going to need backup on this one! You and you! I need you to
control this situation!" Stryker shouted to two of his fellow soldiers. In the
confusion, Stryker was able to grab one of the men that was running past him.
"Hey hey! Hold up, son! What's the mad rush for? Trying to get away from that
green swirling tornado in the sky?" Stryker said, pointing up to the soulnado
that was above Shao Kahn's fortress.
"Yeah... and now there's this giant woman walking through the city! It's chaos,
man!" the man said.
"Giant woman? What the hell are you..." Before Stryker could finish, the shaking
was getting stronger now. Finally, the giant Sonya revealed herself from behind
the buildings at the end of the street.
"Holy shit..." Stryker said as he stared helplessly at the giantess, letting the
man go with the rest of the people.
In the meantime, Sonya had slowly been walking through the city, watching as
the large group of people was running down the road. Sonya couldn't help but let
out a bit of a giggle.
"They do look cute from up here." Sonya said, talking about the people
running away from her. She almost couldn't believe she said, but she didn't
blame herself.
"Man... Jax doesn't know what he's missing." Sonya said as she surveyed the
landscape. Despite much of the city still towering above her, Sonya felt pretty
darn powerful standing at least 100 feet tall. And the best part was that she
still did not feel one bit of pain. The doctor was right... maybe the female
body can adapt to this size-changing stuff better than the male can. That
thought alone was almost making Sonya feel pretty invincible. She was thinking
of just one mini-mission on her mind.
"Now if I can just find Kano." Sonya said. She hadn't lost sight of one of the
key reasons she wanted to grow. To find Kano and make him pay big time...
literally. Sonya turned to the right and walked down another street, one that
was definitely not as crowded because it was a section of the city already hit
hard by Shao Kahn. The only moving things she could see were Tarkata warriors,
the same ones that had attacked Jax earlier. Sonya had no problem showing mercy
to these 'insects.'
"Little insects. Always wanted to crush them flat." Sonya said to herself. Step
by step, she crushed as many Tarkatas as she could, staining both the bottom of
her shoes as well as the road a deep red with blood and broken bones everywhere.
She leaned down towards the ground and blew a gust of hot air down at another
group of Tarkatas, blowing them several yards away and no doubt killing them as
they slammed against several different buildings. Then again, Tarkatas didn't
have the strongest bodies of all the Outworld scum.
Sonya then focused her attention a few blocks away near the Bell Tower, where
she saw an army of Shokan (the ones that resembled Goro) marching down the
streets. She took a couple good stomps to get the attention of the army, who
immediately tried to attack the giantess. Of course, it did no good. One tried
jumping in the air and stomping on her feet, but she didn't feel anything at
all. Others threw fireballs, or even biting her, but she just laughed at their
feeble attempts.
"Good grief. Stomping all your pathetic lives would be too easy." Sonya said out
loud. She walked over to the Bell Tower, reaching up and slamming her hand
against the bell. The loud ringing noise from the bell went ringing through the
ears of the four-armed monsters. With the Shokan clearly distracted, Sonya then
started punching holes in the Bell Tower until it collapsed right on top of the
entire army. Underneath the many stones of concrete, along with what was left of
the bell itself, were pools of blood from the remains of those Shokan warriors.
"Well, we won't have to worry about those things." Sonya said. Again, she
scanned the area for where else in the city she could explore, and that's when
she sets her eyes on a battle that was taking place on top of the bank building
between another four-armed monster, although this one looking female, and
another monster. It looked to be a Centaurian, and that's when Sonya's eyes lit
up like fire.
"Motaro..." Sonya said to herself. The one who critically injured Johnny Cage
the day before. She wanted so badly to get revenge for her fallen comrade whom
she met in the first Mortal Kombat tournament a couple years back. She started
walking towards the building, not caring a bit on what she was stepping on,
whether it was empty cars, loose Tarkata warriors, or even fire hydrants.
Back at the scene where there were a bunch of dead Tarkata bodies that had
stained the streets a bloody red, Stryker almost puked looking at the violence
level he was seeing. He had seen some pretty nasty stuff while fighting off ugly
riots in the many years he has been an officer, but all that was nothing
compared to what he saw now. Soon, a group of Army Jeeps came roaring in behind
Stryker. Jax hopped out of one of them and approached Stryker.
"Are you Kurtis Stryker?" Jax asked.
"Yes, sir! You guys got here fast." Stryker said, shaking Jax's hand and trying
not to think much of his metallic arms.
"Major Jackson Briggs. Can you describe what you saw?" Jax said.
"Yeah. I was patrolling the streets when all of a sudden I see this giant woman
walking by. And I mean big! She was building-sized! I turn the corner to try and
get a glimpse of her, and the next thing I see is her stomping on these freaks
before she walked away. And then I called you guys... but hey, I guess anyone
would call the Army to follow someone as big as her." Stryker said.
"Can you give us a description on this woman?" Jax said.
"Oh yeah. Blonde hair in a pony tail... blue eyes I guess... her clothes were
all green and black like she was in an army of some sort. Oh yeah, I did hear
her say something through all the excitement." Stryker said.
"What's that?" Jax asked.
"Something about finding Kano and I guess killing him. She must have a grudge on
whoever this Kano is. He's probably one of the people behind this attack if I
had to guess." Stryker said.
"I see... thank you, Mr. Stryker. Let us know if we can be of more help. I'll
have three men to help you with the situation." Jax said.
"Of course, Major." Stryker said.
As Jax was walking back to the Jeep he was riding in, one of the other
soldiers in the Jeep felt inclined to ask about what Jax was thinking.
"Major, if I may ask... you don't think he was talking about Sonya, do you?" the
guy said.
"Sounds very much likely, soldier." Jax said.
"Why do you think Sonya would do this? Y'know... grow and stuff like that." the
guy said.
"Ask questions later, private. Your orders are to get me back to base!" Jax
said. The guy just nodded and started the Jeep up. As they were driving back,
Jax got on his radio once again.
"Gemini, come in. This is Major Briggs!" Jax said.
"Hey, Jax! I was just going to call you. We've had a bit of a problem at base."
Gemini said.
"What kind of problem?" Jax said.
"Well, it's a really big problem, let's just say. Dr. Miller is telling
this weird story of how Sonya just grew right through the roof." Gemini said.
Crazy or not, Jax's suspicions were right.
"Oh dear god..." Jax said.
"Something wrong, Jax?" Gemini said.
"Have Dr. Miller ready when I get back to base, Gemini. His story might not be
as crazy as you think." Jax said.
"Okay, if you say so... Gemini out." Gemini said.
At the top of the Bank building, Sheeva and Motaro were engaged in Mortal
Kombat. It had gotten quite fierce, judging from the green blood that was
trickling from both kombatants. After giving Sheeva a swift punch in the gut,
Motaro gloated.
"You weak pathetic fool! You've got a lot of nerve to be sticking around like
this." Motaro said.
"Always like the rest of you Centaurians, gloating before you think you have
defeated the mighty Shokan!" Sheeva shouted.
"Ha! The Shokan are yesterday's news ever since Goro disappeared! Shao Kahn has
put his faith entirely in the Centaurians!" Motaro shouted. Just before the two
could attack each other once again, a giant hand suddenly reached up to grab
Motaro right off the roof! Motaro looked to see he was being held tightly by the
giant Sonya.
"Hello down there." Sonya said.
"What the!? What is the meaning of this?" Motaro shouted.
"Remember Johnny Cage? The guy with the sunglasses and green shadow kick?" Sonya
said. Motaro pretty much remained silent.
"You are a coward, relying on such power to get revenge on your friend." Motaro
said.
"Yeah... well what about you!? You and your ugly four-legged self. I'd say that
qualifies as a competitive advantage. Maybe we should do something about that."
Sonya said. Sheeva could only watch in astonishment over what this unknown
giantess (to her anyway) was about to do to her heated rival. Sonya started by
yanking the Centaurian's tail right off, causing a large amount of green blood
to fall onto Sonya's hand. Of course, Motaro yelled out in pain as well.
"That was for breaking his ribs!" Sonya shouted. Then she reached down and
ripped his back two legs right off, causing him to scream more in pain.
"And that came from breaking his arms and legs!" Sonya shouted. Finally,
dropping the bottom half of his body down onto the ground, Sonya held Motaro in
her other hand and began to seperate both halves of his body. Soon, Motaro split
in half. His howls of pain were loud enough for Sonya to hear them. Even Sheeva
had to cringe from seeing all the blood and violence unfolding before her eyes.
"And now this is for that coma!!!" Sonya shouted with more determination than
ever. Then she took both halves of his body into her right hand and simply
squeezed her hand together. When she opened her hand again, whatever was left of
Motaro fell down to the ground.
"Flawless victory... Fatality." Sonya said as she watched the bloody remains
fall to the ground. She shook her right hand of some of the excess blood that
she extracted from Motaro.
Sonya then focused her attention on Sheeva, still standing on top of the
Bank. She reached up to grab her as well.
"Now... as for you!" Sonya shouted.
"Wait, stop!!! If Motaro is your enemy, we share a common foe!" Sheeva said.
Sonya stopped short of grabbing Sheeva in her bloody hand when she heard her
shout those words. Instead she lightly grabbed a hold of the female Shokan and
kept her hand steady as she held her in front of her face.
"What do you mean common foe?" Sonya said.
"Tell me... do you seek vengeance against Shao Kahn?" Sheeva said.
"Hey, who doesn't after what he has done to this realm." Sonya said.
"I've been wanting his head ever since he enacted his revenge on the Shokan."
Sheeva said.
"Is he in that tower over there?" Sonya said, pointing to the tower where the
soulnado was coming from.
"Yes. There are several of his creatures guarding the front entrance, including
an Earthrealm being that he spared from death." Sheeva said.
"You mean a human?" Sonya said.
"Yes. He had no hair and one of his eyes was red." Sheeva said.
"Kano... I need to find him and kill that SOB! Where was he last!?" Sonya
shouted.
"Well, the last I heard when I was spying... he was helping this masked man
named Kabal. They were heading for one of the streets." Sheeva said. Sonya then
kneeled down and placed Sheeva on the ground.
"You better get out of here. This could get ugly real quick!" Sonya said. She
then stood back up and walked down the streets in search of Kano.
On the way to Sonya's destination, however... she met up with some
resistance, namely in the form of police cars and fire trucks blocking her path
forward. She turned around, only to see army tanks surround her on that side of
the city. Jet planes were also beginning to circle around her head. In the front
tank that has stopped just short of Sonya's footwear, the soldier popped his
head out and held a megaphone in hand. Popping up right next to him was Jax.
"Lieutenant Sonya Blade! We have you completely surrounded! Stand down
now!" the soldier shouted. Jax then took the megaphone from the man.
"Sonya... listen to me! Just turn yourself in while you haven't done anything
wrong. We can work this out!" Jax said.
"Are you kidding? You'll just dishonorably discharge me because I went off
protocol, just like all of you do. I'm just taking things one step further."
Sonya said.
"I understand where you are coming from, Sonya. I really do... but we need to
play this card the right way!" Jax said. The soldier took back the megaphone.
"Lieutenant... if you do not surrender, we are authorized to shoot you down."
the soldier said.
"Alright, fine. We can stop the Outworld invasion your way. But I have a score
to settle and I sure as hell am not shrinking until I find him! Now if you'll
excuse me..." Sonya said. She quickly turned around and surprised many of the
police officers by kicking the police cars and fire engines several blocks away.
"All units, open fire!" the soldier shouted. Soon, all the
army tanks and fighter planes started firing on Sonya. Unfortunately for them,
not a single shot was hurting her and they only served to annoy the heck out of
her. She gave a menacing glare down at the tanks but then let out a smile.
"Hey boys... how about a kiss for your bravery?" Sonya said. She moved one of
her hands up to her lips. Jax could immediately see what was coming.
"Oh shit... fall back! Everyone fall back!!!" Jax shouted as he jumped out of
the tank he was in and started running, pulling the accompanying soldier with
him. Sonya then blew her infamous 'Kiss of Death' as a fireball came flying out
of her mouth and landed right on the tanks, causing each and every one of them
to explode into an dazzling display of fire. Using the fireworks as cover, Sonya
then fired her purple rings of doom from her hands to wipe out the police cars
and fire trucks. Finally she swung her head around and swiped the fighter jets
out of the sky with her hair! She admitted to herself that it was a lucky shot
for her to take out some fighter jets like that.
"Sorry, Jax, but I'm having too much fun!" Sonya said through the smoke from the
destroyed tanks before she finally walked away, heading for another corner of
the city. The soldiers were getting up and were itching to chase after the
giantess.
"All right, troops! Follow me!" the soldier said. Jax held him back, however.
"Hey, wait! Are you crazy? Let me handle this. I know Sonya better than anyone."
Jax said.
"But she's a threat to this city! She must be contained at all costs!" the
soldier said.
"Damn it, soldier! I said stand down! And tell your men that too. I'm going
after her myself." Jax said. He then ran off in the same direction as Sonya. The
soldiers just watched as he ran off into the distance.
"Good luck, Major." the soldier said.
In another corner of the city, Kano was sparing with a couple Tarkata
warriors, fighting them with just a butcher knife and using it to block incoming
attacks. Finally, the fighting stopped and Kano just smiled.
"Not bad, mate. Just remember the techniques I taught you for defense." Kano
said.
"Yesssssss, thank you. Our masssssssssster Baraka will sssssssssssssurely reward
you for your ssssssssssservices." the Tarkata said.
"Right then. Just keep his teeth off me if you're going to keep Shao Kahn
happy." Kano said. The Tarkatas nodded and then walked off. Just then, as they
disappeared into a portal, Kano could feel the ground rumbling every couple of
seconds. The shaking got louder with every passing second. Finally, the little
bit of sunlight that was shining down on Kano was cut off by a huge shadow. Kano
finally turned around and could see nothing but the whites of Sonya's shoes. Of
course, he finally gasped having to look way up at her face. Sonya just stood
there with her hands on her hips.
"Hello, baby. Did you miss me?" Sonya said, mocking Kano's Australian accent
with every word. Kano didn't waste any time. He simply took off running in the
opposite direction. Sonya then made a huge leap up into the air.
The next thing Kano knew, he saw Sonya drop in front of him, landing on the
ground so hard that the pavement cracked around him as he fell to the ground.
"What's the hurry? I can make your death nice and slow, you know." Sonya said.
"You fuckin' bitch!" Kano said. Sonya then swiftly reached down and grabbed Kano
with her right hand. She then dangled him right in front of her mouth.
"What's that!? You're going to have to speak up!" Sonya shouted, no doubt
blowing Kano's eardrums out for life as loud as her voice was.
"Awwww.... did I hurt you, little baby? I'll help you feel better!" Sonya said.
She then began pressing Kano against her chest area. Soft at first, but finally
she began pressing him so hard that he started screaming in pain. Of course, his
screams were muffled from being stuck not just against her clothing, but her
soft breasts as well.
"Damn! Give me a break, will you!?" Kano shouted.
"Okay, sure. No problem." Sonya said with a smile. She thought about squeezing
her hand together and crushing Kano to a bloody pulp like she did with Motaro
earlier. She was about to do just that when she suddenly thought of a better
idea.
"Nah, for all you've done, you deserve to die another way." Sonya said. She once
again opened her mouth and this time guided Kano towards the open space. Sonya
could feel Kano squirming within her fingers for his life.
"No! Stop! Please, please!!! NO!!!" Kano shouted. Finally, when Sonya felt Kano
making contact with her lower teeth... she closed the teeth together.
Kano's entire body ripped to shreds as the teeth clamped together.
Sonya chewed and chewed on Kano's pathetic body a few times before finally spitting out the bones and blood that made up Kano's body onto the road.
Jax watched the whole scene unfold before his eyes, much like how Sonya hid
in a corner and watched how he grew and crushed the Tarkata warriors before her
eyes. He almost felt squeamish watching the whole thing, despite the fact he was
trained to witness such displays of violence back in his early days with Special
Forces.
"Damn Sonya..." Jax said to himself. Finally he decided to come out of hiding
and show himself to the giantess.
"Sonya!" Jax shouted. Sonya, with how quiet the city had gotten in this corner,
was able to hear the call and looked down by her feet to see the Major. She
almost didn't say anything, immediately thinking he had just witnessed Kano's
very much gruesome death.
"You saw all that, didn't you?" Sonya said.
"Well, you know... kinda hard to miss a 100-foot-tall woman eating the very life
out of one of the most wanted." Jax said with a smile. Sonya smiled right back.
Then, thinking how awkward it was getting to look way down at the man, Sonya
began to concentrate in the same way she did when she first grew. Sonya then
began to shrink until she was back to her normal size, or at least close to it.
She looked a couple inches taller than Jax as he approached her.
Sonya looked at Jax right in the eyes, and quickly figured why he was there.
"Look... Jax. I'm sorry about all that Army equipment and the soldiers. I'm
ready to turn myself in for all I've done." Sonya said as she held her hands up
in the air, waiting for Jax to put the handcuffs on her. But Jax just smiled and
patted her on the shoulder.
"You kidding me? With me by your side, I can make sure the only thing you plead
guilty to is temporary insanity." Jax said.
"So that means..." Sonya said.
"You're right, kiddo. Protocols are such bitches. You can really kick some butt
out there... when you're big of course." Jax said.
"Wait... how do I know this isn't some sort of trick? To lower my guard until
the proper authories arrest me!?" Sonya shouted. Jax couldn't help but laugh.
"Now when have I ever gone Black Dragon on you. Come on, we should get back to
base and figure out how we're going to attack those bastards with our... new
weapon." Jax said. The two started to walk back for Special Forces headquarters.
Sonya, however, stopped when she could feel something rattling her teeth.
"Oh... wait a moment, Jax." Sonya said. She played her tongue around her mouth
when she finally spit out one tiny shred of metal... the faceplate that Kano
used on one half of his face.
"Man, I'm not going to touch that with a 100-foot pole." Jax said.
"Right... remind me to wash my mouth when we get back. My teeth are probably
full of his blood and guts." Sonya said. The two then started walking again,
discussing how they would stop the rest of the Outworld invasion with, as Jax
said, the new weapon.
Sonya Blade, who seemed to prove that the woman body can tolerate size-changing much better than a man's body could ever hope to. Jax didn't seem to mind though.
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