Mystery Science Theater En Masse

Special Episode 7: The Scar (Part Five)

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5. Mission

The Scar

A Mortal Kombat Fanfiction

A.N. Welcome to the six o' clock news I'm your anchor Lars ofthemohicans.

Our top story tonight, Rudolf the red nose reindeer dead at 53. I know it is sad, the famous reindeer was killed when he was hit in Barcelona by a flock of seagulls and a 747. Eye witnesses report that the reindeer in Spain was hit mainly by the plane.

Lol, I'm just trying to get some laughs.

Sonic: Why're you still stealin'?! You're worse than Manic!
Cassy: Would Manic really steal passages?
Sonic: No, he'd just take the whole book and sell it on the black market.

I'm gonna try to make up for the lost time by making the next few chapters come out as quick as they can. I mean a three month wait for one chapter seems like a bit much.

Whatevez, let's get on with it.

Keiko: Ask the head writer how long it takes for her to get the next chapter of one of her stories out.
Emi: And ask her while she's sober, because she writes while she's buzzed.

Disclaimer: You'll grow old, never get married, and die alone.

Ur welcome for pointing out that possibility ^-^

James: Don't project your problems onto me.
Jessie: *snickers*

Kyle's P.O.V.

Suddenly I fell backwards as the stone I was sitting on seemed to give way, and without hesitation I drew a revolver out and aimed it at the rock. But what I saw caused me to really falter for a moment, a secret passage was opening.

The entire patch of soil that I thought was real moved to the side revealing a staircase going down into the dark depths of the earth.

I sighed, "I thought you only had to go down creepy dark tunnels in the movies." I whined my curiosity getting the better of me as I descended the steps.

Sonic: Look, I know that I investigate everything that glows, but dark tunnels are usually not on my list of things to go through.
Emi: By the way, why would anyone willingly go through a dark tunnel?
Keiko: In his case, it's because he has plot armor.
Amy: That and he's so darn whiny. Bad movies always have to keep whiny little twits alive to annoy the audience.

3rd. Person. P.O.V.

Kitana drew out her sheathed fans and hurled them at Sonya, top speed. The hand crafted blue blades spun through the air taking a radiant bluish glow with them and shot at their target.

Sonya heard the sound of something whizzing through the air and turned to look with just enough time to duck out of the way, dodging one fan successfully and getting cut on the arm by the other.

Mai: That always happens. They dodge the first weapon and get hit by the second.
Keiko: I've seen enough movies to know that fact.

Sonya winced at the pain that spiked in her arm for a second before she looked at the source of where the fans came from.

The woman in blue emerged from her hiding place and called out, "Shang Tsung has ordered your demise!"

Jessie: Ah, ha, ha, ha... bullshit.

She was lying of course, she just knew that if she came out there and told her to stay away from her man. The fight would be very awkward.

Sonic: This isn't Mortal Kombat. This might as well be a regular episode of Jerry Springer!
James: This is so fucking tacky. We have to neuter a woman so that her entire existence revolves around a shitty bloke?
Amy: *sarastically* Yeah, that "message" clearly needed to be force fed to us again.

She then jumped down from her elevated level and rushed Sonya quickly swinging a right hook after her which the blonde woman ducked under successfully and then brought her hands up blocking several other blows and attempting to deliver some of her own as well.

The women were fairly even matched in combat, both their fighting styles were fairly alien to each other but Sonya had something on Kitana that the princess didn't even think about.

Emi: Her being the closest in-character?
Cassy: The fact that her brains weren't in her genitals?

Gear.

All: Oh... huh?
Amy: That doesn't make any sense. She's automatically better because she has modern weapons? This isn't "Call of Duty"! And of course she doesn't know about modern weapons, because she hails from Edenia!

Sonya was a military woman armed with an assortment of weapons for self defense and attacking. While Kitana did indeed have powers beyond any mortal recognition, they mostly only work with her fans which were at this point jammed into the wall.

James: Apparently, yes. Sonya's better because she has guns and shit.
Keiko: That still doesn't make any sense.
Mai: This entire fanfic makes no sense now.

So using her own special edge, Sonya squeezed a small device that rested in the palm of her hand to activate her wrist tazer. A high powered special ops issued self-defense weapon which delivers a massive electric shock to it's victim. It's so powerful that the electricity even appears as if it's purple.

The teeth of the tazer emerged from the front and just as Sonya blocked a overhead blow, she jabbed Kitana in the stomach with it.

Kitana tried to shriek, or even yelp at that but the force from the electricity surging through her was a new pain she had never felt before. Her hands clutched her stomach as her muscles jerked and twitched trying to get a hold of herself again.

Obviously the princess had never been stunned before, and by such a powerful tazer nonetheless. So she quickly dropped to her knees still quite literally in shock by it, and Sonya wasn't going to waist time during this moment of vulnerability so she gripped the woman in blue by her hair and using all her force brought her knee back, then rammed it straight into Kitana's face.

The force behind it pushed Kitana's head backwards but since Sonya was holding her head she couldn't fall back. And while Sonya had her in this grip, she re-positioned herself so she could flip Kitana over her shoulder and land painfully on her back.

Sonya stood above the princess who was still stunned and now laying flat on her back on the cold stone floor of the dungeon.

"Yes!" Sonya cheered for herself at her victory.

Jessie: Why're you cheering? Don't you still have someone to save?
Sonic: Uh... we needed an OOC moment.

Kitana meanwhile as she was collecting herself, felt slightly ashamed. What had happened that made her so weak? She didn't know and she was also now afraid that because of it she might die.

Mai: Kitana? Scared?
Amy: Yeah, this Stuthor just loves nuking a woman's personality.

The blonde woman drew out her Glock 21 45. Caliber pistol, and

Cassy: ...we needed details for that, by the way. Sound familiar?
Sonic: What is it with Stuthors and guns?
Cassy: For the edge, dude. Duh.

stepped down onto Kitana's shoulder. The large combat boot pressed down onto the princesses body painfully as Sonya pointed the handgun down at Kitana.

"Why does he want me dead?" The blonde woman asked, she wanted to at least receive some information before she killed anyone. But before she was answered a bright white light suddenly appeared right in front of Sonya blinding her for a moment, so Kitana could user this chance to recover.

Jessie: Someone go into it, maybe the end of the fic's there.
Emi: I'm not doing that. That's probably death.
Jessie: At least you won't have to read the rest of this fic if you die.
Emi: No way. I like living.

The shock from the tazer had finally started to let up so Kitana reached up and drove her elbow into Sonya's knee which knocked her foot off of her shoulder. She then quickly followed that up with a swift kick to Sonya's stomach, pushing the military woman backwards far enough for Kitana to swirl twirl her legs in the air then quite literally flip back onto her feet.

Both women then looked towards the direction where the light came from and quickly realized that it was a man. Raiden, the thunder God who confronted Kyle before had appeared and said, "Enough Sonya!"

Mai: Since this fic is turning into preschool, I'm expecting Sonya to point at Kitana and scream "She started it!"

The blonde looked at him with a mixture of shock and surprise, "What you want some to? Let's go bitch!" She challenged him retaking her fighting stance.

"No!" Kitana yelled, "This is my fight!" She didn't care that Sonya had that strange device which hurt her badly. She just wanted to feel her die by her own hands.

"I don't care, I'll take on both of you!" Sonya gambled over playing her hand slightly. She had no idea what she was dealing with.

Meanwhile Kyle was quickly descending the steps into the dungeon where he heard the shouting. One of the voices sounded like Sonya's but the other he didn't completely recognize but he could tell it was a woman.

James: I wish it was Goro with a voice modifier.
Amy: Gah!

He quickly took out the radio Stryker gave him and clicked the button, "Stryker, I think I've found Sonya, over."

It took a moment but he responded, "Where? What's happening? Over."

"I think she's been challenged to a fight in some creepy dungeon, I'm not sure yet but I'm going in. I'll radio again if the shit hit's the fan, copy?"

Sonic: *plays a rimshot*

"Roger." He answered quickly and Kyle put the radio away again and picked up the pace until he reached the bottom of the steps, instantly seeing his friend Sonya in a girl fight with the woman who's been on his mind lately, princess Kitana.

Amy: He's not like the other men, remember?
Sonic: Or those two "frightening" women. We're not letting that part go, Stuthor.

But also in the fight was the man who Kyle almost fought only about an hour ago.

Cassy: And should've been fried by.
Keiko: It only works if he's Dark Raiden, Morgan.

Raiden, was there with them in the fight. But he wasn't really fighting, any blow that came his way he merely blocked then pushed the attacker away. Kyle wasn't sure why but he didn't care, he had to help.

Jessie: The Gary Stu who does too much, part... screw it, part infinity.

He ran forward so that he wasn't so far away and drew his revolver. "Stop right there!" He shouted causing every head in the room to turn towards him.

Cassy: Kill him!
Sonic: *laughs* You're evil.

Sonya had Raiden pinned against the wall with her fist pulled back ready to punch him, while Kitana had finally managed to jerk her fans free from the wall and readied them for combat. But she froze when she saw Kyle there with his weapon drawn.

James: *sighs in annoyance* Oh, not this shit again...

"Kyle this isn't the best time!" Sonya shouted at him turning back towards the pinned thunder God but before she could hit him he spoke.

"Shield your eyes."

"What?" Sonya asked.

To which Raiden repeated his command slower, "Shield…your eyes."

All: *puts on sunglasses*
Amy: By the way, that's another scene from the story. Just admit that the story of 9 is ruined by this Gary Stu so we can all continue living in misery.

Suddenly Raidens eyes began to glow even brighter then they already were and before anyone could react a very bright light radiated off of his body causing both Kyle and Sonya to turn there heads away from the bright light source.

Kitana meanwhile was still slightly hypnotized that she had just now found out his real name,

Mai: *annoyed* Oh, would you stop?
Emi: Unfortunately, it's not going to stop.

but once she saw the bright light she knew she had to retreat. So she whirled her fans and disappeared in the swirling blue light.

A.N. Chapter was cut off again because I haven't updated in like a billion years and this needed to go up.

I swear to you all, I won't ever let a chapter be this short, or take this long ever again.

Jessie: No, let them be short! We can end this fic faster!

I will be more responsible when it comes to all my stories now.

I also know that I said Kitana will peep on Kyle in this chapter but since t was cut short it's gonna be in the next chapter k guys?

Review, it helps motivate me.

Next Chapter: Time passing

Sonic: Nope! I'm not sticking around to see that! Nope! *gets up* Nope, nope, nope! I'm outta--
Cassy: I read ahead. There's no peeping in the next chapter.
Sonic: Wait, really? Whew! *sits down* I couldn't handle something like that.

6. Time Passing

The Scar

A Mortal Kombat Fanfiction

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I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

Shocking right?

All: *as they remove their sunglasses* No.

SINCEREST apologies for spending so long trying to focus on school work, recovering from heart break, getting a new girlfriend and losing that girlfriend because she wanted my best friend instead cuz she's a bitch.

All: Uh...
Cassy: Dude, you really need to sort your problems out. We're not therapy people.
James: You could make a nice therapy cat.
Cassy: Nope. Not doin' that.

But none of you care so I'll write just to satisfy you I guess.

James: Damn straight. Get to making us miserable.

Lol, but in all honesty you guys I'm sorry this didn't come out sooner like I said it would, I guess that statement of being more responsible was an unplanned lie.

But I'm here now so deal with it.

BTW'SS VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE: I'm working now with a fellow writer here named backandbutterthanever. She's helping me out with this shiz, and she is now my Co-author here. Make sure that you shower here with love for her work on this with me :]

Amy: And the story won't get any better.
Sonic: So it'll be twice as bad?
Amy: Nope. It'll only stay the same.

Disclaimer: I haven't said it in a while so I'll say it I don't own Mortal Kombat or it's characters.

OH SNAP THE STORIES STARTINNN!

Mai: ...please end.

3rd. Person. P.O.V.

In front of a waterfall away from the cave where Sonya and Kitana's battle took place, a large flash of bright white light exploded in the deserted terrain and from the shiny mass fell three bodies.

Raiden, Sonya, and Kyle all falling to the ground and landing in opposite directions. Raiden landed on his feet in a crouched position while Sonya rolled onto her back and Kyle virtually face planted into the ground.

Jessie: It's the visual sight of eight riffers punching him in the face.
James: Seven. My arm's healing.
Amy: Six. I use the hammer.
Keiko: The number is just going to drop to zero eventually, so let's cut it off here.
Emi: No, one. Remember? Fists of Kusanagi?
Keiko: Oh. Right.

And instantly, both mortals stomachs heaved uncontrollably.

Normally, the thunder God would've warned them before teleporting that it churns stomachs almost unbearably but it was in the heat of the moment and he didn't have any other choice. So he stood and watched as both the humans retched and heaved up all they had eaten for lunch.

Sonya clutched her stomach and painfully lurched her head forward throwing up, while Kyle had managed to recover quicker and stood to his feet, albeit shakily. And frantically searched for the revolver he dropped when he fell, finding it only a few feet away from his position.

Sonic: He's such a man that he can't throw up!
Mai: *rolls her eyes*

He quickly scrambled across the ground still fidgety from having the urge to throw up, but managed to reach it regardless.

Using all of his strength he forced himself to his feet and holding his gun one handed he shakily pointed it at the thunder God and shouted in a strained voice, "what the fuck just happened!?"

Amy: He saved your skin, and this is how you repay him? *narrows her eyes* Don't make me drop the hammer on you.
Emi: He's so ungrateful.

Raiden moved his hand in a 'calm down' gesture, "relax warrior, I am not your enemy." He said but was interrupted by a recovered Sonya.

"Bullshit!" She yelled and drew her gun one handed in the same fashion Kyle did, "You were with that bitch in blue who tried to kill me!"

Suddenly a voice came from the distance, "Wait Sonya!" All heads turned in the direction of the voice which turned out to belong to Johnny Cage, "It's okay! He's a good guy." He said approaching the three of them. Following behind him was Liu Kang who glared at Kyle. Instead of listening to Cage's word though, Kyle cocked the hammer back on his pistol and realigned his sights on Raiden. "Put the gun down boy wonder! This dude's a God."

Jessie: And then the Stu shot Cage in the face. Our hatred boiled over.
Cassy: I'm sorry, that would prompt an instant switch.

Kyle looked at Johnny Cage as if his head split open and roses sprouted out. For he was a Christian back on earth realm and didn't believe in other Gods or supposed God like creatures despite the fact that they had just been teleported there by him just moments ago.

Everyone except Sonic: Wait, wait, wait, wait-- *stumbling over each other's words*
Sonic: Okay, okay, okay! *activates his guitar and plays a loud chord*
Everyone else: *quiets down*
Sonic: *as he deactivates his guitar* Haven't used that in a while. Alright, now... who wants to speak? I'm sure we all found a massive error here.
Keiko: *raises a hand* May I?
Sonic: *nods*
Keiko: Thank you. Number one... that was a random infodump. Number two... how can he be a Christian and brazenly violate one of the Ten Commandments? What is "Thou Shalt Not Kill"?
James: That's because there was a hidden eleventh commandment: "Thou Shalt Be a Goddamned Raging Hypocritical Fucknugget".
Amy: We apologize to every Christian reader here. Apparently Joan wasn't offensive enough to rain on that religion... surprisingly.

So he responded, "Really? Prove it." Famous last words.

Jessie: May this God strike him where he stands. Smite the piss out of him.

In less than an instant Raidens eyes began to glow again and he disappeared from Kyle's sight in a manner that seemed almost as if he was made of electricity and was deleted from his current position. Only to reappear right behind Kyle again and say, "He speaks the truth."

The shorter man jolted away from Raiden shocked at what he had just seen. For a second he glanced at Sonya who was in awe just like himself, and even though he still put his faith in other beliefs;

Cassy: Eat. Cat. Shit.
Mai: Well, that was sudden.

he would concede to the fact that this person (or thing) before him has some type of otherworldly power.

So lowering his gun albeit hesitantly he said, "Ok then."

Jessie: You tried to shoot Raiden. You're dumber than you look, kid.
Sonic: Didn't know that he could sink any lower.

Cage walked up next to Kyle and nudged him with his elbow, "Told ya'" He said his cocky attitude unwavering. Kyle responded with a stare.

Sonic: He's cocky? You tried to shoot a flippin' god, you dummy!

Raiden spoke up, "This is not the time for us to be at odds with each other, I have foreseen events like memories of my future. They lead me to believe that you are all connected to Earthrealm's fate."

Cassy: That little cockroach is connected to Earthrealm's fate? I want a new fighter!
Emi: Too bad the Stu will probably think that you're talking about Cage.
Cassy: At least Cage can act like a damn adult!

"What have you foreseen?" Liu Kang asked.

"In my visions, Shao Kahn has become invincible. He destroys all life in Earthrealm, and we will all die." Silence rang out for several beats after that last sentence.

Kyle was uncertain on how to react, if this guy was serious then that meant the apocalypse was literally on it's way. If he was bullshitting, this was the most convincing prank he had ever been through. Sadly though, he was almost one hundred percent sure the latter of those two possibilities was completely incorrect.

Emi: You still think that this tournament is fake. *facepalms, sighs* Holy moly, you're dumb. You deserve to die for being so dumb.

"Well that sucks." He said with his shoulders falling slightly, and Liu Kang peaked at him out of the corner of his eye with a look of annoyance.

Mai: I don't blame him for being annoyed at all.

"I believe these flashes are a guide to defeating Shao Kahn. But disrupting the flow of time can have serious consequences." He continued to speak to the whole group.

Johnny Cage then said, "I'm not worried, I bet you can win this thing no problem."

Raiden shook his head, "Unless directly challenged I cannot participate." Everyone felt as if a punch of aggravation hit them at that.

"Freaking rules." Sonya thought placing her hands on her hips.

Keiko: *sarcastically* I know, they suck, don't they?

"Well than what should we do?" Cage asked, "Aside from standing around and looking pretty."

Raiden inhaled through his nose before saying, "For now…the tournament must run it's course."

Sonic: Bake the tournament at 350 degrees or until literally burned to a crisp.
Amy: Toasty!

"Ok so what do we do if we're challenged and you're not with us?" Kyle asked remembering that Raiden was angry with him when he killed Reptile before.

James: What the fuck does that Reptile bit have to do with anything right now?!
Jessie: We had to shoehorn his dilemma in.
James: Fuck him and his stupid "dilemma".

"There's fighters from all over the world here what happens if we have to fight?"

Mai: The world? *facepalms* My god, you're incredibly dumb. There are fighters from different realms here.

Sonya nodded, "Yeah, plus I've still got to find Jax. If I have to kill to get him out of trouble I'm probably gonna." She said accentuating her last two words.

The thunder God acknowledged the two Earthrealm warriors, "I will help you locate your friend, and if you are challenged fight to win but do not kill you're opponent. Doing so will only give Shang Tsung more power." He addressed both of them and the game plan was finally coming together.

Keiko: Now that made more sense. It sounded so haphazard two chapters ago.

"I am with you lord Raiden." Liu Kang said giving the taller man a slight bow.

Johnny Cage shrugged, "Hell, count me in. I bet it'll make a great movie."

Kyle did the same action and Sonya stepped forward, "Alright, we're with you Raiden." And the alliance for the soldiers of Earthrealm began.

Cassy: And then they kicked the Stu out.

The group dispersed separating from each other, Sonya left still with the intention of finding Jax. Raiden left with her to keep his word on helping the woman find him, Johnny Cage left to be Johnny Cage, and Liu Kang went off to train more.

Jessie: And then the Stu... proceeded to jerk off to his weapons again.

Lastly, the youngest of the group Kyle used his radio to get back in contact with Stryker; telling him that they had some new rules of engagement they would need to apply during their stay. The men agreed to meet at the supper ceremony later in the evening since the fights were still going on, and according to Stryker who was still in front of the arena; many of the contestants were dying. Hardly anyone had mercy on their opponent and fatalities were becoming a very common thing in this tournament.

Amy: Yeah, I know! Hard to deal with a corrupted Shaolin tournament!

He retrieved his belongings which turned out to be only a few yards away from where they landed.

Emi: Oh, no, here we go with this again...

Raiden apparently only took them outside the entrance to that secret cave, and thankfully nobody took anything from his stash.

James: "Stash"? Are you a crack dealer?
Jessie: Don't get high off your own supply.

Immediately after he headed back to the living quarters he had been given, no one could know for sure when the fights would end so he figured he could just wait out the rest of the day there.

Eventually the sun descended in the sky far enough so that the light illuminating the island was a fiery gold. And the contestants who had survived the first day returned to the dining hall waiting for food to be served.

Kyle had put his mask back on and stood idly as Black Scar by the same table he had sat at previously with his two new found friends Sonya and Kurtis Stryker. He shifted awkwardly as some of the other fighters stared at him probably wondering why he was just standing there. Trying to make it seem like he was doing something, he adjusted his vest several times. And now that he thought about it, the vest was starting to become a bit of a burden. It had saved his life back in his hometown when he was shot at before, but having to wear it all the time was a little strenuous. The Kevlar vest was already heavy on it's own but the extra pounds of steel in the ribcage setup weighed on him much more then he would have liked it to.

Jessie: I knew that the Stu would eventually jerk off somewhere.
James: *angrily grumbles*
Sonic: *annoyed* Oh, my flippin' god!
Keiko: Too irritated to pass out. What a first, Hedgehog.
Sonic: It's even scaring me.

He would need to suck it up for now though, he couldn't risk the possibility of being caught in a challenge without it on.

Mai: Surprise. *brandishes her bladed fan* I'm now serving Stu Sashimi.

After several more minutes of waiting, Stryker finally showed up, "Scar!" He greeted Kyle with his alias. The two then sat down at the table before them. The younger of the two then began explaining the adventure he had just been on to the law enforcement officer. Sonya wasn't anywhere to be found but neither of the men thought about that as Kyle spoke of there situation.

Stryker chimed in every now and again with questions, mainly about the supernatural aspects of his story; all of which his friend answered quickly. He told him that Earth was simply one of several Realms all taking part in this super-dimensional conflict that held the very fate of humanity in its hands.

Amy: The Stu knows all.
Mai: And knows nothing at the same time.
Emi: Schrödinger's IQ.

This was all a heavy burden to bear on Kurtis, but he nodded his head as he learned of their situation. Kyle explained that they had to stop the killing, since it would only seal their fates a little more.

Cassy: Kinda hard for a mass murderer to quit cold turkey, but... I guess that's just me.

The group of other tournament fighters all talked around them but they may as well have been completely silent, since the two humans drowned out all sound aside from each others voices.

Stryker let out a labored sigh, "Well we've really gotta step up our game now." He said, Kyle shrugged in response. "Earth defender seems like it's about ten steps above my pay rate but…I guess I'm in."

Amy: He wasn't going to use things from the story mode, he said. Uh-huh. Again, just admit it's the darn story with your Stu ruining everything. It would save us the trouble in the long run.

"Good to hear it." Kyle said in response then removed his mask just for a minute to run his fingers through his dark hair.

Jessie: You aren't Rock Howard, kid.
Mai: *flatly* I'm swooning.
Cassy: Pfft!

"I know now though that this is gonna be a very interesting next couple of months on this island." He plopped his mask onto the table and crossed his arms. "Kurtis

All: Pardon?
Emi: I'm pretty sure that you should refer to your elders by their surnames, Kyle.
Sonic: "Black Scar".
Emi: I don't care.
Sonic: *grins* Kyo is probably proud of you right now.

as far as I'm concerned the life we had will have to be left behind. I don't know how this will pan out and I don't know if we'll ever make it back home but…I don't want to be who I was back in that Realm."

Keiko: I thought you bragged about killing people. Now we're going to have a forced sympathy moment? Bulldung.

Stryker furrowed his brow, "What do you mean?"

Kyle looked between both the man before him and his mask, "This is serious shit we're in, and I have to be at my best if I want to survive. I know I killed back on Earth but this is different.

Mai: ...you're still on Earth, you idiot.

Before I was doing it for my town, now I can't do it and it's for my world." He spoke in a very serious tone.

"Scar," the officer interrupted, "What are you saying? What's wrong with the old you?" He asked puzzled by the younger man's suddenly very serious demeanor.

Jessie: I don't know, how about everything?

It was all because of the magnitude that had fallen on him, Kyle felt that he needed to change. He needed to be something stronger than what he was before, "The old me isn't enough in this tournament." He said, "I don't know how to explain it but, I need to be better." Taking one more look down at his mask he said, "Whatever it takes I have to be stronger." He spoke with every intention of leaving his old life behind.

James: Pfft. He was all cocky and shit until he had to deal with being responsible.
Mai: The real world is hard, isn't it?

The food came but the two men merely picked at the feast, their once more positive outlook on the situation was now darkened heavily. Realization of the actual danger on this island sinking in and causing a droop in both the men's shoulders.

When the banquet ended and the fighters returned to their respective living areas, Kyle, or Scar went down to the area with the hot springs.

Sonic: Cassy, did you just lie to me?
Cassy: No, dude. I said there'd be no peeping.

He stripped off his armor and shirt leaving his pants on and took a towel from one of the racks lined up in this mini bath house. He didn't plan on actually getting in, he just wanted to rinse himself off a bit. So dunking the soft cloth into the piping hot water, he pulled it back out and started running it over his skin.

Thankfully he spotted no blood or grime caked on him, he was almost one hundred percent sure that there was at least a little since he felt very gross.

Emi: You are. Just in a different way.

The hot water caused an unwelcome relaxing sensation in his muscles. It felt almost foreign after everything that had happened, and it caused the bathing man to grimace at the feeling. Scrubbing himself almost fiercely trying to get this done quickly, not only was he uncomfortable cleaning himself in a pretty public place, but he didn't have time to waste on luxury's like this anymore. He needed to get some rest then continue preparing for the next round of fights.

Amy: We're going to get another bloated mass of useless descriptions, aren't we?
Jessie: Yes, we are.

They would start up a week from now so the contestants only had those few days to lick their wounds and rest up. Or take the route Kyle was planning on taking and do there best to prepare for their next encounter.

The man was only in the bathing area for a few minutes so he could wash off the important parts of his body. No where was he seriously injured so no first aid was needed and he immediately left back to his room. He stared at his weapons for a while when he got back, and considered working on them but decided to save that for morning.

If there was one thing he needed just as much as training, it was rest too. The Black Scar would need to be in top condition if he wanted to compete with all these other contestant.

All: *groaning*
James: *sighs* Not this shit again...
Keiko: At least the chapter's almost over.
Cassy: Yeah, it's like you're imagining a finish line.

So he stripped out of his remaining clothing and went to bed, sleep however was a difficult thing to come by. A lot was on the young man's mind, his mask rested on the nightstand beside his bed and it felt as if it was staring at him the whole time his eyes were closed.

Amy: The faces of the people that he killed flash before his eyes.
Emi: You're implying that he knows what guilt is, Miss Rose.

The mask was what made him Scar, without it he was just Kyle the regular guy you would see walking down the street every other day.

Cassy: Full of regular bullshit.

Now that he was laying still alone with nothing to distract him from his thoughts it felt like the time passing was hours rather than seconds. Scar had saved his life so many times, and the lives of others but he was always second to himself in Kyle's mind. He promised a long time ago when he first put that mask on that he wouldn't let The Black Scar take over his life. If it got too dangerous, if it was becoming too much to handle he would drop his alter ego and forget about this whole vigilante justice gig.

Sonic: Yeah, being a mass murderer can sure make you think. Or was that your taxes?
Jessie: Quick, see if they send 1040s to lost islands!

My how the tables had turned. Now he needed to depend on his alternate life and his original life was the one that needed to be left behind. Kyle wasn't strong enough, Scar was, and that was the way it would always be.

"That's the way it will always be…" Was the last thought that entered his mind before it finally slipped away into his slumber.

Mai: And then he died of night terrors.
Keiko: Tried to gain sympathy points, huh?
James: Yep.
Keiko: He failed.
James: Pretty obvious.

A.N. Okay guys, chapter was a lil on the short side but they will get longer again, once I get to the more exciting parts.

Emi: So, the "love triangle" will be the most exciting part?
Cassy: *gags*

I also rushed the last few hundreds of words too because I wanted to update for you guys as quick as I could. But I did my best so I hope you guys like it for what it is. :]

If you don't well than that's your loss ^-^

Sonic: Something tells me that he's not gonna like this riffing.
Jessie: Who cares?

Leave a review and let me guys kno what you think, it's good to be back and writing this stuff again, I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do.

Amy: We don't.

And BIIIIG thanks to my new best-est friend backandbutterthanever for her help on this. 3

I'll see you next time guys.

Next Chapter: The Inner Warrior

James: You'll find no heart, soul... or brain.
Cassy: Courage?
James: Not there, either.
Cassy: Oh, right. Heh.

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