The Outworld Chapter Ten- The Kidnap

"It is finished," Hereto says walking into the room. "Hurry, we don't have time."

Dan barely opened his eyes as Hereto walks into the room. Mika began to wake up as well. "How long do we have?" she asked yawning.

Hereto checked Dan's pulse. He also listened to his breathing. "Not long," he said. Mika got up, went to Dan's side, and took his hand. Hereto inserted the shot into Dan's arm.

"(Please let this work)" Mika thought.

A few moments later, they hear a whispering wind, but not from outside. Then, a pink aura surrounded Dan.

"It is working," Hereto said. "The aura is a good sign."

Mika smiled and tears of joy welled up in her eyes. Dan began to open his eyes more as the aura began to decrease. Then, the aura disappeared.

Dan slowly sat up. "Am I alive?" he asked.

Mika quickly threw her arms around him. "Yes you are, thank goodness!!" she cried. Dan smiled and wrapped his arms around her.

"Remind me to never eat berries again," he said.

"Now," Hereto said. "Where is it that you are going?"

The two let go of their embrace and looked at Hereto. "We're trying to find a man named Nightwolf," said Mika. "We've been searching for him for a week and we still didn't find him."

Hereto laughed. "He's only one mile down from here. Just make a left out the door and follow the trail and make sure you don't get off it."

Dan smiled. "Thanks Hereto! Thanks for everything!" He looked at Mika. "Let's go! We're almost there!"

Mika smiled. "All right, but remember, I'm the one who's leading the way."

"Maybe, Dan, you should rest for the night," Hereto suggested.

"No time to waste!" Dan cried. "We gotta find him now!" He got up from his bed.

Mika smiled. "Thank you for everything, Hereto. We'll stop by here on our way back."

Hereto nodded as the two exited the hut.

***

"What the hell is that thing?!" cried Guy. He, Kitana, Sonya, Jax, Dhalsim, Rose, and Honda looked up at the mutant known as Baraka.

Baraka screamed out a battle cry and then leaped towards the fighters.

Dhalsim put his arms out quickly and stressed them out. He manages to punch Baraka in the stomach.

"Soul spark!" cried Rose. She threw her yellow scarf towards Baraka. An electric ball comes out and hits Baraka on his side.

"Good aim, Rose!" cried Jax.

Guy ran in lightning speed towards Baraka and manages to punch him in the face. As he pulled back, Baraka slashes his claw and scratches him on his side.

"Guy!" cried Kitana. Suddenly, she pulls out two big metal fans with sharp ends.

"What a weapon!" cried Honda.

Kitana and Baraka's weapons clanged together each time one aimed at the other. The fighters watched with amazement as the two battled it out.

Meanwhile....

"(No way in hell!)" thought Guile knowing Jade, Mileena, and Reptile's intentions.

Ryu clenched his teeth. "You leave Chun-Li out of this!"

Jade laughed. "What are you going to do about it?"

"This!" cried Chun-Li. She jumps towards Mileena and throws a few punches at her. Ryu jumps in to help Chun-Li.

"I got the lizard to myself," said Guile and started running towards Reptile.

Ken and Sub-Zero looked at each other, nodded, and proceeded towards Jade.

Guile smiled. "If I beat you once, I can beat you again." Reptile narrowed his dark eyes and ran towards Guile. Reptile played offense, throwing series of punches and kicks at Guile. Guile played defense of course, blocking every move Reptile threw at him.

Chun-Li and Ryu played offense towards Mileena. At one point, Mileena blocks one of Ryu's punches and he held his punch there. "What does it take to kill you?" he asked her.

Mileena laughed. "So much, Ryu." She got out of her block and tries to slash his throat with her sai, but only scratched his shoulder.

"Ryu!" cried Chun-Li. She got back into the battle and throws a series of kicks at Mileena. She manages to kick Mileena's face and she falls back.

"Man, she's good!" cried Ken as he and Sub-Zero played defense against Jade. She aims her battle stick at both of them and the men blocked her every time.

Jade then jumps back and laughs. "You two think you're so tough." She guards herself with her stick. She jumps up and manages to hit both of them in the head with it. The two fell back.

She stands over them and laughs. She aims her stick at Sub-Zero. "Time to die!" She jabs her stick at him.

Sub-Zero immediately puts his hand out. A gust of wind was heard. Then, ice formed around Jade. Her stick was millimeters away from his heart.

"Ken," he said. "Would you do the honor?" He rolled out of the way.

Ken nodded and got up. "HADOUKEN!!!!" he cries. A ball of energy comes out of his hands and flies towards the frozen Jade. The energy hits hard causing her to explode.

Everyone stopped fighting after hearing what sounds like ice breaking. They turn towards Ken and Sub-Zero and watched Jade's frozen body shatter into a million pieces. Ice and blood flew everywhere.

"One down, two to go!" cried Sub-Zero.

What the good fighters didn't realize was that Mileena has passed one of her sais to Reptile. He took the weapon. He quickly ran over to Chun-Li and grabbed her from behind.

Mileena laughed. "You may have killed Jade, but I'm afraid the distraction of her death will cost you."

Sub-Zero, Guile, Ryu, and Ken turned around and found Reptile holding Chun- Li. The sai was aimed at her throat.

"Chun-Li!" the men cried at the same time.

Mileena laughed again. "Originally, we were just going to kill Chun-Li, but after Shao Kahn learned a little more about Ryu, we thought better of it."

Ryu clenched both his fist. "Let her go!!!"

"I'm afraid it's not that easy," Mileena continued. "You'll have to go and find her yourself, but it shouldn't be long when we...." She didn't finish her sentence on purpose.

"I'll be all right!" Chun-Li cried as Reptile and Mileena leaped off with her still in Reptile's arms.

Ryu looked up into the sky in anger. "(Damn you, Shao! I'll get you for this)"

"It sounds like we've been watched this whole time," said Guile.

"We better get back to the camp and tell the others," said Sub-Zero. The four began running back to camp.

***

Kitana and Baraka's battle intense. They started walking towards the fire that was lit. Kitana's back was towards it.

"Watch out!" Guy cried. Then, Kitana tripped over one of the rocks and began falling into the fire.

"KITANA!!!!!!" Guy shouted. Just before he was about to start his lightning run, the fire suddenly turned into flat ice. Kitana fell into the ice, slipped off it and landed back safely into the sand.

"(That could only be Sub-Zero)" Guy thought. The fighters turned around to see, indeed, Sub-Zero, along with Guile, Ken, and Ryu standing there.

Baraka let out one last battle cry and leaped into the night.

"You guys all right?" asked Guile. The four fighters ran towards the other. Then, Liu, Cody, Rolento, Rayden, and Fei-Long came to the camp.

"We came as fast as we can," said Rolento. "Is everything all right?"

The fighters who fought Baraka nodded.

Jax noticed something. "Where's Chun-Li?" he asked.

Sub-Zero bowed his head. "The good news is, Jade's been killed. The bad news......Reptile and Mileena have her."

Suddenly, Ryu took a big rock that surrounded the now-iced fire. He growled and clutched the rock tightly in his hand. Then, he broke into a million pieces. Sand-like particles fall from his hand.

"They will pay!!" he shouted out with rage. His voice echoed into the night.