“RETURN OF POWER”
        BY DAN GAGLIANI


         AS SOON AS LUI AND THE OTHER WARRIORS RETURN FROM BATTLE IN
OUT WORLD THE CREATE A SECRET FIGHTING FORCE TO PROTECT THE
REALM OF EARTH.
         BUT NOW THERE ARE DAILY ATTACKS AMD THE EARTH’S WARRIORS
ARE IN TROUBLE.
          “JAX,” SONYA SAID. “WE NEED HELP WE ARE OUT NUMBERED.” 
          “SONYA I’VE GOT TROUBLE OVER HERE,” JAX SAID NEARLY DODGING
AN ENERGY BALL.
          “HOW COULD I LOSE TO A PATHETIC BAND OF FOOLS LIKE YOU?” AN
ERRIE VOICE SOUNDED.
          “SHINOOK!” LIU SAID. BUT WE KILLED YOU.
          “SORRY YOU WERE WRONG,” SHINOOK SAID. HE THEN CHARGED HIS
FISTS FOR AN ENERGY BALL.
           SUDDENLY LIGHTNING STRUCK NEXT TO HIM. 
           RAYDEN WAS THERE.
           “SON YOU CHOSE TO PROTECT THESE INSIGNIFICANT MORTALS,”
SHINOOK SAID.
           “FOREVER,” RAYDEN SAID.
           “THEN YOU WILL DIE,” SHINOOK SAID.SHINOOK FIRED AN ENERGY
BALL AT RAYDEN. HE DODGED IT AND HIT SHINOOK WITH A LIGHTNING
BOLT.
           “HOW COULD THIS BE YOU ARE A WEEK GOD?” SHINOOK SAID.
           “TRY ELDER GOD,” RAYDEN SAID.        
           “THEN MEET MY BACK UP.” AS HE SAID THAT QUAN CHI CAME OUT
OF A PORTAL.ALONG WITH AN EXTERMINATION SQUAD.
           RAYDEN KNEW THEY COULDN’T RUN THERE WAS A CITY NEARBY.
           “GUYS WE HAVE TO FIGHT,” RAYDEN SAID.
           JUST THEN JAX AND THE OTHERS SHOWED UP.
           “WHAT?” SONYA SAID. “SEVEN ON TWO HUNDRED. WE CAN’T STOP 
THEM.”
           “THEN WE’LL NEED SOME EXTRA HELP,” RAYDEN SAID. HE THEN
OPENED A PORTAL.
           “WHERE’S THAT LEAD TO?” SUB-ZERO INQUIRED.
           “HEAVEN,” RAYDEN SAID. JUST THEN KABAL, STRYKER AND WHO
ELSE JOHNNY CAGE CAME OUT OF THE PORTAL.
           “JOHNNY!” SONYA SCREAMED. SHE RAN OVER AND THEY HAD A
LONG KISS.
           “HOW SWEET NOW CAN WE KICK SOME ASS NOW?” JAX YELLED.
           “LET’S DANCE,” JOHNNY CHALLENGED. 
           NIGHTWOLF GRABBED HIS BOW AND ARROW. SONYA GRABBED HER
GUN. JAX HIS LOADED HIS PISTOL. KABAL GOT HIS SWORD. KITANA GOT
OUT HER FAN’S AND THEY CHARGED.
            “LIU GET QUAN CHI. SHINOOK IS MINE,” RAYDEN SAID. “YOU GUYS
TAKE OUT HTE SQUAD.”
             “LET’S KICK SOME ASS,” JOHNNY SHOUTED. HE RAN RIGHT
TOWARDS A BIG GUY WITH A SWORD. A PIECE OF STEEL CAN’T STOP A
SHADOW KICK. WITHIN SECONDS THE GUY WAS DEAD. “CHALK UP ONE
FOR THE CAGE MAN BABY,” JOHNNY SHOUTED.
              KABAL AND KITANA WERE DICING UP THE SQUAD BIG TIME. MEAN
WHILE SONYA AND JAX WERE PUMPING THEM FULL OF LEAD. SUB-ZERO
WAS HAVING FUN FREEZING AND SHATTERING THE EXTERMINATION
SQUAD.
              “GIVE UP CHI,” LIU SHOUTED. 
               “NEVER,” QUAN SHOUTED. HE CAME RUNNING ONLY TO MEET A
BICYCLE KICK HE WAS OUT COLD. 
               ALL OF THE SUDDEN SHINOOK DISAPPEARED WHILE FIGHTING
RAYDEN. HE REAPEARED BEHIND JAX AND KNOCKED HIM OUT. HE
GRABBED SONYA AND PUT HER IN A HEAD LOCK. HER GUN HIT THE
GROUND. JOHNNY CAME RUNNING 
        THEN SHINOOK SAID, “CAGE YOU WANT TO GO FOR TWO?”
            JOHNNY KNEW HE WAS RIGHT THE LAST TIME THAT HAPPENED HE
GOT KILLED. HE LOOKED AROUND. 90% OF THE SQUAD WAS DEAD AND LIU
WAS USING QUAN CHI AS A PUNCHING BAG. THE FIGHT WAS OVER THE
EARTH’S WARRIORS HAD WON. 
            “SO CAGE YOU CHICKEN?” SHINOOK LAUGHED. SONYA WAS HURT.
             “I’LL SHOW YOU CHICKEN,” JOHNNY SHOUTED. HE DOVE ON THE
GROUND AND GRABBED SONYA’S GUN. HE SHOT SHINOOK IN THE FACE. IT
DIDN’T PENETRATE BUT IT WAS ENOUGH TO LET HIM LOOSEN HIS GRIP ON
SONYA. THAT WAS JUST ENOUGH FOR JOHNNY AS SOON AS SHE HIT THE
GROUND HE WAS IN THE AIR ARMED WITH A SHADOW KICK. 
             SHINOOK DIDN’T KNOW WHAT HIT HIM. HE KNEW HE HAD LOST SO
HE RAN INTO THE PORTAL. 
              RAYDEN QUICKLY CLOSED IT. HE THEN TURNED TO OUR
RESURECTED FIGHTERS AND SAID, “ GOOD JOB GUYS. OH YEAH WHICH
ROOM DO YOU GUYS WANT AT THE BASE?”  



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