The Outworld Chapter Six- The Battles with Reptile and Scorpion

The entire cave echoed in a shriek. Everyone in the cave woke up.

"What the heck?!" said Honda. "It's too late to spar in here."

When he looked up, he was a bit startled himself. "Hey Sub-Zero, is that like you relative or something?" He looked up at the man in the black and green Lin Kuei uniform.

"Reptile, I'll deal with you!" Sub-Zero cried out. He ran over to Reptile who stood over Chun-Li. Reptile turned around and spit at Sub-Zero. He dodged out of the way knowing full well that it wasn't saliva he wasn't spitting. The liquid flew across and hit a wall. A hole began to burn in the wall.

Chun-Li quickly stood up. Before she made a move, Reptile threw a punch. Chun-Li didn't see this coming and was hit hard. She flew back and hit the wall.

Sonya and Jax stood up and ran towards Reptile from behind. Reptile turned around to face them. He jumped and kicked both of them in the stomach at the same time. They fell back. Everyone else in the cave got up from their sleeping bags.

Sub-Zero turned to Sonya and Jax who got up. "Get the others out of here," he said. "Reptile is a good fighter and very dangerous. He has the ability to spit and puke acid."

Then, Reptile came towards Jax and did a roundhouse kick at his stomach. Jax didn't have time to block and was hit.

Sonya turned to the others and looked at Ryu. "We'll take care of this. You get the others out of here."

"What about Chun-Li?" asked Kitana.

That's when they heard someone cry, "Kikoken!!" Everyone knew what that meant and ducked. A big ball of energy flew over their heads and out of the cave.

They straighten themselves up. "She'll be fine," Sonya said. She looked at Ryu. "Get them out of here."

Ryu nodded and lead everyone out of the cave but not before looking at Chun- Li for a moment.

Reptile was surrounded in a circle by Chun-Li, Sub-Zero, Sonya, and Jax. "You're surrounded now," Jax said. He bend down and punched down at the ground. "Hang on." The ground began to shake.

Outside the cave, everyone felt the ground shake as well.

"Earthquake!!!" cried Cody. Everyone lost their balance except Dhalsim who immediately floated in the air.

Guy looked towards the cave. "Do you think they're all right?" he asked. "Reptile does spit acid."

"And puke," said Honda.

"As long as they fight with their souls, they'll be fine," said Rose.

Back inside the cave, Reptile just spit another glob of acid at Jax. Unfortunately, Jax didn't see it and was hit in his left metal arm.

"JAX!!" cried Sonya.

Jax immediately took his metal arm off revealing his real arm. The metal arm quickly melting until there was nothing left.

"Damn," Jax said.

Sonya jumped in the air and put her legs around Reptile's shoulder. She tried to flip but Reptile got a hold of her. He took her by the legs and swinged her around for a few seconds and then let go. As the other three called out her name, Sonya flew a hundred feet through the cave. She hit the wall head first and tumbled down to the ground. Then she laid still.

Jax, Chun-Li, and Sub-Zero turned back to Reptile knowing that Sonya was down. Reptile spit another glob of acid.

"Man he likes to do that!" said Jax. Sub-Zero put his hand out. A second later, the acid was turned into solid ice. It quickly dropped and landed on the ground smashing it into pieces.

Reptile jumped in the air and hanged on to the ceiling of the cave with his bare hands. He kicked Jax in the face hard. Jax flew to the same wall Sonya hit. He hit his head only hard enough to weaken him badly.

Sub-Zero and Chun-Li stood in their fighting stances as Reptile jumped back to the ground.

"Looks like it's you and me, Chun-Li," said Sub-Zero.

They both ran over to Reptile and both punched him in the face. Reptile grabbed Chun-Li by the arm and pulled her over to her.

"Let her go!" Sub-Zero cried. He put his hand out. A second later, Reptile's arm froze.

"Sub-Zero, that's cold!!" cried Chun-Li.

Reptile held Chun-Li with his other arm and threw his frozen arm at Sub- Zero's head. The ice shattered into pieces and Sub-Zero fell with a little amount of blood trickling down his face. He too laid still.

"No!!" Chun-Li cried looking at Sub-Zero. She then became a little relieved as she heard a faint moan from him.

Reptile turned her so they would face each other. Chun-Li could see in his eyes that he was smiling evilly. She became terrified, not knowing what he was going to do next.

Then, Reptile grabbed her by the neck with both of his hands and lifted her in the air. Chun-Li tried to pry his hands off, but he was too strong. When she ran out of oxygen, she simply held on to his wrist.

"(Father, I've failed you,)" she thought. "(I will be joining you now.)"

***

"Help!!" Dan cried. He and Mika were flying over the trees after Scorpion tossed them with his silver snakes.

After flying a mile, they started to fall towards the trees. They landed on the ground. Mika landed first on her side. She looked up and saw Dan fall. He hit his head on a tree and fall to the ground.

"DAN!!!!!" Mika cried. She ran over to Dan. He was still awake and he moaned a little.

"Mika," Dan said feeling weak. He tried to get up but couldn't. "Get out of here before Scorpion finds you."

"No Dan!" Mika shouted. "Leaving you is the last thing I'll ever do!"

That's when she sensed someone behind her. Mika turned around and gasped as she saw Scorpion standing over her.

"GET OVER HERE!!!!!!!!!!!" Scorpion shouted. He put his hand out and the silver snake darted after her. It wrapped around Mika's arm and pulled her towards him. Mika put her fist out and punch Scorpion's face as soon as she was close. She did a karate chop on the snake on her arm and chopped it into two pieces. Scorpion stood up his white eyes in rage. Mika went into her fighting stance with determination in her face.

Scorpion darted around her quickly and attempted to put her in a hold. Mika saw this just in time and grabbed him from behind. She flipped herself smashed Scorpion on his back. Scorpion bounced off the ground a few times. He and Mika both got up at the same time.

For a while, they stood in their fighting stance. Mika stared into his white eyes. "(Why is trying to kill me and Dan? Is he part of Outworld? If so, he's probably trying to kill us before we become stronger.)"

Scorpion stood there in his stance, his white eyes glowing. He looked at Mika. Then, he stood up straight still looking at her.

"(What is he doing?)" Mika asked herself.

He began to take his mask off slowly.

Mika lowered her guard a little. "(Does he want to make peace?)"

Mika thought this could be a good thing....until Scorpion took off his mask fully. Mika gasped and became scared for the first time in a long time. Scorpion didn't reveal his face...he revealed his skull!

Scorpion pulled back a little and opened his mouth. Mika got back into her stance. Then, a big line of fire came out of his mouth. Mika jumped out of the way and the fire went towards Dan.

"Look out!!" Mika cried. The fire landed right next to Dan, but one flame lit the rear part of Dan's pink gi.

"YEOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Dan hollered out. He shot up in the air despite hitting his head on the tree. He ran around in circles for two seconds before quickly sitting down again. Then the fire went out.

"That hurt!!" Dan said standing up. He jumped up and darted towards Scorpion and did a few hard kicks at his face. Scorpion fell back. As he landed on the ground, Scorpion sank quickly in.

Dan and Mika stood there in their stances looking down at the ground. They waited for Scorpion to dart back up. After two minutes, nothing happen.

Dan wobbled a little and then fell forward as he felt his weakness coming back to him.

"Dan," Mika said. She ran over to him and caught him just in time. "You'll be all right."

Dan looked up at her and grinned. "I know I'll be, but I think I need to rest."

Mika looked up at the dark sky. "You're right," Mika said kissing Dan's forehead. "Let's rest here for the night." She leaned against a nearby tree still holding Dan in her arms.

"I need a new gi!" Dan whined. Then, he fell asleep followed by a loud snore.

Mika stroked his long hair a little. "(He's so cute when he's like that.)" Then, she fell asleep.

What they didn't know was that Scorpion was nearby. He watched them slumber for a while before disappearing back to the Underworld.

***

"It's quiet over there," said Fei-Long with a worried look on his face. "Do you think they're still alive in there?"

That statement scared Ryu a little. He stared into the cave. No one was coming out and worse, no noise came out. He started to run into the cave.

"Ryu!" cried Ken. "What are you doing?" He began to run after him.

Guile stepped in and stopped him. "You stay out here. Watch the others." Guile followed Ryu into the cave.

When the men got into the camp part of the cave, horror came over them. They saw Reptile holding Chun-Li in a chokehold high in the air. Chun-Li was getting weaker.

"Hang on Chun-Li!" Guile cried. Ryu ran towards them and jumped into the air. He put one leg out and began spinning around rapidly.

"TATSUMAKI SENPUKYAKU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ryu shouted. His feet connected with Reptile's head a few times. Reptile let go of Chun-Li. She began to fall to the ground. Guile ran over to her and caught her.

Chun-Li looked up at him. "Guile?"

Guile put her down. "You'll be all right, kid," he said. He stood up. Ryu was still in his fighting stance as Reptile stood up and ran towards him.

Guile collecting some energy and threw his hand out. A yellow boomerang shaped energy flew quickly towards Reptile.

"SONIC BOOM!!!!!" Guile cried out. The energy hit Reptile hard enough to send him flying out of the cave.

Ryu and Guile ran out of the cave. They saw everyone else, but Reptile was nowhere to be seen.

"He just leaped and disappeared," said Johnny.

Chun-Li emerged from the cave. She was wobbling as she tried to breathe in oxygen.

Ryu turned to her. "Chun-Li," he said. He ran to her. She hugged him and sobbed in his arms knowing that she came close to death and not being able to avenge her father. For a while, no one moved and all was heard was Chun- Li sobbing.

Dhalsim walked over to Ryu and Chun-Li. "Come on back to the cave," he said. "We need our sleep."

Chun-Li looked up at Dhalsim. She wasn't sure if she could sleep anymore. She didn't know if Reptile was hiding somewhere and was waiting for her to fall back to sleep so he could make his strike.

Ryu wiped a tear from her face. "I'll sleep by you tonight," he said.

Chun-Li hugged him. "Thank you."

Then, Sub-Zero emerged from the cave. He held Sonya and Jax in each arm. They too were awake.

"Is everyone okay?" Sonya asked.

Everyone nodded.

Sub-Zero smiled. "Reptile's out of out hair."

Guile looked up into the sky. "(Something tells me we haven't seen the last of Reptile