As soon as Selana heard the bumping thuds of the ground being hit up against, she quickly moves over to the wall that is completely shrouded in darkness.

"I can sense your presence here, Khaalia! I will find you and when I do, you will pay for your treachery to the Queen of Kalida!" Selana now enters the abandoned throne room that was trashed eariler by some man in green. Selana now morphs into one of the cocubines to confuse whom ever may come into the throne room.

Khaali looks ahead of her, her brow furrowed, as she walks back into the collesseium ground. Her tall figure makes a few of the attending monks scramble out of her way, as upon her exit after her defeat she tore the throat out of an unfortunate soul who got in her way.

Her gray skin glows in the firelight, and her whiskers twitch.

"Why have we come back here? You seek glory?"

Khaali walked past the dead finch warriors as if not threatened by them. As she walks past, the warriors follow her with their eyes confused yet trying to frighten the giant shokan.

As they looked at khaali, Serenity shot two time freeze blasts at them.
Hearing Khaali's great voice, the rest of the group hurried towards her. As Serenity walks past the frozen warriors, she touches them on their shoulders.

"I am sorry. May the afterlife welcome you with happiness and love"
Suddenly the two warriors began to decay until finally turning into dust.

Serenity hurries up towards Khaali. "We do not seek glory but salvation.. for all of us."

(@ lurker i made it so that you turned the dead bodies into like undead servants of yours i hope thats ok lol )

Khaali grunts in humour at the concept of salvation.

"And you would find it here, with these...creatures?"

She stands, her arms at her sides, entirely unarmed, completely nude and defenseless, but doesn't show a glint of fear.

"Just like any arena, you'll find honour, or your pretty head torn from your shoulders. There is no salvation to be had in combat."

Okorik laughs as he senses the warrior's deaths. "It seems our puppets have died. No matter since they were intimidation only. My match will begin soon with one called Smoke. It will be an interesting match-up but not the one before mine. It seems the seafood will fight Goro. It will most likely be a slaughter but your match will start much later. You will impersonate an Earthrealm warrior and befriend the group in order to gain as much information as possible. Since it will be the real you and they have never seen your new form, they will unable to discover the real you. I doubt a god could discover the real you once disguised. When you gain as much information as possible, I will pretend to kill you in a match and thus return you to my side. Leave a hatchling here in order to avert suspicion." Skyward understood and released a hatchling that looked like him. He snuck through crowds of people and emerged outside where he took on the form of an Earthrealm male named Manu who wore a helmet and armor reminiscent of his previous look. Skyward walked through the entrance and registered where he met the imposing figure of a large shokan and group of warriors. Manu unsheates his scabbard and says, "Halt there! Are you enemies of Earthrealm? If so, I will ensure you will die before your lord conquers my home!"

"My friend. If you knew the stakes of why we fight you would understand. We fight for the sake of our existence. I did not come down from the heavens to watch Shao Khan destroy everything.. He becomes..."

Suddenly a new warrior interrupted sword in hand eager for a fight.

"Calm yourself. Do you not realize where you are? Say that louder and the majority of these warriors here will have your head."

Deon wished Krustacean good luck in his battle and cast a protection charm over his body, "good luck." Deon said as he glanced over at Khaali and Serenity's exchange.



Deon thanked Serenity for turning the bodies into dust, insuring their departure to the afterlife happened more quickly.


Deon looks to the direction of this newcomer and rolls his eyes, "ugh...what loud mouth, for your sake I recommend you keep your voice down...you're in the minority here."

"Considering you haven't attacked me yet, I assume you are with Earthrealm? If so, good since I believe we can aid each other. May I join your team since there is one called Okorik that I am seeking. Do you know him?"

Khaali stares down at the human jabbering before her, not knowing if he's here to threaten her or not. His aggression aggravates her, and she breifly considers crushing his head like a grape between her breasts. Eventually, she steps aside, letting the others deal with him. From the heavens, the woman had said. Khaali licks her long tongue across her feline fangs. She wondered what that had meant.

Deon crosses his arms and glances around at the various Shokans, Centaurs, Tarkatans, Edenians, and Outworld citizens glaring at them, Deon looks at Serenity, with a stone, emotionless face and whispers, " I'll let you decide what to do with this fellow."

Deon walks past him and says, "Good luck against Okorik warriror, may you do well."





Deon strides through the crowd over to Khaali, talking in a nearly inaudiable tone, though Deon is keenly aware that Khaali's Shokan sense allow him to be heard., "What's your take on this joker?"

Deon glances at him without looking at him directly, "Me personally, he comes off as a liability, not someone I want to be caught in a crowd of angry warriors with, he reminds me of Johnny Cage, though Johnny is at heart a good fellow., I don't feel the same way about this stranger."

Khaali raises an eyebrow at the human's comment, but otherwise doesn't move.

She hadn't really looked at the other one too carefully. To her, most humans looked mostly alike, small and frail with limbs that popped off quite easily when pulled on. Her whiskers twitch though.

"Smells....funny."

Manu sheaths his scabbard and bows while saying, "If I have offended any of you in any way, I am sorry but I am agitated since I know the murderer of my family is here somewhere. You may hate me but all of you and me are pretty much the last hope Earthrealm has to survive. The main group has gone missing somewhere and of them only 2 warriors are making any sort of difference in this tournament. They are called Smoke and Johnny Cage but Smoke will fight Okorik soon and I doubt he'll have any sort of chance against him. Johnny Cage is another matter since I doubt he'll have a change against ANYONE in this tournament. All other noteworthy competitors are killed by Chaosrealmers or the Emperor's finest. Since you aren't Outworlders you seem to answer a question I had. While exploring Outworld, I noticed a group of Seidan Guardsmen looking for a group that matched your descriptions. At first I assumed you were from Outworld since Seido is against the Emperor but was questioning why they were killing Earthrealm warriors. I was wondering until I realized you weren't Outworld at all. It seems Seido is killing Earthrealmers for some reason which is in fact hurting our chances of saving Earthrealm. I don't care if you like me or not but some Guardsmen have been spotted nearby. I can take you to safety but you must trust me. I have these cloaks follow me and I can take you away from them." Just as Manu finished his sentence, a group of 6 Guardsmen arrived through the entrance and yelled, "We are looking for these warriors! These enemies of Seido are a threat to your realm as well! Anyone who gives us information that leads to their capture will receive a generous reward!" The Guardsmen took out pictures of Deon, Serenity, and Marek to the Outworlders. Manu urged the group, "Quickly! Decide!"

"Thanks.." Serenity says as Deon walks towards Khaali.

She turns to the chattering warrior.

How does he know all of these things? Serenity thought.. I dont trust him..

Suddenly Seidon guardsmen come storming in.

"You will see MY decision."

Serenity runs through the crowd of warriors heading straight to for the 6 guardsmen.

With great speed she attacks the warriors one by one knocking them out.

In a matter of seconds the warriors were unconscious on the floor.

Serenity quickly grabs the pictures and tears them up.

Looking down at the warriors, Serenity sighs.. She picks up the warriors one after another tossing them into nearby brushes.

Finally she heads back to the persistent warrior.

"Well it appears we do not need any cloaks, warrior. Thank you for your help though"

Manu stood in amazement at what just occurred. "Amazing! You must be an incredible warrior to be able to do that. If you can take down 6 Guardsmen like that, you don't need my help but if you do, take this button and press it if you ever need my help in any area. Before I go, what do you know of the one called Okorik? It seems you've faced him before. I'll need as much information as possible if I'm to have any sort of chance against him and avenge my family."

Serenity's suspicion rose even more when she grabs the button.

"I am sorry i do not know of any Okorik. You must be mistaken. If i ever do meet up with him i will push this button."

Serenity looks at deon and Khaali, "I must be going now i will take your request into consideration. Until then goodbye"

Serenity walks towards Deon and Khaali leaving the warrior behind.

Meeting up with the two Serenity whispers "Glad i got that over with.."

Deon smirks at Khaali's off handed comment and then looks as Serenity makes short work of the Seidan Guardsmen, he watches Serenity return to Manu and talk.



Deon whispers and smiles, "Glad you made the right decision, nice work on dispatching those Seidan Guardsmen by the way, I was quite impressed."

Deon looks at the button Serenity has in her hand, "What in the world is that?"

Khaali watches Serenity dispose of the guardsmen with some entertainment, but seems confused afterwards.

As she approaches, the Shokan speaks up. Spreading her arms quizically.

"You left them all alive. A stupid mistake, don't you think? If you haven't heart for it, Would you like me to finish your work for you?"

"Thank you." Serenity looks down at the button.

"It's supposedly a button to call that chattering warrior. I have an idea of what to do with it. But what do you think i should do with it?"

Serenity turns to Khaali

"No no it is fine. Killing them would bring worse ramifications for ourselves, Earthrealm, and Outworld. "

Serenity turns to look at the warrior behind her. "I dont trust him. He knows TOO much for being a simple warrior."

Khaali shakes her head at the girl's naivete.

"You leave your opponents alive, they will return to kill you later. It is that simple. My last opponent in the tournament should not have made that mistake with me. Now allow me."

Khaali strides towards towards the fallen guardsmen, clearly intent on murdering them.

Serenity sighed as the shokan walked away. Serenity runs with great speed and ends up in front of Khaali with outstretched arms clearly blocking her path.

"Khaali, i could of ended them with a touch of my hand if i wanted to, but i know if i did that would of put us in greater danger. I can not allow you to kill them I am sorry."

"Are who are you to make demands and give orders?"

Khaali snarls, two of her hands on her hips. Her breasts absurdly hanging at the Serenity's head height, her other arms at her sides.

"I swear to you, these men will make trouble for you. What of when they wake? And spread word of your return? They carried pictures of you and your little band of....I don't even know what you are."

Khaali steps up, close to Serenity.

"I only offer to do this as a favour, to remove them from your concern without a need to bloody your own clean little hands with them. I shall make it quick."

Out of nowhere from the sky a superior glowing being appears flying and lands on the ground causing a crash

he is not a cyborg but is partly bionic he has metal arm with sharp needles and a clear liquid flowing through him
his bald his head was with veins
body was sleek

He called himslef M0phine

(rock music in backround)

"I seek refuge for i must hide from them, i created something very fucked up and they want it"

*lifts up left hand metal enhance and had sharp needles instead of fingers, then a clear poisin liquid flows through and evaporated as it hits the air*

" this liquid when injected in you will instantly fuck with you reaching your nerves and fucking with brain signals can manipulate what you really see and feel, It makes me a monster"

"if you can help me hide i will let u use it", *reveals attached needles*,

"take theese yourself and youll find yourself in a fucking wonderland"

Deon looks the device once over, "I think you should destroy it, I don't like that man, nor do I trust him either,". Deon says in hushed tones, "who gives someone a button to press? It's like a creepy baby monitor."

Deon glances at Khaali then back at Serenity, "His presence seems too perfect, too conincidental..."

Serenity begins arguing with Khaali about what to do with the unconscious men. Serenity gets in front of the downed Seidan Guardsmen, blocking Khaali from killing them.




Deon rushes over to the two, "Please you two, this is not the time to argue..." Deon tries to stand between them, "There must be another way, murdering unconscious men is not our way Khaali, killing them will only further soil our names, we must find an alternative solution."

"Further soil OUR names?" Khaali asks Deon, raising an eyebrow, but doesn't actually turn away from Serenity.

"I am not one of you, whatever you have done, of which I know nothing, I was not a part of. I am no one."

She gestures at herself.
"How would anyone identify me? I carry no trophies, no sigils."

She smiles menacingly, finally turning to Deon.

"I can do whatever I want. Now will you still both protect the lives of enemies on some ground of honor, or clean your path of weeds before they take root?"

"You misunderstand Khaali, we were framed by Okorik for crimes against the people of Seido, we have done nothing,simply fallen victim to his deception." Deon glances over at Serenity, "we just don't want them to further believe in Okorik's lies.."

Deon stares Khaali directly in her eyes, hearing her menacing delight at the current situation and then looks at Serenity, torn, "I cannot be here for this bloodshed....it is not right nor just.... but....I don't have the power to fight Shao Kahn's forces and protect these warriors, who wish us harm.. I have to think of my people and the fact that Orderrealm wishes our destruction...."



Deon walks away, from the pair, depressed and disappears into the crowd and begins meditating on the ground, trying to purge his mind of emotions and guilt that are pentup inside him before his battle.