Kombat Tournament : Multiverse

[RedxXxDawn]

Kitana chuckled at Wolverine's reaction to the things Devlin said to him. Looks like somebody found himself a playmate, she mused teasingly. But when the glow in Ermac's fists intensified, she spun right away and faced him with one hand on the hilt of a fan. She did not draw it out, but would have had the ninja tried anything suspicious to her. But soon Kitana saw that his hostility was not directed at her at all, which she found odd. He was even talking to her and asking questions. "Not that I know of," she replied. "And I would guess that whoever- or whatever -brought us here wants to pit us against each other to see who is the greatest fighter. For whatever reason, I could only guess. Perhaps he wants to use the winner of this contest for something. Or maybe..." she paused for a moment, stroking a bit of her hair.

But then Anjem appeared. Just who was this robed figure claiming to be their guide? Was he in fact the one who brought them to this place and made that announcement? He did not seem arrogant like the 'godlike' speaker from earlier, but Kitana was not one to let him off the hook just yet. Ermac did not seem to like him, and neither did the others. Kitana agreed. "Me neither. Anjem." She said, pointing a folded fan at their 'guide.' "Is there a reward for the winner of this contest? And if we win, will we be taken back home?"

[ActRaiser]

Kitana chuckled at Wolverine's reaction to the things Devlin said to him. Looks like somebody found himself a playmate, she mused teasingly. But when the glow in Ermac's fists intensified, she spun right away and faced him with one hand on the hilt of a fan. She did not draw it out, but would have had the ninja tried anything suspicious to her. But soon Kitana saw that his hostility was not directed at her at all, which she found odd. He was even talking to her and asking questions. "Not that I know of," she replied. "And I would guess that whoever- or whatever -brought us here wants to pit us against each other to see who is the greatest fighter. For whatever reason, I could only guess. Perhaps he wants to use the winner of this contest for something. Or maybe..." she paused for a moment, stroking a bit of her hair.

But then Anjem appeared. Just who was this robed figure claiming to be their guide? Was he in fact the one who brought them to this place and made that announcement? He did not seem arrogant like the 'godlike' speaker from earlier, but Kitana was not one to let him off the hook just yet. Ermac did not seem to like him, and neither did the others. Kitana agreed. "Me neither. Anjem." She said, pointing a folded fan at their 'guide.' "Is there a reward for the winner of this contest? And if we win, will we be taken back home?"

"As far as I know, that is both the only way to return, and the only way to receive whatever reward this strange god has in store for the winner. Now, please, put your weapon away, please. I'm only here to help."

[RedxXxDawn]

Kitana hesitated, then lowered her fan. The man was not hostile, and neither was she. Well, maybe she did seem a little hostile. She pointed the fan at him more as an accusation than a threat, but did come off a little strongly. "...Fine," she said flatly. "Now then. Since you're supposed to be our guide, how about some guidance?" she mocked. "Some of these brutes are looking a little impatient, and I don't have a leash on any of them so I can't guarantee your safety." She refrained from looking at the hot-headed Wolverine as she said that. The man did seem a little animalistic in sniffing the steroid odor off of Devlin. And when he got angry at him, he almost had the look of, well, a wolverine in his eyes. Or some other form of four-legged beast.

And then there was Devlin himself. At least he seemed a little more patient, but was also just as eager to murder somebody. Kitana did not like the odor of cigarettes, but did not frown from it even once this whole time. Ermac, however, was probably the most sane person of their group. Which put Kitana on edge. Was he not among Shao Kahn's forces at one point? Yes, she remembered hearing from somewhere that he was created by Shao Kahn's sorcery. No, not he. Them. Ermac was in fact thousands of souls merged into one being. Thousand of minds, thoughts, opinions, personalities, all in a single figure. Kitana wondered how the man even functioned. Did he have frequent arguments with himself? Even so, it did not seem to impede in the decisions he (they) made and the words he (they?) spoke. But strangely, Ermac seemed to be the calmest of them all. Of all those thousands of emotions that must be swimming through his head, Kitana would expect him to show a little more than he was letting on. All he seemed to show, however, was dislike of the situation. With a little hint of worry. Not much, especially coming from a person with thousands of different personalities.

But then again, he had a fierce reputation as a fighter. And that alone said enough.

[Rtron]

Ermac waited for something to happen. Devlin to attack, the loud man to go beserk, Kitana to attack the robed man, something. When nothing was apparently going to happen, Ermac fell into his version of sleep. With the thousands of souls inside of him, it was impossible for his entire being to fall asleep. As such, he only released the control on the thousands, and the main soul controlling the group, he supposed, slept. Ermac made sure that there was at least a few souls watching for any change. The rest, chattered amongst themselves, freed from the control that unified them.

Some of them were murderous, others were wrathful, others despaired, and still others were exalting in the thoughts of coming battle. All had Princess Kitana first and foremost in their minds. Truly told, when he viewed (Loose term, more of a mental awareness) the souls, he had no idea how he kept sane. He assumed that there was a main soul that kept everything in order, that either ruled through fear or respect. Over the years since his release from Shao Kahns control, some of the more...troublesome...souls had been absorbed by others, in order to keep the inner peace and prevent mass chaos, and the resulting insanity.

[ActRaiser]

Anjem simply waved his hands, teleporting them all to the Domed City. . "This would take faster." He smiled. "Here it is, now the quarters here are luxurient and opulent. You could eat, sleep, basically do whatever you want. We have healers available also. Accomadations could be made to spruce up the place a little more. There are other services, it's basically like a hellish paradise here. When you aren't trying to murder or kill eachother for power, you'll be living in total wealth and luxury. Are there are any questions before I show you the path up Mt. Zaras?"

[TheStinger]

Wolverine was busy with Devlin, making sure the guy keeps his hands away from him. However he heard Kitana ask Anjem for some guidance then discretely throwing a poison arrow at Wolverine by saying..."Some of these brutes are looking a little impatient, and I don't have a leash on any of them so I can't guarantee your safety." Kitana's words really struck a nerve in Wolverine, who headed to wards the edenian princess grabbing her by the chin with his right hand and pulling her close to his face. "You know what lady? I had just about enough of your spoiled brat attitude. I dare you to keep it up, and you might end up without that poisonous toungue of yours." Said Wolverine as he let go of Kitana's chin and walked away from her.

Not long after that Anjem teleported everyone to the domed city. The level of luxury and opulence that Anjem spoke about didn't impress him at all. He never ever gave a damn about luxury. The man also said something about healers. Wolverine grinned at this statement. "Trust me bub, I ain't gonna need no healers. You should save them for these guys instead." Said Wolverine as he crossed his arms and giving threatening looks to Kitana. He never tolerated anyone insulting him like that so next time may be her last.

[RedxXxDawn]

Kitana was angered by Wolverine's reaction, but then again she was the one who provoked him. When he threatened her, the look in his eyes reminded her of an angry, untamed animal of some sort. She released herself from his grasp and backed away from his face after he said that. "Bleach! The only thing poisonous here- ...Ohhh~" Just when she was about to make a rude remark on Wolverine's bad breath and 'ratty unshaven whiskers,' as she would have put it, she was already taken in by the new surroundings. Seeming to completely forget about the one who threatened her, Kitana stroked one of the drapes by the window nearest her. "Now that's what I'm talking about," she added, now much more content with the situation. She liked luxury, she was a princess. But unlike a princess, and more like the warrior she was, she could also live without it. She was always surrounded by lavish decorations while serving under Shao Kahn, though it always felt eerie in some way. The gothic if not morbid taste added to the style of Shao Kahn's Fortress always made her feel like she was supposed to be this evil queen of damnation, of some sort. But this, however, was much better.

And then Anjem finished speaking. "Mount Zaras, hm?" Kitana repeated. "So is that where the fighting will commence? And how long will it take to reach it? Not that I'm in a hurry to leave or anything, but it's only a matter of time before we start killing each other anyway, official match or not." She said that and glared at Wolverine as a reply to the look he gave her. Her eyes glared angrily, but her mouth was in a snarky grin. She almost looked forward to being pitted against him. Almost. He seemed a bit short of temper, so perhaps that alone may be able to provoke him into a fight. As much as with the other fighters, she had wondered what the man was capable of. That was one way of seeing a competitor's abilities before a match.

[Rtron]

Ermac was struck back into wakefulness when the thousands of souls in him howled in outrage. When he looked over to see what they were so angry about, he found the loud man inches from Kitana's face, grabbing her chin, and making a threat. He waited to see if Kitana would do something, then when she did not, he decided that he could take matters into his own hands. Using his telekinesis he formed a sort of layer over the loud mans body that was tight enough to make sure he couldn't really move but light enough to do zero damage, excluding his neck and head, and carried the loud man to him, until he was mere inches from his glowing emerald eyes.

"We think that you should keep your own tongue in check. If this had been a Mortal Kombat Tournament, that would have been taken as a challenge, and we suspect you would have been killed. As it is, this is not the Kombat tournament, and it could not be taken as a challenge as this mad man declares fights at his whim. But know this between you and us. Threaten Princess Kitana again, and we will do far more than just levitate you. Maybe we will make another Jax. Maybe we will go a step father than that and take out the legs as well. Maybe we will just eviscerate your heart from your chest. No matter how strong you think your healing powers are, we do not think that you can regenerate your very cells when your arms have been crushed into nothing. You have been warned. We will not be so forgiving twice."

With that, he levitated the loud man into a nearby chair, then dropped him there. Then he turned to Kitana, gave a quick bow/nod of his head, and walked off into a corner of the room, where he could see all of the fighters. He was not over awed by the luxury. To him, it was just a place do study his future enemies. He didn't go back to sleep, and kept a soul watching the loud man while he scanned the other fighters. One could never be to careful.

[TheStinger]

As Wolverine and Kitana were threateningly eyeballing each other, the ninja, Ermac, who acted like some kind of bodyguard of Kitana, which he probably was anyway, he could only guess, started making very serious threats to Wolverine, like he will crush either his arms and legs, or both, if he gets his hands on Kitana again, he was also underestimating his regenaration powers and mentioning something about Mortal Kombat and that what he did to Kitana earlier would have been taken as a challenge and that he would have been killed. Then the ninja uses his telekinesis levitating Wolverine all the way into a chair, and going into a corner and continuing his meditation.

Now Wolverine was really mad. Why don't these people just leave him the hell alone? That's all he really wanted. To be left alone so he can think about how to get out of this situation without having to waste innocent lives. It wasn't any of their business how his personality is like. Wolverine felt rage flowing through his body as he started breathing faster and faster and showing off his sharp canines with his mouth open. Sick and tired of the attitude of the woman and her faitful dog, regarding him, he felt like he had to prove a point so he rised up from the chair, started running towards the ninja and as he was halfway through he jumped a couple of feet in the air, ending up all the way on the ninja's head. As both men were on the ground, Wolverine grabbed the ninja by the neck and violently slammed him against the wall.

Then Wolverine balls his right hand into a fist and places it right under Ermac's chin. He then pops out the 1st and 3rd adamantium claws out of his fist leaving the 2nd, the one from the middle still inside of his arm. "Don't move bub! And don't even think about using your telekinesis. There is a 3rd claw, right in the middle of these two. If you move even a muscle, I'll pop it out and it will go all the way through your head and exit through the top. And in case you haven't noticed they come out pretty fast. Remember what I said earlier about that I will not fight for anyone's entertainment? Forget about that. I would love to cut you into beautiful pieces of stake. You think your threats mean something to me? You really think you can finish me off as easy as you said you will? Others that are 10 times stronger and more potent then you have tried, and they all failed. What makes you so sure you will be any different? And one more thing. Keep underestimating me. And I promise it will be your last mistake." Said Wolverine as he retracted the 2 claws that he popped out and let go of Ermac and started brushing his outfit with his hands. "Relax! Okay? Save your strength for the arena. You're gonna need it. I ain't gonna do nothing to your beloved Princess. Just pray she won't be pitted against me in the arena. Because if that happends not even you will be able to guarantee her safety." With that Wolverine started walking backwards back with the group. Wolverine then turns his view to Kitana. "You really should learn to keep your faitful dog on check. I sense that his hormones are way out of line." He said.

Just in that moment a little girl, about 10 years old, bursted in the room. She ran all the way to Wolverine. "Hey Mr.!" She said with a girly voice. "Get lost kid!" Said Wolverine with a calm and warm tone not looking down on the girl. "Hey Mr.!" She repeated. Seconds later Wolverine picks up the girl and lifts her up, with his hands surrounding the waist of ths little girl. "I like how you jumped in the air Mr. It was very high." Said the little girl. "I like your outfit Mr. I want one." She continued. "You like it huh? I like it too. But i'm afraid I can't give you one. This one is pretty much unique, no replicas exist." Said Wolverine with the same calm tone, totally in contrast to how he was a few moments earlier. He also took his mask off and let it fall on his back. "Arianna!" A female slave screamed the little girl's name. Wolverine let go of the girl who ran back to the woman. "I told you not to run off like that again. Do you remember what happened the last time?" Said the woman who seemed to be a slave, judging by the way she was dressed. Wolverine ran his right hand through his hair and turned around to the others as he took a deep breath and crossed his arms.

[Rtron]

Ermac said nothing as the man went on his little rampage. He was unaffected by the violent slamming of his head against a wall, it was nothing compared to some of the fights he has been in. The man told him that if he tried his telekinesis there would be a third claw in his head. Ermac smiled, hidden by his mask and ninja wrapping, and created a small barrier beneath his chin, successfully blocking any such attempt. When the man left Ermac waited until he had stopped looking at him and let his guard down, then he teleported. Directly above the man, he used his soul energy to propel him faster than even Scorpion could dodge, and landed with both feet on his shoulders, pinning him down. He then put another, much stronger than the last, layer of telekinesis over the man, trapping him down. Then he leaned down and said to the man that only he could hear "You mistake us. We never underestimate anyone. And we are not her bodyguard, nor her faithful dog as you have stated. Let us put it this way. We are the compilation of thousands of loyal souls to Princess Kitana. We were her enemy for years, until we were released from our slavery by a friend. The resulting struggle for power by the freed souls nearly drove us insane. Eventually, we assume, that one soul took control and the others became unified under him or her. They allow that soul to guide our actions. But, in cases like before, they will not take any other course of action than the route we took. If we had done nothing, they would have revolted, and the resulting chaos would have either drove us insane or caused us to explode. We do not feel like going down either path."

Ermac shifted position leaning closer down to the man the feral grin clear in his voice. "If it is a fight you want, we will gladly accept the challenge. It has been to long since we have had a good fight and you sound like a worthy opponent. We are going to let you go now. Attack us, and the fight will begin sooner than expected. Or, you can wait. It is your choice, we are prepared for either eventuality." With that, Ermac jumped off of the mans back, and landed back where he was. He then released the man and waited. Prepared with a blast of energy in case the man took the first course of action.