𝙼𝙺 1 : 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙵 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝚃𝙷

✦ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 7: 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞 ✦

𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 " 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛 " 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠

ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑑 " 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 " ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠

𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑘 " 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 "

" 𝐴𝑠 𝑖𝑓 , 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 " ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑

𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 " 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ " 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑

ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑘 " 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 , 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 "

" 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑒 " 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑘

ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑡ℎ " 𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑖 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐼'𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑛"

𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑙𝑦 " 𝑂ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 "

𝐻𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 ℎ𝑒𝑟

𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

" 𝑆𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ? 𝑂𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 " 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑

The Reapers eyes fluttered open he had a mind splitting headache but that was nothing compared to what was actually bothering him

" Stupid memories " he mutters sitting up he takes a look at the mirror on his bedside the scar on his cheek still very evident

Somethings always remained crystal clear no matter how many years passed somethings like her Amethyst eyes

The immortal soon made his way outside where he saw Raiden had just finished his fight with Kitana he scoffed in annoyance he really needed something to fight right now

He approached the other fighters who greeted him morning

" Your late, does supporting Raiden mean so little" Kenshi asked slightly annoyed he was growing use to Y/N's actions but it still bothered him slightly

Y/N took a look at what he supposed was tea in Kenshi's hands and snagged it out of his grasp " I'll take this as payment for not killing you" he says

Kenshi was annoyed but simply shook his head not willing to argue with Y/N right now they saw that Raiden's next opponent was General Shao much to the Reapers despair

" Lucky Basterd" he mutters drinking his tea and massaging his temples to help with his headache

As expected Raiden defeated Shao

" Congratulations, Raiden" Sindel said " Earthrealm wins"

" Yay can we leave now" the immortal asked

" Bored already" Cage asked

Y/N grumbled " Something like that"

Raiden had offered Shao a hand to which the General answered by smacking it away

" Stay away, Earthrealmer" he said bitterly

The group soon approached Raiden and congratulated him " Because of you, the Outworlders who would disturb the peace will once again be held at bay" Liu Kang says

" I mean you didn't get ripped in half that's the real accomplishment here" Y/N says leaning on Liu Kang

Liu Kang rolls his eyes as he speaks again " Come, let us bid our hosts farewell and return to earthrealm"

END OF NIGHTMARE

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