The pathway they remained on was vigilant and further away from other crowds. The two remained on their own as Mileena's embassies were further out than expected. Kalliste held weight in her stomach as she knew she wasn't entirely permitted in Mileena's court.
Mileena, Rain, and Tanya were no were to be seen. But they could see no familiar tarkatan present in the Outworld sun. Kalliste felt herself suddenly anxious as they neared themselves into the outer parts of the outworld marketplace. Kalliste suddenly pulled Kollector from the open, dragging him to a large tower of barrels and greenery.
Faint annoyance was present on her face.
"We cannot just stride our way into the public. Your mere sight will alert the people." Kollector glared at her. Then Kalliste soaked in the situation. "You do not know their whereabouts?" She asked dimly.
Kalliste looked around, glancing into the distance, trying to settle her vision and knowledge in the crowded marketplace. She sighed while keeping her and Kollector hidden in the warm shade.
"Can you tell you what Mileena's plan is?" Kalliste asks.
A moment passes.
"There came a familiar earthrealmer, a savage of his kind. Kano. Perhaps you may know of him?" Kollector speaks. The name Kano entered her mind, processing what it meant. Then it hit her. Kano was that wretched human being who reeked of vulgarity and putrid essences. Her face turned sour by the thought of him.
"Kano? Why speak of him?" She asks.
"Kano means to assist with Mileena. He will act by Kotal's side and hope to kill him." Kollector addresses. The thought of Kano assassinating the Kahn seemed doubtful and pitiful. She gave a timid smirk and stood up from hiding. "And what else? The ambush? Why is Mileena so confident in this plan?" Then Kollector begins to smile unnervingly.
"She possesses a compelling amulet. An amulet from an elder god." His face glows as he continues to speak of this talisman.
Kalliste raises a brow.
"From an elder god? How did -" Then she was cut off as Kollector begin to pull her into an unknown direction.
"Save your tongue. Kotal arrives." Kollector drags both of them into the slips of the buildings. The alleyways where they continued to hide in. It was bare and empty. A crowd out in the open where a huge carriage gradually passed through the public. They continued to observe the situation.
"Do you even know where Mileena is?" Kalliste questions with concern. Kollector looks at her, a finger laid against his muzzle - indicating her to quiet down. Feet were shuffling from behind them from an unknown soul.
"You two! Get up!" A male voice shouted from behind. One of Kotal's guard confronted them, a spear he held directly pointing against them. Kollector and Kalliste slowly rose from the ground, timidly raising their hands. The guard glared at Kollector with such anguish.
"A nakadan and... you! Kotal will h—"His words ceased, and Kalliste could only see the man's face erupt in blood. Kollector's mace ball completely demolished his head. Kalliste looked at him with blankness. It was not because of the vivid gorefest that just occurred to her - it was just very unexpected. Kollector glanced back at her muddled expression; smiling at his done deed.
"Let us remove ourselves from here." Kollector stepped over the bloodied corpse and soon drifted off into the dry alleyways until he spotted a group up ahead. Kalliste looked both ways until she noticed Kollector parting himself with her. She followed his pace until he stopped. She spotted a group of familiar tarkatans hiding in the shadows.
They approached their way closer as there came a woman in gold: Tanya. She accompanied the group of Takaratans and soon noticed Kollector coming into view.
"Well, well, seems that you have appeared after all. Trying to fetch for extra coin, Kollector?" Tanya teased. The expression of scorn perished from her face as she detected Kalliste beside him.
"Why is she here?" Tanya questioned with bitter peculiarity.
Kalliste huffed, an expression of irritation subdues her emotions. Crossing her arms she glares at Tanya. Kollector extends his arm out in front of Kal.
"She will fight alongside Mileena," Kollector responds. Tanya looked annoyed, irritable, and displeased. But she relaxes her expression.
"No matter. The carriage has stopped, now we begin." She extends her hand out and speaks in the tarkatan's tongue. Now the fight begins as many have begun to tread out into the public. The chattering and roars of the tarkatan army rises as they charge into the open, a fight unleashed among Kotal's embassies.
Kollector begins to unleash himself among the chaos - instantly slicing someone's head off with his golden sickle. The spirit of fighting has not yet lit up in Kal's soul.
She could hear the clashing of weapons, grunting of men - but she soon observed the battlefield and spotted 3 familiar souls.
Ermac, the cowboy, and that insectoid. It seemed that Kotal's court was becoming stronger than ever. He was the rightful Kahn of Outworld now. But it'll all change to Mileena's will.
A single shot pierced near Kal's body almost grazing her. With widened eyes, she glared towards a man that extended his arm out - holding a firearm.
"You're lucky that was only a warnin' shot." He said.
Kalliste tilted her head at him, trying to understand if she knew his name. She knew him from being closer to Skarlet before. But his name was a blur.
"Don't remember me? - Name's Erron Black." One of the tarkatan's charged at him, but with ease, he pierced its head with one of his bullets without looking.
"You served alongside Shao Kahn. Now with Kotal." Kalliste said.
He kept his firearm held constant - facing it directly towards Kalliste.
"He's Kahn now. As long as he's payin' and on the winnin' side. You, on the other hand, picked the bad seed. You ain't gonna' last long." His words felt taunting but Kalliste gave no interest in his comments and statements. Pursing her lips she scowls at him deeply.
"Now say your last prayers."
"Won't be that easy." Kalliste sinks into the ground, perishing into thin air. Where she appears behind him through all the black haze. She kicks him, thrusting her strength upon him. He seemed too dependent on his firearms - Kalliste knew he lacked close kombat. Still trying to fight him - eluding his piercing bullets, a hardening clash arose beside them. There came two men; Kano and Kotal. They had already brawled from inside the carriage, carrying out their brutality from outside.
A sudden jab hit Kalliste out of surprise - her focus was too much on the fight of Kano and Kotal. Erron's hit made her collapse onto the ground, his blow was quite severe.
Kalliste tried to mend the blow that was impacted onto her head - only able to see the barrel of Erron's gun pointing closely at her; ready to shoot.
When the shape of the gun abruptly disappeared from view. The sun was so bright that it blinded her for a moment. The piercingly loud bullet managed to relinquish from the barrel. But it never hit her. It slipped out. Now its blasting collision gave an intense ringing sound near her ears. She felt so weak - until a pair of hands drew her from the dry ground.
She was met closely against a body with a familiar scent. The type of smell that was bothersome but still intriguing.
"Kalliste." Her face was profoundly shaken by distinctive hands. Finally, her eyes opened seeing a well-known set of orange eyes.
Kollector scowled at her timid defeat by Erron. Kalliste weakly moved her head to her right where she had seen Erron's unconscious body laid out on the floor.
"Why must you let yourself become so frail?" Kollector muttered. He seemed annoyed but bitterly concern about her swift downfall. His eyes searched all over her body, checking if she was injured.
"Are you well?" He asked.
Suddenly the hazy feeling in her body steadily disappeared from her. She stared back at him with stern eyes.
"I'm fine." She pulled herself from his grip and reconvened her observation upon the field.
"Where is the Mileena?"
A scream was heard and Kalliste could see Mileena fall from higher ground. Kalliste runs towards her side, seeking for any brutal injuries on her.
"Empress, can you stand?" Kalliste asks in concern.
A raspy moan appears from her and she slowly raises her head - gazing directly at Kalliste. She strongly rises from the ground.
"-I am fine! That Osh-tekk hound launched me from the roof!" She exclaims bitterly. Hissing by the mere thought of him.
"-Empress if you could only reconsider me in your court!" Kalliste suddenly pleaded. Mileena glares at her.
"Either you fight for me now or never!" She hisses.
Kalliste intensely nods her head. "I will."
Then Mileena pulls out something from her pocket. A golden amulet with a large emerald jewel in the center of it. This must be the talisman from an Elder God.
"...I will put great use for this now."
super excited to play as Mileena, rain, and Rambo!