From alt.games.mk Sat Jul 30 14:59:10 1994 Path: panix!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!dh321 From: dh321@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric Hanf) Newsgroups: alt.games.mk Subject: STORY: The Johnny Cage Story Date: 28 Jul 1994 10:52:03 GMT Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA) Lines: 85 Message-ID: <3182kk$7h0@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Reply-To: dh321@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric Hanf) NNTP-Posting-Host: piglet.ins.cwru.edu Hi. This is Eric again, this time on another accout. her is the Johnny Cage story, as promised. It's my first fan fiction aattempt, so don't laugh too hard... :::::::::DISCLAIMER:::::::: This story is fan fiction. It has NOT been authorized by Midway Entertainment, Ed Boon, John Tobias, my parents, or anyone else who gives a shit. It is my own original idea, and if there is any similarity to any person living, dead, or undead, well, that's just too damn bad... Enjoy!!! The Johnny Cage Story As I stood across from Kano, a balding, really ugly guy with this funky red eye, I looked around at my surroundings and began to remember how I got here. It was yet another phenomenal day of shooting, and I, Johnny Cage, was excellent, of course. Then, in my dressing room, my agent Wally told me that I finally had gotten the invitation from this Shang Tsung guy. I was to fight in the famed Shaolin Tournament! Sure, it would be mortal combat, with the victor finishing off his opponent, but I could hand le it! Hey, I'm Johnny Cage! All of a sudden, my attention was drawn to Kano, as this deep voice yelled, "Round One, FIGHT!" I opened with my patented Shadow Kick, which struck him on the chest and knocked him to the ground. He got up quickly, however, and reached down to his boot. I jumped in with a jump kick, and all of a sudden, I felt this pain in my chest. It was a throwing knife, which is what must have been in his boot. I ripped it out, and threw it to the ground. Then Kano made the mistake of coming close to me . I imm ediately did my Low Blow punch, and uppercutted him. I quickly did the Shadow Kick, and followed that with an uppercut. He fell to the ground and the strange, deep voice said, "Johnny Cage wins." The guards on the sides of the courtroom went over to Kano, trying to revive him, while I took a look around. The court room was large, with rows of bald monks stood around watching the fight. There was a large throne, upon which sat an old man, Shang Tsung. There was a definite aura of evil around the old fart, even the monks around him were cringing as he applauded my victory in Round 1. They finally revived Kano, who got up into a fighting stance but looked unsteady. That voice once again said, "Round Two. FIGHT!" This time, Kano did not hesitate. He came in with this hovering roll attack that I easily countered with an uppercut. A few hits with the Shadow Kick, and Kano could take no more. Once again that strange voice sounded, saying, "FINISH HIM!" I took the opportunity to try out a new move that I had developed just for this tournament. As I crouched down and gathered my stre ngth, the sky grew dark, and Shang Tsung stood, with an excitement in his eyes that could not be expected from a man that looked as ancient as he did. I threw my most powerful uppercut, striking Kano on the chin. There was a sick ripping sound, and Kano's head flew off of his shoulders and landed a few feet away, while his body fell to the ground, soaking the carpet with blood. That strange voice rung out in the silence in the courtroom, saying, "Johnny Cage wins. Fatality." After cleaning the blood off of my clothes, I went to meet this Shang Tsung guy. He looked at me, and I felt that he almost looked hungry as he spoke. "You fought well, Cage. Next time, however, please refrain from beheading your opponent. Sub-Zero removes enough heads." (Author's Note: Gee, could this mean that Shang Tsung is actually a head executive of Nintendo?? [lack of blood and Fatalities in MK on SNES]) I thanked Tsung, and went to meet my other opponents. There was this dude in Oriental lo oking clothes, with a freaky pointed straw hat. He had a cocky attitude, and said his name was Raiden, and he sounded like I should have known who he was. There a couple of freaky things about him. Every once and a while, a spark of electricity would travel around his legs. He also had no eyes! The next guy I met looked like a ninja type, and he wore a blue and black uniform. This was Sub-Zero, and there was a blast of cold air following him no matter wherever he went. Staring at Sub-Zero, but not coming in contact with him, was another ninja type guy, except his uniform was yellow and black. He called himself Scorpion, and his eyes, my God his eyes, were blue one minute, then changed to pure white, then were red with black pupils. He had a spear point tied to a rope in his belt, and you could feel he had it in for Sub-Zero. There was this Bruce Lee lookalike, named Liu Kang. Every once in awhile, he would stare at Shang Tsung, with fury in his eyes. Then finally there was another American. He r name was Sonya Blade, and she was in the military. Her unit had been tracking that Kano guy here. He must have been some sort of criminal or something. But, she had the most beautiful blue eyes, and she was, let's say, well endowed. She knew who I was, and stared at me with this most loving, admirable stare, until I told her what I did to Kano. She blew up and wouldn't talk to me anymore. Bitch. The next day I was to fight Liu Kang. I thought, "Easy. He won't stand a chance." The voice said "Round One. FIGHT!" I started out with my Shadow Kick, of course. But the little jerk ducked and uppercutted me! Then he sent out a fireball that hit me square in the chest. Smoke rose form my chest as I let out a yelp of pain. Liu Kang continued to totally kick my rear end until the voice finally said, "FINISH HIM!" Fear rose in my throat, as I prepared to die. However, Liu Kang did not kill me. He did a cartwheel kick and a powerful uppercut which sent me flying, but did not kill me. The voice, which sounded rather disappointed, said "Liu Kang wins." The next morning, I was informed by Shang Tsung that to re-enter the tournament, I would have to defeat his personal bodyguard, Reptile. But I knew better than to attempt this because I had seen him finish off one of the peons who entered the lower half of the tournament. He has the powers of Sub-Zero and Scorpion, and is way faster than both of them. He finishes off his opponents by uppercutting them onto the spikes at the bottom of the Pit. Not good. When I informed Shang Tsung of my decision, he laughed and said I could remain on the island to observe the rest of the tournament. Again, he looked at me with that hungry look in his eyes, as if he wanted something of mine. I hope he isn't gay. That would be sick. The next day, Scorpion and Raiden fought. It was a good fight, with Raiden winning the first round. But Scorpion did that spear-uppercut-teleport punch-jump kick combination of his, and pretty soon it was time for him to finish Raiden. The sky went dark and all of a sudden Scorpion took off his hood and underneath was something I'll never forget. Instead of a face, there was a bare skull, with the smile of death frozen on it for all of eternity. The skull opened it's mouth and breathed fire at the fe et of Raiden, who was some sort of god or something, and consumed his body in flames. All that was left was a gray, charred skeleton that fell to Scorpion's feet. The voice rang out, "Scorpion wins. Fatality." Then, I swear I could have heard a high pitched voice yell "Toasty!" but I may have been mistaken. The next day, both Scorpion and Liu Kang fought in the Mirror Matches, where the fighter fought a doppleganger who knew everything about the fighter, including memories, fighting styles, and fatalities. They even looked like the fighter. Scorpion fought over the Pit, where I swear a shadow of some sort flew over the moon. Scorpion fought well, not getting hit once, a double flawless performance. He burned the doppleganger alive, performing his now famous fatality. Then, from the depths of the Pit, I heard laughter. Reptile stepped out from the shadows and said, "You have found me, Scorpion, now you must face me!" Scorpion jumped to the bottom of the Pit, and faced Reptile. It was a fast fight, with Reptile the obvious winner. But he did not finish Scorpion. He showed compassion, something which I thought no one but Liu Kang was capable of here, and let him free to get revenge on Sub-Zero. That night, I decided to take a chance and talk to Scorpion. He proved to be a great guy. He even had seen Dragon Fist and enjoyed it!! Well, of course he enjoyed it... I was in it! Anyways, seems that Sub-Zero killed him for money while he was still alive, and he had been resurrected without his soul to get revenge. They only thing is, he can't ever see his family again, and has a skull for a head and cannot die. Hmm... That story would make a great movie... I'll have to talk to Wally about it.. . Anyways, he and I became friends... Well... as close to friends as you can have with an undead guy. The day when the endurance matches started was hectic. Shang Tsung did some sort of magic thing to bring everyone back to life, including Kano and Raiden. The day before, both Sonya and Sub-Zero fell to Scorpion's flame, while Liu Kang defeated them plus Scorps without killing them. Scorpion and Liu Kang were the only two left alive and in the Tournament. Liu Kang let Scorpion go first, while waiting for his own chance to win. Scorpion won the first two endurance matches with ease. The third one was against Raiden and Sub-Zero in Goro's Lair. Scorpion won the first round easily. Then, in the second round, he defeated Raiden with no trouble at all. Then, he beat Sub-Zero slowly and very painfully. Just as Scorpion knocked down Sub-Zero for the second time, Sub-Zero froze him, insuring that he would not be burned by the spectre's flame. Scorpion went through this like anger state where even under the ice you could see his eyes go completely red. All of a sudden he let out a shout and the ice arou nd him shattered. The voice rang out gleefully, "FINISH HIM!" Scorpion ripped off his mask and said, "Burn in Hell, Lin Kuei!!!" and breathed fire on him, scorching him over and over again. He burned the skeleton. He danced on the ashes. He spit on them. He scattered them all over the floor. He slashed at them with his spear point. He shouted in triumph. "Scorpion wins. Fatality." Then with no warning, this big behemoth with orange skin and four arms come out of the shadows. He said, "Now you face Goro! Prepare to die!" The voice chanted, "Gorooooooooo" before starting the fight as usual. Scorpion threw his spear. but Goro jumped into the air and landed right on top of him and jumped three times. Then, while Goro was showing off to Shang Tsung, Scorpion threw his spear and yelled, "GET OVER HERE!!!" and then uppercutted him. Scorps then tried his teleport punch, but Goro punc hed him in midair. "Goro wins!" The second round went no better for the yellow-clad ninja. Right away, Goro let loose a burst of green and orange flame that set Scorpion off balance. He tried to teleport punch again, but Goro caught him with his lower two arms and pummeled him with his upper two arms. "Goro wins." The next thing I see is Liu Kang winning the last of his endurance matches, with me and Sonya. Then, as I am recuperating, he fights Goro. He sends out the fireball, blackening Goro's chest and really pissing him off. Then, Liu Kang does his dragon kick, and slams right into Goro's chest. Kang shoots fireball after fireball, until Goro falls. "Liu Kang... wins?" The second round was the clincher. Goro, with greenish looking blood dripping from his nose and running out of his mouth, just didn't have the spirit for the remaining round. Liu Kang defeats Goro with a powerful dragon kick, which knocks the big brute flat on to his back, from where he does not move. "Liu Kang... WINS???" Shang Tsung, seeing his pupil fall, became enraged. He yelled, "No one has defeated Goro in 500 years!!! Prepare to die, Shaolin dog!!!" He jumped from his throne on top of the arena and squared off against Liu Kang. There was no voice to indicate the beginning of the round. Tsung just sent out a barrage of flaming skulls that Kang ducked and countered with his own fireball. Then, right in front of my own eyes, his body metamorphosed in to that of Raiden's. He tried the torpedo attack, but Kang caug ht him with his dragon kick. Then Tsung actually changed into me!!! He performed my Shadow Kick perfectly, but Kang ducked and then uppercut him!!!! From the shadows I heard Scorpion, apparently back from the dead again, yell, "Yes!!!!" Tsung changes back to himself and falls to the ground. "Liu Kang... wins?" Like the first round, there was no indication by the deep voice that the round had begun. Tsung let loose a barrage of fireballs. Kang tried to jump over them, but they all hit him. Kang then shot his own fireball which missed. Tsung morphed into Sonya and did her flying punch, but Kang caught him with an uppercut. He did his flying kick, and then, this anger came over him, just like Scorpion. You could see it as he stood and shook with rage. All of a sudden, he let out a loud, "HAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!" an d did his most powerful dragon kick of the entire tournament. It hit Tsung right in the face. Blood and bone fragments flew everywhere, and Tsung fell to the floor. All of a sudden, his broken body levitated into the air and started to glow. Form nowhere, the form of Sonya Blade floated from his body and burned. The same thing happened with Kano, Liu Kang, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Raiden, and finally myself. The voice said,"Liu Kang... WINS!!! He is the Ultimate Mortal Kombat Warrior!" The palace start ed to shake, and it finally crumbled apart into nothing. I saw the reanimated bodies of Kano and Sonya stare at each other, hatred in both of their eyes, until they both ran. I saw Raiden dematerialize and float up into the sky, when I remembered that Raiden is the Japanese God of Thunder. I saw Sub-Zero slink away into the darkness, obviously running from Scorpion. I caught up with Liu Kang and Scorpion, who were just climbing out of Goro's Lair. "Do you guys want a ride?? I am getting a ride from my personal helicopter, and bring you anywhere in the world you want. Where are you two off to?" I asked them. Scorpion said, "I don't know, now that Sub-Zero is dead." I decided not to tell Scorps that I saw Sub-Zero. It would probably been better for him. Liu Kang said, "I will return to my temple in China. I have no need for a ride. I shall walk." "C'mon. It's not everyday that Johnny Cage offers you a ride in his personal helicopter." "Alrig ht. I shall accompany you," said Kang. On the way to where Kang wished to be dropped off, I asked him what he was going to do. He told me that he was going to restore the Shaolin Tournament to its original purpose, to find those worthy of becoming Shaolin fighters to battle the forces of evil, led by Shao Khan. When I asked Scorps about what he was going to do, he mentioned something about going into seclusion for the rest of forever. After I dropped off Kang and Scorpion, I took off for good old Hollywood. On the way there, a storm mysteriously brewed up out of nowhere. a bolt of lightning hit the chopper, and all of a sudden, Raiden appeared right in front of me. He said, "Beware John Carlton, Johnny Cage, for Shang Tsung has been allowed to live and plots against you, I, and the rest of the Seven. Do not enter a portal which shall be sent be Shao Khan himself if you wish to live." He then disappeared. It has been two months since the Tournament has passed. I remember seeing something on the news that was about Kano and Sonya. While trailing Kano once again, both Kano and Sonya mysteriously disappeared. MAJ. Jackson Briggs, also known as Jax, was sent to find them. I wonder if that has anything to do with that Shao Khan guy Raiden told me about. Hmm... Just today, something really weird happened to me. I was in the middle of filming Dragon Fist III when Shang Tsung appeared to me with Reptile and this guy with teeth that looked like daggers and blades that caome out of his arms. He said to me, "Johnny Cage, I challenge you to enter my second Tournament. You will face Reptile here, and Baraka, commander of my army. You will also face others, but beware This time if you fail, you will not be spared." Tsung himself looked younger, and I must say he d id look kinda built. He told me to climb through the "O" in the Hollywood Hills sign tomorrow and he will then come get me. Doesn't sound like a bad idea. If anything, this will be a great plot for a movie... Continued in "The Johnny Cage Story - The Second Tournament" -- Did you ever wonder where all of the rubber bands and paper clips from your desk drawer go to? Those are the kinds of things thst i worry about... JediMUD: Dragonmasher Harper's Tale MOO: Vasag IRC:Vasag, Dragon Never lose hope, just hair... Eric J. Hanf