“Yes, I’ll come,” Liu replied. “Every man chooses his own path. That will be mine.”
“So will I ever see you again?” Johnny asked Sonya.
“Are you out of your mind?” Sonya said, but she didn’t drop her grip on Johnny’s hand.
Together they approached the temple. An old man, a coolie in a straw hat, stood before it. His arms were open in greeting, his eyes flashing an electric blue.
“Rayden!” Liu exclaimed.
“Who?” Jax asked.
“I’ve been waiting for you,” Rayden said. “What took you so long?”
“A couple of things came up,” Liu said. “But we took care of them.”
“Uh-oh,” Sonya whispered. She dropped Johnny’s hand and turned to Jax. “Look about three o’clock. In the crowd. What do you see?”
“Metal faceplate,” Jax said. “Kano.”
At the same moment that they spotted him, Kano saw Sonya and Jax. He started to back away. Sonya put out her hand, and Jax slapped his M16 into it.
“He’s yours,” Jax said. “I think you’ve earned him.”
“Okay, Kano,” Sonya shouted, “hold it right there. You’re still under arrest.”
The crime lord turned to flee. Sonya fired a quick burst, a line of shots stitching the flagstones in front of Kano’s feet.
“Freeze!”
Kano stopped and slowly raised his hands. Jax and Sonya walked over to where he stood.
“Come on,” Rayden said to the human fighters. “We have lots to do.”
“What do you mean ‘we’? I have a movie to shoot,” Johnny replied. “I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m under contract.”
“I’ve got a day job,” Sonya said, not looking up from where she was putting handcuffs on Kano.
“You’re going to let Liu Kang go back alone?” Rayden said. “I thought you were a team.”
“Oh God!” Sonya, Johnny and Liu said as one. Jax was too busy with his radio, calling in support, to pay any attention.
“Yes,” Rayden said. “Well, I suppose that I should be on my way as well.” He turned to leave, walking with his staff.
“I guess you knew it would end this way?” Liu said, hurrying to catch up.
“I didn’t have a clue,” Rayden responded. “You humans are so unpredictable.”
“I thought gods knew everything,” Liu said.
“You think this is the only world I have to worry about?” Rayden replied. With a flash of lightning and a boom of thunder he vanished.
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