Castle of Friendship, Equestria

Back in Equestria, Liu Kang and Twilight stepped out of the mirror and looked back as Kung Lao and Chi emerge as an Earth Pony and a wolf. Kung Lao wobbled a bit and panicked falling to the ground, landing face first. "Ow!" he cried out and shook his head and looked at himself. He inspected himself and saw that he was an earth pony, and looked to Twilight with a look. "I take it, this is the surprise you were talking about...?" he asked.

Sunset approached him and helped him up. "Yeah, I forgot to tell you... that everyone in Equestria is a pony." she said to him.

"You'll get used to it Kung Lao... but right now, I think there are some friends of ours that want to say hello..." Liu Kang said to him and looked seeing the doors open.

Kung Lao turned seeing their friends enter the room and smiled seeing them rush over. "Kung Lao!" Johnny called out pulling him into a hug. "Man its good to see you..." he said to him as he let go of him.

Sonya patted him on the shoulder and chuckled. "We were worried about you... when we first heard you were in the other world, we wanted to join you. But Twilight insisted to take Liu Kang with her, she didn't want you instantly bombarded..." she explained to him.

"I'm glad you didn't... I was still in a state of shock from all that happened." Kung Lao said to him and looked to Jax. "Jax... look at you..." he said to him and noticed his new arms. "New arms...?" he asked him.

"Yeah, just got myself an upgrade... turns out Equestria metal is tough stuff than anything on earth." Jax explained to him as he held up his bionic arms.

Kung Lao chuckled and looked seeing Sub-Zero. "Sub-Zero... its good to see you too." he said to him but noticed Scorpion standing beside him making Kung Lao's eyes open wide in shock. "Scorpion?!" he was about to attack him.

Sub-Zero quickly stopped him from attacking. "Kung Lao, stop! He is not our enemy this time... Scorpion has turned against Quan Chi, and Shao Kahn." he said to him.

"And he's not alone... Reptile is in Canterlot, working along side Princess Celestia." Fluttershy explained to him.

"Yeah, that's hard to believe..." Kung Lao said to her and looked to Scorpion.

"I understand your mistrust... but my alliance to Quan Chi and Shao Kahn is finished." Scorpion explained to him.

Sunset approached Kung Lao and touched his shoulder. "Kung Lao, calm down... I don't like it as much as you do. But he has a more tragic backstory than anyone here..." she said to him and looked to Scorpion. "We'll trust you... but only if you swear you won't betray us in the end..." she said to him.

Nodding in agreement, Scorpion held his hoof to his chest and bows. "I swear on my life, I will not turn against you." he swore to them and stood up. "I know I did many horrible things in the past... killing Bi Han, nearly killing the new Sub-Zero..." he looked to him. "But my anger was manipulated and misdirected by Quan Chi... I regret every moment of it..."

"It's true... he would never do anything to hurt us. Not even me..." Fluttershy said to them.

Chi walked up to him and looked at the ninja specter earning his attention. She stared at him for a moment earning surprised looks from everyone as they stared at her. "Anyone want to explain why there is a big blue wolf in the castle...?" Johnny asked them.

"A little FYI pal, I happen to be Kung Lao's partner..." Chi said to them earning a shocked expression from him.

"Wow, didn't see that coming..." Jax muttered in surprise.

"My name is Chi, its nice to meet you guys..." she introduced herself and smiled only to look back to Scorpion trying to read him. "Well... as far as history is concerned... he can be trusted. For now..." she said to them and walked to Kung Lao.

Twilight sighed in relief and looked to everyone. "Okay, I'm sure everyone is pretty tired... so why don't we call it a night and get some sleep...?" she asked them which they all nodded in agreement. "Alright, tomorrow morning... we'll make our way towards Canterlot to meet with Princess Celestia and Princes Luna. We're all working on a plan to save Raiden..." she said to them.

They nodded to him but the doors slammed open as Spike ran in. "Twilight! Sonya! Bad news, bad news!" he cried out.

"Whoa, easy little guy... what is it?" Sonya asked him.

Taking a few deep breathes, Spike took the chance to explain as quick as he could. "Kano escaped from the Canterlot Dungeon, and has gone into hiding!" he exclaimed.

Sonya's eyes widened from hearing it as her eyes twitched in utter anger. "WHAT?!!!" she cried out.

Hours later after Sonya's outburst

Kung Lao walked down the hall after getting a quick drink of water, and getting used to walking on all fours and having no hands in this realm. Till suddenly, something caught his attention... it was the sound of music coming from the room he was approaching. He walked up to the door and opened it up quietly seeing that it was Sunset Shimmer practicing on a guitar. Never before had he seen her play before, but he was amazed at how well she played it. He was about to step out, but his hat tapped against the door earning her attention causing her to panic. "Kung Lao?" she tried to hide the guitar and turned to him. "W-What are you doing in here?" she asked him.

"My apologies, I didn't mean to intrude... I heard you playing the guitar, thought I'd take a quick look." Kung Lao said to her.

"Well... I will admit, I played a lot for my friends back at CHS." Sunset explained as she brought her guitar back out. "When I play... I feel at peace as I let go of my dark past..." she said to him.

Hearing it, Kung Lao looked to the guitar but looked to her. "What did happen in your past...?" he asked her.

Sunset lowered her head but looked to him. "I wasn't always a good person Kung Lao..." she looked away from him. "When I first arrived in Canterlot High... I was a complete mess. I bullied everyone, always got what I wanted, stole Princess Twilight's crown, put it on and turned into a raging she demon. Turned all the teenagers into my personal mindless puppet army... and tried to conquer Equestria. But when Twilight arrived... she changed my life... removed the darkness from my heart. And here I am today..." she looked to him.

The shaolin looked at the unicorn and reached over touching her shoulder. "But it still haunts you to this day, doesn't it...?" he asked her.

She nodded her head to him and looked to the guitar. She smiled a bit and looked to him. "Would you care to hear a song...?" she asked him. Kung Lao nodded in response and smiled a bit. Sunset took her guitar and tested a few strings to get the right tune she's looking for and gets it right. She began playing the song, shutting her eyes hearing the rhythm.

The song "What we have is you" belongs to Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts by DreamWorks

We may not have sunshine
starlight or weather
But we have each other
and that's even better

She played for Kung Lao, that amazed him by the sound of her voice. He heard music before, but when he listened to her voice, it really showed just how much he missed out on. Sunset smiled noticing his reaction to her song, and strummed her guitar strings continuing her song.

You don't need the sun
to keep you warm
when you've got arms
wishes come from you and not
a random shooting star

She smiled as she played her guitar keeping the shaolin entertained through the entire song.

We may not have storm clouds
but the sky's always blue
We have something special here
What we have is you

She shut her eyes strumming her guitar.

What we have is you
What we have is you

She finished the song and looked towards Kung Lao, who had an amazed expression on his face. "What did you think...?" she asked him.

Shaking his head snapping out of it, Kung Lao looked to her and smiled. "It was beautiful... I heard some good music before, but that was something else entirely." he said to her.

Sunset smiled from hearing it and set her guitar down. "You should head to your room, we're setting out for Canterlot in the morning." she advised him.

"Right, of course..." Kung Lao headed for the door but turned to her. "Good night Sunset..." he said to her.

"Good night Kung Lao..." Sunset responded to him as she smiled.

The monk smiled back and closed her door walking out, closing the door letting out a sigh. He was about to walk to his room only to see a grinning Chi standing in front of him, causing him to jump and let out a small scream. "For god... sake Chi, don't scare me like that!" he exclaimed.

"Sorry Kung Lao, couldn't help but notice you were in Sunset's room and grew quite curious... what were you two doing in there, if I may ask...?" Chi asked him with a goofy grin.

Kung Lao crossed his hooves and looked away. "I don't have to explain anything..." he said to her hiding a blush.

"Your face says otherwise brother..." Chi said to him pointing out his red face. Kung Lao gave her a disapproving look, and walked away heading to his room. Chi let out a playful chuckle, and followed. "Its official... you like her..." she followed him as Kung Lao tried to hide his denial, making Chi giggle with amusement as her tail wags. "Oh my tails swinging, maybe I'm in love... La-La-La-a-ao, La-La-La-a-ao." she sang to herself getting on Kung Lao's nerves as the headed down the hall.

Manehatten, Equestria

In the city of Manehatten, Coco Pommel exited her place of business and headed back to her apartment. "What a day... that was the biggest sale I had today." she said to herself as she walked down the street only to see rain clouds form in the sky. "Oh dear... good thing I brought a rain coat..." she put it on as the rain began to fall upon the city. She rushed her way home, but something immediately caught her eye in an alleyway. She looked inside and cautiously approached what she saw, but rather than what... it was actually who. An unconscious blue Pegasus laying on the ground, wearing a blue and white shirt, wearing dark shoulder armor, pants, and a hat with the word SWAT on it. "Oh my... sir? Sir, are you alright...?" she tried to wake him. But the Pegasus wouldn't wake up, and she panicked looking around. She looked to him and could only think of one thing, she grabbed hold of him and carried him over her back slowly carrying him to her apartment to recover.

The next morning

In Coco's apartment, the Pegasus laid on her couch recovering from his injuries covered in some bandages. His eyes began to squint and start opening. He looked around the room seeing where he was... he slowly sat up groaning in pain. "What happened...?" he asked as he held his head but soon noticed something very off about himself. He pulled his hand away only to find its a hoof, his eyes widened and he screamed falling down to the floor.

Hearing it, Coco Pommel poked her head out of the kitchen seeing he's awake. "Oh, you're awake..." she walked over to him. "I hope you didn't hurt yourself..."

Seeing her and hearing her speak, the Pegasus quickly got up and backed away. "Ma'am, I must ask that you stay back... I'm an officer of the law, and I will not hesitate to use lethal force." he warned him.

"Whoa, calm down sir... its alright, you're safe." Coco assured him as she slowly approached him. "Calm down... its alright..." she gently touched his hooves getting him to calm down. "I know you're shocked... you're scared, your confused... but take this chance to breathe... and you'll be alright." she said to him. The Pegasus took a few deep breathes and slowly calmed down. "There you go... now... would you care to tell me your name sir?" she asked.

Exhaling a bit, the Pegasus finally calmed down and looked to her. "Kurtis Stryker, of the Earth Realm Special Forces ma'am... I was stationed in Edenia fighting alongside my friends against Outworld. But somehow I ended up here looking like a mule..." he explained to her earning a giggle from her. "What...?"

She giggled a bit and looked to him. "You're not a mule... you're a pony, a Pegasus pony at that..." she said to him.

Surprised from it, Stryker looked to his wings as they opened up. "Well... didn't see that coming..." he muttered and looked to her. "Now would you mind telling me your name, and where I am?" he asked her.

"Oh yes, my name is Coco Pommel... I'm a fashionista working in the city of Manehatten in the land of Equestria." Coco explained to him.

Stryker shook his head and held it a bit. "Wow, I'm literally thrown through a loop..." he turned to her. "Are you saying I'm in another realm, that is similar to my own...?"

Coco looked at him with a confused expression. "When you put it that way, yes... also..." she grabbed his badge and held it out to him. "You say you're an officer of the law, do you work with the castle guard in Canterlot as well...?" she asked him.

Seeing it, Stryker took it and looked at it. "Can't say I do..." he admitted to her and put the badge on and looked to her. "But I need to rejoin me colleagues... where ever they are..." he grabbed his shirt and put it on about to head to the door.

"Wait!" Coco immediately stopped him. "You can't go with these kind of injuries..." she said to him.

"Coco, I appreciate you concern, but I've been through tougher scrapes before I showed up here. Now if you'll excuse me..." Stryker walked passed her and tried to open the door, but couldn't because he's never used hooves before. He tried again, and again, but failed with every attempted and sighed in defeat and looked to Coco. "Can you help me out here...?" he asked her.

Rolling her eyes amusingly, Coco walked over and opened the door for him to let him out. "There you go... you sure you don't want to rest?" she asked him.

"There's no rest for the wicked Ms. Pommel... I need to get going. Thank you for your hospitality..." Stryker said to her and walked out the door.

Seeing him go, Coco soon realized something and stepped out of her room to go after him. "Mr. Stryker, wait! Do you even know where to go?" she asked him only to see him go stiff as a board from her question. "I'll take that as a no... come on, I'll take you down to the Manehatten Station, from there you can take a train all the way to Canterlot." she said to him.

Stryker let out an exhale and looked to her. "That would be greatly appreciated... lets get going befo-" before he could finish his sentence, he noticed something around the corner of the hall, and saw a cyberized red unicorn walking around it and saw that it was Sektor. His eyes widened as Sektor launched a group of rockets at them. "GET DOWN!" he tackled her down as the missiles flew over blasted the rest of the apartment complex.

Sektor walked towards them letting out a chuckle. "You're fortunate to survive that... but you won't be so lucky when you face me Kurtis Stryker." he said to him.

Glaring at him, Stryker got up in front of Coco to protect her. "Sektor... nice to see your ugly mug hasn't changed." he said to him.

"But much has changed... take our forms for example." Sektor pointed out to him.

"Yeah, big shock for me, no surprise for you..." Stryker responded and looked to Coco. "Get out of here Ms. Pommel, its not safe here." he said to her as Coco panicked and ran for the stairs. Stryker turned towards Sektor and glared at the cyber ninja. "You've done some really low stuff back then Sektor... but targeting civilians...? That's going too far..." he said to him.

"These organic creatures don't deserve to live... and neither do you..." Sektor charged at him and threw a punch at him, Stryker quickly blocked the cyber's attacks and punched against his armor and dodged Sektor's next attack and threw a backspin kick against his face knocking him over.

Sektor hit the ground, but wasn't going to surrender as he got back up and charged at him going for a kick. Stryker dodged the attack knocking his kick away and land a punch at his face only to get grabbed by Sektor and thrown over onto the floor. The Cyber Ninja raised his right hoof about to crush his skull, but Stryker dodged his attack and grabbed hold of his arm throwing him off him. He got back up as well as Sektor and landed some strong punches against him and tackled him through a window falling down to the street. "AW CRAP!" he cried out as they fell, but his wings quickly spread as he flapped them getting away from the cyber ninja. Seeing him crash against a carriage, Stryker turned his attention to his wings seeing them flap. "Well... these are certainly useful... but getting used to them is another story." he said to himself as he tried flying down but struggled and fell down to the ground. "Ouch!" he groaned a bit holding his muzzle.

Meanwhile, Sektor pulled himself out of the wreckage of the broken down carriage, and turned his attention to Stryker. "So you can fly... but it won't save you!" he held out his hooves firing his flame throwers at him. Stryker dodged the flames to avoid getting burnt, but a bit of flame managed to hit his leg as he leaped over a carriage grabbing a heavy bag and threw it at Sektor as he got hit by heavy gold bricks that were inside.

Seeing it, Stryker looked to who possessed the gold and looked to the bag. "Well... that was useful, but a waste of money..." he muttered but quickly took notice of his burning leg and panicked frantically as he tried to put the fire out. Coco Pommel rushed over with a pale of water and poured it on the fire giving Stryker a chance to sight in relief. "Thank you..." he thanked her but saw Sektor going for an attack and quickly pushed her out of the way and blocked his attack. He grabbed hold of his arm and elbowed him in the face causing the metal to bend. He then put his arm behind his back and dislocated his shoulder, causing him to scream in pain as he shoved him away.

Feeling the pain in his shoulder, Sektor quickly put his shoulder back into place test its functions and looked to Stryker. He charged at him throwing a kick towards him. Stryker blocked the attack, but the cyber ninja leaped up and kicked Stryker in the head, throwing him towards the park as he crashed into a bush. "Now you burn!" he went to burn the whole bush only to feel a shovel hit the back of his head. He turned and saw that it was Coco Pommel interfering with the fight. "Your interference is futile..." he struck the shovel breaking it in half.

She yelped from it and fell to the ground seeing him approach her. Her eyes widened with fear as the cyber ninja stood over her glaring. He prepared to burn her alive, but suddenly an unfamiliar sound was heard. It was a gun shot that came from Stryker's pistol that he held with his wings as the bullet struck Sektor's shoulder, forcing him to turn around seeing him. "You touch her, and you answer to me!" he said to him and fired a few more shots at him. Sektor shielded himself from the shots but aimed his flame thrower at him. Stryker wasn't going to give him the chance to fire it, so he fired another shot at his flame thrower, blocking the flames as the pressure blew it up. Sektor screamed from it as he held his arm from it and glared at Stryker. "No more weapons pal... there's a police brutality coming up!" he put his pistols away as he stood in his fighting stance.

Sektor glared at him as he stood ready to fight as well. "Then I will enjoy killing you!" he charged at the officer and went to strike him. Stryker dodged a few of his punches, along with a strong kick that Sektor threw at him. He blocked an elbow strike, and slammed his arm against his elbow causing his arm to dislocate hearing him scream from it. He threw Sektor and slamming him against a carriage, pulling him away and slamming him on the ground.

He backed away and watched as Sektor got back up. "You should consider giving up Sektor... because you're not gonna get very far..." he warned him. But the stubborn cyber ninja charged at him to attack him, Stryker dodged his attacks and managed to elbow him in the face and land a swift uppercut against his jaw. Sektor stumbled and shook his head from it and went for another punch. But the law enforcement agent dodged his punch and landed a kick against his abdomen, grabbing hold of his wires and pulled him down slamming him on the ground. "Stubborn machine..."

Sektor groaned from it but got up looking to him. "This fight has gone on far enough... I will end this, here and now!" he exclaimed as his chest opened preparing a missile. Stryker panicked seeing it, knowing it will be powerful enough to level the entire block of the city. "This is it for you Kurtis Stryker, enjoy your trip to hell!"

He was about to fire the missile, but Stryker charged toward him and kicked the missile in his chest causing it to malfunction as Sektor panicked trying to get the missile out. But his hooves prevent him from getting the missile out of him, Stryker knew this was bad, so he ran to Coco and grabbed her. "We need to run, now!" he ran off with her as Sektor screamed trying to get the missile out. But it was too late, the missile explode from the inside and blew him up with it. The explosion traveled through the streets as Stryker and Coco ran from the flames. Stryker looked back seeing them getting closer, he immediately grabbed Coco and pulled her into an alley to escape the flames. As the flames died down, the two panted as they looked out and looked to each other. "You okay Ms. Pommel...?"

She panted exhausted but nodded to him. "Yes... I'm okay..." she said to him and looked out. She stepped out seeing the damage Sektor caused. "What happened to him...?" she asked him.

"He self destructed... all that's left of him is scrap metal and wires..." Stryker said to her and looked to what's left of him. "But knowing the guys from Outworld... they'll rebuild him..."

Looking at Sektor's remains, Coco looked away trying not to puke. "That was insane..." she muttered.

"I'm sorry you had to see that... let's work on helping those who might have been hurt." Stryker said to her as Coco nodded in agreement. The two headed into the apartment complex to check for any injured, and prayed that no one was killed during the fight against the evil cyber ninja.

Canterlot, Equestria

Meanwhile in Canterlot, the Main Six, the Earth Defenders, along with Sunset and Chi headed for the throne room to meet with Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Sunset meanwhile was a nervous wreck as she walked towards the throne room, this quickly caught Chi's attention as she walked beside her. "Hey, you alright...?" she asked her.

"Not really Chi, its been so long since I last saw Princess Celestia... what if she doesn't accept or forgive me? What if she turns down my help? what if-"

Chi immediately slapped her to snap her out of her dilemma. "Sunset! Get. A. Grip! Of course she'll forgive you, from what I know, she's not the kind of person... er... pony, to hate anyone. So don't let it get to you... I'm sure things will work out just fine..." she assured the flaming haired unicorn as they walked into the throne room. A moment after they walked in, Sunset stared in fear as Princess Celestia stood over her with a harsh glare towards her. Chi watched it and glanced to Sunset letting out a nervous chuckle. "Maybe not..." she stepped away.

Sunset gulped as she stared at Princess Celestia and lowered her head bowing to her. "Princess Celestia... I know you aren't pleased to see me after so long. I was a terrible student... I put a lot of pressure on you, I tried to do things my way... I couldn't even give friendship a chance. Because I didn't know the first thing about it... but..." she raised her head looking to her. "My time in the other world... taught me what friendship is like. I made friends there... they accepted me even though I did horrible things to them. I know I don't deserve to be your student... or that you will forgive me... but..." she looked down as tears began to fall. "I am so... so sorry for how I treated you..."

Looking at her former pupil, Princess Celestia approached her and lightly set her wing around her earning her attention. She shifted her glare to a smile, and hugged the young unicorn. "I have already forgiven you Sunset... it is I who should apologize, I didn't give you a chance like I did with Twilight. You may not be my student anymore, but you will always be welcomed here my dear." she said to her as tears brimmed in her eyes.

Witnessing this, Jax smiled as he cleaned a tear that started to form in his eye. "Now that is a reunion worth witnessing..." he said to the others.

"Sure is..." Sonya agreed with her commanding officer.

Rolling his eyes, Reptile approached them. "Not to interrupt this tender moment, but we still have a meeting..." he reminded them.

Releasing Sunset, Princess turned to the Zaterran knowing he was right. "Of course..." she walked to the other royals, Princess Cadance and Prince Shining Armor being present. "Now, you all are wondering why I summoned you all here..."

"One being that Kano miraculously escaped, no shock there..." Sonya muttered.

"Yes, that is one of them... the other being a plan to rescue Raiden..." Luna said to them as she approached. "Our Zaterran friend here gave us useful information that will allow us to sneak into Outworld, and get into the dungeon where the thunder god is being held."

"There is a secret tunnel deep in the Wastelands of Outworld that leads to the prison, I shared the information with the royals... but it might be heavily guarded the next time we take that passage." Reptile said to them.

"Makes since, given that Shao Kahn is a paranoid nut..." Spike spoke up as he crossed his arms.

"That aside... where is Kano?" Sonya demanded to know.

"We are still working on locating him... we are monitoring Ponyville, Canterlot, and all places in Equestria where he could hide." Celestia explained to them.

"Oh please, he's not one to let you catch him..." said an unfamiliar voice.

"Who? What?! Where...?" Johnny looked around and looked up seeing Discord floating above him. "WHO THE LIVING FU-" before he could finish his sentence.

Discord covered his mouth. "Watch your mouth young man, its rude to swear in front of the princesses..." he vanished and appeared beside Celestia. "Allow me to introduce myself... my name is Discord, chaos given life, and personal friend of the Alicorn Princesses themselves."

"Not to mention most disturbing creature alive..." Scorpion said to him.

"Scorpion... don't be rude... he's a dear friend, he wouldn't do anything to harm us." Fluttershy said to him.

"Like that time he betrayed you and joined Tirek...?" Sub-Zero asked her earning a surprised look from everyone as he looked to them. "I did some reading..."

"Okay, so I made some bad decisions in my life, but that's no reason to hold a grudge against me." Discord said to them and turned to Scorpion. "And Fluttershy, what is the Specter of the Nether Realm doing staying at your place? I could have swore he was supposed to be living in that hell hole."

Glaring at the being of chaos, Scorpion pulled out his kunai in defense. "Care to run that by me again you freak of nature?" he asked him.

"Oh, I most certainly would like to run that by you again ghost boy..." Discord said to him as the two beings glared at one another.

"ENOUGH! Both of you, now isn't the time to be fighting amongst each other..." Sindel said to them. "Our main focus should be on saving Raiden, and finding anymore of our allies that survived."

"Sindel's right... the more we squabble, the closer Shao Kahn is to invading Equestria." said Smoke as Trixie stood beside him.

The two beings glared at each other but backed away from one another as Scorpion put his kunai away. "Speaking of, didn't any of you happen to know that Kurtis Stryker is in Manehatten...?" asked Discord.

"WHAT?!!" Everyone exclaimed in surprise.

Manehatten, Equestria

Back in Manehatten, the ponies gathered what was left of Sektor as they stuffed him in the trash in the alley way and left him there. Meanwhile, Stryker and Coco checked on some of the civilians that were injured in the first assault. Most of them had a few scrapes and bruises, as well as a few burns from the explosion. But they weren't too serious as Stryker gave them permission to head home. "So far, it looks like there have been no fatalities... everyone was lucky today." he said.

"Yes, but who or... what was that thing...?" asked Coco about Sektor.

"That was Sektor... former Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei, turned leader of the Tekunin Clan..." Stryker explained to her as he looked to the remains in the trash can. "He was once human... but he went under cybernetic enhancement, turning himself into a cyborg..."

"Why would someone do such a thing...?" asked Coco.

"Power... absolute power... that was all he wanted. Also to turn the rest of the Lin Kuei into cybernetic warriors. No emotion, no fear of dying..." Stryker explained and looked to her. "Till now that is..." he smirked as he thought back to when Sektor panicked when the missile was still inside him.

"Well... I'm just glad everyone is safe..." said Coco but hears something and turns seeing a portal open seeing Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Twilight, walked out of the portal with Liu Kang, Reptile, and Smoke. "Oh my... its the Princesses...!"

Seeing them, Stryker was surprised when he saw them, but what surprised him more was seeing his ally Liu Kang brought back to life as he approached him. "Liu... is that you...?" he asked him.

"Of course, you know anyone else who wears a red headband?" Liu asked him.

"Nitara would count, but she's no where to be seen. How are you even alive...?" Stryker asked only to see Reptile approach forcing his eyes to widen. "Reptile?!" he whipped out his pistol.

Acting in self defense, Reptile knocked the gun out of his wing and kicked him away. "Stand down Stryker, I am not here to fight you..." he said to him.

"Nice try Reptile, but I'm not falling for it!" Stryker said to him and struck at him. Reptile blocked his attacks trying to defend himself. He struck at the cop to fight back and throw a fast punch hitting his face, Stryker shook his head from it and grabbed his arm smacking the Zaterran in the face, and punched him in the stomach. He grabbed him by his head and slammed him through a window on a carriage, Reptile shook his head and glanced to him snaring his neck with his tail and throwing him off.

Stryker crashed against another carriage, shaking his head as he held his neck when Reptile had his tail around him. The Zaterran pulled his head out of the carriage and turned to him. "Stand down Stryker, we have more pressing matters than this...!" he said to him. But Stryker didn't want to hear it, as he charged at the Zaterran Kirin throwing a kick, however Reptile dodged it and spat acid at him.

Seeing it, Stryker pulled up a door on a carriage blocking the acid from hitting him. He kicked the door at him, seeing it slam against his chest knocking him down. "Time to put you out of your misery for good!" he pulled out his extra pistol to shoot him in the head. Seeing it, Reptile quickly knocked it out of his wing with his tail and kicked him in the torso. Stryker stumbled from it as Reptile threw a few quick jabs at him. Stryker blocked each of his jabs to keep him from giving him a beating, he soon grabbed hold of his arm and slammed an uppercut against his jaw, fracturing it. He grabbed hold of his batons and swung it against his ribs, causing them to fracture even worse than his jaw.

Reptile let out a grunt from it as he held his ribs from the pain he was feeling. Stryker went to slam his baton against his head, but Reptile dashed out of the way getting behind him and grabbing hold of him. He lifted him in the air and slammed him on the ground. "Last chance Stryker, surrender!"

"Not a chance lizard lips!" He broke free of his grip and kicked him away getting back up. Reptile snarled at him knowing there was no reasoning with him, he charged at Stryker to finish the fight. But Stryker blocked his attacks as he threw a few punches at him and landed a kick against his neck making him stumble. He grabbed him and slammed his knee against his snout causing his nose to bleed.

Grunting from it, Reptile shook his head from it and quickly blocked his punches. The two fighters blocked one another's attacks as they also managed to land a few punches against each other. Reptile grabs his arm and punched his abdomen and kneed him in the stomach, making Stryker upset and elbowed him in the ribs and punched his face. Reptile hissed from it and looked to him. "Forgive me Princess..." he snarled and blasted acid at him.

Stryker ran from it and got behind a carriage as the acid breath began to burn the carriage away. He grabbed a grenade and throws it over the acid seeing it land next to Reptile, and watched as it exploded and sent Reptile flying back and crashing against a wall. Stryker took this chance and charged at him pulling out a flashlight and flashed it in his face blinding him. Seeing Reptile kneel, he took the flashlight and knocked it against his skull, fracturing it... he then took a baton and smacked it against his jaw. He pulled out a Taser and stunned him as the electricity flowed through out his body and sent him flying and crashing against the ground. "Looks like you won't be getting up from that..." he said to the Zaterran.

Seeing him about to finish Reptile, Princess Celestia took the chance to stop him and used her magic to hold him. "Enough! Kurtis Stryker, you will restrain yourself..." he said to him as he pulled Reptile away. "Reptile speaks the truth, he is not your enemy this time... he is here to aid us in the fight against Shao Kahn..."

Liu Kang helped Reptile stand up and looked to Stryker. "I'm sorry for the misunderstanding Stryker, we were trying to explain... but you wouldn't listen to us..." he said to him.

Feeling Princess Celestia release him, he sighed relieved and looked to him. "Hey, its alright... I'm the one who should apologize, but I'm not trusting that lizard as far as I can shoot him." he advised them.

"Fair point..." said Liu Kang and looked to Princess Celestia. "I hope his actions won't have him arrested for police brutality..." he said to her.

"Not at all..." Celestia replied to him but senses something looking around. "Who's there?!" she demanded to know.

Walking out of hiding, Kano chuckled as he looked to her. "Here I was hoping to stay hidden... but cats out of the bag..." he said to them with a grin. "Celestia... looking great luv... how's Raiden these days?" he chuckled.

Princess Celestia glared at him about to attack him, but Luna stopped her from doing so. "Sister, don't... he is a scoundrel trying to get under your skin..." she said to him.

"Oh I'm just getting started luv... now..." Kano looked to the others. "Who should I gut first...?" he asked them.

Stryker glared at him and approached them. "Princess... let me handle this. I would leave this to Sonya, but I have a personal score to settle with this guy." he said as he walked towards him.

"Aww... still a little sore because I killed you on the pyramid...?" Kano asked him as he chuckled. "Maybe this time, I'll carve your face off...!" he pulled out a knife and went to cut him up. But Stryker avoided his blade, blocking his attacks, preventing himself from getting cut or stabbed. He took his baton and blocked his knife and knocked it away, smacking the baton against his bionic eye causing him to scream. He glared at the cop and went to punch him.

Stryker grabbed hold of his arm with his baton and landed an uppercut against his chin, and kicked him behind his head. Kano stumbled from it and shook his head from it, and turned to him and blasted him with his eye laser. Panicking from it, Stryker prepared for it, but a magic barrier shielded him from the attack. He turned seeing that it was Twilight who formed the barrier, she looked to him giving him a nod. Stryker nodded to her and whipped out his pistol firing it at Kano, hitting him in the shoulder getting him to stop firing his eye laser. "Not this time Kano!" he charged at him, leaping into the air and kicking him in the face.

Kano flew back and crashed against a trash can, he shook his head from it and glared at the cop for it and got back up. "Alright... you got lucky that time. But lets keep this between us shall we...?" he charged at him throwing a punch at him. Stryker blocked it, but Kano managed to sneak a sucker punch against his face. He kicked at him as a blade stuck out piercing his shoulder forcing him to scream as he got pinned to the ground. "Time to make sure you stay dead mate..." he went to kill him.

Struggling as he saw Kano about to stomp his skull and cave in his face, Stryker dodged it and grabbed his leg and landed a kick to his groin. Kano groaned from it and backed away pulling the blade out of Stryker's shoulder, he held his groin as he groaned in pain of it. Stryker got up holding his shoulder, and looked to him. "That's why you should have worn a cup..." he said to him.

Groaning from where he was hit, Kano glared at him for it and shook off the pain. "Taking cheap shots is more my style... but of course, what can I expect from a cop? A dirty one at that..." he pointed out to him.

"This coming from a Black Dragon thug...? You're not one to talk..." Stryker said to him as Kano took a knife and threw it at him. The cop quickly took his baton and let the knife pierce into it, he exhaled from it seeing how close it was to reaching him. "That was close..." he muttered as he saw Kano charging at him. He blocked his punches and threw his baton away throwing a kick at Kano's side bruising his ribs. He grabbed Kano's head and slowly dug his hoof into his eye causing him to writhe in agony from it, but Kano knocked it away and knocked his head against Stryker's forcing him to fall to the ground. He went to stomp on the cops chest to pierce his heart with the secret blade hidden in his boot, but Stryker wasn't going to give him the chance as he rolled across the ground as Kano stomped on it as his blade got stuck in the ground. He struggled to pull it out, but his attention soon turned to Stryker as his eye widened knowing what's coming. He chucked nervously and held up his hooves, only to see a smirk on Stryker's face that made him panic. "Smart thinking..." he said to him and landed a hard punch against his face knocking him down. "One more thing... don't ever call me a dirty cop...!"

Kano groaned but looked to him. "You got lucky... but I didn't come alone...!" he said to him.

Hearing loud hoof steps approaching, Stryker turned to the cause and his eyes widened seeing who it was. Motaro... the war chief of Shao Kahn's army. He snorted at them and growled stamping his hooves, Princess Celestia looked upon the massive centaur, knowing he was no Tirek. "Stryker, you can't fight against him... I'm well aware of what Motaro is capable of." she said to him.

Chuckling from hearing it, Motaro stomped his hoof on the ground. "You should listen to her little pony... so run along, you're all alone against me." he said to him as he snorted at him.

The cop glared at him, only to see Reptile approach and stand beside him. "Who said he's alone...?" he asked him. He smirked as he glanced to Stryker, who smirked in response and looked to Motaro and stood in his fighting stance with Reptile. Motaro growled seeing it and roared out as he swung his tail at them. The duo avoided his tail and charged at the centaur, who swung his tail at Reptile. The Zaterran leaped over the tail and snarled kicking him in the face as Stryker charged at him and smacked the centaurs side with his baton. The centaur roared out in pain of it and growled at them, he leaped up standing on his hind legs and went to stomp on them. They quickly dodged his attack to avoid getting crushed, Reptile leaped into the air and shot acid at the centaur.

But Motaro quickly blocked the attack and grabbed hold of him about to crush him with his bear hands. But Stryker tossed a grenade at him, seeing it blowing up in his face getting him to drop Reptile as he landed on the ground. "You okay Reptile?!" he asked earning a nod from him. Motaro snarled at Stryker and swung his spiked arm at him, but the cop dodged it and blocked his attack and punched his ribcage and his face. Leaping into the air kneeing him in the jaw, causing the centaur to fall over and hit the ground. Stryker whipped out a pistol and went to shoot him while he was still down, but Motaro smacked it out of his wing with his tail and got back up snarling at him as he grabbed hold of him and slamming him against a carriage choking him. "A little help here...!" he said with a raspy voice.

Reptile charged at Motaro from behind and leaped above him and snared his tail around Motaro's neck, choking him as Motaro released Stryker from his grip. Stryker coughed as he held his neck, but looked to Motaro as the centaur grabbed Reptile and threw him off. Stryker took the chance and charged at him, ramming against his torso getting him to stumble back as the cop landed next to Reptile. "Brute force won't be enough against him... we're going to have to think smarter through this." he said to Stryker.

"Can't argue with that... but we can't get behind him with that tail of his." Stryker said to him but both their eyes slightly widened as they looked to each other. The duo smirked getting an idea and looked to Motaro, the centaur shook his head and glared at the two fighters. He roared out and charged at them and went to strike them with his tail, but Reptile grabbed hold of it and held on with all his might. While Stryker charged and punched at Motaro's ribcage and dodged his elbow strike, blocking his next attack and punched the centaur's face.

Reptile released the tail and ran onto the centaur's back and wrapped his arm around his neck choking him out, Motaro struggled from it as Stryker gave his torso a beating, bruising his completely muscular abs. Bruising them to the point they were completely sore, giving Stryker a chance to land his knee against the centaurs six pack and gets Motaro to cough up blood. The centaur coughed harshly but turned to the cop with a snarl and a sneer, and punched him away and grabbed hold of Reptile. But the Zaterran wasn't going to let him throw him off so easily, so he bit down on his hand causing Motaro to let out a shriek as Reptile leaped over and kicked him in the face. Motaro shrieked as he fell backwards and hit the ground as Reptile landed beside Stryker. "He's almost finished... you ready for this Earthrealmer...?" he asked him.

"Of course I am... anything to make sure this city stays safe..." Stryker said to him and looked to Motaro seeing him getting back up. Reptile charged first with Stryker following after him, Motaro went to strike Reptile and take him out. But the Zaterran ducked under the strike and kicked his leg injuring it while Stryker grabbed his arm and bent it back breaking it, Motaro shrieked as Reptile slammed his knee against his jaw causing it to fracture. Stryker grabbed him by the horns and slammed his face on his knee breaking his snout, making his nose bleed and he backed up as his vision started to get blurry and his head started spinning. "You ready to give up Motaro...?" he asked.

Panting exhausted... Motaro tried to regain his composure as he shook his head. "N-Never...!" he said to him. Stryker and Reptile looked to each other and nodded in unison as they looked to the centaur. They charged at him together in unison, and the two leaped at him and kicked him in the face sending him flying towards a tree, crashing against it head first as his body landed on the ground and he fell unconscious.

Stryker smirked seeing it as he popped his joints. "Still got it... he said to himself and looked to Reptile. "You know, you're alright... for an Outworlder..." he said to him.

"Don't get used to it Earthrealmer..." Reptile replied to him and walked away.

Twilight and the others rushed over to him to congratulate him. "Stryker, that was amazing, what you and Reptile did, I just can't believe it!" Twilight exclaimed.

"You fought bravely Officer Stryker... the castle guard could certainly use someone of your skill." Luna said to him.

"Thank you, your majesty... but my place is with the Special Forces." Stryker replied to her but heard a portal open and turned seeing Kano escape with Motaro. "They're getting away!"

"We will face them again... but it is not now Kurtis Stryker." Celestia said to him as she opened a portal of their own. "Come, we must return to Canterlot." she said to him and the others.

"Wait!" Coco Pommel rushed to Stryker and handed him his pistols. "I don't know what these are, but..." she looked to him with a smile. "I know you'll need them... and not let somepony else get their hooves on them." she said to him.

Smiling at her, Stryker used his wings to take the pistols from her and put them in his holsters. "Thank you Ms. Pommel... I appreciate all the kindness you've given me." he said to her and walked to the portal with the others heading for Canterlot.

Outworld, Infirmary

Within the Outworld infirmary, Motaro was recovering... with the aid of his beloved mate, Erza... but Motaro wasn't one to accept aid, even from her. So he kept on struggling while she tried to bandage him up. "Motaro, stop squirming will you?" she asked him as he kept bandaging him up.

"I don't need help woman, besides... not much is broken. Just my pride..." Motaro said to her as he looked away.

But his mate smacked him in the back of the head getting his attention. "Listen to me Motaro... you are a great Chieftain of the Centaurs... an unbroken line of warriors and hunters. This fight won't change that... you understand...?" she asked him. Motaro looked at his beloved, and gave her a nod getting her to smile at him. "Good..." she kissed him on the cheek and got back to work. "For what its worth, we wouldn't want our son to see his father all beaten and bruised..."

Hearing it surprised Motaro as he looked to her. "Son...?" he asked her as a smirk formed across his face. "You sure it will be a boy...?" he asked her.

Erza smirked and playfully punched his shoulder. "It better be, and it better not have your fat head..." she chuckled along with Motaro knowing that their future child will be a blessing upon them.

But the moment was ruined when they heard a gag and turned towards Kano who was standing by the door. "I feel like I'm back in eighth grade here... so you two are gonna have a kid, big whoop... but that doesn't change a thing after what you and I just went through Motaro... we just got out asses handed to us by a bunch of-" Kano's speech was interrupted when Erza's tail reached out at him and pierced a wall close to his face.

She glared at the Black Dragon leader with a disapproving look as she let out a small growl. "Leave. Now...!" she said to him as she pulled her tail away letting him know she won't tolerate a gutless pig such as him.

Kano gulped from hearing it and backed away. "Got it... I'm going." he chuckled nervously and walked out of the room.

Letting out a sigh, Erza turned to her mate who felt that this war was getting no where. "Motaro... I know you believe in fighting for the emperor, but you're going to have a son... and if you die, he will never get a chance to see you for the first time." she said to him.

Motaro knew that was making a good point, but how can he turn his back on his people, or the emperor? "You're right Erza... but if I leave Shao Kahn, our people will suffer... I cannot allow that." he said to her as he looked down.

"Then perhaps I could be of assistance...?" asked a voice. Then out of no where, Discord appeared before them catching them by surprised. "I couldn't help but overhear, but your mate here being with child? Oh that is certainly- WHOA!!!" the creature of chaos dodged Erza's tail multiple times to avoid getting stabbed. "Hold on a minute! Just hear me out!" he quickly grabbed her tail panting from exhaustion. "I can help..."

Getting up still injured, Motaro turned to the chaos creature not convinced. "How are you going to help us...? A creature such as you can't help an entire race escape Shao Kahn." he said to him.

Discord immediately released Erza's tail and cleared his throat. "Well, as a creature of chaos, I am capable of many things... for instance, I could easily turn you into Minotaurs..." he said to them.

"No! No... I've been through that already..." Motaro said to him.

"There, you're convinced then... now, what say you...? Would you continue being Shao Kahn's War Chief...? Or be the father your mate wants you to be...?" Discord asked them. Motaro thought about the chaos beings offer and looked to Erza, his child was one thing, serving the emperor...? That's making him question his loyalties all together, but given what Shao Kahn has turned into... his ambitions are going to cost the lives of both his allies and his people.

Motaro turned to Discord knowing what needed to be done . "Where will you take us...?" he asked him as Discord glanced to the two centaurs and smiled at hearing his question.

He cracked his knuckles and turned to the centaur couple. "Simple... this will be a quick hop, skip, and a snap..." he snapped his fingers as he disappeared along with the two centaurs. Where he took them, and the rest of the centaurs... only Discord would know. Knowing him, he never explains anything. Suddenly Discord reappeared looking to the writer of this story. "I do explain things, now just isn't the time... so watch it buddy!" he disappeared from the infirmary.

Author's Note

Hey guys, sorry for the usual long wait, but here is the next chapter featuring Kurtis Stryker. Trust and believe, this was not easy to write... I had to make things up as I went along, and yes. I pulled a Warcraft moment between Motaro and his mate Erza, whom I made up because I want Motaro to be a sympathetic character... but I'm not gonna kill him and Erza off, because when I watched Warcraft and saw Durotan and Draka die... that broke my heart... so damn Gul'Dan! DAMN HIM ALL THE WAY TO HELL!!! Okay, drama aside, no... Stryker and Coco Pommel will not be a couple, because that wouldn't work out. Also, I pulled a Beastars reference as well, because that one English dub part I saw was funny as hell... and I included the song "What we have is you" from Kipo and the Age of Wonder Beasts, because I really loved the song, I hope you guys like the chapter, don't bash.