The two Kano’s smiled. Cassie and Sonya Blade were totally at their mercy. Neither of them thought their situation would turn out like this. For several moments they were both worried. But each of them had proven themselves victorious.

Cassie had been determined. Intent on rescuing her parents, she had pinpointed his location. The Black Dragon syndicate had been a thorn in their sides for too long, and Kano most of all. Several Mortal Kombat tournaments, and each time he eluded justice. He was not only tenacious as a cockroach but vicious too, and remained the leader of the organization a generation later. Just as Sonya had pursued him, so had her daughter followed in her mother’s footsteps.

Though right now, Cassie might have hated him even more than her mother did. Kano’s alliance with Kronika allowed him to bring his younger from the past right to the present. The two of them assaulted a Special Forces compound, kidnapping Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade, where they were now being held at a Black Dragon den. Cassie managed to finally locate where her parents were being held, and accompanied by a Special Forces team, she made her move.

Yet despite being on his pursuit, she was extra careful. The old saying where there’s smoke there’s fire fit so many contexts and this situation was one of them. That Smoke wasn’t present, but the two Kano’s would always be well defended. He likely had several of his cronies on standby. Maybe they were on his person ready to defend him with their lives, or perhaps they scattered across the area, watching the immediate area as well as scoping out any potential threats. There was also the possibility that they could be in hiding, posing as innocent townspeople, giving out false info and reporting back to him about anything amiss or dangerous to him. So too did Cassie also make sure to keep a low profile, disguising her and her team as ordinary people.

Her team put on the ponchos and conical hats of the opium farmers native to the area. She managed to sneak into Kano’s lair undetected. As expected, the den of criminals was armed to the teeth with guards. They were all packing heat too. Cassie had only come with a small retinue of soldiers behind her, but she couldn’t begin to imagine how packed this place must have been with armed crooks. If she was going to do this, she would have to do it slow.

Fortunately she was just as well trained as her mother and no stranger to combat. One by one, she and her team took them all out. They opened up conversations on the pretense of selling illicit goods before breaking their necks when they least expected it, and then hiding their bodies at inconspicuous places so their fellows wouldn’t see their downed comrades. Then once the coast was clear, she would make her way further inside the compound. Not once did the Black Dragon criminals there suspect for a moment that underneath that farmers’ getup that these people were wearing Special Forces armor.

As she got closer, she heard the commotion of a crowd. She got a bit alarmed at first, not knowing what to expect. But once she saw what exactly all the uproar was about, that worry turned to anger.

It was a great arena. Around were what seemed like countless Black Dragon thugs, cheering and roaring at the spectacle before them. The two Kano’s were sitting on dual thrones next to each other from up high, laughing wildly and smiling at what was going down. In the center of the arena behind a cage were her parents. The almost deafening ruckus from the stands was silenced as Cassie beheld the scene before her. They were sparring with each other.

“What ... what is this?” Cassie said. The whole time on this infiltration mission, she had learned to mask her voice as a man. But in that moment of alarm, her true voice came out.

A Black Dragon thug heard her. He didn’t recognize Cassie, she was still incognito and he was too lost in the mirth of the event to think of anything else. “The masters gave these two an ultimatum. Either one of them kills each other or he’ll slowly have them both tortured and then he’ll put them outta their misery. The boss is a genius, I swear.”

“How long...?” Cassie said, unable to speak properly for how angry she was getting.

“Oh they was resistant at first I tell you what when they were first brung here. Put up a good fight too. For several days it went on. But then today the bosses made that masterstroke of a plan. There’s a reason why they in charge.” Then he turned and resumed cheering on the fight before him.

Cassie was fuming silently. Watching her parents, she realized the two of them were putting on a scene, to try and draw out for time. Even with Johnny Cage having one hell of a nosebleed, Cassie knew that if her mother wanted to hurt him, she could have done a lot worse. But when she looked at the Kano’s smiling to each other, she realized they were also in on the act. She figured the two of them were waiting to see just how long they would fake it until they intervened and decided to step things up a notch.

Cassie couldn’t wait any longer. She looked at her squad behind her and nodded. The time for stealth had ended. Now was the time for more direct action.

They tossed off their disguises. Cassie threw a grenade, triggering an explosion. Brandishing her rifle, she charged in with her squad behind her.

The other gangsters were a little stunned at the sudden mayhem. But they were used to violence and whatever surprise they felt at the Special Forces’ grand entrance quickly turned to a craving for action. Just as they had been enjoying the show of Sonya and Johnny slugging it out as staged as it might have been, so too were they also eager for a few scrapes themselves. If they couldn’t enjoy their bosses’ idea of theater, then they were more than happy to get a taste of blood themselves.

But a pack of thugs were no match for the trained and precise Special Forces team. Cassie’s people made it through quick. Their goal was just in sight.

Alas it was not to be. In another timeline, things would have gone swimmingly for them, and Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade would have been rescued. However, the two Kano’s had been watching their hostages’ would be rescuers charged in and they had planned accordingly. Cassie’s parents had heard all the fighting and were ready to make a break for it. Yet they had not counted on the mercenary Erron Black being as vicious as he was.

The gates to the cage where Johnny and Sonya were still shut. Erron Black was marching to the barred exit, ready to keep the prisoners in line. The two of them were ready to bust down the door and fight whoever would get in their way. However the gunman saw this too. Normally he would have been itching for a proper fight. The prospect of taking down Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade in combat would be an honor for his reputation as a warrior. But now he was feeling far more pragmatic.

Johnny and Sonya didn’t notice Erron Black standing behind several thugs. The gangsters were waiting at the gates, ready for a good fight themselves and wanting to get in good with their bosses. But the mercenary brandished a revolver. Like a sniper, he aimed it past the mob of criminals so that it was pointing right at Johnny Cage’s knee. His aim was so true that even with the room being as crowded as it was, it was like they weren’t there.

He pulled the trigger. The bullet blasted through Johnny’s knee, downing him instantly.

“No!” Sonya said. Instead of killing her fighting spirit, she only became more enraged. But another stray bullet flew right past her ear.

“Easy now,” Erron Black said, stepping forward. “I know you and your man are the main event of tonight’s little show. But I was hired for security.” He moved his revolver only a hair’s breadth, and now the barrel was pointed at Johnny’s skull. “And now your husband is going to be quite the star if things don’t quiet down a bit, eh?”

“You son of a bitch!”

“I guess you’d know woman, considering you spawned one hell of a demon. But speaking of the devil, you better tell your loyal and devoted daughter to tone it down. Or else I’ll take another shot. And you know I won’t miss.”

By now Cassie’s squad had gotten closer. But she saw Erron Black and the current situation. He had turned his head to look right at Cassie and her parents’ would be rescuers. He was smiling underneath his mask, and Cassie knew it right away.

She pointed her rifle at him. But as soon as she saw where he was aiming it, she paused. She sensed one of her teammates about ready to fre.

“Don’t!” she said. Her partner didn’t fire, but he didn’t lower his weapon either.

“Good,” Erron Black said. “I’m glad to see we can all be reasonable level-headed people.”

“What do you hope to gain out of this? I’m not backing down.”

By now, the two Kano’s had left their thrones to arrive on the scene. She knew the older one very well, though the younger one despite oh so very similar to his future self might as well have been a total stranger to her. They were whispering amongst themselves, looking between Cassie and her parents still in the arena. Then they both looked at Cassie, smiling.

“How about we work out a deal, huh?” said the younger Kano. “Your people and your old man get to leave the premises. In exchange, you and your old lady stay here with us.”

“What kind of a deal is that?” Sonya said, still holding Johnny up. “You’ll probably break it at the last minute!”

“We’re men of our word,” said the older Kano. He motioned at one of his men and they opened up the gates. “And we ask that you also honor your agreement if you want him to live. You fire one bullet, and we’ll make your life a living hell.”

There was a long silence in that standoff. Nobody made a move, and nobody said anything. It could have been forever or it could have only been several minutes. But it ended when Sonya said, “Fine.”

“No, you can’t trust them!” Johnny said. He tried to move up but his knee betrayed him. He collapsed just as he tried to stand back up, and she caught him by the shoulder.

“Don’t be like that hero,” said the older Kano. “Your dear and loving wife is doing the right thing. You get to live. And in exchange, we get to have our fun.” The younger Kano snickered at hearing that last word, looking right at Cassie and licking his lips.

She grit her teeth and looked away from him, back at her parents. But the sight over there wasn’t much of an improvement either. Erron Black was looking right at her with his revolver still pointing at her father.

“I’m not putting down my weapon,” Cassie said, now pointing it at the Kano’s.

“I know you won’t,” said the older Kano. “And he won’t either,” he said, nodding over at Erron Black. The gunman nodded. “But your daddy and your people will be long gone.”

She looked away for several seconds before looking back up at him. She didn’t say a word, but everyone there knew she had already given up. One of Cassie’s people went in and helped up the injured Johnny. “I’ll come back for you,” he said to Sonya. “I swear it.”

“I know you will,” Sonya said. She pulled him into a kiss, and the two were like that for several minutes. The other Black Dragon gangsters snickered at the sight of it, while Erron Black still get his gun pointed at Johnny. The two Kano’s even looked at each other and made a mocking, “Aww...” sound.

Sonya suddenly broke the kiss, too soon for either of them but knowing that they weren’t in a position to get comfy. “Now get out of here before he goes back on his deal!”

He nodded. The Special Forces soldier helped Johnny walk out of there. With every painful second, Erron Black moved his gun arm with every step Johnny took, never moving the barrel from the direction of his skull. When he passed Cassie she tearfully said, “I love you dad.”

“I love you too Cass,” he said. Then there was a long and painful silence as Cassie’s team and Johnny walked on out, before they were out of view. Cassie kept waiting for Erron Black to renege on his word and fire a bullet at Johnny’s head at the last minute. But he didn’t. Then they were gone.

“Now how about you be a good little girl and lower that weapon,” the younger Kano said to Cassie. “You’re surrounded and you got nowhere to run.”

Erron Black had lowered his gun arm. But she didn’t want to give up the fight. Yet as much as it pained her to admit it, she was just one person in a den of criminals. The other thugs around them were smirking to themselves too.

“You know there’s no other way this is going your way,” Erron Black said. He didn’t bother raising his gun up again, that’s how self-assured he was.

“Though if you don’t, we can always go ahead and pay a visit to daddy right,” said the older Kano. He grinned. “You think you can fight your way out of this one?”

Cassie looked to Sonya. She hoped her mother would have something to say, anything that could get them out of this situation. But she only looked down and shook her head. Frustrated, Cassie looked away from her. She didn’t lower her weapon. But she had resigned herself to her fate.

The other thugs had sensed it too. The younger Kano in particular fist bumped his older self and waltzed right on over to Cassie. He looked right at her and yanked her rifle out of her hands before she had a chance to react. Then he held the weapon up high like he was holding a trophy. The other Black Dragon gangsters all cheered and laughed to themelves. Even someone like Erron Black did too. The gunslinger was a mercenary at heart and held no loyalty to anyone from Earthrealm. Yet the darkness of the moment stirred a wicked joy inside of him.

“Now let’s get onto the real fun,” the younger Kano said, tossing the weapon down and advancing towards Cassie. “Your old lady’s getting a bit too ... old for a guy like me. But I say I like the look of you. You look just like her back when the two of us were spring chickens, eh? And just between you and me, I always did want to give her a bit of this,” he said, fondling his crotch.

Cassie put up her dukes, but it was just a show of strength. He just pushed her arms aside and pulled her towards him, kissing her deeply. She struggled in his grasp and pulled her face away from his. Not that he cared, he pulled her right back in. His tongue scoured every corner of her mouth. As he did so, he felt all over her body, enjoying how much she was squirming under her grasp.

A hand was right on her ass. Cassie tried breaking loose, actively thrashing in his grasp, but he didn’t care. He just kept on pushing his tongue right into her mouth and grabbed her rump like he owned her. He loved the feeling of her tight buns in his grip and even gave her a spank.

Even in this predicament, Cassie broke her lips away from Kano’s. He showed no irritation at all, and instead licked all over her neck, kissing the sensitive skin before he used his teeth to bite into her. He was holding her tight in his grasp, grabbing her ass and the small of her back. As he kept on kissing her neck, he started dry humping her, moving himself right up against her. Cassie hated that she could feel the lump in pants springing up to life.

“Damn you...” she said.

“Oh don’t be like that,” he said, whispering huskily into her ear before he licked all over her neck. As he did so, Cassie turned away from him, away from her mother and tightly closed her eyes. She didn’t want to see the disgust on her mother’s face or the other Black Dragon gangsters cheering on the younger Kano. “I think you’ll find I can be really good company. Just ask your mum. I used to have all kinds of fun with her. Why else do you think she hates me so much?”

That wasn’t true and he knew it. But he wasn’t going to waste an opportunity to lord it over this girl. He started biting into her neck hard, giving her long lustful licks in between each chomp he took. Just as she was being turned on against her will, so too did her feelings of resentment bubble up until she couldn’t ignore them any longer. In her anger, she looked right back at him, intending to give her a piece of his mind. But that just made it easier for him to shove his tongue right back into her mouth.

Cassie hated him. She already knew what sort of criminal he was, there was a detailed dossier on him back at the base and she could only begin to imagine what it must have been like for her mother and Jax to fight him on the regular and still see him get away with it. Or to know what other heinous things he had done in the past that weren’t even on the record.

None of that stopped the shameful and twisted feelings of lust from popping up in her body. It wasn’t a pleasant sensation at all, she knew exactly what kind of person he was and what he actually thought of her. That didn’t make her feel it any less. His tongue stirred deeply inside of her mouth, and as much as she kept her own tongue still, her mind was being broken down from his relentless advances. A shameful part of herself which she hated urged her to stop fighting and give in, and as she became more turned on, it became harder to ignore that voice.

He could sense her discomfort and broke away from the kiss to get a good look at her. His grinning mouth was lined with too many teeth and even from the red eye, Cassie couldn’t feel overt malice but instead arrogant condescension. It didn’t help that his once rough touches had slowed down a bit, become more gentle. He was groping her ass with just the right amount of pressure, the way that a woman would like to be treated. Even if it was from a man like this one. That someone like him was caressing her in such a way, only made her feel more repulsed deep down. But such disgust couldn’t make the wetness in her twat go away just like that.

He moved a hand to that same twat. His initial movements were hard and fast, and Cassie hissed. There was no longer any doubt, she was getting really wet from it all. Even though her armor kept him from feeling her wetness on his hand, he could tell it from her posture alone.

He let go of her. Cassie jumped back away from him, wrapping her arms around herself and looking about nervously. All her warrior instincts were beaten back, both from her assailant’s aggression and the laughter of the rough men around her. She looked down, not wanting to see any of them.

Kano just walked right on over to her. “There’s plenty more fun to be had,” he said. In a single rough yank, he pulled down her pants. Cassie looked up, glaring right at him, but he didn’t pay her any heed. Instead he just kept on pulling them down until they were at her ankles. He saw the wetness on her panties and laughed. “Oh sweetie, we’ve only just met! And here you are getting hot and bothered for me?”

He grabbed her crotch. Far less protected this time, she felt the invasive touch of his fingers much more now. She hitched her teeth, holding in her breath as much as she could. That didn’t slow down his invasive advance. He moved his big finger in between the cleft of her vaginal lips as far as he could go. It wasn’t inside her just yet, but he moved the digit in between her vulva, enjoying the wetness and shame from his captive.

Sonya visibly bristled at the sight of her daughter getting fondled in the same arena. She ground her teeth. So close, yet so far. She was only several feet away from her in the same arena, and had a mind to kick in the younger Kano’s teeth in like the good old days. It didn’t make a bit of difference.

Just as she was about to say something, the older Kano went in to the ring with her and shut the gate behind him. He threw it back so hard that the gate hit right back open with a loud clanging sound. He smiled to himself. This woman had been his nemesis for so long and now he was going to put all that aside for some good old fashioned entertainment.

“I’ll see you dead at the end of this,” she said.

“Big talk love.” Even in her current situation, she threw a punch at him. But he easily catched it and grabbed her arms. He moved forward, pushing her until she was down on the ground. He got right down with her, hovering on top of her. Before she could fight back, he got down on the ground with her. He lifted up her shirt revealing her bare tits. He personally liked women with a bigger rack, but after all the strange things he saw daily, as well as finally having the personal honor of defiling one of his longest standing foes, he wasn’t complaining.

Kano didn’t mind the sight of her hard nipples either. Sonya pushed him away and covered herself up, but he wasn’t put off at all by her resistance and he only moved the shirt back up further. He moved his face onto her chest, easily taking one of the small breasts right into his mouth. He sucked on the tit at a quickly accelerating pace, feeling her nipple hardening right on his tongue.

He didn’t restrict himself to her one breast either. He moved his head back and forth, having himself a meal with her tits. He sucked on them hard and strong, using his lips and teeth to practically eat at them. As he did so, he slurped away at her nipples with his tongue.

Sonya was pushing away at him, hitting his head and his torso. But he showed no reaction, and continued eating away at her lovely teats. She felt no small amount of anger and it was growing hotter with every second. Yet just like her daughter, she felt a naughty and hateful lust kindling in her body at the same time. She looked away from him, gritting her teeth. She hated herself for what he was doing to her and she hated herself for getting this turned on.

While he was still sucking her tits, he darted a hand down between her legs. He roughly moved his hand in between her legs, rubbing his palm on her still clothed crotch. There was no amount of gentleness to it, he was moving his hand very roughly on her. He wanted to stimulate and punish her in equal measure.

She finally pushed him away. But it disgusted her just how much she was turned on at that time. More than that, she knew there was only one way of getting out of this situation. She hoped to get this one off guard and take him out when he least expected it. Yet she knew she would still have to do a few certain things to get him so vulnerable.

Sonya didn’t have much time to think on it. Kano lunged at her again, pushing her right back onto the ground so that she was right under him. He started sucking her tits again. He put his arms firmly down on the ground around her so that she couldn’t get away if she got any ideas. While he got himself down, he moved his body down so that it was right up against her, completing his hold over her.

With their bodies locked, he started grinding himself right up against her. She already knew he was getting off on this encounter, but she felt the lump in his pants right up against her. Sonya couldn’t hold in her visceral loathing of him anymore. “You fucking bastard!”

He stopped sucking her tits to look her in the eyes. She spat right in his face. Instead of being angry or disgusted, he simply licked his lips, savoring the taste of her saliva.

“I think I’ll be getting some more of that,” he said. “Let me give you my own kiss of death.” He forced his face onto hers. Sonya was resistant from the beginning, as he roughly pushed his lips onto hers. She clamped her mouth shut, not moving an inch. He could feel her anger and resentment through her whole body as he kept on shamelessly making lustful moves towards her.

She closed her eyes, not wanting to see him or look at him. While grinding his body against hers, he moved his hands onto her tits. Sonya was already plenty angry, but with what he was doing to her right then, she allowed herself to forget about what he had been doing to her breasts earlier. So the instant he groped them, her chest was filled with a deep pleasure that took her by surprise. It was only for a few moments, but the sensations were actually unmarred delight as opposed to the raw feelings of being violated. And that brief timespan made her forget the vile man molesting her enough to actually moan just a bit.

In that time of weakness, her lips opened up slightly. But it was enough for her attacker to push his tongue right inside of her mouth. He thrashed his tongue deep into her mouth, showing her no mercy. As he did so, he kept on moving himself up hard against her.

Sonya suddenly regained her fighting spirit not caring one bit what happened to her or her daughter. She refused to let this man do this to her. She tried getting loose, but he refused to let her go, instead holding down onto her harder. She opened her eyes. She was instantly greeted by the sight of his cold gaze. His fake bloodred eye was shining so viciously that it was almost blinding to look at. But it was nothing compared to the malice in his regular eye, bearing down inside of her soul. She closed her eyes again, unable to bear it.

All the while, he was still caressing her chest. The shame Sonya was feeling was not enough to stifle the perverted sensations running riot through her body. Kano felt that libido as he caressed her breasts. The soft flesh of her tits was getting hot under his hands and her nipples were hardening. He twisted and tweaked her nipples in between his fingers. He would alternate between doing it roughly and then sometimes doing to gentle, caressing and massaging them even to make it feel better. His initial touches of her breasts were enough to catch her off guard in that moan but the way he was touching her sensitive parts, even her mind was telling her not to fight this anymore. That at best, the battle was lost and there was no use resisting. That at worst, she really did like it and there was no point in pretending otherwise.

The other Black Dragon gangsters were cheering at their bosses going at it. They were enjoying the staged showdown between Sonya and Johnny Cage. But that spectacle was nothing compared to a fine show like this one. Some of them had even dropped their pants and were jacking it.

The younger Kano was still fingering Cassie. She refused to look at him, she didn’t want to see the smug look on his face. But he wasn’t discouraged. He licked all over her beautiful face like a disgusting dog, enjoying just how helpless she was. She looked back at him, gritting her teeth. That only prompted him to rub his thumb over her clitoris.

She couldn’t contain the yelp that escaped her lips. She looked down out of embarrassent for what he was doing to her. Yet just like her mother, her anger was evaporating against her will.

“You like this?” She refused to answer him. That didn’t stop him from touching her clit, he was gently prodding the hood with his fingers. Even someone as cruel as he was knew how to please a woman, and in the case of Cassie Cage, her rage at her current situation only made her so much more susceptible to the feelings he produced in her as she inwardly tried to deny them.

He looked at his hand, covered in Cassie’s vaginal juices. He hungrily licked his fingers, relishing not so much the taste of her nectar but rather the knowing feeling that he had dominated her. She looked so much like her mother and even in his most vicious moments with Sonya, he still lusted after her. He always regretted never being able to conquer her and have her. Now he had, but the woman she had become was not the same one he was familiar with, familiar though they may have been. Even in he took her, he could feel no pleasure in having her, it was like he missed out. Cassie on the other hand looked and acted like the Sonya of the past.

He looked at her face again. She was looking away and he could see her discomfort at being touched like that by him. There were only vestiges of anger left. He grinned, loving just how much she had given up.

He pulled the clitoral hood back with his fingers to expose the nub. She snapped her face to look at him, her face twisted with disbelief. So he stroked it in between his fingers, eager to give her something else she couldn’t believe. Whatever anger she still had was not enough to keep him from bringing her to satisfaction and he knew it. She had already lubricated plenty on his digits. He had so many other things in mind he wanted to do to her.

Feeling a little bolder, he lowered his head to her vagina. Cassie looked down at him in alarm. In his current position, he was actually in a vulnerable position for her to take back control. Her muscular thighs were easily strong enough to grab hold of his head and she could break his neck in two. Maybe that one movement could rally her mother to start fighting back too. They might have a chance out of this predicament after all. Being in a den of criminals who were all armed to the teeth would rightfully scare anyone. But Cassie Cage and Sonya Blade weren’t just anyone. Her parents alone had survived many trials and combat that the wise sages of ancient nations couldn’t begin to imagine, and she had eagerly followed in their footsteps. The Kano’s were tough with real gods on their side, but if it came to fighting the gods, that was a step she was prepared to take. These two were chump change by comparison.

Alas, it was not be. The instant his mouth found her vagina and he licked inside of her cleft, she was hit with pleasure that did not delight her but surprised her, as if Kano had performed a fatality on her himself. Her whole body spasmed and she did not utter a sound. But he knew the truth.