In this chapter of Mark Wooden’s fanfiction, Sonya Blade and Black Canary encounter opposition in the form of the zombie assassin Scorpion.

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Black Canary took the stairs up to the bridge two at a time. The gunman on the second floor whirled at her approach — but he was too slow.

Canary kicked the gun out of his hands and then restrained him in an arm lock. She needed information. He started to speak, but as his mouth opened, a spear blade punctured the back of his head. The point came out of his mouth as a replacement tongue.

Sickened by the sudden carnage she wore, Black Canary pushed the man away. A chain pulled the spear out of the guard’s head and back toward its wielder.

Black Canary assessed the attacker. He wore a yellow tunic that covered his shoulders and flowed down his front and back. Black leggings fit into knee-high boots. The spear wielder also wore a black hood and a demon-mouth mask.

“I don’t suppose you’ll just let me find Kano and sneak back off the boat, would ya?” Canary asked, knowing the answer.

“Get over here!” the man yelled, his voice echoing as if possessed by some movie demon.

He threw his spear at Black Canary. She was too slow; the spear pierced her leg. She gritted at the pain.

As the spearhead came out the other side, small blades projected from its sides. The damned thing became a grappling hook.

The attacker pulled back on the spear’s chain. The hook sunk into Black Canary’s leg, pulling her off her feet. Using the chain, the attacker drug her across the deck toward him.

When she was in range, the attacker grabbed Black Canary by her throat. She heard a clinking sound, then felt the spearhead pull clean from her leg.

With her throat constricted, she couldn’t even yell from the pain.

Now so close to the man, the Canary saw the man’s eyes had no pupils. Fire seemed to flicker behind them. He held the spear up next to those eyes, poised to drive it into the Canary’s chest.

With the man strangling her, she had no air to draw for another Canary Cry. She’d have to get out of this the old-fashioned way.

The attacker brought the spear in for the kill. Canary lashed out with a finger strike to his wrist. The pain caused him to drop the spear. She caught the spear with her other hand.

The masked attacker still held Canary by the throat. Having lost his weapon, he continued to squeeze the life out of her.

Canary thrust the spear forward, but her opponent knocked her arm aside. He continued to squeeze her throat. She tried the spearhead again, this time piercing her attacker’s tunic.

A green fluid oozed from the wound.

The bastard didn’t lose his grip on Canary’s throat.

The vigilante changed her tactics, flipping her legs up and around her attacker’s neck. She pushed him away but couldn’t break his hold on her throat.

The crack of a handgun cut through the night’s sounds.

Canary saw her attacker’s eye explode from its socket in a bubble of green ooze that sprayed into her blonde hair.

Both she and the attacker tumbled to the ground. His hold on her finally released. The Canary used her uninjured leg to kick the disgusting remains of her attacker away from her.

Sonya ran over from behind the attacker’s position. She kneeled beside Black Canary and said, “Thinking twice about that gun rule, aren’t you?”

“Doesn’t count,” Black Canary said between gasps for air. She pulled green ooze from her hair and wiped it on the deck. “That thing wasn’t human. You can shoot non-human things all day long.”

Sonya looked at the pile of green ooze leaking from the spear-wielding attacker’s shattered skull. “Guess I should have figured Scorpion’d be around.”

Canary’s eyes went wide. “You know this… thing?”

Sonya shrugged.

She then helped Black Canary to her feet. The blonde vigilante winced as she tried to avoid putting pressure on her wounded leg.

“You sure you’re up for this?” Sonya asked.

“Trust me, I’ve been through worse,” Canary replied. She looked back down at what remained of Scorpion. “Okay, not that much worse, but still.”

“I’ll explain him later,” Sonya said, referring to Scorpion. She headed toward the door leading into the ship’s interior. “Kano is below deck. Let’s get him before Scorpion gets back up.”

“What?!” Canary shouted.

Sonya and Black Canary go deeper into the ship to find Kano! How does that turn out? Find out in the next chapters!

While writing this fanfiction, I used Green Ronin’s Mutants and Masterminds, 3rd Edition RPG, to leave some things to chance. Check it out!

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