Nora's Big Mistake Ch. 34

Immortality - they can live forever and cannot be killed.

Object Manifestation - They can inhabit statues and images that depict them (bring said statues and/or image to life). The five often do this to begin or join in a song.

"I don't understand why we don't just strike Stryker now," she said. "We are faster and stronger than her. Why can't my friends understand. It's not fair."

Music started playing. The song was 'My Own Way'.

"Don't know why my friends don't understand," Nora sang. "They can't deny that I know who I am. I love the hunt and the chase. The thrill of the race. And doin' it on my own. Nothing wrong with being alone."

"I thought my friends already knew. To myself I must be true, be true, be true!"

"I go my own way, My call every single day. No matter what they say. Yeah, I go my own way!"

The muses sand the bracketed lines. "My way," she sang in unison with the muses. "(My way!) My way. (My way!) My way. My way. (My way!) My way. (My way!) My way.

Nora then ran off into a park where other children were running. "You can try to run from me - yeah, go!," she sang. "But catch my eye, I'm faster than you know." Nora took off running even faster than the others.

"Don't need to run with the pack, I got my own back. My life is what I make it, And I know where to take it."

"I thought my friends already knew, To myself I must be true, be true, be true!"

"I go my own way, My call every single day. No matter what they say. Yeah, I go my own way!"

"My way. (My way!) My way. (My way!)My way. My way. (My way!) My way. (My way!) My way."

Nora was now walking along a rocky mountain. "Thought my friends already knew. Being myself is what I do, I do, I do!" She took off running.

"I go my own way. My call every single day. No matter what they say. Yeah, I go my own way!"

"My way. (My way!) My way. (My way!) My way. My way. (My way!) My way. (My way!). My way. My way. (My way!) My way. (My way!) My way. I go my own way!" Nora was now on the top of a gigantic mountain.

She smiled and sat down on a rock. "Maybe Naomi's right," she said. "We need to ensure that Stryker is stopped without any problems."

She then took off running towards her dorm apartment building.

Elsewhere in the multiverse....

In the depths of the multiverse, there is a location where the tormented souls are forever tortured. It's called the Netherrealm. The Netherrealm is a realm in the multiverse. The Netherrealm is comparable to the Underworld, also known as Hell, in religions and mythologies. It seems to resemble an eternally aflame "continent", containing many volcanic fields and lava pits. The area is also spelled Netherealm.

Demons and Demonesses were torturing several souls. One unnamed female soul was brought in. Two demonic entities; one with a hawk head and the other with a pig head, dragged her into the throne room. On the throne sat the King of Hell, Anubis.

The souls were tortured based on what they did wrong in the living realm. The following are just a few of the wrongdoings;

killing: killing or harming any living being.

stealing: taken anything that was not given.

sexual activity: have sexual intercourse with anyone inappropriately.

telling lies: spreading false speech.

intoxicating drinks and drugs: taking drugs and drinking alcohol.

eating after noon: eating meals after 12 pm.

entertainment and beautifying the body: wearing jewellery, perfume, adornment for entertainment.

using luxurious furniture: don't get attached to the pleasure of lying down or sleeping.

The female soul was then orally, vaginally and anally pounded by all the demons and demonesses. This was her punishment for eternity.

In the middle of the Atlantic ocean....

A man was sitting on a throne on an island. The man was Shang Tsung. He was a human male with black hair turned white with age, brown eyes, and tanned skin.

He had the following weapons;

Straight Sword: The Jian is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the jian date to the 7th century BCE during the Spring and Autumn Period; one of the earliest specimens being the Sword of Goujian. Historical one-handed versions have blades varying from 45 to 80 centimeters (17.7 to 31.5 inches) in length. The weight of an average sword of 70-centimeter (28-inch) blade-length would be in a range of approximately 700 to 900 grams (1.5 to 2 pounds).

Ancient Scroll: The Ancient Scroll appears to be an ancient artifact. Shang Tsung used it to extract the souls.

Vile of Souls: He carries a large container that stores the souls he collects.

He also had the following artifacts;

Kronika's Crown: Kronika's Crown is an ancient relic and focal point of immense temporal magic created and wielded by the Keeper of Time, the Titan Kronika. It is one of her most valuable tools, as it serves to nourish her with all the souls ever gathered by the wicked sorcerer Shang Tsung, and is the key to controlling her Hourglass.

He had the following fighting styles;

Snake: Snake Fist, often referred to in English as Snake Style or Snake Kung Fu, is a name given to two unrelated northern and southern Chinese martial arts which imitate the movement of actual snakes.

Crane: White Crane Boxing is a Southern Chinese martial art and one of the five imitative-styles of Shaolin Boxing based on the characteristics of animals, the other being Tiger, Leopard, Snake and Dragon.

Mantis: The mantis is a long and narrow predatory insect. While heavily armoured, it is not built to withstand forces from perpendicular directions. Consequently, its fighting style involves the use of whip-like/circular motions to deflect direct attacks, which it follows up with precise attacks to the opponent's vital spots.

Mimicry: Mimicry is a fighting technique used in the series. Mimicry is where a fighter mimics their opponent's fighting styles or abilities, whether this be from the opponent they are facing or stealing abilities or fighting styles from other opponents. Mimicry is a rather difficult trait to master, however, some have managed to master the technique to perfection, making them some of the deadliest fighters in the Realms.

Shang Tsung is a powerful, soul stealing sorcerer. Shang Tsung serves as the host for the traditional DC tournament. He serves as a minor antagonist to the series.

The island was known as Shang Tsung's Island. Shang Tsung's Island, also known as the Island Fortress, is a place located between the realms of Earthrealm and Outworld on the Lost Sea, a region located in the East China Sea.

At Stryker's headquarters....

Stryker was losing her patience. Not a single one of her forces was able to stop the SuperTeens.

She slammed her fist against the wall, creating a dent in it. "I will not be defeated by a group of teenagers," she said. "I must find a way to defeat them now."

Stryker stood up and walked down the hall. "My agents," she said. "My forces, not even my Drillbors were able to stop them. Very well, if these young foolish girls want a battle, I will give them a battle of the ages."

She closed her eyes and began to concentrate. "With the fury of the past thousand years," she said. "Come forth, my Rinshi warriors."

The Rinshi warriors appeared in front of Stryker. They were white, black and brown skinned creatures with black helmets.

They would travel by hopping forward or backward. They appeared to lack the ability to speak beyond going 'HUH! HUH! HUH!' when hopping. On occasion they wield staffs for battle that harnessed and released energy. They were also infiltrators, as in several incidents, they appear as regular people (such as thieves or technicians) to trap the heroes/heroines.

The default forms of the Rinshi were very weak individually but formidable in large numbers.

The Rinshi warriors had the following powers;

Human Disguise: Rinshi could disguise themselves as humans.

Speech: As humans, Rinshi had the ability to talk beyond grunts.

They also had the following abilities;

Strength: The Rinshi were incredibly strong, one easily flipping down Superman in battle and a bunch held him down. Earlier in the same battle. two were easily able to grab Wonder Woman and throw her down while another was able to knock her down by twirling her own hand.

Master Fighter: Rinshi were trained in advanced combat and martial arts. They were roughly on the same skill level as the normal humans and were easily able to overpower heroes/heroines.

Jumping: Rinshi could jump very high.

They had no weaknesses.

They had the following arsenal;

Staff: The Rinshi used staffs that have a sharp point to fight against enemies.

Energy Projection: The Rinshi could shoot purple energy from their staffs.

The Rinshi warriors bowed down to Stryker. Stryker stood up and looked at each of the warriors. "Hmmmmm," she said. "Which one of you wants to prove your loyalty to me?" One of the Rinshi warriors stepped forward and bowed her head.

Certain Rinshi were selected and upgraded to harness powers of specific beast arts. Stryker attached animal totems to Rinshis to upgrade them. These Rinshis gained the power and fighting styles of the specific animal totems as well as the ability to speak and behave in a more humanoid fashion. Upon gaining a type of power-up usually from the fear and despair of the people around them, they shed their identical upgraded Rinshi forms and take on a monster-like appearance. Stryker could randomly select one or more Rinshi and place the head of a special statuette totem on them. This converted simple Rinshi to Rinshi Beasts, warriors with the fighting style and abilities of an animal.

The upgraded Rinshi had the following powers;

Fear Absorption: Even without turning into their monster forms, Rinshi Beasts could absorb fear to increase their power as mentioned by Mantor when he deployed alongside some Rinshi.

Monster Transformation: The Rinshi Beasts could transform into their monster forms at will, causing their Rinshi forms to shatter.

Rinshi Transformation: Despite their Rinshi forms shattering upon assuming their monster forms, Rinshi Beasts could change back to their Rinshi form at will.

Enlargement: Rinshi Beasts were able to grow at will after collecting enough fear.

They also had the following abilities;

Strength: While their strength was not shown often outside of their monster forms, they were presumably stronger than the typical Rinshi.

Speech: Unlike regular Rinshi, the Rinshi Beasts could speak.

Martial Arts Experts: Mantor, the Five Fingers of Poison, and Slickagon were all able to defeat heroes with their bare hands.

They had no weaknesses.

They had the following arsenal;

Fists: Whilst lacking weapons in their upgraded Rinshi forms, the Rinshi Beasts can fight with their bare hands to the point of overwhelming the heroes.

Stryker nodded. She held the animal totem of an elephant in her hand. She placed it on the forehead of the Rinshi warrior. "With the spirit of the Elephant," Stryker said. "Come forth, Elephantidor."

The Rinshi warrior changed into her upgraded form and bowed down to Stryker. "I'm at your command, General Stryker," she said. "What is your bidding?"

Elephantidor had the following powers in her new monster form;

Charge!: Elephantidor is able to charge in a linear direction with superhuman speed and strength causing great destructive force. Elephantidor can break through solid matter such as cement walls, iron shields, or even force fields. Multiple users together may create a stampede.

Decelerated Aging: Elephantidor ages slower than normal for her species.

Dermal Armor: Elephantidor have or can generate an innate armor as a part of her body, which is resistant to attacks, harm or pain, and temperature extremes. The armor varies from obvious, physical defenses, such as scales, thick skin/fur, natural shield, armor or shell, in-organic skin, etc, to bone-nodules below the skin, particularly wide/sturdy rib cage, blubber, or simply dense muscle.

Enhanced Endurance: Elephantidor can endure physical stresses beyond the capabilities of the greatest humans enabling her to do things such as operating on a "low power setting" (being able to operate efficiently for extended amounts of time), holding her breath for large periods, remain calm through stressful or painful situations, tolerate extreme hunger, unbearable thirst, and strong urges to sleep.

Enhanced Hearing: Elephantidor can hear with amazing clarity, distance, and even frequencies outside the normal range. Her ears can pick up every single sound, can decipher layer upon layer of differing sounds/conversations, locate the source of noise or pick up a sound from a mile away in a busy city.

Enhanced Intelligence: Elephantidor have intelligence that is significantly above the standard genius-level intellect; possessing exceptional intellectual capabilities, mental capacity and concentration, mental calculations, memorization, perception, deduction, analyzation, cognition and competence, wit and ingenuity, prowess and knowledge, calculations, reading skills, learning capacity, thought process, intuition, and awareness, inventive capabilities, creativity, originality, etc., typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of new advances in a domain of knowledge.

Enhanced Memory: Elephantidor can remember great volumes of information, in greater detail and for much longer than the average human, she can read books, listen to song lyrics, encounter people or experience events and recall a vast deal of the details of their experience. In addition, it takes less effort to recall the information she encounters, and she can remember it for longer without having to strain. Her memory is also more resilient against Memory Manipulation.

Enhanced Smell: Elephantidor can detect specific persons, objects, substances or even places, locate their origin, and track targets with nothing but their nose. Elephantidor may even be able to detect lying, sicknesses, or tumors by which hormones/smells a target excretes.

Enhanced Strength: Elephantidor possess a level of strength beyond that of the peak members of their species and usually in their Verse. At base level, Elephantidor would be able to lift heavy objects such as cars, large boulders, vans, and most other objects that are bigger than them in size. Elephantidor would also be able to exert great physical force from various parts of their body (prominently through their hands), sending enemies flying through walls or breaking their bones instantly with a single punch.

Infra-Sound Hearing: Elephantidor can hear infra-sounds which are below the normal hearing range, since infra-sounds are produced by several natural forces the user is able to sense natural disasters (earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.). Several machines produce these voices as well, so Elephantidor could hear when they start malfunctioning.

Seismic Sense: Elephantidor is able to pick up even the slightest vibrations through physical contact with the ground, enabling them to perceive their surroundings as precisely as normal sight. Elephantidor are able to sense the structure and materials of solid substances, including the presence of caves, material changes, structural weaknesses, etc.

Size Enhancement: Elephantidor can increase the size of anything and everything to a hulking giant. Elephantidor can may allow the target to grow their physical capabilities, allowing them to draw upon vast amounts of strength to superhuman levels.

Prehensile Nose: Elephantidor has a prehensile nose, capable of being used like an extra limb, allowing them to hold anything they wish and manipulate them like they were using their hand, even though it is their nose that is being used to manipulate things.

Tooth Regrowth: Elephantidor can regrow teeth that have been lost.

Trunk Protrusion: Elephantidor either has or can generate a proboscis/trunk, an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. In invertebrates, the term usually refers to tubular mouthparts used for feeding and sucking. In vertebrates, the term is used to describe either an elongated snout, or a fusion of the nose and upper lip.

Tusk Protrusion: Elephantidor either has or can generate tusks which can be used in various ways.

Ultra Hearing: Elephantidor can hear ultrasounds which are above the normal hearing range. These are mostly produced by animals, which gives notable edge for a hunter.

Vibration Emission; to communicate: Elephantidor can generate vibration waves that can push targets over, propel them away, shatter them, even cause earthquakes by shaking the ground or dislodging underground tectonic plates, thus causing earthquakes.

"Take a group of Drillbors and attack Central City State University," Stryker said. "Gather as much fear as you can."

Elephantidor nodded. "Yes, my Lord," she said.

In the Netherrealm....

Shinnok was sitting on his throne. He had pale white skin, yellow eyes, and was bald. He was an male Elder God.

His weapons were the following;

Naginata: The Naginata is a pole weapon that was traditionally used in Japan by members of the samurai class.

Amulet Staff: This ancient golden sceptre called the Amulet Staff, which is also known as the Staff of Shinnok, was the only weapon of the fallen Elder God Shinnok. This Amulet Staff is used to amplify the already great power of the Amulet of Shinnok. The amplification of the amulet's powers increase to the point of pure and virtually unlimited power, omnipotence even. This, for example, will cause the following chain reaction: A man can teleport in a vicinity, the Amulet allows the wielder to teleport anywhere, and as the amulet is still placed upon the Amulet Staff, the wielder can teleport anywhere, even in time.

Bone Scythe: A Scythe is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or reaping crops. It was largely replaced by horse-drawn and then tractor machinery, but is still used in some areas of Europe and Asia. Although not traditionally used as a weapon, it has on occasion been used for fencing.

Bone Pollaxe: The pollaxe (also poleaxe, pole-axe, pole axe, polax, and Hache [French meaning axe]) is a European polearm that was widely used by medieval infantry.

His artifacts were the following;

Amulet of Shinnok: The Amulet of Shinnok is among the most potent and powerful of all mystic talismans within all the realms. It is the most magnificent treasure, and also greatest weapon, of its creator, the fallen Elder God Shinnok.

His Fighting Styles were the following;

Mimicry: Mimicry is a fighting technique used in the series. Mimicry is where a fighter mimics their opponent's fighting styles or abilities, whether this be from the opponent they are facing or stealing abilities or fighting styles from other opponents. Mimicry is a rather difficult trait to master, however, some have managed to master the technique to perfection, making them some of the deadliest fighters in the Realms.

Kuo Shou: Kuo Shou is a fighting style used by Jade, then by Shinnok.

Shinnok, also known as The Fallen Elder God, a vengeful, powerful Elder God of Death, he seeks death and destruction across all the realms. He serves as a minor antagonist alongside Shang Tsung. He was currently holding the Amulet of Shinnok. The Amulet of Shinnok is among the most potent and powerful of all mystic talismans within all the realms. It is the most magnificent treasure, and also greatest weapon, of its creator, the fallen Elder God Shinnok.

He sighed deeply. "Where is that foolish Kintaro?" Shinnok asked. He then screamed. "Kintaro? Where are you?" Kintaro?"

Elsewhere in the Netherrealm....

Kintaro was a large four-armed male orange skinned black armored bald black eyed Shokan.