I.O.F Chapter 1: The tournament begins

Batman did another scan of his database, but again without result. 'Sir, I'd advise you to get some sleep. It seems that this man you described is unknown to the authorities.' His butler spoke with a concerned voice. 'Thank you Alfred. I think it is better to get some rest and just see what this man wants from me tonight.' Bruce spoke. As Batman, he had reacted to the alarms of the national Gotham museum and when he had arrived there, he had seen a figure standing in the the exposition room. The man spoke that he knew who Batman was and that he could guarantee a safe Gotham city. The only thing Batman would have to do was show up at the museum the next night. After that, the figure had dissapeared. 

The dark knight that been thinking about this the whole day and Batman was shure that the figure was just a ploy from one his known opponents. His biggest guess was that either Two-face or the Riddler was behind this and wanted lure the Bat. 

'Please take some rest and equip well. The only way you can find out who this man is, is by springing the trap.' Came another voice. This one belonged to Nightwing, one of the few friends of Batman and former sidekick. 'Okay.' Was all Bruce could say.

'Dick.' Batman spoke. 'Yes?' the original Robin asked. 'You are in charge untill I am back. If something happens to me, keep this city safe.' 'Very well.' Came the answer. Followed by a 'Good luck.' After this, Bruce put his mask on and jumped out of the jet. 

He landed on the grass near the museum and saw his jet fly away, leaving him to walk into the trap. It was easy for Batman to avoid the alarm and he was soon inside the museum. As the bat arrived at the exposition hall where he had met the stranger, he saw a strange magic happening. It looked like the air had been ripped and two strokes of air hung next to each other. The space within was big enough for someone to walk through..
The dark knight started researching this strange occurence untill he saw something move in the shadow. Taking out a batarang, Batman stood ready to respond to any violence, only to have the figur appear again. The stranger was dressed in a dark cloack with hood, making it impossible to see who was hiding behind it. 'Ah' The voice spoke again. 'It seems you found my rift. I created it so I could travel here, do not worry for it is not dangerous.' Batman kept himself silent as the cloaked stranger walked towards him. 'Why did you want me here?' Batman asked, using his deep voice. No emotion was seen when the men said that Batman needed to follow him into this rift so all could be explained. After that, the stranger walked into the rift and dissapeared. 

Bruce waited for a second and watched this so called rift again. After feeling confident that this was not a trap, Batman stepped into the rift.

Unknown to both men, a third pair of eyes had watched this encounter. These eyes belonged to a man with a white and green hair. The joker had seen Batman jumping out of the jet and decided to follow his enemy. 

Now the Joker saw how his arch-enemy walked into a strange rip. Curious at this, the clown prince of crime walked up to this so called rift himself and watched it. He was curious on who this man was that had lured the Bat away and why Batman had followed. Knowing that there was only one way to find out, The Joker jumped into the rift.

The joker watched and saw Batman walking towards a big stadium that reminded him on a drawing he had once seen in the historical museum when he was stealing something. Before he could follow, three men in white armour and with a white helmet walked towards the Joker. 'hello my lads.' The Joker spoke with a grin. The men  did not respond to the clown and only one of them spoke. 'Move to arena and your questions will be answered there.' 'What questions.' The Joker asked. The response was however the same as before. 'Move to the arena and your questions will be answered there.' 

After the last guest had arrived, the doors to the Colloseum got closed. Angst had found this structure on the island and had given the building its current name. 

'I am done.' Shang Tsung suddenly spoke. 'I have put a spell over all of them and now their souls will be chained to their body's even when they die, untill I come and pick the souls up.' After the mortal kombat sorcerer had spoken, Angst smiled. 'Very well done. I will now talk to them.' Angst then walked through a set of double doors and stepped into the sand of the arena. 

'Welcome my guests. Warriors.' Angst spoke as he walked to the middle and watched the warriors. He saw Ryu Hayabusa, Zuko and Azula sitting together, Yoda and next to Storm sat the Hero of Oakvale. Suddenly his eyes fell on someone whom he could not name. This man had green hair, a white face with a big grin and a purple suit. This strange man must have come through one of the rifts before Angst had closed it. Knowing he had to go on, he decided to let his men check this stranger out later.

He quickly scanned the rest of the warriors but could not find any other intruder and started talking again. 

'I am the Master of the island and I have summoned you here to compete in a tournament. The rules are simple. Everything is allowed and and there will be a winner when only one person is left standing. The whole island can be used as a battlefield, apart from the tower which is forbidden to be entered.' 'Why would we want to compete in this tournament of yours?' A man with a tophat asked. Angst watched the man for a second and then aswered. 'Well Reaver, I forgot to mention it but nobody is allowed to leave the island untill the tournament is over. This means that only the winner is allowed to return home.' People started talking after hearing this and when they went silent, Angst continued. 'This Island is on a world unknown to all of you and I have had barriers created that will hold you in. If anyone tries to attack a barrier, he will get hurt. The only way out is by means of the rifts, and I am the only one who can make those.' As if he could sense the thoughts of many warriors, he spoke again. 'O, do not try to attack me, my servants or my guards. If you do so, I will destroy you all. I am the most powerfull being on this island.' The silence kicked in again untill Yoda asked a question. 'Hmm. Fight why we should?' The answer came direct: 'Because if you do not fight, you will get killed. Either by one of your opponents or by me. I have my reasons for this tournament, reasons I will not reveal to you.' Yoda nodded as if his question was answered and then a grey warrior stood up and spoke. 'I will not be controlled by you.' The master of the island laughed before he spoke again. 'Mewtwo, it seems you have little choise. But why don't you start off this tournament with the first fight. Come here.' Mewtwo teleported to where Angst stood while Angst was scanning the audiance for the opponent. 'Zuko' Angst spoke. 'You will fight Mewtwo.'

Mewtwo and Zuko stood ready to fight each other. Angst had taken his place in the royal suite with some guards and Shang Tsung. 'Begin' He spoke.

The two fighters did not start to battle directy. Instead, they watched each other. Using mindspeech, Mewtwo spoke to Zuko that he would not obey this man and that the two would put up a mock fight untill Mewtwo had a chance to kill this master. The response of Zuko was an attack of fire. The pokemon used his psychic to protect himself from the fiery attack and proceeded to push Zuko backwards. 

Zuko jumped up agile and fired another fireball that got blocked by his opponent. He then drew his two dao swords and ran to fight. Mewtwo created a protective barrier around himself and summoned his spoon. Blocking one of the swords, the other slashed at the side of Mewtwo but without much effect. Mewtwo teleported himself behind the firebender and used his spoon to slam Zuko against the ground. The enraged prince jumped against and tried a burning slash where he combined his sword and fire. The attacks missed when Mewtwo flew up in the air and send a shadow ball that Zuko could avoid. The two fought for a while but it was obvlious that Mewtwo had the upperhand during the whole fight. A slam of the spoon send Zuko backwards after he had slashed at the psychic type. Zuko let go off his weapons and before he could grab them again, Mewtwo used psychic to controll the two swords. 

The two dao's flew at Zuko and while he could avoid one, the other hit his shoulder. Enraged Zuko used his fire to try and overwhelm his opponent but altough Mewtwo took a good amount of damage this time it was not enough and he used his spoon to slam Zuko against the ground again. 'Finish him' Angst spoke. This was the moment Mewtwo had been waiting for. He had already let go off his barrier because he needed all his energy for this. He summoned a aura that formed in small balls and instead of attacking his defeated opponent with them, the balls flew towards the master. Before the balls could hit target, Shang Tsung summoned a shield of fire that protected Angst. 'See what happens to those who do not listen.' Angst spoke as he took out his mace. He moved it downwards and Mewtwo fell to his knees, obvliousy struggling with something. 'Fire' came the command of Angst and the clones started unleashing laserbolts at Mewtwo. When Angst was down on the sand again, he he motioned his soldiers to stop and delivered one crushing blow with his mace on the head that killed Mewtwo. 'Zuko is the winner by default.' Angst spoke. 'let this be a lesson to you all. Do not try to disobey me!' This would teach all of them. As Mewtwo got pulled away by clones, the master of the island started talking again. 'You all have two hours before you will fight each other. Use that time well because you will have little to no rest after that.' The doors opened again and Angst motioned for the warriors to move out. While the warriors were leaving, Angst walked towards a backroom where Shang Tsung was removing the last of a green energy out of the body and placed it inside a orb. 'The soul of Mewtwo is now in the orb my lord. The first of many.' Shang Tsung spoke.