I don't own Mortal Kombat!

I hope you enjoy my new story. Please, all comments and reviews are welcome. I wrote this story based off of Cassie Cage's arcade ending in Mortal Kombat X, where, by mistake, she kills Shujinko. I don't imagine that it would go unpunished.

Anyway, enjoy!

A Mistake

Cassie Cage's impressive victory over Shinnok led Raiden to give her a new, important task.

Hunting down a soul stealer.

Cassie did not have to be told that the suspect could be a resurrected Shang Tsung.

Having tracked him from the sight of his last known assault, Cassie confronted the withered, old man.

He fought desperately, but was ultimately defeated. As the old man laid dying before her, Cassie asked his name.

With a mixture of sadness and relief, he whispered ''Shujinko.''

Shortly After Shujinko's Death

Cassie's eyes widened as she realized what she had just done.

''Shit!'' she cursed quietly under her breath.

She honestly had no idea what to do. Part of her wanted to believe that he was still alive, that she hadn't done what she just thought she did. That this was all some weird, twisted dream. She closed her eyes, but when she opened them, the corpse, blood and all, was still there.

She looked down at her hands. Her gloves were covered in blood to prove her guilt. She stared at them for what felt like hours, but in reality was just a few minutes. She shook her head, biting her bottom lip so hard that she tasted blood.

She glanced one last time at Shujinko's fallen body, she turned sharply and walked away.

…

Cassie arrived at the Special Forces Base. A whisper caught her attention while she was walking back to her quarters. She heard one of the guards say ''Hey! Didn't she kill Shujinko?''

She quickened her pace, walking faster. Reaching her quarters, she opened her door. She walked in, then turned around and shut it, keeping sure to lock it.

She walked into a small closet, randomly grabbing clothes and tossing them behind her. Unlike many girls, she didn't have too many clothes. Soon, her closet was emptied and all that was left was a briefcase sitting in the floor. She knelt down and unlocked it. Sitting in the briefcase was a gun. One that her mother had given her in case she needed any protection. Now was the time.

The gun itself had a special design to it. It charged bullets with electricity. So when it hit an enemy, not only did the bullet just hit them, it tasered them. Basically killing them on impact, it depended on how many volts it was charged with.

Cassie locked the briefcase back and stood up, carrying the briefcase with her. Usually when she killed someone, she had a reason to. If they were villains, isn't that reason enough? Was ''they're trying to destroy Earthrealm'' count as a good reason?

Cassie threw her belongings into a suitcase, making sure she had everything. As in money, weapons, clothes, etc.

A knock came at her door.

''Hey, Cassie? General Blade wants to see you.'' Jacqui's voice said from the other side of the door.

Cassie thought about not answering, but she felt she had to.

''What for?'' she asked, looking towards her window.

''She says it's about something about… a Shujinko.'' Jacqui responded.

Cassie cursed quietly, not loud enough for Jacqui to hear though. How fast did news travel? It just happened about an hour ago. When Cassie didn't respond, Jacqui grew suspicious and worried.

''Cassie?'' she asked.

Unbeknownst to Jacqui, Cassie was opening her window. When you were on a Special Forces Base and you were basically wanted by the General, it was had to get out unnoticed. Cassie grabbed her suitcase, being glad that it was pretty small. Honestly, it was more of a backpack.

Cassie knew that if she didn't go see the General, the General would have everyone on high alert and on look out for her.

''Cassie, this is not funny.'' Jacqui said, her voice stern and serious. Jacqui tried opening the door, only to find it locked.

Cassie still didn't respond, but instead slid out the window, where she was at least five stories up. She sighed, knowing that the only way out was up. She quickly climbed up the building to the roof top, where there were several helicopters. Never had she been so thankful for the years of training that General Blade had put her through.

Cassie looked back down at the ground, where several guards were walking around, looking for her. Cassie looked behind her, back to the helicopters. A voice sounded behind her.

''Cage, what the hell are you doing?'' Kung Jin asked.

Cassie turned to face him, unresponsive.

''Cassie.'' Kung Jin said, more stern this time.

Cassie sighed. ''Did the General send you up here?''

''Yeah, everyone on base is ordered to bring you in. Word is that you killed a hero.'' Kung Jin said, motioning towards the guards below.

''Of course.'' Cassie said, rolling her eyes.

''Look, unless you want your ass kicked, you're gonna let me go.'' Cassie demanded.

''Can't do that, Cage.'' Kung Jin said, shaking his head.

''Either way.''

Cassie swept Kung Jin's legs out from underneath him. ''But you're gonna have to do better than that.''

Kung Jin quickly got back up and pulled out his bow and arrows. He drew back and fired. Cassie preformed a quick flip to avoid getting hit. She pulled out her nightstick, running up to him and hitting him in the head.

She then did a backflip, her foot colliding with his face. He fell back. Cassie took the advantage and jumped on top of him. She gave him three punches to the face and he was out cold.

''Should've let me go.'' She said, standing up.

Cassie walked towards one helicopter, wanting to get out of there before the search status for her changed to ''bring her in using a peaceful approach'' to ''use any force necessary''.

Cassie climbed into the helicopter and started it up, pressing certain buttons and pulling certain levers. The blades on the helicopter started to spin, getting faster by the moment. Soon, it lifted into the air. A few figures ran onto the platform and looked up at her. It was a group of soldiers and leading them was her father, Johnny Cage.

Cassie refused to look down at them, knowing her dad's expression would change her mind.

That was the stressful thing about being a hero. One wrong move and people were calling you a criminal or a threat. And they would start to say that someone needed to take you down.

Her phone buzzed next to her. Sighing, she looked down at it. It was a text…from her dad.

"What are you doing?!" it read.

"I killed a hero. I'll come back when I'm ready.'' Cassie texted back.

Before her father had a chance to respond, Cassie smashed her phone into pieces. From this moment and from then on, she'd always regret her decision to leave. But she needed to pull herself together. Have some time alone. And now, she knew the public considered her a criminal and a threat. She did beat a fallen Elder God. She destroyed her phone because it had a locator on it. They'd be able to track her. Not now.

However, little did she know that several terrorist groups and organizations, Outworlders and Netherrealmers alike, were starting to take interest.