Chapter 6 (HPUK)

**Authors Note: I'd like to thank Minty Fresh Death on game faqs for his transcripts. I've only used the dialogues and not his commentary or narration.**

**Review Responses:**

**Charles Ceaser: Thanks.**

**James Birdsong: Thank you.**

Harry had been back a few weeks and he was enjoying life. Having sex, training, magical study, and just plain old enjoying life.

"Having fun?" Death asked, causing Harry to suddenly turn to face him.

"Yes, Death," Harry replied nervously.

"Don't worry. I'm not here to reap you or anyone that you know." Death spoke gently. "I need you to kill two beings to insure this universes well-being... their names are Daegon and Taven and they are part of an old competition for god-like power and to become guardian of Edenia. They cannot be trusted with that power. Whoever kills the fire elemental Blaze will have their powers enhanced to nigh-omnipotent levels. I want you to eventually kill Blaze and augment your powers enough to kill another target that I will send you after."

"You'll tell me when to kill Blaze though?"

"Yes," Death replied. Death shot a beam of energy at Harry, who felt a tiny amount of pain. "That ability will allow you to track your targets and it will fade after your mission is completed. You will also be hidden from the sight of all Gods, Elder Gods, and any other interested divinities. You can absorb the souls of Taven and Daegon if you wish and the souls of any member of the Black Dragon and Red Dragon factions... it should enhance your powers greatly if you can access the full potential of their powers."

"Which is always good as an immortal," Harry agreed.

"Then you'll love the power up that you will gain from two demigods. Your power over fire will increase to a godly level... on par with what your friend Liu Kang could achieve with Raiden's power. You still technically won't be a God either and you can still compete in Mortal Kombat." Death said. "Use your espionage and assassination suit to deal with them and only unmask in a secure location."

"Sir, yes, Sir!" Harry replied, before saluting Death mockingly and causing Death's lips to briefly upturn.

"Have fun, Hadrian," Death said, before vanishing without a sound.

Harry smirked, enjoying the prospect of wiping out two entire criminal organizations, and of enhancing his power further. Harry was suited up within minutes and made an excuse to Skarlet about an errand that he had to run.

Harry arrived near the Charred Mountain, the headquarters of the Red Dragon criminal organization, and immediately began killing off all the members of the group posted in the Krimson Forest. Harry slew them all with minimal effort and then entered the cavern.

With Harry not holding back and essentially being overpowered due to soul absorption, Harry slaughtered hundreds of humanoid reptilian creatures, ripped off the head of a guy in a black cape, ripped out Hsu Hao's cybernetic heart, and then he entered the final chamber...

And saw a freaking dragon!

Thankfully it was in chains and Harry's target was arrogantly waiting for him to approach.

"You aren't Special Forces or Black Dragon... so why oppose my organization?" Daegon asked.

"Your name came up and I was assigned to wipe out your organization... I'm getting paid a hilariously large sum in exchange," Harry replied, lying to his enemy.

"I'm a demigod and you are a mere mortal," Daegon replied.

Harry smirked behind his mask and attacked... Daegon was sent flying into a wall with broken ribs and a broken spine. Harry absorbed the arrogant pricks soul while chuckling. Harry took his two Drakeswords and armor as trophies.

"It's cruel what they've done to you," Harry commented in disgust. Harry was surprised when the dragon spoke.

"Will you free me?" Caro asked.

"If you'll promise me to only hurt members of Daegon's gang or the Black Dragon's should they return and then return to Edenia once you're confident that they are all dead," Harry returned. "I can't release you if you are going to hurt innocent humans."

"I promise that I will only hurt members of the Red Dragon and Black Dragon groups if you release me," Caro promised in reply.

Harry sensed that Caro was being truthful and Vanished the chains.

"I'll be going now. I have to complete another job and then collect my payment." Harry said and Caro didn't object or even say goodbye, so Harry left.

Harry located Taven three hours later and to his displeasure, Taven was frozen in stone and was guarded by a dragon. With Harry's bad luck, the dragon obviously attacked him, and Harry hit it with a Killing Curse while considering it a real tragedy to kill such an amazing creature.

Despite finding it disgusting, Harry executed Taven by beheading him.

Harry absorbed the idiots soul and turned his hiding place into a crater with his enhanced powers... it was gone in an explosion of blue fire.

Harry returned home displeased with the execution, but he began sifting through Taven and Daegon's memories, knowledge, and powers. It was at this time that Harry learned clues about Blaze's location and placed the knowledge under the Fidelius Charm until he could safely get to Blaze.

Bored from all of the unsatisfying kombat, Harry went hunting for members of the Black Dragon group.

Kobra would have his neck broken.

Jarek would have his lasso caught and would be pulled to Harry, who would strangle him to death with it.

Kira would be disarmed of her knives and have them shoved through her heart and skull.

Tasia would be beheaded by Harry's own swords.

And then there was Tremor, who could destroy entire city blocks. Harry dropped him with a Killing Curse and absorbed his souls.

Erron Black was working for Kotal Kahn and Harry would leave him alive unless he caused trouble, but Harry still slaughtered all of the lesser Black Dragon pawns.

For Kano, a traitor to Earthrealm, Harry did something special... Harry used Dark Magic to keep him alive and then ripped out his cybernetics and crippled him by crushing his knees, ankles, hips, elbows, wrists, and shoulders. Harry took his time torturing Kano. It paid off because Kano had literally pissed himself in fear when Harry mentioned that he was done warming up.

"W-why?" Kano asked, referring to the Black Dragon's all being targeted.

"You're a traitor to humanity and a worthless piece of human garbage," Harry replied, his voice distorted. "This will also serve as a warning to other like-minded scum. Hell, I might even cleanse the entire world of organized crime if I have the time."

"The Special Forces would pay to have me as a prisoner," Kano suggested, barely concealing his hope of being spared, and causing Harry to smirk behind his mask.

"I might give you to them... *after* an example is made," Harry replied, destroying Kano's futile hope.

Harry spent the next four hours using the Cruciatus Curse on Kano before finally executing the prick. Harry burned the building down with all of the bodies inside and then teleported away.

Harry's growing power was a great thing and he had continued channeling his power into Skarlet in small amounts, but it seemed that was no longer enough for her. With Harry having godlike power, Skarlet grew to become jealous and came to believe that Harry would never give her what she truly desired; power, recognition, and status.

"Seriously?!" Harry asked in irritation, casually swatting her attacks aside after Skarlet revealed her issues with him. "I probably would have married you in a few years! I'm just glad that you revealed this instability now!"

"You only wanted a play thing!" Skarlet spat.

"I wanted an immortal or near-immortal wife!" Harry returned angrily.

Harry was done talking, he had made a mistake in trusting as Skarlet as little as he did. Harry blasted her with green energy, sending her flying into a wall, and pulled on her soul; ripping it out of her and instantly killing her... Harry Vanished her body into non-existence with a snarl.

"We could have been great together!" Harry yelled, alone in his damaged castle. Harry repaired all of the damage to it with a mere gesture.

Harry was tempted to resort to genetic manipulation to create a child and avoid drama and heartbreak. He had blood from Mileena and Tanya and he could cleanse the Tarkata from Mileena's DNA, but neither of those options were that appealing. They weren't that desirable as genetic material. Collecting all the DNA samples from desirable mothers such as Sonya Blade would be a violation; of body, rights, and trust, and really creepy. Harry decided that the old fashioned way of making babies would be the best way forward.

Sadly, Harry's previous discussions with Sindel had revealed that she didn't want anymore children at her age; not even if they were grown outside her body like Shang Tsung had created Mileena. Plus Harry didn't trust her, his instincts warned him against trusting her quite strongly.

Harry gave up despite wanting to be a father again and instead focused on his training.

Harry wouldn't achieve a lot in training, but he mastered his powers both new and old and he was more than ready for kombat. Soon all that he needed was a worthy opponent.

One year later...

Shinnok and his allies had attacked all of the realms. Which Harry was pissed about. He had went through a lot to bring peace to all the realms and some rabid Elder God was undoing all of his work. As such, Harry was infuriated and had been decimating entire armies of demons, revenants, and other filth. Thankfully, the realm of Edenia was untouchable at this time.

As for now?

Harry was currently aiding Raiden and Fujin against an army of demons with a thunderstorm raging over head. The demons attacked and Harry used the thunderstorm to his advantage and began tearing it down from the heavens and killing dozens of demons at a time while charging up two fire balls... hundreds of the demons were soon annihilated in an explosion of blue fire and hundreds more afterward by the second fire ball.

Harry, Raiden, and Fujin began ripping through the army with Harry feeling a rush of pride that he was their better in destructive power and in power itself. With their combined power, they were soon surrounded by countless demonic corpses, and the ground was superheated.

"The mighty gods of Earthrealm," Quan Chi said, approaching them.

"I'm not a god, but it's a common misconception," Harry quipped.

"You befoul these hallowed grounds, Quan Chi! Begone!" Raiden commanded.

"Surely you are pleased to see your allies..." Quan Chi replied mockingly. "We had to visit Outworld just to retrieve some of them." Quan Chi gestured to a revenant Kotal Kahn, Bi-Han, Erron Black, Ferra & Torr, Reptile, and Kotal K'etz. D'Vorah seemed to have joined Shinnok willingly.

"I have a sneaking suspicion that we won't have any potential allies left in Outworld," Harry commented.

"You abandoned them to their deaths. I returned them to life."

"A life worse than death!" Raiden said in disgust.

"Indeed," Harry said in agreement. "When this is over you'll wish that we simply killed you and your master."

"No... you'll join my armies and Shinnok will break you for your arrogant threats."

The revenants attacked, but Harry restrained Kotal and his father, and Erron Black with magic and began purifying them while countering attacks from Bi-Han and D'Vorah, who were both held under prolonged lightning as Harry worked. Soon the Osh-Tekk and Black were freed and Harry, Raiden, and Fujin had three new allies.

"Wanna help us kick Quan Chi and Shinnok's asses?" Harry asked.

"Hell yeah!" Erron replied.

"I will aid you in return for Outworlds restoration," Kotal Kahn replied. "I want an oath upon your life and magic... you did not come to our aid against Shinnok."

"Then I swear upon my life, magic, and honor to resurrect as many of those killed by Quan Chi, Shinnok, and their armies as I can... even on the pain of death." Harry replied, not really having a choice. "I didn't know of the attack until too late and Earthrealm was under attack by that time." Harry's half-truth was believed.

D'Vorah and the revenants attacked and Erron put a round each through Ferra & Torr's heads while Harry disintegrated Reptile, Raiden fried D'Vorah, and Fujin blasted Quan Chi and Bi-Han back with his wind. The revenants were beaten, but Harry and the others retreated from a projection of Shinnok's power...

Shinnok soon manifested in front of them.

"You see it now, Raiden... Your legacy. You poison their hearts with hope." Shinnok said.

"And what do you offer? The same as you did millenia ago, when you betrayed your fellow Elder Gods and attacked Earthrealm! We stopped you then, imprisoned you in the Netherrealm! We will do so again!" Raiden replied.

"Remove the shadow from the light, the shadow grows. The legacy of life is death, Raiden. My followers accept this and live on. They fight for me." Shinnok said, and the surviving revenants and Quan Chi attacked.

The revenants, Quan Chi, and D'Vorah were all quickly beaten down and now they just had to deal with an Elder God... An Elder God that casually blasted them all through the stone entrance to the Jinsei Chamber.

Harry sent a blast of green energy from his eyes at Shinnok and attacked him with a spear composed of green energy, and ran Shinnok through with it. Harry used another blast of green energy at point blank range on Shinnok's face and unleashed a final blast that shook the entire temple, and sent both Harry and Shinnok flying backwards with Harry landing on his feet.

Shinnok snarled and he began using his amulet to pull Harry, Raiden, and Fujin towards him. The three of them were helpless as they were slowly dragged closer to their eternal imprisonment within Shinnok's amulet.

Thankfully, Johnny interrupted the attack and they were spared. The amulet landed away from Shinnok and Shinnok did a face plant, which made Harry's day.

"Oh, sorry ma'am! Didn't see ya there!" Johnny said, causing Harry to chuckle.

Shinnok got onto his knees. "Miserable wretch! Insignificant speck of feculent scum! How dare you!" He sent Kenshi to the floor unconscious with a magical blast.

Raiden tried getting Shinnok's amulet and fired a lightning bolt at Shinnok, which Shinnok sent back at him and hit Harry and Fujin with it. Sonya tried injuring Shinnok with a gun, but ended up just wasting her ammo. Her and Johnny fighting Shinnok ended in defeat for them and just when Harry was resigned to being the only one able to defeat Shinnok to save Sonya, Johnny jumped in front of her and halted Shinnok's attack.

"I'm not sure what just happened to me..." Johnny said, as the glow of green energy surrounding him faded. "...but I am sure of this: You don't even think of hurting her!"

Johnny kicked Shinnok's ass and everyone; especially Johnny, was impressed.

"You really are a fallen Elder God," Johnny mocked.

Shinnok slowly rose to his feet, weakened by the kombat but willing to continue, and Johnny glowed green again in preparation.

"Johnny Cage! The amulet!" Raiden said.

Johnny stepped on it and sent it flying backward to Raiden, going directly into his hand.

"No!" Shinnok yelled, knowing what was coming.

Johnny jumped aside to avoid being sucked into Shinnok's amulet and Harry watched in amusement as Shinnok was slowly sucked into his own amulet while impotently resisting.

With Shinnok imprisoned, talk turned to what to do with Shinnok's amulet.

"Let us take the amulet to the Elder Gods," Fujin said.

"They cannot destroy it. No one can." Raiden countered.

"They might offer counsel. Shinnok can never escape."

"They'll only tell you do what you already know should be done," Harry pointed out. "Establish guardians and protections... if you can't destroy something then it needs to be hidden. That's common sense. I can erect wards over the amulet so heavy that it will feel like the would-be thief is being crushed to death while trying to counter them and form some golems for it."

Raiden and Fujin decided to consult the Elder Gods instead. They would summon the Kamidogu and seal Shinnok's amulet away in another dimension... unwittingly stealing two of them from Harry himself. Harry didn't like having his treasures stolen by incompetent Elder Lackwits. Thankfully, Raiden had entrusted him with one of the very Kamidogu daggers that was stolen from him: the Kamidogu Dagger of Chaosrealm. Harry could reclaim the other in time; Kotal Kahn was an idiot and he was only a useful pawn to reinforce Earthrealm.

Resurrecting millions of Outworld citizens and restoring the cities nearly burnt him out; twice, but the growth in power made it tolerable despite him bleeding from every orifice and having his magical pathways burn his body temporarily. Still, if Outworld fell again then Harry would just write it off. A realm that was a liability or had weak leadership needed to be either wiped out or fixed, and not propped up without any real solutions being tried.