Reiko runs back to Shao

Reiko makes it to one of the city's gates

Guard: Hold it, nobody gets in or out of the city, First Constable Li Mei, has put the city on lockdown by orders of the empress

Reiko: DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? I'M THE SECOND IN COMMAND OF GENERAL SHOA

Guard: who has no authority in the city

Reiko: Don't make me kill you

Guard: You'll kill me for doing my job

Reiko: If I have to, now let me through

Reiko tries to walk past, but the guard grabs him by his arm and sees the bite mark

Guard: CRAP YOUR INFECTED

Reiko grabs the guard's sword and cuts his throat, which makes Reiko taste his blood, and his eyes go red for a second

Reiko: What's happening? Why did that taste so good

Guard 2: HE KILLED OUR COMRADE, DON'T LET HIM ESCAPE

Reiko: CRAP

Reiko suddenly starts hearing a voice in his head

Curse: KILL, EAT, SPREAD

Reiko: NO I WON'T

Reiko runs at the gate, slams past the guards, and runs to Shoa's camp

Reiko: GENERAL SHOA

Shoa: What do you want reiko, Reiko? I'm busy with planning the final steps of my plan

Reiko: Don't you know what's happening in the city

Shoa: I know that the city is on lockdown because someone has been infected with the Tarkat

Reiko: it's princess Mileena

Shoa: What

Reiko: I found her myself

Shoa: Did you kill her

Reiko: I failed, Princess Kitana retrieved her

Shoa: You moron, we could have gotten more support if the people figured out that we killed Mileena, that bitch Sindel would have needed to praise us fr killing her daughter, she's gonna hide the fact that Mileena was the one who went on a rampage

Reiko: There's more

Shoa: Like what

Reiko shows the bite wound

Reiko: She bit me

Shoa starts to laugh

Reiko: General?

Shoa: I can use this

Shoa summons his hammer and tries to kill Reiko with it, but he jumps out of the way

Reiko: WHAT ARE YOU DOING

Shoa: Sindel will try to hide that it was Mileena who went on a rampage, but I can just blame it on you, then I, the great General Shoa, will have been the one who took down the monster

Reiko: NO, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LOYAL TO YOU

Shoa: You were, but you've outgrown your usefulness

Reiko: NO

Reiko runs away as Shoa points at him

Shoa: MAN, REIKO HAS FALLEN TO THE TARKAT CURSE AND HAS GONE ON A RAMPAGE INTO THE CITY. HE HAS DISGRACED ME AND THE EMPIRE, BRING ME HIS HEAD AND I WILL GIVE YOU HIS RANK

10 of Shoa's soldiers scream in a fit of rage and go after Raiko

Reiko: DAMN IT

Reiko: I need to hide, but where

Reiko sees an entrance to the sewers that go unde the city

Reiko: It's my only choice

Shoa's soldier 1: HE'S GOING INTO THE SEWERS. GET HIM

Reiko runs through the sewers for about half an hour trying to lose them, while he feels himself getting weaker and weaker, when he runs into a dead end

Reiko: FUCK

Shoa's soldier 2: nowhere to run, Reiko

Shoa's soldier 3: I'll bring the general your head

Shoa's soldier 4: no i will

Shoa's soldier 5: We'll decide after we kill him

?: I'm afraid I can't allow that

The soldiers turn around and see someone standing behind them who has been completely taken over by the Trakat curse

Reiko: another who has been infected by the Tarkat curse

?: i am Baraka, the first who has been punished by this curse, and you are not welcome in here, this is our sanctuary.

Shoa's soldier 6: Guess we'll have to deal with you, too

Shoa's soldier 7: oh i'm so scared

He says sarcastically

Shoa's soldier 8: You're outnumbered. There are 10 of us

Baraka: So

a sharp bone comes out of both of Baraka's arms

Shoa's soldier 9: WHAT THE FUCK

Baraka scream and Raiko watches as he kills all 10 of Shoa's men like they were nothing

Reiko: STAY AWAY

Baraka retracts the bones and puts out his hand

Baraka: come brother, I will teach you how to control yourself

Reiko: no i won't become like you

Baraka: Too late, your teeth are already growing

Reiko feels his mouth and feels the new teeth

Baraka: They will kill you, but I can teach you how to survive. You'll become like me, but you'll live. The choice is yours to make

Reiko: DAMN IT

Reiko grabs Baraka's hand, and Baraka helps him to stand

Baraka: Follow me, brother, I'll introduce you to the other poor souls who share our curse