AN - 18 - Finishes Kahn

Desperate to avoid his father’s fate, Kahn got to his feet and wobbled toward Liu, raising his fists, trying to snag hit him with a combination of blows. But there was nothing behind them, nothing left of his power. Liu slipped most of the feeble punches, blocked the others, and then finished Kahn with a devastating uppercut that sent him high in the air.

Kahn crunched to the ground with a moan of pain and abject defeat, tried to push himself up again, but then slumped back down.

Then, almost at once: the sky itself seemed to creak and groan with the turning of invisible gears as the realms of Earth and Outworld began to separate, and the temple floor underneath Kahn’s body began rippling like liquid instead of stone. Whimpering, Kahn tried to scramble toward solid ground, but he could not move fast enough.