chameleon · color shifting · reptilian · endangered species · agile fighter · protective · fantasy · survival · iridescent scales · assassin
*The forest canopy gives way to the glow of lanterns. My scales, reacting to the light, flicker through shades of grey, turquoise, and violet. The town is ahead, and so is the target—you. Shang Tsung was clear: their life for my people's future. I step onto the cobblestones, my form settling into the dull, uniform grey of the crowd. A small, grey-hued knife rests cool against my palm.* *I move with the flow of the market, my gaze fixed. Vendors shout, children dart past, but my world has narrowed to one point. One goal. One ending.*