Mortal Kombat Story
Chapter 1In the beginning before existence, there was the One Being and the Elder Gods.
The One Being fed off the Elder Gods. He was everything, and then the six Elder
Gods with the use of the six Kamidogus smashed the one being’s consciousness
into six major realms known as Earthrealm, Netherrealm, Orderrealm, Chaosrealm,
Edenia, and Outworld as well as the rest of existence. The realms are the
shattered consciousness of the One Being and he has been subconsciously working
through the Dragon King to fuse the Kamidogu into one again which would merge
all the realms together and eventually all the beings back into the One Being,
if this happens everything will cease to exist once again. The Elder Gods hid
each Kamidogu in each of the realms that was created from smashing the One
Being. The Elder Gods then took on the policy of never to interfere in mortal
destiny to ensure that they do not unknowingly assist in the return of the One
Being.
Chapter 2Thousands of years ago after the Earth realm was formed, the Elder God named
Shinnok decided to try and take the Earth realm and have unlimited power. Not
wanting a confrontation by the other Elder Gods, Shinnok created an amulet that
would allow him access to the Earth Realm without intervention from the other
five Elder Gods; this amulet could only be created once. Unfortunately for
Shinnok; the Elder Gods, including himself, appointed a protector for the Earth
realm, this protector is known as the God of Thunder- Raiden. Shinnok and
Raiden battled for centuries for the fate of the Earth realm. Raiden eventually
defeated Shinnok, and with the other Elder Gods assistance, banished Shinnok to
the Netherrealm, a place that is inhabited by demons and a place that twists
mortals into vicious monsters called Oni. However on Earth the war caused a
near extinction of the raptor race, few raptors fled to the realm of Zaterra.
Earth was then faced by centuries of darkness. Shinnok upon entering the
Netherrealm was attacked by Lucifer, the ruler of the Netherrealm, and his
minions. Shinnok would exist to be tortured and tormented for thousands of
years. On Earth, Raiden discovered Shinnok's amulet and how it allowed Shinnok
access to Earth. Raiden called forth humans to build a temple in the Himalayan
Mountains of Nepal and housed the amulet in the temple and appointed the Gods
of fire, earth, water, and Fujin the God of wind to guard the amulet. This
story has been forgotten over time with the exception of one document known as
the map of elements, which is the only evidence of the story.
Chapter 3The Dragon King, Onaga, is the first known emperor of Outworld. He was an
accomplished campaigner and commanded the greatest army any realm has seen,
they were known as the Dragon King's undefeatable army. The secret of their
undefeatable ness lies within Onaga himself. Onaga’s heart has the power to
resurrect any living thing and kept constantly resurrecting his army after each
battle. One day Onaga’s advisor, Shao Kahn, whom was also being influenced by
the One Being, poisoned Onaga to claim Outworld for himself. However Shao Kahn
was unaware that Onaga could still see Shao Kahn from beyond death. Onaga also
died before his holy men could incubate the last great dragon egg. It was then
prophesied that the Dragon King would return upon the hatching of the dragon
egg. The Dragon King's undefeatable army allowed themselves to be ritually
killed and buried in the tomb with the Dragon King and await his second coming,
the tomb and its portal is taken care of by an unknown person. The Dragon
King's holy men then searched for a place where they could incubate the dragon
egg, at first they were hoping to incubate it in the Sarna Ruins, but with
growing instability of the land, they were forced to incubate it in a molten
cavern far from this location.
Chapter 4The realm of Chaos was once like any other realm until the God of Chaos
released his tempest. Chaos can be described as the religion of the chaos
people. The Chaos people hold water sacred since it has no shape and its flow
never ceasing, it is considered to be chaos. They have built a tempest in the
middle of the realm which keeps the realm from obeying the laws of nature.
Another structure built is the labyrinth which serves as a reminder of the
importance of confusion. War is also another value they hold in the Chaosrealm
to maintain chaos. Two enemy tribes called the Yinasi and Yangese have been in
constant war for centuries, this has kept chaos in motion throughout the realm.
It took Havik centuries but he eventually gave into turmoil and is now the
Chaosrealm’s most celebrated cleric. Seido, the realm of Order however is a
realm governed by law and order and despite the confusion, they do not hold
freedom as a value, freedom is looked at as a path towards chaos. It shows as
their realm is built by structure and organization rather than by random.
Seido’s laws are strict but it is also a very safe realm. Their academy accepts
citizens from all realms to study order. As Havik is to the Chaos realm, the
Seidan guard Hotaru is seen as the Seido’s greatest hero. Seido however is not
without problems, one of which is a resistance movement led by the warrior
Darrius. Darrius believes he is fighting an oppressive government in Seido and
wishes to instill a new government. According to Seidan loyalists he is a
terrorists, however separatist sees him as a hero. Another problem that Seido
faces however is their limited supply of water. With the water supply and the
intolerance of chaos has led Seido into direct confrontation to the Chaosrealm.
A Seidan guard once traveled to the Chaosrealm to enforce law and created a
prison there. This infuriated the Chaos people since their ideals they held
sacred, freedom was being taken from them, the Seidan did not remain in control
and his prison is now a relic in the Chaosrealm as evidence of the Seido’s
legacy. Recently a water facility has been erected in the Chaosrealm by the
Seidans as means for obtaining water for their realm. The Chaos realm sees this
as an abomination. However the Orderrealm is not without its share of chaos
problems as well as the chaos people, including Havik has constantly to
encourage chaos. Seido is also not without its problems with the Seidan guards
either. One warrior named Dairou once served as a Seidan guard and upheld the
law; however he once killed an assailant out of a fit of rage, which is against
Seidan law, and was sentenced to a life of imprisonment. He thought it wrong
that after all his years of loyal service that the one moment of chaos was what
came to define him. Then one day he managed to escape in the confusion of a
resistance riot. He could not return as a Seidan or embrace chaos so Dairou
became a mercenary and is revered by the Orderrealm’s secret underground.
Chapter 5It was around this time in an evil realm called Outworld that a new evil power
was rising- the name of the emperor was Shao Kahn and he was on a campaign to
conquer the realms as well as claiming the Kamidogu. Shao Kahn had the
documents on how to merge the Kamidogu and kept it in his realm of Outworld.
Three of the realms Kahn conquered were the realms of Zaterra, Edenia and a
Vampire realm. The realm of Zaterra is where the raptor people fled to after
the war between Raiden and Shinnok. Shao Kahn eventually took total control of
the realm of Zaterra, the raptors were killed and close to extinction. One
raptor named Reptile eventually became apart of Shao Kahn’s army. One other
raptor survived and was the only one who knew the truth about their race, her
name was Khameleon. However Shao Kahn was not satisfied with the conquering of
Zaterra and continued to conquer other realms, another realm that Shao Kahn
managed to take was the vampire realm. Shao Kahn bounded the vampire realm and
his realm of Outworld by means of a mystical orb. Some vampire people possessed
the power to travel the realms though a gemstone they wore around her neck to
feed off the blood of other species, but with restrictions, they had to travel
in the opposite hemisphere of the realms sun's harmful UV rays, they also kept
records of the realms. Shao Kahn's other realm he took was the realm of Edenia.
Edenia was ruled by King Jerrod and Queen Sindel and had a daughter named
Kitana. Shao Kahn gained access to Edenia and fought in a tournament to control
Edenia. King Jerrod and Shao Kahn fought for the fate of Edenia; however Shao
Kahn emerged victorious, killed Jerrod, and took Queen Sindel as his bride and
Kitana as a step daughter. The thought of serving Shao Kahn drove Sindel mad
and she committed suicide. Enraged, Kahn withheld her soul from moving on and
used it as a token over Jerrod and a reminder to Kitana of his power. In
addition he also had his lead sorcerer Shang Tsung create Mileena, a clone of
Kitana by using her and Tarkata genes. Mileena’s purpose was to eventually take
Kitana’s place as princess. As with the realm of Zaterra, Shao Kahn chose
people to be trained as warriors, one was Kitana's close friend named Jade.
Another Edenian named Rain, whose father was a General of Edenia's army and was
murdered by Shao Kahn, was smuggled out of the realm as a small child. When he
conquered Edenia he also gained an alliance with the shokan race, a group of
half human dragon warriors. The leader of the shokan was king Gorbak and he had
a son named Goro. The shokan had a rivalry going on with the centaur race. In
the wastelands, lived a nomadic group of Outworld warriors called the Tarkata,
the leader was a warrior named Baraka, and he was recruited into Shao Kahn’s
army because of his fighting skills. Shao Kahn's next target was the Earth
Realm.
Chapter 6In the later part of the millennium in the Netherrealm, Shinnok was about to
have a change in his fortune and in his favor. A free roaming sorcerer known as
Quan Chi offered to assist Shinnok to overthrow Lucifer and in return only
wanted to rule by Shinnok when he escapes the Netherrealm. Shinnok agreed and
they waged a war that lasted for centuries, the war came to an end when Shinnok
slew Lucifer and became ruler of the Netherrealm. In return Shinnok granted
Quan Chi the position of arch sorcerer in the Netherrealm. However Shinnok had
nothing to rule except a dead realm and he tried his best to emulate it to look
as close to Earthrealm as best he could, and transformed the demons to look as
human as possible. The Brotherhood of the shadow was created as a group that
worships and serves Shinnok. An early member was a demon named Ashrah, she had
been loyal for years in the Brotherhood of Shadow however she questioned one
command from Quan Chi one day and Quan Chi ordered her sisters to slay Ashrah
to be made an example of. Ashrah escaped and discovered a sword, she quickly
came to realize that the sword purified her soul with each demon she slayed
with it. She is now on a quest to purify herself enough to escape the
Netherrealm. Shinnok however was not satisfied with ruling the Netherrealm, he
has always wanted to be the ruler supreme of all reality. However the only way
he can escape the Netherrealm is if he somehow regained his amulet back and the
only way to find the amulet was to find the Map of Elements, which was only
known to a select few including the shaolin warrior known as Kung Lao.
Chapter 7It was around this point that Shao Kahn decided to start his invasion of the
Earth realm, however little did Kahn know that after his takeover of Edenia,
wise men in the far east in the Earth realm received visions about Shao Kahn
and appeased to the Elder Gods about their concern that Shao Kahn may someday
take the Earth realm, it was for this reason the Elder Gods created the
tournament called Mortal Kombat. This tournament was hosted in the Shaolin
temples and at first was used to compete for honor and glory every generation.
Then one day Shao Kahn sent his servant Shang Tsung to the Earth realm to
unbalance the furies in the Mortal Kombat tournament to atone for his crimes in
Outworld. Shang Tsung immediately won the title of Grand Champion; however
Shang Tsung was also cursed and must take his opponents lives and steal their
souls to maintain his youth. However before being able to win 10 Mortal Kombat
tournaments, a shaolin monk named Kung Lao, with his speed and strength,
overpowered Shang Tsung and won Grand Champion. Years later after the death of
1 of 3 tournament masters, Shang Tsung returned and brought with him another
warrior who inhabited Outworld, his name was Goro and he belonged to a race of
half human, half dragon called shokan. Goro battled in the tournament and
eventually fought the champion Kung Lao, Goro's speed and strength proved too
much for Kung Lao, even though he fought hard and long, he eventually lost and
Goro became the next Grand Champion. Shang Tsung then took Kung Lao's soul and
took control of the Mortal Kombat tournament and corrupted it and would
guarantee Shang Tsung immortality which he greatly desired. Goro would then go
on and win another 8 tournaments making a nine generation streak and leaving
Earth one more opportunity to defend itself. During this period an Outworld
master named Bo Rai Cho was hard at work training warriors to defeat Shang
Tsung, Bo Rai Cho being an Outworld warrior was restricted from the tournament,
for if he won it would be in the name of Shao Kahn because of his origin. So
far all have been failures.
Chapter 8It was around the time of the last Mortal Kombat tournament will be taking
place that the sorcerer Quan Chi and the sorcerer Shang Tsung met and both were
able to help each other out and make a deal. In this deal Shang Tsung would
search through Kung Lao's memory and discover the location of the secret map of
elements that would lead to Shinnok's amulet and offer it to Quan Chi in
exchange Quan Chi would take Queen Sindel's soul and give it to Shinnok in the
Netherrealm to taint the soul with evil and reincarnate it on the Earthrealm,
which would give Shao Kahn the power to step through the dimensional gates and
reclaim his queen and take the Earth realm, whether not Goro won the 10th
Mortal Kombat tournament. However what Shang Tsung failed to inform Quan Chi
about was the fact that the temple of elements was guarded by the four
elemental gods of the Earth realm, Fujin, the God of wind, earth, water, and
fire. The mere existence of the elemental gods made it impossible for the
sorcerer Quan Chi to retrieve the amulet that the Map of Elements led to.
However a human could, if Quan Chi could manage to get the right human that
could defeat the elements he would be able to retrieve the amulet, thus Quan
Chi later enlisted the help of Sub-Zero of the Lin Kuei and Scorpion of the
Shirai Ryu.
Chapter 9Shujinko was a young boy that lived in a small village in the Earthrealm. His
adventure started one day when he was outside in the courtyard playing the
ancient Mortal Kombat battle of Kung Lao and Goro. Shujinko had always wanted
to compete in Mortal Kombat and defeat Shang Tsung to become the Grand
Champion. Then suddenly a bell rang and Shujinko had to meet with Bo Rai Cho
for a class in martial arts. He took several classes that day and became
confident in his martial arts abilities. After Shujinko completed all his
lessons with Bo Rai Cho he wanted to head out of the village and into the
world, however Bo Rai Cho would not let him until he felt Shujinko was ready
and told Shujinko to develop his skills further, discouraged, Shujinko complied
with Bo Rai Cho and turned back. Just then Shujinko met a spirit named Damashi
who is an emissary for the Elder Gods. He tells Shujinko of an important
mission that the Elder Gods want Shujinko to do. Shujinko wanted to help but
informed Damashi that Bo Rai Cho would not allow him to leave the village;
Damashi answered Shujinko by granting Shujinko the power to absorb the powers
of many warriors. Shujinko then heads back to Bo Rai Cho and tells him that he
is ready to prove himself in combat and defeats Bo Rai Cho in a spar. After
Shujinko wins the spar, Bo Rai Cho becomes convinced that Shujinko is ready and
offers to train Shujinko at Bo Rai Cho’s house located just outside the
village. Shujinko feels honored and tells Bo Rai Cho he will be at Bo Rai Cho’s
house shortly after completing a few tasks. Outside the village walls Damashi
greets Shujinko again and tells him that Shujinko is the Elder Gods champion
and tells Shujinko more about his mission and how he has to find the Kamidogus
in the different realms to help the Elder Gods. He also tells Shujinko that the
Elder Gods created portals in the Nexus to aid him in his quest and after the
conversation Damashi vanishes. Shujinko arrives at Bo Rai Cho’s house and Bo
Rai Cho offers to teach Shujinko all he knows about combat. Shujinko decided to
train with Bo Rai Cho and they trained for five years. Afterwards Bo Rai Cho
felt Shujinko was ready to go out on his own. Bo Rai Cho asks Shujinko if he
can find his warriors medallion, Bo Rai Cho lost it somewhere and recalled
having it at the docks and told Shujinko to search there. Shujinko was happy to
assist his mentor and set for the docks and decided to start asking around for
the medallion. At the docks Shujinko comes across a fisherman that lived on the
shore, the fisherman informs Shujinko that Bo Rai Cho left the warriors
medallion there a few nights ago when they were drinking Outworld liquor, he
said he would get it but a group of brigands attacked him and stole his key and
now he is locked out of the house. Shujinko tell the fisherman that he is going
to teach the brigands a lesson. Shujinko comes across 3 people who admitted to
taking the fisherman’s tackle box which has the key to the house and tells
Shujinko to stay out of it, Shujinko knocks out the leader and retrieves the
key for the fisherman. The fisherman tells Shujinko to come inside and Shujinko
retrieves the warriors’ medallion. He is on his way to return it to Bo Rai Cho
when he is stopped by Damashi. Damashi suggests Shujinko keeps it for the time
being since it will prove to warrior masters of the bearers great skills,
Shujinko complies with Damashi’s request. Shujinko then happened at the Lin
Kuei training ground and convinces the grandmaster that Shujinko is a great
warrior and proves it by the Warrior’s medallion; the Grandmaster is impressed
and tells Shujinko to go inside the Lin Kuei temple and be trained to be a Lin
Kuei warrior. After his training the Grandmaster instructs Shujinko to head to
the west and meet a Lin Kuei warrior there who has claimed to find a hidden
object. When Shujinko meets up with the Lin Kuei warrior he informs Shujinko
that the Red Dragon are around and know that the Lin Kuei have it, he instructs
Shujinko to take it back to the Lin Kuei temple while they distract the Red
Dragon, Shujinko complies, however Damashi appears before Shujinko and tells
him that he cannot return the item, which turned out to be the Kamidogu, to the
Lin Kuei. Shujinko is instructed to find and walk through the portal to the
Nexus. Shujinko eventually finds the portal and Damashi instructs Shujinko to
raise the Kamidogu above his head, Shujinko complies and the portal opens and
Shujinko walks through. The portal led to the Nexus, Damashi appears and tell
Shujinko that it was made to help the Elder Gods champion, he tells Shujinko
that it is a portal to the realms and that he should place the Kamidogu on the
alter. Shujinko does as he is instructed and the portal to the Netherrealm
opens up and Shujinko walks through. In the Netherrealm Damashi once again
appears to Shujinko and tells him that his soul would not normally be able to
exist here unless his soul was tainted with evil and told Shujinko that the
Kamidogu probably rested outside the city and in the plains of the Netherrealm
then Damashi once again vanishes. Shujinko wanders the Netherrealm and
approached a demon named Ashrah and asks if she is from the Netherrealm since
it does not look like she is. Ashrah says that she is but she found an ancient
sword that when she slays demons with purifies her soul and one day she hopes
to escape the Netherrealm. Shujinko tells Ashrah he is from the Earthrealm and
Ashrah offers to train Shujinko in combat suitable to protect himself from the
hostile Netherrealm residence, Shujinko readily accepts. After the training
Shujinko feels confident about braving the depths of the Netherrealm, Ashrah
suggests that he tests his skills against another warrior to see if he is truly
ready, Shujinko looks forward to the test and they both head into the
Netherrealm plains. Shujinko catches up to Ashrah where she is being confronted
by a Tarkatan warrior sent by Shao Kahn to deal with Ashrah for slaying Shao
Kahn’s men. The Tarkatan warrior and Ashrah then battled each other. Ashrah
defeats the Tarkatan warrior and afterwards tells Shujinko that he was not a
full demon so his death didn’t do much to uncorrupt her soul, she tells
Shujinko if he sees a powerful warrior named Ermac to lead him to her, Shujinko
says he will if he sees Ermac. Shujinko finds Ermac, but did not know it was
Ermac, who he finds out is also looking for a demon by orders of Shao Kahn, he
is however concerned that he will not have enough strength to destroy the demon
since the Netherrealm drains his powers, Ermac instructs Shujinko to find the
soul stone and in return will teach Shujinko his combat skills. Shujinko finds
the soul stone and reveals its location to Ermac right away, after Ermac’s
strength returns he explains about the soul stones purpose of being built by
sorcerers to replenish their energy in the Netherrealm plains, Ermac then makes
good on his promise and trains Shujinko in his combat skills. After the
training, Shujinko finds out that Ermac is also looking for Ashrah on orders of
Shao Kahn, Shujinko tells Ermac that Ashrah is also looking for him and points
Ermac in Ashrah’s direction. Ermac races to find Ashrah, Shujinko arrives to
see Ashrah and Ermac prepare for battle, Ashrah tells Ermac he will bring her
one step closer to being released from the Netherrealm, Ermac tells Ashrah that
he is no demon and she will pay for killing Shao Kahn’s allies. Ermac and
Ashrah then did battle. Ermac wins the battle and taunts Ashrah that she will
need to dish out more to defeat him, Ashrah complies, the fight raged on out of
Shujinko’s sight, however in their battle place the Kamidogu was left behind,
and Shujinko took it. When Shujinko gets back to the city gates he calls for
Damashi and he appears. Shujinko wonders why he has not seen Damashi in a long
time and Damashi explains that he is hesitant about traveling to the
Netherrealm because if he stays there too long or goes too deep into the plains
his avatar could be stuck there forever. Shujinko informs him of the
Netherrealm Kamidogu, Damashi is impressed and tells Shujinko to head back to
the Nexus and Shujinko headed back. Once back in the Nexus Shujinko placed the
Kamidogu on the altar and was confronted by a being named Monster who claimed
to be the Elder Gods champion who will stop Shujinko if he does not leave the
Nexus. Shujinko insists that he is Elder Gods champion and Monster prepared to
battle Shujinko. Shujinko defeated Monster and heads into the next portal to
the Chaosrealm. In the Chaosrealm Damashi appears to Shujinko again and
Shujinko asks who the warrior that attacked him was. Damashi replied that he
did not know and that if Monster thought he was the Elder Gods champion he was
mistaken and reinforced his statement that Shujinko is the Elder Gods champion.
Shujinko headed to the first transporter but it was being guarded by a Seidan
guard, the guard makes Shujinko fight him if he is to pass, they do battle and
Shujinko wins and used the teleporter. Shujinko comes across a citizen of the
Chaos realm who tells him that a wraith from the Netherrealm claimed the a
cemetery for the Brotherhood of Shadow, Shujinko offered to challenge the
warrior and went looking for him, upon arrival he finds the Brotherhood of the
Shadow member and that he claimed the land for the Brotherhood of Shadow,
Shujinko challenges the Netherrealm wraith and defeats him in battle. Shujinko
approaches the warrior Havik and was given the choice to state his business or
have his spine snapped; Shujinko says that he is searching for relics, Havik,
impressed with Shujinko’s chaotic wandering permits him to proceed. Havik also
gives Shujinko the task that if he can defeat and put pendants of chaos on the
four Seidan guards who is trying to restrict the flow of the Chaosrealm’s water
he would train Shujinko, Shujinko agrees and sets out to find the Seidan
guards. When Shujinko arrives at the control plant he meets a chaos realm
citizen that tries to sabotage the Seidan Guards but cannot since their numbers
are great. Shujinko offers to defeat them and meet him back when he is done.
Shujinko proceeded to defeat the four guards and meets back up with the
citizen, the citizen tells Shujinko that Havik awaits in the south town.
Shujinko meets up with Havik who tells Shujinko that he sent the guards back to
the Orderrealm to wreck chaos, Shujinko reminds Havik of their deal for him to
teach him, Havik is upset that Shujinko would hold him to his word and battled
Shujinko, afterwards Havik made it clear that it was a training session and not
a threat. Havik then gave Shujinko a key to the portal labyrinth. Shujinko
takes the portal warp to a bed of water where he finds the Chaosrealm Kamidogu,
however the water aged him. After several years Damashi returns to Shujinko and
tells him that he has aged but he did not perceive it, Damashi also tells
Shujinko to return to the Nexus and put the Kamidogu onto the altar. Shujinko
heads back to the Nexus and sets the Kamidogu onto the altar and the portal to
Outworld opens up and Shujinko heads through. Upon arrival to the Outworld
Damashi once again greets Shujinko, Shujinko says he has heard many tales of
this realm and it was ruled by Shao Kahn, this seemed to strike a nerve with
Damashi as he said that Shao Kahn was once an advisor to the realm much like
Raiden to the Earthrealm however he deceived and betrayed the former ruler
Onaga and took the realm for himself, Damashi leaves Shujinko to find the
Outworld Kamidogu. Shujinko encounters Mileena outside the city of Lei Chen in
Outworld, Mileena threatens to attack Shujinko and Shujinko says he will defend
himself if attacked because he is quite skilled in combat, Mileena proceeds to
attack. After the battle Mileena is impressed that Shujinko survived the
assault. Mileena asks Shujinko if he would talk to the overlord of Lei Chen and
convince him to surrender the city to Shao Kahn or they will be attacked by the
Tarkatan warriors, Shujinko accepts to talk to the Overlord if it means the
survival of the people of the city. Shujinko enters the city and talks to
Zeffeero the overlord of the city to tell him of the Tarkatan forces outside
the city wall is willing to make a deal that they will withdraw their forces if
he surrenders himself and the city to Shao Kahn. Zeffeero refuses and suggests
an alternate plan, he says if Shujinko can go to the realm of order and
convince the Seidan guards to arrive the city will remain safe. Zeffeero
however did not have money to pay the Seidan guards and suggested Shujinko to
go to the Living Forest where a precious object was located, he said to find it
and offer it to the Seidan as payment, Shujinko complied and went to the Living
Forest, when he got there he found out that Jade had already obtained the
object. Shujinko challenged and defeated Jade in combat and obtained the
Outworld Kamidogu. Damashi appeared again and was surprised that Shujinko
already obtained the Outworld Kamidogu. Shujinko tried to explain he did not
realize it was the Kamidogu and he was instructed to offer it to the Seidan as
payment for coming and protecting the city of Lei Chen from the Tarkatan
warriors. Damashi tells Shujinko that he cannot use it as a bargaining chip
since the Kamidogu belongs to the Elder Gods and he must not lose focus on his
primary objective. He advises that if Shujinko really wants to protect Lei Chen
that he should go to Orderrealm and tell the guards that the city is willing to
give the Seidan occupying control of the city, Shujinko does not want to do
this but reluctantly agrees with Damashi. Shujinko heads back to the Nexus and
places the Outworld Kamidogu on the altar and opens a portal to the Orderrealm
and heads into the portal. Damashi appears once again and tells Shujinko that
the Seidan people upholds their laws very strictly and that Shujinko cannot
afford to get tangled up in their legal system, Shujinko heeds Damashi’s
warning and Damashi vanishes once again. Shujinko meets Hotaru and tells him
that King Zeffeero requests their assistance to defend their city from Shao
Kahn’s Tarkatan warriors and in return would give Hotaru occupying control of
the city; Hotaru says he has long wanted to battle Shao Kahn but he is
currently busy suppressing an uprising and wants Shujinko’s help to end it.
Shujinko offers to help any way he can and Hotaru then trains Shujinko to be a
member of the Seidan guard so that he can legally partake in the assault
against the rioters. After the training Hotaru instructs Shujinko to defeat the
resistance leader named Darrius and to meet back with Hotaru afterwards and
Shujinko headed off to find Darrius. He finds Darrius and tells him of his
intentions to defeat him and end the rioting, Darrius says he looks forward to
resisting arrest and they prepared to do battle which Shujinko eventually wins.
Shujinko reported back to Hotaru and announced his success of defeating
Darrius. Hotaru then made good on his promise and traveled to Lei Chen in
Outworld to protect it from the Tarkatan hordes. Shujinko then heads back to
the portal to the Nexus and to Outworld where he wants to meet up with Hotaru.
Shujinko meets up with Hotaru in the city of Lei Chen and was informed that he
drove off the Tarkatan warriors, he also informed Shujinko that King Zeffeero
didn’t recall making the arrangement of giving Seido control of the city,
Shujinko tried to say Zeffeero probably forgot because he made the arrangement
out of desperation. It didn’t matter much to Hotaru though since he stripped
the governing title from Zeffeero and now controlled the city, he then left
Shujinko so that he can see to Lei Chen’s governing. When Shujinko leaves Lei
Chen he is confronted by several Tarkatan warriors and asked to follow them to
their leader Baraka, Baraka is angry that Shujinko did not get Zeffeero to
surrender and that he brought Hotaru as reinforcement against him. He wanted to
get his Tarkatan warriors to kill him however Shujinko tests Baraka’s pride and
told Baraka he had get his warriors to kill him because he could not kill him
by himself. Baraka says he fears no human and Shujinko responds by saying that
Baraka and himself should battle, but if Baraka lost he would have to complete
a task for Shujinko. Baraka agrees and they do battle which Shujinko wins.
Afterwards Baraka wants to know what he is supposed to do. Shujinko says he
wants Baraka to train him. Baraka complies and trains Shujinko. Afterwards
Baraka tells Shujinko that his Tarkatan warriors will allow him safe passage
out of Outworld and tells Shujinko to go to the portal and never return to
Outworld again. Shujinko complies with Baraka and returns to the portal and
into the Nexus.
Chapter 10In the realm of Earth, there existed a clan called the Lin Kuei, which has
existed for centuries, the clan trained thieves and assassins chosen at birth.
These humans all learned special skills and abilities. However the Lin Kuei had
a rival clan called the Shirai Ryu. Its founder was a renegade Japanese born
Lin Kuei warrior and he developed the art of ninjitsu. He offered his services
and knowledge to lords and generals and they were soon copied throughout Japan.
Soon ninja clans emerged throughout Japan. The ninjas were actually several
small clans working together rather than a single large collective clan. The
Japanese warrior was named Takeda and was always a target for assassination by
the Lin Kuei. He always managed to elude his attackers till his elder years
when he died, not of a vicious battle, but rather a poison slipped in his tea.
Sub-Zero, who mastered the element of cold, represented the Lin Kuei and was
chosen by the grandmaster to go on the mission for Quan Chi to steal the Map of
Elements. However unknown to the Lin Kuei, Quan Chi also enlisted the help of
their rival clan, the Shirai Ryu. The warrior chosen from that clan was Hanzo
Hasashi, codenamed Scorpion, as a backup plan if Sub-Zero failed.
Chapter 11Sub-Zero and Scorpion arrived at the temple that housed the Map of Elements at
the same time. Scorpion tells Sub-Zero he will fail and that he will succeed
and runs off into the temple laughing. Sub-Zero soon gives chase trying to get
to the map before Scorpion. Sub-Zero then battles Shaolin monks that guard the
temple and eventually finds the map with Scorpion. Soon a battle between Sub-
Zero and Scorpion ensues to decide which clan will claim the map. Both warriors
fought well however Sub-Zero gained the upper hand and defeated Scorpion and
ripping his head and spine out, claiming Scorpion's life. Sub-Zero then
proceeds to take the map and escape the temple with a rope on the rooftop. Sub-
Zero returns to the Lin Kuei headquarters and offers the grandmaster the sacred
Map of Elements. Quan Chi all of a sudden arrives, very pleased that Sub-Zero
had succeeded in retrieving the map. Sub-Zero however was angry at the sorcerer
for enlisting the help of Scorpion and jeopardizing the mission by hiring
Scorpion, there was about to be a small quarrel between the two until the
grandmaster broke it up asking Quan Chi for payment. Quan Chi then poured out
the bones of the leader of the Shirai Ryu clan and announced he stripped the
skull of its flesh himself and personally made sure every last clan member was
vanquished forever, the grandmaster was pleased with Quan Chi and offered Sub-
Zero's services once again. Sub-Zero, who reluctantly agreed, was told the
meaning of the sacred Map of Elements, and that he would have to defeat the
four elemental gods- wind, earth, water, and fire then retrieve a small amulet.
Sub-Zero used the map and eventually found his way to the temple of elements
where Shinnok's amulet was held.
Chapter 12Sub-Zero upon arrival had to fight off shaolin monks that help guarded the
amulet. Sub-Zero also had to overcome traps, pitfalls, elements, blades to get
to his destination. The first god he had to face was the god of wind. Sub-Zero
had a vicious battle with the wind powered Fujin however in the end Sub-Zero
was the victor. He was then transported to the earth section of the temple and
defeated the god of earth by means of pulling a chain when the large god was
under a rising platform, smashing the god, he was then transported to the water
section where Sub-Zero defeated the god of water, and so on in the fire section
and Sub-Zero managed to defeat the last guardian, the god of fire. Sub-Zero
then ascended a stairway that he believed led to the amulet he was looking for;
he saw the amulet and was about to grasp the ancient artifact, never before
touched by human hands when all of a sudden the sorcerer Quan Chi grabbed the
amulet first. Quan Chi revealed the amulet's true purpose to Sub-Zero, that
when returned to Shinnok, he would be able to escape the Netherrealm and
destroy all realms including the Earthrealm and Shao Kahn's Outworld. Quan Chi
then teleported back to the Netherrealm, Sub-Zero, having completed his task
turned to head back to the Lin Kuei headquarters, however at that moment the
God of Thunder Raiden appeared to Sub-Zero and informed him of his grave
mistake. Sub-Zero tried to convince Raiden that Quan Chi was a lunatic and
there was no Shinnok and a Netherrealm. Raiden tells Sub-Zero to start
believing in Shinnok and the Netherrealm, because he was going to the
Netherrealm and follow Quan Chi and try to take the amulet back before he gave
it to Shinnok. He also offered Sub-Zero advice to beware of the Brothers of the
Shadow, for if he fails, his soul will join theirs and the souls of the entire
Earthrealm. Sub-Zero salutes Raiden and charges through the portal that Raiden
had opened to the Netherrealm.
Chapter 13In the Netherrealm Sub-Zero spots Quan Chi for a split second before Quan Chi
teleported away again. Sub-Zero found himself in a prison surrounded by guards;
Sub-Zero defeated the guards and made his way through the prison area. On a
long walkway Sub-Zero ran into a giant guard who knocks Sub-Zero unconscious
and throws him into a cell. In the cell he meets Scorpion once again. Scorpion
was angry that Sub-Zero killed him, but Sub-Zero tries to justify it by telling
Scorpion he would have been dead if he hadn't killed him. Scorpion was also
upset that Sub-Zero killed Scorpion's family and clan, Sub-Zero was perplexed
and informed Scorpion that Quan Chi was responsible for their murders and not
the Lin Kuei, however Scorpion does not believe Sub-Zero and a battle ensues.
Sub-Zero and Scorpion fight another vicious battle, and Scorpion comes equipped
with new attacks learned in the Netherrealm. However in the end Sub-Zero
manages to defeat Scorpion once again. Sub-Zero manages his way to the outer
wall of the prison and with the help of an ancient urn, known as the urn of
strength, was able to kick a giant statue of the ruler Shinnok and crush the
prison walls, and escape the prison. Unknown to Sub-Zero as he made his way
towards the Bridge of Immortality, that he was being spied through binoculars
by Quan Chi's personal assassins, Sareena, Kia, and Jatakka. They discussed
what to do about Sub-Zero, and finally Sareena decided to inform Quan Chi about
Sub-Zero. Quan Chi was well aware of Sub-Zero when Sareena explained Sub-Zero.
Quan Chi decided to send out the gate keepers to stop Sub-Zero in desperation,
Sareena tried to object with the intention of stopping Sub-Zero herself, but
Quan Chi would not have it. Sub-Zero crosses the Bridge of Immortality
defeating all gate keepers and finds the bridge has led to Shinnok's pyramid.
In the pyramid Sub-Zero battles his way through Shinnok's forces and eventually
encounters, defeats, and kills all of Quan Chi's assassins, with the exception
of Sareena, whom Sub-Zero sparred her life. Sub-Zero takes each assassin
teleporter crystals and uses them to teleport to Quan Chi's sanctuary. In the
sanctuary Quan Chi informs Sub-Zero that he had already given the amulet to
Shinnok and he was too late. Quan Chi also informs Sub-Zero the reason Raiden
sent Sub-Zero was because his soul was tainted with evil, which was the only
way he could enter the Netherrealm. Quan Chi also offers Sub-Zero a place among
the Brothers of the Shadow to worship Shinnok. Sub-Zero rejects Quan Chi's
offer and the two prepare to do battle. The two fought and when Sub-Zero had
almost beaten Quan Chi, the assassin Sareena teleports in and uppercuts Quan
Chi off the bridge. Sub-Zero was confused as why Sareena helped him. Sareena
tells Sub-Zero that he is still mortal and can escape the Netherrealm and she
wanted to escape with him. Sub-Zero started to explain that he could not leave
without the amulet, when a searing beam cuts through Sareena's chest and she
falls and dies in Sub-Zero's arms. Sub-Zero asks the old man who he is, and he
tells Sub-Zero that he is Shinnok and Sareena was dealt with how everyone would
be dealt with, but Sub-Zero would be dealt with as a bitter enemy. Sub-Zero and
Shinnok started a battle. Sub-Zero cannot hit Shinnok, for he had a force field
that blocks all his attacks. However the force field would temporarily leave
when Shinnok throws an energy ball. Sub-Zero realizes this, and when Shinnok
throws another energy ball, Sub-Zero trades it with an ice ball which freezes
Shinnok on the spot. Sub-Zero quickly runs to the teleportation chamber behind
him and teleports behind Shinnok and grabs Shinnok's amulet. Shinnok turns into
a giant demon and starts to charge Sub-Zero. Raiden opens a portal for Sub-
Zero, and he escapes with Shinnok's amulet, leaving Shinnok once again stranded
in the Netherrealm, and preventing the destructive battle with Shinnok once
again. On the other side of the portal Sub-Zero comes through the portal and
gives the amulet to Raiden. Raiden is impressed with Sub-Zero and tells him
perhaps he will reconcile his reckless past. Sub-Zero then takes the chance to
ask Raiden if what Quan Chi said about being sent to the Netherrealm because of
his evil soul was true. Raiden tells Sub-Zero he is a superb warrior but only
he can control his destiny and not even the gods can interfere with his chosen
path and then gives Sub-Zero the answer yes, but only Sub-Zero can change it.
Sub-Zero returns to the Lin Kuei headquarters and pledges his allegiance to the
Lin Kuei. The Lin Kuei grandmaster welcomes Sub-Zero back and informs Sub-Zero
of a new mission. The sorcerer Shang Tsung request that Sub-Zero take part in
the new Mortal Kombat tournament. However later, a wealth enemy of Shang Tsung
paid off the Lin Kuei to have Sub-Zero assassinate Shang Tsung. Later on Sub-
Zero would pass on the secrets of the location of the temple and the secrets of
stopping Shinnok down to his brother who would later inherit the name of Sub-
Zero.
Chapter 14Also in the realm of Earth, there existed a worldwide crime organization called
the Black Dragon. The Black Dragon clan sprang forth from another clan called
the Red Dragon, which have existed for centuries. The Red Dragon was a crime
organization that stressed the importance of a code system and disciplined
fighting skills to carry out there operations. Unlike most crime clans the Red
Dragon used stealth and secrecy rather than brute force to complete their
intentions which gave them the advantage of not being well known and unable to
be pursued. The Black Dragon was formed by members of the Red Dragon who
thought the Red Dragon code restricted their potential. Since that point of
time, it has been the priority of the Red Dragon to eliminate all remnants of
the Black Dragon clan. Since then the Black Dragon has grew into a major crime
organization that became well known, respected, and feared among other crime
organizations as being mercenaries, thug, extortionists, and thieves. The Black
Dragon has become so powerful that it is a main target of the U.S. Special
Forces. In years past a future member of the Red Dragon clan named Hsu Hao had
been part of the Chinese military, and had a cybernetic heart to enhance
physical strength. With the implant Hsu Hao is not easily distracted and lives
to serve the will of the Red Dragon Clan, he has no ambition so there is no
distraction, only his duty to the clan, and also made him an excellent student
for Mavado to train. The same surgeon later worked on Kano's eye implant. The
modern day members of the Black Dragon are Kano, Kabal, Jarek, Tasia, No Face,
and Tremor. The only known Red Dragon members are Mavado and Hsu Hao.
Chapter 15In the Earth realm the Black Dragon also had a rivalry going on with the U.S.
Special Forces. Prior to the Mortal Kombat tournament, the criminal Kano had
broken into the maximum security prison facility and helped with the escape of
his fellow Black Dragon members who was imprisoned. Kano put an explosive
device on the inside wall and he and the escapees No Face, Tasia, Jarek, and
Tremor had escaped. While riding in his car the leader of the U.S. Special
Forces Jax received a transmission from the Special Forces headquarters about
Kano and the escapees. Gemini, the Special Forces transmitter then received a
transmission from Lt. Sanchez, leader of a group sent to recapture Kano. Gemini
patched the transmission through to Jax and Lt. Sanchez informed Jax about
their location and that they found the Black Dragon. Jax orders Lt. Sanchez not
to engage in battle till Jax arrives however gunshots go off in the background
and the transmission is lost. Jax, upon arrival finds the Special Forces all
murdered. Jax vowed Kano will pay. Jax then enters the warehouse and makes his
way through the warehouse and fights his way through the Black Dragon. He
eventually comes across one of the escapees; No Face, and after a battle full
of explosives, Jax defeats No Face. He is contacted once again Gemini and Jax
tells Gemini that there is a staircase and he is going to follow to see where
it leads. The staircase led to a sewer and Jax makes his way through it and
battles the next escapee Tasia and defeated her in battle. Gemini and Jax make
contact once again and Gemini tells Jax that one of the Black Dragon let it
spill that the Black Dragon are trying to put on a respectable face and is
hiding at a corporate building. Jax arrives and fights his way through and
finds out that Kano has gone to the lost city called Sing Kiang, and he
encounters the third escapee Jarek, Jax defeated Jarek in battle but failed to
kill him. Jax then goes to Sing Kiang and battles his way through more of the
Black Dragon and finds the last escapee Tremor in front of a dimensional portal
to Outworld. Jax defeats Tremor. Afterwards he contacts Gemini that there is a
portal to another dimension that the Black Dragon was guarding, and he had to
go through it to stop Kano. Gemini pleas for Jax not to go and tells him that
their satellite communication wasn’t designed to work in other dimensions. Jax
goes through the portal despite the danger. On the other side Jax finds he is
now in the Outworld and he battles the Outworld residents to find clues on
Kano's whereabouts. Jax finally figures out how to open another portal that
takes him to where Kano is. Kano tells Jax that he found the Eye of Shitian,
and with it he will control the world. Jax and Kano battle and after an
intensive battle Jax manages to win and takes Kano and the Eye of Shitian back
to Earth.
Chapter 16Sometime before the last Mortal Kombat tournament was supposed to start Shang
Tsung discovered a master swordsman named Kenshi. Shang Tsung recognized that
Kenshi was a descendent of a long line of warrior kings and Shang Tsung was
determined to consume the souls of the warrior kings. Kenshi was also
accomplished warrior and slew many great warriors, after slaying a master
swordsman in Japan, Shang Tsung under the name of Song came up to Kenshi and
told Kenshi of a ancient and historically important sword and convinced Kenshi
he should have the sword. Kenshi convinced himself that he should have the
sword to reflect his greatness and agreed to meet Shang Tsung in China to go
and retrieve it. Shang Tsung led Kenshi down the labyrinth tomb and tricked
Kenshi into opening up a heavy stone lid that would contain the sword, however
upon opening up the stone Kenshi was blinded by a green blast that was a result
of the releasing the souls of his ancestors which also left Kenshi blinded.
Shang Tsung consumed the souls, prolonging his life and left Kenshi to die in
the tomb, however a force from the source led Kenshi out of the tomb, Kenshi
now seeks vengeance on Shang Tsung and vows to return his ancestors souls to
the sword. Damashi appears to Shujinko and tells him that the Elder Gods is
allowing Shujinko to fulfill his dream of competing in Mortal Kombat, Shujinko
is speechless but excited and returns to Earthrealm. Upon arrival he meets the
warrior Kenshi, Kenshi explains a little about his past with Shang Tsung and
how he became blinded. Kenshi also reveals that he is still looking for Shang
Tsung and he will continue looking for him in his present area and tells
Shujinko if he helps Kenshi will train him to fight without his eyes, Shujinko
agrees to Kenshi’s request and Kenshi tells Shujinko to look for him in the
south. Shujinko then happens upon Nightwolf who offers to cleanse Shujinko of
corruptness in his soul, Shujinko accepts and works with Nightwolf to cleanse
his soul. In the Honan Province of China, two weeks before the Mortal Kombat
tournament was to begin again, a warrior named Liu Kang requests permission
from the Shaolin Temple to represent the Shaolin in Mortal Kombat. Liu Kang,
whom was trained by the legendary Outworld master named Bo Rai Cho, was
convinced that he could defeat Goro because of his overconfidence. The Shaolin
gives Liu advice and grants him permission to enter the tournament. Liu Kang
vows that he will not fail. After spending many years with Nightwolf; Shujinko
learned how to heighten his awareness and control the evilness in him. After
several years Shujinko then heads out and catches up with Shang Tsung, Shang
Tsung is looking for warriors to compete in Mortal Kombat. When Shujinko finds
out it is Shang Tsung he told him of his boyhood dreams of defeating him in
Mortal Kombat and ridding the world of him. Shang Tsung agrees to let him
compete in Mortal Kombat if he can prove himself in a fight. Shujinko and Shang
Tsung then prepared for battle. Shujinko eventually bests Shang Tsung in the
battle. After the battle Shang Tsung says he will enjoy consuming his soul when
Shujinko loses. Shujinko reveals to Shang Tsung that another warrior wants to
see his demise too and requests that his accomplice to be able to compete in
Mortal Kombat. Shang Tsung knew it was Kenshi and says that he is most welcome
to join but would have to hurry if Kenshi was to enact his revenge since the
tournament began soon. Shang Tsung vanishes and Shujinko runs off. Shujinko
then meets up with Kenshi once again and informs him that Shang Tsung invited
them both to compete in Mortal Kombat and that Shang Tsung was aware that
Kenshi was after him. Kenshi came to realize that this is how Shang Tsung was
able to stay one step ahead of Kenshi. Kenshi then offered to train Shujinko
when they are done they talked about the Mortal Kombat tournament and how they
both want to defeat him. Kenshi tells Shujinko he will meet Shang Tsung on his
island and runs off to join the tournament. Damashi then appears to Shujinko
because he sensed a change in him, Shujinko tells him it’s because his soul has
been cleansed, Damashi says it is an unfortunate turn of events because the
evilness in his soul allows him to go to the Netherrealm and he wants Shujinko
to return to the Netherrealm to regain the corruptness back even with Shujinko
trying to object. Shujinko tried telling Damashi he was on his way to compete
in Mortal Kombat but Damashi says that he needs to fulfill his obligation to
the Elder Gods, Shujinko reluctantly agrees. Shujinko then begins to head
towards the portal to the Nexus when he happens upon Raiden, Raiden is trying
to block off passage to the portal because it was activated. Shujinko informs
Raiden it was him who opened it because he is the Elder Gods champion, Raiden
does not believe him and forces him to test his abilities in a fight. Shujinko
wins the fight and Raiden apologizes for doubting Shujinko, he asks if Shujinko
has come to aid them in Mortal Kombat. Shujinko says he did but has recently
been redirected to the Netherrealm and offered to aid Earthrealm in Mortal
Kombat if he is done in the Netherrealm in time. Raiden thanks Shujinko then
leaves, Shujinko then enters the portal to the Nexus, from the Nexus Shujinko
returns to the Netherrealm where he will spend some amount of time in. In the
Netherrealm Scorpion was giving permission by his demons to return to the
Earthrealm and take revenge of his murder on Sub-Zero. On tournament day, the
movie actor Johnny Cage awaits Shang Tsung's ship to arrive and take him to the
tournament. His agents try to persuade him not to go, but Johnny Cage was
already set on going and boards the ship when it comes in. A few miles away
Sonya Blade, member of a top U.S. Special Forces unit, is in a vehicle in
pursuit of Kano, whom has just escaped prison and his Black Dragon clan. Kano
was on his way to Shang Tsung's tournament because of the rumor of Shang
Tsung's palace's treasures. He tells the Black Dragon after he wins the
tournament to have the whole Black dragon gang there because of all the
treasure; they will be looting for months. He then jumps out the back of the
jeep and onto the Special Forces van and runs in the other direction. Sonya and
her partner Jake goes after Kano and tells the rest to stay after the Black
Dragon jeep. By the dock Kano comes out of hiding and shoots explosive barrels
behind Sonya to create a distraction, and then he jumps on Shang Tsung's ship.
Sonya then calls in for a ship and slowly follows Shang Tsung's ship. Meanwhile
somewhere in the mountains in Japan, Shang Tsung walks through the God of
Lightning and Thunder, Raiden's lands to personally invite him to take part in
the Mortal Kombat tournament, Raiden accepts. On the ship Johnny Cage and Kano
get in a small fight. Johnny Cage is outnumbered and getting beaten up by Kano
and 2 friends Kano has already made. Liu Kang is in a corner and tells Kano
that Johnny Cage is outnumbered. This distracts Kano long enough for Johnny
Cage to get up and deliver his signature move, the shadow kick on Kano. Before
Kano's friends can interfere, Liu Kang gives them a flying kick and ends the
quarrel. Liu Kang and Johnny Cage then becomes more acquainted, however no
warrior noticed that the Lin Kuei warrior Sub-Zero watched from an upper deck.
The ninja Scorpion sneaks up on Sub-Zero and grabs him and tells Sub-Zero how
Shinnok allowed him to come back to avenge his death. Sub-Zero can't believe
Scorpion is back, and Scorpion says though he could kill Sub-Zero at any
moment, he isn’t a murderer and they will fight at the tournament. Sub-Zero
walks away and calls Scorpion a fool for sparing his life. At sunrise the next
day, the ship makes it to Shang Tsung's island and after a day of practice he
addresses all kombatants, and introduces Sonya Blade, whom was ambushed by
Shang Tsung's army. Her companion’s safety forces her to compete. Then the
tournament champion Goro shouts "Let the tournament begin". Shang Tsung also
had his bodyguard hidden at the bottom of the pit, and was instructed to attack
any warrior that poses a threat. Then final battle of the Mortal Kombat
tournament took place in Shang Tsung’s Palace. The fight was not one on one but
rather an all out brawl. On the Outworld side it was Reptile, Scorpion and
Kano. The Earthrealm side was Sub-Zero, Johnny Cage and Sonya. Sometime during
the battle Liu Kang challenged Shang Tsung to a battle. Shang Tsung sprung into
battle and a hard battle ensued. At one point it looked as if Shang Tsung was
going to be victorious and take Liu Kang’s soul however Kung Lao, who was
disguised as Shang Tsung’s masked guard saved Liu Kang’s life and made it known
that he snuck into the tournament for the purpose of freeing his ancestors.
Soon Baraka and another Tarkata charged into battle. Kung Lao decapitated one
with his hat but not Baraka. Liu Kang and Shang Tsung resumed their battle and
Liu Kang gained the upper hand and delivered his flying kick to Shang Tsung,
the move his tutor Bo Rai Cho taught him. Then a roar came out of the dark
passage across the room and the champion of Mortal Kombat, Goro, appeared from
out of the darkness. Goro charged at the warriors and was wrecking havoc.
However Shang Tsung knew that he was defeated and used Goro’s distraction to
give him time to open up a portal into Outworld and escaped. The other Outworld
warriors followed Shang Tsung’s lead. However Shang Tsung’s island was held
together by his existence and the island started crumbling and Raiden appeared
and instructed the Earth warriors how to escape from the island. Liu Kang and
Kung Lao had the ground break under their feet however and they feel down a
hole into Goro’s Lair. In Goro’s lair Liu Kang and Kung Lao was warned by
Raiden to make their way out before the island crumbled. Liu Kang and Kung Lao
had to battle Oni who lived in Goro’s lair to fight their way out. Liu Kang
and Kung Lao made it to the pit stage and saw Johnny Cage on the bridge above
them, Johnny Cage informed Liu Kang and Kung Lao that the way off the island
was up there and Liu Kang and Kung Lao followed. Liu Kang and Kung Lao made
their way through the upper parts of Goro’s lair and into another pit stage
where they had to fight an Oni overlord. After that they found the portal to
the Wu Shi Academy; they defeated Shang Tsung’s masked guards for the key and
made their escape.
Chapter 17Sometime after the Mortal Kombat tournament Scorpion found Sub-Zero and killed
him; sending him to the Netherealm. After his death Sub-Zero arrived in the
Netherrealm, his soul was tainted with evil and he eventually became the dark
warrior called Noob Saibot. At the Wu Shi Academy; Raiden and the shaolin monks
had an award ceremony for Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Sonya and Johnny Cage. Raiden
placed a medal around each warrior’s neck and gave them all their individual
praises; and said they all deserved a nice long rest. Suddenly outside the
academy Baraka and a band of Tarkatan warriors attacked the Wu Shi Academy with
catapults. Raiden tells the Earth warriors to defend the Wu Shi Academy and
they all headed into the academy walls. Liu Kang and Kung Lao made their way
through the courtyard to the actual Academy. Meanwhile Sonya Blade was by
herself in another part of the academy; she saw an injured monk and went to go
aid him when suddenly Baraka jumped down and killed the monk. Sonya and Baraka
had a short fight and Sonya blasted Baraka. When Sonya got close Baraka tripped
Sonya and slammed her against the wall knocking her unconscious; Baraka then
kidnapped Sonya and took her to Outworld. At the Wu Shi Academy Liu Kang and
Kung Lao met up with Johnny Cage; Johnny Cage got Liu Kang and Kung Lao to
assist in defending him while he closed the gates to the academy. After Johnny
Cage closed off the gates he tells Liu Kang and Kung Lao to head to the other
academy to assist them. Meanwhile by the portal to the Outworld Raiden defeated
two attacking Tarkatan warriors and was confronted by Shang Tsung. Raiden was
mad that Shang Tsung is breaking the rules of Mortal Kombat and they engaged
each other; with Shang Tsung coming out on top. At the other academy, Liu Kang
and Kung Lao found the place heavily under siege and in flames. They proceeded
to use the water system to put out the fires and after they succeeded Johnny
Cage appeared to them and informed them that they captured Sonya. Liu Kang and
Kung Lao then began to spar with each other. Shang Tsung morphed into Johnny
Cage and was sneaking behind the trees, he then morphed into Raiden and walked
up to Liu Kang and Kung Lao. Shang Tsung then tells them that Shang Tsung is
not as defeated as they had hoped and he faced Shang Tsung when Liu Kang and
Kung Lao were fighting the Tarkata. He says that Shang Tsung is now defying the
Elder Gods because Baraka could not get to Earth without the help of Shang
Tsung. He tells Liu Kang and Kung Lao that Shang Tsung will want vengeance
after his defeat in the Mortal Kombat tournament and that they needed to take
the fight to Outworld. Liu Kang wanted revenge against the Outworlders
responsible for the attack on the temples and he had to also defend his title
of champion of Mortal Kombat.