So for the better great be silent shinnok
But you where my amulet finally you embrace the truth the elder gods deny the truth i was cast out for speaking the truth i embrace shinnok mercy is wasted on those who defile earth realm i will destroy our enemies before they destroy us starting with you oh raiden not even you can kill an elder god there are fates worse than death and your nether realm minions
You will serve as warning and an emblem of my wrath this was not your destination once again the thunder god has upset the balance of history but know this the ark of the universe bends to my will it is only a matter of time do as you were
For 25 years the special forces have been earth realms sword and shield we’ve pushed back shao khan defeated shinnok yet none of our victories have come without cost recently commander jackson briggs was honorably discharged his wounds both physical and psychological left him no longer fit to serve we honor jackie’s father and we honor his sacrifice by doing what he would do tirelessly defend earth realm sergeant cage step forward your leadership and warfighting ability have earned you promotion to commander but there are no family favors here
By special forces tradition you still have to pass one last test i need to kick the ceo’s ass ma’am your ass ma’am all right then sergeant let’s see if you can take me commander cage reporting for duty congratulations commander come on dad you really have to go oh you’ve got your duty commander and i got mine starring in yet another ninja mime sequel isn’t what i’d call duty i need to provide for you in the manner to which you become accustomed then geez guys i’m right here general blade cassandra cage what is it
Raiden another realm we should open a dialogue maybe there’s an explanation lou kang and katana were friends once they are irreparably polluted by shinnok’s evil they are no longer the champions we once knew we must strike them preemptively it’s about time we brought the fight to them what’s the target buried deep beneath liu kang and katana’s castle is the cathedral of shinnok the seat of their power destroy it and their undead army will fall removing its threat to earth realm aren’t your powers weaker in the nether
Realm yes but i will have sufficient strength to occupy the undead army that’ll buy us enough time to infiltrate the cathedral destroy it from the inside we get pinned down in there there’s no way out to ensure earth realm survival we must all be willing to sacrifice uh you know it’s been two years too much of your grim and gritty makeover droning on about sacrifice you don’t have a family to lose i no loss johnny cage braden’s right johnny we’re not ready for another war we’ve got to take out another realms army now before liu kang can bring it
Here we’re in position hope raiden’s planned one hell of a diversion withdraw or feel the wrath of earth realm’s protector
Foreign so oh so
Huh should raiden get this far eliminate him that burn victim’s cabal wasn’t he kano’s goon back in the day don’t let the scars fool you he’s fast take out him and jade i’ll go downstairs and set the c4 roger that so move charges on every column
You’re a dead ringer for your mother i’ll kick your ass on her behalf cabal you lose as fast as you run jackie where’s jade she bailed getting help i’m sure general how we doing need ten minutes the support columns are further apart than expected you need help negative just watch our back ten more minutes we need it to be tail lights in five well we’re in the [ __ ] now we have extra c4 yeah yeah why let’s buy ourselves time ah
Have captured the bone temple but braden he’s the diversion lock and load well what’s going on up there watching your back general oh
oh empress of the dead i’ve not forgotten our last encounter in the sky temple how are your scars healing
she’s trapped cassandra cage how the chosen one has fallen raiden’s right whatever shinnok did to you you’re a lost cause [ __ ] you general can you hear me general come on i’m here cass hang tight we’ll get you guys out they’re gone cass and i’m not gonna make it what i’m not leaving you behind get your team home that’s an order your duty
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Minds to finish the mission i love you cass give your dad a kiss for me mom no dude mom mom she started the detonation sequence override it jackie there is no override commander our orders are to leave oh
Uh your mother died a warrior’s death may we all be so fortunate you did not just say that thank god you’re back how did the mission go no without the cathedral’s power we stand alone
We are vulnerable who are you one of raiden’s elder gods here to taunt us no katana i am much more what power is this i am cronica keeper of time the sands of time guide the destiny of
The realms and every soul they’re in i’ve carefully crafted them to keep the realms in balance but my work’s perfection has been irreversibly tainted by raiden’s actions the two of you have felt that pain most acutely what can be done the past is the past is it not it need not be i intend to wind time back to its beginning and restart history but even with my vast power i cannot create this new era alone how will this new era be different in many ways but most importantly there will be no raiden how do we begin
for years you escaped my justice sucked dry the bounty of outworlds people today your debt is paid kill me kotal and you lose profit you mistake me for shao kahn i do not inflict bandits upon the poor socon approved his word was law your master is dead so is his law never again will outworld suffer from his corruption
by the elder gods uh
oh you pretend to my throne it is mine by right and deed you were killed long ago as was your
Repugnant spawn molina we were at the mortal kombat tournament kung lao had just defeated shang tsung and quan qi we are decades beyond those events for us they happened only moments ago what game are you playing raiden what magic power is this delusion if it is a delusion it is one we all share is it possible that the past and future are colliding katana morocco scarlet all outworld champions long since gone if you have all returned i am here codel jade ashtek custom requires all refugees be offered assistance
I offer it to you shall god i am no refugee i am khan of outworld vacate my throne or i’ll soak these sands with your blood lord rayden what do we do i have not met codel but he is reputed to be a man of honor it’s true i know him well then we must navigate this crisis by aiding him
stupid it is you with no future barakah your takatans are dead impossible they allied with molina against me persist and you will die again filthy takatan
The orphan turned assassin better to thrive in shark and squirt than starve in the streets you oshtec may practice blood magic curtail but i am the master pride will be your downfall i thought you were dead what happened to you zhao khan betrayed me ambushed my legion i was kept alive for shang tsung’s experiments only when he died was i freed seeing you again makes it worth living this nightmare i will not lose you twice go help the earth realms i will deal with this your future self is ally not enemy aaron black to hell with the future
I live in the moment given who you become i would not have thought you so reckless i will have my throne outworld rejected your pointless wars empires must expand or die your conquest serves you alone not
Outworlds people you are calm no more i have not known stranger days i am raiden protector of earthrealm i know you we are acquainted in your era we were allies who became enemies i am surprised given our shared antipathy toward shall khan everything changed
After your defeat of chinook is defeated our realms joined to fight him but in victory you were hardened to protect earth realm you lashed out at all realms you deemed threats that cannot be my raiden where shinnok’s amulet as a symbol of his fury be assured kodo khan i am not that raiden we have common cause both in solving this temporal crisis and in defeating shao khan agreed liu kang kung lao and i will return to earth realm and learn what temporal anomalies have occurred there we must better understand the phenomenon
We are experiencing i will have my scouts track shall come so this is goodbye only goodbye for now i can’t leave while shao khan threatens outworld i must seek justice for what he did to my family and to all adenia i will come back for you to aid you princess you evade my questions devorah i routed your people burn this hive yet you aid me we can’t trust her excellency kotarka did and she betrayed him how is it i’m dead and he sits on my throne you tried merging earth realm into
Outworld the elder gods intervened and raiden killed you that’s when melina became calm after this one killed your daughter cotton claimed the throne you killed molina if this is true you will die devorah is under my protection shao khan as are you i am cronica the legends are true i am displeased with how history has unfolded so you broke time i stopped time i enlist all those who disdain the current course of history by merging past and present we may draw upon allies from both errors how will
Fighting your battles benefit me i offer a greater empire in the new era raiden will not exist to thwart you you can wipe reagent from history it is an immense task requiring great power and effort my hourglass requires protection while i work will your outworld armies defend it they shall i swear to god i’m losing it can’t someone anyone explain to me what the hell is going on right i’ve been in the future for a whole hour and i haven’t seen one jet pack not one so it is true i walked a darker path after shinnok went down you became a
Different person red lightning black clothes authoritarian attitude adjustment yeah about that what happened to dark you hmm how come you’re an only child and i got an evil twin as an immortal i exist outside the normal laws of time that could explain why i am affected differently thanks weird isn’t it not being in charge that’s what’s weird that and having daughters our age look at her how do i have a kid with him at least she’s not an actress come on at least think about it we each get points off the gross coming this
Summer johnny cage and johnny cage in time quick any thoughts on what we do next for months i’ve been receiving vague premonitions of the future but none of them foretold this i must confer with the elder gods liu kang kung lao please assist the special forces while i am gone yes lord follow me commander yes mom i mean general i mean this is strange for me too you have no idea what how do i say this this morning we were on a mission and you gave your life to save it son of a [ __ ] seriously yeah and now here you are
Young enough to be my sister cass you need to see this sap each show another roman cursion at the wuxi academy netherrealm taking out shinnok’s temple was supposed to stop them it’s gotta be the time anomaly we must help our shaolin masters why would the nether realm wanna bust up your alma mater liu kang the dragon grotto it’s underneath the academy earth realms ginsei energy bubbles up in its springs that’s no good we’ve seen firsthand what happens when the nether realm screws with earthworms life force they will not reach the grotto it is
Protected by powerful magic the deadliest traps i am sure our counterparts from your era are already dealing with them kung lao who kang you might want to sit down i die in the coliseum you on a rooftop fighting lord raiden our future new kang it is insane obsessing over it will not change it neither will accepting our destiny as evil undead warlords i’m not but we can’t change a future we don’t fully understand lord raiden will guide us can we trust him it appears he got us both killed
so many shaolin they died defending our sacred ground the nether realm will pay so whoever came here knew how to disarm these traps do you know how the monks never taught me more likely you did not attend class watch for the pattern and pick your moments easy enough
What’s next everything poison gas shooting spears flame jets how about we avoid those i did not do that i did scorpion of course you survived the time berger you will not stop cronica from restoring my family and clan if scorpion doesn’t kill us these traps will find a way to shut them down let’s see whose fire that’s hotter your fire is out scorpion i can’t stop that restoring my family and clan
Can you stop the traps i learned my lesson fighting you at shang tsung’s tournament this time i am prepared i can’t stop the traps the locks have been changed ugh it stopped why our plans require that you live
Jade what happened to you an untimely death like yours due to raiden’s incompetence you cannot turn us against him we know about our deaths they were caused by our mistakes you have been deceived luke the truth is raiden murdered you raiden killed you because you stood in his way you lie jade you will not test my faith raiden murdered you
Lord raiden may make mistakes but he doesn’t murder his followers it did not murder to send an ill-prepared warrior to his death great interesting costs i like the real you better the dragon grotto is through there what if the next revenants we have to fight are us then we fight them
Elder gods i have come to seek counsel the realms are in crisis we elder gods already our power weakens i will fight cetrion but how you must find cronica’s keep and gain control of her hourglass only then will time’s momentum be restored it will be done speak your mind raiden since this time merger i have learned about my future that my champions fall that i become a tyrant if cronica is defeated will i be consigned to this grim fate the restoration of time will not predetermine your destiny that is for you to shape
is there any point to us asking you to put those back they said you’d come who said who do you think welcome to your future courtesy of raiden our future may be tragic but it’s not lord raiden’s fault you’ve both been warped by sinnok’s evil
Shalkhand snapped my neck in the arena raiden saw it coming and did nothing i would have defeated shao khan but raiden wanted the glory his lightning cut me down no i don’t believe that one day raiden will betray you then you will believe you spew sinnok’s lies you attacked lord raiden and he defended himself he did what he thought right to protect earthrealm attacks braden enslaves earthrealm how was i ever so blind as you unbalanced how did i get so deluded the thought of becoming you sickens me
But i won’t blame raven you owe cronica she saved your life by stopping time you shame our family name is it me or could they be telling the truth worry about it later we have bigger problems you should have listened to your revenant counterparts with this power cronica will remake history that was easy i giras i’m a fixed point in time
With every death and rebirth i grew stronger files sizing me up chronica has a keen interest in you it’s why she recruited your revenant self serve her she will bless you fetch the ginsei chosen one you’re good but you’re no great kung lao you’ve met my ancestor he stood a chance against me you have none you shall and monks exceed your
Reputation i respect your spirit but kronecker’s will must be done it’s dangerous to let them live if they die their revenant selves will cease to exist we need them to defend the keep yet again liu kang you’ve chosen the wrong destiny i now have the energy to re-sculpt the
Sands of time the nether realm’s undead army will protect the keep as i work shall khan when will you deliver the outworld army soon it will be mine once coatel is killed and what is your progress sector the cyberlink way factory is modified to your specifications production exceeds projections lord raiden what did the elder god say we must find cronica rest the control of history from her if we succeed our destiny can change so what we were told is true you were involved in our deaths yes as the timeline continued my decisions
Would have led to your deaths but the elder gods assure me that such a future is not inevitable this is but one of many possible timelines that is a lot to take on faith rest assured kung lao i am aware now of what may come i will not bring harm to either of you you have my vow thank you lord raiden we must find kronecker’s keep and strike it as hard and as fast as we can muster before all is lost what have you learned about kronecker’s effect on earth realm we’re tracking sites around the globe with major temporal anomalies
Texture’s still fuzzy our kid’s something isn’t she we see no pattern oh cage i’m not your sonia sorry too easy to forget we’ve prioritized info that correlates attacks from the nether realm with time anomalies helpful but we have more to worry about than the nether realm yeah we do grand master sub-zero reports heavy losses to his lin-quake clan the time merger has resurrected his old enemy sector sector was he not the grand master who years ago enslaved the lin quay that’s him he’s reactivating and upgrading the same
Factory he built to convert the lin quay into cyber killing machines undoubtedly to construct new and more powerful cyber linguist kronecker may seek to co-opt them what of sub-zero already on his way to shut down the factory grand master hisashi is going with him grand master hasashi hanzo hasashi so your hearing is failing sub-zero i recognized your footsteps hanzo i will not let him threaten my clan
Again the old cyber linquay factory was defunct buried beneath this quarry until the time disruption now sectors returned and reactivated it he’s building an army by processing lin quay warriors kidnapped from my temple i can see why you need me we could enter through that tunnel but a frontal assault would be bloody needlessly dangerous there’s another entrance less populated and the rest of your plan we get help on the inside we’ll avenge your clan
Cyrix is your inside man he was converted against his will if we disable the behavior inhibitors that control him he will turn on sector all cyber way are linked to a common network cyrex can shut them down from within who is the woman i don’t know focus on disabling cyrax he’s the key we require additional candidates for cyberization once delivered how long before the next generation frost i gave you a home i was your mentor yet after all this you ally with sector he corrupted the lin kuei you corrupted our clan when you made
Peace with this shirai ryu filth with kronika’s help i will restore the linquay’s honor keep cyrax alive we need him there is no future in which you are fit to lead the linkway you always doubted me sub-zero held me back cronica sees my true potential you deceive yourself frost help cyrex i’ll discipline your former people i should have killed you the day sub-zero invited you to our temple you tried and failed not this time now you’ve died sub-zero can decide your fate
He chronic as she rewrites history so you’re nothing but pawns we act to secure the linguai’s glory in the new era take the others you’ve been enslaved cyrux first bisector now by cronica it ends today you will be freed i’ll deal with cyrex
Never again no one should be a slave hurry before we face more cyber linguist you’ll need a moment to initialize sector show yourself recognize me offers me a new clan to lead its shadow will darken the realms lead beyond me
You always mimicked me but you make a poor grandmaster i uphold the linkway principles i thought you shared share blood we are not brothers i’ve beaten your brother before vengeance without him you are weak my strength is more than vengeance no he ripped out my heart made me a machine your soul is intact cyrux
Trust me i speak from experience is that you you look so old and scorpious we’ll explain later for now know we share the same goal the cyber linguist destruction we need your help cyrux i can disable their communications network it will shut down this factory and every cyberlink connected to it frost warned me that you two become allies i did not think you’re capable of such dishonored sub-zero eight cyrax sector is mine i’ve taken your head once sector i will
Do it again the past you know is no longer set the cyber linguist will usher in i’ll stop sector help cyrex you started this fight selling out your clan so quantity would slaughter mine he should have killed you as he promised now i finish what he could not the system drives and shut us all down
Goodbye quietly it is not the end i will find a way to restore you anything is possible hanzo and i are living proof please don’t bring me back as a machine i can’t live like this machine or man you have a war your soul as long as i am grandmaster the lin quay will welcome you until we meet again uh first we speak with raiden our lady chronicle will get all the service she needs but i can’t quite defeat until i know
The job you will see can you restore him there’s some frame damage circuitry looks good it looks like someone did a software wipe fixing that won’t come cheap once he is repaired can he be replicated hundreds of times thousands that’s a tall order but anything’s possible with the right help serve chronica and she will provide take the deal trust me otherwise
Who can you trust you weren’t kidding it’s like a mirror reflecting the past how about that over 50 and still a ripper there’s still the matter of our fee we get paid in the new era kronecker will make sure the black dragon come out on top not only in the black market in every market right then let’s get to business you read your dad yet kid the network’s still down i hate being so far away dad must be climbing the walls be patient you’ll get through i know my dad’s still alive but it’s like i’m seeing a ghost you and me
Both but they aren’t ghosts oh they’re definitely real can this get any more bizarre so oh come on damn it come on
Come on ugh foreign jackson breaks
Do not fear i have come to offer you a new life a better life that’s awfully generous seeing as we never met we have not met but i know you how valiantly you have served how horribly you have suffered that was not my plan for you your plan you were to retire distinguished not in disgrace years from now general jackson breaks more importantly your daughter was not to serve nor endure the same tragedies you have home should be filled with grandchildren help me and it will be the tarkartans long extinct have also
Returned shao khan will seek them out he relies on their power cultural scouts tracked a tarkartan war party to the kaitin’s lost hive devorah’s ancestral home her hand in shao khan’s escape makes that our starting point please advise me of what you learned i must consult with the elder gods when do we leave your duty lies elsewhere princess i need you to enlist queen shiva her support is critical against both kronecker and shao khan surely you can green shiva does not trust me no shokhan has since my bloody battle
With goro shiva’s always respected your opinion more than anyone’s when she hears you support codal she’ll join us if that is my duty so be it thank you princess are you my friend or his consort it was my idea katana it’s in your best interest succeed with shiva and kodu will pledge his loyalty to you there’s no bond more sacred to an ashtec like him i remember when we could ride like this alone my life has changed as outworlds come thankfully you have not you haven’t changed much either despite the years you’re still the same noble warrior i
Met in shao khan’s court and now your car i’m surprised no woman has claimed your bed and become your queen many have tried yet they failed why none of them were you there are fresh tracks leading into the hive if shao khan’s in there he’ll be difficult to find the tunnels are endless set fire to them if he’s hidden he will be smoked out codel we don’t know who else is no this is what i become blame your loyalty
To katana it led directly to our death then so be it i would not trade katana’s friendship for anything it is pitiful you choose servitude she and i fight side by side against shao khan his oppression cannot stand when called for a higher purpose we must you will bleed for your betrayal devorah this one acts only for the hive survival uh you’d best flee divorce
Is mine wish to survive tell us where to find shao khan ghosts of my past devorah spoke the truth we are outnumbered give me a few of your best soldiers we’ll infiltrate the camp in search for shel khan unseen what you propose is dangerous of course it is
shogun please with me yes
All these years and still you exploit others to rise above your station i have risen to my station jade now they fear us tell me that it’s not progress your heart has hardened cottle
it is too late blame yourself for the elder gods deaths rated your actions have irrevocably altered kronecker’s golden balance of light and dark chinock’s decapitation was the capstone you are a paragon of virtue you should wish evil vanquished i abide my mother’s will you were begotten by kronecker as was my brother shinnok the darkness to my light nature demands equilibrium balance is perfection you have stepped out of your role made that balance impossible that’s why the new era holds no place for you you will not succeed kotal khan is
Captured raiden the combined might of outworld and the nether realm will keep your forces at bay while my mother finishes her work do not underestimate earth realms warriors you are right to have been fond of these mortals they were good souls man these arms are an upgrade it’ll be payback time next time i see irmak oh i made sure he got his i imagine future me is out kicking ass with these right now cassie told you that future you spent time as a revenant yeah sounded horrible can’t imagine becoming shinnok’s puppet
But she says i come back from it the experience haunted dad but then he you met mom she brought you back to life the love of a good woman liked the sound of that she was dad’s everything she died last year ever since dad stayed on the farm he feels safer there here’s how you access incoming reports swipe here to cross-check them with past reports the software can suss out the deltas now that’s progress so a married lieutenant princess over there yeah always had a thing for blondes ever since susie dinardo junior junior
Take it from me you didn’t miss much that woman over there she’s the real deal oh i got eyes brother as younger you i saw him you swear to tap that at the earliest opportunity what it’s our destiny ah ouch how the hell do i ever sleep with that guy who’s your father i can’t believe i just said that look my dad isn’t the johnny you know he grew up i like to think you rubbed off on him as a kid i looked up to both of you my dad your grandfather was my hero called me private pumpkin huh that’s what you called me we should get back to work
Biometric verification required id verified general sonia blade general blade dad would be proud untwist your panties older me i’m a star this is a military operation not a movie set i’m only the best fighter here but your daughter’s got me sitting at the kid’s table our daughter is ceo a little humility might earn her respect dad always said hungry people eat lunch humble people serve it dad was an [ __ ] hollywood made us an even bigger one an old man just kicked your ass
Get lucky uh you left me behind excuse me my final mission how did you [ __ ] no i’m not doing this not now not with you damn it cassie you abandoned me to save the company that was my order who the hell gave you that order you did
Read the full report lieutenant follow my lead
Oh oh that’s freaky like friday the shot of our face johnny the shot our face he’s gonna get us killed funny way of saying howdy partner
I was saying goodbye now why is a nice texas boy like aaron black in bed with the black dragon older you works for codal khan he’s one of the good guys kinda when i pick sides i pick a winner every time you chose poorly cassie sonja breathe kiddo they took mom sonia i’ll get her can we find out where they’ve gone tarmac b
On it keep her safe ah take her ugh so
ugh you can play that game send another extraction vehicle you won’t be online long enough for your
Friends to make it tinhead johnny cage cyrax defeated you when you were younger and stronger as i am his superior i am yours you’re forgetting the time i beat shinnok mano amano oh wait you were dead when that happened go back to the 90s who’s next i’m next hollywood [ __ ] as if throwback me wasn’t bad enough
Oh it gets bloody worse sonia and your little girl they’re gonna die right in front of your face no one threatens my family well well got ourselves a full-on generation swap here don’t think so between ninja mime and lady liberty we’ve got all the leverage we’re leaving
Cabal go get my lesser half and the base taken care of uh cassie don’t
Let’s go get them anyone else hear that beeping have i arrived too late you’re back in the nick of time now that’s what i call a miracle yeah raiden thanks grandmaster hasashi i humbly request the shirai ryu’s hospitality
My sky temple has been compromised there is no safer place for us to gather lord raiden welcome to the fire garden the elder gods are gone shinnok is cronica’s son no wonder she sent the black dragon after me and dad we both kicked his ass it is not vengeance that drives cronica she restarts history to balance light and dark among the realms what can we do lord raiden gather earth realms forces but that effort will be for naught if kotal khan’s armies cannot join us cetrion informed me that shao khan has captured kotal khan we must spare no
Effort to free him kung lao and i will go we will rendezvous with princess katana thank you both may the elder gods protect may you return victorious you are passionate princess katana but i am not persuaded queen shiva haven’t your people fared better under kotal khan than shao khan in some ways but we can only guess which con will prevail in this struggle we gain no advantage choosing science now princess liu kang why are you here kotol khan has been captured by the tarkartans we must act quickly before he is executed
My people will not rally to a car held in chains we have earthrealms support your highness with yours we can guarantee victory there is no path to victory without the talk cottons if they can be swayed to kotal khan it would be to our advantage to join him i will return queen shiva with the tarkatans at my side together we will march on shao khong oh hmm
What is it about jade’s blood that intrigues you scarlet indian blood is most sweet your excellency it is also a rare commodity where are they taking him to the coliseum no doubt then we attack now we’ll never sway barack at a codel’s side by taking the offensive we must turn baraka first and attack shao khan together the tarkatans won’t grant an audience their instinct will be to attack not to mention jade at the first sign of trouble they could kill her i have an idea who is in charge here
I’m done then time to feast princess kitana our gift for shao khan we wish to join his fight against koto all those years the khan’s high and mighty daughter now brought low by common soldiers have you learned finally that you’re no better than the rest of us she is for shao kah we demand to see baraka you won’t be seeing anyone
You betrayed your father kitana i was shao khan’s daughter by conquest he stole adidas from its rightful ruler the father i never knew because your people and your bloodline were weak there is more to power than conquest scarlet as requested zero casualties jade are you all right we must find baraka quickly to save kotal baraka won’t join us kotal’s hate for the tarkartan’s runs too deep if i hadn’t stopped him kotor would have executed them all yes courtois tar cottons need to die
Threatens altar cottons in the new era shoukon will rule hear me baraka i speak truth jade liu kang kung lao stand down speak you’ve earned the chance shao khan has pitted out world’s peoples against one another for millennia and for what the honor of dying in his wars we must fight for each other baraka not with each other kotal wants us death he said as much to my face aid us and i’ll make sure you sit at codel’s table
Which do you prefer baraka to be shao khan’s slave or kotal khan’s trusted ally no one has ever made tarkoten set an over but these are your words not his help me save kotal khan we’ll ask him together he offers less i’ll slit his throat if he offers less baraka i’ll you’ve suffered too long at this pretender’s hands but i’ve returned and i will save you from his madness only i can refill the empire all realms will tremble before me outworld will again be covered
where’s this boldness been hiding katana had you shown it before i’d have had no need for molina my sister was an unholy monster exactly like you father who are you to judge me
You have not known cold or hunger if you had you would value the gifts shao khan gave you be grateful you still breathe hmm
Surrender or face the consequences surrender on the brink of victory you’re as feeble-minded as jared king jared the father you murdered and stole me from i wanted jared’s wife not his heir i kept you only to appease your mother do not expect mercy this time uh i’ll not inherit your cruelty
She did it of course she did do you feel anything char kong has crippled me left me defenseless not well i am by your side you would have me even with my hardened heart i know your heart it can change it is over codelcon the throne is secure thank you baraka shiva i have not served your peoples well yet still you aided me i will not forget
We don’t need charity we will share an outworld’s rule that is up to her now what the throne is yours you have united outworld kitana khan she’s now officially out of your league i am humbled from this day on may all our peoples fight together as one the news from outworld is indeed hopeful but the location of kronecker’s keep remains a mystery it is beyond the realms and has proven to be beyond my sight do you know of kharan raiden koran of course who is kharon master of the ancient ship of the dead
Sub-zero and i met him during our time as revenants he travels in the space beyond realms transporting damned souls to the nether realm if the keep lies there caught on may know its location would he help us it is possible but i cannot be sure i urge you both to investigate we will leave immediately locking down outworld’s army is huge but still i’d feel better if we had more manpower the shaolin will join us liu kang and kung lao travel now to aid the monks preparations good i’ll be leaving soon to go after johnny
And sonia i’ll go too we’re both going no raiden needs you for an intel op we need to get sonia back undoubtedly but cronica’s behavior makes it clear that while mighty she is not all-powerful otherwise why would she attempt to steal ginsei think maybe she’s still building strength a distinct probability then what’s the next move with the dragon grotto’s ginsei fountain sealed there is no greater energy source in earth realm than the well of souls beneath shang tsung’s island then we better go check it out i regret that i cannot join you i must
Keep vigil for signs of kronecker’s further tampering with time we all have our duty i am told you defeated shinnok cassandra cage you will defeat the likes of cano but proceed with caution if either johnny or sonia die you will cease to exist it will be beyond my power to save you so sonya’s the skank who burns me oh she more than burns you cabal she goes black
Ops on your ass sharks knives the bloody works patched you back together myself well most of you she’s dead this law and order really does that to him no but now he’s motivated hope you’re ready for some pre-emptive vengeance what the hell are you talking about cabal you torturing me to get dirt on the black dragon don’t believe every rumor you hear i’m done entertaining you clowns get in here you cowards and we think our next contender is a
Beaut [ __ ] cut this [ __ ] you’ll kill us whether we fight or not ah you called me love but put on a good shower it’ll be less painful come on you’ve been dying to hit me all day here’s your chance and give them the satisfaction of watching us fight like hell you said it they’ll kill us whether we fight or not
Fighting buys us time the final way out so hit me take a dive no way these people no dive when they see one huh
three two ah now ain’t this a thrill bagging the legendary sonya blade lieutenant he needs a medevac we’re gonna have to fight our way out to the rendezvous you’ll need these
where do you think you’re going ugh no it’s too dangerous hey
best thing about this future love i’m alive but you’re dead as a doornail worst thing is it’s those netherrealm stiffs did you in should have been me let’s have ourselves a do-over ugh you might be alive in this future but that can change
let me give you a break now this is a pickle can you break his neck faster than i can gut pretty boy don’t forget it’s two for one he dies so does your little girl ah thanks kano for what for reminding me of the rules sweet move
I’m totally stealing that one for time quake how about uh dinner sometime you know thank you for saving my life and uh apologize for being well me no pressure no romance patience is a virtue cage no no what is that ah brother
who’s the special guest villain garrus cronica’s goon allegedly he can’t be killed i bought a dude like that in fatal infinity ah get him evact i’ll keep this thing occupied sonia blade mother of cassie cage yeah what of it cassie cage defeated shinnok son of cronica i am his mother’s vengeance stay away from my daughter try coming back from this you okay
I’ll be fine i come from tough stock listen what i said back at the base about the mission it wasn’t fair you’re a damn fine soldier i’m so proud i can almost picture myself dating johnny almost i wish i could go back to our last mission over it wasn’t easy finding out how i die or could die but i reread the file you followed orders saved your squad i’m just glad that my sacrifice saved earthrealm and you besides you heard raiden things will never go back to what they were we all have to choose our destiny liu kang and kung lao weren’t kidding
About this guy all squads withdraw evac garrus failed when he returns i will strengthen him further for the final battle speak your mind we’ve lost our khan his outworld army and now the black dragon while raiden’s allies have burned precious time fighting kano and shao khan our most important work has continued uninterrupted on shang tsung’s island that island is in ruins what could possibly time craft requires an abundance of raw temporal energy every mortal soul contains a lifetime of
This power every hour every minute every second lived is stored within sharing soon fed off souls he collected them in his well of souls which remains untouched beneath his island a destiny i crafted for shang in case i ever had need will be mine how’s the view
No sign yet of the mystical barrier you mentioned oh you’ll know it when it comes how you feeling for the first time in a while in control i got tossed into the deep end of this world of gods and monsters but now knowing my future i feel like i finally come up for air those bad things that happened to me i mean will happen to me like raiden said it’s gonna be different isn’t this good news the things that happened to my dad that trauma he suffered it’s why my parents met they fell in love while he was in recovery if they don’t happen you and mom may not
Meet i may never be born jackie i i can’t pretend i get all this cosmic time stuff but i do know you are here for a reason you’re not just some random accident i hope so
Island here we go again so when i was here for the tournament
There were people everywhere these guys looked a lot younger seems like only yesterday guess after shang tsung died this place did too nobody’s home so much for needing stealth should have brought the whole squad kind of hoping raiden’s wrong about the well of souls i don’t want to be here longer than we multiple contacts how many two but one of them’s circling us real fast uh chronicle knew rayden would send someone here give me 10 seconds with this guy
Jax breaks we were partners under quan chi’s command you’ll join me again got the wrong jacks i haven’t been a revenue and i never will time to change it cabal i’ll take the speed freak we buried you in another realm you a glutton for punishment it’s only you and me this time there’s no castle to bury me under think that hurt you have no idea i’m guessing that hurt worse me
You’ll not disturb kronecker’s work disturb try ending you’re done messing with the whale of souls you’re not as strong as you think jax as i recall sindel made quick work i’ll take the lady in green was a time when you knew to fight for but between guangxi and kronika your mind ain’t right i joined raiden against shao khan he led me to my doom now raiden leads you there too i’ll take my chances with raiden
Enough dancing with the dead raiden said this well of souls would be underground this way this is goro’s lair thankfully mine is girl shang tsung kept me locked up here back at my first tournament never thought i’d be back remember where a well of souls might be i couldn’t tell you
I was pretty beat up it’s all a bit hazy i’m guessing this is it that crown five bucks says it’s chronicles it’s drawing swords from the world there’s no way that thing’s unguarded let’s grab and go before whoever’s on duty gets back and i should know who that is
The first sub-zero scorpion ripped out his spine left it in a heap upstairs in shang tsung’s old throne room an event the new era will wipe from history hang on jackie i got this got that right i’m just that tough yes ermac’s not the only one who’s weak come on let’s get that thing and get out of here enough of this new era crap
You’re not rewriting history and i do not know who’s writing history now come on let’s get that thing and get out of here dad how do you get here i’ll give you one guess
Dad your your arms those look like cronicas design what are you doing giving you the life you deserve by destroying the universe restarting it not destroying it being the revenant the years i lost the things i did your mind held me together but i was never the father you needed you’re talking nonsense man you raised a fine daughter she’s one hell of a soldier she shouldn’t have been a soldier i never wanted you out there taking those risks if i hadn’t fallen apart you wouldn’t have felt the need to enlist that’s not why i do this dad please
Give that crown to me i don’t want to hurt anybody this is seriously messed up ain’t that kid i know i wouldn’t want to fight my dad how about we keep this between me myself and i never thought i’d stoop so low you don’t know how bad it gets losing your arms was just the beginning i know you suffered you still do but you don’t betray your unit and you sure as hell don’t betray your family time’s up punk there’s gotta be a way to make this right he’s out but he’ll recover how are you tripping you ditto we can’t leave him
Let’s get him and the crown out of here if i never come back here it’ll be too soon i heard that surrender kronecker’s crowd and the elder jackson brings no harm will come to you no deal we know you betrayed the elder god cetrion cronica must restore the balance that raiden destroyed can you not see he is the devil in these matters at least he’s the devil we know can we take an elder god cassie beat shinnok only because the cages are born with crazy magic powers maybe we have our own magic stand down please
Resistance only ensures your suffering what are you doing stand back you don’t know what this thing will do that crown is meant for cronica your human physiology cannot control its power only got to wear this thing long enough to beat you missing accomplished i can’t let you i’m not discussing it my mind is too frail to wield gronika’s
Weapon for your own safety remove it it’s not time for safety it’s time for action eat your heart out cassie cage you were warned mere mortals cannot control the crown i did not wish to harm you but now you have forced my hand
The hell are you doing give me the crown and i will spare her don’t don’t give it to her go her life is in your hands nobody here wants to hurt anyone now please don’t let this happen to our girl damn it now bring jackie back dad how could you do this to me i’m not doing this to you jackie i’m doing it for you i love you awaits our return come on
This fight isn’t over this will bring us our deliverance i sense apprehension jackson breaks i’m not usually surrounded by so many friendly faces we are unlikely allies united for a common cause worry not lukang katana are the armies assembled they’re in roots kitana and i will see that they arrive as planned excellent so many souls
as my strength gathers the new era draws ever closer the report from jacqueline briggs her father’s actions have compromised our situation gravely i know i can’t i can’t believe he did this even if we locate her keep chronica’s power now likely exceeds the might of our combined forces maybe we should rethink using shinnok’s amulet we cannot cassandra cage i’ve seen what you can do with it you held off the entire nether realm army you weren’t even at full strength i dare not risk the temptations of its
Dark power even now it calls to me despite chronica’s advantages we must attack as soon as we know the keeps location it’s been hours since we heard from the grand masters what’s the plan if they don’t come back they must or else hope is lost those warriors must be headed for
Cronica’s keep agreed but why not use karon’s fleet the bridge clearly taxes her power the fleet’s bound to caught on it sails only by his command that it’s still moored suggests he won’t help konica in which case he may help us it looks like caught on his home perhaps hosting some unwelcome guests return to earth realm tell the others we found him we’ll deploy as soon as i return are you certain karon will aid us no but he’s our best chance
you should have aided chronica now you must i am suffer devorah you cannot kill me this one needs only render you unfit to very chronic enemies you fight for lost causes this one ensures the hive survival you will not save the shrai rail the shadow will not fall land of imposters will indeed fall
I’ve restored the [ __ ] i raised built a clan that’s never been stronger on a foundation of pretenders and outsiders kronecker told me without our original bloodlines there is no should i raise our clan’s massacre extinguish them kronecker will revive the true [ __ ] ira you in the new era do not trust chronicle she uses your anger to enslave you as kanchi did both of us i let go my rage and it saved me to save yourself you must do the same it’s past time you were freed we both
Know what truly drives you it’s not should i you pride it’s your wife and child harumi and satoshi were stolen from me murdered seeing them again it’s all that matters we share this pain i fought through hell to end it but chronica’s new era is not the remedy she would resurrect shinok the same devil who brought death to our family and clan he cannot be allowed to return when i revived the shirairayu i vowed our clan would ensure earthrealm’s protection help me keep that promise ugh knew your past sins would distract you
Now this one ends your misery now you died raiden is at the fire gardens enlist coron’s aid bring raiden’s army to the keep you must you have my word it’s hot not blood that makes them worries you’re shaolin masters they’re ready
They will fight until the last man that is likely what it will take there will not be a fight if kharon does not help us is there any word from grand master hasashi no if we do not hear soon i will return to the nether realm wrong scorpion this cannot be good get raiden the fire gardens they built the shirai nayu are indeed restored why are you here scorpion where is grand master hasashi he is dead now you have come to finish us i understand your distrust but i am here to assist you i find that impossible to believe
Fight who sent you here scorpion my future self is dead i’m here at his behest grand master hasashi sent you i honor his dying wish kharan will vary your armies to the isle of konica we must leave at once do you have proof of karon’s offer only my word your word is worthless at the tournament
I trusted you despair behind and you betrayed me a mistake born of rage i seek redemption lie scorpion you are a slave and cronica is your master fight raven you must listen spout your falsehoods elsewhere scorpion chronicle will not entrap us it is no trap karan awaits you in the nether realm lord raiden we should listen he may be telling the truth there is only one way to find out now scorpion the truth raiden stop this step aside lukang put down the amulet its darkness is
Taking hold of you our time has run out i do what i must to save earthrealm stay down this is not the way scorpion is not the enemy this time do not the realms hang in the balance to defend them i must command order i thought it impossible but the revenants were right you cannot be trusted i do not need trust i demand obedience enough of your madness if you must die so be it this this has happened before
enough of your madness if you must die so be it
i have been a fool blue kang cronicas puppet we only battle because she wills it i must help him i was wrong to doubt you i too have been a slave to anger i do not understand lord raymond your rage was caused by chronicle yes i succumbed to her influence but then our confrontation it unlocked memories memories not only from this timeline but from timelines that have come before wait a sec timelines plural cronica has restarted time on countless
Previous occasions using each timeline to learn and to perfect her plan the details of each timeline are different but in each one events conspire to bring lou kang and i into conflict in each one he dies only cronica has such power to control time and fate i don’t get it why do that i do not know but be assured kronecker will control us no longer at long last you see the pattern the pattern but not the purpose why set me against lou kang is it not obvious
Your combined power threatens my vision for the timeline lou kang and i will not be divided further by your machinations oh raiden do you think this is the first time you made that vow we have repeated this exact conversation so often in so many timelines i have lost count this timeline will end differently we have played out all possible scenarios raiden you cannot win you are welcome to try of course but without lou kang by your side enjoy these final hours raiden they are all you have luke
Where is he cronica has taken him to her aisle we must leave immediately to save the realms we must save liu kang a new look just for me you shouldn’t have what do you want from me you will aid in my protection not likely i have mastered shinnok sorcery i will add your soul strength to mine and finally avenge myself upon rain my friends raiden’s armies are coming they will fight us and they will lose
So chronicle lies beyond the fog battleships my fairies cannot fight a war this fleet is under my protection if karon falls our fleet cannot sail protect him at all costs
Foreign i don’t want to fight but i’ve got to with jackie’s sake in mine let me help you kronecker’s promises to you were a cruel
Deception she is the mother of shinnok the architect of your revenant enslavement but no she’s cetrion’s mother cetrione is shinnok’s sister in kronika’s new era shinnok will be the darkness to balance cetrion’s light which will only happen if the realms keep on fighting each other what have i done i’m a fool it is not foolish to fight for your family’s betterment i’m sorry raiden i promise to make this right uh
I have died a thousand tests to prepare for this battle my defeat is impossible yours inevitable your faith is decided i will suffer you no more that is unfortunate for you the sea of blood is bottomless you will fall forever now do i have your attention raiden
The warriors thinking your fleet are under my command you have made a devil’s bargain with kronecker frost you ignored me my entire life cronica saw my talent from the start such wasted potential the good she could have done in command of these cyber linguists she commands them not sektor if so she is linked to them they follow her thoughts then let them follow her to defeat
[ __ ] ah raiden’s fleet nears our shores the two of you will command the army defending the beachhead where will you be land hole
Thank you time after time kronecker’s schemes have pitted us against each other that cycle must end liu kang this time it will your power is this kronecker’s gift a gift to myself you could say you stole your own souls perverted your own nature it’s a lesson you taught me raiden to fight my enemies by any means necessary i have conquered the darkness within me
You must do the same you will have to kill me i would rather see right
so you kang i am and i am not what happened to raiden he is part of me bound to my soul he made me a god for now at least a god incredible now he’s out of her league my revenant counterpart i have absorbed his knowledge of the keep of kronecker’s plan i know where to find the hourglass we can beat cronica out of desperation comes invention i have not thought it possible for
Raiden to surprise me our success is no longer certain we must make haste race for impact
Um so uh
God so this mean you’re back this means i’m sorry jackie in hell yeah i’m back
Foreign dad back uh
Is the battle lost victory is still at hand the hourglass is nearly ready you will prevent lukang’s interference but you will require more assistance whatever happens i am honored to fight at your side likewise okay me too brother may the elder gods protect us god of thunder and fire
Combining with raiden has the benefit of novelty but it is also too little too late now regardless your allies are gone while
Mine remain to defend me finish him ah earth realms ginsei flows within you let it fuel your fire ah ah
now stand down i have no ways to harm you harley you already killed me my feet was sealed the moment i joined you with raiden’s side it’s a mistake i won’t repeat in the new era our bond was no mistake your ego knows no bounds i did not ask for this it was thrust upon me it should have been me lou kang from the beginning thanks to cronica it will be still you are alive
Yes cronica you are right to fear mine and raiden’s powers combined a demigod’s power cannot rival that of an elder god cetrion as you wish you match me step by step because your heart is not in a battle centrion you fight for your mother’s vision but as a goddess of virtue you know that her desired balance is folly keep me cetrion he lacks our vision and wisdom please no virtue is served by condemning the realms to endless war
The greatest virtue is abiding my mother’s will lukang i cannot fail oh your heart betrays you cetrion
I have failed you dearest cetrion you have done admirably yet there is one final service to perform yes mother i understand you will be exalted in the new era cetrio and you have failed history rewinds giving way to the new era no the realms as you knew them are undone
Erased you cannot save a future that no longer exists there is only the new era fight i have no future the realms will not fight your endless
Wars fight me further and your friends are lost they have no future unless i create it the future you offer is not worth living it will not come to pass fight uh
hmm our work is finished liu kang i am merely raiden now you have proven worthy to take my place as earthrealm’s new protector lord liu kang where do we go from here the sands of time are yours to shape you must return the hourglass to the
Dawn of time and sculpt a new history a better one the fate of all realms in my hands raiden i cannot do this alone yes you will need a partner with whom you can share the eons kitana your destinies have always been intertwined we are far in the past but not so far that i cannot reach her return with her to the dawn of time sculpt the hourglass’s sands to forge a better future i look forward to meeting again in the next timeline then i will not say goodbye
Are you ready yes but no matter how we sculpt the sands we cannot plan for every possibility mortals will make their own choices new evils will arise each realm must choose its own destiny whatever those choices we will face them together once i gained the hourglass my first thought was to rewrite history and redeem the lin quay’s honor but then i thought of bihan his life consumed by evil before i could redeem my clan i had to redeem my brother with the hourglass i wound back time to our childhood i studied every second of bihan’s life
To understand why why he embraced sektor’s corruption why he reveled in the vile power given to him by quan chi armed with that knowledge i re-sculpted the sands of time i changed bihan’s life and unfroze his heart now we are comrades not rivals together as joint grand masters we meet the lin kuei in defense of earth realm i made my future self a promise that i would not stay mired in the past but once i controlled the hourglass i could not keep that promise i had to restore my family over and over i crafted the sands of
Time yet in every new timeline my family’s tragedy repeated i was powerless to change it after eons i learned the truth cronica was not alone she was one of many titans each more powerful and ancient than the elder gods it is they who conspire against us myself my family we are pawns in the game why i do not know but i will find out and then i will have vengeance what does it mean to wield the sands of time to be the chosen one it means making choices that break your heart for the protection of all i shared kronecker’s power with the
People i trust and love most together we replace the elder gods that cetrion had betrayed and became eternal guardians of the realms still my heart longs for a simpler life a kind one cannot have being the chosen one let alone an elder god but katana and i would not give for those simple pleasures perhaps in another timeline it could be ours kroeniger had manipulated me in timeline after timeline she stoked my anger and fed my arrogance turning me against lou kang my nose rubbed in my own fallibility i was humbled
How could i be worthy to accept the mantle as keeper of time i thought that to control time and destiny fairly i must purge myself of all human emotion summoning the strongest magic i burned away my fear and anger all that remained was pure logic but i learned quickly that the logical choice is often not the just choice unless tempered by compassion and heart logic leads to decisions no better than those based on anger or fear now i am once more at times beginning but on this journey through history i will infuse logic with love
In this timeline i will finally achieve peace for the citizens of all realms this whole adventure capital i insane i marry sonia i have a kid who actually likes me inquiring minds want to know how the hell that happens so i get the hourglass to show me how kicking shinnok’s ass which i did beautifully turned me from hollywood megastar into global icon so far so good until i let that fame screw me up didn’t hit rock bottom until i saw just how badly i’d let down my little girl i finally got what old man me was saying
About needing humility and maturity but i also knew i couldn’t get there without living the same life he did so i restored the timeline just as it was with one tiny little difference sonya’s story won’t end underneath the rubble of some busted up netherrealm castle because johnny cage flicks always have happy endings cronica said i would lead the new heiress deadliest clan but she made such promises to many she could never keep them all so i betrayed her before she could betray me when chronic sands fused with my shadows
My ambitions grew why be a ruler of mortals when i could rule destiny itself mortals resisted but could not stop my blanketing history in cold endless night all is dark all the shadows i have had many names now i become death destroyer of worlds i conquered history like i conquered realms merging billions of potential timelines into a singularity the universe has been remade in my image and all is as it should be the weak serve is strong the strong compete for power wealth and my favor in mortal combat
For centuries the tournament champion has gone undefeated that champion who is me hail the conqueror who shall god [laughter] of course i defeated cronica and when i did there was only one thing i wanted to do with the hourglass undo the defeat of my ancestor the great kung lao in my timeline the great kulao was the undisputed mortal kombat champion earthrealm never loses another tournament for generations his example inspires millions to join the white lotus society and defend earthrell they in turn inspire rebels to overthrow
Shao khan in outworld the realms make peace until inevitably a more powerful enemy comes along and finds earth realm backed by kung lao immortal lord of time and warrior supreme beat that liu kang none of us saw cronica coming not even raiden but with the hourglass i can see every terror in the realms any sane person would run screaming at the sight of them it’s my duty to take out these ancient all-powerful beings but to do that i need an elite squad of immortal gods turns out to make a new god you’ve gotta destroy an old one
So i hunt the oldest i can find an omni deity from a forgotten unpronounceably named realm it’s the fight of my life but i’ve got something this god doesn’t family in my past these were the people who mattered most now they’re my god squad my daughter my brother in arms my goddaughter yep even johnny but only because cassie insisted and maybe i missed him a little just don’t let him know that of all his daughters shao khan made me deadliest he pulled me from the gutter bound me to the blood code made me fight for recognition
Perhaps he will command me when i bind the blood code to the sands of time now a blood god i demand more than shell kinds of recognition i demand worship i’ll have temples ministers acolytes prayers and sacrifices rivers of blood shed in my name purging heretics who dare to reject me [laughter] how proud shall khan is now how proud and how obedient for the only thing better than my master’s recognition is to make him beg for my all will worship me
Or there will be blood though i first denied their truth eventually i realized the wisdom of lou kang’s words there is virtue greater than my mother’s desired balance good must be allowed to flourish but no matter how i reshaped time rooting out evil proved impossible though freed from want mortals still killed each other divided by realm and race they easily justified their hate hubris greed envy to appreciate my gifts mortal sins must be cleansed which is why i baptize the realms with fire for eons mortals will battle evil
Eventually achieving victory and when they emerge from the darkness they will be humbled eager to embrace the light truth be told it surprised me putting down cronica not bad for a scrawny kid from wicket now that it’s done now what i don’t cotton to being lord of time stuck on some island at the edge of nowhere no aaron black likes being in the thick of it seems to me time ought to stay all mashed up it’s been a hell of a ride gotta keep these thrills coming which means making sure no one gets a chance to screw this up
Once the hourglass gets dumped in the sea of blood ain’t no one ever shaping history again what happens next hell if i know and that’s just the way i like it as i gazed upon the hourglass i knew what i must do restore my homeland adenia to existence experiencing adenius verdant lands for the first time i’ve never felt such joy but that joy was short-lived adenia’s traditions its languages its culture all were completely foreign having been forbidden to me by shao khan i fit in with my people no better than a tarkatan
The truth was hard though adenium by blood i am not an odynian i am an outworlder not only that i am outworld’s khan i will use ancient edinian teachings to make myself a better sovereign with them i will fulfill my life’s mission to better all of outworld’s people including medina chronica made big promises not big enough though for what my people suffered our hands built the coliseum the palace we were slaves we served or we died every coin i took from shao khan’s tribute outworld owed my people not that my nakhnadan brothers and
Sisters joined arms to help me no every great treasure i have won i have won myself i do not wait for handouts i take what i desire that is why i am now gone chaos realm i want them all and i will take them by right of mortal combat in her last moments cronica tried to tempt me spare her and she would rewrite history with jade as my queen i would rule an eternal osh tech empire that spanned all the realms but cronica never understood the oshtech heart our lives are cloth woven from choice and circumstance
Pull even one thread that cloth is torn asunder and made worthless now that i am tasked with keeping time others beg me to have their histories rewritten but as long as the hourglass is mine i will not shape destiny in any one being’s favor history will play out as determined by its players let the sands fall where they may sub-zero dismissed me raiden dismissed me they all did even cronica until i froze the smug looks off all their faces and became the lin quay’s new grand master the hourglass offers even greater
Prospects with it i’ll mold history to carve my name on everyone’s lips but even its power has limits my vision can be offended by people’s individual choices unlike cronica i won’t let these imperfections fester until time itself must be restarted the lin quay will be my time warriors traveling through history they’ll get rid of those whose actions threaten my vision from now on no one will overlook my greatness i’ll never be dismissed again ronica’s power was mine mine to share with the tribe in the new timeline i built tarkartans
Would be slaves no more we would rule we easily took a daily then outworld and the netherrealm last we challenged earthrealm in mortal combat within a thousand years all realms failed to tacotte and blades and we have not run out of meat since chronica’s endless cycle of rewinding and restarting timelines had destroyed my spirit but she refused to grant me either freedom or death so i took her power to do what she could not i would create one final perfect timeline then i would rest but the task was more difficult than i
Imagined mortals refused to follow the paths i set for them timeline after timeline my frustration grew i began to understand why cronica had been driven to madness perhaps mortals do not need a lord of time i will sacrifice my body and my mantle to re-sculpt the sand so that the hourglass runs itself and for the first time in all eternity i can rest in peace for the second time in my life i kicked the living [ __ ] out of an immortal my prize the hourglass now i can change history talk about redonkulous cosmic power
But despite what you may think about beverly hills girls that is so not my style the chosen one thing is for the liu kangs and katanas of the world in the next timeline all i want is to be a model soldier to command the next generation of special forces we were born to defend earthrealm just like the heroes that inspired me my parents okay so there’s one more thing i want my mom back not just for me but for dad he and my mom deserve a happily ever after retirement we’ll never know how different things were the last time around
But we’ll be together a family and that’s all that matters all i wanted was to fix my life now i have the power to fix history raiden warns me i can’t fix everything change too much and i can lose vera lose jackie but this power is bigger than us if i think only about helping myself what kind of officer am i what kind of man i’ve been lucky my family and i have lived the american dream but most people look like me haven’t had that chance i owe it to them to put things right and i’m not waiting centuries for people
To get woke when i’ve got the power to speed things up i don’t get it right the first time or the second or even the third but eventually i knock it out of the damn park my family’s back the world’s a better place for everyone turns out you can have everything anyone who says you can’t needs to dream bigger [ __ ] sounds cool right the power to control time immortality destiny well let me tell you this job sucks there’s no pay no weekends and your shift lasts forever the only smart play is to turn back time
And give it back to cronica bet your ass she’s grateful too i didn’t ask her for much just a chance to take out anyone who’s ever tried to burn me black dragon was always more of a gig than a brotherhood anyway now i get to live large enjoying this simple life of a well-to-do family man and if shao khan or shinnok ever come knocking my family and i’ll take him down just like i took down shinnok’s mom i’d cut a lot of deals but none spiffier than this i spared kronecker and she gave up the hourglass the power to shape time and history to
My liking oh [ __ ] yeah in the having it was in the getting so i changed things up one more time now what i want is always just out of reach i gotta earn it i score lots of wins but not always the hourglass was there for the taking and i could think of only one thing dad killed made a revenant resurrected since coming back dad’s never forgotten the things he did for quan chi i thought with the hourglass i could fix all that and i can dad won’t die in that massacre he’ll never be a revenant
But turns out what my guts told me since the start of all of this is true dad and mom got together when he was in treatment he doesn’t suffer they don’t meet and i’ll never be born and you know what i’m good with that i’m not just protecting dad i’m protecting everyone he’ll risk his life to save in my shoes it’s what he would do it’s what a briggs does i know you’ll never hear this but goodbye dad i love you i held the power to shape time and destiny but i was lost which con should be restored my lover coatel for my loyal friend kadana
I heard cottle’s voice call out to me follow your heart jade so i let my heart lead and it took me to an unexpected place a faint memory of home and my mother i restored my parents in adenia building a new era without shao khan and what a happy childhood i enjoyed but as i matured i sensed that i was no ordinary child cronica’s power dwelled within me calling me to a higher purpose when i came of age i ascended to godhood as the protector of adenia armed with the knowledge of past timelines i challenged shinnok and
Satrian without kronecker’s children pitting the realms against each other all could be at peace and remain so under my watchful eyes vermin that is the humanoid word for the kaitin and our fellow insectoids but with the hourglass this one can review history and give lie to that myth humanoids live to kill without a common enemy to fight they divide destroy each other insectoids live to survive no conflicts divide us we build upon each other kin so tell this one who are the vermin time for this one to write a more just
History one in which pesky humanoids finally take the places they deserve scrambling beneath our feet you
