Fire and Ice (MK9 - MK11)

Chapter 11: Raiden

Liu Kang and Lew runs to Raiden's side.

LIU KANG: Lord Raiden! We should listen. He may be telling the truth!

Raiden takes something from his belt. The camera pans to his back, not showing what the object is.

RAIDEN: There is only one way to find out.

A charging sound is heard, and Scorpion is blasted backwards by a bolt of energy. We now see that Raiden has used Shinnok's amulet. The ninja remains on the ground, writhing in agony.

RAIDEN: Now, Scorpion. The truth!

LEW LIANG: Raiden stop this at once!

Liu Kang, clearly disturbed at what he's just seen, steps in between Raiden, Lew and Scorpion.

LIU KANG: Raiden, stop this!

Raiden shoves them aside.

RAIDEN: Step aside, Liu Kang, Grandmaster Lew!

LIU KANG: Put down the amulet! Its darkness is taking hold of you!

LEW LIANG: Its not wise to use the amulet, put it down.

In response, Raiden blasts Lew Liang and Liu Kang with a burst of energy, knocking them to the ground.

RAIDEN: Our time has run out. I do what I must to save Earthrealm.

As Liu Kang and Lew Liang rises, Raiden charges up his hands with lightning and strikes the ground near the Shaolin and Grandmasters feet.

RAIDEN: Stay down!

LIU KANG: This is not the way. Scorpion is not the enemy this time.

LEW LIANG: He is Speaking the truth!

RAIDEN: Liu Kang, Grandmaster, do not interfere!

They fight. Even though three of them are holding back, the battle is an even match, with Liu Kang and Lew Liang's martial arts skills quite possibly surpassing even Raiden's. But the Thunder God's  immortality means that he will always hold the advantage, and  Raiden eventually manages to knock Liu Kang and Lew to the floor.

RAIDEN: Do not force my hand, Lew, Liu Kang. The realms hang in the balance! To defend them, I must command order!

Liu Kang and Lew Liang stands back to their feet, disbelief evident in their eyes.

LIU KANG: I thought it impossible, but the revenants were right.

He points a finger at Raiden.

LIU KANG: You cannot be trusted!

RAIDEN: I do not need trust! I demand obedience!

LEW LIANG: Raiden Stop this!

On the word "obedience", Raiden charges his hands with lightning. But this time the lightning flashes red, and his eyes also turn
from blue to red.

LIU KANG: Enough of your madness. If you must die... so be it.

LEW LIANG: Raiden, I will hesitate to kill you by my own hands.

On hearing those words, Raiden steps backward, uncertainty gripping him. His eyes fade from red back to blue.

RAIDEN: This-- this has happened... before...

The scene cuts to an abandoned building in Earthrealm, with a green portal opened - previously seen in Mortal Kombat 9. Shao Kahn walks through the portal, standing and taking in his surroundings. Across from him, Liu Kang and Lew Liang clenches their fist and
starts forward, but Raiden steps in his path.