Cutting the strings: Raiden

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Liu Kang: Lord Raiden! We should listen. He may be telling the truth

Raiden: There is only one way to find out

(Raiden hits Scorpion with a blast from Shinnok's amulet)

Raiden: Now, Scorpion. The truth!

Liu Kang: Raiden! Stop this!

Smoke: Raiden, you're going too far

Tundra: Do not kill a potential ally

Raiden: Liu Kang, Smoke, Sub Zero, step aside!

Liu Kang: Put down the amulet! It's darkness, it's taking hold of you!

(Raiden hits Liu Kang, Smoke, and Tundra with a blast from Shinnok's amulet)

Raiden: Our time has run out. I will do what I must to save earth realm

(Raiden zaps the ground in front of Liu Kang)

Raiden: Stay down!

Liu Kang: This is not the way. Scorpion is not the enemy this time!

Raiden: Liu Kang, do not interfere!

(Raiden fights Liu Kang, just like in the countless timelines beforehand, and defeats him the same way)

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

Liu Kang: I thought it impossible, but the revenants were right. You cannot be trusted!

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

Liu Kang: Enough of your madness! If you must die, then so be it!

Raiden: This...This has happened before...

(Raiden gets visions of alternate timelines)

Raiden: I have been a fool, Liu Kang.
Kronika's puppet. We battle bacause she wills it. We must accept Scorpion's help

(Raiden heals Scorpion with his magic)

Echo: Bi-Han is helping us too

Specter: So are Erron Black, Kabal, Ermac, and Reptile

Cassie: Wow. You guys really know how to recruit, huh?

Raiden: I was wrong to doubt you. I too have been a slave to anger

Liu Kang: I do not understand, Lord Raiden. Your anger was caused by Kronika?

Raiden: Yes. I succumbed to her influence. But the prevention of our conflict unlocked memories. Memories not only from this timeline, but from many timelines that have come before

Cassie: Wait a sec. Timelines? As in plural?

Raiden: Kronika has restarted timelines on countless previous occasions, using each timeline to learn and perfect her plan. The details of each timeline are different. But in each one, events conspire to bring Liu Kang and I into conflict. In each one, he dies. Only Kronika has such power to control time and fate

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