After Shao Kahn's, admittingly humiliating, defeat at the hands of the Thunder God Raiden, Kabal and a small group of Special Forces soldiers were at Edanian cleaning up the mess he left behind. But Shang Tsung, who took over after shao Kahn died, led a group of Tarkatans (humanoid things with big teeth and arm blades) and Shokan (four arm thingys) to reclaim the land.

When they were done, they counted the number of bodies. Kabal was not among those who perished, however.