Canterlot, Equestria

In Canterlot after getting Stryker settled in and Sonya nearly beating the living crud out of him, Celestia looked upon a hidden stained glass frame of Raiden when he first appeared in Equestria and helped her overcome her grief. She knew that Raiden wouldn't give up on her, so she will not give up on him. "We'll get you out Raiden... I promise..." she said to the stained glass frame. She stepped back as she went off to the throne room to meet with her sister, Cadance, and Discord who brought a surprise guest. "Pardon my absence everyone... I needed a moment to collect my thoughts. Now... onto the issue at hoof, as to why Discord brought Motaro and his people here..." she looked to him and the centaurs.

"Ohhh, its for a good reason Princess, believe me... Motaro's beloved here is with child, I'm sure you can understand given Princess Cadance's condition..." Discord pointed out to her.

"I may be pregnant, but I'm not foolish enough to put myself in danger you arrogant mismatch of madness..." Cadance said to him with a scowl.

"Point maid, but I'm going to accept that remark..." said Discord as he gulped and quickly approached the recovering centaur. "I brought them here, because they need a place in Equestria to call home... because Shao Kahn has gone mad with the power of Blaze flowing through him. Isn't that right, Motaro...?" he asked the centaur as he backed away.

"Yes... I've seen what he was capable of with that power, he's destroyed mountains, leveled cities, and burned many innocents. If he were to enter Equestria with it... your people will pay a terrible price. Especially with his new allies, Chrysalis, Sombra... and the latest in his ranks... Tirek..." Motaro mentioned his name.

Luna was surprised when she heard it and looked to Celestia. "That's not possible... Tirek was imprisoned in Tartarus for his crimes against Equestria..." she said to her and looked towards Motaro. "So how is it he has sided with Shao Kahn pray tell?" she asked the centaur.

"Shang Tsung found his way to Tartarus, and broke the warlock out of that prison... he even drained the strength of most of my centaurs. He is likely to be Shao Kahn's new war chief... now that I'm gone..." Motaro explained to them and looked to his mate who touched her swollen belly. "Why we chose to leave..." he looked to the princesses. "What I did was to save my people... if Outworld, Earth Realm, and Equestria are to survive Shao Kahn's wrath... he must be stopped." he said to them.

Celestia looked upon Motaro and Erza seeing them for how she and Raiden could be, she approached them calmly and looked to them. "Though I do not approve of your past... but I believe it is something worth looking over. For now, you will have a place to stay here in Equestria... the Frontier is a good place to start. It's an open land, filled with wild game... but just so we are clear Motaro, there are rules, even to noble hunters such as yourselves... if you are going to live in that land, you will have to share it with both the Appaloosan's, and the Buffalo herds. Is that understood...?" she said to them.

Motaro nodded his head to her in understanding. "Of course... thank you, your majesty..." he said to her as he held Erza.

Smiling at the two, Celestia turned to Discord forming a scowl. "As for you... the next time you go and do something without me knowing about it, I will have you turned back to stone, even without the Elements of Harmony. Are we clear...?" she asked him.

Discord panicked from seeing her look, and gulped. "Ohhh, we're clear, we're clear, we are so clear..." he replied to her.

"Good..." Celestia let out an amused chuckle. "I can't wait to get started..." she turned her attention to Motaro. "My sister and I will help escort you and your people to the frontier, from there we will announce your stay to your future neighbors." she informed them as she opened up a portal to the frontier.

Outworld, Armory

Within the Outworlds Armory, Kabal walked in looking through the weapons inside it. He walked and looked seeing new hook swords that were just forged, fresh from the anvil. He grabbed them and pulled them out, holding them in his hands and twirling them to get a good feel for them. They were light, and good around the handle... he placed them on his back, but before he could leave... he turned only to see Kano standing in the doorway. "Going somewhere Kabal...?" he asked him.

"Yeah, out of here... I'm done being in the Black Dragon business." Kabal replied to him.

"You can't leave, in case ya forgot... you made a commitment to the Black Dragon ya bloody idiot!" Kano reminded him.

"Things change Kano... I want nothing to do with the Black Dragon anymore." Kabal said to him as he grabbed hold of one of his hook swords. "Now get out of my way... before I paint these walls with your blood...!" he warned him.

Chuckling from seeing it, Kano pulled out one of his knives. "Have you forgotten that it was me who saved your life when you were burnt by Kintaro?" he asked him.

"During the Outworld invasion...? How can I forget... you turned me into this freak! You gave Shao Kahn and his monsters their fire power, and if you think I should be thanking you... I should be blaming you for it!" Kabal yelled at him as he gripped his hook sword. "I should be dead... now you're gonna be!" he exclaimed as Kano took his knife and through it at him. Kabal quickly blocked it with one of his hook swords and swung it at him. Kano dodged his swings to avoid getting cut, but Kabal swung the hook sword snatching his leg and forcing Kano to slip. The Black Dragon Leader stumbled as Kabal charged at him and kicked him in the chest, knocking him down.

The speedster went to cut him down while he was on the ground, but the Black Dragon leader dodged his blades and shoved him away. He pulled out a knife and went to stab him in the eye only to see Kabal block his attack, but Kano tried to push it closer to Kabal to pierce through his mask and pierce his eye. Kabal struggled to keep him from stabbing his eye out but noticed the forge was behind him and looked to Kano. He dodged Kano's knife as his arm got burnt by hot magma, forcing him to drop the knife. He groaned as he held his arm turning to Kabal only to get a fist in the face, but Kano threw a punch at him hitting him in his rib cage. Kabal held it but back handed Kano and swung a kick hitting his neck, Kano flew towards the weapon stands crashing against them as the spears and swords fell on top of him. "Last warning Kano, stand aside!" he said to him.

"Rack off ya drango..." Kano got out of the weapons that piled on him and turned to Kabal. "There's no way I'm letting you get out of here...!" he said to him as Kabal dashed at him at full speed. Kano quickly blocked his attack and punched his face and kneed him in the stomach to cause sheer pain against him. But Kabal retaliated and three punches against his face and struck his chest with an elbow strike, and kicked his knee making him kneel down. He then punched Kano hard in the face while he was kneeling, and kneed him in the face, busting his nose. The Black Dragon leader let out a grunt but glared at his soon to be former partner in crime, and kicked at him as a blade extended from his boot. Kabal dodged it and broke the blade, quickly punching him in the face and kicked him in the rib cage, fracturing a few ribs. Landing a hard punch against his right cheek bone where the bionic eye was, denting it a bit.

The speed demon grabbed hold of him and pierced one of his hook swords into Kano's shoulder, knocking him down and grabbing the hand of it. Spinning in super fast speed and tossed him away, seeing Kano crash against some forging equipment. "Stay down Kano, you know you're no match for me..." he said to him.

But Kano ignored his words and got up turning to face him. "Then you should know by now Kabal, I'm not one to quit...!" he blasted at Kabal with his eye laser, but the hook sword wielding warrior dashed from his shots and dashed towards him. Kano tried to blast him with his laser eye, but he couldn't hit him as Kabal ran around him avoiding his attacks. "Stay still!" he threw a punch at him landing it against his face causing him to flip over and hit the ground. Seeing him down, Kano chuckled as he walked toward him. "So much for you being fast, eh Kabal...?" he asked him.

Shaking his head from the hard hit, Kabal looked to him with a glare behind his mask. "You got lucky with that shot... but I'm not out of the fight just yet Kano...!" he threw charcoal at him to distract him. Kano blocked them, only to see Kabal leap over him and strike him in the back of the head, forcing him to stumble as Kabal dashed towards him and struck at him at his ribs and kneed him in the chest fracturing it. He landed a few hard punches against Kano's face and landed a strong uppercut against his jaw, causing a minor fracture knocking him down to the ground. "Stay down Kano, don't make me warn you again..."

Groaning from Kabal's attack, Kano rubbed his jaw but got back up and looked to him. "In case you forgot Kabal... no one leaves without Shao Kahn's say so... therefore, there's only two ways out. One being Shao Kahn opening a portal... the other is an old Osh-Tekk sunstone... and I doubt you got one on hand." he said to him as he went to punch him.

Kabal quickly caught his fist and held it as a smirk formed behind his mask. "No..." he replied and stole the one Kano had. "But you do..." he said to him as Kano's eye widened. He went to take it back, but Kabal quickly threw another uppercut, slamming it hard against Kano's cheekbone, knocking him out and leaving him unconscious on the floor. "You made me warn you again, its not like the mask is muffling my voice you arrogant prick." he said to him and looked to the sunstone. "Alright, time for me to get out of here before-" his sentence was cut off when a shard spike was shot at him causing him to dodge it and looked seeing Baraka standing in the doorway. "Crap...!"

"Did you think it was going to be that easy Kabal?!" the Tarkatan asked him as he growled. "Because I was aware of your treachery since you came to Outworld..." he said to him.

Shrugging his shoulders, Kabal got up and looked to him. "Not really... but I'm not gonna let you stop me from leaving either. So get out of the way, or I will make you take a dirt nap as well." he warned him.

Baraka let out his blades and snarled. "Tarkatan's live to fight... and you... will be the next meal for my people!" he went to strike him. Kabal pulled his blades out and blocked Baraka's attacks, to two blade wielders clashed their blades with one another while receiving a few scratches on their bodies. Kabal dodged the next attack and dashed passed Baraka, making him spin around uncontrollably as he twirled his blades at him, leaving slightly deep cuts around his torso.

The Tarkatan shrieked from it, but sheathed his blades into his arms and caught one of his blades. Punching Kabal in the chest, knocking him away... he slide on the ground but looked to him. "Alright Kabal... if you want to take a bite out of me, you're welcome to try... but I doubt you'll like my burnt flesh..." he dashed at him as he put his hook swords away and punched at Baraka, knocking a few teeth loose. He kicked at his side, but Baraka caught his leg and threw Kabal away seeing him crash against the weapon stands. He groaned from it holding his head. "Okay, should've saw that coming..."

Hearing a snarl, Kabal looked seeing Baraka charging at him about to impale him. His eyes widen as he quickly rolled back as Baraka pierced his blades in the ground. The Tarkatan sneered as he pulled his blades out of the ground and charges at him throwing a punch at him, Kabal blocked his attack to avoid getting hit by him. He blocked the next throw and grabbed him by the wrist and flipping him over on the ground, but Baraka broke his fall and pulled a slide kick knocking him over. "Now stay still so I can cut your head off!" he went to cut it off.

But Kabal dodged his attack and kicked his face knocking a few fangs out seeing him crashed on the ground. "Not a chance fang face!" he said to him as Baraka got back up glaring at the former Black Dragon member. "Still got some bite huh...? Well you're a lot more stubborn than I thought..." he said to him.

"You will soon find that my bite will render your flesh!" he exclaimed as he struck at him. Kabal blocked his attacks, but Baraka grabbed hold of him and bite down on his shoulder, causing him to scream in pain from it. But Kabal knocked his head against Baraka's getting him to release his shoulder from his fangs.

Baraka grunted from his attack, he shook his head and glared at him as he extended his blades and launched a shard at him, Kabal quickly blocked it only to see the Tarkatan lunge at him with his blades extended. "Not this time ugly!" Kabal quickly leaned back dodging and grabbing hold of his arms throwing him over as Baraka landed on an anvil hurting his back. "Ooohhh... bet that hurt..."

The Tarkatan Leader groaned from it as a hammer fell and hit him in the head, causing his focus to become disoriented and blurry as he got back up holding it. "Do you... really think... that is going to stop me...?!" he groaned as he shook his head trying to get his vision cleared as he turned towards Kabal who was walked towards him clenching his fist. "Tarkatan's never surrender... we fight until our last breath!" he exclaimed as he went to kill him.

Kabal blocked his attacks and kicked him right in the groin, hearing him writhe in agony from it. "Then that makes you twice as foolish to go against me pal." he said to him as he pushed Baraka away and clenched his fist. "So in any case... good night!" he sucker punched the Tarkatan finally knocking him out. He headed out of the forge and looked around. "Time to get out of here..." he ran off to open a portal in a secure location... hoping and praying that no one follows him.

Carousel Boutique, Ponyville Equestria

Meanwhile in Equestria, at Carousel Boutique... Rarity was trying on her new outfit meant for combat. She looked at herself in the mirror admiring how well she looked in it. "Yes, this outfit will do quite nicely..." she said to herself but looked around. She used her magic to close the blinds, to keep everypony from noticing. But what she wasn't aware of, was that Sub-Zero was walking by and noticed the blinds closing which immediately got him curious as to what she was doing. His body turned completely into ice and shattered, allowing him to reform on the inside of Carousel Boutique. He looked around and snuck to see what Rarity was going... and it turns out, she's been practicing her own combat form. With a mix of his style as she threw her hooves, performed a slide kick and leaped throwing a high kick. Her horn glowed as she formed astral projected diamonds as ice formed around them, that immediately surprised Sub-Zero from what he witnessed.

Never before had he seen cryomancy performed by anyone but him, to see it from Rarity simply astounded him. She formed the iced diamonds into blades and twirled them as she made her combat style in the form of a dance and tossed the blades in the air and forced them to shatter turning to snow. She watched as the snowflakes descended, and sighed taking the chance to relax. Meanwhile Sub-Zero stepped out of hiding and looked to her. "That was well formed..." he said to her.

Hearing him, Rarity jumped and saw him standing behind her. "Sub-Zero?! How did- When did you- What are you doing in here?!" she demanded to know.

"My apologies, but I noticed the blinds close outside your home. I came in to see what you were doing... how did you know how to do cryomancy...? No one except me, my brother, and Frost were able to perform such a skill..." he said to her.

Rarity looked away fixing her hair a bit. "I... suppose you could say, its kind of a gift. But I couldn't tell anyone.. not even my friends, but since you and your allies arrived in Equestria... I discovered this ability one night and nearly froze my entire bedroom..." she explained as she thought back to how she froze her room. "So I've been practicing on my own to keep everyone from knowing... I don't have much control over it, and I nearly would have hurt you."

Chuckling at the thought of it, Sub-Zero shook his head and looked to her. "I think that would be impossible to do Ms. Rarity... but if you need to learn control, I can help you learn how to control it." he offered to her. "If you would allow me to show you milady..." he said to her.

Surprised by his offer and how he addressed her, Rarity looked to him as Sub-Zero extended his hoof to her. How could she say no to that...? Despite discovering her new abilities, and being offered aid by the Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei... it was a good opportunity to take to learn more about her abilities. She reached over and touched his hoof, looking to the Lin Kuei master and formed a smile. "Very well then, I may not be Rainbow Dash... but I will learn the best I can." she said to him. Sub-Zero smiled behind his mask and nodded to her as they prepared for the lesson.

Sub-Zero took her hooves and put them into position. "Now... cryomancy is about learning how to adapt to the cold..." he formed an ice ball tossing it into the air as snow began to fall endlessly. "Try to bear with it..." he said to her as he instructed her. Rarity blushed a bit but kept focused as she followed his instructions... but as she looked at the grandmaster despite him trying to teach her, she couldn't help but look at his bright blue eyes. He noticed and looked to her. "Something wrong...?" he asked her.

She panicked and looked away. "N-Nothing... I'm terribly sorry but, your eyes are so... so lovely. Almost though I'm looking at baby blue sapphires... only, they're a brighter color..." Rarity explained to him. "Though... how did you get that scar...?" she asked him.

Surprised by her question, Sub-Zero looked down and took off his mask showing his face, he looked to her showing the scar. "Kano caught me by surprise... and he took his knife, cutting my face... since then, I bared this scar for as long as I lived." he explained to her.

Looking at it, Rarity reached over and gently touched where the scar was feeling it. "I am so sorry for what you went through... I can't imagine what that pain is like." she apologized to him as she pulled her hoof away from his face. "So... shall we continue...?" she asked him. as she went back into position.

Seeing it, Sub-Zero smiled and put his mask back on. "Yes, of course..." he said to her as he continued to instruct her in learning cryomancy in the ways of the Lin Kuei.

Outworld, Armory

Back in Outworld, Shao Kahn looked upon Kano and Baraka who were in recovering from their fight with Kabal. "So another of my forces betrays me...? How many more are going to lose sight of my vision...?!" he growled in anger.

"Hey, its not my fault Kabal got away... if Baraka was better at doing his job, none of this would be happening!" Kano exclaimed as he pointed towards Baraka.

The Tarkatan glared in response to his gesture. "Like you're one to talk Earth Realmer, you didn't last long against him yourself." he reminded Kano of his humiliating defeat.

"Why you ugly little... I outta gut you like a pig and feed you to your tribe!" Kano threatened him.

Baraka stuck one of his blades out in response. "I'd like to see you try 'one eye'!" he said to him.

Shao Kahn roared out and struck a pillar with his war hammer and growled. "That's ENOUGH!!!" he yelled at them as Shang Tsung and Chrysalis stood back seeing his rage. "I will not tolerate disloyalty.... from any of you!" he yelled at them gripping his war hammer. "Any form of betrayal... will be punishable by death."

Mileena stepped up to him. "Father, this is going too far... your obsession is consuming you, this power you have is out of control. You know this as well as I... if you continue down this path, you will be destroyed by it, or-" before she could finish, Shao Kahn slapped her away.

She yelped from it and looked to him in shock of what he did and felt his war hammer under her chin. "You will watch your tone when you speak to me Mileena... because if you so much as fail me now, I will feed your rotting corpse... TO THE WYRMS!" he roared out as he walked out of the armory.

Chrysalis winced from it and looked to Mileena. "Poor child... its almost hard to believe that Shao is her father..." she said to herself as Shang stood beside her.

"She is actually a construct... I created her in the Flesh Pits, cloned from Princess Kitana. But now... she is her own being... free to live as the person she wants to be." Shang explained to her.

"Don't know whether that's a good thing... or a bad thing..." Chrysalis felt worried about it.

Meanwhile, Mileena watched as her father left and looked away feeling the pain in her cheek as everyone else left. Shang Tsung was about to leave with Chrysalis, but he turned facing her knowing what she's going through. "No child shoulder go through the pain you went through... think about this moment Mileena, for it may determine your future." he said to her as he stepped out of the armory. Hearing his words, Mileena could only think upon them as she got up from the ground and walked looking into a barrel of water... looking at her reflection as she pulled down her mask. She looked at herself lost in thought of what has transpired, tears for the first time brimmed in her eyes as she fell to her knee's holding her head as she cried for the first time.

Canterlot, Equestria

Meanwhile in a Canterlot alleyway, an Outworld portal opened up and Kabal stepped out looking around. "Okay... now to find the princesses..." he dashed off to find them, avoiding everypony around him to keep from getting noticed. He looked to the buildings and leaped onto the rooftops to get a good view of the city. "This city is pretty vast... but the throne room shouldn't be that hard to find." he muttered as he looked around. What he wasn't aware about, was that a guards mare noticed him on top of the roof and kept watch over him. He looked through the city and looked seeing the throne room not far from where he is. "That must be it..." he rushed towards it not aware that the guardsmare was in pursuit. He ran towards it only to see her get between him and the throne room. "Oh crap..."

"So you thought that you could sneak in without anyone noticing did you...? Nice try buster, but there are eyes in every inch of this city. State your business, or by Celestia you will answer to my blades." she warned him as her wing blades formed.

"Whoa, easy there toots... I'm not here to-" before Kabal could explain, the guards mare glared at him for the remark and charged at him swinging her blades at him. Kabal panicked as he used his magic to pull out his hook swords blocking her blades. "HEY! What the hell?!"

"No one calls me toots!" the guards mare exclaimed as she attacked him. Kabal repelled her attacks with his blades, trying to avoid getting hit by the red headed mare. He quickly leaped back landing on a table, but the guards mare was catching up to him faster than he anticipated. "You're fast..." she grappled him. "But not fast enough...!" she through him over.

Kabal screamed as he crashed into a fruit stand, getting covered in grapes and strawberries. He groaned from it and shook his head from it knowing that hurt more than getting beaten by Baraka. "Alright... maybe we got off the wrong hoof here, but-" before he could explain to her, she went to punch him in the face. But Kabal quickly dodged it and grabbed her arm. "I have information for the princesses!" he exclaimed.

"Nice try, but I'm not falling for it... especially from a guy who wears a mask as freaky as yours!" she threw him off and kicked him in the stomach hearing him grunt in pain from it. "Sleep tight pal!" she went to knock his lights out.

Kabal couldn't hesitate any longer, so he blocked her attack and dashed behind her and kicked her away. Surprised by his attack, the guards mare turned to him showing her disbelief of what she witnessed. "In regards to my mask... its what's kept me alive since I was burned." he said to her as he dashed at her and threw a punch at her. The guards mare blocked his attacks, but he managed to her in the ribcage and throw a high kick landing it against her neck, knocking her down. He went to hit her while she was down, but she rolled away avoiding his attack. "Nice dodge..." he complimented her.

"Years of guard training, with a style of my own of course." the guards mare charged at him throwing quick punches at him. He blocked her attacks and let loose a smokescreen from his mask that affected her breathing, getting her to cough harshly. "What was that stuff...?!" she asked as she coughed.

"That... you don't want to know." Kabal said to her and landed a quickly jab at her face and grabbed hold of her, throwing her over his shoulder slamming her on the ground. He backed away from her to give her a chance to get on her hooves. "All those years of training can use a little more work." he said to her.

She panted a bit but looked to him as her helmet was off, her long red hair flowed as her face was revealed to the Black Dragon mercenary catching him by surprise. "We'll see about that crispy..." she said to him as she charged and leaped in the air, wrapping her legs around his head and fell back, throwing him as he crashed through a window of a boutique shop. The worker inside screamed as she ran out in a panic, while Kabal groaned but shook off the pain as he turned to the guards mare with a scowl. In return, she gave him a playful smirk. "What's the matter...? Were you so stunned by my beauty...?" she asked him.

"Lady... you are really starting to push it!" he replied to her and dashed at her, throwing a hard punch. The mare blocked it with her wing, and went for a high kick. Kabal ducked from it and looked to her as he threw an uppercut against her jaw, sending her flying through the street. She crashed on the ground, but looked seeing him charging at her... so she quickly pulled out a blade and slashed at him. But in a split second, Kabal disappeared from her sight... leaving her in a state of shock as she looked around for him. She kept her guard up to avoid any surprises... but the minute she turned around. Kabal was there right in front of him, causing her to screams as she pulled out one of her wing blades and slashed at him. He managed to dodge the attack and get behind her, holding her from behind, pinning one of her arms behind her. "Listen to me... if I wanted you dead, you'd be laying in a puddle of your own blood right now... but I didn't come here to hurt anyone. So please stand down..." he said to her.

Hearing his words... the guards mare couldn't quite see his eyes behind his mask, but from hearing his words. She believed him... but that didn't quite stop her from sneaking a kick to the groin causing him to yelp in pain from it releasing her. "I'll take your word for it, but I'm still going to hurt you for calling me toots! My name, is Blade Dancer... and you best remember that when you wake up in the dungeon!" she went to knock him out. But Kabal gathered all the strength he could muster, and dashed away from her attack and tackled her to a market stand, tying her up and disarming her of her wing blades, defeating her. "Hey! Untie me this instant!" she demanded.

"Sorry Blade, no can do... I'm not taking any chances with you. Especially with that sneak attack..." he reminded her as he held his groin still feeling pain from it. "You're lucky I'm a former Black Dragon... now if you'll excuse me... I need to meet with the princesses before anything else happens.... besides, you're much too beautiful to-" his ears quickly caught the sound of a gun shot, and he quickly blocked the bullet with one of his hook swords seeing that it was Stryker who took the shot. "My god, Stryker is that you...?" he asked.

"In the flesh..." Stryker took another shot at him.

But Kabal quickly blocked that shot with his other hook sword and looked to him. "Look Stryker, I'm here to see the Princesses, I don't have time to fight you..." he said to him.

"Sorry, but they're off somewhere, not being a murderer." Stryker said to him.

"Oh come on Kurtis, you know you can't hit me." Kabal said to him.

"Wasn't trying to..." Stryker said to him. Kabal was confused from when he said that, but he looked down seeing a grenade rolling towards him. He panicked and got blown away by the explosion, crashing on the ground. "Gotta think fast to be fast, thought you learned that by now Kabal." he said to him and went to strike him. But Kabal blocked his strikes and dodged a kick as he leaped back. Stryker charged at him with his batons and struck at him with it... Kabal quickly pulled out his hook swords and blocked his attack, snatching his baton and kicking him away.

The cop stumbled from it and shook his head looking to him, Kabal charged at him swinging his swords at him to leave some cuts in his flesh, but Stryker blocked his attacks with his Baton as one of his wings pulled out one of his pistols, aiming it at his face. Kabal panicked seeing it and dodged a gun shot and landed a kick against his jaw. "Kurt, come on man... stand down, this is one fight you won't win." he said to him.

"Yeah..." Stryker got up and turned to him. "Well I can do this all day..." he through a punch at him landing it against his mask nearly knocking it off. Kabal coughed a bit as Stryker landed a few hard punches against him, and kicked him away. He crashed on the ground as Stryker walked towards him. "Come on Kabal, that all you got...?"

Panting knowing his mask came lose, he pushed it back to fix it and coughs as he got air flowing through his mask. "That was a lucky shot Kurt... but you're not getting another." he dashed at him and rammed against his chest, knocking him down seeing him roll on the ground. He charged at Stryker as he got back up and punched at him. The cop blocked his attacks trying to land an attack against his face, but Kabal dodged it and landed a punch against his rib cage fracturing a few ribs. He took his hook sword and snatched his shoulder, throwing him over and slamming him on the ground.

Groaning from it, Stryker looked seeing Kabal about to strike him down. He quickly rolled out of the way and got back up landing a kick against his knee, bending it and kneed against his snout fracturing it and sending him flying across the street. Once he crashed on the ground, Stryker tossed a grenade at him to finish him off. But the speedster quickly kicked the grenade towards the sky as it exploded in mid air. "Hey, not bad... I'm surprised you didn't do that earlier..." Stryker said to him.

Kabal let out an amused chuckle. "Like I was gonna fall for that again." he replied as Stryker when to hit him, only to get blocked by Kabal as he grabbed hold of him and elbowed Stryker in the stomach. The cop groaned from the attack and went to hit the mercenary while he was kneeled down, but Kabal dodged the attack and flipped over and landed a kick across Stryker's face. He grunted from it as he stumbled across the ground and whipped out a pistol aiming it at him again, Kabal quickly knocked the gun out of his wing and punched him several times in the face and landed a slide kick, tripping him over. Stryker groaned from it but looked to Kabal and went to strike him with his baton, only for Kabal to knock it out of his hoof. But what caught him off guard was Stryker blinding him with his flashlight. "Agh! Damn, I can't see-" his sentence was cut off as Stryker landed a Taser against his chest, temporarily paralyzing him.

He took back his baton and smacked it against his face and kicked him away. "How do you like that Kabal...?" he asked him as he went to strike him again. But Kabal regained his strength and blocked his strike, breaking the baton in half. "Aw crap..." Stryker muttered as Kabal struck the cop in the face and kicked him in the side, breaking a few rips. He dashed passed Stryker, making him spin uncontrollably and took his hook swords piercing them into his shoulders hearing him scream. He lifted Stryker off his hooves and slammed him on the ground, leaving him almost paralyzed.

Kabal took his hook swords and put them away. "That's enough Kurt, I'm on your side..." he said to him and approached him lending him a hoof. "I need you to listen to me..." he said to him as Kurtis looked to him. He wanted to believe him, but it was difficult for him to trust the Black Dragon Mercenary. But he let go of his pride and took his hoof standing up with his help. "Thanks for not attacking me... right now, I need to talk to the princesses... its urgent."

"Well they're not here are the moment... but I can contact Sonya so Princess Twilight can get here." Kurtis said to him as he walked to Blade Dancer, untying her. "Might take some time, but they'll be here."

Getting her blades back, Blade turned to Kabal and walked towards him. "In that time, you're going to need some time in the infirmary... because I'm pretty sure some of your bones are broken." she said to him and walked passed him tapping his wing on her flank catching him by surprise. "Come on crispy...!" she called out to him.

Watching her go, Kabal looked to Stryker unable to show his surprised expression. "Did she just tap my ass...?" she asked him.

"Trust me, I had the same reaction..." Stryker said to him and walked with him. As hard as it was, Kabal tried not to imagine it.

3 hours later, Canterlot Throne Room

Within the throne room, Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadance returned as Princess Twilight, her friends, along with the Earth Defenders arrived to hear Kabal out. "Guys, I get none of you have any reason to trust me given my history... but listen, Shao Kahn is out of control. The power he has is consuming him, and its more than likely he's going to destroy your world... then he's going after Earth Realm and Edenia..." he explained to them.

"If this is true, then its possible our plan to save Raiden has escalated..." said Sindel as she looked to them.

Celestia nodded a bit but looked to Kabal feeling unsure. "If what you say is true... what reason do we have to trust you...?" she asked him.

Kabal looked down thinking back on his past but looks to them. "Why else would I risk coming here...?" he asked her. Celestia thought about his question and looked to him knowing his past was irredeemable. But a new life here might do some good for him, so her horn glowed brightly as Kabal was engulfed in a golden light. He soon started feeling his skin burning just like when he was burnt by Kintaro. He screamed as his skin began to revert back to when it was smooth and healthy, Twilight was about to stop her... but Kitana prevented her from doing so. Celestia's horn began to lose its glow, and Kabal was restored to how he once was. He looked at himself and turned to the princess. "What did you do to me...?"

"I restored your skin... but sadly, I couldn't restore your lungs." Celestia said to him.

As he looked to himself, Kabal smiled behind his mask and looked to her. "Its alright princess... to be honest, I've grown used to it in the past few years." he looked to her. "So its better I stay with it... if that's okay...?" he asked her.

"I'm cool with it, besides it makes him look more mysterious..." said Rainbow Dash as she gave Kabal a playful punch.

Rarity of course approached levitating a patch of his clothes. "But he could use a wardrobe update..." she pointed out as everyone else laughed in amusement.

"Aw come on, this is what makes me fit the part." Kabal said to her.

"Never the less, its got to go..." Rarity said him as she used her magic to take his ragged clothes from him.

He immediately panicked as he covered himself as he blushed under his mask. "For god sake woman! Have you no shame?!" he asked her in shock.

"Relax Kabal, you're covered in fur, its not like you're completely naked..." Johnny said to him. But Kabal was not amused from what he said as he gave him a disapproving look behind his mask. Johnny knew what was running through his mind, and he quickly backed off letting out a nervous chuckle. "Sorry, never mind..." he said as everyone else laughed at him.

Sighing a bit, Kabal kept himself covered holding deadpan expression. "How is it we even ended up here...?" he asked.

Pinkie approached him and touched Kabal's shoulder. "Trust and believe... this is less awkward than it looks. I mean seriously, its not exactly our first crossover." she said to him and looked to the writer. "First Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, and now this...? What's next, Street Fighter?" she asked earning a confused expression behind Kabal's mask, who chose not to question her sanity as he backed away from her.

Outworld, Mileena's chambers

Back in Outworld, Mileena thought long and hard on Shang Tsung's words... knowing she needed to make a decision. After hours of trying to decide what was best for her, she knew that she could no longer serve her father. Given the monster that he's become, so she packed what she could... and headed out the door. As she walked out, Chrysalis was leaning against the wall close to her door. "So you made a decision... not a wise one if you ask me..." she said to her.

Stopping from hearing her words... Mileena glanced towards her with a small glare. "I have to do this Chrysalis... if you were in my position, you would do the same thing." she said to her as she held her bag. "If you plan on stopping me... you shouldn't..." she warned her.

But Chrysalis held her hands up in her defense. "My lips are sealed... besides even if I tried, you'd just eat my insides. I know how vicious you can be..." she said to her and pushed off the wall looking to the tarkatus. "Don't think Shao Kahn will take this lightly... he will hunt you down." she said to her and walked away.

Hearing it, Mileena turned away heading out to find a hidden portal. "Like hell if I care..." she muttered and headed out of the palace, knowing exactly where to go in order to escape Outworld, and her disowned father. There was only one person she could go to... and it was the only family she had left in both realms, Kitana.

Author's Note

Hey guys, finally finished up with Kabal, and yes... again, most of the villains will have some redemption arcs in this story. Sorry of course once again the battles seem short, but its long paragraphs. Also, I asked Tarbtano if I could include Blade Dancer from his "MLP The Bridge: A Godzilla Crossover". He was totally okay with it, I hope he likes the chapter, despite her being defeated by Kabal. But don't worry, she'll get even with him... eventually. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy the chapter. Don't bash on me... I can't take critiques.