Shao Kahn's Throne Room, Outworld

Within the throne room of Outworld, Shao Kahn... was furious. He lashed out at every guard he could swing his hammer at, killing or injuring most of them. He roared out in anger and turned to his followers. "How did this happen?!! How did a bunch of mere incompetent ponies manage to best my best warriors, and escape with their thunder god?!!" he demanded to know.

"From what Sombra told us... Celestia and her team got to the dungeon, even getting passed him. It was unwise of you to assign him to guarding the dungeon." Shang Tsung said to him and quickly ducked down as a spear was thrown at him by Shao Kahn as it pierced a guards chest.

He snarled as he walked to his throne. "That's it... I have had enough...! I will no longer sit here while Raiden and his allies foil my plans." Shao turned towards his allies as his eyes glowed. "Gather our forces, its time we ended this game... once and for all...!" he growled.

"Sire, it is unwise to attack... the Elder Gods forbid it, the rules of Mortal Kombat still apply to any realm you seek to conquer. Even without the centaurs, it will be foolish to invade without-" Goro was soon struck by Shao Kahn and was sent flying towards a wall, crashing against it.

Shao Kahn walked towards him and held his hammer to his neck. "The Elder Gods fear me now... as should you Prince Goro... question my orders again, and I will have your skull ripped from your body...!" he left the Shokan Prince alone and walked out of the throne room with the others.

Kintaro and Sheeva approached him and helped him up, as he cleaned his mouth from the blood that was spilled. "This is insane... Goro, even you can sense this..." Sheeva said to him.

"Sheeva's right Goro... Mileena is missing, the Equestrians have their thunder god... and he had the audacity to strike the Prince of the Shokan?!" Kintaro yelled in a fit of rage and looked to where he went. "I should rip his flesh apart, piece by piece...!"

"No Kintaro..." Goro stopped him as he looked to Shao Kahn. "Even with the power of Blaze... Shao Kahn is not invincible." he said to him.

"Goro, what do you mean...? Shao Kahn has the power to rival even that of the Elder Gods." Sheeva said to him.

"It is because he is afraid... the more allies he loses..." Goro looked to Kintaro.

"The more his fear will grow..." Kintaro theorized.

"Exactly..." Goro said to him and looked out. "The Shokan are a proud and noble race... and we will do what must be done if we are to survive..." he said to them as he walked away with Kintaro and Sheeva.

Canterlot Throne Room, Equestria

Meanwhile in Equestria, four more of Raiden's allies had been found and brought to the throne room by Blade Dancer and Shining Armor. One was a fat Earth Pony, that carried a jug, and had a thick beard... it was none other than Liu Kang's mentor, Bo' Rai Cho. The other was a unicorn with greyish blue armor, with red hues, and a red dragon on a sash, he even wore a blindfold over his eyes due to being blind. This warrior, was Kenshi Takehashi... the final warrior, was another unicorn, but had long dark hair, wore Outworld clothing, and was beautiful even to Blade Dancer who immediately eyeballed her... this unicorn, was Li Mei. The fourth member, was an Alicorn just like Raiden, but wore different godlike armor, and hair was braided, this Alicorn was none other than his friend Fujin. Raiden looked upon them and smiled as he approached. "Bo' Rai Cho... welcome old friend..."

"Lord Raiden...!" he chuckled and pulled him into a hug. "Nice to see you're not dark anymore..." he said to him.

"I left that life behind old friend..." Raiden said to him and looked to Kenshi as he approached him. "Kenshi... welcome to Canterlot..." he said to him.

"I'm glad things worked out for you Lord Raiden... if you don't mind me asking, but I've been sensing a slightly dark aura within the throne room... emanating from that pony in blue..." Kenshi pointed towards Luna catching her by surprise. "Did she too have a dark past...? Because I'd like to know about it..." he said to him.

"How could you possibly know of that...?" Luna asked him.

"I am a telepath your majesty, a family gift..." Kenshi used telekinesis to pull out his sword Sento. "Sento contains the souls of my ancestors... they guide me due to my blindness. Shang Tsung blinded me years ago, leaving me to die... but my ancestors aided me." he explained to her. "As to how I know about your dark past... I can see the aura of everyone around me. You of course still have the dark presence over you." he pointed out.

Surprised of his observation, Luna looked down knowing he wasn't wrong. "I tried to take the throne... but my ambitions were caused by Sombra, turning me into the fiend known as Nightmare Moon... I even tried to kill my sister..."

Kenshi looked upon her and slowly approached her. "I too have done things I am not proud of... the Red Dragon turned me into a soldier, serving Daegon... I did horrible things. That are far worse than what you could have done Princess Luna..." he said to her.

The night princess looked upon the former Red Dragon, and smiled in response to him. "Thank you Kenshi..." she said to him.

Kenshi nodded to her as Raiden approached Li Mei. "Li Mei... it is good to see you after what happened in Edenia..." he said to her.

Li Mei bowed to him in respect. "I am grateful of what you did Lord Raiden... I was looked after by a village of Kirin's, who were strangely mute for some reason..." she mentioned to him. "But I'm proud to be here amongst my friends... and you Lord Raiden." she said to him with a smile.

"I'll say..." Blade Dancer muttered flirtatiously earning surprised looks from Bo' Rai Cho and Kenshi.

Clearing his throat from hearing it, Raiden walked to Fujin and looked at him. "Fujin... my brother..." he said to him.

Fujin looked upon Raiden seeing him restored. "Raiden... though I did not approve of your actions before. Seeing you back to normal has given me hope again... and just between us gods, let us have a friendly spar for old times sake..." he said to him, earning a nod from Raiden as he looked to Celestia. Who nodded her head as she and everyone else backed away, while to two gods stood in the center of the room and faced each other. Fujin stood in his fighting stance, facing the thunder god. "You ready...?" he asked him.

Raiden stood in his fighting stance smirking at the wind god. "Always Fujin..." he said to him. The wing god smirked as he dashed at him throwing a punch, Raiden quickly blocked his attacks and struck at his face and his ribs landing a few hard punches to them. Fujin let out a painful grunt but grabbed his arm, pulling him as he landed his elbow against his cheekbone. Raiden stumbled from his attack and shook his head looking to him, forming a smile as he stood in his stance. "Your skills have improved since then..."

"I trained hard to reach your status..." Fujin said to him as he charged at the thunder god and threw a few punches, Raiden blocked each of them and dodged a few kicks from the wind god. He flipped into the air and landed a kick across Raiden's face, and blasted at him with a whirl wind. Raiden quickly teleported to escape it and appear behind Fujin, landing a kick against his back. The wing god stumbled a bit, but quickly leaped into the air and went to kick him while he was in mid air.

Raiden quickly blocked his attack, and grabbed his leg throwing him towards a column. Fujin flew toward it and quickly flipped backwards landing against the column and dashed toward him. Raiden shielded himself from his attack and slid back from it, he leaped into the air and kicked him down to the ground. The wind god rolled across the ground from it, but managed to get back up and looked to him as he charged. He blocked Raiden's attacks, but got grabbed and electrified a bit. Fujin broke free of the attack and kicked him away, Raiden flapped his wings as his landed on his hooves and exhaled. "I must say, the years I spent being an Elder God made me soft..."

Fujin let out an amused chuckle in response. "Maybe if you didn't become an Elder God, you'd still have what it takes to fight." he said to him as Raiden chuckled in amusement as well. But the two gods charged at each other and struck at each other, blocking hoof from hoof, Fujin leaped swinging his leg at Raidens head. Raiden quickly blocked it but got a surprise attack from Fujin as he used the strength of a wind current to blow him away. Raiden slammed against a column, letting out a grunt from the surprise attack and shook his head looking to Fujin. "I've been making some new techniques that'll catch you off guard Raiden..."

The thunder god smirked as he dusted himself off and stood up from kneeling. "I'm actually impressed old friend.... you've certainly come a lone way since I appointed you as the new Defender of Earthrealm. But I've got a few surprises of my own..." he said to him as Fujin smirked not feeling convinced. He charged at Raiden and went to strike him, but Raiden teleported behind him as he summoned his staff and struck at him as lightning flowed from it to Fujin. He writhed from it a bit, but went to strike him only to see him teleport again and slam the top of his staff against his back, fracturing a few ribs and a single vertebrae. Fujin writhed and hit the ground but got back up despite feeling pain from the attacks. "Surprised yet Fujin...?" he asked him.

"Impressed actually... I'm surprised you managed to get this far. But the fight is far from over Raiden..." Fujin reminded him and went to strike him. Raiden avoided his attacks as his staff disappeared and appeared behind Fujin, he pulled his hoof back as the staff slammed against Fujin, pushing him towards Raiden as the thunder god held his right leg to Fujin's stomach, and leaped using his left leg to kick him in the head.

Fujin let out a grunt as he landed on the ground, he looked to Raiden as he got back up and threw a few punches. Some Raiden managed to block, but the wind god managed to land a few hits against Raiden's side, fracturing a few ribs and hit the thunder god in the face, chipping a few teeth. Raiden stumbled from it and looked to Fujin as he cleaned some blood that spilled from his mouth. "Well played Fujin... but as you said... the fight isn't over." he said to him as lightning flowed around him and he dashed at Fujin, tackling him and slammed him down on the ground.

The wind god writhed from it as he felt the air knocked out of his lungs a bit, he coughed a little and managed to catch his breath. Meanwhile, the onlookers watched the battle... Celestia watched as her beloved fought with his oldest friend and smiled knowing he was still himself. Luna meanwhile began to worry that the fight would soon earn the attention of the public. "You needn't worry..." said Kenshi, earning Luna's attention. "The fight will be over soon... so you have nothing to worry about." he said to her.

Luna looked at him and smiled a bit and looked to the fight... Raiden blocked Fujin's attacks and dodged a kick and landed a punch against Fujin's face bruising his nose a bit. He charged at the wind god landing a few punches against him, Fujin blocked a few of them, but he got punched a few times in the chest and got hit in the face. Fujin blocked his next attack and managed to kick him. Raiden stumbled back from it, the wind god charged towards him throwing two kicks at him. Raiden managed to block the kicks and swung a backspin kick against his face, he blocked his next attack and punches his chest and blasted him away with lightning. Fujin writhed and crashed against the ground, groaning in pain from it as Raiden stood down. "You have truly perfected your skills last we fought..."

Fujin groaned as he got back up and looked to him. "Same to you... I shouldn't underestimate you the next time we spar..." he said to him.

"You both fought well..." Celestia approached them and looked to Raiden. "You of course performed fantastically..." she said to him.

"Thank you Celestia... but it was merely a spar, we still need to prepare for the battle that is to come." Raiden reminded her.

"Which brings me to the question Lord Raiden... where are the others right now...?" Kenshi asked him.

"In Earthrealm, preparing our allies for the fight ahead..." Raiden informed him of their whereabouts. "I just hope Pinkie Pie isn't going crazy..." he muttered feeling worried of what she may be doing in Earthrealm.

Special Forces Base, Earthrealm

In Earthrealm, after the Mane Six and several of their allies took a tour of the Special Forces base, Applejack checked out most of the tech even though she was not familiar with any of it. "I have to admit Sonya, Earthrealm is a whole lot different from Equestria..." she said to her.

"Don't worry AJ, you'll get used to it... by the way, where's your brother at...?" Sonya asked her looking around only to hear a loud crash and turned seeing Pinkie messing around.

"Not sure... he said something about Jax needing him to come to the armory..." Applejack said to her.

Sonya sighed and shrugged her shoulders. "What ever it is, I just hope Jax doesn't go overboard... I know, because he was my commanding officer..." she reminded her

"Oh trust me, I've seen how he's been working my brother to the bone..." Applejack said to her crossing her arms.

Suddenly, a crash is heard, and both Sonya and Applejack looked to see Pinkie accidentally knocked over a few boxes. "Pinkie, I told you not to touch anything..." Sonya reminded her. Earning a goofy grin and a nervous giggle from her, getting Sonya to sigh and look to Applejack. "I'm still trying to get over the fact she's your cousin..."

"Believe me, I've gotten used to it..." Applejack said to her and looked seeing Jax walk in with someone. "Hey Jax, who's this...?" she asked him about her.

"This is Vera... the love of my life I told you about." Jax introduced her and looked to Vera. "Vera, this is Applejack..." he introduced her to the apple farmer.

"Jax told me all about you... its nice to know there are some realms that are friendly..." Vera said to her holding her hand out to her.

Applejack smiled and took her hand shaking it. "Nice to meet ya Vera... and let me tell ya, Jax was a lot of help on the farm. So how did you get into the Special Forces...?" she asked her.

"I was studying to be a nurse, and I heard the special forces were hiring, so I enlisted..." Vera informed her of her past.

"That's how we got back together... I still had my real arms back then." Jax looked to his bionics thinking back to when he still had flesh and bone before they were replaced with metal and wires.

Only to get a playful elbow from Vera getting him to chuckle. "Hey, you're still the strong handsome man I grew to love..." she reminded him of their relationship.

Jax chuckled in amusement and looked to her. "Can't argue with that... I hope the others are getting ready for what's coming." he said to them.

"You and me both Jax..." Sonya looked out. "You and me both..." she said again feeling worried. Suddenly her attention turned seeing Big Mac walk in seeing something different about him. "Big Mac..." she looked to his arms in surprise. "What in the hell has Jax done to you this time...?" she asked him.

Big Mac looked to his arms clenching his fists and flexing his muscles under the armor plates. "From what he and Vera explained, they're cybernetic durability enhancers... takes what Jax has, quadruples the muscle capacity." he explained to them as he held up his arms flexing his muscles.

Applejack gave him a disapproving look knowing he had more potential than what he has now. "You have a major tolerance problem, you know that...?" she asked him.

"Eeyup..." Big Mac responded to her with a smirk.

Shirai Ryu Village, Earthrealm

Upon the remains of the Shirai Ryu village, Scorpion looked upon it with Fluttershy and Lightning Dust. Lightning looked around the village feeling sorry for it, and looked to her master. "So this was your home...?" she asked him and looked back to it. "I knew you had a rough life... but I didn't think it was this rough."

"This was my home... when Quan Chi attacked it, he did it under the illusion of Sub-Zero. Forcing me to focus my anger and vengeance against him... all those years ago, I thought that Bi Han was the cause of my suffering. But it was the sorcerer who took everything from me..." Scorpion explained to her.

Fluttershy touched his shoulder understanding his pain. "Your family and clan will be happy knowing that you avenged them all..." she said to him earning a nod from him.

Scorpion walked to his house with them, walking into the room where his wife was murdered and see's her skeletal remains. He looked upon them but looked to a wardrobe and walked to it. Lightning Dust looked to them, feeling sorry for her master as she looked to him. "Sometimes the past has ways of haunting you... what is here that you are looking for...?" she asked him. Approaching the wardrobe, Scorpion reached to it and opened finding his old uniform, mask and spear. Lightning Dust looked upon them seeing them amazed, but soon realized what he's going to do as her face turned red. "Um, Fluttershy... we should step out..." she grabbed her shoulders and walked out to give Scorpion his privacy.

Fluttershy looked around the room seeing the weapons of the Lin Kuei on the ground but notices a box and walks over to it. She picked it up and slowly opened it seeing a lightning bolt shaped spear with a chain on it. "Oh my... its like Scorpion's..." she pointed out and looked to Lightning Dust.

"Yeah... but it isn't..." Lightning pulled it out of the box looking at it. "It must belong to someone... but who...?" she asked out of curiosity.

Stepping out of the room in his new outfit, Scorpion looked to them seeing it. "It was to belong to my son... Satoshi..." he said to them earning their attention as he walked to them. "He was to earn it when he became chujin... but now..." he looked to Lightning Dust as he took the spear out of the box and handed it to her. "It's yours..."

Seeing it surprised, Lightning Dust looked to her master feeling uncertain. "Master Scorpion, I can't... I'm not worthy of it, I'm not even a chujin..." she said to him.

"Thought you have much to learn, you need to be prepared to face the forces of Outworld. The Emperor will show no mercy to anyone that crosses his path." Scorpion said to her. Lightning Dust looked to the lightning shaped spear knowing it would honor both him and his son... but would she be worthy of such honor? She took the spear and looked to him, giving him a small nod. Scorpion nodded to her understanding, and looked to Fluttershy. "We best hurry and regroup with others at the Wu Shi... we'll meet Sub-Zero and the others there." he walked out with them heading for the Wu Shi Academy.

Lin Kuei Temple, Earthrealm

Meanwhile at the Lin Kuei Temple, Sub-Zero lead Rainbow Dash, and Rarity to the armory to where all their uniforms were kept alongside their weapons, while Smoke helped Trixie with her uniform. Meanwhile Rainbow Dash looked around amazed as she looked at some of the uniforms, seeing how different they were. "Look at these... they're amazing..." she looked through the uniforms that were meant for women and found one just as unique that caught her eye. "Wow..." she picked up the suite, looking at it feeling its texture. "Fashion may not be my style, but I know awesome when I see it..."

"You have a good eye... I had a uniform just as similar to that." Sub-Zero said to him and looked to it.

Rainbow chuckled hearing it and looked to it. "I'll try it out... meanwhile you can have a moment with Rarity." she smirked and walked away.

"What..?!" Sub-Zero watched her realizing that Scorpion stabbed him in the back by telling them what he and Rarity did. He groaned in frustration knowing he's going to disembowel Scorpion later, and walked towards Rarity. She looked through most of the suits but notices a gem necklace and held it up, Sub-Zero approached seeing it smiles. "Find something you like...?" he asked her.

Rarity jumped and looked to him surprised. "Oh uh... yes, quite so..." she held up the necklace looking at it. "Its quite lovely... but I wonder why someone would hide something so precious in a filthy armory...?" she wondered.

"That necklace belonged to my mother..." Sub-Zero informed her.

Hearing it, Rarity panicked knowing she hit a nerve and looked to him. "Oohhh.. I'm terribly sorry, I didn't realize..." she said to him and looked to him. "I really didn't..."

"Its alright Rarity..." he took the necklace and put it around her neck. "I think she would have loved for you to have it..." he said to her with a smile.

Rarity looked upon it and smiled looking to him. "Thank you Kuai..." she said to her as the two smiled at one another. They soon found each other lost in each others eyes, and slowly began to lean towards each other.

Suddenly... "HEY!" a voice was heard, and they looked seeing Spike giving them a look. "Don't even think about it buster..."

Sub-Zero raised a brow but began to see jealousy in his eyes, and let out an amused chuckle. "You're not jealous are you...?" he asked him.

"What?! No, I'm just..." Spike blushed a bit trying to hide it.

The grandmaster of the Lin Kuei smiled and kneeled down to him. "Spike... you are still young, and you have much to learn as a dragon. Love to the Lin Kuei is considered to make us weak, but... when I met you, your friends, and Rarity... I began to see things differently..." he said to him as he touched the young dragon's shoulder. "I know how much you care about Rarity... but you will meet a dragoness who you can relate to... I know you will..." he said to him.

Spike looked to him in surprise, believing every word he said. Even though he's feeling a whole lot of pain, he can't help but accept it. "Well... I guess you're right... but if you so much as break Rarity's heart, I'll kill you!" he warned him.

Sub-Zero chuckled at him and petted his head. "You're more than welcome to try young one." he said to him as he looked to a wardrobe knowing what's inside. "Meanwhile..." he walked to it and opened it up seeing his old uniform. "Its time I brought back the past... and unleash it for the future..." he grabbed it and pulled it out.

Wu Shi Academy, Earthrealm

At the Wu Shi Academy, Liu Kang and his group were getting ready for kombat, along with a new member. Soarin, who had recently been accepted by Kung Lao, as a student. He tried on a shaolin uniform as Flash tried on his outfit and tied a blue headband around his forehead. Soarin adjusted his outfit and looked in the mirror, he smirked knowing how amazing it is. "I have to admit, the Shaolin got some good stuff..."

"You bet... hard to believe so much culture has been missed in so many realms we didn't know about." Flash said to him as he put on a vest and walked out seeing the Wu Shi Academy itself. "This place... is amazing... I can't imagine being anywhere else..." he said as he was unaware that Chi showed up next to him.

"If you were here around the time of the Great Kung Lao..." Chi spoke up, getting Flash to jump in fright. "You would see things differently from how they are now..." she said to him.

Flash panted a bit but looked to her. "You really need to warn me when you're going to do that...!" he said to her.

"Sorry, can't be helped... besides, its a lot more fun to torture you guys." Chi said to them jokingly.

Soarin let out a few sarcastic chuckles, knowing that was far from funny. "Yeah, point taken..." he said to her.

At that moment, Kung Lao walked to them seeing them in their uniforms. "Hey, those uniforms look good on you guys..." he said to them.

"Thanks Lao... its an honor to be welcomed as members of the White Lotus Society..." Flash said to him and smiled.

"Becoming a member of the White Lotus is a great honor, where those uniforms with pride..." Kung Lao smiled as he headed to the door but immediately stopped turning to them. "By the way, have any of you seen Liu or Kitana...?" he asked them.

At that moment, Twilight showed up walking through the hall. "I've been looking for Kitana everywhere, but she's not here..." she informed them.

Flash looked to Soarin in surprise. "Where could they be...?" he asked as Soarin shrugged his shoulders.

Wu Shi Academy, Grove, Earthrealm

In the groves, Liu Kang and Kitana walked together and looked to the night sky together. Neither of them were wearing their armor, but wearing formal attire that would be more preferred for a gala. Liu Kang looked to Kitana with a warm smile as he held her hand. "If we had met on a night like this... it would have been worth it." he said to her.

"Yes... minus me trying to kill you..." Kitana said to him with a smirk and looked to the stars. "But it is so beautiful here... I often forget how beautiful Earthrealm nights are compared to Edenia..." she spoke of it fondly.

"Yes... the night sky is blessed for us... but with war on the horizon, we still need to face the horrors of Outworld." Liu Kang said to her as he looked out. He soon turned his attention to her and smiled to change the subject. "But for right now... let us enjoy this moment shall we...?" he asked her as he offered to dance. Kitana smiled at him and took his hand and held him as he held her, the monk and the princess finally had a moment between them... with no interruptions.

But that did not stop two onlookers from watching them, Twilight and Flash snuck to a bush and watched the two as they danced with one another. The two smiled for them, knowing that this was a night to remember for both them. "For the first time, I can't imagine anything more beautiful..." Twilight muttered as she watched them dance with one another. Suddenly, a thought came to her, and she used her magic to form small orbs of light around the area.

Liu Kang and Kitana noticed the lights, seeing them as they floated around them. Kitana chuckled knowing what the cause was. "Twilight..." she giggled a bit.

"No doubt Flash is with her, and they're playing Cupid..." said Liu Kang as he chuckled and continued their dance together. Twilight smirked knowing they wouldn't mind what she did for them, so she sat beside Flash and enjoyed the moment with him. But they knew this moment will not last... because they still needed to face the forces of Outworld. That however... did not stop Liu Kang and Kitana, for the two looked into each others eyes... despite being an orphaned monk, and an Edenian Princess... their hearts were true to each other as they held each other close. Flash and Twilight smiled for them, knowing they will be happy together in the future.

Manehatten, Equestria

The Earthrealm Defenders stood together alongside the Princesses, the Main Six, and the two gods. Even Motaro was there with them, to fight by their side against Shao Kahn. The city of Manehatten was evacuated of its civilians by order of Princess Celestia and Luna, meanwhile Raiden walked up next to Liu Kang as he looked at the battlefield. "You afraid of your future...?" he asked him.

"A little... I was killed by Shang Tsung, you brought my body back to life as a living corpse..." Liu Kang reminded him.

"Yes... not one of my wisest choices..." Raiden admitted but looked to him. "But this time, you are well prepared... you will not let him defeat you, and without Quan Chi... you're going to survive this battle." he said to him as he touched his shoulder. "You and Kung Lao have always been like sons to me... and I will do everything in my power... to make sure you and everyone survives this battle." he said to him.

Liu Kang nodded in response and smiled. "For what its worth... I'll make sure you and Celestia get together. I'll even be the best man..." he said to him and formed a smirk towards the thunder god.

Raiden smirked at the thought of it, but looked out seeing an Outworld portal open in the fields. From the portal, Soldiers, Shokan, Tarkatan, and Oni Warlords walk into Equestria, in their equestrian forms. Following them into Equestria, Shao Kahn walked into the realm as a dark dragonic alicorn. He growled looking upon the peaceful land, and looks to where Raiden was. Raiden glared at him in response as lightning formed around his fists, Rainbow Dash even formed a blade out of lightning as she glared at them. "Come on, we can take these guys..."

"We need to work together, or else this battle will be the next Edenia..." Sonya said to her as she looked to the Outworld Army.

Liu turned to them as he stepped up. "Sonya's right... we can't afford to lose our lives senselessly this time, we have friends and families waiting for us. In Equestria, and Earthrealm... they're counting on us to win this battle. We can't fail them... we will stop Shao Kahn, and return together... not as friends or allies... but as a family..." he said to them as Twilight smiled in response and looked to Flash. Who looked to her and smiled giving her a small nod as they both looked to the battlefield.

Sunset stood next to Kung Lao as she looked at the army feeling nervous. "Never thought I'd face these guys for real this time..." she said to him.

"At least you're fighting side by side with your friends." said Kung Lao as he looked to her. Sunset looked to him surprised, but she smiled at him and nodded in response.

Meanwhile, Shao Kahn summoned his war hammer snarling. "DEATH TO THE EQUESTRIANS! FOR OUTWORLD!!!" he roared out as the army let out a roaring battle cry and charged at them. Raiden and Celestia stood side by side seeing them charge, they charged towards the armies of Outworld to counter attack and make sure they didn't reach Ponyville, or Canterlot. Raiden and Celestia flew towards an Oni Warlord summoning both their staff and solar spear, Raiden struck its knee with his staff while Celestia used her magic to shoot her spear through the warlords chest, piercing through its heart killing it.

The warlord let out a painful grunt and fell towards the ground. Meanwhile, Big Mac and Jax took on several Outworld soldiers you power punches to knock each one off their hooves, either knocking them out or killing them. Big Mac soon heard hooves charging toward him and turned seeing Tirek about to stomp down on him, but he managed to dodge it and glare at the centaur. Tirek snarled about to crush him under his hooves again, but Motaro tacked him away and looked to Big Mac. "Help the others!" he said to him as Big Mac nodded to him and ran to help the others. Motaro turned his attention to Tirek, glaring at the evil centaur.

Tirek returned the glare as he got up. "Motaro... all of Outworld will rejoice once I bring your head to Shao Kahn...!" he said to him.

"I don't plan on dying here today warlock!" Motaro snarled as he and Tirek charged at each other and rammed against each other. Sending a powerful shockwave throughout the battlefield.

Meanwhile, Kitana, Mileena, and Jade fought as a trio of warriors, cutting down every tarkatan that charged at them. Mileena stabbed a few in their necks and kicked ones head off, while Jade twirled her spear and stabbed a tarkatan in the chest and threw it at a larger group of tarkatan's. Kitana blocked Baraka's attacks and kneed him in the jaw, fracturing his jaw and slammed her palm against his chest, breaking it. Mileena felt her back touch that of Flash Sentry as they looked to each other surprised, only for the tarkatus to smirk at him. "Think after this battle, we could have a moment with each other...?" she asked him.

"Keep dreaming Mileena..." Flash said to her and blocked a tarkatan's blade, landing a kick to his groin hearing him wheeze in pain from the painful hit. He leaped into the air kicking him in the head, and looked to Mileena. "Focus on the battle, and not me...!" he said to her as he went to help Twilight.

"Oh I plan to..." Mileena replied as she struck down more of the Tarkatans.

Meanwhile, Raiden and Celestia took down several Oni Warlords, but they are soon ambushed by Sombra as he went to strike down Celestia. Raiden teleported between them and blocked his attack, and struck him away as Sombra slid away. The dark king glared at the thunder god and stood up. "You may have gotten away thunder god, but you won't be so fortunate a second time!" he snarled.

"You may think you're a king, but you are an even bigger fool to aid Shao Kahn!" Raiden said to him.

"He promised me the Crystal Empire... but now my dreams have grown... I crave an empire! But you will not get in my way!" Sombra went to strike him, but Celestia blocked his attack and kicked him away. Raiden looked to her as she glanced to him and smiled giving him a nod, Raiden smirked as he looked to Sombra with her and charged at him throwing an attack at him. Sombra blocked their attacks, but felt a kick to his torso from Raiden. He went to hit him with his demonic arm, but Celestia managed to grab hold of his arm and punch him repeatedly in the face.

Sombra let out several grunts from it, but he managed to block the next strike and blast her away. He turned his focus towards Raiden and went to strike him. The thunder god blocked his attacks and kicked at his shin, causing Sombra to hold it as he felt extreme pain from it. Raiden kicked at his other leg and kicked his chest fracturing several ribs, Celestia got up seeing it and used her magic and blasted him in the back. The Dark King writhed from it as he crashed and rolled across the ground breaking several bones in the process as he hit a building. "Surrender Sombra, you are out matched!" she said to him.

Groaning in pain, but it soon turned into dark laughter as his bones quickly healed from his injuries as he looked to them. This shocked both Celestia and Raiden, because this wasn't the work of his own magic... but the magic his demonic arm was giving him. "Not a chance in hell princess...!" he charged up his demonic hand with magic and slammed it on the ground as dark crystal rose toward them.

Raiden and Celestia quickly took flight seeing it in surprise. "That hand is giving him more power than ever before..." Raiden said to Celestia as he looked to her.

"Then we should take it from him..." Celestia charged at him throwing solar flames at him. Sombra blocked them but gets burned knowing they had heat as strong as the sun. He swung his arm at her, but she ducked under it and summoned her solar spear stabbing his arm hearing him writhe from it. She went to rip it off his shoulder, but Sombra broke her spear and struck her away, pulling the spear tip out of his arm. But Raiden managed to land a kick against his face, and punched his torso and punched his right cheek causing it to fracture.

Celestia shook her head and glared at him, she got up and charged at him. She threw fast punches against his body and kicked his stomach getting him to cough up blood. Raiden leaped over him and kneed him in the face, fracturing his right cheek bone even more. Sombra writhed from it as he rolled across the ground but got back up and blasted at him, but Raiden managed to block his attack as Celestia charged at him forming two solar blades. She swung them at him, but Sombra blocked her attacks to avoid getting cut. But while he wasn't looking, Raiden electrocuted his entire body and struck him away from her. Sombra rolled across the ground and crashed into a building, Raiden stood read knowing he will be very furious when he rises up. At the right moment, Sombra got up and glared at them and charged snarling at them. Raiden flipped backwards landing a kick against his jaw, causing it to crack... Sombra crashed against the ground and groaned a bit. "No matter how hard you fight... you will continue to fail in your attempts Sombra." Raiden said to him.

Growling from hearing it Sombra glared at the thunder god. "I have come too far to surrender to an arrogant thunder god!" he charged at him and landed a kick against his chest, Raiden slid across the ground from his attack and glared at the dark king for it. Meanwhile Celestia appeared behind Sombra and struck his arm with her solar blade, slicing it from his shoulder as Sombra screamed in agony from it. "MY ARM! YOU BLASTED ALICORN! YOU TOOK MY ARM!!!" he exclaimed to her as his formed his original hoof.

"Power comes at a price... and you lost yours....!" Celestia said to him as she struck him with several shots to his face and abdomen. She ducked while Raiden leaped over and tackled him, slamming him against a wall and landed on the ground. Sombra got back up and went to strike him, but the thunder god blocked his attacks and grabbed hold of his arm and caught his neck electrocuting him as he slammed him on the ground. Celestia appeared above hem forming a new solar spear. "Raiden, out of the way!" she blasted a ray of sunlight against Sombra as Raiden leaped out of the way as the blast hit Sombra.

He writhed from it as Raiden took his staff and struck him several times with it, smacking it across his face and knocking him into the air and slamming the top of his staff against his stomach. He threw Sombra towards Celestia, who struck him with her solar spear and kicked him in the stomach. Sombra writhed in pain but grabbed hold of her arm and snarled throwing her over and slammed her on the ground and pierced a dark crystal shard through her shoulder, hearing her scream from it. "Celestia!" Raiden cried out and charged at Sombra. He struck him in the face and kicks him in the chest breaking it completely, he grabbed the dark king holding him up as lightning came down and struck him down to the ground, leaving him unconscious. "Hurting Celestia was your greatest mistake...!" he said to him with a glare but looked to Celestia and rushed over to her kneeling down. "You alright...?" he asked her.

"Not really..." Celestia replied letting out a groan feeling pain from the dark crystal in her shoulder. Raiden see's it as his horn glowed, and his magic aura wrapped around the dark crystal shard. "J-Just leave it in... LEAVE IT-" she felt Raiden rip the shard out as quickly as possible to avoid enough pain from it. She groaned from it as Raiden used his healing abilities to heal the shoulder and kill any infectious diseases that would have come from the shard, she looked to him with a scowl knowing she was not happy about it. "You are such a-"

"Be nice..." Raiden cut her off before she could finish her sentence, suddenly a familiar four armed prince approached them, earning their attention. Raiden looked seeing Goro standing before them, knowing this will be a difficult battle. He stood up and looked to the Shokan Prince with a glare as lightning formed around his hooves. "Came to kill me Goro...?" he asked him.

The Shokan Prince growled as he looked upon the thunder god, but turned to his fellow Shokan. "All Shokan! Bring down the Oni Warlords! Aid the Equestrians!" he roared out as his people charged at the Oni Warlords to bring them down. Meanwhile Goro looked to the thunder god, and held his fist to his chest. "We will do everything we can to help defeat Shao Kahn... get going..." he said to him.

"I thank you Goro... help Motaro with Tirek." Raiden said to him as Goro nodded and rushed to help Motaro. Celestia Flew off to help her sister avoiding spears that were shot at her, while Raiden blocked the attack of a few attacks from a few Oni Soldiers and kicked one's head off. Suddenly a blood bat flew toward him, he quickly summoned his staff and struck them down and saw the one responsible... it was Nitara who attacked him and approached. "The Vampire..."

"You have prevented the release of my realm for the last time Raiden... this time, you will die...!" Nitara went to strike him. Raiden blocked her attacks and leaped back only to see her fly towards him, he quickly kicked her away. Nitara stumbled from it, but blocked his next punch and kicked him in the stomach. She grabbed hold of him and threw him over and slammed him against a wall and threw him towards another building.

He crashed through a window and landed in a hotel room. Crashing against a wardrobe, shaking his head from what happened. "Okay... didn't expect that..."he muttered only to see Nitara charging right at him. He quickly dodged her attack and swung a kick at her face, kicking her out the door. He walked out to follow her, meanwhile she got back up and landed a hard punch against his face making him stumble. He staggered a bit but looked to her seeing her go for another punch, he quickly blocked her attacks to avoid any surprises. He caught her next attack and shot electricity through her causing her to scream as he power tackled her out of the hotel and slammed her on the ground as he rolled away from her looking toward her.

She got back up and fixed her neck from his attack and looked to him, the vampire hissed ferociously and shot a blood dart at him. Raiden quickly blocked it, only to see her leap over him firing another blood dart at him. He panicked and flipped backwards avoid it, as Nitara charged at him and went to strike him, only to see him grab her arm and throw her over slamming her against a carriage. Raiden backed away and stood ready for what will happen next, Nitara pulled herself out of the carriage and glared at him. "You just don't know when to stay out of my business... my people have suffered at Shao Kahn's hands for as long as I could remember. I have to set my realm free from Outworld...!" she said to him.

"And you believe by facing me, it will accomplish that dream...? Shao Kahn will never let you or your kind go, not even your realm." Raiden said to her, only to get a snarl from her as she charged going for a high kick towards him. He dodged her attacks and kicked her knee to get her off balance, and knee her in the face. But she managed to block it and strike at his face, bruising it as she went to bite down on his neck. Raiden summoned his staff as the end of it knocked Nitara away by hitting her in the chest, sending her flying across the street. Nitara crashed through a window into a mirror shop, she shook her head and glared at him as she took a few shards of broken mirror and threw them at him. Raiden blocked a few of them, but several shards managed to scratch him leaving a few cuts through his clothes and scratches on his skin. Nitara leaped and kicked him in the face to catch him off guard as she went to bite down on his neck.

Raiden anticipated this, and quickly caught her in mid air as he landed a hard kick against her abdomen and rammed his head against hers. Nitara shrieked from it as Raiden caught her leg and blasted her away with lightning... as Nitara rolled across the ground, she managed to get back up and leap onto a Cyber Lin Kuei and kick him towards the thunder god. Raiden blasted through him and charged at her, throwing a few punches at her. Nitara blocked his attacks and grabbed his arm, kicking his leg and elbowing his face. "Die thunder god!" she went to kill him.

But the thunder god avoided her attack and bent her arm back, landing a hard punch against her stomach getting her to cough up blood. He took his staff and swung it against her landing several blows against her torso and kicked her chest, she crashed against a carriage and groaned from it but glared at Raiden for his assault. Raiden grabbed her and sent an electrical current throughout her entire body stunning her, and landed a powerful lightning blast against her, sending her flying towards a trash can seeing her crash against it. She fell unconscious as he stood victorious over her. "Your realm will be free... you have my word on it." he said to her as he rushed to help the others.

As the battle endured, Kung Lao blocked the attacks of several Outworld soldiers and kicked them down with hard kicks. He soon found himself back to back with both Chi and Sunset Shimmer. "You two exhausted yet...?" he asked them.

Sunset let out a few pants but looked to him. "No... why, you and Chi getting sleepy?" she asked him.

Chi let out a small chuckle and looked to her. "Not even close... I haven't had this much fun in five hundred years..." she said to her.

"Then lets keep going, these guys aren't going to finish themselves off..." Kung Lao returned to fight off the others.

Sunset struck down a few other soldiers and kicked a tarkatan knocking him out. But her attention soon turned seeing Raiden and Shao Kahn facing each other, she rushed over and hide in a building as she used her magic to record what she was watching. "Raiden... so you've returned to your old self... how disappointing." he said to him.

"This madness has to end Shao Kahn... too many of your forces have turned against you. How long until you realize you cannot win...?!" Raiden asked him.

"They are expendable! Every single one of them are incompetent and weak... just like my faithless daughters, and that leaves you. I may have spared your life, but don't expect mercy this time." Shao Kahn glared at him and went to strike him. Raiden avoided his punches and slammed a hard punch against his facemask and flipped landing a kick against his cheekbone. Shao snarled as he summoned his war hammer and swung it at him, Raiden backed away from his swings and ducked under his war hammer grabbing his arms and struck the nerve points getting him to drop the hammer.

The mad emperor snarled and went to crush him under his hooves, but Raiden avoided his attack as he summoned his staff and struck his stomach. Shao Kahn let out a grunt from it as the staff smacked him in the back of the head fracturing his skull a bit, the thunder god went for another strike only to see Shao summon a spear, blocking his staff as he went to kill him. Raiden avoided his attacks and dodged a jab of Shao Kahn's spear and got his staff under the emperor's chin, getting behind him and pulling the staff against Shao's throat, choking him. The emperor struggled from it, but his summoned Blaze's power to break free and burn through Raiden's staff getting free. Raiden looked at the two halves of his staff and turned to Shao Kahn, only to get kicked in the face and stumble back. He spat out a little bit of blood and looked to the emperor with a glare. "The power of Blaze won't help you this time Shao Kahn..." he said to him.

Shao Kahn chuckled and looked to the thunder god with an evil grin. "You stood no chance against it before... and there's no chance of you standing against it now." he said to him as he charged throwing a punch at him. Raiden blocked his attacks as he went to land quick jabs against him, but the emperor managed to block his attacks and punch him several times in the face and power charged against him, knocking the thunder god down to the ground. Raiden let out a painful grunt and shook his head looking to Shao Kahn, seeing him summon his war hammer about to crush him. But Raiden quickly teleported behind him and blasted him away with lightning. The emperor crashed against the ground and shook his head but got back up looking to Raiden, forming a menacing glare as he circled him. "You may be as powerful as you were then... but the Elder Gods aren't here to help you, they have abandoned you Raiden... abandoned your champions. You are all alone here..." he said to him.

"That is where you are wrong Shao Kahn... the Elder Gods never abandon those who deserve their aid, yes I may have lost their faith in me. But it won't stop me from destroying you...!" Raiden charged at him landing a few static punches against his chest, making the emperor's muscles go numb from the hits he took. Shao went to punch him with a hard right hook, but Raiden managed to block his attack and kicked him in the side grabbing his arm and raised it up. Landing a hard punch against his ribcage, fracturing a few ribs inside him. The emperor writhed from it but grabbed his arm about to break it, but Raiden broke free of his grip and pinned his arm behind his back. Shao struggled from it, but slammed the back of his helmet against Raiden's cheekbone, fracturing it and landed a hard punch against his face sending him flying against a building. Raiden crashed against it, ands hook his head only to see Shao charging at him. He dodged his power charge as the emperor slammed his head in the wall, the thunder god grabbed hold of him and electrocuted him hearing him writhe from it. He then tossed Shao into the air and leaped above him, blasting him with a powerful lightning bolt, seeing him crash into a carriage. He floated down and landed on the ground looking to the carriage, one thing he knew about Shao Kahn... is that he doesn't like losing.

The mad emperor broke out of the remains of the carriage and snarled glaring at him. He roared charging at him, and tackled him against a building, pinning him as he landed several punches against him. Raiden let out several grunts from his attacks, but he managed to block his next attack and teleported behind him as he wrapped his arms around his waist. Lifting him up and leaned back slamming his neck on the hard ground, fracturing his neck and spine. Raiden got up and looked to him, knowing this was his one chance to end this war once and for all. But Shao was far from finished, he quickly got up and rammed his shoulder against Raiden and grabbed his leg and threw him over slamming him onto the ground. The power of Blaze flowed around his body as he walked towards him. "The Elder Gods fear me now Raiden... as I told you, they are but mere toothless worms... I know you can feel it. It is the end of all things...." he went to crush him with his war hammer.

But Raiden rolled away from it as he got up and looked to the sky. "Elder Gods... I know you are listening, I may be beyond your forgiveness... but please... do no forsake this realm and all who live here..." he said to them but looked to Shao seeing him swing his war hammer at him. He dodged it and landed a backspin kick against his face. Shao stumbled from it but swung his hammer at him again, slamming it against his chest causing it to fracture. Raiden writhed from it and hit the ground, he looked and saw Shao about to kill him... but he got up and power tackled him and slammed him to the ground and stomped against his face, breaking a few teeth as well as fracturing his left cheek bone. The thunder god quickly backed away from the emperor, seeing him in his weakened state. "You are finished Shao Kahn... no matter how hard you fight, or how much you use Blaze's power... you will always fail..." he said to him as he walked towards him.

The emperor let out several pants, but secretly summoned a blade to him and slashed at Raiden's chest and leg, hearing him writhe and kneel from it. Celestia heard it and looked to where they were as her eyes widened seeing what happened. "Raiden!" she cried out to him.

Shao Kahn chuckled as he summoned his war hammer to him. "Foolish Raiden... all these years you've stood against me, you denied me my rightful claim...! Not this time... I will finish this little game that the Elder Gods made... and once I've finished you... Celestia will be next, and all of Equestria... and then... your precious Earthrealm...!" he said to the thunder god seeing his eyes widen. "Now watch Raiden... as your world finally ends...!" he rose his hammer into the air about to kill him.

But before her could, Liu Kang landed a hard flying kick against his chest, followed by his bicycle kick as he kicked the mad emperor away. This surprised Raiden as Celestia rushed over to him and helped him up. Shao Kahn looked to the monk, and glared at him as Liu returned a similar glare towards him. "You will not touch him again Shao Kahn... because right now, I will be your opponent..." he said to him.

Shao Kahn glared at him with a growl. "Very well... then let this day be known, that I will be the one... to slay Earthrealm's Champion... once and for all." he declared as both he and Liu Kang prepared for the last and final battle between good and evil. Who will win this epic clash between titans...? No one will know the answer...

To be continued...

Author's Note

Hey guys, here is by far the longest chapter I worked on so far since... well, ever... anyways, for the next and final chapter. It will be Liu Kang, I'm sorry to say that the rest of Main Six will not be getting any chapters. Anyways, I made a few moments where everyone... well... mostly everyone will visit Earthrealm, to see the homes of the Earthrealm Defenders. Of course do bit of a touching moment with Liu Kang and Kitana, because I'm a nut! Anyways I hope you guys enjoy the chapter.