Author's Notes: The idea for this story came to me while a friend and I played the new Mortal Kombat game for ps3. We were going through each character's individual arcade ending and when we came to Raiden (my favorite), it ended with him essentially splitting his essence into four individuals who would go off in the direction of the four winds to fight evil, well after this I made the joke of how he is starting his own 'Raiden Rangers' and that is how this story came to be.
For centuries I have watched over Earthrealm as it's Protector and Defender. I have tried to keep it safe from the possible threats of invasion, though I have failed in the past. With the Outworld Emperor, Shao Kahn, now dead it seems I can turn my attentions towards the other realms that would try to invade Earthrealm. The Necromancer Quan Chi and the Fallen God, Shinnok, as his master in the Netherrealm plots and schemes to attack Earthrealm.
In the last conflict with Shao Kahn, his Empresses Sindel slaughtered nearly all of the great warriors of Earthrealm. While Lui Kang and I sought council from the Elder Gods, Nightwolf and the others defended the Cathedral base from an attack by the Lin Kuie cyborgs. The attack was only to weaken our defenses for the coming of Queen Sindel, she succeeded in slaughtering nearly all of the Earthrealm warriors. Nightwolf did what he could to let those who remained only wounded escape, then in a ray of blinding light he sacrificed himself in order to kill Queen Sindel.
When Lui Kang and I returned from our audience with the Elder Gods, we witnessed the carnage that had been left in Sindel's wake. Kitana, Jade, Sonya, and Johnny where the only ones who had escaped the onslaught with their lives. Lui Kang tended to the wounded while I called upon Quan Chi in the Netherrealm as a last resort to help against Shao Kahn. Quan Chi revealed that Shao Kahn had bargained for the Netherrealm's loyalties with the souls of those who had fallen at the hands of his invasion. I was attacked by my fallen comrades, now under the control of Quan Chi, but they could not prevent my escape. The few who remained alive prepared for the final confrontation with Shao Kahn, where in I realized that my visions were telling me to let the Emperor invade Earthrealm. Lui Kang became enraged at the thought of this, and when I tried to stop him from attacking the Emperor, his powers of flame became intwined with my electrical aura causing a violent reaction and finally his death. His last words to me were, "You have killed us all!"
As I grieved over the lose of such a great warrior, Shao Kahn crossed the barrier from Outworld into Earthrealm. I greated him with a submissive bow, knowing full well that as he crossed into Earthrealm he was breaking the laws of Mortal Kombat and there by must be punished by the Elder Gods. Shao Kahn thought this a trick and began to attack me and I let him as I waited for the Elder Gods' judgement. Soon they came from their seats on high and used me as a conduit to deliver their wraith upon him.
After his death I could not help but prepare for the next possible invasion, and with so many of our comrades deceased I sought to replace them. Knowing that Quan Chi and Shinnok would soon take advantage of our weakness, I thought to imbue these new warriors with my essence and become their commander, this way there would be more than one Protector of Earthrealm with the power of a Thunder God. I began to search for warriors with such worth.
I have scoured much of the globe, and I have come to a place called Angel Grove. There, I found five young warriors who seemed worthy enough to bestow with my gift. I must test them first, with the help of my newly acquired ally, Cyrax. We reprogrammed some of the Lin Kuei cyborgs that had fallen in the Cathedral attack, to attack the young warriors. If they can put aside their differences and all their insecurities to pass this test, and join together, they will have proven themselves worthy. They will become a more powerful force than the world has ever seen.
They will become the Raiden Rangers.