Chapter 1- It all begins… again- Kane.

I can't believe this, first of. If Liu Kang is really the champion of Mortal Kombat and said to have defeated all the villains I have… he must suck if they are still out and about. Second. Who the hell does this Shinnok thing he is? First it was the threat of a Shokan attack, second Quan Chi and Shang Tsung, third, Onaga. Fifth, Shao Kahn the emperor of Outworld and now this freak of nature?

Shinnok's eyes came to the crowd grinning with pleasure since he sensed their souls. Yet his eyes quickly darted to the ring. "SHAO KAHN, WHAT HAS BECOME OF YOU!" he demanded. Oddly enough… Dante responded to the name. He remained in the corner, bearing a bitter look to the new threat. I grabbed a mic.

"I don't know who the hell you think you are. But you better get your ass out of my arena!" I ordered him.

Shinnok wasn't impressed, as a matter of fact, he laughed at me. "You pathetic excuse of existence. I am Shinnok; the most powerful being you have ever laid eyes on. Bow now!" he snapped back.

I growled at him, I didn't think he would be of any threat with what I have gone through. Yet when I felt the earth shake when he just tapped his staff to the ground, I knew this was worst. Much worst. The walls were giving way as the fans panicked. I set up the firewall to protect them from the falling rubble.

"RUN NOW!" I yelled to everyone, as they started to get out of the arena. My eyes darted to Kahn. "GO!" I told him. Yet he refused to leave, he still had that angry face. Shinnok tapped the ground once more; the roof was starting to fall! The fans were all out when I saw rubble coming down apone me! Kahn ran up to me and took hold of my wrist. We teleported. Where I don't know but all I could say was when I landed… the setting could have been… much better. Poles and all sorts of strange object were in this place, the whole WWE locker room was here. Randy knew where we were.

"Scorpion's lair" he whispered.

I saw Shao in the corner. "Dante?" I asked him.

He raised his hand up to me in order for me to keep my mouth shut. "Don't humor me with a mortal name anymore, the fact is I am Shao Kahn!" he snapped back.

"What was with the look you gave Shinnok there?" Orton asked. "You know him?"

Shao smirked. "Of course I do boy. He was the one that made me a sick bastard to begin with!"

Kahn went into detail as to what happened. Shinnok was a sorcerer, and still is. He had confronted Raiden and Kahn once, in which he was defeated. "Shinnok wanted one thing to increase his power, and that's the soul of a god. He saw that when Raiden went to train warriors, I was alone meditating when Shinnok confronted me. I shouldn't have taken him so lightly. He sucked my soul, and left me a blank slate. He saw it as a great opportunity and taught me how to take souls myself and enjoy the trill of a kill. I started taking over realms from then on." He explained.

I was rather stunned. "Why didn't Raiden help you? Isn't he your brother?" I asked.

Kahn shook his head no. "Those who are not elder gods are suppose to call one another brother and sister, although we are not really family. Yet Raiden and I were close like brother, Shinnok too that away"

He went on saying that he took souls of people who had such compassion for life, since it was something he wanted. "I knew there was a void missing in me, when I encountered the Dragon King, I saw what he had and wanted it for myself. Power, the respect of his subject, everything I could have had if this hadn't happened to me… Everyone I wanted"

Kahn was starting to sound like me in character. He brought his arms around himself. "I can't let him take the soul you gave me. Do you have any idea how I feel right now? I have never been this content!"

Taker looked at him oddly. "If Kane erased your memory… how can you remember all of this now? And know what you did?" he asked.

Kahn looked to him. "My body retains everything, memories are seeped into my flesh, I will not have the blessing of forgetting all I did. But at least I know how not to allow it to happen. I want to keep my soul!" he pleaded.

"Ok, so Kahn is out of the picture for fighting" Orton stated in a matter of factly. I took back my mask that was in his hand and placed it on.

"Well then, Dragons. That leaves us" I announced.

Taker and Dave nodded. Cena and Rob were confused. "Uh… who are they?" Cena asked.

With a snap of the fingers, everyone remembered what has happened over the months and knows of their inner animals. "The dragons will go and deal with Shinnok," I stated.

"How? You and what Plan? If you haven't noticed Glen, we're the ones hiding like rats" Triple H shot back.

"Yeah, but it's better than being dead" Dave replied. I turned to Kahn, and saw the look of concern on his face. Despite the power he has, I could understand why he didn't wish to fight. I took him off to the side.

"I know what you have done in the past is hard and was wrong. But understand you have the chance now to make things right once more. Shinnok taught you the art of steal souls as you said. If you wish to join us to make him pay for ruining the life you could have had. I welcome it"

Shao looked at me but he kept a hand over his heart. "Please, what if he takes this away from me again. I cannot let him!"

I nodded to him. "Promise me this, when we go. You need to protect my friends… they are yours too," I asked of him.

Kahn nodded to it. "I swear I will" I patted the side of his arm; I could feel the difference in him. I turned to the others. "We got a damn sorcerer to fight again" I called out.

"How are you going to beat him?" demanded Hunter.

"Simple, take his source of power. His staff and the original soul of Shao Kahn" I replied.

Vince rolled his eyes and looked to me. "I'm quite sure I have said this once to you before… but… ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR GOD DAMN MINDS!"

Taker smirked as he scratched his chin. "Yeah, you've said that to us before" he smirked.