As Scorpion's spear pierced through Sub-Zero's armor and ripped his flesh, he felt a sharp and breath taking pain. Blood, still warm, started to flow down the ice ninja's chest. After many years of rivalry between Bi Han and Scorpion, his soul would finally join his enemy's into the Netherrealm; the undead warrior won and ended years of hatred. Sub-Zero felt the bitterness and the despair flow engulfing him in a comforting darkness. He would never have to pledge allegiance to any other clan, not even the Lin Kuei clan. Finally, Bi Han was free, free to do whatever his heart desired. His vision started to blur as his body hit the floor bluntly. Coughing up blood, he glanced at the wound his enemy's spear had left in his chest. It was deeper than he thought and there was no way for him to survive.
He looked up at Scorpion while breathing heavily, his left hand on the wound that was covering his hand in blood. Scorpion crouched down next to Sub-Zero, confident he would not fight back. He wanted to speak to him for the last time in Bi Han's mortal life; he knew their paths would cross later on in the Netherrealm. Bi Han's death was only a new beginning, a spark to a new hatred.
"Are you at peace now that your family's death is avenged?" Sub-Zero's voice was getting croaky and his breaths shorter, as he fought the unbearable pain.
"Maybe nothing can ever quench this thirst for revenge, Bi Han. Nothing can bring back those whom I've given all my love and attention to for years."
"Do you feel relieved?"
"Not a single bit. Even sending your poor soul to the Netherrealm isn't enough. Nothing will ever be enough, Bi Han."
"I only did this under the rules of the Lin Kuei... Never will I take orders from anyone again…"
The darkness started to embrace Sub-Zero as he started twitching slightly; there was very little blood left in his body. This was the end. All the victims he killed, they haunted him, nagging him with high pitched noises, not willing to let him rest in peace. His anger rose as his vision started to diminish. His trembling hand rose slowly, his bloodied fingers touching Scorpion's mask, to the undead warrior's surprise.
"I'm not sorry, Scorpion. I wish I could feel remorse for ripping the joy out of someone's life… but I can't. Humanity has escaped me a long time ago."
In his last moments, a faint smile was painted on his lips. He was free to embrace the darkness and go wherever he pleased. It was the beginning of a new era: the era of Bi Han's freedom.
Not far from there, Zed smiled, hiding in the darkness. He had found a being filled with bitterness just as he was many years ago. Not only that, but this ice ninja had also embraced this bitterness and would benefit from learning the forbidden ways, Zed thought to himself. In order to take him as a student and make a great warrior out of Bi Han, he would have to fetch his soul out of the Netherrealm. This was also a new beginning for Zed, as e was determined to take Sub-Zero under his wing and shape him into a great warrior he could keep by his side.