Love & War

Chapter 1: He Must Win

On top of the pyramid, Raiden and Shao Kahn are the only ones left. Everyone else had already succumbed to their fate. Raiden was ultimately defeated. He was wearing his dark costume due to his corruption by his suicide.

"Where are the Elder Gods, Raiden?" Shao Kahn asked with a laugh. He grabbed the defeated Raiden. "Their pathetic Mortal Kombat shackles me no longer!" He started swiping Raiden in the face back and forth, and tosses him on the other side of the pyramid. As he flew, his amulet came off his chest and shattered when it hit the ground.

"They masquerade as dragons, but are mere toothless worms."

Kahn stomps on Raiden's chest, flourishing in his victory. "My venom spreads. It is the end of all things. Armageddon!"

"STOP!" Raiden yelled.

Kahn picks Raiden up. "It is done. Your time has passed." He tosses Raiden again. "Ages wasted in foolish resistance." Raiden finds his shattered amulet. "Now it the dawn of my rule." Raiden swoops most of the amulet pieces, and begins an ancient chant. Shao Kahn walks up to him, ready to finish him off. "Yes, pray to the worms, Raiden, as your world ends!"

Shao Kahn readies his hammer to smash Raiden, but before he does, Raiden completes his chant with three final words:

"He Must Win!"