Fourth Day of Annihilation
Now the only thing left to do was to go to the Holy Temple and meet Rayden. The hard part was going to be finding the Temple in the first place and getting there without Shao Kahn finding out. But, since the ball that they travelled in moved so incredibly fast, the group would be at the Temple's location in mere minutes. So, theoretically, even if Khan found out about it, he couldn't do anything about it until it was too late for him!
Meanwhile...Dastardly deeds were being plotted. Shao Kahn and Shinnock, his father, were already forming armies to conquer what was left of Earth and Other World once the Annihilation was complete. Shao Kahn was already sapping the planets of their energies, powering himself of to the strength of 600,000 men! What made this worse, is he knew that the Masters and the Fighters were headed to the Holy Temple. Even worse still was that Shinnock was one of the Kombat titans! He could mislead Rayden and the others at a whim if he talked to them; and that was precisely his plan! Shao Khan would arrive minutes later to crush the Masters and Fighters once and for all!
Rayden had reached the temple and was prepared to talk to the Kombat titans. He entered the temple and reached the center of a large room. Rayden proceeded to kneel down to pray. As he did, the room disappeared and he was transported to a temple in Outworld! Rayden:"I seek answers. Shao Kahn has opened the portal to Outworld against the rules of Mortal Kombat! Liu Kang won the tournament so the portals should remain closed for another generation. But, Khan has somehow reopened it." Kombat Titan 1:"Shao Khan has defied the rules of the tournament but there is little that we can do." Kombat Titan 2:"Your friends are in grave danger. Shao Khan's strength grows with each passing hour. If you're going to stop him, you must stop him now." Shinnock:"Rayden. The only way to protect the souls of your friends from being captured is to give up your immortality. Are you willing to risk that much to save them." Rayden:"If that is what I must do, then yes." With this, the souls of the Fighters were protected by a intangible barrier and Rayden was transformed into a mortal man. God was protecting the souls of the Masters.
Shortly afterwards, Shane and his group arrived at the Temple. They were accompanied by a female fighter, Jade. They came across Jade in a desert, which they entered after getting out of the Neitherverse. Jade knew how to find the Temple, so she was kind enough to join the group and lead them to it. A little later, Matt arrived with his group. Jade saw them coming and thought that they might be part of Kahn's army. So, she jumped Jax with a flying kick to the face! Liu Kang quickly stopped the imminent brawl by explaining that Tom and the others were part of their group. After they were formally introduced, Jax:"Jade, you've got a nice pair of legs, for kicking I mean." Matt just rolled his eyes; he knew that Jax was trying to hit on the lovely warrior.
Then, in the distance, they saw a midevil platoon heading their way! Shao Kahn was the leading horsemen, followed by the Queen of Outworld, Syndel. Matt:"Why do the bad guys always pick the worst possible times to show up!" Suddenly, Rayden appeared. He looked very different from before. Rayden:"Yeah, its a new look. I had to give up my immortality to protect your souls from the plague of Outworld. It seems as though Shao Kahn knew about our being here. But...how?" Matt:"Did you ever think that maybe your father wanted you to give up your immortality?" Steve:"Yeah. It's harsh, but why else would Kahn be here right now? Shinnock must've told Shao Kahn and now he's here to kill us all!"
D.C. started to use his freezing abilities to create an ice wall in front of Shao Kahn's path, in an effort to slow him down. The wall worked for a while, but Syndel used an ultra-sonic scream that instantly decimated the wall of ice! Cage:"So that's the chick with the super loud scream!" Tom:"Guys, I've got a bad feeling about this." Shao Kahn got off of his horse and proceeded to pull out a very large sledge hammer. With a mighty heave, he slammed the hammer into the side of the cliff the Masters were standing on! Kahn's new found strength of 600,000 men was sufficient enough to turn half of the cliff into rubble!
Rayden:"We haven't much time! Here. I'll open a portal to Outworld. From there we can elude Shao Kahn for now and stop this tremendous threat from the source." Rayden put his hands in the air and started to spread them apart. Jax:"Come on! Who does he think he is? Lord Buddha!" In the meantime, Syndel had started to use her ultra-sonic scream to destroy the cliffs above where the Masters and Fighters were. This was going to send huge boulders and tons of dirt to fall on the heroes! Rayden:"My powers are failing me!" Rayden again stretched his hands in the air and spread them apart. Sonja:"Anytime would be good, Rayden!" Boulders began to fall towards them, threatening their lives! Just then, Rayden was successful in creating the portal to Outworld and their temporary salvation. Rayden:"Grab hold! As long as you're touching me, you'll be protected from the Radiation!" So, everyone formed a long chain of heroes and the large group went through the portal just as the boulders touched the ground!