Kotal Kahn is seen near the dock looking off into the sunrise. He was one of ten who had received a paper stating that he would be fighting today. Kotal was no stranger to kombat, even before he became emperor of Outworld.

Kotal Kahn was once a respected Osh-Tekk soldier from the realm of the same name. Countless wars plagued this world, and Kotal always survived the attacks, often slaughtering his enemies. However, his race, save for him, was wiped out when Outworld merged with Osh-Tekk. Depite this genocide, he respected Shao Kahn, the emperor at the time. He did, however, kept secret a portal to Earth that he had discovered. With his excellent display of powers, he was widely respected by the Ancient Mayans, who dubbed Kotal "Buluc", the God of War.

Years later, when Shao Kahn's "daughter" Mileena assumed the throne after his untimely death, her rule was so ungodly terrible that he decided to form an alliance with Reptile, Ermac, and his former first minister, D'Vorah, who killed Mileena's right hand man, Baraka. Shortly after Kotal Kahn was declared emperor, Mileena allied herself with Edenians Tanya and Rain, along with the remaining Tarkatans, to wage civil war, a war that lasted for five years.

With the help of the Special Forces, Kotal Kahn's team captured and executed Mileena, ending the war. However, due to Kotal's army assuming that Cassie's team was allied with D'Vorah to take Shinnok's amulet from him, he turned against his former allies and attacked them. However, even after it was revealed that Shinnok was pleased, he still wanted to kill Cassie and her friends, something he admittedly regrets doing to this day. Since then, his trust in Earth took a few years to repair.

Now with him fighting in Belial's tournament, he felt as if there's a hidden agenda to all this, that Belial and Quan Chi wants to use the Sphere of Wonders's power to rule the universe and that this tournament is just a scapegoat.

Later that morning, everyone gathered around the arena after breakfast. John, Jackie and Freddy were waiting for round one, day two to start. Freddy is also due to fight today.

"This is gonna be a good day, huh?" John asked.

"You know it is," Freddy assured. "I already know I'm riskin' much, but it might turn out to be a bit more tough than I'd think it'd be."

Belial soon teleported in with his usual attire. He stepped up near the arena. "Welcome," he announced, "to day two of the first round. So sorry for the delay, by the way. There was a nasty clog I had to deal with in the bathroom. But anyway, the first match will now begin. Fredyy Krueger..."

Freddy teleported on the arena via hellfire. He then smirked with a chuckle.

"...vs Kotal Kahn" Kotal Kahn marched into the arena across from Freddy.

"Ah, if it isn't the soul-stealing entity," Kotal Kahn taunted. "You risk much being physically in Earthrealm."

"Shut up and fight me, Shrek," Freddy countered, eliciting a few oohs from the audience.

"BEGIN!" Belial shouted. Freddy discarded his normal clawed glove in exchange for two demonically enhanced ones. He then leaned back for a dashing claw swipe, which nicked Kotal on his chest. Upon feeling the blood, Kotal raised an arm and called to the gods to summon fire to come onto his hand and flung it at Freddy, who disappeared in hellfire before reappearing behind him for a kick to the back, knocking Kotal forward.

Kotal Kahn turned towards Freddy, drew his sickles, dashed towards him with a downward clubbing strike of the sickles, clashing with Freddy's claws. Freddy countered by digging his claws into Kotal's skin, cracking some of his ribs. Some people cringed at the site of this.

Desperate, Kotal Kahn, kicked Freddy away and called upon the gods to send a pillar of light onto him, healing his wounds and giving him the power to create a large frisbee-like object at Freddy, causing him to drop to the ground like a sack of potatoes. He was unable to get up.

"Winner: Kotal Kahn," Belial says. "Finish him!"

Kotal Kahn walked up to the downed Freddy, pinned him with his foot, and stabbed him in the abdomen with his knife. "You shall atone for your desent, mortal," he said to Freddy. "Your blood will make right." He then picked up Freddy by the back of his neck and slit his throat with the knife, ending his life quickly.

After the area cleared, John and Jackie walked up to Freddy's corpse. "What a pity," John said. "He was too cocky for his own good. That turned out to be his downfall."

"So what do we do now, Johnny?" Jackie asked.

"Nothing for the moment," John replied. "I have a feeling you'll fight tomorrow, so until then, depending on if you win, I'll think of what to do from there." With that, John and Jackie walked back to the hotel, leaving Freddy's lifeless body on the arena floor.

to be continued...