Sonya Blade and Jackson Briggs along with Cyrax we on a mission in Outworld since they were a part of the Outerworld Investigation Agency. When like so many others they had been transported to the Boiling Isles. They were all transported to random places so the three had been separated but Sonya and Jax eventually meet back up, but they were still unable to find Cyrax. Soon after the two meet up they encountered Scorpion, and they started fighting, but Scorpion spared their lives.
Sonya and Jax kept looking around hoping to find Cyrax or anyone that could help them, and eventually found themselves near a castle.
"Are those communicators still broken, Sonya?" Jax asked.
"Every time I try to contact, base the thing instantly breaks," Sonya answered.
"My portal device is still refusing to transport us to any other realm besides somewhere else in this place," Jax said.
"How the hell did we end up in this place?" Sonya wondered.
"I have no idea Sonya," Jax answered.
"And you won't be getting out of this place alive," Someone in the distance said.
"Kano," Sonya said.
"In the flesh, it's been a long time since we crossed paths, old enemy," Kano said.
"What did you do to us, Kano?" Sonya shouted.
"I can assure you love I had nothing to do with this I am just as confused as you are," Kano said.
"Don't you dare call me that Kano? You don't deserve anything?" Sonya said.
"Can't say your wrong to dislike me, I hate you as well. Shao Kahn would love to see your dead bodies brought to him," Kano said before firing a laser out of his eye at Sonya to kill her. Sonya quickly blocks the laser and gets ready to fight Kano.
"You will regret doing that," Sonya said.
Sonya then ran up to Kano and punched him in the face. Kano got out his knives ready to fight back, he started swinging them at Sonya, but she kept dodging them. Jax then also jumped in to help Sonya fight Kano off the two kept punching at them, but Kano was skilled enough to block or dodge them. When Jax missed one of his punches, knocking his balance off Kano took advantage of the opportunity and jump rolled into him knocking Jax to the ground. While Kano was distracted by Jax, however, Sonya snuck up from behind and kicked Kano knocking him back.
Sonya quickly ran up to Kano while he was on the ground to take him down, but Kano got back up before she reached him, and the two started getting into a fight. Kano first tried to use his knives, but Sonya used her quick skills kicked them out of her hands. Kano went to his fists immediately, and the two engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
They went at this for a few minutes until Jax woke back up knowing it was a good opportunity for him, so he waited for the perfect time when Kano's back was turned to him. After waiting a bit Kano was finally in the right position so Jax quickly got back up and punched Kano with his metal arm knocking him unconscious.
"Nice one Jax, I will take care of Kano," Sonya said.
"That's unnecessary Sonya he has been beaten, and we don't have anywhere to keep him," Jax said.
"Fine, but I am using these cuffs to cuff him to a tree," Sonya says while doing exactly that.
"What is this place we managed to find ourselves in?" Jax wondered.
"I have no idea it looks kind of like Shao Kahn's castle," Sonya commented.
"Having any luck contacting base," Jax asked.
"No, every single message I send fails to go through I have no idea why this is happening," Sonya said.
"These messages go across realms fine anywhere else why is this place interfering with are interdimensional devices?" Jax wondered.
"I wish I knew. I also wish I knew where Cyrax was," Sonya commented.
While the two were continuing to try and contact base for help with no success, the drawbridge to the castle started lowering. Sonya and Jax had no idea what to expect from this, so they both got out their guns while waiting for it to lower to see what happened.
They saw several what looked like people wearing a weird beak mask a white cape what looked like a grey shirt of sorts black pants, and brown boots. It was several members of the emperor's coven, but Sonya and Jax had no idea who they were.
"Freeze and tell us who you are," Sonya said.
"We don't take orders from people like you," An emperor's coven member said.
"Who are you people supposed to be, and why are you wearing whatever the hell that is supposed to be?" Jax said.
"We are the Emperor's coven, and we are the top coven in the boiling isles, and we deal with your kind by force," The eight members of the emperor's coven said at the same time.
"We don't take that from people like you," Jax said.
All of the Emperor's Coven members were offended by hearing this and immediately started drawing a circle. Jax and Sonya had no idea what they were doing since this is the first time they fought someone from the boiling isles. When done each circle spirited out a bunch of first catching the two by surprise. Sonya and Jax were familiar with these kinds of attacks, though, so they quickly dodged out of the way and were almost unaffected by the heat.
The two then started firing their bullets at the seven members. They had never seen anything like that, so they were somewhat surprised so two of them got knocked out, though not killed since they could resist them pretty well. The remaining five members summoned a portal to knock them back though missing Sonya and Jax.
Tiered of the projectile-based combat Sonya and Jax both started running up towards the five members to fight them hand-to-hand. The emperor's coven members were not trained in hand-to-hand combat, so they kept firing more spells at them from the distance,
Having no option left the five fought Sonya and Jax in hand to hand combat. Despite their superior numbers Jax and Sonya were able to beat all of them knocking them to the ground. Sonya and Jax celebrated their victory, but during it, another figure started to approach them. He was wearing a costume smaller to the coven members, but with a long bird mask with horns and an even longer white cape.
"Who are you," Sonya asked.
"You managed to defeat seven of my top generals all by yourself's I am impressed,"
"I will say it again, who are you bird mask freak," Jax asked.
"I am Emperor Belos I am the emperor of these isles. Who are you two I have never seen you around here before, and I know everyone in the boiling isles? Wait, round ears, your humans more humans have arrived in the isles. How did you get here the portal was destroyed," Belos said.
"Portal what portal are you talking about," Sonya said.
"Look, we don't want to stay here we just want to get back to Earthrealm, but none of our transporters are working," Jax said.
"What did you say Earthrealm there is only one other person I have heard say that. I'm sorry, but I cannot allow you to leave the isles," Belos said.
After he said that Belos used his powers to teleport behind them, they did not see it coming, and then he summoned a mysterious dark spell they had never seen before. The spell knocked Sonya and Jax's guns out of their hands, so they had to immediately resort to punching Belos down. Their punches had barely flinched him, and he easily knocked them back.
After a short battle Below knocked Sonya and Jax to the ground and was about to finish the off. Until suddenly a green net was shot at his temporally trapping Belos. Sonya and Jax knew who fired that net they looked up and saw Cyrax. They were in for another surprise, however, they looked behind Cyrax and saw Raiden thunder god and the former protector of Earthrealm who was recently promoted to Elder God.
"Sonya and Jax get in the portal," Cyrax said while summoning a portal. Sonya and Jax quickly got up and jumped into the portal with Cyrax and Raiden following suit.
"Thanks for your help Cyrax, is your portal arm working," Jax said.
"Your's is broken as well, mine won't transport me to other realms only other locations in this realm," Cyrax said.
"Our's are broken as well, do you have any idea why this is happening Raiden," Sonya said.
"It seems there is some sort of magical barrier that blocks access to and from other realms. Though my powers are still able to transport me to other realms so the power may not affect Elder Gods" Raiden said.
"So that means you can get us out of here Raiden," Jax said.
"Unfortunately, no due to my position as an Elder God, I am not allowed to interfere with approval from the other Elder Gods, I have tried to talk to them, but they refuse to do anything," Raiden said with anger under his breath.
"Also, what are you doing here Raiden?" Sonya asked.
"I was in the Netherrealm at the time checking up on Shinnok when I was suddenly transported to this place, where were you two when you were transported to this place," Raiden asked.
"We were on a mission in Outworld at the time, why did you ask," Sonya answered.
"I am sensing mostly Outworld creatures and Netherrealm demons in this place and all four of us happened to be in Outworld and the Netherrealm at the time," Raiden said.
"Wait, are you saying that only inhabitants from Outworld and the Netherrealm were transported here?" Jax asked.
"Well, that's just great that means all of our enemies are here and none of our allies," Sonya said.
"Not quite I also sense Liu Kang and Kitana's presence on these isles we need to find them,"
"I have some other good news the guy you saved us from Below said there was a portal to what he called the Human World," Sonya said.
"I have heard Earthrealm called that before, so that could be what he is talking about. If the magic in this realm is blocking access to other realms It's conceivable that magic in this realm could allow for access to other realms,"
"He also reacted pretty badly we new called Earthrealm, Earthrealm," Jax said.
"I have never seen anyone like him before who did he call himself," Cyrax asked.
"He said his name was Emperor Belos, apparently in charge of these isles," Sonya said.
"Despite being an Elder God, I have somehow never heard of this place what could this place be," Raiden said.
"Raiden it has been a long time," someone said in the distance.