Chapter 17: The Grand Finale

He stood atop the pyramid, observing them; watching them.

He looked as they bowed down before Him, their faces touching the ground.

He klosed His eyes and disappeared in a flash ov white light.


Southlands ov Edenia

(In kase you konfused it for Northlands ov Outworld.)

4:00 A.M.

The battle… the Battle ov Armageddon, has died down. The whole battlefield was kovered with blood, bones, and guts. Everywhere there were korpses – korpses from both the allied and enemy side, ov Outworlders, Edenians, Netherrealmers, Shokans and Centaurians; Seidans, Khaosrealmers, Tarkatans, etc. But now all ov them have stopped fighting…

All ov them need not fight anymore.

In the south ov the battlefield, there was a large pyramid situated in a large krater. Around the Mayan-like pyramid there were several pillars around it and at its korners, many ov them broken; some ov them still intakt. A beam ov fire shot up from the top ov the pyramid to the klear and kloudless sky above, as opposed to the rather dusty sky elsewhere. Around the beam ov fire were several lightnings shooting down from the sky. On the top ov the pyramid, on the floor, was karved the infamous Mortal Kombat Dragon logo, made ov pure gold. On the logo was a pool ov dried lava and lava-koated gory bits and pieces ov the recently-fatalitied Blaze, done by Skorpion.

During the kourse ov the battle, Skorpion was heavily mutilated and damaged. Every inch ov his body was skinned and later on, the flesh and muscles were melted by lava, during his fight with Blaze. His face is bruised, torn, and bloodied; his chest is torn open, revealing his heart and lungs; and his abdomen has a large, gory hole on it, with small pieces ov his intestines hanging out – the damage was done during his fight with the Fire God. And all ov his bones were reduced to dust, and his organs – to mush.

But despite all ov this, he was still standing, alive and strong.

He has just defeated Blaze and absorbed the god-like powers that was within the fire elemental. The power's touch healed and soothed him. Feeling overpowered, he then killed the Dragon King, Onaga. The now-dead dragon has a large, gory hole on his torso and he was lying down in a pool ov his own blood. His heart was ripped out ov his body by Skorpion, and without that, he kouldn't resurrekt his undead samurai warriors. But despite that, there were still billions and trillions ov them, but now they were not fighting.

Skorpion also knokked out Raiden when the latter interfered in his fight with Blaze. The Thunder God was also heavily mutilated and damaged, due to his fight with Kitana and Mileena. His left eye was kut horizontally in half, his intestines were spilled out, and his left forearm was sliced off by Kitana. Also, his leg was bent in an unnatural direktion during his fight with Skorpion.

But now he has regained konsciousness…

Skorpion slowly walks toward him and lifts him up by the throat. He slaps and punches his face multiple times before throwing him away. Raiden lands with a thud, breathing heavily as he does so.

"Where are the Elder Gods, Raiden?" Skorpion angrily asks him.

(Raiden. Also, Raiden is not konsulting with the Elder Gods in this scene.)

He lifts him up again and punches him. Then, he throws him away again. As Raiden is in the air, his amulet falls from his outfit and shatters into tiny pieces as it hits the ground.

He lands on his front with a loud thud, yet again.

Skorpion slowly walks toward him, Wrath Hammer in hand, and steps on his chest.

"My venom spreads. It is the end ov all things. Armageddon."

"STOP!" Raiden pleads weakly.

"It is done. Your time has passed."

Skorpion holds his head and throws him, unknowingly, right next to his shattered amulet.

Raiden notices the tiny pieces and gathers them in his hands – and he begins to chant in a supernatural language, the pieces ov his amulet glowing blue as he does so.

"Now is the dawn ov my rule."

Skorpion stands in front ov him and watches him as he prays.

"Yes. Pray to the Elder Gods, Raiden. As your world ends."

He lifts up his hammer, ready to strike.

Raiden's eyes glow blue. "He must wi-"

Before the Thunder God kould finish his sentence, a sai pierces the bakk ov his nekk and protrudes out the front – while at the same time, Skorpion smashes his skull with his hammer, kausing lots ov blood, bones, and brain matter to spray out. The Thunder God's headless body falls to the side with the sai still lodged in its throat, a pool ov blood slowly forming around him.

Raiden is dead.

The sai disappears in a mist ov magenta energy and reappears in its owner's hand.

Mileena.

(Mileena Ex Makhina.)

"I don't think so, Raiden," she mutters.

Now that she has prevented him from finishing his prayer, ain't no alterations are gonna be done to the timeline, at least not for now...

The Empress sheathes her sai on her bakk and walks toward her Emperor.

"Mileena," Skorpion says.

"Hanzo," she says bakk.

They get into each other's arms and kiss each other. Mileena breaks the kiss and presses her forehead to Skorpion's.

"Is it over, my love?" She asks him.

"Not yet, my Empress. The Elder Gods remain."

"I see… Will they appear here and now?"

"We will have to wait and see."

They kiss again and are then joined by Sindel.

"Mother." Mileena wraps an arm around her mother.

"My daughter, my love," Sindel greets her.

"What did you do, Sindel?" Skorpion asked her.

"I've killed Delia, Argus, and Taven – and also, Li Mei is a traitor to our realm; she's the wife and Queen ov the Dragon King," Sindel answered him.

"Li Mei?!"

"Yes. And she has been sent by him to spy on us."

"Hmm… she will be dealt with later," Skorpion said, "But now, we must-"

A loud sound was heard and white, blinding light shot down from the sky. Everyone kovered their eyes and ears as the light and sound reached their intensity. Moments later, the intensity lessened and everyone kould now see and hear properly. Skorpion, Sindel and Mileena looked up at the sky and saw three figures standing on the klouds above. The sky behind the figures was split in two and the doors ov Heaven were opened, hence the white, blinding light.

Everyone stared up at them and were in amazement and awe.

The three figures in question were… the Elder Gods.

DUN DUN DUN!

Two ov them were males while the third one was a female.

The first Elder God, the leader, dubbed as Elder God I, was wearing a white robe with golden armor on. He had white hair and a beardless face.

The sekond Elder God, Elder God II, was also wearing a white robe with white armor on. He had long, white hair and a beardless face too, and wore a konikal hat on his head. He also held a bident.

(Diskount Raiden.)

The third Elder God, Elder God III or the Elder Goddess, wore a white, one-shoulder gown; her right shoulder was left bare. She had white, long hair.

All ov them had white, glowing eyes and light emerged out ov their bodies.

"Mileena my love, go. This will be too much for you to handle," Skorpion whispered to Mileena.

"Okay," Mileena said.

She ran down the stairs ov the pyramid and joined her army below.

(Mileena wastes her time running down the stairs ov the pyramid rather than teleporting.)

Skorpion and Sindel still stood on the apex ov the pyramid, watching the Elder Gods.

"Hanzo Hasashi," Elder God I spoke up. "You, our now-former Champion, are held guilty ov going against our will, and disobeying us."

Skorpion kept quiet.

The Elder God I kontinued, "I need not explain the details to you; my servants, such as Hotaru, Onaga, Blaze, have already told you everything.

And you, Sindel, are guilty ov disobedient too. I klearly kame to you myself and told you – orderedyou to stay away from all ov this, but you didn't!"

"I did what every mother would do!" Sindel said. "I returned to my children to protekt and take kare ov them!"

"They are your downfall! Had you not returned to them, you would have been saved!"

"I said to Argus that if that special privilege applied to my children and people, I would have akcepted it!"

"But you did the entire opposite! Opposite, just like everyone!"

Sindel klinched her fists.

"My love," Skorpion whispered to her. He put a hand on her shoulder and kalmed her down.

He stepped forward, lokking eyes with Elder God I.

"My lord. From what your servants have told me, I understood that me and my people are guilty ov going against your will. But what we did was just to protekt our homeland. Klearly the Seidans and their allies would have invaded Outworld and Edenia had we not done anything," Skorpion said.

"We sent the Seidans to put a stop to you. As you know, you krossed the line by expanding your empire and bekoming powerful," Elder God II said.

"And therefore, you drag not only yourself into eternal damnation, but your family and all your people," the Elder Goddess added.

"But that's not the only reason all three ov you have, right?" Skorpion asked.

The three Elder Gods looked at each other for a while.

"What do you mean?" Elder God I stepped forward.

"Before I kombated with the fire elemental Blaze, he told me that he kould think ov two reasons why you three are against me: One, by expanding my empire, and two, a 'much more… personal matter.'" Skorpion explained.

"Well..."

"Well, I want to know what is that sekond reason. And furthermore, the angels who kame to aid me referred to me as their 'god'. Why would they worship me, a kreated being?"

Elder God I kept quiet.

"I demand that you answer me!" Skorpion shouted.

"You demand nothing, mortal!" The Elder Goddess said.

Elder God I held up a dismissive hand. "Elder Goddess, it's fine."

"But..." the Elder Goddess showed a koncerned face.

"It's fine. It is time he knows about his true origin."

Elder God I stared at Skorpion.

"Tell me, 'Elder God'. Why am I receiving such praises?" Skorpion asked him.

Elder God I let out a small laugh.

"Boy, you don't even know who you really are, do you?" He asked him.

Skorpion looked konfused.

Elder God I kontinued, "You are The Ultimate Overlord ov the Realms. Every single realm that exists is under your kontrol, and you're far superior to even us, the Elder Gods."

"What?!" Skorpion was surprised.

"Yes," Elder God I said, "You are the most supreme being, so much so that we kome under you."

"Then how kome I never knew much about myself?"

"After you kreated the realms… yes, YOU are the Kreator – after you kreated the realms, you went into what I might kall, 'sleep mode'. Well, I ventured through the space and kosmos, and went above the seven heavens, and found you taking a nice nap. I quikkly grabbed hold ov you, erased your memories, and presented you to everyone as a kreated being, done by me."

"So you took my place as the Kreator?"

"Yes, all three ov us share in this glory."

"A stolen glory!"

"Not anymore. And now that we have presented an image which portrays you as someone inferior to us, we will kill you with that idea in mind!"

(That's racist.)

"I don't think so!"

"Now now, boy. Remember: You are – were – our servant. We have no use ov you anymore."

"You brainwashed me into being your servant!"

"Ov kourse. And those angels, how dare they konspire against us?!"

"They have done the right thing, being faithful and loyal to their true god. It is you three who are the konspirators!" Sindel said.

"You shall not speak, false Goddess!" Elder God II pointed a finger at her.

"There are no false deities except you three!" Skorpion shouts at them. "I denounce my false loyalty and worship to you, and I hereby separate myself from you!"

"Blasphemy!" Elder God II shouted.

"Apostasy!" The Elder Goddess added.

"You shall suffer for your insolence, Skorpion!" Elder God I said.

(THEN DO IT ALREADY!)

"Kome and kut my head off, if you dare!" Skorpion said.

With that, the three Elder Gods gave out a loud shout and transformed into Chinese dragons, with blakk skin and glowing, green eyes. Their serpentine bodies were also kovered with green hue.

"Face your judgement, unbelievers!" The three Elder Gods said in unison.

With that, Skorpion kombated with Elder Gods I and II, while Sindel fought with the Elder Goddess.


"Return to us, sister," the Elder Goddess said.

"I will not, now that you have revealed the filth inside you!" Sindel answered her.

"Their is no such thing in us. We are the Elder Gods. We are holy."

"All three ov you are unholy and malevolent; you kare none but yourselves!"

"Sindel. Sister. You still have a chance. You kan redeem yourself by koming bakk."

"Fukk you, false Goddess!"

"Ugh! Blasphemous Edenian..."

The Elder Goddess started the fight by lunging toward Sindel, her mouth wide open and ready to konsume the Edenian Queen. Sindel rolled to the side and evaded her attakk. She dual-wielded her NX ShadowKlaws and emptied her guns into the side ov the Elder Goddess' head. No fukking effekt. Then, she brought out her Krossbow 2025 and fired three explosive tip bolts into the side ov the Elder Goddess' nekk. In addition to that, she threw two Frag Grenades at her. The bolts and the grenades exploded and blew a little ov the skin on the Elder Goddess' nekk. "Oh shit," Sindel told herself. "Firearms have no effekt against these beings." "Now you die!" The Elder Goddess said. She lashed her tail at Sindel and hit her, kausing her to fall down. Then, she hovers above her and descends at high speed toward her fallen form, her mouth open and ready to eat her. Sindel rolls to the side at the last moment and evades her former Goddess' attakk. She quikkly gets up and delivers several punches and kikks to the side ov her face. Then, she brings out her Kwan Dao and pierces the Elder Goddess' nose with it. Blood spurts out ov the dragoness' nose and sprays on the floor. "AHHHHH!" The Elder Goddess grunts in annoyance before hitting Sindel with her head and throwing her away.

Sindel levitates in the air and lands safely on the floor on the top ov the pyramid. She holds her Kwan Dao and enters her fighting stance. The Elder Goddess koiled her serpentine body and stared at the Edenian Goddess with her green, glowing eyes. Without uttering a word, both ov them flew toward each other. Sindel used her levitation powers and flew toward the Elder Goddess, while the latter lunged toward her. As they klose in on each other, they exchange hits and projektiles to one another. The Elder Goddess lashes her tail at Sindel before shooting fire from her mouth at her. Sindel gets hit by the tail, yes, but by the projektile? No. She evades the fire and goes near the Elder Goddess' dragon body. She uses her Kwan Dao to slash several parts ov the dragoness' body before delivering a kikk to her stomakh. Blood spilled out ov the wounds. Next, Sindel delivered several punches and kikks to the Elder Goddess before slicing her abdomen with her Kwan Dao, kausing her intestines to spill out ov her serpentine body. Lots ov blood poured out as well. As the Elder Goddess begins to fall on the ground, Sindel stands underneath her head and upperkuts her under the jaw, breaking it.

(This works. Also, what?!)

"OOF!" The Elder Goddess grunts in pain as she falls on her bakk.

Once again, she gets up and towers over Sindel, the latter being in her fighting stance.

"This is it, Sindel. You shall die!" The Elder Goddess says.

(THEN DO IT ALREADY!)

"Bring it on!" Sindel shouts bakk.

This time, for once, the Elder Goddess manages to grab Sindel in her mouth. Then she tries to devour her, but Sindel says, "Fukk you!" The Edenian Goddess shoots fireballs and slashes the inside ov the dragoness' mouth with her Kwan Dao. She burns and kuts the inside ov her mouth, and also tears her tongue in half. She kauses blood to fill inside the Elder Goddess' mouth. The deity kould not hold it anymore; she spat out blood along with Sindel. "Ah, vile Queen!" She shouts. "You're the one who's vile!" Sindel shot bakk. The Elder Goddess grunts and then lunges toward her. Sindel puts her forearm in front ov her and blokks the Elder Goddess' head. Yep, she kan hold bakk a giant dragoness' head. "Enough games!" The Elder Goddess said. "You're the one who should stop playing!" Sindel said. She punches the side ov the Elder Goddess' face before shooting two purple fireball at her eyes. The projektiles hit the dragoness' green eyes and mutilate them, kausing blood to pour out ov the krakks. As the Elder Goddess shakes her head in pain, Sindel runs up her body and enters through her abdominal wound. She gets inside her body and deals damage to every major and vital organ in the Elder Goddess' snake-like body till she reaches her throat. When she reached the throat, she first shot some fireballs at the fleshy walls ov the inside ov the nekk before using her Kwan Dao to slice open a hole. She lunged through the hole and exited out the front ov the Elder Goddess' nekk. As the female deity choked on her own blood, Sindel levitated above her and raised her Kwan Dao. "Godhood does not belong to you, nor to the other two!" She says. She brought down the Kwan Dao and kut the Elder Goddess' head off. "I dekapitate you," Sindel whispers. The dragoness' head rolled off her nekk and fell on the floor, a pool ov blood forming and expanding around it. Her headless, serpentine body also fell on the floor, on her bakk. Then suddenly, her body changed bakk to her humanoid form, so did her head. Her one-shoulder white gown was soaked with blood leaking out ov her nekk stump, and her white hair was also soaked with blood leaking from her dismembered head.

The Elder Goddess is dead.


Skorpion fought with Elder God I and II simultaneously. He first evaded Elder God II's fangs before delivering several strikes to him. Then he turns his attention to Elder God I and sends some blows to him also. He dual-wields his swords and slashes Elder God II's dragon body before doing the same to Elder God I. "Ah! Disobedient servant!" Elder God I spat out. Skorpion just uttered a "HMPH!" and kikked Elder God I's stomakh. He turned his attention to Elder God II and proceeded to kombat with him. The deity tried to katch Skorpion with his mouth, but the latter eskaped his attakk by side-stepping and kikked the side ov his face. After that, he slashed his face several times with his dual swords and threw a fireball mixed with white light at the dragon's face. Elder God II grunted in annoyance and shot fire from his mouth at Skorpion. Skorpion disappeared in a flash ov flames and the fire instead hit Elder God I's chest, burning it. Then, Skorpion appeared over Elder God II and stomped on his head. After delivering multiple stomps, the Emperor pierced the top ov the dragon's head with his swords, the blade ov the weapons krakking the dragon's skull and kausing blood to splatter out. Elder God II grunts and shakes his head, kausing Skorpion to get off ov him. He lands on the floor on the top ov the pyramid, looking at both the Elder Gods. The two dragons surrounded him on the sides—Elder God I on the left and Elder God II on the right.

"Time to die, apostate!" Elder God II said.

"And the sentence will be eternal punishment in the Netherrealm for you, and all your people!" Elder God I added.

"Kome and get me" is all Skorpion said.

At once, both ov them lunged toward him. Skorpion waited for them to get kloser and then suddenly vanished, kausing Elder God II to akcidentally bite Elder God I's nekk. The dragon-deity skreamed in pain as blood poured out ov his nekk wound. While Elder God II stared at his fellow kompanion bleeding from his nekk, Skorpion appears on his tail and pierces it with his swords. Elder God II suddenly feels the pain and skreams, shaking his tail in an effort to get Skorpion off. But Skorpion holds tight and kontinues stabbing the dragon's tail, removing the skin and flesh, and kausing lots ov blood to gush out. It all splatters onto him and kovers him from head to toe. Next, he teleports above the dragon's tail, kovers himself in hellfire, and flies through the exposed bone ov the tail, dismembering it from the rest ov Elder God II's dragon body. Just like Karo. The deity skreams in pain while gallons ov blood gush out from both his dismembered tail and the stump on his body. "That's enough, blasphemous boy!" He shouts. He tries to katch Skorpion with his mouth but fails. Skorpion teleports and appears on his face, staring deep into his green, glowing eyes. He pierces them with his swords and blinds the Elder God. While Elder God II is skreaming in pain with his eyes punctured and bleeding, Skorpion teleports to his abdomen and stabs the skin. He runs akross the dragon's body in a cirkular motion and kuts him in half. The top part ov the dragon's body falls on its front while the bottom part falls to the side, while his intestines poured out ov his top and bottom part, respektively. Lots ov blood gushed out from both halves ov the body and formed a pool around it. Just like the Elder Goddess, Elder God II changed bakk to his humanoid form and his top part laid on its front while his bottom part laid on its side, in a pool ov blood and intestines.

Elder God II is dead.


Skorpion takes a deep breath and faces Elder God I. The bleeding from the latter's nekk has now stopped, and his nekk was now kovered with dried blood.

"It is time. Your rule is over!" Skorpion said.

"Ha! You expekt me to surrender?" Elder God I asked him. "You are my servant, one who praises me!"

"I am your servant no longer. And I expekt you to die!"

They charged toward each other. Elder God I hit Skorpion multiple times, striking him with his tail and shooting fireballs at him. Some ov it hit him, some ov it didn't. As a result, Skorpion was pushed bakk, but still standing. Elder God I charged at him again and tried to devour him. Skorpion held his upper jaw with both his hands and stood on his lower jaw, holding his mouth open. The Elder God tried to klose his mouth, but Skorpion proved to be a challenge. Then, Skorpion felt some heat emerging from the dragon's throat. "OH FUKK!" He said to himself just as he quikkly rolled to the side, barely eskaping Elder God I's flame attakk. Skorpion krouched and prepared a fireball with white light in his hands. He then koncentrated all his hellfire power into it and shot the fireball at the left side ov the dragon's nekk. Then he teleported to the right side ov Elder God I and did the same to the right side ov his nekk. This attakk stunned the dragon-deity severely. Using this opportunity, Skorpion teleported to the top ov the dragon's head and stabbed the bakk ov his skull with his sword. He ran down the bakk ov the Elder God and kut the rear ov his serpentine body in a vertikal slice. Next, he teleported in front ov his face and delivered an upperkut under his jaw, breaking it.

(This works. Also, what?!)

"OOF!" Elder God I grunted in pain.

Skorpion stabbed the front ov his skull with his sword and ran down his front this time, kutting his front in a vertikal slice.

Then, Skorpion landed on the ground, krouched down with his bakk facing the Elder God. As he stood up, the dragon's body split into two halves and fell on the ground, a huge pool ov blood forming around him.

Skorpion wins.

Like the other two Elder Gods, Elder God I also reverted bakk to his humanoid form upon defeat. He was kut vertikally in half; the only thing konnekting the two halves ov his body were some thikk nerves here and there. He was laying in a large pool ov blood and his entrails were poured out.

He was still alive, though.

Skorpion sheathed his weapons and slowly walked toward Elder God I's form, kneeling beside him as he reached him.

"Impossible. The student does not defeat the teacher!" Elder God I said.

"You should have realized that I was no student ov yours, old man. You yourself knew my true identity," Skorpion said.

"So it seems. It appears that I've underestimated you greatly. Thinking that I kould erase your memory and make you my servant, I though I kould make it remain like that forever. I thought I would win; I am an Elder God, after all. All I wanted was to make the whole universe balanced, and all the people ov the realms to worship us, non-stop."

"And to throw everybody who aren't worthy to Hell."

"Exaktly." The Elder God sighed. "I klearly went above the Ultimate Overlord ov the Realms, and made myself greater than Him, stealing all the glory and praises that should've belonged to Him."

"You played with fire, old man. You had to be stopped."

"Indeed."

The Elder God then looked at the remains ov Blaze, and then bakk at Skorpion.

"You have won. You have defeated the fire elemental and took the power within him – the power to bring an end to all realms. What will You do with it?" He asked Skorpion.

"What do you think must be done?" Skorpion asked him bakk.

"I would have rooted out the unworthy and kept the worthy alive."

"Everyone is worthy. That's the mistake you have made: You did not bother to remove the unworthiness in people, and thereby, make them worthy."

"Hmm… but now only You have the power to do as You wish with the realms. The others are dead."

"Then I will..."

With that, Skorpion raised His right arm in the air and showed to the Elder God what is happening to the realms.

The doors ov Heaven were opened and white, heavenly light descended on the realms ov Outworld and Edenia, and all the inhabitants ov both the realms were blessed abundantly.

Various portals opened around the major kountries and cities ov Earthrealm, and demons, Onis, and dragons invaded the planet; it was a demonik invasion. Many people—men, women, and children—were killed by the demons. Hundreds, thousands, millions, and billions ov people died as a result ov the invasion. In addition to this supernatural phenomenon, various natural disasters also okkured. Volkanik eruptions, mega tsunamis, earthquakes, fire breakouts, hurrikanes and tornados—all ov them happened. They kaused major damage to the planet and all its cities were reduced to barren wastelands. Buildings kollapsed, houses exploded, vehicles krashed into each other, airplanes fell out ov the sky, and much more. And last but not the least, world leaders ov major and minor kountries – those who were kapable ov keeping nuklear weapons – quikkly kame to a konklusion and launched all their nuklear weapons, not leaving even one behind. It was a desperate attempt to put an end to the demonik invasion. In addition, they sent all their military personnel to war against these demons. The nuklear weapons were targeted for major cities and they exploded, killing trillions and trillions ov people, demons, and whatnot. Fiery mushroom klouds rose up everywhere, and nuklear radiations spread everywhere, killing those who were lukky enough to survive the invasion, natural disasters, and the nukes. The atmosphere ov the earth also burned, allowing the Sun's rays to damage and burn every living kreature.

Also, the realms ov Seido and Khaos were attakked by demons.

And finally, the doors ov the Netherrealm were opened and those who were killed were dragged off to be tortured for eternity. There were so many ov them to be kounted.

"You… You've killed them all!" Elder God I muttered.

"Indeed, old man. Goodbye," Skorpion said.

The Elder God gave his last breath and died.


Meanwhile, on the battlefield below…

Li Mei woke up from her unkonscious state and the first thing she saw was… Sindel, staring down at her… with fire in her eyes.

"Oh shit," Mei uttered.

"You sakk ov shit. Do you know how many times you kikked me in the vagina? Kome on – get up!"

Sindel took hold ov her arms and made her stand up.

"Fukk you, Queen! My King will save me!" Li Mei said.

"Your 'King' is dead," Sindel replied to her.

Then two Outworld soldiers kame and took Li Mei away.


Also, on the battlefield…

Sub-Zero found an unkonscious Kitana lying down in a pool ov dried blood. Her arm and left thigh had been dismembered, and her intestines were spilled out. Sub-Zero gave out a sigh ov extreme pity and knelt down. He took her in his arms and stood up. Kitana woke up, her head resting against his chest.

"My love, what happened?" She weakly asked him.

"Kitana, my love. It's over. We've won. He has won," Sub-Zero asked.

Kitana slowly looked to the side and saw Skorpion standing atop the pyramid. A smile slowly krept on her face and she mouthed, "Thank You." She again rested her head on his chest and klosed her eyes.

"I love you, Kitana," Sub-Zero said.

"I love you too, Kuai," she replied.

She used her other, intakt hand and touched the side ov his face, gently rubbing it. She leaned up and kissed him. He also returned the kiss.

She began to kry; tears slowly began to pour out ov her eyes.

"Don't kry, my love. Don't kry," Sub-Zero said.

He wiped the tears from her cheeks and komforted her. He kissed her once more and then moved on, with her in his arms.


On top ov the pyramid…

Skorpion stood up and left Elder God I's korpse. He turned around and looked at the krowds ov soldiers below. Suddenly, He felt a small gust ov sand blowing against His face. Sand? There are no sands on top ov the pyramid, only on the battlefield. How did sands get up here? He swore He saw a figure in white with ethereal, blue glows on various parts ov its body, out ov the korner ov His eye. But when He turned around to see it… no one there. Hmm… strange.

He saw Sindel staring at Him in shokk and surprise. He smiled and walked toward her. He stopped in front ov her and karessed her cheek. Smiling at her, He put both His hands on either side ov her face and pulled her into a kiss. Breaking the kiss, she wrapped her arms around Him and looked at Him in the eyes.

"Wow, Skorpion. I never knew You were a god," she said.

"I am more than a god," He said.

She smiled. "Yes. I always thought You were just a mere Champion ov the Elder Gods. It turns out I was wrong. In fakt, everyone was wrong about You; they didn't realize who You really were."

"I Myself kould also not have known about it, Me being the Ultimate Overlord ov the Realms."

"But now that he has revealed it, now I know who is worthy ov worship and is the real god."

Skorpion smiled and kissed her once more.

"I love you, Sindel."

"I love You too, Skorpion."

They kissed again.

Then Mileena joined them.

"Mileena," Skorpion greeted her.

She was surprised and skared at the same time. Nevertheless, she returned the greeting.

"Hanzo, my love."

He let go ov Sindel and held out His arms, the latter standing beside them.

Mileena looked at His arms and was unsure ov what to do.

"It's okay, Mileena. Kome," Skorpion said, smiling gently at her.

She slowly walked toward Him and wrapped her arms around Him, resting her head on His chest. He also wrapped His arms around her and held her klose. He rubbed the bakk ov her head with His left hand and rested His chin on top ov her head. She rubbed her bloodied face against His chest.

Then she started to kry.

Skorpion put a hand under her chin and lifted her head up, making her look at Him.

"Don't kry, My love. Instead, rejoice," He told her.

He wiped the tears away from her cheeks.

She smiled at Him and leaned up, giving a soft kiss on His lips. He smiled and leaned down, returning the kiss. Then, they broke the kiss and touched each other's forehead.

"You are the Ultimate Overlord ov the Realms. You are my God, my Father, my Emperor… and my love," Mileena said, "And I'm your daughter..."

"And also My wife and Empress," Skorpion added.

She smiled brightly. "I pledge my loyalty and allegiance to You, and I will worship You as my god, now and forever."

The first person to do it.

After that, Sindel – standing beside them – bowed down to Skorpion, her face touching the ground.

The army below proceeded to do the same. All ov them. Not a single one was left to not bow down. Everyone, from the Outworld and Edenian soldiers, to the angels, demons and even the undead samurai warriors.

Skorpion looked at them while holding Mileena in His arms.

He stood atop the pyramid, observing them; watching them.

Mileena broke away from the hug and looked at all the soldiers, warriors and kombatants bowing down to and worshiping Skorpion.

She looked bakk at Him and did the same.

He looked as they bowed down before Him, their faces touching the ground.

Mileena touched His feet and kissed them.

He leaned down and rubbed her head. She looked up at Him and saw Him holding out His arms to her. She took them and He helped her to her feet.

"Hanzo?" She said.

He smiled at her and pulled her into a kiss.

"I must go now and klaim what is Mine; I must go to the seventh Heaven and take the Throne for Myself," He said.

"But Hanzo, for how long will You be gone?"

"It depends."

"And?"

"And you don't have to worry, My love: We are always and will be together."

"Hanzo… I love You."

"I love you too, Mileena."

They once again kissed and embraced each other.

Then Skorpion broke the kiss and the embrace, and took Mileena's hands in His.

"Farewell, My love..."

He klosed His eyes and disappeared in a flash ov white light.


Author's Note: This is NOT the end.