Sub Zero marched through the halls of the Lin Kue headquarters emanating an aura of cold greatly surpassing his ability to freeze. This was the aura of a man who has lived a hard life, a life of death, pain, fear, sacrifice, malice and most of all betrayal. Betrayed by his clan, by his closest friends and by Frost. The very name sends a shiver down his spine. She was his pupil, his friend, his companion, and she was also his awakening. Her betrayal and lust for power made him realize that the Lin Kue could not change until all of its old sins have been dealt with.
Before he could put any more thought into the subject, he heard sounds of battle in the courtyard. He quickly made his way through the compound to witness the all too familiar sight of his men battling the Red Dragon. He quickly leapt into the fray, bashing in one man's head and elbowing another's throat. This is the just the thing I needed he thought as he snapped the neck of another Red Dragon. The fight seemed won until another new figure joined in. Everyone cowered at the sight of this behemoth. He wore garbs similar that of a soldier but had a red dragon tattooed all over his chest and a glowing red object over where his heart had been.
Hsu Hao rammed through the battle not bothering to differentiate friend from foe until he reached Sub Zero. After a few moments of sizing each other up Sub Zero decided on a little "risk assessment" he slid up to Hsu using the momentum to land a devastating punch to Hsu's gut. When Sub Zero lifted his head up he was mortified to find the giant had not even flinched. Before he could even think of a way to escape Hsu's left hand had enveloped his head while his right went to work on Sub Zero's gut. Thinking quickly Sub Zero placed both of his feet on Hsu's head and kicked launching him to safety.
The enraged Hsu Hao quickly closed the gap and started swinging wildly downwards hoping to flatten his opponent. The blows rained down like thunder leaving craters the size of an average man's head, but Sub Zero easily slid out of the way of all Hsu's attacks. Sub Zero randomly started shooting ice turning the courtyard into a skating rink and then formed his kori blade and circled Hsu. Seeing the battle was going in Sub Zero's favor Hsu had tried to run, but Sub Zero was in too bad of a mood to be merciful. Sub Zero swooped in with hawk like precision and cut one of Hsu's legs, but before he could circle around for the other one Hsu grabbed him and threw him against a pillar. It seemed Sub Zero was finished as Hsu Hao approached, but when he looked down he noticed a crater Hsu had left earlier and thought up a plan. Hsu took one last look at the man he was about to kill the drew back his fist as far as he could, but as soon as it rocketed forward he noticed it encased in ice. Sub Zero said to no one in particular "FINISH HIM" as he slid under Hsu Hao and planted a kick on his back adding to the already powerful punch. The second Hsu Hao's hand made contact with the pillar it shattered along with the pillar. Hsu Hao looked at his killer in horror as a hail of marble came crashing down on him. Sub Zero watched as this once proud man reached out for help with a handless arm and tears on his face. After wearing out the last of the air in his lungs with cries for mercy Hsu Hao simply lay down and died.
An hour later in his quarters was assessing the damages it had been the third time in the past two months that the Red Dragon had attacked them and the Tekunin were not far behind. This only helped serve his theory that the remnants of the old Lin Kue had to be dealt with before it could start anew. A few things crossed Sub Zero's mind as he formed a list of priorities, most of them would be easily accomplished by any of his clan but there was one that only he could do. He had to fulfill the last contract the Lin Kue had received, the assassination of Shang Tsung.