The Return of Shao Kahn

by thatoneguy655

Much concern has risen since the events of Mortal Kombat X. Liu Kang and Raiden, two strong forces of good, have become corrupted. They've fallen out of the Elder Gods' favor and the two are constantly at each other's throats. Only one person under the Elder Gods' thumb is strong enough to stop them both but he is far from heroic. Involves AU elements such as Edenia's liberation.

20. Visions

The stone of the stalagmite continued phasing away, forcing Taven from the inside and onto the ground. He lifted himself back up to look at his surroundings. His attention then turned to Orin, "What happened? Where am I?"

"You have missed much, young son of Argus," the golden dragon answered vaguely.

He stumbled around the cave, completely confused by his sudden reawakening. He had just one more question, "How long?"

"Excuse me," Orin asked.

"How long have I been sealed in there?"

Orin simply replied, "15,000 years."

Taven's jaw dropped, his eyes went wide, and he broke out into a sudden sweat. So many years of his life were gone, all without his knowing. He had nothing to say, what was there he could say? He tried asking another question yet…nothing came to him. His mind was filled with many conflicting thoughts. Why had his parents done this, where was Daegon, where was he, what about his parents? He almost didn't want to know the answer to those questions. He didn't even know if he'd get an honest answer. If his parents lied to him before he was sealed, what's to stop Orin from lying to him. Was he just a pawn to his parents?

Orin took sympathy to the increasingly worried Taven and tried to comfort him, "I realize this must be quite the shock to you. Allow me to explain, your parents had you sealed so that you may save the realms from the end times. Your mother prophesized a time when there would be a great imbalance in the realms. You and Daegon are destined to save the realms from destruction."

"That's not what she told me," Taven replied with a hint of disdain in his voice, "She said Daegon and I were to defeat Shao Kahn before he had a chance to invade Edenia." His anger was palpable. Orin tried to calm him but Taven interrupted, "I never asked to be sealed! I never asked to be some tool to both my mother and father!"

Orin, again, felt empathy for Taven's situation. So much so, he had no way to retort Taven's scathing remarks. The guardian tried reasoning, "Taven please, you must take this quest. If not, then the realms will be doomed. Blaze must be destroyed by you and nobody else! It's the only way to restore the balance that has been destroyed."

Taven recognized the name Blaze and took even greater issue with his involvement, "The fire elemental my mother created?! He's the one that triggers Armageddon?" He couldn't believe this. His mother was seemingly responsible for the soon-to-be destruction of all the realms.

Once more, Orin had no way to argue against him. Delia was the one who created Armageddon's trigger. It was Blaze who would be the one who would signal the destruction of the realms, it was Blaze who would be responsible for the destruction of the realms if Taven or Daegon should fail. Orin simply avoided that, "It doesn't matter it's now you who is tasked to prevent the end times."

Taven held the bridge of his nose in a mix of disappointment and sorrow. He decided to take up the quest, "Very well. Tell me Orin, where should I go now?"

"You must head to Earthrealm to retrieve your weapons and armor. I can take you to your destination should you so wish. If you do choose to go, you can simply return here with a mere thought."

Taven agreed, being sent off to Earthrealm for the time being. Shao Kahn, still just outside of the cave, grinned at this turn of events. He realized this meant that Armageddon was coming soon. If he could just somehow get his power back before the times comes, then he could easily destroy Blaze and take the victory all for himself. It was now he realized that he needed to set his plans to sneak into Edenia in motion so that he may take back what Ermac stole from him. He had an idea, returning to the corpse of the dead Edenian soldier. He stole the soldier's outfit and put it on. The helmet made him completely unrecognizable. It almost seemed too easy. He could now sneak into the village without any kind of suspicion. His exile would end sooner than expected.

However, instead of rushing in Shao knew he would need all of his strength just in case he should be found out. So he decided that he should rest for the night, saving his power for the morning. As soon as he fell asleep, the would-be tyrant had a vision.

In this vision he was in what seem to be a dystopic future. Almost every building was completely covered in overgrowth, beneath his feet were the corpses of those that might oppose him such as Ermac, Kitana, and Kotal Kahn, and the sky was constantly a moody gray Shao was most pleased by this revelation. That pleasure would rise when he looked towards a massive effigy reaching high into the sky. This statue was taller than most of the structures in the area. It was a sculpture of whom else but Shao Kahn himself.

Shao smirked smugly…that was until he realized something. There was nobody around. The closest thing around were the bodies that lay beneath him. Shao was most confused, while he certainly was a savage no doubt, he wasn't a genocidal maniac. Everywhere he stepped there was no sign of life, just death. That was until he heard laughter coming from a nearby fortress.

Shao slowly approached the fortress, the pile of bodies beneath him only growing. Most surprising is that what seemed to be soldiers for him were among the casualties. It wasn't as if this was a warzone, this was clearly a surprise attack brought on by something. "How did this happen," the former emperor pondered out loud.

He received his answer when he found his way into the temple. While he was expecting one of his enemies such as the Dragon King or maybe even Shinnok what Shao found instead was something far more horrifying. What he saw was himself, sitting in a throne surrounded by guards. Again these guards were little more than rotted flesh and bone. What he saw was the future Shao desecrating the corpses as he muttered, "Nothing left…conquered everything. Victory!" This Shao wasn't the Shao Kahn anybody knew.

Rather this was a Shao Kahn driven to despair by the looks of it. His gaze was cold, his eyes were wild, and he constantly had a plastered grin upon his fair. The Shao of the past approached with caution, leading his future counterpart to charge right at him, "What's this?! A man unconquered?! Simply unacceptable, Shao Kahn the Konquerer never relents! All will be subdued by my power!"

The Shao of the past tried overcoming his future self, yet nothing could stop him. This Shao was at full power and he threw the old Kahn into a nearby wall with little effort.

"What…what has gotten into you?! We never wished for genocide, we wished to rule all!"

"We…? What do you mean we," the deranged ruler asked, "ahh, you're the voices…but you wanted me to kill them all. They wanted my throne, the throne I worked so hard for! The throne we worked so hard for! Look at our beautiful empire!"

Shao 1 got back up and shook his head, "You fool! You've left nothing left to rule! That throne is pointless!"

The second Shao disagreed, "No, no it can't be pointless! I conquered all the realms, I took control…but with all the realms conquered all that was left were the people. Don't you see we had to kill them?" The deranged Shao placed his hands on his earlier equivalent, "However, there can only be one Shao Kahn." The smile on Shao's face grew even wider, like that of a shark's, "I can't have anybody take my throne, not even me."

The Shao of the past tried breaking out of his future foe's grasp but it was no use. The genocidal tyrant shattered Shao's shoulders like glass and smashed him against the ground. The future Shao grabbed his hammer and raised it high above, "You won't take the One Realm from me! It's mine!" The mallet fell down, splattering the past Shao's head across the wall.

We return to the present, with Shao Kahn reawakening in the middle of the night. He was in a cold sweat, visibly shaken by the event. Was that really what'd happen if he took over all the realms? Would his mind simply degenerate to such a primal state? For the first time in a long time Shao had to ask himself if taking over all the realms would truly be worth it. He tried falling back asleep but after that nightmare, he'd have a hard time doing so.

Taven however had a much different struggle. He had arrived arrived in the middle of the tundra with a massive temple overlooking the entire area. He assumed that this was his destination and started making his way towards it.

The weather in the tundra was intense. The harsh wind and cold snow whipped across Taven's body, yet he did not relent. The snowstorm wasn't pleasant but he wanted to finish his quest as soon as possible. There was no time to rest. He only paused when he heard the loud footsteps of an approaching opponent. He turned, seeing a furred white beast lumbering closer to him. Taven went to attack the monster head one but was met instead with its hand smacking him across the chest. Taven slammed into the ground, the snow beneath him slightly cushioning the fall. He got back up and tried to attack the Ice Beast, yet his punch was ineffective. Taven was taken aback by this. It seemed his hibernation took a great toll on his strength.

With his power weakened, Taven thought the only way out was to run. Unfortunately for him, the Ice Beast caught him by the leg and pulled him back. He was dragged through the slush and promptly thrown into the ground. The Ice Beast raised its arm into the air, ready to finish the Edenian warrior. That was until a grappling hook wrapped around the beast's forearm, ensnaring it. A group of Tekunin cyborgs pulled the beast back, firing all of their weapons at it.

The beast went down in the flurry of fire and bullets, leaving Taven uninjured for the most part but still heavily wounded. The Tekunin took notice to the half-god, with one of them scanning him. They found his power level was quite staggering so he may've been of some interest. They took him back to the temple.

When Taven awakened he found himself surrounded by the robots in a chilly solitary chamber. He was startled to say the least seeing as how he had never met creatures made of metal before. The cyborgs merely stared back at him, unfazed by his fear. The doors to the chamber they were in opened revealing one bright red eye in the dimness, "Well well well looky what we got 'ere."

The bright shining eye approaching closer, revealing Kano who was even more of a machine than he was before. Instead of only his eye, the entire left side of his face was cyberized. His cyborg half always had a skeleton styled smile. Not only that, but his right arm too had been replaced entirely by a robotic appendage. Lastly he wore a black trenchcoat with a sleeve over his organic arm. The arms dealer laughed at Taven, "Y'should know better'n to jus' walk 'round the tundra, friend."

Taven scowled at the cybernetic freak, "I don't know who you are, but you have no place in this temple! It doesn't belong to you!"

Kano folded his hands, "Ahhh right y'may be but the owner gave me th'job a' watchin' over it while he's out on business. You've got no right t'be walkin' 'round here." He held one of his fingers out, a blade popping out from it. He held the blade up to Taven's neck, "But I'm curious. What are y'doin' here? Jus' 'avin a fun lil' lark?"

"I was just on a nice walk is all," Taven joked, not even slightly frightened by the knife against his neck. Kano had a genuine chuckle at that, "Ahhh cheeky one are ya? Nobody jus' takes a nice friendly walk 'round the tundra, y'feel me? Now be honest, what's yer real game?" He held the blade closer to Taven's neck. So close it would just take a little nudge for it to cut him.

Taven still refused to admit anything, "You don't intimidate me!"

The Australian mercenary soon dropped his affable façade, turning to anger quickly, "Alright, so politely askin' ya ain't gettin' answers so how 'bout we get straight to the point! You've got a reason t'be here, what is it? Lin Kuei spy? Special Forces lookin' fer me? Y'better start talkin' 'fore I have yer 'eart ripped right out from yer chest!"

Taven broke free from Kano's grasp and tried to make his escape. Tekunin cyborgs flew in, blocking his only exit. Kano smirked deviously, "Runnin' away so soon? But we were jus' startin' ta have fun, wasn't we?"

Kano shot an eye laser at Taven, who narrowly avoided it by ducking under it. Taven rolled out from under the Tekunin and continued running. Kano pointed in his direction, "What'd Triborg make you scrapheaps for? After him!" The Tekunin flew after the Son of Argus, trying to make capture him. Taven narrowly escaped by hiding in the Grand Master's chambers. What he found in there was a massive statue of his mother. He looked up to the statue in awe, "This must be where Orin wished for me to go."

Taven walked to the statue, running his hand across it. As he did that, the statue sank into the ground as the ground rumbled and dust clouded the air. When it cleared up, a secret corridor had opened. Taven cautiously continued. As he did he received brief flashbacks to his past. He remembered the last moments from before he was frozen.

It happened while he was in bed, sound asleep. He never even got to say so long to his parents or his friends from the past. The memories were too much, forcing Taven to lean against the wall. The further he went, the more he remembered. He looked to the ceiling and asked, "Why mother? Why father?" The son of Argus collapsed to his knees, completely overwhelmed.

Unexpectedly that's when he felt a hand run across his cheek. He looked up, seeing his mother standing before him. He had no words, his expression said it all. She knelt down to him, "Taven…"

He didn't answer back to her. She nodded sorrowfully, "It was not my wish to have you sealed."

Taven snapped at her, pushing her hand away and standing back up, "Then why did you?! There must have been a better way!"

"Please," Delia tried to reason, "I was under pressure. There was no other choice."

Again Taven refused to accept her, "Under pressure?! You were under no pressure! Was I just a tool to you? Is that what Daegon was to you?!" His fist clenched and he threw a punch out of rage. It merely went through her.

"You never were a tool for me," Delia replied calmly, "you were my son. This must be hard for you, I know."

"You always were cold," Taven remarked with a hint of disdain, "I was frozen for eons and you think it's just hard on me? You pushed me into some grand scheme of yours that I had no agreement to and you think it's just hard on me? I should have expected this from you."

She frowned when he said that, "If you want to be that way then be that way. I only appeared to you to tell you, you have inherited my pyromancy. Goodbye, Taven. I hope you'll choose the right path…"

Taven watched her as she vanished, almost feeling bad for the way he treated her. He failed to consider her just as he felt she failed to consider him. Indeed, the son of Argus felt a form of regret with the way he acted. Still, he had to focus on his goal. He finally found a dead end, finding nothing. Where was the armor? Where were the weapons?

He didn't have long to ponder this, as the Tekunin found him in the corridor. Kano smirked smugly, "Weeeeeell ain't this nice? You found a 'lil hidden area fer us and there's no place fer ya to run."

Taven was cornered and left without many options. He knew it was either fight or die, so he chose to fight. He shot a ball of fire at Kano, knocking the mercenary to the ground. Taven looked at his hands in surprise, "She was right…I did inherit her powers!"

The two other Tekunin cyborgs tried to attack Taven, yet Taven retaliated by smashing them with a wave of fire. He attempted to escape until Kano grabbed him by his ankle, "Hope y'don't think yer goin' anywhere!" He ran one of his knives into Taven's thigh. Taven screamed, pulling the knife out. This gave Kano enough time to sock Taven in the face and kick him onto the ground. Taven shot another fireball at his psychotic enemy, sending him straight onto the ceiling.

Taven took this chance to run, finding that when he returned from the corridor an all-out war was going on within the temple. The joined forces of Lin-Kuei and Shirai Ryu were absolutely destroying the Tekunin. Kano crawled back out and gasped, "Shit."

To make things worse for the Black Dragon, he soon felt a sword pointed to his back. He turned around only to be greeted by Kenshi. Kenshi smirked, "Guess what they say is true, cyborgs of a feather commit crime together."

Kano sneered at the sight of the blind swordsman, "Of all the rotten luck…Triborg's gonna be pissed."

"Triborg is the least of your worries."

Taven interrupted, "Excuse me, but what's going on here?"

"We're taking back what belongs to the Lin Kuei," Kenshi answered.

Soon they were joined by Kuai Liang and Hanzo Hasashi. Kuai greeted Taven, "Ahh a prisoner? Who're you?"

Taven introduced himself, "I am the son of Argus, Taven."

The three exchanged confused glances. They had no idea who Argus was but he sounded important. Hanzo had a suggestion, "Perhaps we should take Taven to Raiden. I'm sure he'll know who Argus is."

Kenshi agreed, "If anybody would know, it'd be him."

Kuai, while curious, had to decline joining them, "You two go to Raiden, then. I need to be here to reclaim my temple. With all of this commotion it's only a matter of time before Triborg comes back. I want to be here when he does."

Kano, sensing their guard was down, used this time to make an attempted escape. Kenshi felt Kano trying to leave and threw a knife in his direction. "What about Kano," Kenshi asked.

"I'll take him back to the Special Forces," Hanzo answered, "That means you'll be seeing Raiden personally, Kenshi."

Kenshi nodded, "Very well. Come along, Taven. I'll take you to Raiden."

"The defender of Earthrealm?"

"The very same," Kenshi replied.

The two departed for the Sky Temple so that Raiden may help them.

Back in the Netherrealm, Noob awaited the return of Havik. He could feel it soon he would have all he needed to achieve his plan. Blaze would be all he needed. He sat patiently in his throne he waited for 20 years to set this in motion. He sat back as Shinnok invaded, he sat back as Kotal Kahn overtook Outworld, and he sat back as Onaga returned from the grave. Still there remained one question, just how did Noob know about Armageddon?

He remembers when he first bore witness to the prophecy back when he was thrown into the Soulnado vividly. As he swirled through the Soulnado he witnessed a vision of Armageddon. As the souls within tried tearing him apart limb by limb he was simply enamored by witnessing destruction of all life. Reality itself wiping itself clean and existence falling apart by the seams was a quite a sight.

Seeing it firsthand would have driven anyone mad, but Noob seeing it gave him motivation. Not motivation to stop it, but Noob's motivation was to take advantage of it. So he waited it out. Whereas Raiden's visions of Armageddon drove him to the brink of desperation, Noob's vision drove him to see it through.

His reminiscing on the past would soon come to an end as he met with one of his cohorts, the leader of the Red Dragon, Daegon. Daegon made it clear right out the gate why he was there, "I grow tired of waiting, Noob."

"I know," Noob simply retorted, "it won't be long now. I've sent Havik to Outworld to hunt down Blaze. After we find him, we'll head to the Pyramid of Argus and you can kill him there."

"Are you sure we can trust Havik," Daegon questioned. He had every reason to be doubtful but Noob was positive Havik wouldn't betray them, "Of course we can. Havik and I have been partners for quite some time now. He knows that I have his best interests at heart."

"Those best interests being?"

"Your best interests," Noob slyly deflected, "we're all a team here after all. Besides, when all is said and done you'll be the one who defeats Blaze."

Daegon's suspicions didn't die down but he was satisfied for now, "I suppose you do have a point. I can't wait to destroy Blaze and take control of the realms! I'll turn my parents' little plan against them!"

Soon they were joined by a third member, that member being the leader of the Sons of Shao Kahn. She bowed beneath Noob, "I've got good news. It appears I'm keeping Edenia's forces from attacking Netherrealm. However, they're suspicious you're the one behind the attacks."

Noob shrugged, "Yes, and? That's exactly what I wanted. Even if they suspect me, they'll have to stop you before they can even think to focus on me. Keep the terrorism up, keep them busy, soon we'll have exactly what we want."

"Excuse me but who is this," Daegon questioned.

The wraith gave a vague answer in reply, "She's a benefactor. She was a lost soul until I resurrected her. I've given her a mission in Edenia to keep Kitana busy while we wrap up in Outworld."

"My only wish is that I have control of Outworld," she added, "I care little for any other realm."

Daegon shook his head, "And I was not informed of her involvement?"

"I figured what goes on in Edenia right now to be irrelevant to your interests," Noob assumed.

The terrorist figurehead cut into their conversation, "Listen, I'm here for more reinforcements. I've got something big planned. I'm going to assault the palace itself."

Noob turned to her with much ire, "What?! That's not a part of the plan you fool! I want all of them alive, so that they may witness our triumph! If you assault the palace head on, you may risk killing them or even worse, getting yourselves killed! When you're dead, they'll come after me and the plan is ruined! Absolutely not!"

"But—"

"But nothing! Your revenge obsession with Kitana can't get in the way! When we're at the Pyramid of Argus, then you may kill her but for now she must be alive!"

She finally relented, "Very well." At least that's what she said. Truthfully she didn't care for Noob's little plan, when she returned to Edenia she would finally take to killing Kitana herself even if it meant going after her herself.

Noob folded his hands in delight, "Oh good. Now that we've discussed all of our important matters, you two are dismissed."

The two proceeded out, leaving Noob alone but not for long. He called in another of his partners, the corrupted Sareena, "Ahh Noob, what can I do for you?"

"I just wanted to see you Sareena," Noob answered, "I'm glad that with a little help you've finally seen the right side to be on."

"Of course," she responded, "I see you for what you truly are now. You know, I'm curious. Just what do you gain from all of this?"

The doors slammed shut all on their own as Noob got up from his throne. He smiled, "What do I have to gain? Everything."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Some things my dear, Sareena, are best kept a secret."

In Outworld, the reconstruction of Li-Mei's village was near completion. Li-Mei bowed before Kotal, "You have our gratitude Kotal."

"Please Li-Mei," Kotal replied, "it is my duty to assure my people are happy. Still, I will have a meeting with Hotaru. This attack will not be without its consequences rest assured."

"That won't be necessary," Hotaru interrupted, marching into the village with a battalion of Seidan cyborgs following behind, "We grow tired of your rule, Kotal. Your leadership compared to the Dragon King is a paltry mess! Far too long has our settlement dealt with the abominations that are the Tarkatan. Everyday some manage to enter Lei Chen and slaughter our peaceful people! Either exterminate them or relinquish your throne to us. We will not take no for an answer."

Kotal stood defensively along with Li-Mei covering him from behind, "I refuse to bow to you order obsessed freaks! You're lucky I didn't have Lei Chen dozed to the ground and all of you run out of this realm!"

Hotaru scowled deeply at his declination, "Very well, then. I shall be forced to take this realm from you, then."

"Wait," Kotal interjected, "as an outsider you are not allowed to simply take this realm! I am allowed to invoke Mortal Kombat!"

"I've planned for that, all of these cyborgs before you were once natives to this realm," Hotaru explained, " I just need to weaken you and let one of the natives kill you. Then they'll gladly hand the realm over to me. There's no rule against that."

Kotal clenched his fist, "Curse these loopholes! Elder Gods please! I just need this one favor of you…" This was clearly not Kotal's day, as their light did not shine down upon him. Hotaru was technically breaking no rules, so they could not intervene in anyway.

The troop of cyborgs attempted to make their attack until a massive section of them blew up. Rolling into the battle was the cowboy warrior, Erron Black.

Erron was not alone as Reptile and Sheeva too intervened. Reptile motioned to Kotal, "You take care of Hotaru! We can handle hisss machinesss!"

Kotal looked to the sun, absorbing its power to prepare for the fight. Hotaru tried punching him but Kotal simply grabbed his fist and twisted it. Hotaru hissed, "Where's Triborg?!"

Triborg flew out from the ranks but was not attacking, "Sorry boss, but I've got concerns of my own in Earthrealm! Thanks for your generous payment, though! It is must appreciated!"

Hotaru called the cybernetic turncoat out, "You disloyal dog! I need you help!"

"I fail to see where that's my problem now," Triborg said with a hint of sadism in his voice. It's almost as if he enjoyed seeing Hotaru fail against Kotal. It didn't matter, as Triborg soon vanished in a flash, leaving Hotaru to fend for himself.

Kotal slammed him onto the ground and bashed him repeatedly with his fists. Kotal pulled out his ceremonial dagger and held it above Hotaru's chest, "It would not take much to cut through that armor! Leave now before I have a change of heart!"

Hotaru slid out from under Kotal's legs and backed away, "Fine…you win. Keep Outworld just know that you've made a new enemy in Seido."

"We were never allies to begin with," Kotal assured him, "you have a day to evacuate Lei Chen before I have it demolished."

In spite of his embarrassing defeat Hotaru took this time to advise Kotal with a smarmy smirk, "This is far from over."

Kotal was not the slightest bit frightened by his scare tactics, "Yes it is. Be gone."

Hotaru limped away while holding his stomach in pain. His entire cyborg was wiped out in an instant, his greatest ally simply left him, and now he was left with no stake in Outworld. While he began out with great ambitions, those were now gone.

Kotal called his allies together, "I must say I am proud of all of you today. We have driven off the Seidan forces and protected Li-Mei's village. Once again you have done well."

Erron tipped his hat, "S'all in a day's work, boss. Those guys were too uptight fer comfort anyway."

Sheeva agreed, "Anyone who considers the Dragon King a worthy leader must be insane."

"I realize that we have fallen into hard times," Kotal admitted, "the Dragon King's return has brought us much turmoil but yet we still stand! That is the power of a united realm! Forcing the Seidans out brings us this much closer to having a realm at peace."

Li-Mei sighed, "Will it ever end, though? This realm seems destined to be one of constant disruption. No matter what we do, it always finds some way to unravel from the inside."

Kotal comforted Li-Mei by patting her back, "I know that it seems hard to keep control of a realm like this but we must keep trying. Things seem difficult now, but we must triumph! Especially now more than ever! I feel a storm is coming…a storm that may shatter this realm more than anything has before. That is why we must remain strong, so that we may face the storm and survive. As long as I am emperor, there will always be an Outworld."

"A ssstorm?"

"Yes Syzoth," Kotal replied, "I feel a sense of dread. Almost as if the realms themselves are falling apart and there is a great evil quickly approaching? I cannot escape the feeling. We must remember our alliances now more than ever before they are fragmented…"

"Just what evil do you feel," Sheeva questioned.

Kotal held his head in frustration, "If I knew, I'd be working to prevent it. For now, we must wait."

Well dear guest reviewer, Johnny DID lose $500 sunglasses if we go by the movie. But yeah no he definitely got out lucky compared to the others. I mean you know the others who DIED. He even got a wife out of it, even if they divorced. Hey give the celebrity credit for trying to show some sympathy even if he's considered the lucky one. Sure Jax did come back but his arms sure didn't. By the way is there any explanation for why Jax could come back but he still didn't have any arms? I mean outside of the fact robot arms are cool. Did Quan-Chi just not feel like bring Jax's arms back as a revenant? That's our Quan-Chi, what an asshole. Are his organic arms just waiting for him in Heaven? Ahh it's not important so whatever. Anyway, there goes another chapter in our story. We're getting closer to the end. See you next time!