Just for recap the forces of light consists of: Raiden, Sub-Zero, Kotal Kahn, Fujin, Johnny Cage, Erron Black, Sheeva, Li Mei, Kitana, Ermac, Cassie, Reptile, Sonya, Jacqui, Jax, Takeda, Kenshi, Kung Jin, Taven, Frost, and Scorpion.

The forces of darkness consists of: Noob Saibot/Blaze, Havik, Sareena, Kung Lao, Stryker, Kabal, Mileena, Sindel, Goro, Kano, and Enenra.

Where Shao Kahn and Daegon's alliances currently lie is unknown. With that out of the way, let the Kombat begin!

The heroes arrived in the middle of the Edenian desert. All of the Earthrealm heroes were there along with many of the Outworld ones. Also there were Shao Kahn, Kitana, Mileena, and Ermac.

Standing atop the pyramid were the forces of the Netherrealm. Noob looked down to his enemies with sadistic delight, "It's all been coming to this…!"

"What happened to Blaze," Taven asked, taken aback by the elemental's corruption. Arms wide, he stepped back in shock.

Daegon answered, "He was corrupted and then possessed by a wraith."

"Just what is it that you've been planning," Raiden asked, curious as to why Noob would feel the need to possess Blaze.

Noob started to explain, pacing around the pyramid's top, "In spite of what you may think, my intentions are benevolent." He crossed his arms and pointed upwards, "You see, Raiden, I have witnessed the end. When I was thrown into the Soulnado, I saw visions of the future. What I saw was glorious, the sheer extinction of all life."

Johnny Cage interrupted his speech, "Extinction of all life? In what demented way is that glorious?!"

"Such simple thinking," Noob mockingly said, "you lack vision, Cage. Think about it, we're trapped in an eternal loop! No matter what happens it's always the same. Think, when has there been sustained peace throughout the realms?"

Murmurs and whispers could be heard, as everyone scrambled to prove him wrong. Noob smirked, "That's what I thought. Peace is impossible, turmoil will always triumph. There's only one clear solution." He clenched his flaming fist, causing sparks to fly, "Destroy reality itself! Wipe it all away! It's the only way for true peace!"

Raiden couldn't believe what he was hearing, "Noob have sense! You'll die too!"

"And what a beautiful death it'll be," Noob replied back to him while turning his back to them all, "we'll all die, together. Why spend this time fighting when we should be celebrating? Peace will finally come to us all."

"You know you can't control your actions," Kuai cried out to his brother, "You're not yourself."

Noob turned back to his brother with deranged eyes, "I've been Noob Saibot longer than I ever was Bi-Han!"

Sub-Zero tried to reach out to his brother, "Bi-Han please! For all you've done, you're not completely irredeemable. There must be a way to save you!"

"I'm saving us all," Noob replied back to him.

Sub-Zero was ready to run up the pyramid to save his brother but Raiden stopped him, "Don't do it Kuai! You could never face him alone!"

He was almost on the verge of tears but Sub-Zero pulled back, quietly agreeing.

The tremors only grew stronger the more they delayed. The pyramid completely broke through the ground, rising in all of its glory. Noob started to transform. His size grew to a staggering nine feet tall and his muscle mass increased exponentially. Spikes grew out from the stone plates on his flaming body and his already deep voice was even deeper, "It's finally here! Armageddon!"

Raiden pointed up to Noob, "Taven, you're our last chance…stop him."

Daegon took a head start, hoping to beat his brother to the top. Before Taven could follow, Sub-Zero placed a hand on his shoulder, "If you can keep him alive…"

"I can't make any guarantees," Taven admitted, brushing Sub-Zero's hand off. He started the race to the top in what can be considered the ultimate battle royale.

Shao Kahn had different plans, though. He would sit back as the fight continued until nearly everyone was either defeated or dead. When that happened, he'd have an opening and he could kill Noob himself.

The fight was on as the forces of darkness went rushing down towards the forces of light. The first fight to get into high gear was Cassie Cage and Sonya Blade fighting Kano. Kano grinned at them, "Ahh, mother n' daughter. I've been waitin' t'see both a' ya!"

Sonya didn't say a word, choosing to kick Kano in the face. Kano caught himself before falling to the ground. Cassie tried punching him but he caught it with his cyborg hand, "Ah ah ah, lil' one." He twisted her fist and kicked her against the pyramid stairs. A blade popped out from his finger, "Scared a' the apocalypse? Or scared a' me?"

She uppercut him right in the jaw, "Neither!" Kano went crashing down to the ground. He was ready to climb back up to get them but he was stopped by someone else. Johnny Cage grabbed him by the wrist, "It's not polite to hit a lady, Kano."

Kano elbowed him in the stomach, "Can it, ya has-been!" Johnny retaliated by punching Kano right in his glowing glass heart. Glass shards went flying everywhere, including inside of Johnny's fist. He held it in pain, "Should've seen that one coming." Kano held the gaping hole in his chest, "Well…guess that's what I get fer makin' it big n' obvious innit?"

Johnny kicked Kano in the stomach, sending him flying. He stood there confidently until Sindel flew in and screamed at him. He too was sent into the air.

Kitana snuck up from behind and put her mother in a chokehold. Sindel grabbed her daughter and threw her over her shoulders. The former princess got back up and held her fans up defensively. Mileena popped up from behind and leapt up onto Kitana's shoulders. She bit into her neck and Sindel screamed at them both. Kitana was outnumbered until an iceball came in, freezing Sindel.

Sub-Zero slid in and tripped the frozen Sindel up. He picked Kitana up, "Need a little help?"

"I'm just having some family issues is all," she joked, "but help is appreciated."

Mileena taunted her sister, "Come on sis let's dance!" Mileena rolled over to Kitana and attempted to stab her in the stomach. Kitana reacted quickly, grabbing Mileena's sai and tossing it across the desert. After that she dropped her fans, "You always say I do things without honor, Mileena. So let's do this without weapons."

The two went at it, leaving Sub-Zero to fend off an incoming Sareena. She growled at him, "You forgot about me, Kuai! Left me to rot in the Netherrealm!"

"I know," Sub-Zero sighed, "I had troubles with the Lin Kuei, I'm sorry!" She tackled him, sending them both down. Sub-Zero kicked shoved her off and slid away. She got back up and clenched her fist, "Don't worry it's okay Noob showed me the light. The future is in death, Kuai. Maybe you'll see that and we'll die as a family."

Sub-Zero shook his head, "I can't begin to say how much I'm sorry." Rising up from behind was Enenra, who grabbed Sub-Zero. The grandmaster struggled in his grasp. Sareena walked up and repeatedly punched him in the gut. She laughed, "Sorry? Don't be, I'm finally with Bi-Han again and we'll be together forever when Armageddon comes."

Out in the distance, a spear shot out. It hit Sareena right in the back and a loud voice yelled, "GET OVER HERE!" Sareena was yanked back, allowed Sub-Zero to escape Enenra's grasp. It hurt him on the inside to see his old friend reduced to nothing but a silent follower, corrupted to his very essence. It hurt him even more to have to fight him. Sub-Zero punched Enenra in the face and kicked him into the pyramid. Enenra refused to go down, rising back up like he didn't even feel it.

That's when another ice blast shot out at Enenra, freezing him. Frost slid in, kneeing Enenra's jaw. She turned to her master, "You alright?"

Sub-Zero looked at Frost with a warm smile, "Never better, kid." While he had lost his closest friends in this event, realized in the years that past he had made many more. He looked at Scorpion, Kitana, and Frost as examples of this. Hanzo especially, seeing as how their friendship ended a decades long feud between their two clans. Enenra teleported behind Sub-Zero, ready to strike…that was until Frost saw him and froze him in his tracks.

Sub-Zero roundhouse kicked him from behind. Frost jumped in and stabbed him in the shoulder with a pair of ice daggers. This attack forced Enenra to fade away, escaping for a brief moment.

Scorpion's fight with Sareena was short lived, as he was ganged up on by the revenants of Stryker and Kabal. The two of them were clearly upset at him specifically. It's almost as if they knew it was his revenge that prevented them from returning from their corruption. Kabal went running but Scorpion swiftly sidestepped the attack. Stryker shot at him but Hanzo blocked the bullets with his swords.

However this left him open, allowing Kabal to run in and send Scorpion spinning. Stryker threw a grenade, blowing him up. Hanzo went flying. Takeda and Kenshi came rushing in to defend him. Kenshi smirked at his son, "Let's see what you've got!" Takeda didn't bother to reply to him. Takeda lifted Kabal in the air and Kenshi slashed his abdomen right open. He was sent away after that.

Stryker shot at Takeda in his opening but Kenshi intervened, deflecting the bullets with his telekinesis. Takeda went running in and wrapped his whips around Stryker. He pulled the whips away, leaving Stryker spinning. His father went in and stabbed him in the stomach. Kenshi nodded in approval, "I see Hanzo has trained you well. I…I'm very proud of you. If the world does end, I just wanted to say that to you."

Takeda's stone face warmed up at least little, "It will take more than that to reconnect, Kenshi. But thank you."

Noob looked down at the fight and could see that his side was losing. He was outnumbered. But wait, he had the entire Netherrealm on his side along with all of the dead. Green energy surrounded him and he rose up his hands. Soon the forces of the Brotherhood rose out from the desert sand. Not only that, but he also resurrected another familiar face. The man he brought back was the deceased sorcerer Shang Tsung. He could've chosen to resurrect his old master, Quan-Chi or maybe even Shinnok but he knew he could easily lose control of either. Shang was the weakest of the three but that meant he was the most easily controlled. He assigned Shang as the controller of the dead, being unable to do it himself at the moment.

Shang leapt down from the pyramid and laughed, "Your souls are mine!"

The sorcerer redirected the undead corpses towards the forces of light, completely turning the tide of the battle. No matter how hard they may try, nobody could take these far greater numbers. Shang himself seemed to be leading the forces of the undead, so if he could be killed again maybe they would die with him.

There was an issue with that, though. The evil sorcerer was protected by a horde of the undead that was near impenetrable. But Raiden had an idea, "Shang, don't you realize your killer is here?"

It was now that the resurrected sorcerer noticed Shao Kahn standing on the sidelines. Fury overtook all rationale as Shang directed the entire horde at Shao. They overtook the former emperor. Had they attacked anyone else, the victim would be dead quickly. Shao Kahn was not any other victim, he is a powerhouse with nearly no equal.

He savagely beat down every single one of them with little to no effort. A single punch flung the corpses across the desert. He even grabbed a zombie and used it like his wrath hammer, beating down various other undead demons with it.

Shang stroked his wispy beard in contemplation. Thinking with reason again, he knew that even the forces of the Netherrealm stood little chance against his former master. So instead he sucked the souls out from all of them, gaining great strength from them.

This gave him the power to match Shao Kahn in battle. The two villains went at it, Shao Kahn throwing the first punch. Shang avoided it narrowly and tripped Kahn up. Shao threw a glowing green spear at Shang but he vanished before it connected.

When he got back up, he was put into a chokehold by the enhanced sorcerer. Shao struggled in his grasp as Shang tried to suck the soul out from Shao. Tsung mocked him, "You've been riding your high horse for too long. Even if the world does end, I'm glad to take you with us!"

Shao broke free of his grasp by elbowing Shang and decking him in his face when his guard was down. Again Shang vanished, putting Shao in another chokehold from behind. Again he taunted him, "Your brutish ways won't save you forever! Even you get tired!"

Again Shao elbowed him and decked him. Shang vanished yet again, putting Shao in a chokehold for the third time, "Nobody will rescue you and worst of all not a single soul will mourn you when you're gone."

Shao tried elbowing him again but Shang vanished before he could. Again he put Shao in a chokehold and continued to mock him, "Go on try it again! You'll never defeat me! I've been waiting so long for this day! The day where I, Shang Tsung, kill Shao Kahn!"

Shao Kahn couldn't do anything, Shang was simply too quick to defeat. It looked like it really was the end…until Raiden intervened, causing lighting to rain down upon Shang. Shang disappeared once more, teleporting behind Raiden. Raiden countered it by teleporting away from him.

This confused Shang and gave Shao enough time to give him a proper beat down. He rushed towards the sorcerer, grabbing him by the throat and tearing into his stomach. Shao Kahn turned to Raiden, "Why did you help me? I killed you."

"You're a valuable part in preventing the apocalypse," Raiden admitted, "whether we like it or not, you are one of our greatest assets in this time of need."

Shao did not understand this but he almost appreciated it nonetheless. Still there was a greater threat at hand here. Again the ground shook as cracks started appearing in the sky itself. Noob looked down from the pyramid again, furious that Shang was killed. It didn't matter though, as a Necromancer with the power beyond that of a god, he merely resurrected him again. In fact he did this with all the undead corpses too.

Kotal Kahn sighed and held his head, "This is an unwinnable battle. Even if we should kill all of his minions he will just resurrect them."

"Then Noob himself must be destroyed," Raiden replied.

Daegon and Taven reached the top of the pyramid where Noob was waiting for them. He stomped towards them, "Do you really think you can stop me?"

Taven gave a confident smirk, "It's my destiny."

"Our destiny," Daegon added. The two of them charged at Nooblaze. The wraith had no issues fighting them both. Daegon leapt up towards Noob and Taven slid under him. Noob grabbed Daegon but couldn't anticipate Taven's attack. Taven stabbed him in the back with a sword. Noob let go of Daegon in response, allowing the first son to uppercut him.

When he landed, the blade in his back was driven further through him, directly through his chest. Noob growled in rage, getting back up and pulling the swords out. He rolled towards them, which the two easily avoided by jumping. Noob returned back up and rose up stone pillars out from the pyramid which the two rolled out of the way from. He stomped in frustration which caused a shockwave that rattled the surrounding land. The brothers weren't prepared for this, falling over in their confusion. Noob grabbed both of them and smashed them into each other. After that he threw them off the pyramid.

The two were not gone for long as they ran back up as fast as they could. They went at him in different directions. Taven went left and Daegon went right. Noob intercepted them this time by grabbing them and smashing them into the ground. Making it worse, he stomped on them both for good measure. He was taken aback when Taven grabbed onto his foot on the second stomp, allowing Daegon to slice his lower left arm off.

In his confusion, Taven tripped him. It seemed like Blaze was grounded for good. Taven held his sword up above the merged abomination, "Like I said, this was destiny."

Before he could finish the job, Daegon drove his sword through his brother's abdomen, "You're right, my destiny!" He shoved his brother to the ground and grinned deviously. Taven looked back to his brother with eyes of deep sorrow, "Daegon…why?"

"You were always Argus' favorite," Daegon mentioned, "but in the end it is I, Daegon, who prevent Armageddon! Not you!"

However it would not be him as Noob got back up, angrier than ever. He picked Daegon up and tore him cleanly in half by just squeezing him by the chest, "Your hubris always was your one weakness, Daegon." He picked up his arm and reattached it, the molten lava he called flesh melding back together easily. After that, he crushed Taven's head with his foot.

He looked down from the pyramid as the heroes looked on with shock, "Don't worry, the Sons of Argus aren't dead." He raised his hands. Taven's head reformed from the bits of flesh strewn around and Daegon's torso reattached to his legs. Their skin became a pale gray and their veins were highlighted with an orange glow.

The Sons of Argus joined the battle again, fighting the very side they opposed. At this point, the hope within the side of light was crushed. Johnny Cage pulled off his sunglasses, "You know, for all I joked I never really came face to face with my own mortality until now."

Cassie hugged him. Sonya joined in on the little reunion, the three of them deciding to die together. Raiden shook his head in shame, "For all I tried to prevent Armageddon, for all I've lost in trying to do so…nothing I could do to prevent it."

As faith turned to despair there was one person who still stood triumphantly in the face of darkness. As unexpected as it was, this person was none other than Shao Kahn. Shao pointed up towards the Pyramid, "I will not let these realms be destroyed, Saibot! I am Shao Kahn and I will not let you taste victory this day!"

Noob looked down to Shao, "You think you can possibly defeat me?! I've come too far to be killed! Armageddon is here and it tolls for you!"

Ermac appeared by Shao's side and handed him his wrath hammer. The two of them nodded at each other. Shao took the hammer and ran up towards the pyramid, the last hope they could possibly have seeing as how he was the champion of the Elder Gods.

Kotal Kahn completely objected to this, "What?! Are you serious?! That's Shao Kahn! He will destroy the realms if Noob doesn't! What if he wins? We'll still die!"

Raiden answered bluntly, "In the future I foresaw, Shao Kahn was the only one who could destroy Blaze. That hasn't changed, he must win."

The incoming hordes of the Netherrealm were closing in, as Shang led them closer to the heroes. As they approached Kitana asked, "What are we supposed to do?!"

"There's only one thing left to do," Raiden answered, "Fight!" The forces of light charged towards the forces of darkness as Shao and Blaze charged towards each other in the final battle that would decide the fate of the realms.

To Be Continued…

How long has it been since an update? If you're wonder what's with the delay. I questioned how I'd even end this story or if I'd even continue it but I figured I couldn't just let it sit abandoned. Coming up with an ending that leaves everyone satisfied has been something I've been thinking about since I began writing this. I know you can't satisfy everybody so I've just got to write what comes to mind and hope people like it. It won't make up for the massive delay it but I'll upload the following chapter as soon as this one goes up since I've been sitting on that one too. If you're still reading this story, thanks for still checking up on it.