The Lin Kuei stood tall, facing their bitter rivals. Scorpion and the other Shirai Ryu drew their weapons as the battle was about to begin. Scorpion and Sektor stood in front of their respective clan, staring viciously at one another.

"How did you find us!" demanded Scorpion.

Sektor did not respond, only stepping to the side. From the mass of warriors, the Shogun that hired him had step out, took off the armor, and revealed himself to be, in fact, a Lin Kuei spy. Scorpion was enraged by the site of him that his blood boiled.

"Your dead! Your all dead!" Scorpion screamed out in rage.

With the scroll following out of his sash, Scorpion rushed toward the Lin Kuei. The rest of his men followed suit. The Lin Kuei warriors, in return, charged back as Sektor stood in the same spot with his arms crossed as they ran past him. A sea of blue and yellow uniforms were racing towards each other. As the first couple of Lin Kuei warrirors got to Scorpion, he easily laid waste to them, hacking threw their bodies with his swords. Scorpion's main target was Sektor. As he rushed toward him, Sektor put a smirk on his face. The battle was bloody as Lin Kuei warriors and Shirai Ryu ninjas did battle.

"Your mine Lin Kuei scum!" Scorpion screamed at Sektor.

"You pathetic fool!" Sektor screamed back, charging at Scorpion.

Scorpion swung his swords viciously, but Sektor managed to dodge them untouched. Sektor, in returned, fired a rocket from his fist. Scorpion leaned to the side, avoiding it. The rocket then flew through the air and crashed into a group fighting, sending them flying into the air. Scorpion stayed on the attack and managed to get a cut across Sektor's face. Sektor backed away and wiped the blood onto his hand.

"You will pay with your life," Sektor grunted.

Scorpion charged him again. Sektor ducked under his sword slash, kicked the sword out of his right hand, and clocked Scorpion in the jaw. The hit hurt, but Scorpion's adrenalin was too high for him to feel it's full effect. Scorpion shrugged himself off, and went at Sektor with one sword in hand. Sektor dodge the blade by maneuvering behind him, but Scorpion back kick him in the face before he could counter. Sektor fell to the ground. Seeing his rival down, Scorpion flipped his blade upside down in his hand, leap in the air, and went to stab Sektor in the chest. Sektor saw this coming and rolled out of the way, and as Scorpion came down his blade dug deep into the ground and got stuck. Sektor fired his flame thrower from his fist, forcing Scorpion to leave his remaining blade in the ground. Scorpion then threw his spear, that glided threw the flames, and came only an inch away from Sektors right eye. Sektor flinched, thinking the blade was going to pierce his eye, causing him to turn off his flame thrower. Scorpion raced towards him and batted his knee into Sektor's mouth. Seeing that he had rocked his opponent, Scorpion then began to hit him was hard right and left hooks until he fell to the ground. As Scorpion was going to finish him with his spear, Sektor activated a device that cause him to digitally disappear. He reappeared behind Scorpion and put him in a coke hold and turned him to watch the battle between their clans.

"You see that," Sektor whispered in his ear as he struggled to get loose, "Your clan is weak in pathetic. That is why we are going to annihilate you, because no one rivals the Lin Kuei."

Scorpion watched as his men fought bravely, but were beginning to fall to the Lin Kuei warriors. His village was in ruins and his home was in flames. An evil grin had appeared on Sektor's face. His partner Cyrax had slipped through the ensuing battle and captured their Hokage. Scorpion watched as his Hokage was beheaded. Cyrax then held his head in the air in let out a war cry. Scorpion's felt a new level of rage grow within himself.

"Looks like we have what we came for," Sektor said, delighted at the site of the murder of the Shirai Ryu's Hokage.

Sektor let Scorpion go and pushed him to the ground. Scorpion quickly hopped up to fight Sektor again, but he was gone. Sektor digially appeared standing on a branch with Cyrax appearing a second later with their Hokage's head in his hand.

"Another time Scorpion! Another time," Sektor yelled from the trees.

Sektor and Cyrax then disappeared. Scorpion quickly picked up his swords and ran to help his clan members, seeing that the Lin Kuei foot soldiers were there only to cause havoc and kill. Scorpion joined in he fight, killing as many Lin Kuei warriors as he could. Shirai Ryu archers began to fire down from the roof tops, picking off the Lin Kuei warriors and giving the rest of their clan a chance on the ground. Soon the few Lin Kuei warriors that were left fled, but not before leaving the village in turmoil. Scorpion and the rest of the ninja ran back to join their families as they were somewhat victorious. Scorpion took off his mask and ran through the crowd searching for his wife and son.

"Kana! Jubei! Kana!" he yelled, moving through the crowd.

"Hanzo!" a voice replied.

"Kana! Kana!" Scorpion yelled out reconizing his wife's voice.

Scorpion found them and hugged them both tightly, disregarding that he was getting blood all over them. He was so relieved to seem them alive. He then pulled away from them as he had to gather the Shirai Ryu ninjas.

"I'll be back," he told his wife.

As the sun began to rise, Scorpion gathered the men and began helping put relocation plans in place. They went back into the village to gather what they could and started preparing to move to another location. Scorpion walked among the remains of his home, which had turned to ash. Happy memories of his family began flashing through his head and he began to wonder if the life of an assassin was truly worth putting his wife and son in danger. As he was reminiscing, Scorpion saw the scroll that had drop out of his sash in a pile of ruble. He picked it up wondering why it didn't burn. He suddenly remembered the deal that Quan Chi offered him.

"What is that Hanzo?" said a voice.

Scorpion turn around to see that his wife had followed him.

"Kana, what are doing here, your were suppose to stay with the others," Scorpion replied.

"I came to see if there was any food. Jubei hasn't eaten in a while," she said.

Scorpion's heart dropped as he had just now realized that everything he work for had gone up in smoke and his family was homeless. He pulled Kana into his arms and fought back his tears.

"I love you and Jubei with all my heart," he began to whisper in her ear, "But I must go."

"No," she said pulling away from him, "We lost everything Hanzo, we need you."

"Please, don't argue with me," Scorpion said softly, " I will return and when I do I will build a new life for all three of us. I promise."

Tears began to run down his wife's cheeks, but she realized what he was trying to say. She kissed him deeply and passionately.

"Say goodbye to your son before you go," she said rapping her arms around him, "And you better come back Hanzo. I don't know what I would do without you."

Scorpion walked his wife back to where the rest of the Shirai Ryu clan was. After giving his wife as much food as he could find, he said his goodbyes and began packing his gear. The clan had pack everything they could and left to settle somewhere else. Scorpion watched as they traveled, particularly eying his wife and son as they walked among them.

"I promise I'll be back," he mumble to himself, "I promise."