DISCLAIMER: I don't own Devil May Cry or Mortal Kombat.

Dante stood in the throne room of Shinnok, in the heart of the Netherrealm. Shinnok sat on the throne, looking arrogant. "The Son of Sparda. I wondered if I'd be meeting you."
Dante approached, swaggering towards Shinnok's throne. "So you're Shinnok. I thought you'd look less like a circus clown."

Shinnok turned into a huge demon, sweeping large claws at Dante. Dante casually sidestepped the strike, firing a bullet into the demon's arm. The demon vanished, to be replaced by Shinnok's original form. Shinnok lifted his hand, and dozens of large, skeletal hands erupted from the ground underneath Dante. Dante stood still as the hands charged, vanishing just as they were about to close around him. Shinnok looked around for the Devil Hunter, before feeling Dante tap him on the shoulder. Shinnok tried to use magic, but Dante shot him in the chest, wounding him.
"Big overtures, small show. How about making this a bit more fun for me?"

Scorpion stood before the Earthrealm defenders, telling them what was happening.
"It is Shinnok. He was soon to rise again, so Dante went to the Netherrealm to destroy him."
Sonya grabbed Scorpion. "You sent him down to the Netherrealm alone? He could get killed!"
Scorpion didn't blink. "I rather doubt it."
Sonya pulled Scorpion closer, glaring at him. "I'm going down too. We can't let him fight Shinnok alone!"
Johnny stepped forward. "Yeah! It makes us look bad if he kicks Shinnok's ass while we do nothing!"
Sonya glared at Johnny, and he backed down, hands held up defensively.
Sonya tossed Scorpion back. "You're taking me down there. I'll force you if I have to!"

Sonya charged at Scorpion, kicking him onto his back. Scorpion vanished, reappearing behind Sonya. Sonya attacked Scorpion, but he punched her to the ground. Sonya stood just in time to have the rope of Scorpion's spear wrapped around her neck. Scorpion forced Sonya to her feet, opening a portal to the Netherrealm and forcing her head towards it. Just as it looked like he would kill her, Scorpion tossed Sonya back to the ground, removing the rope from her neck. Sonya scrambled back, gasping for air. Jax stepped forward, raising his metal arms, but Raiden gripped his shoulder, telling him to calm down.

The Earthrealm defenders looked up as a portal from the Netherrealm opened, a figure appearing from it. The Earthrealm defenders waited, anxious, as the victor of the fight for Earthrealm became visible. Dante stepped out of the portal, shaking hands with Scorpion and embracing Sonya. The other Earthrealm defenders gathered around Dante, congratulating him.
Dante shrugged. "That Shinnok guy was a total loser! He was even weaker than Arius!"