"Ugh. What happened?" Sub-Zero groaned as he awakened. He was in a great deal of pain. The encounter in the Chaosrealm had left him badly beaten. His head throbbed in pain from the blow he had been dealt.

"Hanzo…where are you?" Sub-Zero was barely able to mutter. He heard a groan and a rattling of chains.

"Right here." The spectre replied to him. Both had been chained against a wall. All around them was darkness.

"Who did this to us?" Scorpion asked.

"I have no clue. Someone show yourself!" Sub-Zero called out. With that a blinding light broke the middle of the darkness. Sub-Zero was able to see Scorpion chained to the other side of the room. In the middle of the floor, a shadow grew in the light.

"What the hell is that thing?" Scorpion yelled out. A fist broke through the shadow, followed by another. The being pulled his body out.

"Hello, prisoners."

"Noob…"

"Bi-Han…"

"Ah, Sub-Zero so glad to see you made it out of that fight alive. I would hate to have seen your neck broken by another warrior other than myself." Noob chuckled and made his way

"Why are you doing this Bi-Han? We're brothers! We are fam.." Noob smacked Sub-Zero across the face and grabbed him by the throat.

"Don't you ever call me your brother. I wouldn't disgrace calling a piece of shit like you my family. My family wouldn't join a rival. My family wouldn't have disgraced the Lin Kuei like you have, you dog. You always were pathetic when compared to me. You think because Raiden bestows a medallion on you, that you are my equal. You fool. I have Shinnok's Amulet. I decide if you live or die now. But as for your friend, his fate shall be left up to Saibot."

Sub-Zero looked over to Scorpion, only to find no one there.

"What have you done with him?"

"Aw, does little Kuai Liang miss his friend? Well don't worry you can join him…in time."

"What had happened to you Bi-Han? Why are you doing this?"

"Revenge…"

"What?"

"Don't you get it? You idiot I was the greatest warrior of Earthrealm. I slaughtered any threat that could emerge and threaten the peace of Earth. I faithfully served Raiden. He let Scorpion rip my head from my body and had no remorse when that spectre dropped my skull in front of him. He doesn't care about anything but his damn realm! He knew it was Quan Chi that murdered Scorpion's clan and family not me. My soul was sent into the deepest, darkest mire in all of the Netherrealm. I had to flee from the Oni…to keep what was left of myself intact. It wasn't until I gave in to all of my hatred that I was reborn. I eventually found my way out of that miserable swamp and found myself at the foot of the Brotherhood of Shadow. Shinnok, the fallen Elder God…he did rule it. He never saw his death coming. And now that I have an unending army at my disposal and his amulet, I will destroy the realms and find what that old shit-head would always babble on about…" Noob chuckled to himself. Sub-Zero was in awe, the only emotion he had sensed was one of pure hatred from his brother. Tears began to come to his eyes.

"Wha-what did he speak of? A…Army?" Sub-Zero's voice cracked as he spoke.

" Amaterasu. The hidden realm that only the Elder God's know of, the legend is that only those of purest spirits may enter and live in everlasting paradise with the God's. But now…the slaughter of all the realms has begun. More souls will be sent to live in misery in Hell…but I will offer them an alternative. To join me in paradise and enslave those who try to stop us."

"You cannot defeat the Elder Gods!"

"Silence you child! With this amulet, they are nothing more than lambs at a slaughter."

"No. I won't let you. If it is as you say, then my brother has died long ago. I will end your existence."

"You always did have such an attitude, little boy. But as for me…I have business to attend to. It's time for you to join Scorpion. Rest in peace, Lin Kuei." With his last words, Sub-Zero broke free of his chains, seething with anger he lunged at Noob, but to no avail. The shadow was already gone. Sub-Zero smashed his hand into the ground and put his head down. Tears finally began to fall, his brother was gone, taken by the very man that now was aiding him in his quest. Unbeknownst to Sub-Zero, his surroundings were warping around him. He was now in the middle of what was once a busy street in Earthrealm. Buildings around him engulfed in infernos, people running and screaming, bodies tossed over cars and on the sidewalk, covered in blood. The Brotherhood of Shadow was already laying waste to the realms, just as Noob had said they would. Sub-Zero finally looked up, he saw the chaos around him. Tears still rolling down his eyes, he began to walk down the street. People running for their lives kept passing, some grabbing him and trying to turn him away, but he would not falter. He made his way into the central plaza of the city, he saw warriors in all black, one gripping a man by the throat as he stabbed him repeatedly, enjoying the pain, another had ripped a womans shirt off and paraded her around to his cohorts in sick pleasure, and finally one had knocked a child to the ground, kicking the young boy like he was an animal. Sub-Zero's eyes grew wide, he let out a yell that shattered glass in windows all around. The Brotherhood turned and looked at him, they let go of their captives and looked on as Sub-Zero continued to let out his war cry. Ice began to creep from his feet and stretch out. What had been cloudy skies now had a winter storm coming from them. The dragon medallion began to glow with an otherworldly hue. He finally relented from his cry, he looked at them. His pupils had gone, nothing but white filled his eyes.

"If you serve Noob, you are a dead man. Show me the might of the Brotherhood, and I will show you the might of the Lin Kuei." The Brotherhood roared at this challenge. The horde of them began to charge Sub-Zero. He held his hand out, and formed the Kori Blade.