Deep within the castle on the top of the island's hill, Shinnok's severed head lies on display in a special trophy room. Other things in the trophy room include Shao Kahn's helmet, armor, and hammer, Shinnok's amulet, Attila the Hun's axe and hat, and Onaga's skull. The door opened, and Quan Chi walked towards Shinnok with such confidence.
"Greetings, Shinnok," Quan Chi greeted.
"I see the Prince of Darkness has ressurected you," Shinnok replied. (Since Shinnok was an Elder God, decapitation technically does not kill him.) "What is your business?"
"I just came here to inform you that everything is going smoothly."
"You mean your poor, pathetic excuse for a Mortal Kombat-ripoff tournament? I would say you've been lacking in originality ever since you started working with that miserable devil."
"That miserable devil has a plan that will simply... not... fail." Quan Chi then uses his necro powers to construct a vision of what will happen should their plan succeed. "You see, the tournament is just a diversion just so we can ready our forces and unleash our wrath all throughout the universe. When the finals are over, that is when we will strike, leaving our foes unprepared for their impending doom. Once the smoke of battle clears..." The vision in Quan Chi's hand disintegrates. "...hell will be brought unto this dimensional plane.
"Then I shall overtake Outworld, the Chaos Realm, Keisei, the Realm of Light. I'll be a bigger entity than you would ever hope to be! I'll be hailed god of this mortal plane! While you are reduced to nothing of a has been that I had the unfortunate waste of my life to serve. You are nothing but a joke in my eyes." With that, Quan Chi laughed disdainfully as he exited the trophy room, leaving Shinnok to spend the rest of his existence as a severed head.
What Quan Chi failed to notice, however, was John and Jackie propped up in beach chairs and listening to the whole conversation.
to be continued...