The Thunder God, The Cop and The Undead Warrior would seek first Seido, the realm of order to find help. Once they arrived Hotaru, aware of their presence greeted them with respect, Raiden did the same. Raiden requested an alliance with Seido, however Hotaru, wanting to keep their realm from being threatened or possibly destroyed in a war refused. Raiden then at least requested aid from Seido warriors to deal with Outworld forces, if the Emperor was defeated, all realms would be free from his wrath and conquering streak. Hotaru was hesitant for a second, however he had to make a deal with him. He told Raiden that he'll aid the thunder god in his journey, if they find the rebel and his rebellious army. Their leader being Darrius, who Raiden was familiar with. Raiden wished that if he brought Darrius to Hotaru, Hotaru should jail him instead of killing him in cold blood. Hotaru agreed, as they bowed down to each-other, Raiden left. They then went to Outworld, where It was a hell of a place, as expected. The Thunder god was looking around, most importantly he wanted to find a friend of his, Bo Rai Cho. The team would then expore the land of Outworld in hopes of finding someone worthy.
Meanwhile in a dungeon in Shao Kahn's palace, the captured EarthRealm champion's were trapped in chains while being tortured by Outworld jobbers. A axe then went through one of the jobbers, splitting their head in half. Then the jobbers were looking around as to who did such a thing, multiple arrows were shot at the jobbers as all the jobbers would fall down dead. From the shadows emerged a man with native american looks, who was bound to save his land from Outworld. He had sneaked around the palace, considering that security wasn't so great. He then freed the champions as he told them who he was. He was a tribesman named Nightwolf, who came from the Matoka tribe. He is one of the last surviving warriors of that land, and will do anything to keep it safe. The champions introduce themselves as well, Nightwolf would then tell them to follow him. Along their way, they would tell each-other stories to get to know each-other better. Sonya confessed that she was starting to develop some feeling for an actor, until he suffered his inevitable death. As the champions went through a ceiling, they would see from above a woman in green clothing with a staff. Twirling It around and defeating countless of earthrealm monks before the Emperor. She then bowed down to the Emperor as Kitana managed to recognize her. It was Jade, her long lost Edenian friend who disappeared under mysterious circumstances when Edenia was invaded. Kitana was pretty disappointed to know that Jade was working for Outworld now, and her anger flew through her as she jumped down and challenged Jade to combat. The others tried stopping her, but It was too late. Jade would then look at Kitana surprised, as she tried to talk to her. Kitana tried reasoning with Jade, however, Jade fearing the Emperor, appeased to him and went against Kitana's beliefs. Kitana had no other choice but to challenge her in combat. Jade would twirl her staff around, trying to distract Kitana, as Kitana would then flip, kicking Jade in the back. Jade then got up quickly as she sent her spinning knife at Kitana, Kitana dodged It, as Jade got the knives back. Jade would then attempt to strike Kitana with the staff as Kitana punched Jade in the face, grabbing her staff's handle, headbutting Jade and then uppercutting her. The Emperor was quite pleased as from the shadows, only his eyes glowing, told her to finish Jade. Kitana refused to kill her, as the Emperor was disappointed. Kitana demanded to fight the Emperor, however, someone stood up to protect him, the same woman she saw before, Mileena. Kitana demanded an explanation, however Mileena had enough of Kitana's neglegence of her existence. Mileena would use her sais as she outmatch Kitana in combat, knee-kicking Kitana in the guts as Kitana yelled a little. Then Kitana grabbed Mileena by the mask, as her mask was torn apart. Mileena's tarkatan teeth were revealed as she attempted to bite Kitana and eat her alive. Kitana however managed to give her a kick in the teeth, as Mileena stumbled back, then Kitana would keep punching Mileena, as she uppercut her as well, Mileena was sent back, Kitana had won two fights in a row. Kitana wished to fight the Emperor, however a bunch of Tarkatan's would go behind her, she looked around as the Tarkatan's punched and kicked her multiple times, before capturing her. Without hesitation, Liu went down to save the princess, however he was blocked off by a bunch of Tarkatan's. The tournament was over for the day as the Emperor would leave, the champions tried to see how he looked like, but to no avail. There they also saw Quan Chi talking to the Emperor, with a figure beside him, Liu tried to attack him for betrayal, but he understood that he needs to get some rest before the fight begins. Liu now had to focus on rescuing Kitana from the Emperor's dungeon. Nightwolf tried confronting him, as Liu saw Nightwolf as a second Mentor. Jax, Kabal and Sonya followed.
Raiden while in Outworld saw a strange, yet familiar figure approaching him. It was Johnny Cage, looking more unusual than ever. Raiden saw him and tried to approach him, but Johnny then kicked Raiden in the guts and sent him back. Scorpion and Stryker got in a fighting stance. Johnny started boasting about his new powers and blaming Raiden and the other champions for everything. Seeing Johnny say such things, Raiden was emotionally hurt, as Stryker told Raiden that he'll deal with Johnny. Raiden would tell Stryker not to kill Johnny, but instead knock him out. Stryker nodded as he went to face Johnny. Many Outworld citizens gathered to see the fight, as Stryker would then kick Johnny. Johnny catched Stryker's leg as he attempted to break It, however Stryker catched his baton and hit Johnny in the face with it. Johnny stumbled back as he then would do a kick downwards, tackling Stryker. Then Johnny would grab Stryker by the head, attempting to blind him. Stryker would grab his taser as he tased Johnny, then he gave him a couple of punches, before he was knocked out. Raiden and Scorpion approached, as the 3 of them investigated what happened to Johnny. He had red veins across his body and also red glowing eyes. Raiden was unfamiliar with what this was, and considering that Johnny is dead, he marked It as a undead spirit. Stryker called It a zombie, but Scorpion was aware of what he was. Scorpion said that he has seen Quan Chi do this on the dead before, It's basically some sort of spirits being manifested into evil beings that are called revenants. Scorpion compared Johnny's case to himself, as Raiden and Stryker understood. The Emperor had sent the revenant to manipulate Raiden and kill him, however the revenant failed at that. The team took the revenant to see if they could save him.
Upon hearing the news on Johnny's defeat, the Emperor got pretty disappointed at Quan Chi, and ordered him to find a way to restore the Edenian warrior corpses under his control. Quan Chi in an attempt to redeem himself. The Emperor also required for him to leave the figure in the palace, he had uses for Quan Chi's creation. Quan Chi fearing what might happen if he denies, he accepts. Quan Chi would then leave for his mission to Edenia as the Emperor had more to plan on how to rig this tournament even more...
END OF CH.3
