Fortunately, the coluseum is packed with people, allowing Sub Zero to blend in with the crowd, he works his way through the spectators until he is close to Shao Kahn. He waits patiently for his opportunity to appear.

Exiting the crowd, Kuai Liang confidently walks towards the Emperor and states his demand, "Shao Kahn! I challenge Scorpion, the murderer of my brother, you will bring him before me!"

Shang Tsung responds in an irritated fashion, "No one makes demands of the Emporer... Reptile!"

A green Saurian man steps down from the stage the Emporer's throne is on.

"Fight!" Shang Tsung exclaims.

Reptile charges and lands a powerful swipe before Sub Zero can react. Sub Zero throws a punch back but Reptile is no where to be seen.

Kuai Liang hears the boiling acid behind him and rolls out of the way, he barely avoids a spray large enough to drench him. Reptile reappears to the left, Kuai Liang answers with an ice ball, Reptile leaps above it and turns invisible again. Reptile spits a small puddle of acid on the ground to distract Sub Zero, who falls for the deception, thrusting his kori blade in its direction. Reptile counters with a flying knee to the side of Sub Zero's head, knocking the cryomancer almost a meter backwards. Reptile disappears again.

Kuai Liang circles and focuses on controlling his tense breathing. Reptile may be invisble, but he leaves tracks in the dirt of the coluseum. The Zaterran pukes another acid ball, Kuai Liang thrusts his kori blade in the opposite direction of the sound, narrowly missing the the Zaterran. Reptile charges from behind but Sub Zero is prepared and stumbles him a with a short hook, forcing Reptile out of his invisibility

Reptile lunges high again, but at the last second goes low and sweeps Sub Zero off his feet. Sub Zero recovers quickly, dodging the Zaterran's pounce attack using his momentum to somersault away. Reptile continues his blitz, he swipes at Sub Zero's neck but his attack is blocked, halting his momentum. Sub Zero freezes Reptile's feet to the ground, following up with an powerful icy kick knocking the Saurian down for good.

"I would kill you, but that is not my purpose here."

Reptile leaps to his feet and scurries away in defeat.

Kuai Liang turns to Shao Kahn and gestures victoriously, "Your followers hold you in high esteem warlord. They fight and die for your amusement, my brother participated in this folly. I do so only to face his killer!"

Shao Kahn readjusts in his throne, "And you shall." His deep voice radiates power throughout the coleseum.

Scorpion appears before Kuai Liang in a burst of the hellfire.

"What is this? You are not Sub Zero!" The spectre questions angrily.

Sub Zero retorts passionately, "I am his family and clan, I fight for his honour!"

"He had no honour!!! You will die as he did!!!" Scorpion responds wrathfully.

"Get over here!" Scorpion barks, throwing his spear, which Sub Zero sidesteps and tugs, pulling Scorpion toward him. Using Scorpion's momentum he throws an elbow that shatters the spectre's nose, and generates an eruption of gasps and cheers from the audience. Scorpion shoves Sub Zero away, giving him space to attack with his kitana. Sub Zero parries with his own blade and counterattacks with a thrust to the midsection. Scorpion sidesteps, landing a cut to Sub Zero's left shoulder, drawing some blood and pushing him away with a teep kick.

Sub Zero shoots an ice ball, Scorpion avoids it and teleports behind Sub Zero. Sub Zero blocks Scorpions cross that and returns with a round kick to the temple, knocking Scorpion backwards. Scorpion throws his spear again, he errupts into hellfire with a gutteral cry of rage. Sub Zero instinctually catches it again but is burned by the searing metal, dropping it in pain. Scorpion whips the chain, hitting Sub Zero in the face and then hitting him in the shins, knocking him down. Scorpion teleports on top of Sub Zero, who rolls just in time to avoid the kunai aimed at his throat. Sub Zero slides further backwards in an attempt to catch his breath. Scorpion teleports to his left, landing a left punch to jaw of Sub Zero, spinning him around.

Kuai Liang returns fire with a right hand to the temple, putting the spectre on his heels. Sub Zero fakes a jab, stomping Scorpion's knee inward with his heel, forcing him to yell in a combination of rage and pain. Sub Zero continues his onslaught, avoiding Scorpion's uppercut and hook to land a cross to the jaw and a hook to Scorpion's ribs. Sub Zero throws two ice balls in rapid succession, Scorpion melts the first with his hellfire but is unable to react to the second.

As he summons his ice hammer, passion he has never felt emenates through Kuai Liang's body, he yells heroically, "This is for my brother!"

Kuai Liang shatters his frozen rival with all of his might, sending the spetre careening across the coloseum. Sub Zero switches to his kori blade and approaches Scorpion quickly to deliver the killing blow.

As he nears Scorpion, high pitched beeping and whirring disorients Sub Zero. Two Cyber Lin Kuei charge at him, both cut in half by his kori blade, a third cyborg appears behind Kuai Liang, stabbing it's prongs into the back of his neck delivering a powerful shock disorienting him, allowing the other cyborgs appear and circle him.

As Sub Zero's muscles go limp, his body goes numb and his vision goes dark, he shouts his final cry of defiance," NO! I... WILL... NOT.. BE. TURNED!!"