That person is Liu Kang, but he has drastically changed in
appearance. He appears fully human, but his hair is now grey,
his eyes glowing electric blue, his tattoos generating electricity
and his body generating flames. Raiden’s hat is on his back,
and his trousers now have a blue shade on them as opposed to red.
His bandanna is now metallic and he wears a necklace of beads.
Liu Kang stands to his feet, looking at his outstretched hands, in
awe at his new powers. He closes them into fists and puts them
back down at his side.
Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Jax all begin to walk forward. Kung Lao
teleports onto the deck from his ship and Kitana jumps over from
hers, landing next to Kharon. All of them take in the sight of
the radically changed Liu Kang.
SUB-ZERO Liu Kang
LIU KANG I am…
He stops pulsating with electricity and fire, but his eyes are
now bright blue, as are his tattoos.
LIU KANG …and I am not.
JAX What happened to Raiden
LIU KANG He is part of me. Bound to my soul. He… made me a god.
For now, at least.
KITANA A god Incredible.
KUNG LAO (To himself) Now he’s out of her league.
LIU KANG My revenant counterpart. I have absorbed his knowledge
of the Keep, of Kronika’s plan. I know where to find the
hourglass. We can beat Kronika.
Back in Kronika’s Keep, both she and Cetrion look upon the chair
that once bound Liu Kang. Kronika is wide eyed and more perplexed
than we have ever seen her before.
KRONIKA Out of desperation comes invention. I had not thought
it possible for Raiden to surprise me.
She addresses Cetrion without even looking at her.
KRONIKA Our success is no longer certain. We must make haste.
They walk back to the hourglass and begin manipulating the sands
once again.
Back on the shoreline, Kharon’s flagships have almost reached
land. Waiting for them is the Netherrealm army, and the oni demons
roar in anticipation and charge the shoreline. The ships continue
forward, not decelerating in the slightest.
KHARON BRACE FOR IMPACT!
The flagship touches down on the shore without issue. A boarding
plank is lowered as the Netherrealm army reach the ships. Before
the demons can climb up it, Sub-Zero slides down, using his ice
powers to freeze the ground beneath him and the demons below
him. He lands on the shoreline and uses an ice axe to chop a
frozen demon into shattered remains, then immediately decapitates
another one.
Scorpion teleports from the ship deck in a burst of flame, coming
out in the midst of the army, sending several oni into the air in
flames. He punches down one oni, then rips the heart out of
another.
The ship contaning the Special Forces crashes into a dock,
smashing it into a splintered ruin. With a loud cheer the vanguard
run down the boarding plank. Three soldiers on deck chuck grenades
at the army, which blow up and kill several demons in one go. More
demons charge as Cassie, Jacqui and the younger Jax zipline down
to the shore. The oni charging them are cut into bloodied strips
by the firepower of Jax’s assault rifle, Jacqui’s wrist cannons
and Cassie’s pistols.
Another ship crashes onto the shoreline, and Kung Lao and the
Shaolin monks all acrobatically leap off the ship, landing
expertly on the ship’s large oars on its starboard side. They run
across the oars and touch down on the ground to face the
Netherrealm army. Kung Lao drops an oni with a jumping spinkick,
drops another with a punch and roundhouse kick, and a third with a
snap kick.
The Netherrealm army also charge the last ship touching on land.
On that ship, Kitana lifts a hand containing her bladed fans into
the air. With a loud cry she points with her fan to the army
and leaps ashore, joined immediately by Baraka, Sheeva and Jade,
and a second later followed by the soldiers, Tarkatan and Shokan
they all command. The Outworld army pump themselves up with
chants as the Netherrealm army charges toward them, and with one
final cry they all run forward, joining battle.
Kitana blocks a blow from a spiked club with her blades, throwing
the weapon aside and cutting into the demon who wielded it. She
knocks it down with a jumping high kick as Sheeva charges two
demons, grabs their heads and bashes them together, knocking them
down in a spray of blood, before backhanding another charging
demon aside with her two right hands.
Back at the Special Forces boat, Cassie, Jacqui and Jax cut down
countless demons approaching them with their gunfire, but it
seems like they will soon be overwhelmed. But above them on the
boat, the elder Jax stands on the edge of the bow. He leaps off,
his fist charging with energy. Just as the Netherrealm army is
about to swarm over them, Jax lands on the pier deck and
smashes his fist into the ground. The resulting shockwave
blasts the entire front ranks backward several feet, clearing
the area. Jax looks back toward his daughter.
JACQUI This mean you’re back
O. JAX This means I’m sorry, Jacqui. And hell yeah, I’m back.
Jacqui immediately hugs her dad, to the delight of Cassie and
the younger Jax. The moment is quickly broken though as the
Netherrealm army finishes regrouping and charges once again.
Cassie and Jacqui open fire once again, while both Jax’s begin
punching and kicking down every demon that steps too close to
them. Even so, countless more demons make their way forward.
But all of them fail to notice a disturbance in the clouds above.
The clouds swirl in toward what appears to be a red glow in
the sky. The light soon becomes bright enough that both Jax’s,
Jacqui, Cassie and even the Netherrealm army look up to the sky
in shock and wonder.
At the center of the red vortex is Liu Kang, charging up with
lightning. On a balcony of Kronika’s Keep, the revenants Kitana
and Kung Lao also watch this spectacle, flanked by two demons.
As the clouds turn and swirl around him, Liu Kang gathers his
focus, bursts into flames and torpedos down into the center
of the Netherrealm army guarding the gates to Kronika’s Keep.
The impact he causes on landing is akin to a nuclear explosion,
with the entire area surrounded by white for a few moments.
When the smoke clears, Liu Kang stands alone. The Netherrealm
army in the field is simply gone, vaporized into nothingness.
Only a small defensive force of Netherrealm oni survived to
defend the gate, while a large number still wait within the Keep
itself. Behind Liu Kang, the gathered army of heroes all cheer the
display of power and charge forward toward the gate of the Keep.
With the Earthrealm Outworld armies approaching behind him, Liu
Kang strides toward the gates, his arms crackling with
electricity. The remnant of demons roars in defiance and charges,
to which Liu Kang responds by blasting lightning from his hand.
The electricity catches one demon and then immediately chains to
the others around it. Within moments, all the demons have been
fatally electrocuted.
Liu Kang walks up to the gates, with all the heroes following
after.
LIU KANG Stand back.
They all wait as Liu Kang charges up his hand with fire. He
strikes the gate, and the impact is so devastating that on the
other side, the frontlines of the Netherrealm army are thrown into
the air from the massive explosion that occurs.
The army of heroes charges toward the keep, Liu Kang now taking
to the skies once more. As he flies off to deal with the
defenders near the back, Kitana stabs a charging demon multiple
times with her bladed fans, knocking it down with a roundhouse
kick. She slashes another demon several times over, almost
completely eviscerating it, then stabs a third demon four times
over, finishing with a stab straight through the top of its skull.
Kung Lao palm strikes a demon twice in the chest, then splits
it in two vertically with a swipe of his bladed hat.
The younger Jax blocks a demon’s punch and punches it twice,
leaving it for his elder self to finish off. He swipes at
another demon that actually manages to duck his attack and
punch him back, but the elder Jax then charges in and hits
two shots to the ribs that stuns the demon. Younger Jax recovers
and the two Jax’s both wind up their fists and punch the demon on
both sides of its head, completely obliterating it.
The heroes make their way to the Keep’s entrance, and we cut
to inside where the revenants Kung Lao, Kitana and Jade all run
into the room where the hourglass is kept.
O. KITANA Is the battle lost
KRONIKA Victory is still at hand. The hourglass is nearly ready.
She turns to the revenants.
KRONIKA You will prevent Liu Kang’s interference. But you will
require more assistance.
Time energy flows from her hands towards the revenants. On the
other side of the doorway, Liu Kang, Kitana and Kung Lao approach.
LIU KANG Whatever happens, I am honoured to fight at your side.
Y. KITANA Likewise, Liu Kang.
Kung Lao places a hand on his shoulder.
Y. KUNG LAO Me too, brother.
LIU KANG May the Elder Gods protect us.
He charges his hand up with fire and punches the doorway. This
time, the door melts away rather than blowing up. The three
heroes step through to find Kronika and Cetrion still manipulating
the hourglass, but they are stopped by the appearance of revenant
Jade, Kung Lao and Kitana, all wearing new attire in the same
white-gold of Kronika’s clothing. Kronika looks over to Liu Kang.
KRONIKA Liu Kang, God of Thunder and Fire. Combining with Raiden
has the benefit of novelty. But it is also too little, too late.
She turns back to the hourglass and pours her energy into it.
The revenants move forward slightly, but don’t attack. The sands
in the hourglass begin to flow upwards as Liu Kang runs foward to
attack, but as he does so, Kung Lao and Kitana come to a frozen
halt. As Kang stops and turns around, they begin to move in
reverse.
LIU KANG Kitana! Kung Lao!
He grabs Kitana’s hand, but is unable to stop her moving
backwards.
To his dismay, he can only watch as time starts to unwind, and
with it, both Kitana and Kung Lao step back through the door,
which unmelts and seals itself once again. Liu Kang looks back
toward Kronika and the revenants, unaffected by the reversal of
time.
We cut to the scenes from before where the armies of Earthrealm
and Outworld collided with the Netherrealm army, only now these
scenes are being rewound. The Outworld army jumps back on their
ship in reverse, the Shaolin monks leap backwards on the oars of
their ship, the pier docks are reformed as Kharon’s ships rewind
and undo the crash damage they inflicted. Scorpion teleports
in reverse back onto his ship, while Sub-Zero undecapitates
and unshatters the frozen demons from earlier, sliding backwards
to his ship. Kharon’s ships sail off in reverse, and the
Netherrealm army runs backwards from the shoreline.
Back in Kronika’s Keep, Liu Kang steels himself. Kronika looks
over at him.
KRONIKA Raiden’s gift shields you from the power of the
hourglass. Regardless, your allies are gone, while mine remain
to defend me.
She motions to the revenants.
KRONIKA Finish him!
Jade and Kitana charge Liu Kang at the same time. He parries
Jade’s staff with his hands and ducks under a swipe, but walks
into a roundhouse kick from Kung Lao. As Liu Kang staggers back,
he manages to block an ax kick from Kitana, but takes a sidekick
to the stomach from her when she counterattacks. Kung Lao
immediately strikes him in the face with another roundhouse kick,
then Jade hits him in the knee with her staff and twirls around
to smash it into his chest.
Liu Kang remains on his feet as the revenants come in again. He
catches Kitana’s hand before she can swipe him with her bladed
fan and blocks Jade’s staff with his other arm, but this leaves
him open to Kung Lao, who blasts him with a barrage of fists to
his sternum. With Liu Kang stunnned, Kung Lao steps back and
delivers a sidekick to the sternum that knocks Liu Kang backward,
sending him crashing hard to the ground.
For a moment, Liu Kang writhes on the floor, but struggles to
his feet. The revenants remain in fighting stances. Liu Kang
closes his eyes to focus… and hears the voice of Raiden.
RAIDEN Earthrealm’s Jinsei flows within you. Let it fuel your
fire.
He opens his eyes again, and now they sparkle with electricity.
His face etched with fierce determination, Liu Kang looks to
the heavens and roars with fury. Lightning strikes his body and
fire explodes out of it once more. He shifts into a fighting
stance, dispelling the fire and electricity as the three revenants
charge him again.
Kung Lao attacks first with a barrage of punches, but Liu Kang
parries them all, as well as some staff strikes from Jade. He
then blocks a high kick from Kitana and another from Kung Lao,
dodging between strikes from Kitana’s fans. He grabs Kitana’s
hand as she tries to stab him, then steps forward and judo throws
her to the floor. Before she can recover he punches her in the
face, knocking her unconscious.
Liu Kang then throws a roundhouse kick that counters a palm strike
from Kung Lao, blocks some more punches and lands a straight punch
to Lao’s face, sending him reeling back. Kang turns as to his side
as Jade tries to flank him, deflecting her staff attacks with his
fists and feet. He jump kicks her in the face, punches Kung Lao
again when he tries to charge in and blasts him in the chest with
a fireball, knocking him down.
Jade tries to stab him with her staff, but Liu Kang dodges around
it, punches her in the face, then takes her staff with both hands
and wrenches it downward. As Jade staggers forward, Liu Kang knees
her in the face, knocking off her mask. He then twirls the staff
around – taking Jade with it – and forces it against her throat,
while he grabs her head from behind and pushes it down against
her staff.
It’s not long before Jade begins to struggle for breath, and she
falls to her knees. As she lets go of her staff, Liu Kang leans
downward and springs back with a devastating knee strike to the
back of her neck. The blow is so powerful that Jade’s staff
breaks in two from the impact, and the revenant assassin
collapses on the floor, killed instantly from the strike.
Liu Kang throws the broken pieces of Jade’s staff to the floor
and assumes another fighting stance. He addresses Kitana, who
has just begun to pick herself off the floor.
LIU KANG Now stand down! I have no wish to harm you.
KITANA Harm me! You already KILLED me! My fate was sealed the
moment I joined you at Raiden’s side. It’s a mistake I won’t
repeat in the New Era.
They fight. Even with Kitana’s Edenian speed and thousands of
years of battle experience, Liu Kang had bested her before. And
even with the power of Kronika in her revenant form, it proves to
be no match for the Fire God that is Liu Kang. Taking advantage
of his newfound abilities, he quickly finishes the fight and
leaves Kitana down on the ground.
LIU KANG Our bond was no mistake.
He looks over to Kung Lao, who has also started to rise from the
floor.
KUNG LAO Your ego knows no bounds!
Liu Kang walks toward the revenant.
LIU KANG I did not ask for this. It was thrust upon me.
KUNG LAO It should have been ME, Liu Kang, from the beginning!
Thanks to Kronika, it will be.
They fight. While Kung Lao has lost none of the speed and ability
that carried him to victory many times in life, and is powered up
further by Kronika’s machinations, it turns out to be his ego that
is too big for him. The Fire God Liu Kang takes the fight to the
revenant and defeats him in short order.
With Kung Lao turn, Liu Kang turns to Kronika.
KRONIKA Still, you are alive.
LIU KANG Yes, Kronika. You were right to fear mine and Raiden’s
powers combined.
KRONIKA A demi-god’s power cannot rival that of an Elder God.
Cetrion!
Kronika steps aside to reveal Cetrion – who rather than the
green outfit she wore earlier, is now decked out in red, with
glowing eyes to match. Her new atttire makes her look similar in
appearance to a subbucus.
CETRION As you wish, mother.
Cetrion throws fireballs at Liu Kang which he dodges and flips
over. Liu Kang shoots a fireball of his own which Cetrion
blocks. She shoots off a blast of wind that Kang cartwheels to
avoid and another which he ducks under. She then throws a
roundhouse kick that shoots a spark of ice, which he blocks but
sends him back several feet. Liu Kang recovers quickly and
jump kicks the air, shooting a fireball from his leg that
Cetrion barely ducks under. She shoots another fireball that Kang
ducks from, and he launches another roundhouse kick that shoots
a fireball that catches her in the face, sending her onto her
hands and knees. She stands again quickly.
CETRION You match me step for step.
She kicks the air again, sending out a fireball and an ice blast.
Liu Kang dodges both projectiles and counters with a lightning
blast that electrocutes the Elder Goddess, knocking her to the
floor. Behind her, Kronika stares on at Liu Kang, eyes wide with
fear as Cetrion struggles to rise, still being wracked with
electricity.
LIU KANG Because your heart is not in the battle, Cetrion. You
fight for your mother’s vision. But as a goddess of virtue you
know that her desired balance is folly.
As Cetrion stands up, Kronika walks over to her.
KRONIKA Heed me, Cetrion! He lacks our vision and wisdom!
Cetrion turns away from her, clearly conflicted.
LIU KANG Please. No virtue is served by condemning the realms to
endless war.
Cetrion looks back at Kronika for a moment, then steels herself,
facing Liu Kang once again.
CETRION The greatest virtue is abiding my mother’s will, Liu
Kang. I cannot fail her.
They fight. With her powers over nature and all of its elements,
Cetrion should indeed be a match for the Fire God Liu Kang. But
the battle does not sway that way, because Liu Kang is also the
God of Thunder and he takes full advantage of the internal
conflict raging in Cetrion’s mind. Slipping past her attacks and
into her defenses, Liu Kang manages to do the impossible and
overpower the Elder Goddess, knocking her to the floor.
LIU KANG Your heart betrays you, Cetrion.
Laying on the ground, Cetrion looks over to Kronika.
CETRION I have failed you.
KRONIKA Dearest Cetrion, you have done admirably.
What little forced compassion is in Kronika’s voice dispels as
Cetrion rises to her feet.
KRONIKA Yet there is one final service to perform.
Cetrion looks downcast, but also resigned to her fate.
CETRION Yes, Mother. I understand.
She raises her hands to the heavens and cries out. Her form
disintegrates into a glowing ball of multicoloured light that
flies into Kronika. The power that Cetrion wielded now flows
out of Kronika.
KRONIKA You will be exalted in the New Era, Cetrion.
Liu Kang throws a fireball, but Kronika effortlessly bats it
aside. He looks at his hands in confusion for a moment, but puts
it aside and charges her. Kronika blasts a storm of sand from her
palms, striking Liu Kang and knocking him down.
KRONIKA And YOU, Liu Kang, have FAILED!
She turns to the hourglass and uses her time powers once again.
The sand continues to flow upwards, increasing in speed. Liu
Kang rises to his feet and Kronika looks over at him again.
KRONIKA History rewinds, giving way to the New Era!
LIU KANG NO!
Around them, Kronika’s Keep suddenly fades away, as they and the
hourglass are transported through time and through realms,
emerging in pre-historic Earthrealm. They appear in a luscious and
beautiful forest, with a dead dinosaur in the background. The
area surrounding the hourglass is distorted, seemingly opening out
into space. Kronika hovers above Liu Kang, slowly coming down to
ground level.
KRONIKA The realms as you knew them are undone. Erased. You
cannot save a future that no longer exists! There is only the New
Era!
[AUTHOR’S NOTE This final fight takes place over three rounds.
The next section will cover each of the three different endings
you can achieve. The circumstances on how to get them and all
the different dialogue in between will be noted in parenthesis.]
They fight. The battle is truly epic, with neither Liu Kang nor
Kronika getting any clear advantage for the majority of it. For
what seems like an age, the newly born Fire God and the architect
of the Mortal Kombat universe fight with every power they have,
but eventually…
[LIU KANG WINS ROUND 1]
…Liu Kang prevails and knocks Kronika to her knees. She
struggles to her feet.
LIU KANG The realms will not fight your endless wars.
KRONIKA Fight me further and your friends are lost. They have no
future unless I create it.
LIU KANG The future you offer is not worth living! It will NOT
come to pass!
They fight. Once again, the battle proves to be a meeting of
two unstoppable forces. But this time…
[KRONIKA WINS EITHER ROUND 1 OR 2]
…Kronika prevails and knocks Liu Kang to the floor. She
levitates back to the hourglass and manipulates it with her time
powers once again. Power begins to emanate from the glass as
Liu Kang rises to his feet. He leaps into the air and strikes
Kronika in the side with a flaming flying kick, knocking her to
the floor. But even as he assumes a fighting stance, the realm
around him turns into a glaring white light…
…and when the light clears, both he and Kronika stand on a
single outcropping of rock in the middle of space, along with
the Hourglass of Time.
KRONIKA Welcome to the dawn of time. Here history ends and
begins again. Behold the start of the New Era!
Kronika rises into the air and motions with her hands. Asteroids
powered by her magic fly in from space and down towards Liu Kang,
but he breaks them into pieces by punching them.
KRONIKA I had intended to leave your destiny intact, Liu Kang,
until Raiden went and made you immortal. Now, you cannot be
ignored.
They fight. Once again, the battle proves to be a meeting of
two unstoppable forces. But this time…
[LIU KANG WINS ROUND 2 AFTER LOSING ROUND 1]
…Liu Kang gets the upper hand and knocks Kronika to her knees.
LIU KANG With or without you, I will restore the timeline!
Kronika growls in anger and rises to her feet. She telekinetically
hurls another two asteroids at Liu Kang, but he kicks them into
pieces.
KRONIKA Sculpting the Sands of Time requires great power and
skill. You have neither, Liu Kang. You may be a god, but I am a
Titan!
They fight. Once again, the battle proves to be a meeting of
two unstoppable forces. But this time…
[BAD ENDING KRONIKA WINS 2 ROUNDS]
[AUTHOR’S NOTE Unlike the other two endings, you will get
the chance to play this section again from the first fight.]
…Kronika overpowers Liu Kang and knocks him to his knees.
Grinning sadistically, she places a hand on his head and forms
a blade in her other hand. Much like Raiden did to Shinnok, she
swipes the blade straight across and through his throat, tearing
it apart in a shower of blood. Liu Kang gags for a moment
and finally falls forward, his head rolling off his shoulders
as his body crashes to the ground.
With Liu Kang dead, Kronika rises into the air.
KRONIKA Let the New Era… begin.
Cut to black.
[NEUTRAL ENDING LIU KANG LOSES EITHER ROUND 1 OR 2 TO KRONIKA
BUT WINS ROUND 3]
…Liu Kang overpowers Kronika and knocks her to her knees.
As Kronika rises, Liu Kang charges up a fireball and blasts her
straight in the chest. He shoots three more, each striking the
helpless Kronika, before charging up a final blasts that shoots
out from his hands like a flamethrower. The blast engulfs Kronika
entirely, and when it ends we see that her entire body has molded
into what looks like molten organic glass.
Liu Kang approaches the now crystalline form of Kronika. He chops
her outstretched hand, shattering her arm to the elbow, then
repeats the motion with her other arm, shattering that too.
Growling in fury, he roundhouse kicks her across the face,
and her entire head explodes into pieces. He then contemptuously
pushes down what remains of her body, letting it break apart
completely upon impacting with the ground.
With the Titan of Time lying dead at his feet, Liu Kang closes
his eyes, trying to find focus again…
RAIDEN Our work is finished, Liu Kang.
Liu Kang opens his eyes and looks around. Behind him stands
Raiden…but something is different. Raiden’s attire is the same
from before, but his voice no longer reverberates with power.
LIU KANG Lord Raiden.
Raiden looks up at him. There is no electric blue glow in his
eyes. His pupils are brown and look entirely human.
RAIDEN I am merely Raiden, now. You have proven worthy to take my
place as the new Protector of Earthrealm, once it is restored.
LIU KANG You honour me, Raiden.
Liu Kang clasps his hands and bows.
RAIDEN The honour is mine, Lord Liu Kang. The sands of time are
yours to shape. It falls upon you to architect a new history.
LIU KANG The fate of all realms… in my hands Raiden, I cannot
do this alone.
RAIDEN I shall advise you for as long as my mortality allows. But
have no doubt, you are up to the task.
LIU KANG Then together, let us begin.
As both men turn to the hourglass, the camera pans up into the
shining cosmos of space. The future may be uncertain, but it looks
hopeful.
Cut to black.
[GOOD ENDING LIU KANG WINS ROUNDS 1 AND 2 CONSECUTIVELY]
…Liu Kang overpowers Kronika and knocks her to her knees.
As Kronika rises, Liu Kang charges up a fireball and blasts her
straight in the chest. He shoots three more, each striking the
helpless Kronika, before charging up a final blasts that shoots
out from his hands like a flamethrower. The blast engulfs Kronika
entirely, and when it ends we see that her entire body has molded
into what looks like molten organic glass.
Liu Kang approaches the now crystalline form of Kronika. He chops
her outstretched hand, shattering her arm to the elbow, then
repeats the motion with her other arm, shattering that too.
Growling in fury, he roundhouse kicks her across the face,
and her entire head explodes into pieces. He then contemptuously
pushes down what remains of her body, letting it break apart
completely upon impacting with the ground.
With the Titan of Time lying dead at his feet, Liu Kang closes
his eyes, trying to find focus again…
RAIDEN Our work is finished, Liu Kang.
Liu Kang opens his eyes and looks around. Behind him stands
Raiden…but something is different. Raiden’s attire is the same
from before, but his voice no longer reverberates with power.
LIU KANG Lord Raiden.
Raiden looks up at him. There is no electric blue glow in his
eyes. His pupils are brown and look entirely human.
RAIDEN I am merely Raiden, now. You have proven worthy to take my
place as Earthrealm’s new Protector… Lord Liu Kang.
Liu Kang clasps his hands and bows, and then looks at his new
surroundings.
LIU KANG Where do we go from here
RAIDEN The sands of time are yours to shape. You must return the
hourglass to the dawn of time and sculpt a new history. A better
one.
LIU KANG The fate of all realms… in my hands Raiden, I cannot
do this alone.
RAIDEN Yes. You will need a partner with whom you can share the
eons.
LIU KANG Kitana.
RAIDEN Your destinies have always been intertwined.
Liu Kang walks toward the hourglass.
LIU KANG We are far in the past, but not so far that I cannot
reach her.
RAIDEN Return with her to the dawn of time. Sculpt the hourglass’
sands to forge a better future. I look forward to meeting again,
in the next timeline.
LIU KANG Then I will not say goodbye.
Both men smile at each other, then Liu Kang levitates into the
air, glowing with flames. Power begins to flow out of the
hourglass as he raises his hands toward it.
The scene cuts to the dawn of time. Standing on a single rock in
the middle of space is Liu Kang, with the hourglass in the
background… until another hand slides into his. He turns to
face his true love Kitana and smiles at her.
LIU KANG Are you ready
KITANA Yes. But no matter how we sculpt the Sands, we cannot plan
for every possibility. Mortals will make their own choices. New
evils will arise.
LIU KANG Each realm must choose its own destiny. Whatever those
choices… we will face them together.
As a nearby sun flares into being, it outlines both of them, hand
in hand… and for maybe the first time in the history of Mortal
Kombat, the future looks to be a bright one.
Cut to black.