Across a black screen, the following words are displayed.
“WB GAMES PRESENTS”
As those words fade out, more words fade in on the screen.
“A NETHERREALM STUDIOS PRODUCTION”
When those words fade out, the scene cuts to the exterior of
Earthrealm’s Sky Temple. A raging storm echoes through the
landscape, with red lightning cutting through the cloudy night
sky and going straight into the top of the temple itself. The
temple is shown from several angles, gradually getting closer with
each passing camera shot. As we close in, the sound of someone
screaming in agony echoes over the continuing lightning strikes.
The camera cuts to an overhead shot of the Temple, directly above
the hole where the lightning is shooting into. Many floors of the
Temple have been outright demolished by the lightning, and the
hole extends to the very bottom floor that houses the Jinsei, the
life force of Earthrealm. The camera pans down the hole, and it
becomes apparent that the red lightning is being blasted directly
into a person, and once the bottom of the hole is reached we can
see who that person is.
It is the fallen Elder God known as Shinnok.
Bound by chains and bloodied by the continued assault, Shinnok is
powerless to do anything but scream at the lightning striking his
body. The strikes stop for a moment, allowing Shinnok a moment to
catch his breath and speak.
SHINNOK: You… you should thank me, Raiden. Our battle changed
you… for the better!
Raiden stands across from Shinnok, in front of the Jinsei itself.
Upon a closer inspection, it becomes apparent that Shinnok is
correct in that Raiden has changed; his eyes now glow a bright
red instead of blue, his attire is more armoured and warlike, and
most tellingly of all he wears Shinnok’s amulet in the centre of
his chest. In response to the taunts, he charges up red lightning
through his hands and blasts it at Shinnok once more. The blasts
continue for several seconds as Raiden closes the distance between
himself and his mortal enemy.
RAIDEN: Be silent, Shinnok!
Raiden stops the blasts and Shinnok sinks to his knees, the chains
on his arms preventing him from keeling over entirely. He
nonetheless manages to chuckle, in spite of his predicament.
Raiden hovers his hand over Shinnok’s head for a moment, then he
suddenly grabs it, channeling more lightning directly into
Shinnok for a brief moment. After the assault, Shinnok finds his
tongue once again.
SHINNOK: But you wear my amulet. Finally you embrace the truth the
Elder Gods deny. The truth I was cast out for speaking.
RAIDEN: The truth I embrace, Shinnok, is that mercy is wasted on
those who defile Earthrealm.
He places a hand on Shinnok’s chains.
RAIDEN: I will destroy our enemies before they destroy us…
starting with you!
He yanks the chains, pulling Shinnok to his feet. Shinnok
begins to chuckle in response.
SHINNOK: How, Raiden? Not even you can kill an Elder God.
Raiden says nothing, but instead charges more lightning through
his hand. Shinnok braces for another assault, but Raiden does not
blast him this time.
RAIDEN: There are fates worse than death.
He closes his fist, and the lightning forms into a blade pulsing
with red electricity. Raiden draws his arm back and then slices
the blade clean through Shinnok’s neck. Shinnok gags as blood
begins to spill from the wound, and a moment later his severed
head falls from his shoulders.
Raiden dismisses the lightning blade and drags Shinnok’s head –
still leaking blood – across the Jinsei chamber to a nearby table.
When Shinnok opens his eyes once more, he tries to speak, but
cannot form any words without the use of his lungs. Raiden slams
his fist down onto the table, sparking once more with red
electricity.
RAIDEN: I will deliver you to Liu Kang and your Netherrealm
minions. You will serve as warning – and an emblem of my wrath.
He walks to the hole in the Temple and teleports away. As soon as
he does so, another figure appears in the Jinsei chamber. As this
person walks into the fray, the raindrops from the raging storm
slow and then stop entirely, suspended in midair.
The person is a woman, bald headed, clad in white and shimmering
with a faint blue hue that permeates her skin. She walks over to
the table with Shinnok’s head on it.
WOMAN: This is not your destiny, Shinnok. Once again the Thunder
God has upset the balance of history.
Shinnok is unaffected by the time bending occurring in the rest
of the chamber. He regards the woman in front of him with what
appears to be horror.
WOMAN: But know this: The arc of the universe bends to my will.
She clenches her hand into a fist. The blood flowing from
Shinnok’s head starts to drip down the side of the table… until
it suddenly stops. Shinnok tries to speak, but is still unable to
do so.
WOMAN: It is only a matter of time.
The screen cuts to the opening title:
“MORTAL KOMBAT 11”
The 11 is centered between both words, fading in from black to
gold.
Another cut transitions to a waving flag with the Special Forces
logo on it, and the title of the first chapter appears on screen.