MORTAL KOMBAT: OUTWORLD.
FADE IN:
INT. NETHERREALM
The NetherRealm, unlike Earth, is a
realm with less protection from the magma
below. Lava erupts a short distance beneath
the hot surface.
Shang Tsung is in this place now -
old, weak, as he was when he died.
Gray winged demons circle around him.
They float around through the air,
three circling Shang Tsung at once,
and take turns nabbing at him.
SHANG TSUNG
Damn you, Liu Kang! I should
have been quicker to kill you!
He fights off two winged demons in a
row, striking them with his fists, before
running away, down into the hopeless
miles of the NetherRealm’s empty valleys.
The winged, scorpion-like demons
are hurt, at first, but within seconds
they resume their earlier position
floating in the air, and together, all
three begin to fly at Shang Tsung.
SHANG TSUNG
No! Noo! Ahhhh!
Four red minotaurs are now approaching Shang Tsung.
They are at least nine feet tall. Shang Tsung takes a
step back, but in seconds, he is surrounded by a
circle of them. Two more minotaurs run in, so
there are now six of them against Shang Tsung.
Shang waits. But he can do nothing else.
MINOTAUR 1
What’s the matter, sorcerer? Do your
tricks not work in this world?
MINOTAUR 2
Magic will not save you here.
The minotaurs push him. They shove him.
Shang Tsung is old. Weak. He
can’t fight back against them anymore.
They’re far bigger than him.
Minotaur 3 grabs Shang Tsung by
the sides with both claws.
MINOTAUR 3
You’ve been a bad man, Shang Tsung.
And here, you’re going to suffer for it.
SHANG TSUNG
No. Noooo!
Everything becomes engulfed in a red glow.
Shang Tsung’s body breaks apart into
red energy, which is sucked skyward,
into a red pentagram portal, leaving
his Hell avatar body with nothing.
The minotaurs are confused.
They have lost Shang Tsung.
INT. OUTWORLD - EXT. SHAO KAHN’S CASTLE - SUNRISE
Shao Kahn’s Castle - formerly King Jerrod’s
Keep - stands on the dark blue hills of Outworld.
INT. SHAO KAHN’S CASTLE - THRONE ROOM - SOON
A skeleton lays on the ground.
A pile of bones, and nothing more.
Emperor Shao Kahn sits on his
throne, with two purple robed
Shadow Priests behind him on
both sides. Their faces are
concealed completely in shadow.
EMPEROR SHAO KAHN
Excellent. You have delivered me
Shang Tsung’s skeleton. You have
done well.
He uses one hand to motion everyone away.
The rest of the 6 purple robed Shadow Priests
float away, gliding over the air, to exit the
Throne Room.
Shao Kahn holds a large red
jewel up in the air.
EMPEROR SHAO KAHN
Shang Tsung, you little failure.
You will not escape the chance
to talk to me! By the power of
the Deathstone . . . you shall again
walk the lands . . . of Outworld!
Shao Kahn aims the Deathstone at
Shang Tsung’s skeleton, infusing the
bones with red energy.
The red energy cackles and spreads across
the skeleton, and nothing happens, at first.
CLOSE ON Shao Kahn’s head, face,
and helmet. Anger and rage is growing
in him visibly.
Sitting in his throne, he finally stands
up, stepping closer to Shang Tsung.
A FLASH of an image: Shang Tsung’s
face, screaming in terror from the
surrounding circle of minotaurs.
BACK TO the present: an orange portal
opens up from Outworld to the NetherRealm,
and the Deathstone’s red energy connects
to this portal. After a few moments, Shang
Tsung’s green soul is brought out of the orange
portal, through the red energy cast off by
the Deathstone, and finally into Shang
Tsung’s skeleton body.
Shao Kahn says, out loud, the magical
incantational chants.
The two Shadow Priests that remain
by Shao Kahn’s side float on, and
each one carefully pours a glass beaker
of blood over the skeleton.
The blood pours out in all directions over
the bones, and the blood spreads all across
the body.
The ribcage FADES AWAY, so that we
can see an x-ray view inside that ribcage,
to examine the dead heart of Shang Tsung.
At an extremely close angle, the dead heart
begins to see the spark of life in one cell,
and the effect spreads to all the surrounding
cells, until the entire heart is starting to move
again, slowly.
The Deathstone, in Shao Kahn’s hand, is still
pouring out its red energy into Shang Tsung’s
skeleton, and his entire body is becoming
reanimated.
A FLASH of an image again -
Shang Tsung’s terrified soul.
SOON - his dead body, resurrected,
filled with flesh and blood and bone
and muscle and other kinds of tissue,
wakes up again, breathing a long,
deep breath of air.
Feeling his face, Shang Tsung starts
to discover two things: he is again
alive; and he is again young.
SOON - Shang Tsung is wearing a black robe.
Shao Kahn approaches Shang Tsung.
Right away, the sorcerer is terrified.
Shao Kahn, at a close distance, slaps
Shang Tsung, hard, causing him to
fall to the floor again.
SHAO KAHN
You have FAILED ME!!!
Shao Kahn angrily grabs his War
Hammer, growls a time or two, and
throws it at the wall.
SHANG TSUNG
Liu Kang . . . killed me.
He is the one that must pay!
SHAO KAHN
I have no need for excuses!
YOU were the tournament’s host.
And you let Earth’s people win!
SHANG TSUNG
But . . . but you brought me out
of the inferno! To serve -
SHAO KAHN
I brought you out - because I am worse!
Shang Tsung breathes heavily.
SHANG TSUNG
Let me try one more time.
I could win this time!
SHAO KAHN
No. THERE IS no one more time!
That was the final Mortal Kombat
tournament for Earth.
SHANG TSUNG
Then we must hold an 11th tournament.
One last tournament, to decide the fate
of Earth realm.
SHAO KAHN
Nonsense! The Elder Gods would never
allow an 11th tournament to be held on Earth!
SHANG TSUNG
What about Outworld? There’s never
been a tournament held on Outworld grounds.
SHAO KAHN
I already own Outworld! I have no
need for an Outworld tournament. It
would do nothing to help me take Earth!
Shao Kahn grabs his War Hammer again,
and approaches Shang Tsung.
SHAO KAHN
You seem to forget that I am a lot older than
you, Shang Tsung - and you answer to me.
Now that we have talked, I will let you
return to the NetherRealm.
SHANG TSUNG
Wait! Wait! I know how
you can take Earth!
Shao Kahn nearly strikes Shang Tsung,
but instead lets go, striking the
ground beside him softly instead.
SHANG TSUNG
Listen. I just thought of how you can take Earth!
SHAO KAHN
How? Tell me.
SHANG TSUNG
Just hold one more tournament - this time
in Outworld. That’s all you need to do!
SHAO KAHN
Fool. What need do I have for an
Outworld tournament?
SHANG TSUNG
Everyone who went to the last tournament,
will go to this new one . . . and they will all fight
each other to the death. Then, once they’re all
dead, nobody will be left to defend Earth.
Don’t you see? This would be a new way
to eliminate Earth’s guardians. The realm of
Earth will be left defenseless against your invasion.
SHAO KAHN
That is true. An Outworld tournament
might be able to cause the death of all
the mortals. But so what? You kill one,
and three more show up to take his place.
SHANG TSUNG
So . . . we will invite plenty of newcomers
to the Outworld tournament. We will see
to it that all the strongest, finest warriors
who would fight for Earth will be here,
fighting each other.
SHAO KAHN
Against each other?
SHANG TSUNG
Yes! And against Outworld’s finest as
well - maybe Kitana. Mileena. They
could fight for Outworld. Jade, maybe,
could fight. Or General Baraka.
SHAO KAHN
An 11th tournament, to be held on Outworld.
It sounds good, but there are problems. The
Elder Gods will never take part in this, the way
they took part in the earlier tournaments.
SHANG TSUNG
We don’t need them to! We can make this
tournament happen alone.
SHAO KAHN
Fine. But still, one last problem: none of those people
know how to travel here, to Outworld. None of them
know how to get here.
SHANG TSUNG
Well . . . we would . . . provide transportation!
All the Earth tournaments provided transportation
by water travel.
SHAO KAHN
What will you do? Take them
on a boat to Outworld?
SHANG TSUNG
A portal. I will transport everybody
here by portal. I promise you, that part of
the tournament will be worked out, by me.
SHAO KAHN
Hmm. Your plan . . . it sounds good.
Shang Tsung smiles. At last,
he has gained Shao Kahn’s favor.
SHAO KAHN
But it’s still not good enough. There is one
who will never be deceived by your words.
One who will never fall for your tricks.
Raiden, God of Thunder. He will tell the
truth to the Earth mortals, and then they
will not listen to you.
Shang Tsung begins to breathe heavily.
SHANG TSUNG
You’re . . . you’re right, Master.
SHAO KAHN
Nobody will listen to your words
about an 11th tournament.
SHANG TSUNG
But . . . they might listen, if Raiden
is the one who tells them!
Shang Tsung, still a shape-shifter,
transforms into Raiden, God of Thunder.
SHANG TSUNG as RAIDEN
Liu Kang! You must go immediately to
Outworld - to fight in the 11th tournament!
SHANG TSUNG as LIU KANG
But, Raiden! Why should I?
I see no need for this.
SHANG TSUNG as RAIDEN
DO NOT QUESTION ME, Liu Kang!
SHANG TSUNG as LIU KANG
Yes! Sorry, Master!
(Shang Tsung reverts back to
his true form between every
illusory form.)
SHANG TSUNG
You see, Master? I can always find
ways to bring them to Outworld.
Once “Raiden” tells them to go,
they will come here by portal.
SHAO KAHN
Some of them may be convinced.
But not all of them. What about
Sonya? She would never agree to
this tournament.
SHANG TSUNG
Well . . .
SHANG TSUNG as KANO
She might come, if she sees ME around, baby!
SHANG TSUNG
Then . . . I would run, and she would
chase me . . . into a portal . . . here.
If I know Sonya, she would throw
herself right into Outworld’s way.
SHAO KAHN
I suspect Liu Kang will be the last one to believe
there is an 11th tournament. Now . . . if you are
right, this 11th tournament . . . it would be held
WHERE, exactly, in Outworld?
SHANG TSUNG
It . . . would . . . be held everywhere! Uhh. Just,
everywhere! Across the Wastelands. The Tombs.
Maybe . . . the Living Forest. Any stretch of land
in Outworld can be designated a Kombat Zone.
SHAO KAHN
Hmmm . . . very well! Your plan is almost flawless.
However, you know that Raiden, God of Thunder,
will eventually come here, following the mortals.
He will clear up their beliefs about him.
SHANG TSUNG
Fine. Let him come here. Raiden is powerless in
Outworld. He will come here as a mortal. Then,
he can be beaten - and killed.
SHAO KAHN
Very well. You may be right about this new
tournament. Then, YOU must return, as this
tournament’s host!
SHANG TSUNG
Yes! Yes! I would do that!
SHAO KAHN
No . . . better yet . . . I will be the host of
this tournament. You may serve as my
general. Once we have seen that every
last one of these mortals is dead - then, we
go to Earth, and begin the process of fusion.
SHANG TSUNG
Yes! I will not fail you in
this task, Emperor Shao Kahn.
SHAO KAHN
You’d better not! If you do,
you will wish to go back to the
minotaurs of the NetherRealm.
SHANG TSUNG
No . . .! Please.
Shao Kahn shows him the Deathstone.
SHAO KAHN
This Deathstone is how I brought you back.
It has the power to reunite body with soul,
in a new body of flesh and blood.
Shang Tsung feels his face.
SHANG TSUNG
New body of flesh and blood . . .?
SHAO KAHN
You were brought back to life on Outworld
grounds. Now you are one with this world.
SHANG TSUNG
I am also a lot younger.
Shang Tsung looks out the windows of
Shao Kahn’s castle, and into the dark,
starry night time sky.
SHANG TSUNG
I am capable of anything again. Even
killing Raiden - after I lure him here.
SHAO KAHN
Yes - Raiden and all his mortals will face certain
death at this Outworld tournament.
SHANG TSUNG
Mortal Kombat . . . continues.
We LOOK UP, overhead, to the sights
of outer space that can be seen in the sky.
TITLE SHOT:
MORTAL KOMBAT: OUTWORLD.
INT. CHINA - HONAN PROVINCE - SHAOLIN TEMPLES - MORNING
Two cousins, Chan and Kung Lao,
travel together, leaving the temple
on a beautiful, peaceful morning.
(Film the actors talking in Chinese.
Also record the sentences in English,
so that Chan and Kung Lao’s mouth
movements are set to Chinese.)
CHAN
Liu Kang lives! He won the tournament.
KUNG LAO
I was so convinced he would be
marching off to his death. I’m
still surprised he survived.
Leaving the temple grounds, Chan
and Kung Lao travel together, in
search of their common relative.
CHAN
What do you want to do to celebrate,
once we meet up with Liu Kang?
KUNG LAO
I don’t know. Let’s ask him
what he wants to do.
INT. SHORES OF THE BEACH - SOON
Chan and Kung Lao stand together
at the sands of the beach.
CHAN
It’s a hot day out.
Chan takes off his black, sleeveless
shirt, keeping on his black and green pants,
and green headband tied around his head.
Kung Lao adjusts his hat, to
provide shade from the Sun.
CHAN
I don’t understand. He’ll be alone
when he comes back, by boat?
KUNG LAO
Of course he will. When coming back from the
tournament, the people are only escorted as far
back as Hong Kong. The people still have
to find their own ways home from there.
CHAN
Liu Kang has the shortest travel home.
KUNG LAO
Of course he does. He’s only traveling
from Hong Kong to Honan.
CHAN
Of course, Hong Kong was considered separate
from China, from Tournaments 1 through 9. Only
since 1997 has Kong Hong been legally considered
owned by China again. So, only during Tournament
10 were Hong Kong’s boats and piers considered
to be China’s boats and piers.
KUNG LAO
I know. I know that.
CHAN
The Chinese government made no attempts
to interfere with the tournament.
KUNG LAO
They probably know nothing about it. They
don’t believe any of the Gods exist, anyway.
CHAN
Do you think Liu Kang will have a difficult
time getting back home?
KUNG LAO
No, not Liu. He’ll be fine.
In the distance, a brown boat
can be seen, slowly proceeding
through the water, toward the shores.
CHAN
Is that him?
KUNG LAO
Doubtful. But still possible.
CHAN
Wow. He beat the tournament! He beat
Goro! And he beat Shang Tsung, too, in
unarmed combat! It’s just . . . too incredible
to believe!
KUNG LAO
That is! That is Liu Kang!
CLOSE ON the brown boat, being
driven by a small crew of men through
the water to reach the sands of the
beach, where Liu Kang’s younger
brother and cousin both greet him.
SOON - Liu Kang gets to shore,
seamlessly walking from boat to sand.
Chan and Kung Lao are happy to see him.
CHAN
You made it back in one piece, brother!
LIU KANG
(shoving Chan’s arm) So did you.
KUNG LAO
So now what shall we do? Return
home? Return to Bo Rai Cho?
LIU KANG
Not just yet. Let’s get something to eat!
EXT. SEA DRAGON RESTAURANT - AN HOUR LATER
Outside the Sea Dragon restaurant,
a waiter slides the front door open to
step inside.
EXT. RESTAURANT - THROUGH THE WALLS
Through the white walls, we can see the
shadows of Liu Kang, Chan, and Kung Lao,
eating food, drinking water, talking, laughing,
their shadows surrounded by the light of
candles.
INT. RESTAURANT - OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE THREE MONKS
Liu Kang, Chan, and Kung Lao look at
their own shadows on the wall.
White rice, brown rice, steamed dumplings,
kung pao chicken, small cups of egg drop
soup, long egg rolls, crispy noodles, and
water comprise the meal they eat with chopsticks.
Chan notices his shadows on the wall, and,
laughingly, he turns his two hands into a
rabbit: the left hand becomes a talking mouth,
opening and closing repeatedly, and the right
hand becomes two large rabbit ears (fingers).
CHAN
Heh heh heh! Ha ha ha! See that?
It’s a rabbit.
LIU KANG
We used to do that when we
were . . . how old were we?
10? 11?
CHAN
You were 12. I must have been 8.
LIU KANG
Yeah. Wow, that’s right.
CHAN
Forgot all about the rabbit, didn’t you?
Look. Look. Now I’m a bird.
Using both hands, he flaps both
wings of a shadow-puppet bird.
Flap, flap. Flap, flap. Flap, flap.
KUNG LAO
It’s good to see you’re enjoying yourself.
CHAN
What’s wrong? Somehow,
you seem . . . distressed.
KUNG LAO
I’m not sure. I just get some
feeling of . . . alarm. Uhhh . . .
never mind. I’m sorry. It was
probably nothing.
INT. MASSAGE PARLOR - SOON
Liu Kang, shirtless, is laying down on
a massage table.
A masseuse is using both hands, thumbs
dug in deeply to his muscles, to make
circular motions and work out the knots
in his shoulders.
LIU KANG
Ohhhh! Ohhhhh, ah! That’s the
area that’s aching the most.
MASSEUSE
Too strong?
LIU KANG
No, no, not too strong. Stay strong.
MASSEUSE
You understand, you cannot have
a massage, two days in a row.
Then, your muscles are way too
stiff. Damaged. You understand?
LIU KANG
Yes, yes, I understand.
She continues to work out his muscles’ knots.
Leaning in close, she applies her right elbow
to the knot in his muscle, digging it in deep
and making circular motions to work out his knots.
INT. MASSAGE PARLOR - NEAR CHAN
CHAN
Ummm . . . could you massage . . .
behind my ears? Sometimes I get
headaches.
The masseuse massages Chan’s neck,
and gradually moves to behind his ears.
CHAN
Oh, oh, oh, ahhh. Wow. I can feel it
already. Less ache. Thank you!
EXT. MASSAGE PARLOR - SOON
Liu Kang, Chan, and Kung Lao
leave the massage parlor.
CHAN
Well, I think we’ve done enough.
What do you say? Ready to go
back home?
LIU KANG
Ready to go back home.
CHAN
The important thing is that you
survived the Mortal Kombat tournament.
INT. CHINA - HONAN PROVINCE - SHORES OF LAND
Another boat carries the three relatives
to the shores of land by the Shaolin temples.
Liu Kang, Chan, and Kung Lao are
quickly walking back toward their home.
Fire is already engulfing many of the temples.
LIU KANG
What?? What?? What’s going on?
Wasting no time at all, the three monks
run into action toward the temples.
EXT. JOHNNY CAGE’S HOME - INT. L.A., CALIFORNIA - EVENING
Johnny Cage’s expensive property
is in Malibu, California: a five-bedroom
house, with an expensive collection of
plant life surrounding the long cement
walk to the front door.
INT. JOHNNY CAGE’S HOME
Johnny Cage is interviewing his new
bodyguard applicant, Bo.
BO
To start, Johnny Cage, let me just say that,
when I was in college, I was a BIG fan of
your movies.
JOHNNY CAGE
Hey, thank you! Now. Understand, you are the
third applicant this week, for this bodyguard
position. I’m looking for a good bodyguard, and,
essentially, I have turned down two thus far.
BO
I’m probably way better than them.
JOHNNY CAGE
Alcohol. Do you drink alcohol?
BO
No. I’m a former drinker. I used to
drink, but have not had one in two years.
JOHNNY CAGE
How bad was it? Back then?
BO
Real bad.
JOHNNY CAGE
I see.
BO
Like I said, two years, and not one drink.
JOHNNY CAGE
Okay. That’s good! Any . . . prescription pills,
or anything?
BO
No, no. I don’t mess with anything.
The only thing I did was drink. But I’m
never going to drink again.
JOHNNY CAGE
All right. Good, then. Bo, it looks
like the chances are pretty good
that you will be the new bodyguard
of Johnny Cage.
Bo smiles.
BO
A dream come true.
INT. JOHNNY CAGE’S HOME - HALLWAYS - LATER
Johnny and Bo are walking through a long hallway
in Cage’s enormous house.
JOHNNY CAGE
Anyway. I just came back from a tournament called
Mortal Kombat. I . . . survived the tournament.
I won the matches that I was scheduled to fight in.
I beat this guy named Reptile. And now that I’m back . . .
BO
What? Now what?
JOHNNY CAGE
All right, try to understand. The whole reason that
I went to this tournament, this Mortal Kombat, was
so that I would come back and tell everyone I won
the tournament, so I am the real deal. However,
although I did not win the entire tournament, I did win
my fight with Rain. Now it’s time to be back home
and apply my victory in that tournament to my career.
Shao Kahn likes the plan for the 11th tournament. Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, and Sonya Blade must all be told about the 11th tournament. Sing and Sang are dead. Sub-Zero is dead. Raiden is alive, but would never be deceived, so they will leave him out of their plans. The only three that must be lured to Outworld are Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, and Sonya.
SHAO KAHN
How will they be lured to Outworld?
Liu Kang will never bring himself to Outworld.
SHANG TSUNG
Until he sees what Baraka did to his temples.
Then nothing will stop him from coming after
him - to end up here, in Outworld. It’s quite
simple, my master . . . they all must simply be
driven to want to come here.
INT. CHINA - HONAN - EXT. TEMPLES - MIDDAY
Baraka, hideous leader of the Tarkatans,
holds the long metal blades growing from
both arms far apart.
BARAKA
Hwaaaah!
Two other Tarkatans push a catapult along, on
wooden wheels that are more jagged than circular.
Finally, once it’s pushed far enough, they push
its ammunition, an enormous spiked ball, into
the device.
The two Tarkatans cover the spiked ball
in flammable liquids.
A third Tarkatan approaches the catapult with a burning
torch in one hand. Once he’s close enough, he holds the
torch to the spiked ball, and waits.
It takes a few moments, but he gets the
spiked ball on fire. The three Tarkatans laugh.
CUT TO a farther-away distance, to reveal
two dozen Tarkatans in the area, all watching
with eager anticipation.
BARAKA
Haaa weya ho!
The three Tarkatans activate the catapult.
A burning spiked ball is sent soaring through
the air, to land on the Chinese temples in Honan.
EXT. TEMPLES
Men wearing all orange are standing in rows and columns.
The spiked ball crashes into them, killing many.
One older monk has fallen to the ground.
He looks up, toward the sky.
Over the high walls of the temples, three more spiked
balls are being sent to rain down upon them.
There’s nowhere to run in time! The monk tries
to run anyway.
The spiked balls smash into the ground, immediately
killing everything near them.
Liu Kang, Chan, and Kung Lao approach the cement
tunnel, surrounded on both sides by tall statues of
honorable men in history, and run through it quickly
as the assault on the temple continues ahead of them.
One wounded monk approaches, holding his own
torso and hobbling along slowly.
Suddenly, he is sliced to death by the natural
blades of Baraka, who attacks him from behind.
SHAOLIN MONKS
Nooo!!
Kung Lao removes his hat.
Quickly, he throws his hat across, manipulating
kinetic energy with a white glow around the hat.
He sends the weaponized hat to slice off the
Tarkatan’s head, then return to place itself
back onto the head of Kung Lao. His hands are
dancing around throughout the entire process of
using kinetic energy.
LIU KANG
Was that their leader?
CHAN
I wish. But it’s doubtful.
All three run ahead. Beyond the cement tunnel,
there’s a brick walkway road, surrounded by
green grass. Red buildings on the left side.
Big orange fires blazing, straight ahead and to
the right.
CHAN
No. No, no, no! No! Please! No!
The fire has already spread to the point
where everything is finished.
Pieces of the cement tunnel begin to cave in
behind them, the result of the attacks with the
spiked balls. The area they had stood in not
long before collapses.
One monk, wearing all orange, runs ahead, screaming.
LIU KANG
Drop to the ground, and roll!
Liu Kang pushes the man to fall backwards,
landing on his back.
LIU KANG
Roll around! Roll around!
The monk begins to roll around on the ground,
in the grass.
LIU KANG
Oh, no. Oh, no, oh no oh no oh no . . .
Liu Kang approaches the red buildings, the only
part not on fire.
Liu Kang helps to boost Kung Lao up into the air,
so that he can reach the ledge of the rooftop, on the
lowest tier of the building.
Chan helps boost Liu Kang up into the air.
With Kung Lao and Liu Kang standing on the lowest
roof, both help Chan to reach the rooftop.
EXT. TEMPLE - THIRD, HIGHEST TIER
Water is unleashed. A flood of water pours down
the tunnels, treating them like rain gutters. We FLY
AROUND the area to follow the direction of the water,
to find it that it ends with a waterfall pouring down
onto the temple and monastery grounds.
The water lands right on the burning rooftop of
the red building.
Within seconds, the flood of water
meets, and overwhelms, the fires.
In time, the water is left pouring down all sides of
the first tier’s rooftop, which has now been saved.
But the second tier is still burning.
Climbing up the rooftop. Second floor.
One Tarkatan shows up. Throwing an object
at the Tarkatan.
Climbing up higher, to the top of the structure,
he punches the water wheel with all his might,
to activate the second wheel.
Another Tarkatan shows up to stop him.
He beats up the Tarkatan, and turns the wheel.
Finally, water pours down onto the bare ground.
Liu Kang climbs down from the third tier to the
second, to the first, and to the ground.
The temple is saved.
INT. PONG GAME - FULL-SCREEN VIEW
Beep! . . . Boop. Beep! . . . Boop.
A white ball bounces back and forth
between the left and right walls of the
screen, as two white paddles move up
and down to catch it.
PONG is being played by Johnny Cage, and his
bodyguard, Bo, who is dressed in a black and
white suit.
JOHNNY CAGE
3 straight victories. Oh yeah! Who da man!
Johnny Cage is back in his home, in L.A.,
wondering how to apply his victory in Mortal
Kombat to his comeback in Hollywood. He
has drawn out all kinds of ideas on paper for
what he will do for his comeback.
In his home, one night, the power goes out.
He walks up, and talks to Bo, his bodyguard.
Johnny Cage and Bo are inside the darkened
home when Reptile breaks in and fights
Johnny Cage. The two fight for a long time.
Reptile breaks out of the front door,
and runs away.
JOHNNY CAGE
Oh no you don’t! Get back here!
Johnny Cage runs out the door, chasing
after Reptile -
EXT. JOHNNY CAGE’S HOME - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NIGHT
- and right into the dark outside terrain
of Los Angeles, California at night.
He does not give up. Johnny Cage
continues to fight Reptile, at a street
corner in L.A. Reptile jumps and flips
into a pink portal.
Johnny Cage watches in awe.
Bo runs after the pink portal.
BO
What is that pink thing?
JOHNNY CAGE
I don’t know. I’ve never seen one
before, in my life! And I’ve been
to Mortal Kombat!
BO
What was that burglar? He
appeared . . . inhuman.
JOHNNY CAGE
His name is Reptile.
BO
What?
JOHNNY CAGE
He comes from Outworld.
BO
Are you serious, Johnny?
Johnny runs after the pink portal.
BO
No!
Johnny disappears into it.
BO
You are paying me time and a half for this!
Bo leaps into the pink portal,
after Johnny Cage.
Now, all three people are gone,
and the pink portal remains open.
Cars honk. L.A. traffic has become
disrupted by people staring at the
sight of the pink portal.
L.A. DRIVER
What the Hell IS that thing?
After another few moments, the
pink portal closes down to nothing.
Now we are back to Sonya, after she came back to base after the tournament. Kano is dead. The investigation is closed. The Black Dragon gang is assumed dismantled, but now is an important time for law officials to stay on top of that gang, so that they can challenge their new leader before he rises to power. Kano is dead.
But one day she sees a darker version of Kano in public. He runs away. She chases after him. She chases him right into a pink portal.
Jax chases after her, believing her to be delusional, seeing things. Kano is dead. But he, too, eyes the pink portal, and he wonders what it is. Jax, in his attempts to touch it with one hand, is sucked inside the portal due to gravity.
INT. OUTWORLD - THE LIVING FOREST - NIGHT
All 3 people have ended up in the Living Forest.
LIU KANG
First, I don’t know where we are.
I don’t know where this forest is,
or even how long it is, or where to
find an exit. But more importantly:
why are US three re-united, here?
JOHNNY CAGE
That is kind of weird.
SONYA
We all parted ways at the end of the
tournament. What are we doing,
bouncing back into each others’
path here?
JOHNNY CAGE
Hey - I just found this place
chasing after Reptile.
SONYA
Same here - I just found this place
chasing after Kano!
LIU KANG
And I . . .
A strange feeling overcomes Liu.
LIU KANG
I found this place chasing . . . Baraka.
All 3 of us ended up here. Not by chance.
Not by accident. Someone . . . someone
wanted us here.
HORNBUCKLE
Hold on, now. Raiden wanted us here.
Remember? He told us so himself.
LIU KANG
Yes, but . . .
HORNBUCKLE
But what?
LIU KANG
But why would Raiden tell us to go to Outworld?
I just don’t understand it.
HORNBUCKLE
He has his reasons.
LIU KANG
What if it wasn’t Raiden? Maybe it
was only . . . Shang Tsung.
HORNBUCKLE
Nonsense! Shang Tsung is dead. You told
me so yourself. You killed him at the
tournament - right?
LIU KANG
. . . Yes . . . I . . . did.
HORNBUCKLE
Then, it must be Raiden.
LIU KANG
You’re right. He said the only way to stop
Baraka was to come here. But why can’t I
find him now?
JOHNNY CAGE
Wait a minute. This was just supposed to be
a Mortal Kombat two-day reunion tour.
Now it looks like each one of us brought
along some . . . company.
SONYA
Company?
JOHNNY CAGE
Yes, I brought along my bodyguard, Bo.
Liu Kang, you seem to have your brothers
with you.
KUNG LAO
Cousin.
JOHNNY CAGE
Cousins, whatever. Sonya - you seem
to have brought your . . . boyfriend?
JAX
I’m her commanding officer.
JOHNNY CAGE
Whatever. All 3 of us . . . we brought along
our friends. Now there are 7 of us.
LIU KANG
Liu Kang . . . Chan, or, Hornbuckle . . . Kung Lao
. . . Johnny Cage . . . Sonya . . . and . . .?
BO
Bo, the Bodyguard.
JAX
Jax. Major in the U.S. Special Forces.
LIU KANG
Us 7 have all ended up here, in exactly
the same place, exactly the same time.
I really don’t think this is a coincidence.
BO
All I did was pick the wrong client! If I was
Mike Tyson’s bodyguard, I wouldn’t end up
stranded in the forest, that’s for damn sure . . .
JOHNNY CAGE
Oh, stop it. You know I’m fun.
Zombie bodies start to trudge along through the forest.
BO
What are these things? What
are these . . . putrid . . . corpses?
HORNBUCKLE
I guess, for now, we’ll just
call them putrid corpses!
Hornbuckle and Bo fight together
through the crowd of corpses. At
first, only Hornbuckle is fighting.
After seeing three corpses taken
down, with only a few strong punches,
Bo gets in the action as well.
HORNBUCKLE
You’ve done this before?
BO
I am a bodyguard. This is my job.
I’m supposed to be prepared for
every trick a punk will pull. I just
. . . never . . . thought this would happen.
HORNBUCKLE
These corpses go down after only
a few punches.
BO
I’ve noticed.
Liu Kang and Kung Lao fight corpses together.
Johnny Cage is solo.
Sonya and Jax fight together.
JAX
I swear to God, woman. You
make me come out here . . .!
SONYA
You did NOT have to come out here.
I’d have told you not to come - you know that.
JAX
I know. But no way could I watch you
run into that pink thing and not follow you.
No way would I let you die out there -
actually thinking you saw Kano. Hey -
what was that pink thing, anyway?
SONYA
It was a portal. You know.
A gateway between realms.
JAX
A gateway, between realms.
SONYA
Well. In more scientific terms, a
realm is a planet in outer space.
Planets. Realms.
JAX
I don't want to hear nonsense talk.
SONYA
But you asked a question.
JAX
Well . . . I want a right answer.
What was that pink thing?
SONYA
A portal - one of two necessary for
travel between realms.
JAX
Realms? Planets?
SONYA
Same thing.
JAX
So just say planets, then. Why don't
you just say planets? I don't get it.
LIU KANG
Here's the difference, Jax. Not all realms are
simply planets, like Mars, or Mercury. You see,
a few have life on them, designated by the
Elder Gods. Therefore, "realm".
SONYA
See? There's your rational explanation.
JAX
What? No it's not! Elder Gods?
Are you insane? What kind of science is that?
LIU KANG
The important thing is that this isn't Earth realm.
This is Outworld.
JAX
This isn't Earth, this is Outworld?
Oh, God. You're one of those flat-Earth people?
SONYA
No. Just the -
JAX
The Elvis-is-alive type people?
SONYA
Stop. Stop. Wrong profiles.
JAX
Look, obviously we're on planet Earth -
I can't believe that's even a question -
and so obviously we just have to find some
way for them to find our cell phone locations.
SONYA
Our location is Outworld.
We're not on Earth anymore.
JAX
Okay, look, the trees, the forest, the AIR we
breathe . . . seems a lot like Earth to me.
Plus, what about the moon? Explain to me how
you can look at the MOOOON?
A red moon orbits Outworld - enormous and red.
JAX
Harvest moon or something. Jeez. The timing.
LIU KANG
That's not your moon, from Earth.
JAX
Oh, what, it's a Red Moon from Outworld?
LIU KANG
Yes!
JAX
(sigh) Look - the gravity is the same here.
Same gravitational pull.
SONYA
Now, about that. Don't you feel . . . a little heavier since
being here? Like you've gained six or seven pounds
since entering this forest?
JAX
. . . Okay. KIND of. But, you know, I might have just
eaten too much Thai food.
SONYA
Jax, you weigh more now. I weigh more now.
We've gained weight because there's heavier
gravity here - and therefore a larger planet mass.
JAX
Enough to gain six or seven pounds?
. . . Does EVERYONE here feel heavier?
LIU KANG
Yes. I do feel heavier.
SONYA
Jax - it adds up, the science.
JAX
. . . Heavier gravity? I don't know . . .
SONYA
It would explain a feeling of extra weight.
JAX
Yeah, whatever. You just tell yourself that. "Other realms."
LIU KANG
There are many other realms out there,
beyond Earth, beyond Outworld.
Lots of other realms.
JAX
Bullshit. So they all have the same
oxygen? Nitrogen, too? Remember,
without nitrogen, we can't breathe. Okay?
Or - or what removes the carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere, so that it's not
some overload amount we can't take?
SONYA
This forest, first off.
JAX
True, but if this planet Outworld doesn't have
an ocean, then nothing to remove carbon,
and therefore, too much for us.
SONYA
I believe Outworld has oceans.
LIU KANG
It does. But they're not meant for humans to swim in.
JAX
Oh, pleaaaaase.
SIlence for a few seconds.
JAX
Okay, explain the distance from Outworld and the Sun -
it would have to be EXACTLY the same as Earth from its Sun.
Exactly the same!
SONYA
Or enough to make a slightly different length for days, nights. Years.
Months. Wonder how long that red moon takes to orbit Outworld.
LIU KANG
Mr. Jax . . . at first, Earth was not suitable for life.
No planet was suitable for life at first. One by one,
the Elder Gods made planets suitable for life,
turning it into a realm - so all realms are Earth-like.
There's not Earth-iron here. Earth-oxygen here.
Just . . . the element iron. The element oxygen.
The element nitrogen. The same heavy elements
and light elements that you knew in Earth.
JAX
So, this isn't Earth, it's just . . .
LIU KANG
It's just a place with oxygen, iron, nitrogen.
JAX
So, we're here in Outworld, Earth's evil twin.
SONYA
Planet Venus is Earth's identical twin.
It's too close to the sun so it's too warm for us.
Bring it farther away from the sun, and Venus becomes
just the same as Earth. Not a copy of Earth . . .
just ANY old place with a heavy core and
an atmosphere of air is Earth-ly, Earth-ish . . .
JAX
Jeez. You're really convinced.
You really are convinced of this.
That we're in some alien planet.
LIU KANG
Alien planet? . . . Hmm, I'd never
thought of it as an alien planet before . . .
SONYA
We just have to locate another portal
to return to Earth realm. I'm thinking we
have a new agency opened up. The
Outerworld Investigation Agency.
JAX
Okay, okay, you two are so good at this.
You be my tour guide. Please. Tell me.
Where are we going next?
LIU KANG
We’re following Reptile.
JOHNNY CAGE
Yeah! . . . Wait. I’m following Reptile.
That’s my line!
LIU KANG
Reptile has more information about
this tournament.
JOHNNY CAGE
Yeah, doesn’t he serve Shang Tsung, or something?
LIU KANG
I am starting to think there are more people
involved in this than Shang Tsung.
JOHNNY CAGE
Who? Who could be worse? Someone
even older than him?
LIU KANG
Actually, yes. The legends of the Emperor
of Outworld . . . might be true after all.
JOHNNY CAGE
What? What legends? I’m sorry, Liu,
but you will have to fill me in on this.
LIU KANG
Very well. Johnny . . . story time.
FADE TO: BLACK.
FADE TO:
INT. HAND-DRAWN CHINESE ARTWORK ANIMATION SEQUENCE
Ancient Chinese artwork depicts the
dark and gloomy black skies of Outworld.
LIU KANG’S VOICE
Outworld was a natural realm, existing
by creation of the Elder Gods. It was a
dark and desolate realm, a place of exile,
a place to throw away things with no use.
An enormous green Dragon King
walks slowly through Outworld.
LIU KANG’S VOICE
Outworld was not a place where humans
could live. Its air could not be breathed
by humans. But the Dragon King could
not die. So he did not die in the poisonous
Outworld. He lived in it easily, and he
used his power to transform the very core
of the world to become more breatheable.
Then, people would know fear of Outworld.
The Outworld sky is shown, in another
ancient drawing, as dark purple, instead
of black.
LIU KANG’S VOICE
The Dragon King ruled over Outworld
for 10,000 years without challenge. People
were terrified to step into Outworld - the
few people in China who even knew how to
travel there and back.
JOHNNY CAGE’S VOICE
How did people travel there and back,
in the old days?
LIU KANG’S VOICE
By accident. A gateway in an ocean,
or - a gateway near a cave . . . an accident,
found by people through luck.
JOHNNY CAGE’S VOICE
Wow.
LIU KANG’S VOICE
They say that after 10,000 years,
someone beat the Dragon King.
JOHNNY CAGE’S VOICE
Who?
LIU KANG’S VOICE
Shao Kahn . . . the man who crowned
himself the new Emperor of Outworld.
FADE TO: BLACK.
FADE TO:
INT. LIVING FOREST - JUST THEN
LIU KANG
Shao Kahn, the Emperor, has remained
in power since, for 2,000 years.
JOHNNY CAGE
And that’s who we’re facing now?
LIU KANG
Correct.
JOHNNY CAGE
Holy Hell!
INT. OUTWORLD - EXT. SHAO KAHN’S CASTLE - NIGHT
Blue mist surrounds the outside of Shao Kahn’s Castle.
INT. SHAO KAHN'S CASTLE - RIGHT THEN
SHANG TSUNG
Liu, Johnny, and Sonya are here in Outworld.
Raiden can’t help them now. Even if he does
come here, he will be mortal.
SHAO KAHN
Excellent. Prepare Sonya Blade for the marriage.
SHANG TSUNG
Yes.
SHAO KAHN
Bring Sonya to the Sky Palace, where
the others won’t interfere. Bring Kitana
and Mileena to the same palace first.
SHANG TSUNG
Where are Kitana and Mileena?
Shao Kahn focuses, for a moment.
SHAO KAHN
The Edenia wastelands.
SHANG TSUNG
What are they doing?
Shao Kahn grins.
INT. OUTWORLD - EDENIA WASTELANDS (FORMER BLUE FIELDS)
Kitana and Mileena, twin assassins,
are walking together. Kitana is
holding her weaponized fans, and
Mileena is using twin three-pronged sais.
KITANA
I sense danger, sister.
MILEENA
So do I. We are not alone!
A fire is burning on the ground.
It begins to sparkle and cackle with
green fire. Soon enough, the green
color has overtaken the entire fire.
Out of nowhere, 7 witches fly out
of that fire, flying through the air
on broomsticks, laughing. They
surround Kitana and Mileena in a
ring formation, continuing to fly around.
The witches are all laughing as they
continue to move at fast speeds
around the two assassins.
Kitana and Mileena get ready for combat.
MILEENA
How did they do that?
KITANA
Easy. They turned off their invisibility.
YOU THERE! Witches! Who is the leader
of your pack?
Shadia begins to fly around, more leisurely,
near Kitana as she talks.
SHADIA
Oh, a fellow Outworlder, I assure you.
I fought for Outworld at the 10th
Mortal Kombat tournament!
KITANA
Who are you?
SHADIA
My name is Shadia. I am the owner of
the genie Belokk. And because of that,
now I am a powerful witch. More
powerful than both of you!
Shadia fires two balls of fires from
her fingertips toward the two women.
Kitana and Mileena both swiftly
sidestep away from danger.
The balls of fire continue to travel
until they touch the ground and end.
After killing the two witches, Shang Tsung
meets the two assassins.
KITANA
Shang Tsung! What are you doing here?
SHANG TSUNG
The Emperor wants both of you to report
to the Sky Palace immediately.
MILEENA
Then we will go. What for?
SHANG TSUNG
Sonya will be married to the Emperor.
She will become the new Empress of
Outworld. Dress her appropriately, and
then escort her safely to Kahn’s Arena
for the marriage ceremony.
KITANA
Yes, Shang Tsung. Can you bring us
both to the Sky Palace?
SHANG TSUNG
Of course.
Shang Tsung walks between the two
princesses, and he begins to tear open
a pink portal.
MILEENA
But I’m the Princess of Outworld.
Shang Tsung finishes forming the portal.
SHANG TSUNG
Very well. You two go. I will go find Sonya.
KITANA & MILEENA
Yes, Shang Tsung.
Mileena leaps into the pink portal.
KITANA
I’ll see you soon enough, in the Sky Palace.
Kitana leaps into the portal as well.
The pink portal closes. The Edenia wastelands
goes back to its dark purple color.
From a farther-away angle, Shang Tsung
is alone out here. So he walks away, and
opens up a second portal, to step into.
INT. LIVING FOREST - SOON
Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, Sonya,
Hornbuckle, Kung Lao, Bo, and Jax
are still walking together.
BO
Why did I have to get involved in all this?
I’m just a bodyguard. I’m supposed to
protect one millionaire. One! That’s it!
Johnny Cage, I hope you know you’re
writing me a serious check, when all this is over.
JOHNNY CAGE
I don’t think they have banks here in OUTWORLD.
BO
Outworld? What are you talking
about? We’re in a forest.
JOHNNY CAGE
We’re in a LIVING forest - in Outworld.
BO
. . . Really?
RAIDEN
Yes . . .
We PULL BACK a little further to reveal
the backside of Raiden, who talks to
the group of 7 mortals.
RAIDEN
Bo, you have now found yourself in Outworld,
for a very important reason.
BO
How did you know my name . . .?
Did one of you say my name out loud?
RAIDEN
I know who you are, Bo: you are a
bodyguard in California. You are
a recovered alcoholic. You haven’t
had a drink in 2 years.
BO
How . . . how could you know that . . .??
RAIDEN
I know this, because I am the Thunder God,
and I can look into your souls. Liu Kang!
Johnny Cage! Sonya! You are all here now.
LIU KANG
Raiden! Please explain to me what the Hell
is happening! I can’t find Baraka or his mutants.
RAIDEN
You will find them, in time.
You’re on the right track.
LIU KANG
No! Why would this happen? You said
Baraka and his mutants came from Outworld.
Right? They came from this realm.
RAIDEN
Baraka is the leader of the Tarkatan horde.
They live here in Outworld, yes.
LIU KANG
But Earth won against Outworld at the tournament.
Earth won! So, these Outworld Tarkatans should
never have come to Earth, to destroy the Shaolin temples!
RAIDEN
Liu Kang, I can explain.
LIU KANG
Yes! I would like an explanation!
RAIDEN
You won the 10th tournament. But you
did not yet participate in the 11th tournament.
LIU KANG
WHAT??
JOHNNY CAGE
Yeah. I’m with him. WHAT??
SONYA
That wasn’t the agreement, Raiden.
The agreement was that we win the
tournament, we win the entire battle.
The war, the invasion, whatever you
want to call it, it all ended, when Liu
Kang beat Shang Tsung.
RAIDEN
Yes. Indeed, Liu Kang did kill that
genius sorcerer, Shang Tsung . . .
however, let me explain. Earth won
the 10th tournament. That was all.
Outworld won 5 tournaments out of 10.
Earth won 5 tournaments out of 10.
So, no, Earth did not win by majority.
Earth only reached a stalemate.
LIU KANG
In case of a stalemate, the Elder Gods
look to the winner of the 10th and
final tournament, to make their decision.
RAIDEN
Is that really what you believe, Liu Kang?
Liu Kang falls silent.
RAIDEN
Outworld won 5 tournaments - as much as
it pains me to say it. Earth won 5 tournaments,
and reached a stalemate. So, when both sides
reach a tie, the 11th tournament decides for all
time. The 11th tournament is held here, on
Outworld grounds . . . where I have no power.
LIU KANG
Now we have to fight in another tournament?
RAIDEN
I see you have brought newcomers. This is good.
KUNG LAO
I’m just here to find Baraka.
RAIDEN
Then you will fight him at the tournament.
LIU KANG
Where? Where is this tournament?
RAIDEN
It is everywhere, here in Outworld!
At the end of the tournament, if Earth
wins, then Shao Kahn’s invasion will
be called off.
SONYA
That wasn’t the agreement!
RAIDEN
Yes, it was! It was the agreement.
I can see you are all confused.
You’re not remembering everything
right. But given the circumstances,
as of late, I can understand why.
LIU KANG
How do I know you’re even really Raiden?
RAIDEN
What else would I be? The Tooth Fairy?
LIU KANG
Blast some lightning at that tree.
RAIDEN
I would if I could, Liu Kang -
but here in Outworld, I have lost
all my power.
LIU KANG
That’s true. But how do I know
you’re not merely Shang Tsung
in disguise?
RAIDEN
You watched Shang Tsung die.
You were a witness.
LIU KANG
Hmm. Yes.
RAIDEN
You need to stop being so paranoid,
Liu Kang - because these false accusations
aren’t getting you anywhere.
LIU KANG
Right. Sorry, Raiden.
RAIDEN
Go! Go seek out Baraka. You will fight
him at the tournament.
The group of 7 begins to walk on.
RAIDEN
Wait! Sonya. Come here.
SONYA
Yes, Raiden?
RAIDEN
Recently, you thought you saw Kano,
the criminal, alive and well. I can take
you right to him.
SONYA
Really?
RAIDEN
Yes. Follow me!
Raiden opens up a pink portal,
and, once it’s fully opened,
he motions for Sonya to step
inside, and she does so, before
Raiden himself enters.
The other 6 now move on without her.
INT. EARTH’S SKY - SOON
Thousands of feet up in the air, where
clouds roll by, the Sky Palace floats in the air.
INT. SKY PALACE - JUST THEN
Rain, wearing a purple Shadow Priest robe,
stands floating above the floor, both hands
together.
Behind him is a hole in the wall, through which
the sky and clouds can be seen beyond.
SONYA
Where am I?? What is
going on here, Raiden?
RAIDEN
I’m not Raiden.
He transforms himself back into Shang Tsung.
SONYA
What??
SHANG TSUNG
Yes - I’m really Shang Tsung. And
soon, you will be taken to meet the
Emperor of Outworld - Shao Kahn.
Kitana! Mileena!
Both twins assassins approach
Shang Tsung and Sonya.
SHANG TSUNG
Take her to be married.
KITANA & MILEENA
Yes, Shang Tsung.
SONYA
Married? Get off of me!
I’m not getting married!
Sonya is escorted away.
INT. LIVING FOREST
BACK TO Jax, and the other 6 mortals.
JAX
Why did that guy with the hat ask
for Sonya to go somewhere alone?
LIU KANG
Sonya will be all right. She beat Kano
at the tournament. She can handle herself
against him here.
JAX
So where are we now, Liu Kang?
LIU KANG
Earlier, we were in the Edenia province.
Now we are passing through the Zaterra
province.
JAX
Is there any difference between the two?
LIU KANG
Yes. This province used to be the
realm of Zaterra.
JAX
Meaning what, exactly?
LIU KANG
It is populated only by reptilians.
They all find a whole swarm of Velociraptors,
living quite happily, in Outworld.
JAX
There’s . . . dinosaurs in Outworld?
LIU KANG
Yes. There’s dinosaurs in Outworld.
These are the Velociraptors.
Next, they go up against some apes
that look like they are between
Man and Monkey.
JAX
And what the Hell is THAT?
LIU KANG
The human race’s evolutionary ancestor.
LIU KANG
What are you doing, Jax?
JAX
I can't figure this shit out!!
LIU KANG
Figure what shit out?
JAX
I took some iron, and some iron.
Electrified them both. And NOTHING!
No magnetism!
LIU KANG
No magnetic properties for iron?
JAX
Correct! Isn't iron the same here?
LIU KANG
Oh, iron is the same element here.
However, all you are missing . . .
is the iron core.
JAX
. . . What?
LIU KANG
Iron core.
JAX
The planet HAS to have a core.
LIU KANG
But if it isn't iron-based, your magnets
become worthless.
JAX
Then, which element is it?
LIU KANG
Whichever one responds to electric shock.
JAX
Jeeeeez, I don't have time for this!
LIU KANG
Well, you weren't a scientist anyway.
JAX
So?? It's called survival. It's called being sharp.
It's called . . . knowing, learning. Reading.
It helps me in my field either way. Jeez.
I don't have time to gather a . . . hundred
different metals and test them with electric
current. And no books available about if it's
AC current or DC current . . . ugh . . . guess
I'll just have to give up on magnetism for now.
LIU KANG
Some metal is magnetic. You just don't know
which one.
JAX
So I'm guessing it's not too far from atomic number 26.
(sigh) A lot of time is needed. No magnetism. No compass.
Guess we'll just have to be happy being lost.
LIU KANG
A map and no compass can still work.
JAX
Not that great!
LIU KANG
It will have to!
JAX
It will have to.
SONYA
Maybe it's aluminum.
JAX
An aluminum core? No. We would develop dementia
if there was an aluminum core.
LIU KANG
Maybe that explains Chaos Realm.
JAX
Okay. So whatever new science that pink thing was.
Where did it bring us to?
SONYA
We agree it was pure energy, right?
JAX
Right. But not made of photons - we would get fried.
SONYA
It's some form of energy. Something
beyond everything we know.
JAX
Just . . . something from the missing pieces of the
incomplete Periodic Table, that's all. That's all it is.
SONYA
But what a find, huh?
JAX
So where are we? . . . When are we? . . . WHAT
are we? . . . WHO are we? . . . WHERE are we?
Outworld?
SONYA
And stuck here, for now, until another portal
takes us back to Earth.
JAX
Earth realm.
SONYA
Earth realm.
Finally, Reptile. Johnny Cage fights him.
LIU KANG
Okay. So Reptile is down. But that’s
not enough. We need to find Baraka
and the Tarkatans next.
JAX
No, what we NEED to do is find
where Sonya and Kano ended up.
Where’s that guy with the hat?
LIU KANG
We should still stick together, as a group.
Whatever we find first, we encounter first.
Reptile is down. Now let’s look for the rest!
They travel on.
JAX
What’s this next land, up ahead?
LIU KANG
Cryo . . . the ice-cold frozen province of Outworld.
JAX
No way.
They pass through the ice-cold lands.
LIU KANG
This is what remains from the lost
realm of Cryo. Wow. I never thought
I would see this for myself!
JAX
BRR-RRR! We’re not built for this!
We can’t be going through this
So they find a cave. It leads to total darkness.
It also leads to Kuatan, the subterranean
province of Outworld.
Here, the Shokan live.
Eventually, they fight Jade here.
Jade has the power to touch things and
turn them into solid jade.
Hornbuckle fights Jade. The two fight it out,
and Jade wins. Hornbuckle is beaten, but not dead.
But she grants him mercy. She removes her veil,
and tells Hornbuckle that she will only kill him if
her Emperor orders her to do so.
Kung Lao shows up.
KUNG LAO
I’ll make you pay for hurting Hornbuckle.
JADE
Hornbuckle who?
KUNG LAO
Hornbuckle, my cousin!
JAX
My God. We’ve just seen it all,
here in Outworld, haven’t we?
What - what were the names, again,
of all those places?
LIU KANG
Edenia - the capitol.
Zaterra - with Reptile.
Cryo - the ice-cold province.
Kuatan - subterranean, underground province.
That’s four provinces so far that
we’ve visited. Ready for more?
JAX
Pff. Yeah, sure.
LIU KANG
To the north-west is Kantarian,
the Centaur province. I don’t think
we should go there.
Or, to the east, is Ochanep.
For a moment, we see the province of Ochanep,
with one gigantic skyscraper building standing
out in the center, with a large sphere at the top,
and many buildings with roofs positioned like
half-triangles all around. Half a dozen metal
starships fly through the air, firing bullets of
green laser light.
But that is a far distance away.
Now Raiden takes them into a portal to
Vaeternus, vampire province of Outworld.
They are surrounded by vampires here,
for now is night time, when they are awake.
The travelers take another portal, this time to
Xaa, the Rainforest Province.
The desert province of Ar’qun.
Sub-Zero (the younger brother) and Smoke
have been with them since Cryo.
Having traveled so far, now the real Raiden
helps them reach Shao Kahn's Castle.
Kano and Sonya are tied up, after Kano’s failure, and after the brainwashed marriage falls through. Both are in chains to soon be fed to Kintaro.
Chan fights Shang Tsung. Jax fights Kintaro, and ends up having his arms ripped off. Kitana fights Kintaro, now pledging herself to Earth instead of Outworld, but also loses. Sub-Zero (the second) and Scorpion work together to stop Kintaro.
Liu Kang and Kung Lao, Shaolin monks, fight Shao Kahn.
The good guys win. The bad guys all lose.
LIU KANG
I thought the Shokan were only
half-human, half-dragon.
RAIDEN
They are. But the Tigrar sect of the
Shokan are a newer hybrid species that
Shao Kahn has engineered more
recently, in search of a superior warrior.
Jax vs. Kintaro.
Kintaro rips Jax’s arms off.
Kitana saves Jax.
JAX
You . . . you saved . . . me?
KITANA
Yes. Come quickly.
Waving one fan around in one hand,
she projects visible, tangible waves of
kinetic energy to Jax, and, waving it
around quickly some more, she uses
this grip to move Jax, with both arms
missing, away.
JAX
I thought you work for the bad guy.
KITANA
I used to. But I was merely under Shao Kahn’s
brainwashing spell. The same spell that you
witnessed placed upon Sonya. It’s . . . broken now.
JAX
Really? You’re being genuine?
KITANA
Raiden! Locate a hospital in Earth realm,
and send him there, please.
RAIDEN
I will do it, this time.
Raiden tears open a pink portal,
near Jax, so that he can return home.
JAX
Funny . . . same . . . thing I used
to get here . . . in the first place.
KITANA
Go! Get help!
She escorts Jax all the way into the
pink portal, and, when he’s close
enough, he gets sucked into it.
Kitana stays behind.
SHAO KAHN
YOU TRAITOR!
KITANA
I am not a traitor. I am Princess Kitana -
Princess of Edenia. This is what I was long
before you placed your brainwashing spells
on me. I will never again be like you. Ever.
SHAO KAHN
At least I still have Mileena. At
least I have ONE decent daughter.
Kintaro! Kitana here has, at last,
lost her loyalty to me. Fight her.
KINTARO
Kitana? . . . If you say so, Kahn.
LIU KANG
Nooo! Don’t! You coward! Don’t send
a woman to fight Kintaro. Send me!
KITANA
I can hold my own, Liu Kang.
Kitana gets herself ready to fight,
assuming her fighting pose.
Kintaro steps forth. Taller than Goro,
he is part-human, part-dragon, and
even part-tiger, being a Tigrar, or
Tiger-Shokan.
Kitana holds two razor-sharp fans
as weapons.
Kintaro crouches low to the ground.
He moves very slowly, a natural result
of his enormous size and weight, but
he is planning something major.
Using kinetic energy, he repels himself
away from the ground, like two positive
ends of two magnets being held to each other.
Kintaro flies up into the air, to land on Kitana.
She extends her blue-gloved right hand
to cast out more kinetic energy, moving
outward. Kintaro continues to bear down
upon her, but his fall is slowed down by
her kinetic pushes.
Kitana struggles, so she uses her left hand
as well, being ambidextrous with her hands
due to thousands of years of age and wisdom
alone. It takes both hands, pushing out kinetic
energy through the fans, to slow down Kintaro’s
movement to a crawl.
She swipes both fans away, one to the left
and the other to the right, so that Kintaro
simply falls, and lands on the ground.
KITANA
Cats always do land on their feet.
Kintaro growls. At first, with him
having fallen, it’s difficult for him
to get back up. Kitana has a short
window of time - key-word: short -
in which to attack him while he’s down.
She gets close, and gets ready to
slice him with a fan, but by then he
has used all four hands to push himself
away from the ground, causing him to
fly up into the air a very short distance
so that he can land on his two feet again.
KITANA
We both master kinetic energy.
I guess two magicians . . .
really can’t entertain each other.
KINTARO
I might not have done this if I had
not heard my Emperor’s orders.
But an order is an order. Good-bye,
Princess Kitana.
He grabs her sides with two of his hands,
holding her stuck in place.
KITANA
No . . . no!
With his other two hands, he grabs
her by the wrists, squeezing them
tightly, causing her hands to feel
jolted from pain, causing Kitana
to drop both weaponized fans
to the ground.
Plok, plok. Both of her fans
fall to the floor.
Kintaro raises one hand up
into the air.
MILEENA’S VOICE
STOP RIGHT THERE!!
From 15 feet up in the air,
Mileena appears in a blue
glow of light and energy,
falling to the ground with both
feet positioned to kick.
She lands on the ground, and rises to her feet.
MILEENA
As much as I’ve disagreed with my
sister at times . . . nobody tries to
kill her like this and lives! I’ve got
your back, Kitana.
KINTARO
Foolish girl. Now you both die.
MILEENA
Watch me.
She runs forth, and quickly runs at
such insane speeds that she can quickly
curl up into a ball and continue to roll
ahead, knocking into Kintaro’s mighty
legs, forcing him to lose his balance.
Kintaro and Kitana both fall to the ground.
Mileena quickly rises to her feet,
faster than Kintaro can. She grips
her two twin sais, with three sharp
metal prongs per sai. She grips them
both tightly, and a blue glow begins to
build up across them.
Her hands begin to shake. It takes
several seconds to get the glow working.
Kintaro rises to his feet, and starts
to walk in Mileena’s direction, so
she releases all the blue energy she
was building up, unleashing a blast
of blue energy upon Kintaro’s body.
He is knocked backward again.
MILEENA
See what happens when you mess with us!
KITANA
Stop. He was just following -
MILEENA
I'm not stopping!!
Her speed doesn't stop. She runs quickly at him,
both hands to her sides, then at close range
circles them back around and slashes at Kintaro
once, twice, three times, four, with her sais.
MILEENA
Yaaaaaah!! Yaaaaaah!!
Blood flows out of Kintaro.
He growls, and spits out a fireball at her,
knocking her back.
Shao Kahn rises from his throne.
SHAO KAHN
Mileena, this is outside the rules!
MILEENA
It is not - because I challenged him
to Mortal Kombat!
She slices! Slices! Slices!
MILEENA
I'll chew your face up when I'm done!
Stab!
SHAO KAHN
Calm down, Mileena!
MILEENA
I am done.
She pulls out her sais, now all red.
Walking away, she slings the sais around
and catches them.
KITANA
It doesn't look like you won.
MILEENA
It doesn't have to.
Kintaro grabs his abdomen.
SHAO KAHN
Weapons are against the rules.
MILEENA
This tournament doesn't even exist.
Therefore, there are no rules.
SHAO KAHN
. . . You still impress me with your skill.
But at moments I question where your
loyalty lies.
Kintaro, with some struggle, returns and
nearly destroys Mileena.
Sub-Zero vs. Kintaro.
Just when Kintaro seems to win against the second Sub-Zero, Scorpion saves him, and the two fight side-by-side against Kintaro.
Together, they take him down.
Liu Kang and Kung Lao fight Shao Kahn together.
At last, the good guys win.