- Johnny Cage: [after defeating Reptile] He got *Caged*. That's it, ha, ha. Oh yeah. I'm *so* pretty.
- [Points to several fighters]
- Johnny Cage: And I'm taking *you* down, I'm taking *you* down, and I'm taking *you* out and I'm taking *you* out
- [Points to Sonya]
- Johnny Cage: and I'm taking *you* out... for dinner.
- Scorpion: [after defeating Cyrax and Sektor] I will have my revenge. But I will not kill Sub-Zero.
- Noob Saibot: [as Sub-Zero, coming in] Will not? Or *can* not?
- Scorpion: You! The Shirai-Ryu are dead. You will suffer as they did.
- Noob Saibot: [as Sub-Zero] To hell with your clan.
- Scorpion: No. To hell with *you*!
- [Grabs Sub-Zero and brings him to the NetherRealm]
- Johnny Cage: "Lord"? I was with Smoke. I thought she was a bad guy - eh, girl. Guess he turned another one. What's Raiden got that I haven't got?
- Liu Kang: God-like power?
- Kung Lao: A personality that is not at all like sanding paper?
- Johnny Cage: Jerks.
- Kano: Easy there, mate. You've had a rough one.
- Kabal: Kano?
- Kano: Heh heh, in the flesh.
- Kabal: I was... on fire...
- Kano: Burned to a crisp, you were. Good thing I found ya.
- Kabal: [touches the mask on his face] I'm hideous...
- Kano: Shang Tsung's magic healed the rest of ya. But your lungs? Yeesh.
- Kabal: Take it off.
- Kano: Can't. It's permanent.
- Kabal: What?
- Kano: No mask, no breathing.
- Kabal: I'm... A FREAK!
- Sub-Zero: [Stepping before Shao Kahn] Shao Kahn, I challenge Scorpion: The murderer of by brother. You will bring him before me.
- Shang Tsung: No one makes demands of the Emperor. Reptile.
- [Reptile comes in and fights Sub-Zero, who defeats him]
- Sub-Zero: [Upon defeating Reptile] I would kill you. But that is not my purpose here.
- [Turns to Shao Kahn again]
- Sub-Zero: Your followers hold you in high esteem, warlord. They fight and die for your amusement. My brother participated in this folley. I do so only to face his killer.
- Shao Kahn: And you shall.
- [Quan Chi summons Scorpion]
- Scorpion: What is this? You are not Sub-Zero.
- Sub-Zero: I am his family and clan. I fight for his honor.
- Scorpion: He *had* no honor, and you will die as he did.
- Shang Tsung: You participate in the most important Mortal Kombat in history! This tournament, the tenth after nine Outworld victories, will determine Earthrealm's fate. If you defeat all of your opponents, you will face one final challenge: Me.
- Johnny Cage: [scoffs] That old geezer's the final challenge? They might as well give me the belt right now. They do have belts, right?
- Sonya Blade: [after being rescued by Jax] What took you so long?
- Johnny Cage: [Referring to a fight he had with Jax] He was busy hitting me in the face.
- Nightwolf: I have been searching for you, Kurtis Stryker.
- Stryker: Well you found me! Who are you?
- Nightwolf: I am Nightwolf. Lord Raiden is gathering Earth's defenders. You are among them.
- Stryker: What the hell are you talking about?
- Nightwolf: Raiden leads Earth's defense against these Outworld invaders. He is our best hope for survival.
- Stryker: Yeah, well. "Earthrealm Defender" is about ten steps above my pay grade.
- Nightwolf: I see you doubt yourself, even after your victories. Come.
- Noob Saibot: You. You are not worthy of the name Sub-Zero.
- Sub-Zero: Who are you to judge?
- Noob Saibot: I wore those colors before you.
- Sub-Zero: Bi-Han?
- Noob Saibot: Yes, Kuai Liang. It is I. Quan Chi restored me.
- Sub-Zero: Restored? You and I both. We are flawed copies of our former selves.
- Noob Saibot: I have no flaws. Quan Chi has perfected me.
- Sub-Zero: For what end? To serve the Netherrealm and Outworld?
- Noob Saibot: It suits my purpose.
- Sub-Zero: But brother, we...
- Noob Saibot: We share blood. We are not brothers.
- Sub-Zero: Then I will not regret your defeat.
- Quan Chi: [Last Lines, Story Mode] Your plan worked to perfection, Lord Shinnok.
- Shinnok: Shao Kahn was blinded by rage. How easily he was convinced that the Elder Gods would ignore his merging the realms.
- Quan Chi: Yet the Thunder God still lives.
- Shinnok: No matter. Neither Earthrealm nor Outworld can now withstand the Netherrealm's onslaught. It is time. Soon I will be free. Earthrealm and Outworld will be ours.
- Shao Kahn: [Intro] Where are the Elder Gods, Raiden?
- [Walks towards a defeated Raiden and picks him up]
- Shao Kahn: Their pathetic Mortal Kombat shackles me no longer.
- [Punches Raiden in the face several times and then throws him, while in the air Raiden's amulet hits the ground and shatters]
- Shao Kahn: They masquerade as dragons, but are mere *toothless* worms.
- [Kahn's hammer appears in his left hand and puts his right foot on Raiden]
- Shao Kahn: My venom spreads. It is the end of all things.
- [Kahn then glows red with fire]
- Shao Kahn: Armageddon.
- Raiden: [In desperation] Stop!
- Shao Kahn: [Picks up Raiden] It is done. Your time has passed.
- [Throws Raiden]
- Shao Kahn: Ages wasted in foolish resistance. Now is the dawn of *my* rule.
- [Kahn laughs as Raiden picks up what is left of his amulet and begins to speak something in a asian-like language]
- Shao Kahn: Yes. Pray to the world. As your world ends.
- [Kahn then raises his hammer]
- Raiden: [His amulet glows as his eyes turn blue] He... must win.
- [as Kahn's hammer hits Raiden, the events of the Mortal Kombat timeline flashback until it reaches to the beginning of the Earthrealm tournament]
- Liu Kang: [Seeing Raiden flinch] Lord Raiden, what is wrong?
- Raiden: Strange visions.
- [Then, strange noises occur and Raiden takes off his amulet and notices it has cracked]
- Liu Kang: Your amulet.
- Raiden: It is nothing, Liu Kang. The tournament begins.
- Shang Tsung: [approaches his throne] Kombatants. I am Shang Tsung. In the coming days each of you will fight. Some are here of their own volition. Others were brought here by chance. You participate in the most important Mortal Kombat in history. This tournament, the tenth after 9 Outworld victories will determine Earthrealm's fate. If you defeat all of your opponents, you will face 1 final challenge: me.
- Raiden: [after seeing Johnny Cage defeat Baraka] You fought well.
- Johnny Cage: Thanks. Nice hat.
- Liu Kang: You should be more respectful of Lord Raiden. He's the protector of Earthrealm. The God of Thunder, the...
- Johnny Cage: [Interrupts] Look. I don't know what kind of role playing you guys are into, but count me out.
- Liu Kang: [Johnny is about to walk away but Liu Kang stops him] This tournament is more than a chance for personal glory. We are fighting for the very surivial of Earthrealm.
- Johnny Cage: What are you talking about?
- Raiden: Your last opponent was Tarkatan. He was born with those blades.
- Johnny Cage: [Not believing a word Raiden is saying] Yeah. Those things are real.
- Raiden: He represents Outworld. Had you lost, the Emperor Shao Kahn would come 1 step closer to physically absorbing *our* world into his.
- Johnny Cage: Outworld, yeah. Right, right.
- Raiden: The Elder Gods created the Mortal Kombat tournament to give Earthrealm a chance to defend itself. But if we lose this time, Shao Kahn will conquer all.
- Johnny Cage: [Shrugs off Raiden] Dun, dun, duuuuunnnn. Look, guys. I'm an actor. I save the world for the cameras. If this emperor is *really* a threat? Call the military. Me? I've got a date with a blonde. Ciao.
- [Walks away]
- Liu Kang: What do you see in him?
- Raiden: He is a hero, Liu Kang. Though he may not yet know it.
- Raiden: [approaches Kung Lao, who is disguised as one of Shang Tsung's Masked Guards] I know it is you, Kung Lao. The Shaolin Minks chose Liu Kang to represent your order in the tournament.
- Kung Lao: [slightly annoyed] I am Liu Kang's equal.
- Raiden: That remains to be seen.
- Kung Lao: Watch and see.
- [removes his disguise]
- Kung Lao: I accept the challenge.
- Liu Kang: [surprised] Kung Lao?
- Kung Lao: Never mind the Lin Kuei. Now you face a Shaolin.
- [Fights Scorpion]
- Johnny Cage: Hey, beautiful. Johnny Cage.
- Sonya Blade: Good for you.
- Johnny Cage: What? "Massive Strike"? "Citizen Cage"? "Ninja Mime"? None of those ring a bell?
- Sonya Blade: Kano!
- Johnny Cage: "Kano"? Wasn't in that one.
- Liu Kang: You're good. Show me more.
- Kitana: Do not underestimate me, Shaolin.
- Liu Kang: [after the fight] I am impressed.
- Kitana: Do it.
- Liu Kang: Do what?
- Kitana: Kill me.
- Liu Kang: Why would I do that?
- Kitana: I have came to kill you. I have failed my father. My Emperor.
- Liu Kang: Shao Kahn is your father?
- Kitana: I have disgraced him. You must kill me.
- Liu Kang: I will not. This encounter never took place. You have disgraced no one.
- [Is about to walk away]
- Liu Kang: I hope we meet again. Under different circumstances.
- Smoke: [after being saved from cyborgs] Thank You, Lord Raiden. I am called Smoke. Why are you here in Outworld?
- Raiden: To participate in a tournament to save Earthrealm. Join us Smoke.
- Smoke: Forgive me, but if Sektor was searching for me then he is hunting Sub-Zero as well.
- Johnny Cage: Sub-Zero? Call me crazy with a K... but didn't we see him die?
- Smoke: The Grand Master intends to turn every Lin Kuei into a cyborg. My friend is in danger.
- Raiden: The Tournament. I have a feeling your friend will be there.
- Johnny Cage: There she is. Sonya, you alright? Hey, looks like you found him.
- [Salutes]
- Johnny Cage: What's up, Sarge?
- Sonya Blade: He's a m...
- [Seeing Raiden coming in and attending to Jax]
- Sonya Blade: Hey, what are you doing?
- Johnny Cage: It's okay. He's cool.
- Sonya Blade: Jax.
- Johnny Cage: Seriously, he's cool.
- [Raiden uses his powers to heal Jax]
- Jax Briggs: That's amazing.
- Johnny Cage: Told 'ya. Turns out, he's a god.
- Sonya Blade: Thank you, Raiden.
- Raiden: Graditude is unnecessary. I have forseen events, like memories of my future. They lead me to believe that you are all connected to Earthrealm's fate.
- Liu Kang: What have you forseen?
- Raiden: In my visions, Shao Kahn becomes invincible. He destroys all life in Earthrealm. We will all die. I believe these flashes are a guide to defeat Shao Kahn. But disrupting the flow of time could have serious consequences
- Johnny Cage: I'm not worried. I bet you can win this thing no problem.
- Raiden: Unless directly challenged, I can not participate.
- Johnny Cage: What should we do, instead of standing around looking pretty?
- Raiden: For now, the tournament must run it's course.
- Sonya Blade: Alright, then. We're with you, Raiden.
- Kitana: [after defeating Johnny Cage and Smoke] Shao Kahn wants death to follow Kombat. I will give it to him.
- Raiden: [Coming in] Perhaps Liu Kang was wrong about you. Or perhaps he's sensed like I do, that there is conflict within you.
- [Helps up Cage]
- Johnny Cage: Thanks.
- [Bends his neck]
- Johnny Cage: Ow. You couldn't have seen *that* in one of your hot flashes?
- Raiden: Something wispers to you that circumstances should be different. That *you* should be different. You are much more like Sindel than Shao Kahn.
- [Then Raiden has a vision of Sindel]
- Raiden: But, she is dead.
- Kitana: My mother *is* dead, yes. Why do you...
- Raiden: [Interrupts] You need answers, Kitana. I can help you find them if you will trust in me. Go to Shang Tsung's flesh pits. Much will be revealed there.
- Kitana: The flesh pits? But, I'm forbidden to...
- Raiden: [interrupts again] Yes, you are, and why is that?
- Kitana: I don't know. Tell me.
- Raiden: You must discover your true path... alone
- Kung Lao: [after celebrating after his victories with the Outworld audience booing him] See Raiden, Earthrealm is fre...
- [Shao Kahn steps in and breaks Kung Lao's neck]
- Raiden: Kung Lao!
- Liu Kang: No!
- Raiden: I will rip the flesh from your bones!
- [Liu Kang comes in and wrestles Kahn to the ground]
- Shao Kahn: Witless boy. Do you know who I am?
- Liu Kang: The murderer of my friend.
- Shao Kahn: I am Shao Kahn! Conquorer of worlds! You will taste no victory.
- Liu Kang: You will taste your won blood.
- [Fights Kahn and defeats him]
- Liu Kang: On your feet!
- [His left fist glows with fire]
- Liu Kang: For Kung Lao, the Shaolin and Earthrealm!
- [Liu Kang then punches Kahn in the chest and Kahn falls to the ground dead]
- Shang Tsung: I can not believe. Earthrealm has won.
- [the sky then glows]
- Raiden: The Elder Gods have spoken. Earthrealm is free from Shao Kahn forever. But the price of victory was almost too steep to pay. Kung Lao's death was my fault. I encouraged him. Our triumph was not meant to be achieved this way.
- [to Liu Kang]
- Raiden: I see now "he must win" must refer to you. But to prevent Armageddon, you needed to defeat Shao Kahn, not Shang Tsung.
- [Raiden then takes off his amulet to look at it, only to find it cracks further]
- Raiden: It can not be. Shao Kahn is dead. But the future remains unchanged.
- Shao Kahn: [after losing the tournament] You failed me! 500 years I have waited. Now I must wait 500 more.
- Shang Tsung: My lord, all is not lost.
- Shao Kahn: [Walks back to his thrown] Curse the Elder Gods and their tournament. I should've taken Earthrealm by force. But, I am bound by their rules. Rules that can not be broken.
- Shang Tsung: My lord.
- Shao Kahn: Kill him.
- [Kitana gets out her fans and is about to kill Shang Tsung]
- Shang Tsung: But, what if the rules were changed?
- Shao Kahn: Kitana.
- [Signals to hold off killing Shang Tsung]
- Shao Kahn: Continue.
- Kabal: Hey, Stryker. Check her out.
- [Looking at Mileena]
- Kabal: What do you think, friend or foe?
- Stryker: Foe.
- Kabal: Dressed like that?
- Stryker: Definately foe.
- [Both Stryker and Kabal exit the building]
- Stryker: [to Mileena] Hey, what are you doing out here?
- Mileena: [Removes her mask] Looking for a new playmate.
- Johnny Cage: Need help? I specialize in rescuing damsels in distress.
- Sonya Blade: You again. Listen I got serious problems here. I'm in no mood to be hit on by some... movie star.
- Johnny Cage: Come on. A girl like you shouldn't be running around this freak show alone.
- [Sonya walks off, but Cage stops her]
- Johnny Cage: Look, baby. I can't let you run loose without an escort.
- [Sonya punches Cage in the stomach and in the face]
- Sonya Blade: I don't need an escort, and I'm sure as hell not your baby.
- [the fight begins with Cage winning]
- Johnny Cage: Ha, ha. Not bad for a... girl. Look, sorry about that.
- [Cage holds out his hand to help Sonya up, but Sonya slaps it away]
- Sonya Blade: I don't need your help.
- Johnny Cage: Fine. Have it your way. I'll just leave you to your... problems.
- Kano: [Coming in] Good idea.
- [Grabs Cage and throws him over the side of the bridge]
- Kano: Now that he's soften you up. It's my turn.
- Sonya Blade: Not man enough for a fair fight?
- Kano: I don't do fair
- [Zaps Sonya with his laser eye]
- Kano: No need to get up.
- [Zaps Sonya again]
- Kano: So tell me, how things are at command?
- [Zaps Sonya again]
- Kano: I just pointed you in the wrong direction. Couldn't have done it without you.
- Sonya Blade: SF's on the way, You won't get far.
- Kano: Oh, I got a knack for survival. You on the other hand, are gonna die here.
- Johnny Cage: [Gets back up on the top of the bridge] Step away from the lady! My fans think that my moves are just wire work and special effects. Truth is, I am the special effects.
- [Fights Kano and wins]
- Johnny Cage: Put that on your barbie... shrimp.
- Sonya Blade: Thanks.
- Johnny Cage: No problem. Who was that guy, anyway?
- [Puts his hand out to help Sonya up and Sonya grabs Cage's hand and gets up]
- Sonya Blade: His name's Kano. He was an informant in our Black Dragon investigation. Big time arms dealers. Turned out he was their leader, gave us the run around. A lot of our guys got killed because of him.
- Johnny Cage: So that's not a costume, you're actual military?
- Sonya Blade: Special Forces.
- Johnny Cage: Get out. So you know about this threat to the world stuff, right? Raiden called in the carvery.
- Sonya Blade: Raiden? I have no idea what you're talking about.
- [Both Cage and Sonya turn around only to find Kano has disappeared]
- Sonya Blade: Damn.
- Johnny Cage: He can't be far.
- Sonya Blade: He'll have to wait. I appreciate your help, Cage.
- Johnny Cage: Johnny.
- [He and Sonya shake hands]
- Sonya Blade: But right now, I've got things to take care of. My C.O. is locked up on this island somewhere. I have to find him.
- Sindel: Come forward if you dare; I will finish what the Lin Kuei could not!
- Jax: [With the forces of Earthrealm about to fight Sindel] Let's do this!
- Nightwolf: ATTACK
- [Sindel punches out Nightwolf, then knocks Johnny Cage out cold before kicking Kabal to the floor and crushing his respirator under foot with an evil chuckle. Next she dodges Stryker's attack and kicks him to the floor then punches him and cracks his skull, then punches Cyber Sub-Zero two times before destroying his vital main frame. She then blocks Jax's attacks and pierces her heel into his throat. Sindel next blocks a kick by Smoke before low-blowing him and snapping his neck. She next kicks Sonya to the floor cold then blocks and punches Jade two times. Kitana tries to hit, but Sindel ducks under, grabs Kitana by the throat and kicks Jade away. After pushing Kitana back, Sindel tears out Jade's stomach. Sindel then continues to dominate pummeling her daughter with punishing blows. Kitana is then on her knees]
- Kitana: Mother, please...
- Sindel: I am no longer your mother.
- Kitana: Mother, this is not your way. Shao Kahn has corrupted you!
- Sindel: Shao Kahn has resurrected me. You have betrayed him, embraced a pathetic cause...!
- Kitana: Remember Edenia, Mother. Remember your rule before Shao Kahn's invasion!
- Sindel: Quiet, child. It is time for you to join your friends.
- [Sindel uses Shang Tsung's powers to drain Kitana's soul, but then Nightwolf rises]
- Nightwolf: MONSTER!
- Sindel: [Releases Kitana and turns to the injured shaman] Still alive? No matter. Soon you will reunite with your ancestors!
- Liu Kang: [Raiden returns from the Netherrealm; learning that 'He must win' was referring to Shao Kahn. Liu Kang appears] Back from the Netherralm empty-handed, I see.
- Raiden: Liu Kang!
- [Liu Kang notices Shao Kahn's portal and moves towards it]
- Raiden: Liu Kang, I now realize what we must do. We must allow Shao Kahn to merge the realms!
- Liu Kang: That is insane!
- Raiden: The Elder Gods forbid it without victory in Mortal Kombat. When he does, the Elder Gods' fury will fall upon him. Defeating Shao Kahn before the merge is but temporary. He will return, bringing Armageddon. I have foreseen it!
- Liu Kang: Enough, Raiden!
- [Shao Kahn appears, about to step through the portal]
- Liu Kang: He is here.
- [Liu Kang keeps walking towards the portal; Raiden stops him]
- Raiden: No! Do as I say! Have faith in the Elder Gods. Have faith in me.
- [Liu Kang shakes his head at him and keeps moving]
- Raiden: Liu Kang, I can't let you fight Shao Kahn!
- Liu Kang: Then YOU... are my ENEMY!
- [Liu Kang and Raiden fight; Raiden wins]
- Raiden: Liu Kang, do not interfere!
- [Liu Kang stands up and charges at him]
- Raiden: Liu Kang, stop!
- Johnny Cage: [Johnny Cage and Sonya appear as Liu Kang's right fist glows with fire] Liu Kang! Raiden! NO!
- Liu Kang: Enough of your madness! If you must die, SO BE IT!
- [Liu Kang charges at him once more; Raiden electrocutes him, accidentally setting him on fire]
- Raiden: By the Gods! NO!
- [Liu Kang falls, mortally wounded]
- Raiden: No! This was not meant to happen!
- Johnny Cage: [Johnny Cage and Sonya run up to them] What did you do?
- Raiden: Liu Kang... forgive me.
- Liu Kang: You... have killed us... all.
- [dies]