Mortal Kombat 9 Story

Mortal Kombat 9 Story

The story retells the events of the first three games, where Raiden, the earthrealm thunder God,receives a message from himself in the prime future after the Battle of Armageddon has happened and Shao Kahn became the supreme leader of all the realms. The story begins with Johnny Cage from Earthrealm and ends with Raiden.
Raiden initially comes to the conclusion that the fighter Liu Kang is to win the tournament and save Earthrealm from Outworld. Pivotal characters such as Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade, Jax Briggs, Kano, Sektor, Cyrax, Nightwolf, Kitana, Jade, and Sub-Zero are introduced, the latter being murdered by the hellspawn Scorpion. Scorpion initially spares Sub-Zero's life. But after Quan Chi, the sorcerer, tells Scorpion to kill Sub-Zero, he succumbs to Quan Chi's evil and kills him.
Cyrax also spares Johnny Cage's life after defeating him in the tournament, after Raiden's advice, thereby failing his assignment for the Grand Master and the Lin Kuei.
In time, Liu Kang remains the only Earthrealm champion in the Mortal Kombat tournament, and succeeds in defeating Shang Tsung and the Shokan Prince Goro. However, the future still is not fixed yet.
Disappointed with Shang Tsung's failure, Shao Kahn orders his execution, however Kahn decides to spare his life when the sorcerer suggests holding the second tournament in Outworld. Raiden initially refuses to participate, but is forced to relent when Shang Tsung threatens to unleash Outworld's armies upon Earthrealm.
As each of the Earthrealm warriors is defeated, the younger Sub-Zero (originally named Tundra, who adopts the moniker Sub-Zero to honor his fallen brother) and Smoke arrive in Outworld to fight in the tournament for the Lin Kuei. They are pursued by cybernetic Lin Kuei assassins, including Sektor and Cyrax, who attempt to take them back to Earthrealm for automation.
Raiden attempts to change the timeline by rescuing Smoke from his transformation, but as a result, the younger Sub-Zero is automated in his place.
Meanwhile, Kitana uncovers the existence of Mileena, a mutant clone of herself crafted by Shang Tsung on Shao Kahn's orders thereby compelling Kitana to leave her father and join the Earthrealm warriors.
In the final round of the tournament, Raiden once again tampers with the timeline by substituting Kung Lao for Liu Kang, the original winner of the Outworld tournament, as the champion of the second tournament. Shao Kahn, however, kills Kung Lao, with Liu Kang retaliating and mortally wounding the villain.
Healed by the sorcerer Quan Chi, Kahn enters into an alliance with the Netherrealm and resurrects his wife, Sindel. In doing so, they nullify the ward that prevents Kahn's access to Earthrealm, initiating a full-scale invasion.
Shortly afterwards, Raiden prevents the murder of Johnny Cage by slaying Motaro. Joined by fighters Kurtis Stryker, Kabal and the new cybernetic Sub-Zero(Cyber Sub-Zero), the Earthrealmers attempt to stop Kahn. Sub-Zero then discovers a spell being attempted by Quan Chi. Raiden then foresees that the spell, once completed, would bring billions of souls of Earthrealm under Shao Kahn's control, thus multiplying his power.
Sub-Zero fights Noob, the undead older Sub-Zero, resurrected by Quan Chi. Nightwolf stops Quan Chi from completing his spell. But when Raiden's amulet further deteriorates, Raiden decides to have a talk with the Elder Gods, accompanied by Liu Kang. The remaining fighters are attacked and murdered by Sindel, who had been vastly empowered by the souls extracted from Shang Tsung's body.
Nightwolf sacrifices himself to kill Sindel and stop her advance. Raiden confronts Quan Chi and, learning of the alliance with Kahn, realizes that the message "He must win" refers to Kahn himself if he is allowed to merge Outworld and Earthrealm, he will be punished by the Elder Gods for a violation of the Mortal Kombat code for taking a realm without winning the tournament. Liu Kang, however, blames Raiden for the death of their allies and attacks an approaching Shao Kahn. In an attempt to change history, Raiden accidentally kills Liu Kang. Grief-stricken, Raiden surrenders to Kahn, but the Elder Gods intervene, restoring Raiden's strength which he uses to defeat and punish Kahn for breaking the Mortal Kombat code.
After killing Kahn, Raiden vows to rebuild Earthrealm with survivors Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade however Quan Chi is revealed and vows to take both Outworld and Earthrealm for Netherrealm.
Thus completing the end of Mortal Kombat 9.