In the Soul Chamber, Sub Zero is busy practicing his freezing powers on an unseen victim.

"A pity you could not have cooperated." Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says.

As he finishes, a cyborg in yellow deactivates his stealth camouflage and approaches him.

"You are ordered to return to the Lin Kuei temple for assimilation." Cyrax informs.

"Cyrax!" Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says in shock.

"I am Lin Kuei, Unit L-K-4-D-4. You will come with me." Cyrax says.

"I am sorry for what they did to you, but I will not comply." Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says.

They then fight. Although unprepared for an attack from a cyborg, Sub Zero's control over ice and his fighting skill allow him to take it to Cyrax. After a brutal fight, Sub Zero emerges victorious.

"I will face the Lin Kuei when my task is done, not before." Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) promises.

Defeated, Cyrax teleports away, just as Jax and Sonya enter the chamber.

"The readings were getting stronger and now they're gone. I–" Sonya says before she and Jax pause as they spot the blue ninja. "Sub Zero?! But... you're dead!" Sonya says, dumbfounded.

"I am not the Sub-Zero you speak of. He was my brother." Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says.

"Your... brother?" Sonya asks in confusion.

"I'm only here to learn Sub Zero's fate." Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says.

Sonya and Jax look at each other for a moment, and then Jax nods his approval.

"He was killed by someone named Scorpion." Sonya informs.

"Where would I find him?" Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) asks.

"Try the Coliseum. That's where–" Sonya suggests but before she can continue, a strong vibration emanates from the Soul Chamber itself.

A wave of souls then floats out and around the area.

"You have disturbed our regeneration process." Ermac says.

The red garbed ninja then appears in front of them.

"Ermac!" Jax says before he strides over to Ermac and grabs him by the throat.

"Gotcha!" Jax says as he tries to throw a punch, but Ermac stops it by raising his glowing telekinetic hand.

He then uses the other glowing hand to telekinetically remove Jax's choke-hold. Jax is unable to stop his arms from being moved out to his side. Jax's arms then start vibrating with green energy and he begins screaming in terror. Ermac then brutally explodes Jax's arms into bloody pieces via his telekinesis and shoves him to the ground.

"Jax!" Sonya calls out.

Acting quickly, Sonya cauterizes the bloody stumps that are Jax's arms with her wave energy blasts.

"Stay with me, Jax!" Sonya says to the now armless commander.

With Jax writhing on the ground and Sonya tending over him, Ermac faces down Sub Zero.

"We will break you as well." Ermac says.

"Not if I break you first." Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says.

They then fight. Ermac's telekinesis finds an equal match in Sub Zero's freezing process, resulting in a brutal display of magic and sorcery. But in the end, Sub Zero prevails against Shao Kahn's enforcer.

"I remain whole, for now." Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says.

By now, Jax has fallen unconscious from the blood loss and pain.

"Sonya Blade to Command. Sonya Blade to Command. Do you read? Sonya Blade to Command. Do you read?" Sonya asks to her wrist communicator but no one is answering.

"You have stopped the bleeding." Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says.

"Yeah, but he needs a medic as soon as possible." Sonya says.

"I must go to the Coliseum." Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says.

"But I need your help to get him t–" Sonya says before being cut off.

"There is a portal to the south. You can use it to transport yourselves back to Earthrealm." Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) informs before he walks off, leaving Sonya by herself.

"Motherf... That portal better be close..." Sonya says, hoping the portal to Earthrealm is close by.

She then picks up Jax's motionless form and carries him off.

Later in the Coliseum. Kitana is fighting a Shaolin monk, with ShaoKahn and all of his subordinates watching. Sub Zero arrives just in time to see Kitana knock the monk to the ground. She readies her bladed fan for the killing blow, but she hesitates.

"I have failed. I deserve death." The monk says in shame.

Her earlier words to Manado then echo in her mind.

*I have failed my father. You must kill me.* Kitana's voice says in her mind.

Back in real time, Shao Kahn calls out to his daughter.

"Kill him!" Shao Kahn orders.

She looks over to her father. He then growls impatiently and blasts the monk with a burst of green magic, killing him almost instantly.

"Kitana! You will join me." Shao Kahn demands.

She then takes her place at Shao Kahn's side as a Tarkatan carries away the monk's charred body. Sub Zero then walks up to the throne.

"Shao Kahn! I challenge Scorpion, the murderer of my brother! You will bring him before me!" Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says.

"No one makes demands of the emperor! Reptile!" Shang Tsung announces.

The Zaterrean assassin faces Sub Zero and assumes a fighting stance. He then growls expectantly.

They then fight. Even with his reptilian speed and special abilities, Reptile is no match for the skill and powers of Sub Zero. The Lin Kuei soon has the Outworld servant defeated on the floor.

"I would kill you, but that is not my purpose here." Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says.

Reptile then rolls away as Sub Zero turns to face Shao Kahn again.

"Your followers hold you in high esteem, warlord. They fight and die for your amusement. My brother participated in this folly. I do so only to face his killer!" Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says.

"And you shall." Shao Kahn says, granting his request.

Quan Chi then clenches a fist that glows with green energy. A moment later, Scorpion appears in a flash of hellfire.

"What is this? You are not Sub Zero." Scorpion says.

"I am his family and clan. I fight for his honour." Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says.

"He had no honour! And you will die as he did!" Scorpion yells.

The two then start their fight. The battle is even more visceral and bloody than when the elder Sub Zero fought Scorpion. Unprepared for the increased power of the younger's ice attacks, the hellspawn specter finds himself at the disadvantage and Sub Zero mercilessly presses the attack. After a hard fought battle, Sub Zero finally knocks Scorpion to the floor.

"For my brother!" Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) yells.

As Sub Zero prepares to finish Scorpion, several Lin Kuei cyborgs teleport into the Coliseum and surround him.

"No! You–" Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says before the cyborgs restrain him with their pulse charges.

Scorpion takes the opportunity to teleport away. Cyrax and Sektor then teleport in and approach Shao Kahn's throne.

"Who now interrupts the emperor's tournament?" Shang Tsung asks in annoyance.

Raiden, Smoke and Johnny Cage then walk into the Coliseum to see what is happening.

"Sub Zero?! No!" Smoke calls out but Raiden holds him back.

"You cannot save him! Stay here or they will take you as well." Raiden suggests and Smoke hesitantly obliges.

Sektor and Cyrax are now bowing before Shao Kahn.

"We request that we may return him to our temple for judgment." Sektor requests.

"And what do I gain from granting this bold request?" Shao Kahn asks.

"The Lin Kuei's loyalty and service." Cyrax offers.

"Very well. He is yours." Shao Kahn says, granting their request.

Cyrax and Sektor then bow once more before Shao Kahn.

"The flow of time has been changed. I spared Smoke this fate, only to watch this new Sub Zero fall." Raiden acknowledges.

The cyborg ninjas then approach the restrained Sub Zero.

"No! I will not be turned!" Sub Zero (Kuai Liang) says.

They then all activate their stealth camouflage and leave the area.

"Kitana!" Shao Kahn calls out to his daughter.

Kitana faces him.

"How is it that Earthrealm ninjas brazenly appear before me when my daughter, Princess of Outworld, was sent to intercept them?" Shao Kahn asks.

"Father, I–" Kitana says before her father cuts her off.

"Begone!" Shao Kahn orders.

Disheartened, Kitana leaves the Coliseum.

"Continue." Shao Kahn says to Shang Tsung.

"The next match will be... Kenshi vs Rain!" Shang Tsung announces as the crowd cheers.

"Kitana's faith is a slender reed, bent before the storm. If it can be uprooted altogether..." Raiden wonders.

Raiden then walks off after her.

"Sure. Let's go ruin someone else's life." Johnny says before he follows the thunder god.

Smoke, noticeably upset by the loss of his friend, joins them a few moments later.