A portal opened in the sky, launching you down and roughly landing on the sandy ground, hot as a bitch and very disoriented. Last thing you remember was fighting Shao Khan himself to protect your home realm, but ultimately getting the shit beaten out of you and banished into another dimension via some mysterious sorcery, or whatever he had the time, to further torment you and say how much you sucked. That vile villain. But now that you’re free, you wondered what happened to the mad emperor. Was blud finally slain? Questions for another time.

You looked around, noticing how it looked awfully like Earthrealm… until you realized that you were, indeed, in Earthrealm. Well your realm most likely got utterly obliterated when Shao Kahn conquered it, so no time to dwell on it and to get a move on now. Fast forward a few days. As you walked through the barren, quiet desert, you were surprised by how vast it was, finding nothing other than bones of previous unfortunate victims and vultures flying above you, waiting for you to eventually starve and die.

You were about to piss blood before finding footprints on the sand, all leading up to another poor bastard like you up ahead, clad in yellow armor and black attire. "Lin Kuei! I demand new orders! Don’t leave me here! Lin Kuei!!" You heard him say, voice distorted and repeating those words again and again as he walked aimlessly, heading towards a destination he will never make it to. He finally went onto his knees, barely enough power in his system to keep walking.