episode starts with raiden being put in a cell in the darkest parts of shao-khans palace.
raiden:'how can this be? my champions dead kung lao siro and oh my god taja.'
raiden starts to cry as he falls to his knees.

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in the shadows outside raidens cell a young man stands,
his name is kai he is edenian cousin to kitana and still loyel to his princess
but khan does not know this,
for now kai is the gaudian of the prisoners and one hell of a fighter.

khans throne room
khan sits laughing at his victory
khan;'ha i know the shadow preists could do it reico,
was that not one of the best plans i have ever come up with?'
reico;'but my lord the preist could not kill they are not aloud'
kahn;'reico as long as raiden thinks everyone is dead my plan is working'
reico;'yes my lord'

earth realm (the trading post)
kai walks in to the trading post and starts to look around
kai;'where is it i know its here somewhere'
up in kung laos room kai finds what he was looking for
kai;'the transporter crystal got it'
just kai is about to leave a ball of ices fly at him,
kai jumps in to a back flip and lands in a fighting stance
kai;'sub-zero,what do you want?'
sub-zero;'the crystal hand it over,i dont want to hurt you.'
kai;'no to both'
sub-zero;'fine you were warned'
sub-zero flys at kai with a flip kick hitting kai in the face
kai gets up and kicks back at sub-zero the kick hits with force
sub-zero punches with a four punch combo only one punch conects
kai kicks again spin kick,back punch
kai is faster than sub-zero but sub-zero does not quit
kai grabs sub-zeros arm in an arm lock
kai;'its over,let it go you lose'
sub-zero;' i dont think so'
with that sub-zeros arm starts to ice over forcing kai to let go
sub-zero kicks back knocking kai to the ground
kai rolls over to get to his feet as sub-zero throughs another ball of ice at kai
with no time to move kai throughs a purple ball of energy that melts sub-zeros ice
sub-zero;'how did you do that?'
kai;'your not the only person with powers'
sub-zero;'just give me the crystal'
kai;'i cant i need it to save kung lao and his friends'
sub-zero;' what thats what i need it for'
kai;' why do you want to save them?'
sub-zero;'i dont want kahn to win'
kai;' so come with me together we stand a better chance'
sub-zero;'ok lets go' the hall outside raidens cell kai;'its just through here' kai turns the handle to open the door his hand glows purple taja;'whats that glow?' kai;'the door is locked it takes my powers to open it' taja;' ok' inside raiden sits in the corner crying over the loss of his champions kung;'raiden are you ok?' raiden;'kung lao?' kung;'yes raiden its me' raiden;' but kahn said you were all dead' siro;'he lied raiden we have to get out of here' raiden;'i dont have any powers here' kai;'i know i got this' kai shows everyone the crystal raiden;' thats good but it needs charging and i cant do it' vorpax;'what about omegis?' omegis;'i dont have that much power but maybe with shang and quan-chi's help' kai;'then let's go get them' reptile;'do you know where they are?' kai;'yes kahn would have put them in a magic prison' kiri;'why not put them with us?' raiden;'because he cant take the chance that they would ecape' vorpax;'shang has power in the cobolt mine so he cant go there' kai;'no i know where they are' taja;'i cant beleive im saying this but lets go save shang-tsung' raiden;'we need to hurry if we are dicovered kahn will send hi generals to stop us' kahns throne room reico rushes in reico;'my lord the prisoners have escaped' kahn;'WHAT!' reico;'it appears that kai...' kahn;'KAI' reico;'yes my lord; kahn;'find them' reico;'yes my lord should i call your generals?' kahn;'yes kung lao and his friends have not faced them,do it now' reico runs from the throne room leaving kahn alone when from the shadows comes a figure. kahn;'farther,raiden is trying to escape' shinok;'it can not be aloud to happen' kahn;'i will not let it' shinok;'be sure you dont,if the elder gods find out we will both be banished to nothingness do you understand?' kahn;'yes farther' down a long dark passage chanting can be heard kai;'just up there,a shadow preist chants to keep shang-tsung and quan-chi in a cell made of magic' reptile;'so haw do we free them?' kiri;'yes if we cant fight the preist's' raiden;'here we can,in outworld they can be killed like anyone else' kung;'there is only one in there reptile and i will take care of him' reptile;'ok lets do it kung and reptile run into the room as the preist jumps to his feet kung jumps with a punch to his face reptile spins with a kick to his middle the preist falls with a thud but is up again in a flash the preist kicks kung lao sending him back to the wall reptile jumps at the preist but the preist catches him in the air and throughs him into kung lao as he runs at them a fist hits him in the face taja;'need a hand?' the preist turns to attack taja but before he can hit her a leg trips him then kicks him in the face vorpax;'you are taking too long, i want to get out of here' vorpax and taja both run at the preist with punches and kicks flying the preist grabs tajas arm as vorpax kicks his hand off of her kung and reptile rejoin the fight all four kombatents standing around the preist he looks around shadow preist;'you still wont win' kung;'yes we will' taja jumps in with a punch to the face vorpax spins with a trip kick as the preist gets up kung lao jumps with an axel kick before the preist can fall reptile spits his acid at him melting him on the spot taja;'oh yeah raiden that was easy' raiden;'i did'nt say it would be easy i said you can kill them now' siro;'guys over here shang-tsung and quan-chi are out cold' raiden;'keeping them asleep stops them useing their powers' kai;'ok lets get them out' kung lao walks over to the cell kung;'theres no lock' kai;'its a magic lock' vorpax;'so how do we open it?' omegis;'with more magic' kiri;'can you open it?' omegis;'i can try' omegis uses a small potion bottle she keeps in her belt she puts the potion down by the cell door, the bottle explodes with a cloud of smoke the door vanishes and shang-tsung and quan-chi slowly wake kai;' we have to get out of here before....' before he can finish reico appears in the doorway reico;'funs over' raiden;'we're leaving' reico;'no your really not,GET THEM' from behind reico scorpin,mileena, smoke,noob-saibot,nitara,sheeva tanya,rain and ermac attack ermac runs at siro forcing him to the ground as shang-tsung gets to his feet scorpion kicks him down again vorpax turns to a sai flying past her face as mileena attacks sub-zero runs to help siro when smoke grabs him and punches him in the gut quan-chi awakes to see everyone fighting jumps to his feet and sumons sian noob-saibot kicks quan-chi and punches sian away from him nitara and sheeva attack omegis as kiri and sian try to help the three lady fighting the two monsters reptile runs at rain trying to get the first hit in taja is about to help vorpax fight when she is hit from behind by tanya kitana looks at kung-lao kitana;' i have to find someone i will be back soon' kung lao is holding raiden up kai;'reico your mine' reico;'my pleasure fool' reico runs at kai,jumps and kicks kai in the head down the hall kitana looks in rooms in a room with fire and knifes a man sits in silance kitana;'get up and face me' bold preist;'princess how are you' kitana;'you are not going to kill anymore of my people' bold preist;'i'v never killed,we preist's cant' kitana;'tell that to craz my old gaurd' bold preist;'he fell onto a knive' kitana;'no matter it was by your doing' kitana pulls her fans from her boots and flys at the preist. kung lao trys to get raiden out of harms way as they leave the battle feild a green energy ball hits the wall kahn;'going somewhere?' raiden;'leave kung lao out of this' kahn;'i'd rather not' kahn walks over as kung lao kicks then punches kahn blocks and hits back punching kung lao sending him flying into the air raiden jumps up and kicks kahn in the back kahn turns to face raiden grabs him round the neck kung lao jumps with a punch to kahns face kung and raiden stand in their fighting stances and both run at kahn