1 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,996 One, two, three... 2 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:18,360 Thank you. 3 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,429 That should do it. Thank you very much. 4 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:24,840 Bye. 5 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:34,280 Dad? 6 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,439 Dad? Is that you? 7 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:57,155 It is you. 8 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:05,320 Dad! 9 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,595 In each of us there burns a soul of a warrior. 10 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:29,076 In every generation, a few are chosen to prove it. 11 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:38,478 Centuries ago in a time of darkness and fury that fate befell three strangers. 12 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,636 A monk - Kung Lao... 13 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:44,788 An exiled guard - Siro... 14 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,115 And a thief - Taja... 15 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:54,356 Who have to defend our Earth Realm from the forces of Outworld. 16 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,991 By fighting for their lives. 17 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,276 By fighting for their honour. 18 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,359 Your soul is mine! 19 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,159 And by fighting for their realm. 20 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,037 It's the burden you must carry. 21 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:15,200 In a tournament called... Mortal Kombat. 22 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,357 That didn't take long at all. 23 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,513 What're you talking about? 24 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,993 Dad... Dad! 25 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:01,154 - Who the hell are you? Where's my father? - So many questions. 26 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:03,438 I'm Vorpax. 27 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:10,917 Now, your daddy seems to have disappeared, but you do have other friends down here. 28 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:16,353 Shang Tsung. 29 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,038 Not exactly the paternal type, trust me. 30 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:27,879 What are you, his whore? 31 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,590 Why? You looking for a job? 32 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:34,155 Yeah, maybe to be the one who wipes that smile off your face. 33 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:37,837 You can die later if you like. 34 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,669 Right now I need you alive. 35 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:44,478 Played her part well, didn't she? 36 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,999 What part? Cheese for your trap? 37 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,798 Clever little thing. Catches on quickly. 38 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,159 I've got news for you. He's not that stupid. 39 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:56,357 No. No, but he's that noble. 40 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:01,069 Kung Lao will come, or you will die. 41 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,793 - Where am I? - Welcome to the Cobalt mines of Shokkan. 42 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,158 - You expect me to buy that? - Believe what you will. 43 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:13,599 This is Outworld. 44 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:16,439 And you are my prisoner. 45 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,788 And what about my father? What sorcery did you use on him? 46 00:04:20,840 --> 00:04:22,320 How did you know what he looked like? 47 00:04:22,344 --> 00:04:23,743 It was him. 48 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,231 - He also is a prisoner here. - I don't believe you. 49 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:29,717 - My father's dead. - Is he? 50 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:31,677 Did you see him die? 51 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:40,320 So many years... 52 00:04:40,321 --> 00:04:43,079 Life's just full of little surprises, isn't it? 53 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,239 You're lying. If my father's alive... 54 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,471 and if he's in this horrible place, why would he bring me here? 55 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:55,598 Shang Tsung can be very... creative when it comes to getting people to do things. 56 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:56,960 Can't be. 57 00:04:56,961 --> 00:05:03,638 Or maybe it can. You see, a man once told me he was brought here after a slave raid. 58 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:10,394 He was so broken up at the thought of never seeing his beloved daughter again. 59 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,239 "Taja". Not a common name. 60 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,038 Slave raid... Where is he? 61 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:24,190 Who knows? Maybe he just lured you here or... was that just an illusion? 62 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,599 Time passes so awkwardly in this hell... 63 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:33,118 I don't know if I saw him last year or ten minutes ago. 64 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,908 She stays alive. The rest I leave to you. 65 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:47,159 Enjoy! 66 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:51,952 There's work to do. 67 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,954 - Morning. - Hey. Is there any tea? 68 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,475 - As soon as you make some. - Good thing I got up, huh? 69 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,079 - What's that sound? - I don't know. 70 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,116 I think it's coming from outside. 71 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,519 Oh, my God... 72 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:32,669 Taja. 73 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,111 - What have they done? - It can't be real. 74 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,716 It isn't. It's Shang Tsung. 75 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,875 Kung Lao, your life for hers. 76 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:45,635 His voice... 77 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:51,231 North Alley. The portal awaits tonight. 78 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:56,668 Portal to where? 79 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:58,919 Outworld. 80 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,639 Outworld? Shang Tsung's got her! 81 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:03,710 Take it easy, it's just a trick. He's after me. 82 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:05,479 There's no way he could get to Taja. 83 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:07,994 But what if he did? He said he'd kill her! 84 00:07:08,199 --> 00:07:09,919 - Taja, are you there? - She's not up there. 85 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:11,638 I knocked on her door when I came down. 86 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:13,513 - Damn it. - Hold it. 87 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,032 Just think, Siro. Taja's always up early. 88 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,316 She could be anywhere doing her normal stuff. 89 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,836 Before we go charging off, let's find out if she's really missing. 90 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:24,319 But what if she is? 91 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,559 Every minute we waste that son of a bitch Shang Tsung has with her. 92 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,437 Or she could be fine. 93 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:31,676 And Shang Tsung's just using her image. 94 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,959 So I walk into that alley and a portal sucks me away... 95 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:36,632 and it was to save no one. 96 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:39,400 All right. 97 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:41,920 So what do we do? 98 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,959 Find her. Check out where she goes everyday. 99 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:46,520 Okay. 100 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:48,915 But where? 101 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,079 What does she normally do? 102 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:52,714 I don't know. 103 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,679 Check in her room and see if there's anything there that'll help. 104 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,757 I'll ask outside if anyone saw her leave. 105 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:01,040 Okay. 106 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,188 Where are you? I got something for you! 107 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,068 Not good. 108 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,910 - Anything? - No. No one saw her. You? 109 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:36,839 Not really. Nothing written down or anything. 110 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:38,920 I can't believe we don't know what she does everyday. 111 00:08:38,944 --> 00:08:40,679 Yeah. I found this though. 112 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:43,839 - What is it? - I'm not sure but it's valuable to her. 113 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,239 I found it with her jewellery. 114 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,879 I've seen these for sale though in the bazaar. 115 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:49,479 - Do you know the place? - Yeah. 116 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:50,708 - Let's go. - Sure. 117 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:57,279 There you are. 118 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,315 I inhale more than that every day. 119 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,269 Got some fight in ya, huh? Good. 120 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:09,040 Come here! 121 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,232 Filthy maggot. 122 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:31,349 I don't get it. 123 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,798 Yeah, well, I'm not sure I do either. 124 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:36,718 Call it a moment of weakness. 125 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:42,431 They make me sick. All they ever think about is... 126 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:44,629 Anyway... 127 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:46,354 Why are you doing this? 128 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:48,999 Not buying my decent act? 129 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,999 Well, then, let's just say that you'll serve me better in one piece. 130 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,116 Serve you? You work for Shang. 131 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,272 I do not work for him! 132 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,790 In case you haven't noticed, I am his personal slave down here. 133 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,753 You can't even begin to imagine what life's like down in this pit. 134 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:15,195 But that's nothing compared to the hell Shang Tsung puts me through. 135 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:16,480 Well, can you fight him? 136 00:11:16,481 --> 00:11:21,156 Fight Shang Tsung? With what? This? 137 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,830 You've got a lot to learn, Taja, dear. 138 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:26,835 Come on. 139 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,359 You're not safe out in the open. 140 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:30,360 Where're we going? 141 00:11:30,361 --> 00:11:32,599 I'm going to hide you until I decide how to handle this. 142 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:33,715 Handle what? 143 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:41,439 You just may be my ticket out of here, so you can either trust me or I promise you... 144 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,796 Shang Tsung will suck out your soul. 145 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:54,679 It's beautiful, isn't it? 146 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:57,752 - You recognise it? - Of course, my father made it. 147 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:00,999 - So it was bought here. - Yes, but not by you. 148 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,752 Do you mind telling me how you got it? 149 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,031 - It belongs to a friend of ours. - Name's Taja. Do you know her? 150 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,519 I do enough to be surprised that she let you have it. 151 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,478 It's her favourite. She did give it to you, right? 152 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,239 - Sort of. - What is this all about? 153 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:15,434 We're just looking for her. 154 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:18,314 - What's this thing anyway? - It's a bola for a game. 155 00:12:18,896 --> 00:12:19,896 Game? 156 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,919 The one that Taja plays all the time. Are you sure you guys are her friends? 157 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:25,679 Yes. She lives with us at the Trading Post. 158 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:27,352 Oh, but you don't know where she is? 159 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,552 Or that she plays bola maybe like two or three times a week? 160 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,228 Um, we just never talked about it. 161 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,839 - Where's the game? - Three alleys down. 162 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,439 Thanks. We'll ask over there. 163 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,396 You're going to go over there and ask questions? 164 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:43,429 Good luck. 165 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,560 If you're looking for a game, we're not open. 166 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,119 What kind of game is it anyway? 167 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,998 Doesn't matter. Told you, we're not open. 168 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,917 Actually, we're looking for a player. 169 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:24,475 - A lady named Taja. - Taja? 170 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,839 - She comes here a lot? - Yeah, she's a regular. 171 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:29,989 What do you want with her? 172 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:31,559 Just looking for her. 173 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:34,233 Well, she's not here. Maybe you oughta look somewhere else. 174 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,599 In a minute. Maybe somebody else has seen her. 175 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:37,480 Hey, what is it? 176 00:13:37,481 --> 00:13:38,921 Does she owe you money or something? 177 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:40,280 No. 178 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,193 Maybe you're just hanging around checking out the game... 179 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,079 asking me wrong questions. 180 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:46,798 Guy tried that once last month. 181 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,039 They found him in the river, dead. 182 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,799 Hey, I told you, we're just looking for Taja, all right? 183 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,472 And what about Taja? 184 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:57,875 Who are you? 185 00:13:58,160 --> 00:13:59,959 Same question I was gonna ask you. 186 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:01,791 We're friends of Taja's. 187 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:03,440 Do you know her? 188 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,553 - Yeah. - Do you know where she is? 189 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:11,959 Nope. Haven't seen her around the last couple of days. 190 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,110 Sounds like you know her pretty well, huh? 191 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,518 - Pretty well. - Funny, she never mentioned you. 192 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:19,512 And she's never mentioned you. 193 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,439 Just what kind of relationship do you have with Taja? 194 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,228 - And what the hell is it to you? - Maybe a lot. 195 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,513 Look, my relationship with Taja is my business. 196 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,920 She doesn't ask me what I do with my life, and I don't ask her what she does. 197 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:34,593 Like with that silk merchant. 198 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,588 - What silk merchant? - Guy's name's Hesper. 199 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,520 He's got a place over at the Lion's Gate. 200 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:43,753 You go see the silk merchant. 201 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,599 I'm going to go talk to some of the food vendors. 202 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,600 Leaving here? 203 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:49,833 That's a really good idea. 204 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,075 Come on, let's go back. 205 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,875 You are certain he will come? 206 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,513 Soon now. 207 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,157 For a man like Kung Lao... 208 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:30,108 even death is preferable to life without honour and loyalty. 209 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:34,068 And this Taja, hopelessly following her father... 210 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,873 interesting these mortals. 211 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:39,835 What will you do with him? 212 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:44,238 Present him to Shao Kahn in exchange for my freedom. 213 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:45,873 And the girl? 214 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:50,397 An enemy to Outworld. She will make a play thing for the Emperor. 215 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:57,196 Will you take me with you when you go? 216 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,189 - That depends. - On? 217 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,113 My mood. 218 00:16:07,016 --> 00:16:08,016 Siro! 219 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,040 Siro! 220 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,160 You're not gonna believe who this guy Hesper is. 221 00:16:11,184 --> 00:16:12,519 Forget it. She's in trouble. 222 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:13,799 What did you find out? 223 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,314 The guy she buys vegetables from saw her late last night. 224 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,039 She was following a strange man into the same north alley... 225 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,600 where Shang Tsung said the portal's going to be. 226 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,112 Shang Tsung... 227 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:26,713 Or someone working for him. 228 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,480 I've gotta hurry. There are only a few hours before sunset. 229 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,759 - What do you mean? - I've gotta go and get her back. 230 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,199 - How? - By following Shang Tsung's instructions. 231 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,279 - It's the only way. - He'll kill you. 232 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:40,114 And if I ignore him, Taja's dead. He took her because she's my friend. 233 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:41,714 I have to go. 234 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,279 Then so do l. 235 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:44,996 No. 236 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:46,439 Shang Tsung wants me. 237 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,237 There's no sense in all of us getting killed. 238 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,879 Besides, I may have a way to get out of this. 239 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:09,519 I told you to stay put. 240 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:13,399 Look, I feel for Shang Tsung's trick like an idiot... 241 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,279 but I'm sure as hell not gonna be part of your plans, whatever they are. 242 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,551 I'll take my chances alone. 243 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:28,709 Chances? You have no chances. Look around! This is prison. 244 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,468 For the lowest scum of all realms. 245 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:35,315 Including you. Don't tell me you're here by accident. 246 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,396 How did you get thrown into hell? 247 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:38,988 Deception... 248 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:46,078 and... self-deception. 249 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:52,599 Yes, I am here, but I am not an animal. 250 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:54,472 I am a woman like you. 251 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,038 Don't put us together. 252 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:03,671 I would never sell out to a monster like Shang Tsung. 253 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:06,719 I'd rather die. 254 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:14,509 That's so easy to say standing there, so righteous, but believe me... 255 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,317 when your time comes to survive you'll surprise yourself. 256 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,036 Just as I did. 257 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,038 I guess I'll find out soon enough. 258 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,279 Kung Lao? It's so late. I'm hardly dressed. 259 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,430 Sorry to wake you but I need what I left here. 260 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:47,999 That's all? 261 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,956 Yes, it's urgent. The box...? 262 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,557 Where you left it. Come in... please. 263 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:00,393 How big is this place? 264 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:07,838 Enormous. As big as some realms. You can't possibly be thinking of escape. 265 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:09,680 No. 266 00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:11,429 Not yet. 267 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:16,438 Not until you solve the riddle of your father. 268 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:21,799 That's it, right? I mean, it was just a ploy to sucker me down here. I mean... 269 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,399 he was never really in these mines. 270 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,233 Oh, it was no lie. He is here. 271 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:27,395 But he can't be. 272 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,791 Let me see if I remember correctly. 273 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,070 You had a nice life together. 274 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:38,479 A mother, a father and a sister, younger as I recall. 275 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:39,999 You're just guessing. 276 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:42,191 Then let me guess some more. 277 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:47,595 And you all travelled together like gypsies, never really settling in one place. 278 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:50,760 Yes... 279 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:55,714 You were eleven, maybe twelve when you last saw them. 280 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:58,400 My God... 281 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,993 I never heard the story of how you ended up alone. 282 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:03,995 It was my fault. 283 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:06,996 Dad told me to stay close to camp but... 284 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,472 well, I was never very good at doing what I was told... 285 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:15,837 and I went off playing some stupid game. 286 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:18,713 And when I came back... 287 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:24,314 they were... they were gone. They were... they were just gone. 288 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:29,874 And I never... I never understood why. 289 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,551 Did something terrible happen to them? 290 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,674 - Or... or... - Or did they abandon you? 291 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,791 Kind of hard to trust anybody after something like that. 292 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,672 Are my mother and sister here? 293 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,479 I've never seen them. Then you have to help me find my father. 294 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,439 I have to see him. I have to know. 295 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:54,434 I've told you this place is huge. He could be on any of a hundred levels. 296 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,718 Then I'll find him myself. 297 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,793 Now that you have it, why don't you stay awhile? 298 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,475 It's been so long since your last visit. 299 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,150 I can't. Lives are at stake. 300 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:35,796 You're going to get yourself killed. 301 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,713 From what you said, it might be better than staying alive. 302 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:40,999 I told you, I need you. 303 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,759 Then, help me find my father and I'll help you if I can. 304 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,716 Your father may already be dead. 305 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,759 First you tell me he led me here and now you say he's dead? 306 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:52,795 He may be. 307 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,799 Shang Tsung may have killed him just minutes after you arrived, or... 308 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:00,236 or he could've killed him months ago and just used his image. 309 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:02,399 Anything is possible here. 310 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,079 All right, then I still have a chance. It's like you said, nothing's for sure. 311 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,993 Only this, I've seen hundreds die down here, nameless, all of them. 312 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:11,514 Happens every day. 313 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,712 Most don't even survive a year before their lungs give out... 314 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:16,554 from this. 315 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:20,474 You're alive. 316 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:23,393 We should keep moving. 317 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:40,600 What's that? 318 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:54,640 Move it! 319 00:22:59,559 --> 00:23:00,759 They're replacement prisoners. 320 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,399 Relieving lower level miners with fresher ones from above. 321 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,039 Your father could be among them. 322 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:06,999 Take it easy. It's a long shot. 323 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,195 - I have to find him. - You have to stay alive. 324 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,069 He wasn't with them. 325 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:23,999 I warned you. Let's go. 326 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,713 I found her and was bringing her to you. 327 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:39,235 It is time. 328 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:41,594 Kung Lao's come? 329 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:43,435 On his way. 330 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:05,194 This should be it. 331 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,399 This should be the place. 332 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,550 What are you waiting for, Shang Tsung? 333 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:16,314 Where have you been? 334 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:18,917 Easy, Kung Lao, it's just me. 335 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:20,399 What're you doing here? 336 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,719 Waiting for you. I thought you might need a little help. 337 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:23,755 Forget it. 338 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,314 Hey, Taja's my friend, too, all right? 339 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:39,199 Let me do it my own way. 340 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,438 We'll do it your way... together. 341 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:47,555 Siro! 342 00:24:58,320 --> 00:24:59,355 Taja! 343 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:01,560 You all right? 344 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,597 - I can't believe you really came. - The party is growing. 345 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:07,997 With an uninvited guest. 346 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,835 - What happened? - L... I can't explain it. 347 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:13,439 I saw my father here. 348 00:25:13,536 --> 00:25:14,536 Your father? 349 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:19,475 Now we have all three of them, and all so easily. 350 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:21,589 Too easy. 351 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,119 No doubt Kung Lao believes there's a way out of this. 352 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:33,717 The way you said a trade for Taja and now Siro. 353 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,319 A strange time and place for making demands, Kung Lao. 354 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,151 But you still lose, Shang Tsung. 355 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:40,834 You can't kill me. 356 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,317 Rest assured, Kung Lao... 357 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,679 there are plenty of prisoners here not bound by the rules... 358 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,750 of the Elder Gods who can. 359 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,789 No, no, no, no. Not your turn yet, Kung Lao. 360 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:08,038 If you interfere in the fight, the girl dies. 361 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,917 Fine. I came for a fight. 362 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:15,718 This won't take long. 363 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,274 Kill the big one. 364 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:33,870 You were fortunate. You see? Things are different here. 365 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,190 The obvious can be very misleading. 366 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,397 Only a taste of things to come. 367 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,039 Taja, come see if Siro's hurt. 368 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,000 I'm fine. 369 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,955 Let's just check it out, okay? 370 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,518 Stay close. We're leaving... now. 371 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,231 Damn you! 372 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,873 - Taja, what're you doing? - I won't leave without my father. 373 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,037 We can't leave without you. 374 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,790 That is how loyalty is repaid. 375 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:15,958 It might have worked. 376 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,871 What a shame your plan backfired. 377 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:25,956 - What is it? - A means of travel... anywhere. 378 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,596 My thanks for your stupidity. 379 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,228 What about her? 380 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:33,795 Bring her. 381 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,948 My mortal enemy and the crystal. 382 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,154 A great day. 383 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:39,474 Oh, my God... 384 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,153 It's a death chamber. 385 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,799 These are the lucky ones. 386 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,836 They'll be free of this place soon. 387 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:23,998 Why are you still helping me? 388 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:25,994 - Game's up. - No. 389 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:30,039 Almost, but not yet. Kung Lao's right. 390 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:31,200 Shang Tsung can't kill him... 391 00:31:31,224 --> 00:31:33,818 which means Shang Tsung still has some manoeuvring to do. 392 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,157 Until he succeeds, you and your friends may be my best chance. 393 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:41,076 - For escape. - Or Shang Tsung's death. 394 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:43,269 Come on. 395 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:49,388 Well, now what? 396 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:52,717 You should prepare to die. 397 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:58,478 - You can still let my friends go. - Still noble, which makes you still weak. 398 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,076 The Emperor will relish seeing you dead. 399 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,035 But the souls of the others are mine. 400 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,194 - Take it easy. - I can't. 401 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,157 We're in a prison within a prison. 402 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,555 Damn Taja. What was she thinking? 403 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,076 Something about what she said. 404 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:37,919 About her father. 405 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,396 She's an orphan, she told us that. 406 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,589 Something's changed. Something Shang Tsung has done. 407 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:49,118 What? Can he raise the dead? How could her father be here? 408 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:53,399 I don't know. And I don't know what's going to get us out. 409 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:56,600 Wait. 410 00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:58,635 What're you doing? 411 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:05,276 - I can't do this to Siro and Kung Lao. - Now this occurs to you? 412 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,355 They risked their lives for me and I just... 413 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,637 Paid them back with a death sentence. 414 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:14,479 What is it with you? 415 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,159 One minute you're fueling my need for my father... 416 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,759 and the next you're reminding me what a jerk I am. 417 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:20,760 Uh-huh. 418 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:24,237 Too much truth for you? 419 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,839 - I have to help them. - Then get back to them. 420 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,559 - How? - Follow the tunnel towards the screams. 421 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:39,033 I mean it. Just past the torture chamber you'll see Shang Tsung's area. 422 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,431 Wait for him to leave and then... 423 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,115 Then what? 424 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:45,880 We'll see. 425 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:49,954 Do I thank you? 426 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,115 Can I trust you or are you lying again? 427 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,069 I'm helping you. 428 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,996 - Where is she? - I have not yet found her. 429 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,480 Then leave her. I want you to go to the Emperor. 430 00:34:12,504 --> 00:34:13,732 Me? I can't... 431 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,478 Oh, I think you can. Use your charm, bribe the guards. 432 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,556 Get to Shao Kahn and deliver a message. 433 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:26,233 What message? 434 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,669 That Shang Tsung summons him. 435 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,519 Daring words. 436 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:35,274 The gift I have waiting is worth it. Now go. 437 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,870 As you wish. 438 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:45,756 I will speak to the Emperor, but only when I am ready. 439 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:50,719 Taja! 440 00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:54,395 Siro, Kung Lao... I'm so sorry. 441 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:59,634 All right, all right. You're sorry. We forgive you. Just get us out of this. 442 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:00,840 Will do. 443 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:05,400 Here. 444 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:07,999 Here. Come on. 445 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,594 This should work. I'll get it from the outside. 446 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,919 - Now what are you up to? - That depends. 447 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:18,989 What's going on? 448 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,559 Just trying to determine what side she's on. 449 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:23,919 Are you crazy? She works for Shang Tsung. 450 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:25,273 I work for me! 451 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:30,239 That's right. She hates him. She may help us. 452 00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:31,240 How? 453 00:35:32,919 --> 00:35:34,359 Do you still have a way out of here? 454 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:36,476 No. Shang Tsung has the crystal. 455 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,154 Our only chance is to get out of here and fight. 456 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:40,960 I see. 457 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,918 I told you, I do what I have to, to survive. 458 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:51,191 Shang Tsung! Shang Tsung! 459 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,550 Kung Lao, Siro, he's coming! 460 00:35:57,880 --> 00:35:59,154 Hurry, Siro. 461 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,149 Kill him. 462 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:10,840 Uh-uh. 463 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,198 Let him go, bastard. 464 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:39,036 Brave, but foolish. 465 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:51,680 Come on. 466 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,716 Run from me. 467 00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:58,312 I know another way. We can cut them off. 468 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:09,479 Which way now? 469 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:10,595 What's that? 470 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:15,559 Looks like an air shaft to the surface. 471 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:19,109 Forget the air shaft. Use this. 472 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:23,879 How did you...? 473 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:28,349 When I attacked Shang Tsung. He's a sorcerer, I'm a pickpocket. 474 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:37,159 - Now go this time. - What? Taja, get over here. 475 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:38,752 - Come on. - Come on, Taja. 476 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,633 I... I can't leave without finding out the truth about my father. 477 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,520 - Come on. Let's go. - Come in. We're going. 478 00:38:50,240 --> 00:38:52,559 The Emperor... I have to stop him from coming. 479 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:54,232 It will mean death for you... 480 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:59,399 summoning him here for nothing... and worse for me. 481 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,839 Then let me try. As long as I can get to him before he leaves the palace. 482 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:07,516 I'll tell him that it was all my fault, that l... I misunderstood you. 483 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,911 Why would you do this for me? 484 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:16,150 Because you do so much for me. 485 00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:20,869 Hurry then. 486 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,638 Three baths and I still can't get that hell dust off of me. 487 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:44,710 Amazing. So many realms out there we know nothing about. 488 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:46,519 What's more amazing is... 489 00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:50,149 that there's a whole life going on with you I know nothing about. 490 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,352 Bola champ, a boyfriend named Stefan. 491 00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:58,793 You wanna talk about it? 492 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:08,029 I don't know, Siro, l... I went through life thinking of them... 493 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:13,238 longing for them, then convincing myself that they were dead... 494 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:15,035 all dead. 495 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:22,079 Then to see my father again... to have him... 496 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:26,675 then lose him... 497 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:30,519 I don't even know what to believe. 498 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:34,312 Vorpax said you'll never know. 499 00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:38,638 And never be free of the pain. 500 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,517 I just want it over, Siro. I just want to forget. 501 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:45,875 I understand. 502 00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:49,399 Oh, um, that came for you. 503 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,789 Some messenger dropped it off while you were taking a bath. 504 00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:53,360 Hmm. 505 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:00,748 My God... 506 00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:03,040 What is it? 507 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:07,678 It's my father's wedding ring.