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- The Kombatant statues is the opening cinematic.

- The game opens with the helicopter scene where Scorpion (MK9 attire) and Sub-Zero as a revenant (the costume we saw from the original trailer) attack Sonya, Johnny & Kenshi (in his MK9 attire). The chopper crashes and you fight the two attackers in the Destroyed City.

- Raiden & Fujin are defending the Sky Temple against an onslaught of Oni.

- Raiden gets overwhelmed but Fujin dismembers them with his staff and conjures a huge whirlwind to dispatch a larger number of their attackers.

- Quan Chi appears and commands revenants Stryker, Kabal and Sindel at his side to attack.

- Sonya, Johnny & Kenshi are making their way through a forest towards a portal and are ambushed by revenants Nightwolf, Smoke and Jax.

- Smoke (In a masked, new costume) engages Johnny Cage in Kombat, declaring "Smoke is dead, I am an enenra!"

- Johnny Cage & Sonya defeat Jax (who has a variation named Pumped Up) and vows to fix him someday.

- Kenshi, Sonya and Johnny regroup and press on, entering a cavern. Sento guides the group through the caverns, the sword illuminates glowing blue symbols etched into the rock walls. Johnny then quips that Kenshi's ancestors should "hurry up" to find the portals location.

- Back at the Sky Temple, Raiden and Fujin take out the 3 revenants but Quan Chi handles them both.

- A pair of skeletal hands erupt from the ground and begin to open up, revealing Shinnok within them. Shinnok then blasts the two gods unconscious with a sinister energy from his Amulet whilst threatening to destroy all lifeforces on Earth by corrupting the Jinsei (an existence that controls life on Earthrealm).

- Sonya and Johnny arrive and tag team Shinnok. Shinnok knocks Sonya unconscious then uses an impressive set of spells against Johnny, which debilitate him.

- Shinnok goes to finish off Sonya with a powerful magic that emblazons from his Amulet, but Johnny imbues himself with his green energy and jumps in the way and absorbs the blast, saving her.

- Shinnok fight reveals a variation named Imposter.

- Johnny Cage stylishly kicks the Amulet towards Raiden for which he then blasts Shinnok with its power, eventually consuming him, imprisoning him once more. Raiden then declares to keep the Amulet in his possession but to present it to the Elder Gods for counsel, Fujin confers and Johnny quips about Shinnok - "Enjoy your new digs, Gramps!"