 Where the original movie left off finds Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, Rayden, Princess Kitana and Johnny Cage up against emperor Shao Kahn and his extermination squad led by Ermac, Motaro, Sheeva and Rain. Kahn s plan is to merge Earth with Outworld into one realm by resurrecting Kitana s mother, Queen Sindel. After the death of Johnny Cage, the warriors flee from Liu Kang s temple where Rayden tells me they are no more rules because Kahn broke them and the only way they can defeat them is to bring peace into Sindel s spirit and they have seven days to do it. Rayden then sends Sonya to find his partner Jax, while Kitana and Liu Kang goes looking for Nightwolf so they can help them defeat Shao Kahn.