Mortal Kombat: Son of the Dragons

In the present, Shao Kahn throws Raiden across the rooftop, causing several lacerations and contusions to appear on the elder god's body. The seven-foot-tall behemoth of an Outworlder speaks to the seven-foot elder god and protector of Earthrealm in a condensing yet honest tone

"Ages wasted in foolish resistance, to the blind crimes committed to my family."

Raiden struggles to his knees, he knows Shao Kahn refers to each conquest that was the result of a close loved one's death, the most recent his beloved Rena Darkov and their daughter Anastasia Rose Darkov. Shao Kahn muses in an almost fatherly tone, as he does still have his newborn son to worry about, who had been shielded by his allies,

"I have won. My son's future is safe."

Raiden paused everything clicking, forgetting for the moment the son the Kahn just mentioned.

"Yes... you have won."

Shao Kahn mused and smirked before remarking

"Now, Raiden. Your world ends."

Kahn lifts his hammer up and prepares to deliver the finishing blow. Before he can, golden lightning flashes before his feet. More flashes strike the rooftop around them, and from a portal from the heavens, six golden dragons fly out and around Raiden's body, lifting him into the air and revitalizing him. With a final flash, Raiden stands before Shao Kahn, his wounds healed and his hat back on his head. The dragons still surround him and when he speaks, his voice is of the Elder Gods.

"You violate our will, Shao Kahn. You merge realms without a victory in Mortal Kombat. Our penalty is clear."

Raiden charges up a golden variation of his lightning and blasts Shao Kahn with it. It has no effect and Kahn laughs out loud.

"An anemic effort from ineffectual deities. Today, I become THE Elder God!"

They fight. The battle is truly epic, with neither the repowered Raiden nor Shao Kahn getting any clear advantage for most of it. For what seems like an age, the two titans with everything they have, but eventually the Thunder God prevails and knocks Kahn to the floor. As he struggles to his feet and tries to charge again, Raiden blasts him once more with the golden lightning. This time, the blast has an effect, and the dragons surround Kahn as he is blasted. They begin biting into his body at various places, causing him to scream in pain. His body is scorched by their magic while Raiden is finally released from their control. As he falls forward in exhaustion, the Elder Gods' assault on Shao Kahn causes the warlord to explode in a flash of golden light that reaches to the heavens. The Elder Gods immediately depart in the same light, and as the portal dissipates, the dark clouds surrounding the sky clear away, leaving the sun to shine through. Raiden remains on his knees and looks to his amulet one more time. Finally, the cracks adorning it are removed, and it remains as it once was. He muses

"It is over."

He places the amulet back on his chest as Sonya and Johnny Cage help him to his feet. He looks around at the destruction and the pain, the deaths of so many innocents

"But only at the gravest of costs."

They all walk over to Liu Kang's body. The sight of the champion and hero of Earthrealm cut down in his prime sickens Raiden who speaks in a somber remorseful tone

"So many are gone. Their light has sunk into the earth. I am responsible for their loss."

Sonya Blade, a great solider says to him

"You did what you had to. To protect Earthrealm. Losses in war... are... are inevitable."

Raiden is calmed by her wisdom, though he senses she mourns for a lost friend. He then says

"Come. Let us tend the fallen. Then we must help our realm rebuild. Our work has only just begun."

He teleports himself, Johnny, Sonya, and Liu Kang's body away in a flash of lightning. Only Shao Kahn's war helmet remains on the rooftop, forgotten by all... except the one who walks through an unseen portal and picks it up; Quan Chi. As he examines the trophy, another being fades into existence before him. He speaks to the form

"Your plan worked to perfection, Lord Shinnok."

His lord Shinnok seems to nod and says

"Shao Kahn was blinded by rage, having lost loved ones, such as his wife and daughter. How easily was he convinced that the Elder Gods would ignore his merging the realms, especially in Rena's name."

Quan Chi muses darkly

"Yet the Thunder God still lives."

His lord waves a hand dismissively before saying

"No matter. Neither Earthrealm nor Outworld can now withstand the Netherrealm's onslaught. It is time. Soon I will be free. Earthrealm and Outworld will be ours."

Those ominous words echoed out and sang like a prophecy on the winds. The infant son of Shao Kahn was soon found by Kano, in the ruins of the royal nursery alive but very frightened. The infant's cries were heard by the Black Dragon leader who had known about the twins and had even been tasked with protecting Rena. The two had once been close friends in their childhood so seeing such a familiar and comforting presence soothed the Outworld Kahnuim greatly and allowed her to safely deliver her children. Being a priestess of Apollo, and thus and oracle had said to Kano

"Something bad is going to happen. Please old friend, should both Darana and I die, raise our children as your own. Please."

"Of course lov. Yah can rest easy knowen eh be safe with us mates."

That had been their last conversation as Kano had been tricked away from his old friend and her daughter as she had hidden her son in fear, and only had the time to hide her son. Kano laid the Kahnuim and princess out neatly for the guards to find, and he took the infant prince away from Outworld to raise as his own, nephew rather than a son.