Battle of Earthrealm

The Battle of Earthrealm started as a result of Shao Kahn's illegal invasion of Earthrealm as it hadn't lost the tenth Mortal Kombat tournament. With his forces consisting of Shang Tsung, Motaro, Sheeva, Kano, the corrupted Sindel, Baraka, and Reptile, Shao Kahn absorbed Earthrealm as his own and took all of the inhabitants souls as trophies.

The Chosen Warriors
There were, however, some particular inhabitants of Earthrealm whose souls the emperor could not take. Seeing as his invasion was inevitable, the Earthrealm deity Raiden used his powers to protect the souls of his chosen Earth Warriors: Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage, Jax, Kitana, Sub-Zero, Nightwolf, Stryker, Kung Lao, and Kabal. Also the three cyborg ninjas Cyrax, Sektor, and Smoke were soulless automatons who went undetected by Shao Kahn.

The Conflict
Knowing that they were Earth's only hope of salvation, and that their lives can still be lost, the Earthrealm Warriors gathered at Nightwolf's camp where they received instructions by Raiden before he faded out of existence as his presence cannot exist under Outworld's rule. After laying out a plan, the warriors set out for New York City where Kahn's fortress existed while simultaneously dodging Motaro's extermination squads hired to eliminate them. During the adventure, the group was ambushed by the cyborg ninjas who were sent to kill Sub-Zero but due to the arrival of Scorpion, who still served as Sub-Zero's guardian, the cyborgs were defeated with Cyrax reprogrammed to attack the Outworld force, Smoke's memories restored, and Sektor presumably destroyed. With Scorpion and Smoke a part of the team, the Earth Warriors finally arrived at New York and did final battle with Kahn's forces. The battle finally ended with Kahn's defeat and retreat and Earthrealm restored to it's former self but not without it's casualties: Kung Lao was presumably killed and Smoke was captured by Outworld soldiers. But the battle turned out it's benefits as Sindel was liberated from Kahn's powers by Kitana, Sonya and Jax were given the authority of their government to form the Outerworld Investigation Agency, and the population now became fully aware of external threats.