Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-49.193.83.176-20140901102236/@comment-21005855-20150107224024

You make some good points, however, let me add to that and perhaps attempt to answer your questions.

1. In the Original Timeline of Mortal Kombat, Johnny Cage was killed at the beginning of Mortal Kombat 3. He was then resurrected by a deal that Raiden made with the Elder Gods so he may help in fighting against Outworld's forces but had to go back to being dead. However, in Mortal Kombat 4, Cage came back so he could do battle against the Netherrealm. In that case, he was offered to remain alive so he may continue to help fight against the forces that are against Earthrealm. Because Cage didn't die in MK9, it oould be Kung Lao that takes that slot as the dead guy who comes back because the Elder Gods think he's just a great guy.

2. I'm sure if Raiden could get two people resurrected (like Kung Lao and Sub-Zero) he could but I'm sure he's only got a card for one mortal to be resurrected, otherwise, he would've done it for Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance like he did for Johnny Cage for Mortal Kombat Trilogy. The fact that Kung Lao's aged in the production stills is the indication that Raiden somehow got Kung Lao back from the dead pretty much around if not immediately after MK9.

3. Scorpion knows the difference between the brothers. He has expressed it in both the original timeline and the alternate timeline. He finds that Kuai Liang is more compassionate than Bi-Han. Scorpion has expressed a need to be Kuai Liang's guardian even though he wants to avenge his brother. It's because of this that I believe that Scorpion would never try to fight against Kuai Liang. The likelihood is that Bi-Han is the new Sub-Zero and wants to kill Scorpion.