Mortal Kombat: Conquest s01e17 Episode Script

Who are you? An enemy of Shang Tsung.
Just like you.
So slmple.
l have mlssed thls.
Move.
You're blocking my way.
N ow! You you should be dead.
Four centurles ls a very long tlme.
But you were never really sure, were you? - H ow did you get out? - Better to ask, what will l do now? All your evil.
This is where it began.
This is where it will end.
For you.
ln each of us there burns a soul of a warrlor.
ln every generatlon, a few are chosen to prove lt.
Centurles ago ln a tlme of darkness and fury that fate befell three strangers.
A monk - Kung Lao An exlled guard - Slro And a thlef - Taja Who have to defend our Earth Realm from the forces of Outworld.
By flghtlng for thelr llves.
By flghtlng for thelr honour.
Your soul is mine! And by flghtlng for thelr realm.
lt's the burden you must carry.
ln a tournament called Mortal Kombat.
Please.
Be comfortable.
What have you done to me? Shown you for what you really are.
You may live a day now, maybe two.
- l'll kill you.
- N o.
But death will come.
Be patient.
You have some time to think.
Think how you got here.
This is where we should be living.
ln the city, in a great house.
Tired of our little tent already? We deserve better.
l agree.
But l'm happy for now.
l mean, it's small and intimate and there are so many things we could do there.
Like what? - You are creative.
- Mm-hmm Enough, you two.
There's time for that later.
Lots of tlme, l hope.
H is training comes first.
C ome.
Well, since it's studies we're talking about l have a new potion l've been working on.
- l have to show you.
- Later, Omegls.
Shang Tsung's training is more important right now.
Soon he wlll defend Earth Realm ln Mortal Kombat.
Omegls.
Omegis.
C ome to me, Omegis.
C ome to me.
C ome to me, Omegis.
Thank you.
C ome again.
U m, may l help you? What're you looking for? Kung Lao.
Yes, can l help you? - You are Kung Lao? - That is my name.
N ow is there something you need? - To join you.
- ln what? Your battle with Outworld.
Oh, um, so you're a fighter then.
Yes.
Well, why didn't you say so before? Are you good? - Very good.
- Let's sign him up, huh? Siro, don't encourage him.
C ome on now.
lt's time to go home.
There you go.
C ome on.
What ls he dolng? Wow.
Welcome, Master Cho.
l'm Master Cho.
l have tralned many great flghters.
One was Shang Tsung.
Wait a minute.
You trained Shang Tsung? N o, no, no.
Get him out of here, Kung Lao.
There's no way some guy who knows Shang is going to She talks too much.
N ow l'm here to train you.
Who's there? What do you think? l wish l could look like this forever.
You should.
You're beautiful.
Then ask him.
l am so close to working on this myself, but l need Master Cho's help.
l'm not sure he knows.
Of course he does.
Come on, you've heard hlm talklng about those thlngs from hundreds of years ago.
H e was there.
H e holds the secret, Shang.
And l want to know it.
Master Cho holds the key.
- Well, he guards that secret.
- H e hoards it.
Selfishly.
- Perhaps he'll tell us in time.
- N o, there's no time, my love.
C ome on.
Ask him.
Press him.
- H ave me like this forever.
- You're so sure, aren't you? - You want to live on and on and on and on.
- Yes.
Yes.
l want to taste it all.
l want to do this until the end of time.
You heard my call - l'm not old.
- Oh, yes you are, Shang.
As old as l am.
Your pain will remain.
But l have restored your body.
l want you to look exactly like you did as l watch you die.
Everything okay? l had some business with a merchant, but he's sick.
- There's something going around.
- Bad? Don't know.
H is son seems pretty worried though.
lt'll be all right.
You lost your voice yesterday - now you're as good as new.
- Yeah, Master Cho.
- H e's a piece of work, isn't he? - H e's more than that.
l think he's dangerous.
Doesn't it bother you all of his weird sorcery? Besides, l can't believe Kung Lao let some guy who trained Shang Tsung stick around.
- l'm for booting him out.
- l don't know.
Maybe there's something we can learn from him.
This sickness is getting around.
Yeah, we better get to the Trading Post before we catch it.
Yeah.
Focus.
Centre.
lnner strength becomes outer force.
Wow! Good trick.
Trick? lt's not a trick.
ls that something you can teach me? Oh, please.
Thls guy comes shuffllng ln puts on a little light show and you two are ready to become all-powerful sorcerers.
- Young lady - Don't do that thing with my voice.
l'll say what l want.
l would have it no other way.
You guys should really think about what you're doing here.
Don't mind her.
She tends to have an attitude.
And a great pair of legs.
lt's been a long time.
- Release me from this or - Or what? Listen to you.
Frozen there, yet still ranting and still threatening.
So like you.
- ls that why you came? To gloat? - N o.
To enjoy.
- You'll pay for this.
- l already have.
Watch this.
l do not teach you such thlngs to make your llfe convenlent.
There are more important skills than starting fires.
- Today we must move forward.
- To what? To looking inside people.
Deep inside.
To see their very souls.
What do you see? They're frlends.
And what else? H e wants her, it's sexual.
Better.
N ow look again.
Harder.
Deeper.
And listen.
There wlll be a sllent volce What does it say, Shang Tsung? Yes.
H is heart is pounding.
H e's nervous.
Afraid she will reject him.
Wait.
He's belng unfalthful.
There ls another woman.
- H e's fighting not to think of her.
- Ex cellent.
- U nbelievable.
lt's so easy.
- For you.
For one with the heart of a sorcerer.
And l can teach you more.
Much more.
l want to know it all.
And how will you use it, Shang Tsung? ln a fight? To know when an opponent is weakening or overconfident.
To even know when his spirit is broken.
ln Mortal Kombat l'd be invincible.
That shows how little you know.
These powers can be used for your good, to protect you.
Or for evil, to consume you.
But you will teach me to use it and control it.
lf that is meant to be.
Of course.
l'll be patient to learn these secrets, Master of this and of your long life.
That you will never learn from me.
Galn lmmortallty from wlnnlng Mortal Kombat or not at all.
But why learn the powers of sorcery just to end up dying like any other man? Because that path leads only to darkness and misery.
Believe me.
l know.
- l understand.
- Good.
Your mind must be clear now.
You'll soon fight the contest of your life.
- H e's strong, but small.
- You can take him.
Watch his feet.
Okay, now go! C oncentrate.
Fight! Watch him.
N o! Shang Tsung, No! Shang Tsung, you have vlolated the rules.
This match is forfeit.
Take him away.
See to him.
Move lt.
Shang Tsung's stlll allve, you know.
Last l heard he was somewhere here on Earth Realm.
ls that true? H e's no concern of mine anymore.
Why did you ever train him in the first place? Many years ago, before there was Mortal Kombat my village was attacked in an Outworld raid.
Everyone was kllled.
lncludlng my famlly.
l'm sorry.
When Mortal Kombat began l started tralnlng flghters.
As many as l could.
Shang Tsung was the best.
That's past.
You're the champlon now.
And l wlll traln you to remaln one.
What would you teach me? You will see.
Where are you going? Exploring.
Much has changed.
Much has changed.
You have to you have to help me.
H ave to? There was a time when l would've done anything you asked.
But now? l have to do nothing.
lt was a long time ago.
Wonderlng why you're here? Shao Kahn You are alive now because my guards have been watching you.
There are those from many realms who want you dead for what you did today.
Let them try.
Stand still or l'll kill you myself.
N o one would even miss you.
A cheat.
Dismissed like a dog.
You heard them cheering as you were leaving the arena.
Did it bother you? N o.
Liar.
l feel your humlllatlon your anger your need for revenge.
Yes.
l have it, too.
Do it now, Shang Tsung.
Look in my soul.
N o.
You want to.
You want to see lnslde an Emperor's heart.
Yes.
Go ahead.
What do you see? What am l? Ruthless.
Full of hate.
Does it repulse you? Or is it all too familiar? l can train you to use it.
What more can l learn? That which your Master withholds from you.
Defeating a fighter honourably or through treachery is only the beginning.
Searching his soul is one thing.
But taking his soul will allow you to live forever.
Your soul is mine.
Ruthless.
Full of hate.
Does lt repulse you? Or ls lt all too famlllar? Stay wlth me and learn.
What more can l learn? Where were you this time? ln my own hell.
l dldn't wln Mortal Kombat.
Because of your desperation, but you can fight again.
The Elder Gods will not preserve my youth until the next fight.
That's a generation away.
- Then live your life.
Do not destroy it.
- l haven't destroyed anything.
lf you serve Shao Kahn, you will.
You know what he did to me - to everything he touches.
- l'm going to survive.
Don't turn your back on me.
What do you want, huh? - What can l say to you? - Tell me how you've stayed alive for so long.
Give me the secret and we can start over again.
l cannot.
Then it's you who has turned your back on me.
Thleves.
Thls ls the spot.
The place where l stole a soul for the flrst tlme.
Then he chose it well.
Shang Tsung, look at me.
Me.
Look lnto an Emperor's heart.
Taklng hls soul wlll allow you to llve forever.
lmmortallty shall be mlne.
Don't they know who l am? l can steal, too.
N o, don't! Your soul is mine! N o! Shang Tsung, don't do it.
There will be no turning back! N o! There is no turning back now.
As there was none for me.
Then you and l are done.
l feel it! lt was the moment l turned away from him.
We both did.
Your story's hard to belleve.
That Shang Tsung was ever different, let alone that he fought for our side.
Everyone begins life innocent.
But forsaking Earth Realm for Outworld? - N othing but pain and suffering.
- Much of which Shang Tsung helped create.
H e achieved greatness there.
The draw of evil is powerful.
- l'm sure it is.
- But you have never felt it.
My whole life l've been trained to fight against it.
To see Shao Kahn and his empire wiped away? Yes.
Are you willing to do anything to see it happen? l am.
To lose everything? l've lost much already.
And you'll lose more.
Especially for you as you do not age.
l can teach you things that may help you endure as you live on for years.
- Like what? - Many things.
Some of which you may not like.
Kung Lao, there's something you should see.
lt's still early.
Where is everybody? Hldlng ln thelr homes.
The slckness.
Dozens of people have lt.
- Everyone's scared to come out.
- Has anyone dled? N o.
N ot yet.
Tell me what you want and l'll give it to you.
This, l swear.
Don't you already know? Yes.
You still here? Why aren't you serving your new master? You are my Master.
What is this? l've come to ask your forgiveness.
That's rlght.
H e means it, Master.
Share some tea.
Act of friendship.
- What have you done? - What we had to do.
Your potlons, use them, Omegls achieve what you seek and be forever cursed by it.
Curse you, Omegis.
H e's cursed me.
H e's finished.
Are you sure we have to do thls? Master knows us too well.
Our strengths, our weaknesses.
H e could destroy us some day.
Why don't we just kill him? l'm not sure he can be killed.
- But thls ls worse.
- So be it.
We should leave here.
There really ls no turnlng back, ls there? N ot anymore.
The Outworld? Yes.
And my future.
Our future.
What Shang?! - You are now part of my past! - No! Don't leave me.
No! - l cannot change what has happened.
- Yes, you can.
You can change what's happened to me.
So, you do have a price.
Make me mortal again.
You want me to kill you? You want to die? l want to age and l want to die as all mortals do.
The Master cursed me with immortality.
And now there is nothing l can do to stop it.
l understand.
Do you have the power? Release me from the Master and mortality will be yours.
What're you doing? What have you done to her? Tell me! She'll live, as will the others.
They'll all recover in a week or so.
What is it? l take a small amount of life force so that l can live.
Taja was right.
You are like Shang Tsung.
N o, l leave their souls intact.
lt began centuries ago.
N ow l cannot stop.
lt's a small price, but l must survive.
Outworld must be vanquished.
Shao Kahn must die.
So the end justifies the means.
Get out of my sight.
Get out of this trading post.
As you wish.
l came here for sanctuary while l restored my powers.
l'm now ready to finish what l started.
Yes! Finally.
Flnally lndeed.
Both of you together.
The two who betrayed me.
- You are a fool to return here.
- A fool? You, l could sense.
But l couldn't find Omegis.
l let you live hoping you'd call for her help.
Your skills have improved.
My compliments.
- What do you want? - After centurles of belng burled allve? To kill you both.
You taught me how to look into souls.
And do you know what l see in yours, Great Master? Defeat.
Utter defeat.
ls this wise? H e escaped here once before.
H e's not the only one with a sense of irony.
This place held him for hundreds of years.
N ow it can hold him forever.
This time l will seal it myself.
And now for our bargain.
To make me mortal.
- l can't.
- What do you mean? l don't have the power.
Perhaps with his help.
But now l could kill you.
But l think l'll let you live, just as you are.
H ow dare you deceive me again! - H ey, you're up.
- Yeah, l'm okay.
But l'll tell ya, if that old creep ever shows up here again, l'll break his neck.
As if you could.
Yeah, he is pretty powerful.
Maybe you should have let him teach you something.
l thought about it.
- Are you klddlng? - N o, l'm not.
With the life we lead, we can use any power available to us.
H e's right.
So you make a deal wlth the devll.
Some sort of bloodsucker llke hlm.
Like l said, l thought about it.
So why didn't you? l guess l didn't trust myself.
lf l started, it would be the beginning.
Think he'll be back? l don't know.
But l'm hoping we've seen the last of him.
Llke you sald.
My powers have increased over the years.
Omegis? Master Cho, lt's tlme for you and l to make a deal.