Let's Play Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks Prt. 2: Respawn DAMN YOU! (PS2)
so the disease people known as tarkatans, lead by Baraka, attack the shaolin temple, seemingly out of nowhere. Whats really supposed to be happening here is Baraka is leading this invasion as a means to force the earthrealm warriors to go to outworld and participate in the second tournament and face shao kahn definitively deciding the fate of earthrealm in one tournament instead of 10. They also lure them there by kidnapping sonya (effectively taking her out of the game in any capacity). We need to help johnny cage defend the wushu academy. This must suck for liu and kung because they just got finished "winning" the tournament, and escaping goro's lair and subsequently shang tsung's island, just for an attack to immediately happen. in MK9 at least this raid happens later at night after the ceremony so everyone has had an opportunity to recuperate and take everything that they've been in in. but i do like that this stays relevant to the original story midway had for MK.