While tracking the evil Kano, Sonya Blade and Jackson "Jax" Briggs are attacked. The deadly Zahra poisons Jax and takes Sonya Blade prisoner. But Jax is not dead. Shango, the African Thunder God, comes to him in a vision. He shows Jax how to survive the poison--and gives him the strength of the Thunder God. Now Jax must catch up to Zahra.