I know what you're thinking: "Psycho, where in the Ten Thousand and Six Hundred hells have you been, mister!? It's been a whole year! A WHOLE F**KING YEAR, YOU SHIT-FACED COCKMASTER DONKEY RAPING SHIT EATER! What do you have to say for yourself!?" Well, that's actually pretty simple. After Gravity Falls ended, all the questions to the show were answered. So, I literally had no inspiration or muse to continue writing that story, or any of the rest of my stories for that matter. But then I met Mortal Kombat 11, and it showed me the spunk and story that gave me back my voice. A writer needs a voice and I lost that when the most inspirational of all motion picture series' ended. Thanks to Mortal Kombat 11, I intend to continue where it left off, and I hope you all enjoy it and forgive me for being so quiet and negligent all these years...um ahem...year. Without further ado, here a we go.

They say ignorance is bliss,...but they're wrong. There can be no bliss without those who fight for it. Bliss is not a constant that can be obtained. It is a feeling inside us that shows us we must fight for a better future. And we did.

When I defeated Kronika, I took control of the Hourglass, and became the new Keeper of Time. But the power to shape history was not something I could use alone. So i shared the power of the Hourglass with my most trusted friends and loved ones: Kung Lao, my faithful friend and partner, Kitana, the woman who stole my heart, Raiden, my former mentor who gave up his power to me, and Bo Rai Cho, the man who trained me to become Earthrealm's Chosen One and Champion.

Kronika nearly damaged time beyond repair, but I managed to stop her when we got to the Prehistoric Age. Had we have gone too far into the past, we would've ended up in the Chaotian Age, where life would have never existed, and only meteorites would floated through the vast void of space.

Though we are Elder Gods now, we do not stand idly by and let the realms endure the atrocities they do not deserve, because there is no Keeper of Time, who succumbed to madness, to restrain us from interfering. But we do not always intervene. Mortals must make their own decisions. We cannot decide the fate of everyone. We safeguard the realms. We protect them. We are not Kronika.

We restored the timeline to five months before our first Mortal Kombat tournament began. In those five months, we will choose Earthrealm's warriors to fight against Outworld. We cannot make a world where all the realms are at peace, but we can start from the ground up, hoping that we do bring peace to all.

Though I am now Keeper of Time, and an Elder God, that is not what i truly desired. Having to play a strong role in the protection of all the realms is not a blissful life for me. What I truly wished for was a simple life. Being the Mortal Kombat Champion was a great honor, admittedly, but the greatest honor of all...was the love of a good woman. I would give anything to live a simple life with Kitana. But alas, that can never be. So long as I live to watch over all, I can never return to the life of a mortal.

But as long as I can keep my home realm safe from harm, it is enough. I will create a new timeline. A timeline that will bring hope. A timeline that will not be ruled by power hungry tyrants. A timeline...where others can live the lives that they deserve. I may never get the life I desire, but I may be able to give others the lives they desire.

I give my word with wooden lips.

My name is Liu Kang. Keeper of Time. God of Fire. Protector of Earthrealm.

And the New Era...begins.