Mileena breaks free of the curse's control

Earlier, when you smashed into the building with the demonic flying beast above Tifa, who kicked herself free and jumped out of the way as the two Tarkatans were buried under rubble

Tifa: Aiden? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING ON THAT THING

Aiden: TRYING TO GET TO THE CASTLE BEFORE SINDEL IS KILLED

Tifa: THEN HURRY, WE'LL HANDLE IT HERE, IF SHE DIES, SO DO YOU, BUT BE CAREFUL THAT DEMON IS RIDICULOUSLY STRONG

Aiden: THANKS FOR THE TIP, GOOD LUCK

Tifa sees you flying away

Tifa: Yeah, we'll need it

Kitana: SNAP OUT OF IT, SISTER

Mileena just screams at her sister like a mindless beast, so Kitana tries her best to keep her in place

Kitana: damn it, if only I still had some of that antidote

Skarlet: BLOOD SPIKES

Skarlet takes out some of the cursed ones with spikes, killing them

Kitana: Please fight. I don't want to kill you sister. I already had to make that choice once, and I almost did, and I was so glad Li Mei stopped me

Kitana sees tears coming out of Mileena's eyes

Kitana: I knew you were still in there, keep fighting

Mileena kicks Kitana in the stomach and jumps at her with the intent to bite into her

Tifa: FOCUSED STRIKE

Tifa's foot catches fire, and she hits Mileena directly in the stomach

Kitana: NO, DON'T

Mileena flies back after getting kicked by Tifa

Kitana: HOW DARE YOU? I WAS JUST GETTING THROUGH TO HER

Tifa: YOU CAN'T SAVE HER, SHE IS A MINDLESS MONSTER NOW

Kitana: I CAN, I LOVE MY SISTER, AND I WILL DO WHAT IS NEEDED TO FREE HER

Tifa: IF YOU REALLY LOVE HER, YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE HER IN THIS STATE, AS THAT MONSTER

They watch as Mileena gets up again

Mileena clenches her fists and remembers the talk she had with Mileena earlier today

Mileena: As promised, I will all allow you to stop the bloodlust, a glass of his blood will stop it for today

Cloud: NO PLEASE

Mileena starts cutting Cloud and filling glasses with his blood

Baraka: I can feel the bloodlust fading a bit

Raiko: he really is the antidote

Baraka: We still have a future because of this

Mileena finishes giving all the cursed ones a glass of blood

Mileena: Guards, take him to that throne room and chain him next to Mother's throne

Guard: Yes, Princess

Kitana: Do you think they can be trusted

Mileena: I trust Mother, she knows what she's doing, plus she made that blood oath with their leader, so they need us to win

Kitana: I guess, I just don't like this

Mileena: None of us like this, but we need to defend Mother's Empire. To think we're gonna have to fight our own countrymen, even if Shao misled them

Kitana: Yeah

Mileena: I didn't care before; I lived my life without any worry, and look where it got me. Now I am cursed like them, and I will not let them carry the burden alone

Kitana: You do realise we'll have to put them down when the time comes. We can slow the spread of the curse down, but one day it will take completely over and turn them into mindless beasts

Mileena: As will happen to me

Kitana: No, we'll find a way to stop that from happening, we'll find a cure

Mileena: I will not take that cure, until there are no cursed ones left

Kitana: Sister, you can't be serious

Mileena: Kitana, I need you to promise me something

Kitana: What is it

Mileena: If the curse takes completely over and I become a mindless beast, promise me you'll put me down

Kitana: Mileena

Mileena: Promise it. I don't want to hurt innocents. If you love me you'll grant me death when that time comes. Do you promise

Kitana: I-I promise

Back to the present where Mileena starts sprinting towards Kitana and Tifa

Kitana: You are right, I will not let her suffer anymore. Can you hit her knees to make her fall

Tifa: I can

Kitana: Then do it

Kitana gets into her stance

At the same time, Jade and Tanya are fighting the now mindless Baraka

Jade: he just won't go down

Tanya: he's strong

Jade: Everyone is strong to you

Tanya: Oh, shut up. Do you want to fight him alone

As Baraka attacks again, Tanya sees Mileena running and sees Kitana's stance

Tanya: NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO

Tanya runs after Mileena leaving Jade alone to face Baraka

Jade: TANYA, YOU IDIOT

Baraka brings down his bone swords, which forces Jade to block them with her staff

Tifa: Here she comes

Tifa: FOCUSED STRIKE

Tifa's foot catches fire again and jumps towards Mileena, who blocks her stomach this time, but that was never the target, as Tifa hits one of her legs, making her fall down

Kitana: Goodbye, sister

As Mileena falls, she sees the tears in Kitana's eyes, before seeing that her fan blades are about to cut her throat

Tanya: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Tanya pushes Mileena out of the way and gets sliced by the fan blades on her back.

Kitana: Tanya?

Tifa: OH SHIT

Mileena immediately kicks Tifa to the side and grabs both Kitana and Tanya by the throat and slams them down on the ground before grabbing both her Sai and about to bring them down on both of them, when she stops

Kitana: Mileena?

Mileena's hands shake, she doesn't want to do this

Mileena was a lonely child, Kitana was good at everything, so she never thought she fit in, Sidnel always told Kitana how good she was, and while she still loved Mileena, she was disappointed that she was pretty average in everything, It was clear to her that Kitana was the favorite

Mileena tried her best, but she couldn't catch up, no matter how hard she trained

?: Think it's time for a break, Mileena

Mileena turned around and saw her father, Emperor Jerrod was a diplomat who married Sindel, though he was only the emperor in name, as it was still Sindel who ruled. He was a very kind man, and to Mileena, he was her best friend

Mileena: I just want to be a better father; I want to make Mother proud; I don't want her to be ashamed of me

Jerrod: She's not ashamed Mileena, she just wants you to be the best version of yourself, even if she says it in such a cold manner

Jerrod: Come with me

Jerrod took Mileena to the top of the castle, where they watched the night sky together

Mileena: It's beautiful

Jerrod: This is probably the only place in the empire where you can probably see the stars. Aren't they beautiful?

Mileena: They are, but why did you bring me here

Jerrod: For you to relax. Right here you aren't a princess, right here you're Mileena, and here you can relax, enjoy these moments. Whenever you feel stressed or down, just come here and let all your frustrations melt away

They kept looking at the stars together, and this became something the two of them would do a lot together, at least once a week, until Jerrod suddenly died under mysterious circumstances 3 years ago

His death fell hard on the royal family, but Mileena got hurt the most, her only friend was gone

But there were two people who stood by her, who understood her better than anyone, her sister Kitana, who always defended her, and her bodyguard Tanya, who she slowly got closer to after his death, and now she is about to kill them both

Mileena: NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO

She rams both her Sai into herself

Kitana: SISTER!

Tanya: MILEENA!

Mileena: I-I am not a monster, I AM MILEENA PRINCESS OF EDENIA, AND PROUD DAUGHTER OF EMPEROR JERROD, AND I WILL NOT YIELD TO A FUCKING CURSE

Kitana: She broke free

Mileena holds out her hands to both her sister and girlfriend and helps them up and immediately hugs them.

Mileena: I'm sorry, to both of you

Mileena starts to cry

Kitana: No, I'm sorry, that I almost killed you. Thank you Tanya for jumping between us

Tanya: I just did my duty

Tifa: YEAH YEAH VERY TOUCHING, BUT WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE

They stop hugging

Mileena: She's right. Where's that demon

Kitana: he went inside, to kill Mother

Mileena: We need to stop him, but we also can't abandon the others who are still fighting

She looks at the other cursed ones

Mileena: And free them of their torment

Tifa: We can't do both, and I have a friend in the throne room too, who I don't want to die

Tanya: You three go, help the others stop that demon; I'll just slow you guys down

Mileena: I can't leave you here

Tanya: You need to protect your home Mileena, to protect your father's home

Mileena: You're right, I will not let our empire fall

Tifa: Let's go

Tifa, Mileena, and Kitana run into the castle to the throne room

Tanya: Good luck

Tanya almost falls down thanks to all the blood she's losing from her back, since she got badly cut by Kitana's fan blades

Tanya: Now is not the time to pass out; I will not fail you

Tanya runs back into the battle towards Baraka, who's still fighting Jade