Whoa whoa whoa...what? Sub-Zero trying to look like a ninja-wanna-be with a greaser fetish trying to be goth is cool? No...I could even go as far as to say I could easily convert Sub-Zero's outfit into bondage gear
kinky....but he's a d-bag...Tundra's WAY better.
Also, Raiden really couldn't interfere at that point, otherwise, they would have noticed Smoke and Raiden has no claim to him over the Lin Kuie. Instead of just one getting forced into assimilation, both would have been.
Imagine, laying naked on an operating table, knowing that the next time you woke up, you weren't going to be *you* anymore...or even have free will in your own mind? Brr...