Shattered Minds
Kazuya's limo pulled up to the Mishima Zaibatsu Headquarters. Him and his son stepped out of the limo and saw a dead body on the steps. It appeared that Psychosis had written something on the door with the man's blood. It read, "WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE"
As they opened the door, they were immdiately hit with the overwhelming stench of rotting blood. Dead guards were littered all over the hallway. Blood was everywhere. "HE did this?" Jin asked in shock.
"Yes. I'm afraid so," Kazuya simply replied. Both men made there way down the hall towards the elevator. It opened revealing yet another dead guard. His face looked like it had been chewed on by a rottweiler. Chances were that Psychosis had been beating on him all the way up the elevator. At the back of the elevator it said the number 70 in blood. "He's doing this on purpose," Kazuya said. "He wants us to follow him."
"How does he know that we're here."
"I don't know." They both walked in the elevator and Kazuya pushed the number 70.
"So what's on floor 70?" Jin asked.
"If I'm correct, I believe it's Heihachi."
***
Heihachi Mishima was sitting down in his office, handling some paperwork. "Sir, we have a problem," said a voice on his intercom. Heihachi recognized the voice as one of his guards. There seemed to be a lot of commotion in the background.
"What's going on?" He asked in a distressed tone of voice.
"Someone has broken into the building. We don't know who it is, but he's tearing us apart. He seems to be heading towards you. Gugh." The intercom went dead. It wasn't long until the door went flying off its hinges and Psychosis stepped in. His fingernails dripped blood on Heihachi's expensive carpet and his bare feet left red foot prints. Heihachi, expecting to find one of his old enemies, was surprised to see a complete stranger.
"Who are you? How did you get passed my men?" Heihachi demanded.
"That's easy," Psychosis replied. "I killed them."
"Are you some sort of assasin? If you are, then who hired you?"
"Relax old man. You're not my real enemy. He won't be here until a little bit later. Until then, why don't you keep me entertained," Psychosis said, bouncing up and down.
Heihachi was surprised by this lack of respect. "Do you know who I am? I am Heihachi Mishima. It appears that I'm going to have to teach you how to respect your elders." Heihachi ripped off the top of his suit and tossed it aside.
"Your gonna have to catch me first." Heihachi leaped over his desk and threw a sidekick at Psychosis's chest. He dodjed swiftly, and Heihachi tried to follow up with two punches to the face. Psychosis avoided both punches and jabbed Heihachi in the eye, before dancing back a few steps. Heihachi jumped towards him and did a spinning kick in the air. Psychosis arched his back backwards, limbo-style, to avoid the attack. As soon as Heihachi landed, he spun around again to do a sweeping kick. Psychosis jumped over the sweep and did a spinning kick of his own which connected on the side of Heihachi's head. He stumbled back a few steps, then lunged forward and did an axe kick. Psychosis rolled out of the way and jumped on top of Heihachi's desk. Heihachi did a spinning kick to his feet, but he jumped up and did a drop kick to the face. With an angry yell Heihachi lifted his fist in the air brought it down. Psychosis rolled backwards off the desk and Heihachi ended up striking it in half. Psychosis leaped over its remains and thrusted his head into Heihachi's stomach. Before he could get away, Heihachi grabbed his hair gave him a hard headbutt. Almost completely unfazed, Psychosis reered back and gave him a headbutt right back. Heihachi staggered back. Suddenly, Psychosis opened his eyes wide and looked at the doorway.
"They're here. Right on schedule. I've been waiting for this moment for so long."
"Who? What are you talking about?"
"Shut up. I can't play with you much longer or else you'll get in the way. I know. Let's play a game. You have to kill me in ten seconds. If you don't , something really bad is going to happen."
"I don't have time to be playing your childish games, boy."
"You don't have a choice old man. You better hurry. The clock is ticking. 10." Heihachi dashed towards him with a heavy punch. Psychosis dodjed and gave him a punch to the lip. "9" Heihachi did a hammer punch, but Psychosis stepped to the side and gave him a kick to the knee. Then he danced around to his back. "8" Heihachi turned and did a sidekick. Psychosis ducked and sweeped him off his feet. "7!" Heihachi stood while throwing a low kick to the ankle, but Psychosis jumped over him and raked his fingernails down his back. "6" Heihachi turned and did a backfist, but Psychosis blocked it and pushed him away with a front kick. "5" Heihachi was obviously getting very frustrated. He squatted down and concentrated his inner powers as he muttered a low growl under his breath. Bolts of electricity began dancing around his body. "4,3,2..." Heihachi leaped into the air with his hand raised while he released a violent roar. Psychosis stood in awe as he watched Heihachi flying towards him with bands of lightning covering his entire body. He came down and crashed his fist into Psychosis's neck. It made a loud snap, and Psychosis fell to the floor.
Just then, Kazuya and Jin ran into the office. Heihachi was standing over Psychosis's lifeless body, trying to catch his breath. He turned his head to the doorway. "You! What are you doing here!"
"Actually, I came for him," Kazuya said, pointing at Psychosis's body. "But since it seems that you already took care of him, I guess I can take this time to settle the score with you."
Jin looked at Psychosis. It seemed strange that he came all this way just to find him already dead. Something didn't seem right. Suddenly, Psychosis opened his eyes and looked at him. "No!" Jin yelled.
Psychosis leaped to his feet and plunged his hand deep into Heihachi's chest. "1" He pressed his foot against Heihachi's face and pushed it away, along with the rest of his body. But his heart still remained in the hand of Psychosis. He held it in front of him with both hands and looked at it with demonic glee. "AHAHAHA! YES YES YES YES YES! LOOK AT IT! ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL! A WARRIOR'S HEART! A HEART THAT HAS SEEN A MILLION BATTLES! AND I HOLD IT IN MY HANDS!" Psychosis raised the heart above his head, allowing the blood to drip on his face. "ALERT THE MASSES! HEIHACHI MISHIMA IS DEAD! AND I AM HIS GLORIOUS MURDERER!
Jin looked down at his fallen grandfather. His eyes were rolled up and his mouth wide open. The giant hole in his chest continued to leak blood. As much as Jin hated him, there was something about that image that made him feel old feelings of remorse towards him.
Psychosis turned his attention to Kazuya. He dropped the heart on the floor and kicked it to Kazuya's feet. "Hello Kazuya," he said. "Long time, no see. After all these years, you still look like a punk." He turned to look at Jin. "And look. You brought a friend. Don't tell me. Your his son, right? I didn't catch your name." He started looking around the room like he was searching for something. "Let's see what's his name? What was that? Jin? That's a stupid name. I'm just gonna call you Jim. Is that ok, Jim?"
He casually walked towards Kazuya. "But he's not the one I'm interested in. You are, Kazuya. After all, your the one whose ruined my life!"
"I don't know what your talking about," Kazuya said in his defense.
"Don't give me that shit. You've kept me in a cage my whole life. Do you know what it's like to be locked away all the time. All I've had to do is listen to those damn voices that keep going around in my head. You created me to be the, so-called, perfect human being. Look at me, Kazuya! Do I look perfect to you!"
"You were the first one. There was bound to be some defects."
"Oh I'm sorry. I guess that makes everything all better. This is just one big misunderstanding. I guess I'll just have to go back to that little padded room you put me in and stay there until I die! Would that make you happy Kazuya?! Huh?! I will never forgive you for everything you've done to me! You've taken my freedom, my pride, my spirit, even my sanity! Now I'm going to make you feel my pain! DIE!"
Before Kazuya could react, Psychosis slashed his claws across his face. Then he kicked him in the ribs, knocking him into the wall. Psychosis quickly closed the gap and slashed Kazuya's chest. Jin ran to his father's aid, but Psychosis turned and cut his stomach, sending him to the floor. Psychosis leaped into the air and prepared to stab his claws into Jin's neck as he came down. Jin barely managed to roll out of the way. As soon as he got to his feet, Psychosis gave him a sidekick to the ribs, then spun around and gave him another kick to the face. Jin fell to the ground. Psychosis picked him up and started squeezing the sides of his head. Jin couldn't fight Psychosis's superhuman strength. At this rate his head would be crushed. Kazuya snuck up behind and put him in a sleeper-hold, causing him to let go of Jin. He pulled off Kazuya's choking arm and bit down on it with his sharp teeth. Then he threw him aside. Kazuya got up and the two began trading blows once again.
Jin got up on one knee and watched them. Kazuya had Psychosis backed against a wall and was punching him continuously. Despite landing direct blows to the face, Psychosis continued smiling and laughing as if he enjoyed it. He gave Kazuya a hard headbutt that knocked him on the ground, then jumped on top of him and began punching and clawing him relentlessly. 'It's unreal,' thought Jin. 'It's like he doesn't feel pain. I don't think normal attacks are gonna hurt him.' Suddenly, he had an idea. Standing up, he placed one of his fists in front of him and the other at his side. Then he closed his eyes and concentrated. Before long, bolts of lightning appeared all over his body.
Psychosis was still beating on Kazuya when he felt Jin's power rising. He stood up and turned to look at him. "What's going on Jim?" he asked smiling. "You sparkle like a Christmas tree. Is that supposed to impress me?" Jin's body continued to crackle with electrical power. Psychosis couldn't resist the urge to attack him. He leaped towards him with an animal warcry like a predator pouncing prey. All of a sudden, all of the lightning began swirling around Jin's right fist. He opened his eyes, took a quick step forward, and gave Psychosis a hard punch to the face. Psychosis yelled like a wounded animal and tumbled across the floor.
A bleeding Kazuya got to his feet and watched. Psychosis remained lying on his stomach for several minutes. At last, he slowly made his way to all fours while keeping his face hidden. He brought one of his hands up to his face and covered his eye. Slowly, he stood up to his feet and looked at Jin with pure rage. His body was shaking like it was going to explode. He brought hand down, and where his left eye had once been was now just a giant mass of blood. "You...you...YOU LITTLE SHIT!!!" he yelled. "Look what you've done to me! I am like so totally gonna rip your throat out!" Psychosis moved toward the large window at the back of Heihachi's office. "I'm not going to forget this! You're both on my hitlist now! Both of you are going to die horrible deaths! Later!" Psychosis jumped backwards through the window. "Hmm. Seems like I've done this before," he said as he fell to the ground.
Both men ran to the window, but there was no sign of Psychosis anywhere. "Damn! He got away!" yelled Kazuya. "It seems I've underestimated his regenerative abilities. I saw what you did to him. That punch probably would have killed a normal man." Jin hung his head down in thought. "What's wrong."
"I can't get over how many people he killed down there," he said. "They may have been soldiers, but they still had lives."
"Now do you see why we have to kill him? He could have just as easily done that to innocents. And he probably will if we don't find him soon enough."
"So what are we going to do?"
Kazuya looked over at Heihachi's dead body. "First, we have some business to take care of."
***
5 hours later. Kazuya stood in his helicopter while holding Heihachi over a volcano. "Are you sure this is right!" Jin yelled over the helicopter's roar.
"It's the way he would have wanted it!" Kazuya let go of his father and watched him fall into the fiery lava. Kazuya walked to the back of the helicopter and sat next to Jin. "Now we have to go and find Psychosis. It's necessary that we find and stop him as soon as humanly possible."
"Where do you think he could be?"
"I have no idea."
***
Psychosis paced back and forth inside a dark alley. "NO, NO, NO! It wasn't supposed happen like this! Kazuya is supposed to be dead right now! Why did this happen?! Why did everything go wrong?!"
Psychosis started looking around the alley in a trance like state. "Shut up! It wasn't my fault! Go away and leave me alone." He grabbed the sides of his head and started banging it on the wall. "Aaaaaah! GET OUT OF MY HEAD, GET OUT OF MY HEAD, GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!"
Suddenly, he stopped and opened his good eye in interest. "What was that?" He rested his hands down at his sides. "Yes, that's a brilliant idea. They'll never know what hit them. What was her name again?"
Psychosis looked up and opened his other eye. In only a few hours time, his injury had completely healed. "Xiaoyu. Hm hm hm hm ha ha ha ha haaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!
Attack of the killer author: Only one more chapter to go. As you can imagine it should be very interesting. Xiaoyu is finally going to have a role in the story, so I'm sure all of you Xiaoyu fans won't want to miss it. In fact, no one's gonna want to miss it. It's the last chapter! Jes has spoken.
Kazuya's limo pulled up to the Mishima Zaibatsu Headquarters. Him and his son stepped out of the limo and saw a dead body on the steps. It appeared that Psychosis had written something on the door with the man's blood. It read, "WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE"
As they opened the door, they were immdiately hit with the overwhelming stench of rotting blood. Dead guards were littered all over the hallway. Blood was everywhere. "HE did this?" Jin asked in shock.
"Yes. I'm afraid so," Kazuya simply replied. Both men made there way down the hall towards the elevator. It opened revealing yet another dead guard. His face looked like it had been chewed on by a rottweiler. Chances were that Psychosis had been beating on him all the way up the elevator. At the back of the elevator it said the number 70 in blood. "He's doing this on purpose," Kazuya said. "He wants us to follow him."
"How does he know that we're here."
"I don't know." They both walked in the elevator and Kazuya pushed the number 70.
"So what's on floor 70?" Jin asked.
"If I'm correct, I believe it's Heihachi."
***
Heihachi Mishima was sitting down in his office, handling some paperwork. "Sir, we have a problem," said a voice on his intercom. Heihachi recognized the voice as one of his guards. There seemed to be a lot of commotion in the background.
"What's going on?" He asked in a distressed tone of voice.
"Someone has broken into the building. We don't know who it is, but he's tearing us apart. He seems to be heading towards you. Gugh." The intercom went dead. It wasn't long until the door went flying off its hinges and Psychosis stepped in. His fingernails dripped blood on Heihachi's expensive carpet and his bare feet left red foot prints. Heihachi, expecting to find one of his old enemies, was surprised to see a complete stranger.
"Who are you? How did you get passed my men?" Heihachi demanded.
"That's easy," Psychosis replied. "I killed them."
"Are you some sort of assasin? If you are, then who hired you?"
"Relax old man. You're not my real enemy. He won't be here until a little bit later. Until then, why don't you keep me entertained," Psychosis said, bouncing up and down.
Heihachi was surprised by this lack of respect. "Do you know who I am? I am Heihachi Mishima. It appears that I'm going to have to teach you how to respect your elders." Heihachi ripped off the top of his suit and tossed it aside.
"Your gonna have to catch me first." Heihachi leaped over his desk and threw a sidekick at Psychosis's chest. He dodjed swiftly, and Heihachi tried to follow up with two punches to the face. Psychosis avoided both punches and jabbed Heihachi in the eye, before dancing back a few steps. Heihachi jumped towards him and did a spinning kick in the air. Psychosis arched his back backwards, limbo-style, to avoid the attack. As soon as Heihachi landed, he spun around again to do a sweeping kick. Psychosis jumped over the sweep and did a spinning kick of his own which connected on the side of Heihachi's head. He stumbled back a few steps, then lunged forward and did an axe kick. Psychosis rolled out of the way and jumped on top of Heihachi's desk. Heihachi did a spinning kick to his feet, but he jumped up and did a drop kick to the face. With an angry yell Heihachi lifted his fist in the air brought it down. Psychosis rolled backwards off the desk and Heihachi ended up striking it in half. Psychosis leaped over its remains and thrusted his head into Heihachi's stomach. Before he could get away, Heihachi grabbed his hair gave him a hard headbutt. Almost completely unfazed, Psychosis reered back and gave him a headbutt right back. Heihachi staggered back. Suddenly, Psychosis opened his eyes wide and looked at the doorway.
"They're here. Right on schedule. I've been waiting for this moment for so long."
"Who? What are you talking about?"
"Shut up. I can't play with you much longer or else you'll get in the way. I know. Let's play a game. You have to kill me in ten seconds. If you don't , something really bad is going to happen."
"I don't have time to be playing your childish games, boy."
"You don't have a choice old man. You better hurry. The clock is ticking. 10." Heihachi dashed towards him with a heavy punch. Psychosis dodjed and gave him a punch to the lip. "9" Heihachi did a hammer punch, but Psychosis stepped to the side and gave him a kick to the knee. Then he danced around to his back. "8" Heihachi turned and did a sidekick. Psychosis ducked and sweeped him off his feet. "7!" Heihachi stood while throwing a low kick to the ankle, but Psychosis jumped over him and raked his fingernails down his back. "6" Heihachi turned and did a backfist, but Psychosis blocked it and pushed him away with a front kick. "5" Heihachi was obviously getting very frustrated. He squatted down and concentrated his inner powers as he muttered a low growl under his breath. Bolts of electricity began dancing around his body. "4,3,2..." Heihachi leaped into the air with his hand raised while he released a violent roar. Psychosis stood in awe as he watched Heihachi flying towards him with bands of lightning covering his entire body. He came down and crashed his fist into Psychosis's neck. It made a loud snap, and Psychosis fell to the floor.
Just then, Kazuya and Jin ran into the office. Heihachi was standing over Psychosis's lifeless body, trying to catch his breath. He turned his head to the doorway. "You! What are you doing here!"
"Actually, I came for him," Kazuya said, pointing at Psychosis's body. "But since it seems that you already took care of him, I guess I can take this time to settle the score with you."
Jin looked at Psychosis. It seemed strange that he came all this way just to find him already dead. Something didn't seem right. Suddenly, Psychosis opened his eyes and looked at him. "No!" Jin yelled.
Psychosis leaped to his feet and plunged his hand deep into Heihachi's chest. "1" He pressed his foot against Heihachi's face and pushed it away, along with the rest of his body. But his heart still remained in the hand of Psychosis. He held it in front of him with both hands and looked at it with demonic glee. "AHAHAHA! YES YES YES YES YES! LOOK AT IT! ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL! A WARRIOR'S HEART! A HEART THAT HAS SEEN A MILLION BATTLES! AND I HOLD IT IN MY HANDS!" Psychosis raised the heart above his head, allowing the blood to drip on his face. "ALERT THE MASSES! HEIHACHI MISHIMA IS DEAD! AND I AM HIS GLORIOUS MURDERER!
Jin looked down at his fallen grandfather. His eyes were rolled up and his mouth wide open. The giant hole in his chest continued to leak blood. As much as Jin hated him, there was something about that image that made him feel old feelings of remorse towards him.
Psychosis turned his attention to Kazuya. He dropped the heart on the floor and kicked it to Kazuya's feet. "Hello Kazuya," he said. "Long time, no see. After all these years, you still look like a punk." He turned to look at Jin. "And look. You brought a friend. Don't tell me. Your his son, right? I didn't catch your name." He started looking around the room like he was searching for something. "Let's see what's his name? What was that? Jin? That's a stupid name. I'm just gonna call you Jim. Is that ok, Jim?"
He casually walked towards Kazuya. "But he's not the one I'm interested in. You are, Kazuya. After all, your the one whose ruined my life!"
"I don't know what your talking about," Kazuya said in his defense.
"Don't give me that shit. You've kept me in a cage my whole life. Do you know what it's like to be locked away all the time. All I've had to do is listen to those damn voices that keep going around in my head. You created me to be the, so-called, perfect human being. Look at me, Kazuya! Do I look perfect to you!"
"You were the first one. There was bound to be some defects."
"Oh I'm sorry. I guess that makes everything all better. This is just one big misunderstanding. I guess I'll just have to go back to that little padded room you put me in and stay there until I die! Would that make you happy Kazuya?! Huh?! I will never forgive you for everything you've done to me! You've taken my freedom, my pride, my spirit, even my sanity! Now I'm going to make you feel my pain! DIE!"
Before Kazuya could react, Psychosis slashed his claws across his face. Then he kicked him in the ribs, knocking him into the wall. Psychosis quickly closed the gap and slashed Kazuya's chest. Jin ran to his father's aid, but Psychosis turned and cut his stomach, sending him to the floor. Psychosis leaped into the air and prepared to stab his claws into Jin's neck as he came down. Jin barely managed to roll out of the way. As soon as he got to his feet, Psychosis gave him a sidekick to the ribs, then spun around and gave him another kick to the face. Jin fell to the ground. Psychosis picked him up and started squeezing the sides of his head. Jin couldn't fight Psychosis's superhuman strength. At this rate his head would be crushed. Kazuya snuck up behind and put him in a sleeper-hold, causing him to let go of Jin. He pulled off Kazuya's choking arm and bit down on it with his sharp teeth. Then he threw him aside. Kazuya got up and the two began trading blows once again.
Jin got up on one knee and watched them. Kazuya had Psychosis backed against a wall and was punching him continuously. Despite landing direct blows to the face, Psychosis continued smiling and laughing as if he enjoyed it. He gave Kazuya a hard headbutt that knocked him on the ground, then jumped on top of him and began punching and clawing him relentlessly. 'It's unreal,' thought Jin. 'It's like he doesn't feel pain. I don't think normal attacks are gonna hurt him.' Suddenly, he had an idea. Standing up, he placed one of his fists in front of him and the other at his side. Then he closed his eyes and concentrated. Before long, bolts of lightning appeared all over his body.
Psychosis was still beating on Kazuya when he felt Jin's power rising. He stood up and turned to look at him. "What's going on Jim?" he asked smiling. "You sparkle like a Christmas tree. Is that supposed to impress me?" Jin's body continued to crackle with electrical power. Psychosis couldn't resist the urge to attack him. He leaped towards him with an animal warcry like a predator pouncing prey. All of a sudden, all of the lightning began swirling around Jin's right fist. He opened his eyes, took a quick step forward, and gave Psychosis a hard punch to the face. Psychosis yelled like a wounded animal and tumbled across the floor.
A bleeding Kazuya got to his feet and watched. Psychosis remained lying on his stomach for several minutes. At last, he slowly made his way to all fours while keeping his face hidden. He brought one of his hands up to his face and covered his eye. Slowly, he stood up to his feet and looked at Jin with pure rage. His body was shaking like it was going to explode. He brought hand down, and where his left eye had once been was now just a giant mass of blood. "You...you...YOU LITTLE SHIT!!!" he yelled. "Look what you've done to me! I am like so totally gonna rip your throat out!" Psychosis moved toward the large window at the back of Heihachi's office. "I'm not going to forget this! You're both on my hitlist now! Both of you are going to die horrible deaths! Later!" Psychosis jumped backwards through the window. "Hmm. Seems like I've done this before," he said as he fell to the ground.
Both men ran to the window, but there was no sign of Psychosis anywhere. "Damn! He got away!" yelled Kazuya. "It seems I've underestimated his regenerative abilities. I saw what you did to him. That punch probably would have killed a normal man." Jin hung his head down in thought. "What's wrong."
"I can't get over how many people he killed down there," he said. "They may have been soldiers, but they still had lives."
"Now do you see why we have to kill him? He could have just as easily done that to innocents. And he probably will if we don't find him soon enough."
"So what are we going to do?"
Kazuya looked over at Heihachi's dead body. "First, we have some business to take care of."
***
5 hours later. Kazuya stood in his helicopter while holding Heihachi over a volcano. "Are you sure this is right!" Jin yelled over the helicopter's roar.
"It's the way he would have wanted it!" Kazuya let go of his father and watched him fall into the fiery lava. Kazuya walked to the back of the helicopter and sat next to Jin. "Now we have to go and find Psychosis. It's necessary that we find and stop him as soon as humanly possible."
"Where do you think he could be?"
"I have no idea."
***
Psychosis paced back and forth inside a dark alley. "NO, NO, NO! It wasn't supposed happen like this! Kazuya is supposed to be dead right now! Why did this happen?! Why did everything go wrong?!"
Psychosis started looking around the alley in a trance like state. "Shut up! It wasn't my fault! Go away and leave me alone." He grabbed the sides of his head and started banging it on the wall. "Aaaaaah! GET OUT OF MY HEAD, GET OUT OF MY HEAD, GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!"
Suddenly, he stopped and opened his good eye in interest. "What was that?" He rested his hands down at his sides. "Yes, that's a brilliant idea. They'll never know what hit them. What was her name again?"
Psychosis looked up and opened his other eye. In only a few hours time, his injury had completely healed. "Xiaoyu. Hm hm hm hm ha ha ha ha haaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!
Attack of the killer author: Only one more chapter to go. As you can imagine it should be very interesting. Xiaoyu is finally going to have a role in the story, so I'm sure all of you Xiaoyu fans won't want to miss it. In fact, no one's gonna want to miss it. It's the last chapter! Jes has spoken.
