*-x- Rising Chaos-x-*
Part 8
Anna's body hit the ground harshly as she gasped in as much precious air as she could. Kazuya stepped back into a stance as his demonically possessed son quickly recovered from the hard-hitting blow on his back. His fiery eyes placed their smouldering glare back onto his father and burned with hatred. Long claws glinted as they extended out from the young fingers on each hand and a malicious grin grew on the pale partially concealed face of Devil Jin as he sprung forward baring them.
Devil Jin launched a fist straight towards Kazuya's head. In raising an arm to block the attack, Kazuya cringed as the surging pain shot through it, having been penetrated by five long claws. Devil Jin began to chuckle as he watched the blood gush out as he retracted his blood covered claws. He then shot forward, once again. Kazuya jumped back, in an effort to dodge the flesh-tearing claws.
Malevolent laughter roared up as Kazuya stumbled back, clutching his chest. The pouring blood soon began absorbing into his ripped clothes, and he fell to his knees. "I'm in some deep shit now..." he thought as he clutched his fists tightly and slowly rose back to his feet.
Anna dragged herself discreetly along the floor and shook the body of Ling Xiaoyu. Her silky black bunches blew up in the air as she turned her head and gradually retreated her eyelids, her deep brown eyes unveiling beneath thick black curling eyelashes. She focused on the beaten younger Williams sister.
"Go..." Anna pleaded, almost in a whisper. "...Go find some help...please..."
Ling looked on as Kazuya struggled to keep his assault going as he rapidly bled. She then turned her head to see Anna run along and attempt to slide tackle Devil Jin, who spread his wings and jumped into the air. Anna got up, and turned to face the demonic youth, barricading Kazuya from him. Upon landing back down, Anna ran forward, gripped her delicate hands tightly round his shoulders, flipped over him and let him go whilst in mid-air, throwing him through the air.
"Go! NOW!" she cried out to the young Chinese teen as Devil Jin spun in the air and steadied himself, smirking in amusement. Anna backed up and quickly spun round to Kazuya.
"Kazuya...Just hang on... when some help gets here we can escape..."
* * * * * *
Hwoarang rose up a hand as he slowly opened his eyes, and wiped strands of flaming red hair out of his young face. He then stretched out his long arms, yawning loudly. After gaining back proportion of everything around him, he looked around, rubbing his eyes.
"Hmmm... No Lee, no Angel..."
He rose to his feet, only to fall back down to the floor, still weakened.
"Shit...!" He cursed as he flopped back down, "Something is going on and I'm too weak to stand on my feet...!"
He clenched a fist and smashed it into the ground.
"...Fuck..." he said as he rolled onto his back and sighed, brushing back his shimmering floppy hair with his right hand.
* * * * * *
Ling's thick black bunches flew about, veiling her face as she sprinted along hurriedly. She weaved in and out of the trees, her youthful chest heaving.
"I've gotta hurry... I have to find help... I have to bring back Jin..."
Suddenly something caught the corner of her eye, and she froze on the spot and peered up.
Nothing.
Abruptly, the sound of a voice rang out from behind her.
"Help is on its way my child."
She spun round, to no avail. Still nothing - well, except from a shimmering white feather...
She turned her focus back to her path and resumed speeding along, in between the thickening forestry. "I only hope your right...whoever you were..."
* * * * * *
The echo of 5 pairs of feet consecutively hitting the ground rung in the otherwise silent air. Tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. They all knew Jin was a worthy opponent, but they had never heard of him being compared to a `monster'. No, more than compared, being indicted as one. The strengthening wind blew full force against them, making their struggle along harder.
"So, why exactly are you doing this Lee?" Paul questioned.
Lee's silver shining strands blew about wildly as he peered over his shoulder at the rowdy American. "As a favour." He retorted impassively.
"A favour to whom?" Lei inquired, whilst throwing his long flowing black ponytail back over his shoulder.
"Yeah, tell us." Yoshimitsu agreed.
Lee turned his head back round.
"Hmm... I'll explain later," He then looked behind at the two young fighters, who trailed along silently. "What's up with you two?" he inquired.
Paul sniggered. "You interrupted their make out time."
Christie sprinted in front of the tall-haired fighter and turned, slapping him harshly round the face with a long delicate hand.
"Don't be such a pervert!" she called out as she dropped back, beside the young Brit who reached out a warm hand and took hers up in it.
Paul sighed as everyone once again began chuckling at his expense. Yoshimitsu grinned cheekily. "Great going pervy man Paul."
"Tch."
Lee abruptly froze on the spot, startling his fellow fighters, whom all stopped behind him.
"Trouble?" questioned the eager cyborg.
"No..." Lee replied. " You see I'm doing a favour for Ange - "
"No way!" Paul outburst. "You?! Working for Angel?! That is rich!"
"Actually it is quite true, child." the mystical Siren-like voice lulled.
All 5 fighters turned round to see Angel gracefully drifting down to them from the heavens.
"HOLY SAUSAGES!" exclaimed Yoshimitsu.
Angel's divine pale lips curved into a heavenly smile and her sweet laughter rung out. She then landed gently upon the ground and turned to Lee, and reached out a porcelain hand that gently stroked his frozen cheek.
"The young Xiaoyu is mid-way in the forests, she will lead you to the spawn of Kazuya. Take good care my children, an extra hand will be with you in 30 to 40 minutes... you must protect all of the life around you."
Angel then proceeded in spreading out her magnificent angelic wings and, in a second, the resolute fighters found themselves surrounded by seemingly endless forestry. Angel was out of sight; only leaving her trademark floating isolated feather drifting slowly down.
"I...guess we search for Ling then..." the bewildered young Christie said softly.
Lee began weaving his way in-between tree after tree, being closely followed by the others. Just running endlessly, never knowing which way there were headed, or what lay in wait for them...
Suddenly he stopped as he watched the young Chinese teen fall head over heels over an overturned root. Christie ran forward.
"Ouch..." Ling muttered as she lifted her head up.
There she saw long flowing brown locks wavering about, and a pair of dazzling blue eyes placed upon her, smiling.
"Here." Christie said as she held out a hand.
Ling reached out hers and Christie pulled her back up to her feet.
"So, what's going on...? Dare I ask..." Steve said as he stepped forward.
Ling's silky bunches flopped down as she looked back from where she had come. She reached out a hand and pushed her hair from out of her young frightened face. "Kazuya... he... dropped Jin off of the cliff top...then...then..."
Ling turned to face Christie whom had opened out her arms. She then stepped forward and hugged the young fighter tightly, resting her head over her shoulder.
"...He just flew back up. It was Jin... but it wasn't. He... he's a tyrant! He...he... was playing with us all, playing with our fears, enjoying every distressed scream, every drop of blood that fell... ugh... I...I was so scared!" Ling sobbed into the comforting shoulder of Christie, shivering in anxiety.
"Shush... It's gonna be okay, well get the old Jin back...somehow..." Christie soothed as she patted Ling sympathetically.
Lee strode forward, his sparking silver hair still blowing back madly. "C'mon," he beckoned, walking forward. "We have no time to waste."
* * * * * *
Anna screamed out shrilly as the long blood-covered claws slashed all along her right leg, which seeped with blood. Tears streamed down her face as she raised her arm to attempt to block the swinging fist that struck her rouge cheek, scratching it as it sent her flying into a tree.
Upon raising her head, Anna noticed Kazuya's right hand held out to her. He stood in front of her, clutching his bleeding chest tightly with his left hand.
"Try and get up." He said as he glanced over at the snickering possessed youth, whom was standing, arms crossed, waiting.
Anna took hold of his strong hand and pulled herself up to her feet. Suddenly, she felt an excruciating sting run up her leg and found herself falling back down, only being held up by Kazuya's grip.
"I can't..." she snivelled.
Kazuya winced as he turned his back to her. "Climb on." He commanded.
Anna jumped upon his back and put her arms round his neck. Kazuya looked up at Devil Jin, and slowly edged back.
"This isn't over yet." He sternly growled as he backed off, Anna on his back, watching the 6 arrivals come to a halt in front of his demonic son.
Devil Jin grinned, as he took no hesitation in stabbing his long claws straight into the side of the young Xiaoyu.
Ling gasped in horror and fell limp to the ground as he retracted them slowly. He hovered a foot above her, and laughed as he dropped it down, straight onto her stomach, causing her to wail out in agony before she lost consciousness.
He then flew up into the air, and landed a few feet back from the fighters, looking at every one of them, deciding who would be the next pawn in his game.
He scanned each fighter, one by one, as they stood, preparing for the worst.
The young beautiful Christie? The rowdy hotheaded Paul? The ninja cyborg Yoshimitsu? No, one stood out.
Devil Jin launched forward and dug his claws into the shoulder of Steve, picking him up. This one was different than all of them... Something made him special... Devil Jin flew over to the cliff edge and hung over the giant fall.
Steve cried out as he focused his brown eyes on Christie... He could see her beautiful face grimace in terror as she ran forward, to the ground on the edge of the cliff, as the grip upon him began to loosen.
Her dazzling eyes watched on as she tried to get as close as she could to Steve and Devil Jin. She wasn't going to let Steve go... she wasn't going to lose him. She loved him too much.
Seeing this, Devil Jin retightened his grip on Steve's shoulder and dived down towards the waiting Christie, thrusting the claws of his other hand into her shoulder then flew over to the edge of the cliff.
Christie kept her eyes on Steve. "Are... we going to die?" She questioned.
Steve looked deep into her alluring blue eyes, his blonde strands wavering about. "If we do... we'll die together. Together..."
Christie's eyes lightened as she felt the painful grip loosen. "...Together...forever..."
Devil Jin let them go.
The other 4 remaining fighters ran forward, only to see the young couple fall down, gaining momentum. Falling down...to their deaths...
Christie opened her blues widely as she fell. She watched everything fall. She couldn't believe this was the end. The end...already? She felt a crystallized tear roll down her cheek as everything rushed past her.
"Don't cry...I hate to see you hurting..."
Christie closed her incredible blue eyes as she felt the warmth of Steve's arms wrap around her as they both fell. He closed them round her and kept her as close as possible. She slid her arms round his.
"I'll never let you go Christie..." he said as she laid her head to rest against him.
"As I will you." She said as he held her tightly.
Neither one cared anymore if it was their end as they plummeted down the cliff.
"I'll always love you Christie..."
"And I'll always love you Steve."
They were in each other's embrace. Nothing else mattered.
~x-X-*x*-X-x~
Part 8
Anna's body hit the ground harshly as she gasped in as much precious air as she could. Kazuya stepped back into a stance as his demonically possessed son quickly recovered from the hard-hitting blow on his back. His fiery eyes placed their smouldering glare back onto his father and burned with hatred. Long claws glinted as they extended out from the young fingers on each hand and a malicious grin grew on the pale partially concealed face of Devil Jin as he sprung forward baring them.
Devil Jin launched a fist straight towards Kazuya's head. In raising an arm to block the attack, Kazuya cringed as the surging pain shot through it, having been penetrated by five long claws. Devil Jin began to chuckle as he watched the blood gush out as he retracted his blood covered claws. He then shot forward, once again. Kazuya jumped back, in an effort to dodge the flesh-tearing claws.
Malevolent laughter roared up as Kazuya stumbled back, clutching his chest. The pouring blood soon began absorbing into his ripped clothes, and he fell to his knees. "I'm in some deep shit now..." he thought as he clutched his fists tightly and slowly rose back to his feet.
Anna dragged herself discreetly along the floor and shook the body of Ling Xiaoyu. Her silky black bunches blew up in the air as she turned her head and gradually retreated her eyelids, her deep brown eyes unveiling beneath thick black curling eyelashes. She focused on the beaten younger Williams sister.
"Go..." Anna pleaded, almost in a whisper. "...Go find some help...please..."
Ling looked on as Kazuya struggled to keep his assault going as he rapidly bled. She then turned her head to see Anna run along and attempt to slide tackle Devil Jin, who spread his wings and jumped into the air. Anna got up, and turned to face the demonic youth, barricading Kazuya from him. Upon landing back down, Anna ran forward, gripped her delicate hands tightly round his shoulders, flipped over him and let him go whilst in mid-air, throwing him through the air.
"Go! NOW!" she cried out to the young Chinese teen as Devil Jin spun in the air and steadied himself, smirking in amusement. Anna backed up and quickly spun round to Kazuya.
"Kazuya...Just hang on... when some help gets here we can escape..."
* * * * * *
Hwoarang rose up a hand as he slowly opened his eyes, and wiped strands of flaming red hair out of his young face. He then stretched out his long arms, yawning loudly. After gaining back proportion of everything around him, he looked around, rubbing his eyes.
"Hmmm... No Lee, no Angel..."
He rose to his feet, only to fall back down to the floor, still weakened.
"Shit...!" He cursed as he flopped back down, "Something is going on and I'm too weak to stand on my feet...!"
He clenched a fist and smashed it into the ground.
"...Fuck..." he said as he rolled onto his back and sighed, brushing back his shimmering floppy hair with his right hand.
* * * * * *
Ling's thick black bunches flew about, veiling her face as she sprinted along hurriedly. She weaved in and out of the trees, her youthful chest heaving.
"I've gotta hurry... I have to find help... I have to bring back Jin..."
Suddenly something caught the corner of her eye, and she froze on the spot and peered up.
Nothing.
Abruptly, the sound of a voice rang out from behind her.
"Help is on its way my child."
She spun round, to no avail. Still nothing - well, except from a shimmering white feather...
She turned her focus back to her path and resumed speeding along, in between the thickening forestry. "I only hope your right...whoever you were..."
* * * * * *
The echo of 5 pairs of feet consecutively hitting the ground rung in the otherwise silent air. Tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. They all knew Jin was a worthy opponent, but they had never heard of him being compared to a `monster'. No, more than compared, being indicted as one. The strengthening wind blew full force against them, making their struggle along harder.
"So, why exactly are you doing this Lee?" Paul questioned.
Lee's silver shining strands blew about wildly as he peered over his shoulder at the rowdy American. "As a favour." He retorted impassively.
"A favour to whom?" Lei inquired, whilst throwing his long flowing black ponytail back over his shoulder.
"Yeah, tell us." Yoshimitsu agreed.
Lee turned his head back round.
"Hmm... I'll explain later," He then looked behind at the two young fighters, who trailed along silently. "What's up with you two?" he inquired.
Paul sniggered. "You interrupted their make out time."
Christie sprinted in front of the tall-haired fighter and turned, slapping him harshly round the face with a long delicate hand.
"Don't be such a pervert!" she called out as she dropped back, beside the young Brit who reached out a warm hand and took hers up in it.
Paul sighed as everyone once again began chuckling at his expense. Yoshimitsu grinned cheekily. "Great going pervy man Paul."
"Tch."
Lee abruptly froze on the spot, startling his fellow fighters, whom all stopped behind him.
"Trouble?" questioned the eager cyborg.
"No..." Lee replied. " You see I'm doing a favour for Ange - "
"No way!" Paul outburst. "You?! Working for Angel?! That is rich!"
"Actually it is quite true, child." the mystical Siren-like voice lulled.
All 5 fighters turned round to see Angel gracefully drifting down to them from the heavens.
"HOLY SAUSAGES!" exclaimed Yoshimitsu.
Angel's divine pale lips curved into a heavenly smile and her sweet laughter rung out. She then landed gently upon the ground and turned to Lee, and reached out a porcelain hand that gently stroked his frozen cheek.
"The young Xiaoyu is mid-way in the forests, she will lead you to the spawn of Kazuya. Take good care my children, an extra hand will be with you in 30 to 40 minutes... you must protect all of the life around you."
Angel then proceeded in spreading out her magnificent angelic wings and, in a second, the resolute fighters found themselves surrounded by seemingly endless forestry. Angel was out of sight; only leaving her trademark floating isolated feather drifting slowly down.
"I...guess we search for Ling then..." the bewildered young Christie said softly.
Lee began weaving his way in-between tree after tree, being closely followed by the others. Just running endlessly, never knowing which way there were headed, or what lay in wait for them...
Suddenly he stopped as he watched the young Chinese teen fall head over heels over an overturned root. Christie ran forward.
"Ouch..." Ling muttered as she lifted her head up.
There she saw long flowing brown locks wavering about, and a pair of dazzling blue eyes placed upon her, smiling.
"Here." Christie said as she held out a hand.
Ling reached out hers and Christie pulled her back up to her feet.
"So, what's going on...? Dare I ask..." Steve said as he stepped forward.
Ling's silky bunches flopped down as she looked back from where she had come. She reached out a hand and pushed her hair from out of her young frightened face. "Kazuya... he... dropped Jin off of the cliff top...then...then..."
Ling turned to face Christie whom had opened out her arms. She then stepped forward and hugged the young fighter tightly, resting her head over her shoulder.
"...He just flew back up. It was Jin... but it wasn't. He... he's a tyrant! He...he... was playing with us all, playing with our fears, enjoying every distressed scream, every drop of blood that fell... ugh... I...I was so scared!" Ling sobbed into the comforting shoulder of Christie, shivering in anxiety.
"Shush... It's gonna be okay, well get the old Jin back...somehow..." Christie soothed as she patted Ling sympathetically.
Lee strode forward, his sparking silver hair still blowing back madly. "C'mon," he beckoned, walking forward. "We have no time to waste."
* * * * * *
Anna screamed out shrilly as the long blood-covered claws slashed all along her right leg, which seeped with blood. Tears streamed down her face as she raised her arm to attempt to block the swinging fist that struck her rouge cheek, scratching it as it sent her flying into a tree.
Upon raising her head, Anna noticed Kazuya's right hand held out to her. He stood in front of her, clutching his bleeding chest tightly with his left hand.
"Try and get up." He said as he glanced over at the snickering possessed youth, whom was standing, arms crossed, waiting.
Anna took hold of his strong hand and pulled herself up to her feet. Suddenly, she felt an excruciating sting run up her leg and found herself falling back down, only being held up by Kazuya's grip.
"I can't..." she snivelled.
Kazuya winced as he turned his back to her. "Climb on." He commanded.
Anna jumped upon his back and put her arms round his neck. Kazuya looked up at Devil Jin, and slowly edged back.
"This isn't over yet." He sternly growled as he backed off, Anna on his back, watching the 6 arrivals come to a halt in front of his demonic son.
Devil Jin grinned, as he took no hesitation in stabbing his long claws straight into the side of the young Xiaoyu.
Ling gasped in horror and fell limp to the ground as he retracted them slowly. He hovered a foot above her, and laughed as he dropped it down, straight onto her stomach, causing her to wail out in agony before she lost consciousness.
He then flew up into the air, and landed a few feet back from the fighters, looking at every one of them, deciding who would be the next pawn in his game.
He scanned each fighter, one by one, as they stood, preparing for the worst.
The young beautiful Christie? The rowdy hotheaded Paul? The ninja cyborg Yoshimitsu? No, one stood out.
Devil Jin launched forward and dug his claws into the shoulder of Steve, picking him up. This one was different than all of them... Something made him special... Devil Jin flew over to the cliff edge and hung over the giant fall.
Steve cried out as he focused his brown eyes on Christie... He could see her beautiful face grimace in terror as she ran forward, to the ground on the edge of the cliff, as the grip upon him began to loosen.
Her dazzling eyes watched on as she tried to get as close as she could to Steve and Devil Jin. She wasn't going to let Steve go... she wasn't going to lose him. She loved him too much.
Seeing this, Devil Jin retightened his grip on Steve's shoulder and dived down towards the waiting Christie, thrusting the claws of his other hand into her shoulder then flew over to the edge of the cliff.
Christie kept her eyes on Steve. "Are... we going to die?" She questioned.
Steve looked deep into her alluring blue eyes, his blonde strands wavering about. "If we do... we'll die together. Together..."
Christie's eyes lightened as she felt the painful grip loosen. "...Together...forever..."
Devil Jin let them go.
The other 4 remaining fighters ran forward, only to see the young couple fall down, gaining momentum. Falling down...to their deaths...
Christie opened her blues widely as she fell. She watched everything fall. She couldn't believe this was the end. The end...already? She felt a crystallized tear roll down her cheek as everything rushed past her.
"Don't cry...I hate to see you hurting..."
Christie closed her incredible blue eyes as she felt the warmth of Steve's arms wrap around her as they both fell. He closed them round her and kept her as close as possible. She slid her arms round his.
"I'll never let you go Christie..." he said as she laid her head to rest against him.
"As I will you." She said as he held her tightly.
Neither one cared anymore if it was their end as they plummeted down the cliff.
"I'll always love you Christie..."
"And I'll always love you Steve."
They were in each other's embrace. Nothing else mattered.
~x-X-*x*-X-x~