*-x- Rising Chaos -x-*
1 Part 12
Nina slowly pulled herself up, striding not to disturb the gashes and burns over her back. She strained in pulling her aching body up upon her feet, and upon achieving it, she soon found herself struggling to maintain it. But that was the least of her worries. More guards were approaching her, and if she was to keep up with Kazuya and Anna, she would have to get moving this very second. And that was when her sparkling blue eyes caught sight of the 'coincidentally' placed motorbike round the corner. She stealthily sprinted towards it, avoiding the attention of the oncoming guards. Nina wasn't a fool, something that Anna knew well, so she had trapped her, leaving her with no other option. There was no such thing as coincidence when Anna and Kazuya were involved, and she was doing just as they wanted.
She leant over the seat, noticing the keys waiting in the ignition for her. For whatever reason, they wanted her to get on it. They wanted to be found. Whether it was so they could destroy her or whether they wanted to use her as a pawn in their schemes was unclear but she was about to play along until the timing was perfect for her to finish what had been started many years before hand. She proceeded in hopping onto the bike and turning the key, revving up the engine.
"Here I come, you'll soon know my wrath…" she muttered as she sped past the gobsmacked guards and along the route that her two adversaries had taken, eager to enact her task ahead.
* * * * * *
"Now," Lee explained as he faced the small group around him, "There is much to be dealt with. Heihachi Mishima has been too quiet for comfort, and so I want to 'check up' on him. It is too dangerous to go on my own, but if there are too many he will find out and so I have concluded to-"
"Let me come with you," Hwoarang's voice called out as he fought himself free from the covers of the hospital bed and waltzed over. " I've done special operations for 2 years, and when it comes to spying on people oblivious to them I'm twice as good as any of these clowns could ever hope to be. Besides, I'm not staying in this place any longer."
Lee chuckled whilst everyone else sighed. Egocentric seemed the apparently appropriate word… though none of them were going to confess.
"Okay then," Lee continued, "You can come with me. Lei, Paul and Yoshimitsu, I want you to try to find Angel. There is much to do and we need to find out where we stand. Steve, Christie, you two watch over Jin and Ling. Everyone clear?"
They all nodded, and grouped up, excluding Jin, who had stayed in his bed through exhaustion, though more mental than physical, and Ling who as still just as she had been previously – in bad shape.
Christie and Steve lay back as the others left the building, separating off as the reached the exit.
"Somehow I'd much rather stay here anyway." Steve commented to Christie, whom nodded her head, causing her luscious brown locks to bounce and shimmer in the artificial light.
"Definitely."
* * * * * *
Lee turned the ignition key as he watched the young fiery Korean hop into the seat next to him and strap up. "Hwoarang," He began, as the pair of deep brown eyes cast their gaze upon him, "I want you to stay out of strife unless it's absolutely necessary, okay?"
"Sure," Hwoarang retorted, "It's a spying mission anyway, right?"
Lee brushed his silver shimmering curtains back as he smirked. "Yeah, but you know how it goes with Heihachi around. Or any Mishima, thinking about it."
Hwoarang rest his head back against the headrest as they began to drive off. He pushed his red strands out of his face with his slender right hand as he snickered. "You forgot any Kazama, that's a name that just attracts trouble."
Lee chuckled. "Amen to that."
The sleek Porsche sped past as Lei, Yoshimitsu and Paul squeezed into Lei's small car. Paul took the back seats as Lei clambered into the driver's side whilst Yoshimitsu buckled up in the front passenger seat.
"So, where do ya think Angel'll be?" Paul inquired.
Lei shrugged. "Seatbelt on Paul." He ordered as he did up his seatbelt swiftly and pulled his keys out of his pockets, brushing past his handcuffs he picked up off of Jin and Hwoarang earlier.
"Yeah, yeah…" Paul sneered as he procrastinated purposely. "Still, where do angels hang about? I ain't gonna go wasting time driving around like a ninny without some idea of where she is."
Yoshimitsu scratched his head. "I thought the whole idea was that they came to you, not vice versa."
"Damn," Paul exclaimed, "And I had hopes of grabbin' a bite to eat after finding her!"
"No offence Paul, but you should consider doing other things besides stuffing your gut full of greasy fatty foods."
Paul greeted the comment with a finger as Yoshimitsu chuckled at him.
"We'll just drive around places she's been before and hope she finds us." Lei informed the others as the car began to move.
* * * * * *
Nina halted her vehicle and quickly hopped off of it. She then reached into her backpack and pulled out a small handgun, loading it up and placing it on the small holder at the top of her purple tight cat suit clad thigh. She then pulled out her small dagger from the other thigh and checked its blade, as she did with all seven of her small throwing knives. She then gazed up at the building directly in front of her. It was tall, sophisticated and very grand. Anna and Kazuya were always too predictable in taste of accommodation. Nothing but the best was even considered in their minds. "Now, if I were them," she thought as she began strolling over to the entrance, "I would always have to be at the top. Higher up than every other person. And so that's where I'll find them…"
Anna leant back and dropped the curtains back over the window, then turned back round to Kazuya. "She's coming now," she clued-up, as her long slender hand reached out and brushed her think silky brown locks back, "Just as you thought."
"Excellent." He retorted, as he lay back in the comfortable warmth of the grand armchair.
"If…you don't mind me asking," Anna began, "What are we going to do about her?"
Kazuya looked up at the grimace of concern in Anna's face. "It will all depend on what she tries," a slight grin grew on his face. "Concerned of your sibling's safety, are we now?"
Anna sighed a groan. As a younger sister, she had always been concerned about the well being of her older sister, despite their 'hatred' for one another. She abruptly spun round as Nina burst in through the doors, weapons at the ready. She was determined to end it all, this very second.
But then his presence returned inside her head.
Anna watched in fear as Nina fell to her knees, clutching her head and screaming in torment. Before she could react to it, Kazuya rose from his seat and backed up to her. "Toshin is present within her…" he growled as he barricaded her from her sister.
Both fighters just stood watching her until, seconds later, the screaming subsided. Nina rose up to her feet in her calm collected usual manner. But Anna did not see her sister staring at her - rather a mindless, will-less puppet. A marionette under the influence of the evil beast Toshin.
Both herself and Kazuya stood silently as Nina strutted across the centre of the room towards the window; Kazuya and Nina staring down each other, each one glaring as hellish as the other. As she reached the window, Nina raised out her arms and protected her head as she dived straight through, the glass shattering round her like a million crystal tears falling to floor with her. She landed in a squat and abruptly disappeared, no doubt to fulfil Toshin's evil will.
Anna, not knowing what to think in her broken-down state, just leant into Kazuya and cried as they both stood at the open hole, watching in bewilderment.
* * * * * *
"Now," Lee's voice rung out as his silver curtains blew about wildly in the gusting winds, "We gotta go over a few things first."
Hwoarang turned his focus from the blurring scenery to the fighter next to him. "Sure, whatever." Came his response.
"Once we arrive, you have to…"
"Keep on your toes, stay out of sight of everything, not draw any attention to yourself, keep outta strife if possible, ya-de-da-de-da, and all that shit. I know, it's a high-risk mission and is dangerous. Done it all before."
"Well," Lee smirked, "I'm glad that's all sorted."
Hwoarang leant back into the leather-clad seat and sighed as he ran his right hand through his fiery strands impatiently. "So, what do you think we'll find when we get there?" he inquired.
Lee looked up for a moment, and then focused back on the road. "A huge evil plot of some sort… but nothing to do with our current problems…"
Hwoarang leant forward and stared out in front of him. "The tournament."
"Yeah…"
* * * * * *
Christie and Steve had been much more than surprised when Nina had appeared out of nowhere, directly in front of them. It wasn't just for the fact that Nina was the assassin assigned to ending Steve's existence, but rather her almost possessed appearance and actions.
It hadn't taken her any effort in clearing them out of the way; by combining Nina's abilities with Toshin's dark powers a push to each had knocked them away. She had stared with indescribable hatred at the young Kazama as she waltzed past his bed, over to the young Xiaoyu, who still lay unconscious in hers.
Nina then placed a hand onto her young face, and, after a couple of seconds, stepped back, only to collapse to the floor unconscious. No one had seen the control of Toshin pass into the young Chinese teen's body, and so no one knew of it apart from the monster.
Ling's eyelids rapidly retracted as she sat up, and clambered out of the bed. Only two more steps were left in Toshin's plan, only two more until he got his revenge on the world. But most of all, revenge on the young Kazama.
~x-X-*x*-X-x~
1 Part 12
Nina slowly pulled herself up, striding not to disturb the gashes and burns over her back. She strained in pulling her aching body up upon her feet, and upon achieving it, she soon found herself struggling to maintain it. But that was the least of her worries. More guards were approaching her, and if she was to keep up with Kazuya and Anna, she would have to get moving this very second. And that was when her sparkling blue eyes caught sight of the 'coincidentally' placed motorbike round the corner. She stealthily sprinted towards it, avoiding the attention of the oncoming guards. Nina wasn't a fool, something that Anna knew well, so she had trapped her, leaving her with no other option. There was no such thing as coincidence when Anna and Kazuya were involved, and she was doing just as they wanted.
She leant over the seat, noticing the keys waiting in the ignition for her. For whatever reason, they wanted her to get on it. They wanted to be found. Whether it was so they could destroy her or whether they wanted to use her as a pawn in their schemes was unclear but she was about to play along until the timing was perfect for her to finish what had been started many years before hand. She proceeded in hopping onto the bike and turning the key, revving up the engine.
"Here I come, you'll soon know my wrath…" she muttered as she sped past the gobsmacked guards and along the route that her two adversaries had taken, eager to enact her task ahead.
* * * * * *
"Now," Lee explained as he faced the small group around him, "There is much to be dealt with. Heihachi Mishima has been too quiet for comfort, and so I want to 'check up' on him. It is too dangerous to go on my own, but if there are too many he will find out and so I have concluded to-"
"Let me come with you," Hwoarang's voice called out as he fought himself free from the covers of the hospital bed and waltzed over. " I've done special operations for 2 years, and when it comes to spying on people oblivious to them I'm twice as good as any of these clowns could ever hope to be. Besides, I'm not staying in this place any longer."
Lee chuckled whilst everyone else sighed. Egocentric seemed the apparently appropriate word… though none of them were going to confess.
"Okay then," Lee continued, "You can come with me. Lei, Paul and Yoshimitsu, I want you to try to find Angel. There is much to do and we need to find out where we stand. Steve, Christie, you two watch over Jin and Ling. Everyone clear?"
They all nodded, and grouped up, excluding Jin, who had stayed in his bed through exhaustion, though more mental than physical, and Ling who as still just as she had been previously – in bad shape.
Christie and Steve lay back as the others left the building, separating off as the reached the exit.
"Somehow I'd much rather stay here anyway." Steve commented to Christie, whom nodded her head, causing her luscious brown locks to bounce and shimmer in the artificial light.
"Definitely."
* * * * * *
Lee turned the ignition key as he watched the young fiery Korean hop into the seat next to him and strap up. "Hwoarang," He began, as the pair of deep brown eyes cast their gaze upon him, "I want you to stay out of strife unless it's absolutely necessary, okay?"
"Sure," Hwoarang retorted, "It's a spying mission anyway, right?"
Lee brushed his silver shimmering curtains back as he smirked. "Yeah, but you know how it goes with Heihachi around. Or any Mishima, thinking about it."
Hwoarang rest his head back against the headrest as they began to drive off. He pushed his red strands out of his face with his slender right hand as he snickered. "You forgot any Kazama, that's a name that just attracts trouble."
Lee chuckled. "Amen to that."
The sleek Porsche sped past as Lei, Yoshimitsu and Paul squeezed into Lei's small car. Paul took the back seats as Lei clambered into the driver's side whilst Yoshimitsu buckled up in the front passenger seat.
"So, where do ya think Angel'll be?" Paul inquired.
Lei shrugged. "Seatbelt on Paul." He ordered as he did up his seatbelt swiftly and pulled his keys out of his pockets, brushing past his handcuffs he picked up off of Jin and Hwoarang earlier.
"Yeah, yeah…" Paul sneered as he procrastinated purposely. "Still, where do angels hang about? I ain't gonna go wasting time driving around like a ninny without some idea of where she is."
Yoshimitsu scratched his head. "I thought the whole idea was that they came to you, not vice versa."
"Damn," Paul exclaimed, "And I had hopes of grabbin' a bite to eat after finding her!"
"No offence Paul, but you should consider doing other things besides stuffing your gut full of greasy fatty foods."
Paul greeted the comment with a finger as Yoshimitsu chuckled at him.
"We'll just drive around places she's been before and hope she finds us." Lei informed the others as the car began to move.
* * * * * *
Nina halted her vehicle and quickly hopped off of it. She then reached into her backpack and pulled out a small handgun, loading it up and placing it on the small holder at the top of her purple tight cat suit clad thigh. She then pulled out her small dagger from the other thigh and checked its blade, as she did with all seven of her small throwing knives. She then gazed up at the building directly in front of her. It was tall, sophisticated and very grand. Anna and Kazuya were always too predictable in taste of accommodation. Nothing but the best was even considered in their minds. "Now, if I were them," she thought as she began strolling over to the entrance, "I would always have to be at the top. Higher up than every other person. And so that's where I'll find them…"
Anna leant back and dropped the curtains back over the window, then turned back round to Kazuya. "She's coming now," she clued-up, as her long slender hand reached out and brushed her think silky brown locks back, "Just as you thought."
"Excellent." He retorted, as he lay back in the comfortable warmth of the grand armchair.
"If…you don't mind me asking," Anna began, "What are we going to do about her?"
Kazuya looked up at the grimace of concern in Anna's face. "It will all depend on what she tries," a slight grin grew on his face. "Concerned of your sibling's safety, are we now?"
Anna sighed a groan. As a younger sister, she had always been concerned about the well being of her older sister, despite their 'hatred' for one another. She abruptly spun round as Nina burst in through the doors, weapons at the ready. She was determined to end it all, this very second.
But then his presence returned inside her head.
Anna watched in fear as Nina fell to her knees, clutching her head and screaming in torment. Before she could react to it, Kazuya rose from his seat and backed up to her. "Toshin is present within her…" he growled as he barricaded her from her sister.
Both fighters just stood watching her until, seconds later, the screaming subsided. Nina rose up to her feet in her calm collected usual manner. But Anna did not see her sister staring at her - rather a mindless, will-less puppet. A marionette under the influence of the evil beast Toshin.
Both herself and Kazuya stood silently as Nina strutted across the centre of the room towards the window; Kazuya and Nina staring down each other, each one glaring as hellish as the other. As she reached the window, Nina raised out her arms and protected her head as she dived straight through, the glass shattering round her like a million crystal tears falling to floor with her. She landed in a squat and abruptly disappeared, no doubt to fulfil Toshin's evil will.
Anna, not knowing what to think in her broken-down state, just leant into Kazuya and cried as they both stood at the open hole, watching in bewilderment.
* * * * * *
"Now," Lee's voice rung out as his silver curtains blew about wildly in the gusting winds, "We gotta go over a few things first."
Hwoarang turned his focus from the blurring scenery to the fighter next to him. "Sure, whatever." Came his response.
"Once we arrive, you have to…"
"Keep on your toes, stay out of sight of everything, not draw any attention to yourself, keep outta strife if possible, ya-de-da-de-da, and all that shit. I know, it's a high-risk mission and is dangerous. Done it all before."
"Well," Lee smirked, "I'm glad that's all sorted."
Hwoarang leant back into the leather-clad seat and sighed as he ran his right hand through his fiery strands impatiently. "So, what do you think we'll find when we get there?" he inquired.
Lee looked up for a moment, and then focused back on the road. "A huge evil plot of some sort… but nothing to do with our current problems…"
Hwoarang leant forward and stared out in front of him. "The tournament."
"Yeah…"
* * * * * *
Christie and Steve had been much more than surprised when Nina had appeared out of nowhere, directly in front of them. It wasn't just for the fact that Nina was the assassin assigned to ending Steve's existence, but rather her almost possessed appearance and actions.
It hadn't taken her any effort in clearing them out of the way; by combining Nina's abilities with Toshin's dark powers a push to each had knocked them away. She had stared with indescribable hatred at the young Kazama as she waltzed past his bed, over to the young Xiaoyu, who still lay unconscious in hers.
Nina then placed a hand onto her young face, and, after a couple of seconds, stepped back, only to collapse to the floor unconscious. No one had seen the control of Toshin pass into the young Chinese teen's body, and so no one knew of it apart from the monster.
Ling's eyelids rapidly retracted as she sat up, and clambered out of the bed. Only two more steps were left in Toshin's plan, only two more until he got his revenge on the world. But most of all, revenge on the young Kazama.
~x-X-*x*-X-x~