Scarlet Lightning Chapter 3
Surprises
An airplane somewhere over North Korea Anna sits looking out the window at the clouds eating a packet of peanuts waiting for Jin to wake up from his nap.
She thinks to herself " I wonder if I am putting this guy in danger bringing him with me. More importantly am I putting myself in danger having him tag along. Heihachi will want him at all costs if he is really searching for him like he says. Oh snap out of it Anna you have been in worse situations and you've gotten out of it in one piece every time. And I've been in Vladivostock before, I know the deal in this city, Ill be ok. Wonder if it's changed much in twenty years. Huh wonder if the people have changed, not likely".
Anna turns to Jin as he wakes up.
"Oh so sleeping beauty wakes" says Anna sarcastically.
"I didn't realise I needed to sleep, I just dozed off I guess" says Jin stretching.
" You may as well get as much sleep as possible while you still can I suppose" Anna says with a smile.
" What's this plan you are suppose to tell me about" asks Jin.
"Well our main objectives are to get Nina and destroy Heihachi's business" Anna said firmly.
"And how are we going to do that and what business" Jin asks puzzled.
"Well Heihachi is not only a gangster he is an Ubergangster. He owns a soap factory in the city. That's well and good from the outside it looks like a fairly respectable business but the real business is in drugs. Cocaine, acid whatever you name it he's selling it. I mean its obvious, a person doesn't get that rich and successful that quick from selling scented body wash and soap on a rope" Anna finishes.
" I have been living with him since my m...., for years and I never knew any of this, how could I not know" says Jin angrily.
"Well he's good at deceit as you well know. I have been in Vladivostock before but it's been a while ago. The people that used to run the show might be different people altogether now. So that means we start from square one" says Anna in a serious tone. "Meaning" Jin says still puzzled.
"Well it means we find out who is running the business, find out if they have Nina and kill them. That should really ruin things for Heihachi don't you think" Anna says with a wink and a laugh.
"Its going to be hard to find such a person, I mean wont they be well protected and concealed from the public" Jin says with curiosity.
" I have a few tricks up my sleeve" says Anna with a grin.
"What kind of tricks" Jin asks.
"You'll see when we get their" Anna replies.
"Sounds less like a plan the more you talk about it" Jin says smartly.
Anna smiles and says " Be quiet and go back to sleep it wont be long till we land and I want to catch a few winks myself". Jin sits back in his seat and shuts his eyes and falls asleep again.
Four o'clock in the day Russian time and Anna and Jin are in a cab outside a three star motel in the city of Vladivostock. Anna steps out of the cab first while Jin is left to pay the driver. Anna looks around at the tall snow topped building and busy street and wrap's the fur collar of her coat tighter around her neck as the cold winter breeze blows in her face. Jin gets out of the cab and takes Anna's suitcases out of the open boot of the car walks over to the reception area of the motel to book them in. Anna waits for a minuet until Jin comes out with the keys to a room.
"Its over here room 14" says Jin pointing and walking in the direction of room 14. Anna follows with her collar still wrapped tight around her neck. Jin opens the door to the room and walks in followed by Anna. Inside there were two beds in the middle of the room with a locker at the side of each and an open door leading to a shower room. "Alfred Hitchcock eat your heart out" remarks Anna as she shuts the door.
"You don't like it" Jin asked.
"No I don't but we have no other choice but to stay here, were on a tight budget" sulks Anna. Jin sits on the bed and asks Anna "what now". Anna opens one of her suitcases and takes out a couple of towels and a wash bag
" I'm having a shower were going out later to a club".
"Do you think we should be partying at this time" Jin said surprised?
"That's exactly what we should be doing, it's where we will find drug pushers and ultimately the leader" announced Anna as she walked into the shower room.
"Well this is it what, the chance I've been waiting for so long to take my revenge on Heihachi. Except I never thought that I would be doing it like this. It's all very new to me, but I'm sure that Anna can show me the ropes". Jin gets up to walk over to the window and catches a glimpse of Anna entering the shower.
"Wow, she's really something, I wonder if she left the door open so I would see in like that" thinks Jin to himself. Jin continues to walk over to the window and lights a cigarette.
"Does Anna really want me like that, not that I'd have a problem with it but it's all a bit sudden we just met. I have enough to worry about; I need to be focused. I need to gather my strength and keep my head clear; who knows what sorts of people are working for Heihachi here. Mother give me your guidance and protection now when I need it most" Jin says to himself.
Anna emerges from the shower room wearing only a towel around her and one wrapped around her hair.
"All finished your turn but I think there is something wrong with the hot water. It was only lukewarm for me. I wish we had money for a real room" Anna says unsatisfied.
"So where are we going anyway" asks Jin.
"Don't know yet we need to look around" replies Anna. Jin nodes and walks into the shower room with a towel and wash bag. He closes the door over but it won't close fully, it is jammed somehow.
"So that's why the door wasn't closed" Jin says to himself smiling at his misinterpretation. Jin gets into the shower and turns on the water when Anna shouts in "do you think I should wear the black one or the red one".
"Black or red what" asks Jin.
"Men" says Anna. Jin smiles and rolls his eyes then the water suddenly goes ice cold, Jin quickly turns off the water and gets out. Then he walks over to the mirror and wrapped a towel around himself.
"You should change your hair you look too much like Kazyua; you will be noticed by anyone who knows him" shouts Anna. Jin ruffles his hair a but to look less like his father although he never seen his fathers hair. Then he brushes his teeth and walks back into the room.
Anna looks at Jin and says "Nice, anyway before we go take this you may need it if things get bad" says Anna passing a handgun over the bed to Jin. Before Jin could talk "I'm ready now so I'm going out to look for a cab I'll be back with it in a while you get yourself ready and be waitin for me" says Anna. Jin looks at Anna who is now wearing a tight pink Y neck, knee length dress, a pair of white high heel sandals and short white gloves and says "all right I'll be ready". Anna leaves the room picking up a white handbag before she closes the door.
Twenty minuets and two cigarettes later Anna arrives in a taxi to collect Jin who is now waiting outside dressed in a white shirt, black slacks and black shoes. He gets in to the cab beside Anna and the car drives off.
"So find out where to go yet or are we just taking a road trip" Jin asks.
"I've been asking around at the taxi rank and they say that Fusion nightclub is the place to go to find what were looking for . So when we get there your job is to look around for people who you might think are pushing drugs, talk to them and do nothing until I come. But don't make it too obvious you are looking for them its too suspicious. Just try to blend in with the crowd and you'll be ok" explains Anna.
"So I wait until you come .Why?" asks Jin.
"Just do it ok" snapped Anna.
"Jee she's touchy now, must be the pressure" Jin thinks to himself. Soon they arrive at the club. When they go in there is three floors Anna goes upstairs and Jin goes down to cover more ground.
Jin walks down the stairs into the basement and is greeted with a swamp of people dancing and hopping to the music none of which Jin could understand because it was in Russian. Jin remembered Anna's words to blend in so he started dancing with a crowd of people. Jin was dancing for a while when he noticed a girl in the crowd on her own dancing and taking some sort of pill. Jin suspecting this could be something to act upon so starts dancing with the girl.
"Hey sweetness ya wanna dance with me yeah" announced the attractive looking woman. "You speak English that good" Jin thinks to himself. "Yea I want to dance, I want some of what you've got too" Jin said nervously.
"Oh ya do, well ya can have some uv mine, here" said the woman as she places a pill in Jin's mouth. Jin's instinct was to take it out. But to his horror the pill started melting rapidly on his tongue. He could think of nothing else than to kiss the woman hoping to pass some of it on to her but he must have still swallowed at least half.
"Well you aint the shy type are ya" said the woman. Jin was too shocked to say anything but started to kiss her again. As he pulled away from the woman again he could see a young man looking at him. Now that Jin was looking back he could see that he was staring at him. Assuming that he was a dealer he gave him a nod and the strange man began to walk over to him through the crowd. Jin was now nervous about the situation and the pill was starting to take effect. The strange man came to Jin's side and said in his ear "you looking for some more of that yea, meet me round back in a few minuets". "Sure" said Jin as the strange man walked away. Jin turned to follow but the woman grabbed him
"Hey you aint getting away that easily, after all i gave some of mah stuff and that don't come cheap round here" said the woman sternly. Under the effect of the drug Jin totally forgot what he was about to do and continued dancing with the woman again.
Elsewhere Anna is sitting at a bar upstairs having and no luck with finding any possible leads to Heihachi's drug organisation finishes her martini and calls it a night. She walks down the stairs and starts looking for Jin.
"Is this a hopeless waste of time, I mean Nina might not even be here. But if she is the least I can do is help her get out of here and try and restore her memory after what i put her through before. I have a feeling she is here though and my intuition is always right. I wonder if Jin is having more luck" Anna thinks to herself as she enters the basement dance floor. As soon as she steps on to the floor she spots Jin dancing with a woman. Slightly jealous she walks over between the both of them.
"Hey" says the woman "we were dancing here.
"Come on Jin we are leaving" snapped Anna.
"I was having fun here" stuttered Jin.
"Havin fun all right, what have you been doing, I cant leave you for twenty minuets and your messing around with some skanky whore. Have you forgotten what we're here for" Anna said angrily. The woman then grabbed Anna's arm.
"Get your fucking dirty hands off me" snapped Anna giving the woman an elbow to the guts and another one to the head. Anna then grabbed Jin by the arm and dragged him over to the stairs.
"Let me remind you lover boy that we are here on business, to find drug dealers not drug addicts. Have you been taking something, you have haven't you you stupid" she said angrily.
"The ice is nice have you tried it" Jin spluttered.
"Yes I have and.... What? Your hopeless I'm leaving hope you enjoy yourself; good night" Anna said raging as she walked up the steps leaving Jin behind.
Jin now realising what had just happened tries to snap out of it. "I have to pull myself together now i have things to do, oh shit i was suppose to meet that guy outside he was probly our best lead to the business" remembers Jin annoyed with himself. As he got up to walk outside the room it was spinning but he kept going hoping it would stop. Trying his best to fight this poison in his system he walks outside hoping to find the strange man from before. Jin walked around the corner now a bit better from the dizziness and standing there was the strange man he was to meet fifteen minuets ago. Jin walked closer to the man who he could see in the street light dressed in a pair of bleached jeans, a grey long-sleeved t-shirt and a pair of seekers with white hair with a black fringe.
"Have you got something for me" asked the now more sober Jin.
"Humph, Its people like you who have this city the way it is addicts, prostitutes, dealers doesn't matter your trash. And I'm here to make sure you are taken out" said the man as he produced a knife from his pocket. The man then started charging at Jin. Jin quick to react took out the gun Anna gave him earlier and pulled the trigger. Nothing happened, Jin quickly threw it away just in time to dodge the man's attack.
"You picked the wrong person today asshole" remarked Jin. The man attacked again this time cutting through Jin's shirt and scratching his arm. Jin now very aware and ready for a fight, back kicks the man then kicks him full force in the abdomen sending him crashing against the wall. To Jin's shock the man gets up as though nothing happened and charges at Jin again. Jin aims a left hook to the mans head but it is blocked, then aims right hook but the man grabs his arm and twists it dropping Jin to his knees with his back to his opponent.
Now holding the knife to Jin's neck the man says "any last words". Just then a voice shouts "Iouri Kizima". The man loosens his grip and Jin uses this opportunity to throw him on his back. The man quickly springs to his feet "who the hell is that" he shouts. Both the man and Jin look in the direction of where the voice came from and see Anna standing with a gun pointed at the man.
"Long time no see Iouri" Anna says smiling.
"Looking good Anna" says Iouri smiling back.
Amazed at the situation Jin asks "what did I miss"