Chapter 21:
Operation: Trouble
The darkness of the shadows crawled across the barren walls and the sands of the desert. Led Jin and Hwoarang around the corner and passed the overhead spotlights that moved from place to place. Kazi started to climb the wall.
"Hwoanchan you stay here, don't get caught." She whispered and held her hand out to Jin. Jin followed her over the wall and safely to the concrete fortress. She rounded the corner and Jin followed.
"You know this place pretty well..." He whispered. Kazi scanned the wall and jumped to reach a small window.
"Come on. We haven't got much time." She whispered her voice sounding harsh. Jin sighed and followed her into the darkness of the place where she spent most of her childhood. They walked care fully through the darkness and around a few corners dodging soldiers and guards. Kazi slipped into a room before the door automatically closed and pulled Jin through quickly. She led him down a dark set of stairs and then down even further.
"Where are we going?" Jin whispered. Kazi gulped silently and kept walking,
"A forbidden place. A very forbidden place," She whispered back, grinning. They got down to the third underground level and Kazi knocked out the two guards and dragged them back into a broom closet. Jin stared in shock. "What? I used to do it all the time," She whispered, "Come on. I've got a demon to slay." Kazi snatched one of the guards' flashlight and ID Secure card. She walked stealthy through the shadows and dashed through the light quick as a fox. Jin followed with no trouble. Kazi reached a room and slid the ID Secure Card through the scanner and pressed A6M6I7H6S6I6M. 'Wait... AMIHSAM... that's Mishima... backwards. With sixes and a seven....' Jin's thoughts surprised him. 'Why Mishima? Mishima Corp.? In... America? Strange.' The door beeped, opened, and Kazi slipped through. She reached out and grabbed him by the collar before dragging him in. The flashlight snapped on and Kazi looked through the file cabinets.
"Check over there, will ya?" She pointed to another file cabinet.
"What am I looking for?"
"A file, it's gonna say somethin' like EXP: 666/7 Bound, " Kazi stated. Jin raised an eyebrow but went to work. It seemed like forever until they came across a file cabinet drawer that wouldn't open. "Dammit. Must be in there... It has an electric lock... They saw me coming," She joked. Jin shook his head and touched the lock; lightning sprang from his arm and blew up the lock. Kazi's eyes bulged. "Whoa...." Jin just chuckled and tore the debris off, opening the drawer. Kazi bent down and took a look at the files... "Oh, holy shit, Jin."
"What?" Kazi looked up but looked back down and read the file names,
"'Jinpachi Mishima'," Jin raised an eyebrow. "'Heihachi Mishima', 'Kazuya Mishima', 'Jin'.... 'Kazama',"
"A file... on me?"
"I guess. My gods, Jin... 'Jun Kazama'."
"One on my mother...." Jin gasped.
"'Baek Doo San'?! What the hell?!"
"Baek too?!" Jin looked horrified.
"'EXPS: 666/7 Bound'?! What the fuck?!"
"I thought that was the one you were looking for."
"Jin, it says... EXPS. Not EXP,"
"What's the difference?"
"EXP is experiment, EXPS is experiments. There are more?!" Kazi went to rip open the file but Jin stopped her.
"Look, we don't have much time, Grab those files, all of them and lets get out of here." Kazi nodded.
"You're right." Kazi took the files and closed the drawer. She stood up and handed them to Jin. "I'll lead the way back ok?" Jin nodded and took the files. Kazi and Jin headed out the door but stopped and hid in the shadows as mountains of soldiers marched to the exit to the upper levels. Kazi bit her lip.
"Kazi, what's going on?" Jin whispered.
"I don't know... They should be holding their posts of the other rooms... They're carrying boxes too..... I don't know Jin..." Kazi poked her head out as the last soldiers were going up the stairs and looked into the giant hallway that was more like a ballroom, only bigger. She stepped out and looked at where the soldiers where. Suddenly, red lights came on and loud sirens went.
"SHIT! THEY KNOW WE'RE HERE. DAMMIT!" She screamed. Jin looked around franticly. They went to run but the ground began to shake. "Oh.. fuck..."
"What's going on?!" Jin screamed over the sirens. "I thought we weren't in an earthquake zone! What's making that noise?!" He screamed as a loud and deep growl exploded into the air. The red lights flashed and the sirens were deafening. 'Hwoanchan please be ok.. You and Denise both....' She thought.
"WHAT'S THAT?!" Jin screamed as the ground shook and the walls and ceiling started to collapse. "DID THEY PULL THE SELF-DESTRUCT ON US?!"
"NO....." Kazi looked from the ground to the opposite back wall and backed up a few steps.
"THEN WHAT IS IT?!" He screamed. Kazi's eyes grew big as the wall suddenly burst through, debris flying everywhere. A giant red demon revealed itself through the dust. Its black ebony horns protruding from its forehead matched its black spikes that were sticking out of his back and the short ones sticking out of his arms. He broke the steel wall down with his mangled claws and growled, his sharp long teeth showing. "THAT!!!!!!!!!!"