~Frozen Fire~

Chapter 7"Target"

Nina knelt down in the loft of an old shack and set up her rifle out of a crack in the paneling. She gauged the distance and waited for her target.
Soon a 6' male with pure white hair, dressed in urban camouflage and a black S.W.A.T. vest, which hung open revealing his somewhat muscular chest. He turned and started walking away from the shack. Nina lightly whispered her target's name. "Bryan". He stopped dead in his tracks. Nina's eyes widened a bit and she quickly looked in the scope and ice blue eyes stared back at her. She gasped a bit and glanced back out over the scope. He was running." Shit!" She spat out and rolled backwards kicking the paneling out of the roof. Then stood, quickly pulling herself up on the roof. Thanks to her form fitting jeans, she was able to move comfortably. She leapt and grabbed a tree branch and landed softly and began to run away. Bryan's snake like eyes fallowed her. He growled and started after her. She ran to a car crushing yard and hopped on a car and as the large magnet started down after the car she was on, she got on top of it and looked for him. Her pace calmed down quickly. Her hands still shook and her baby blues searched the yard. *How did he know I was there? They didn't tell me he was nuts, with a 5 mile radar! Christ*"SHIT!" She spotted him and leapt from the large swinging magnet and landed. She rolled into a running stance and went to run, however something caught her arm. " NO!" She screamed and turned around to see Bryan there with a tight grip on her wrist.
He threw her to the ground and twisted her arm so she rolled over on her stomach. He placed his boot on her back and she writhed. He chuckled as he twisted her arm again and she screamed again. He laughed lightly and removed his foot from her back and rolled her over on her back. He looked into those wide blue eyes with a smirk on his face. His ice blue, snake like eyes scanned over Nina's terrified face. They stared at on another for a moment.
"FREEZE!" A voice shouted. Bryan quickly glanced over to the voice while keeping a hold of her. "Lei...Not now." " I'm warning you, Bryan." Bryan stood and faced Lei open armed. Nina quickly scurried away. Bryan glanced over his shoulder to her then back to Lei " Smooth Lei. You do realized that you let an assassin escape?" "Doesn't matter." Lei paused then lowered the pistol and spoke again. " Fury....C'mon... come back on the unit?" " I can't do that... 'Long'..." " Then I'll have to shoot." Lei raised his weapon. Bryan then dived behind a car.
When Lei moved around the corner of the car...Bryan was gone. "Shit!" Lei cursed and started away.
Nina ran until she found a restaurant and went inside. She sat down and though for a moment then checked for her pistol. It was there. Soon a waitress appeared at her table in the rather crowed joint. " Can I get you anything, Ma'am?" "No." Nina glanced up to the waitress and said softly. The waitress moved away as Nina glanced over to a window and saw her ex. target's face. Nina jumped up in fright and quickly ran to the back of the joint and dived out the back door and ran some more.*I thought that cop had him! DAMN IT!* She ran back an alley and suddenly something large and heavy landed on her and she ended up face down on the pavement and was rolled over on her back and above her, once again was her ex. target. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" " I wanna know why you didn't pull the TRIGGER!" " I don't-" "ANSWER!" " I don't know!" He picked her up and slammed her against the wall, holding her by the throat. " Let's try this again." He said. She choked a bit. "WHY DIDN'T YOU PULL THAT TRIGGER!"
She continued to choke but didn't answer. Bryan waited then answered for her. "Its because you took mercy on me....isn't it...ISN'T IT?!" Her eyes rolled back in her head and she passed out. He dropped her. "Some assassin you are." He picked her up and started to carry her off.

There was a light above her, it was bright almost blinding. Soon her eyes adjusted. *Am I in a hospital*. Nina thought. She sat up and glanced around. "This looks like a lab..." She said quietly to herself. Soon she heard a voice. "That's because it is..." The voice wasn't of the man that kidnapped her. She quickly turned to see a small, old man in a lab coat. "Who are you?...Why am I here?!" Nina grew brave, for she thought it was only her and the old man. "I am Dr. B. and you are here because of him." Nina quickly turned to see Bryan leaning up against the wall. He just simply grunted with a light laugh. She glanced away and back to Dr. B. " Why am I here? I could have guessed how..." " You are here because I sent for you." Nina then became curious. Dr. B proceeded on. " You see, Nina, you are the best assassin that we know of. We need you to do a job for us. You know who Kazuya Mishima is, correct?" " Yeah.." "Good, he is your target." "Why?" " I will show you." Dr. B moved over to some security screens in the lab and turned a few of them on. They show Heihachi attacking Julia in front of the hotel then Jin and Kazuya fighting. Then the screens went black. "So?" Nina asked "Maybe ...this will convince you."
He pointed to a larger screen. She turned to see another Native American girl. * Wait... is that Michelle?* It was. She was drug off of the ship onto Japan's docks. Then things got worse. Michelle was kept in a lab while tests were performed on her body and brain and eventually Michelle Chang was put into Cryosleep. Nina's mouth dropped. " Oh my god!" Nina whispered."But why?" " Well. Ms. Williams" Dr. B said as he turned the screen off and pulled up a seat. " Apparently they were after her spirit." " What?" Nina asked softly. " Her fighting spirit, Nina. She wanted revenge on Heihachi and because of that she was able to fight much, MUCH longer...and harder." " I see...." She lowered her head then raised it. " I'll help you..."