LEGACY OF KMAS CHAPTER 24
INFILTRATION
We entered the Zaibatsu and saw Kazuya making his way to the third floor! Within was a giant lobby which in itself was three floors high! Think of this lobby as kind of a mall. There were but six rooms on these floors but each one of them were three floors in height. To our right were the maintenance areas. The main pipes and boilers were located here. I guess this place didn't have a basement. Next to it was a cafeteria, as to be expected in large conglomerate buildings. On the bottom left was the storage room. Tons of materials, scientific, technological and office equipment were stored there. On the bottom right were the bunkers where the overnight workers and soldiers would sleep for the night, these were by the filled with a few soldiers. I couldn't give an exact number, but rest assured there were enough to cause trouble. The next room was another cafeteria. It would seem quite a lot of people worked here, for there to be two large cafeterias. And to our immediate left was the armory for the Tekken Force. Machine guns, explosives and gas bombs littered the walls.
"Well this place was well stocked on ammo I see" spoke Jo
"Yeah but you can fry them no problem" I said
"What do you mean?"
"I know of your powers. I know the electrifying power you possess. These mere weapons should be no match for you….unless you're an amateur spell caster?"
"You wanna see first hand?" she said as sparks flew from her eyes.
"Try it! I dare you!" I said is I placed my hand on the hilt of the Reaver.
"STOP THIS!" I heard Kazuya yell from the third floor. Thankfully no one heard him.
"Sorry!" we yelled back.
"Shhhh! Keep it down!"
"What?" Jo yelled
Kazuya rather agitated "SHUT UP!"
"You see what you did!" Jo said to me.
"Me? You were the one yelling!"
"BOTH OF YOU CUT IT OUT!" Kazuya screamed.
At this one of the soldiers stirred and rose from his bed!
"What?! INTRUDERS! WAKE UP! INTRUDERS!"
The rest of the soldiers awoke and grabbed their weapons. Before you knew it the entire bunkers were empty and there were three floors encircling us. These soldiers however were normal human soldiers. Fragile and very susceptible to good ol' fashion lead.
"I'm not traveling with him!" Jo said to me..
"Likewise" I said.
"Any ideas anyone" Grrrpoop asked.
"Yeah stand back and let me handle this" Jo demanded
"You" one soldier said to another. "Inform Heihachi about this!"
Jo walked to the center of the circle!
"FREEZE!" a soldier said as they all pointed their guns. Jo stood still and raised her arms.
"You boys are in for a bit of a shock" and with that she brought her arms down and over a hundred small bolts shot out of her and from what I could see, found their way straight through the heads and torsos of every T-Force member on each floor. I gazed, in some awe, as each soldier dropped to the ground…dead.
"How's that for amateur?" she said after blowing her finger like a smoking gun barrel. I admit I love that jester but not when it's used against me.
"Whoa…" Ken and Stu went in unison.
"That was quite impressive. It seems you have some competition DevilKaz" Mo said.
"Shut up. By the way, the you remember to get that soldier who was reporting to Heihachi?" I said.
"No I missed him"
"I thought so" as soon as the words escaped my lips a fired a shot from Ivory southwest from where I was standing.
"What was that for?" Dave asked.
"Go take a look and see"
The group followed me to the bunker room. To the right was a small bullet sized hole that went straight through the cafeteria and bunker walls and to our left we saw quite a sight. A soldier had an undialed phone in his hand and a bullet wound square in his forehead. I went over, took the phone out of his hand and placed it back on the hook. Afterwards I slightly tapped him and the soldier fell.
"Now let us return to the mission at hand" I said as I walked past the glum stares and of course the few sneers in the group. We came from the bunkers and saw Kazuya standing over the rails of the third floor.
"That was quite impressive Jo. But next time let's not have an encounter of that magnitude. And DevilKaz, try not to make to much noise when your in combat. We can not afford to be discovered. I will take the elevators to the upper floors and try to distract any guards the rest of you take the stairs! There's a set in the bunkers, the armory, the maintenance rooms and the storage room. Go now! And if any of you have a purpose here, there is a directory on the right of the north west, first floor elevator" Kazuya said as he stepped into the elevator and ascended.
"What did he mean by that?" I asked.
"Listen not everyone came with the intention of showing us up DevilKaz" Saiyan Rage accused. Boy she sure had a way with people. But this was a rather correct guess, that was my intention for a brief period of time.
"Ok, we better decide who's going where, but first, who has an agenda here?"
I looked amongst the group and saw seven hands go up. I spoke once more to try and limit them down a bit.
"Alright, who has a purpose other then getting revenge on Heihachi?"
Four hands went down and three remained. That was good enough.
"Follow me" I said as I walked to the directory.
"Wait a minute! Who died and made you boss?" Saiyan Rage asked.
"I was just trying to…"
"Listen, no offense but some of us are not really ready to trust you yet! So why don't you leave this to me?"
Who could argue with her? She was right. Despite or should I say because of all I've done, not many were comfortable with me hanging around them. We came to the directory and Saiyan addressed the first of the hands.
"Kuni-Bob, what do you need here?"
"I just want to get more info on the technology of the Tekken Force".
"Alright, then you, Xiao, Vicci, and KD go to floors 4 and 5, these are the computer research rooms! And be careful!"
They proceeded to the bunker staircase as soon as they could.
"Now Ifritstar what are you looking for?" she continued.
"Two things. One I must find my cousin who works here. She has been an informant for us here at the Zaibatsu. She is how Kazuya got all his information. Now that we're here she shouldn't be here any longer. And secondly I must find a certain medicine. I must get it to my brother back home. He is gravely ill, and is in a hospital in the city of Goddsand. I heard that the T-Force had some sort of serum that could aid in his recovery".
"Fine, Dave, Cid, and Ron, accompany Ifritstar. I don't know where your cousin maybe, but I have a feeling the serum you seek is in the medical ward on Level…..6 through 7. Just be careful where you're searching OK?"
They banded together and headed towards the staircase in the maintenance rooms.
"Cid" I called out.
"Yeah what d'ya want?" He grumbled.
"Don't die on me"
"Likewise kid!"
They headed off and Saiyan Rage continued…
"Now finally, Red Tiger, why are you here?"
"I'm seeking my master Opal. He was taken by Heihachi and I'm sure he's here. I don't know why, but I have a feeling he may use his work to enhance his Devil Gene research".
"If I had to guess, I'd say he would use them to either create a new life form out of the dragon's blood and the devil gene or taint the dragon's own blood with it and have the devil spawn within them" I said.
"My thoughts exactly" she agreed.
"Well there is a holding area and a containment chamber here on the 8th floor. Try that place and see what you find. Ken and Stu go with her!"
They proceeded to the staircase near the storage rooms. Nimar followed as well.
"Wait a minute? Didn't Kazuya say there were fifteen levels?" I asked
"Yeah so?" she said
"Levels nine through fifteen aren't listed".
"They must be one of those strict personnel levels" Jo concluded.
"I wonder what's up there?" Grrrpoop asked.
"Well I'm not waiting around to find out!" I started toward the armory staircase.
"DEVILKAZ!" Mo shouted "Do not get careless! This is not the time play around if you or I screw up this mission will be a failure, and I won't look upon that as a plus to our alliance".
"Whatever! I've got an important meeting with someone here. One that will end with blood!" I said as I proceeded to the staircase. "And if any of you try to stop me I swear I will not hesitate to devour your souls". They did not know the significance of my motives. Maybe I should've told them…For I was now here for one reason and one reason only…to confront General Beng! I dashed up the staircase and left them behind.