LEGACY OF KMAS CHAPTER 26
DEVILKAZ'S FINAL WARNING

As I dashed up the stairs, I was filled with eagerness and ravenous fury. It was time that I had finally laid my rival to rest. The numbers of floors went higher and higher. Five…Six…Seven…Eig…Whoa!

A pang of unusual energy crept over me. A power that never in my life did I ever feel before. It was not at all demon energy or that of Hellish proportions, as I was quite used to sensing that one, but it was not human or undead either. As I calmly walked up the stairs leading to floor eight, the power intensified with each step. I reached level eight and carefully opened the door. This was obviously one of the most heavily guarded rooms of the entire Zaibatsu. There must have been at least thirty guards inside that room alone. Perhaps this is what I felt, a large number of super soldiers…no…these were, thankfully, normal human soldiers…odd. If this room was of great importance, why had Heihachi not used his super soldiers to guard it? The soldiers wore patches of brown and red, which meant they served Master Sergeant Quake and Colonel Blaze. But of course it didn't matter to me who they served, because they were about to be relieved of their services…permanently. With that in mind I entered the room in a very discrete manner..

"Hey guys" I yelled "What's in all these containers?" For the room I had entered had rows and rows of giant preservation chambers, I could not see nor sense what was in them yet, and I knew the soldiers wouldn't tell me, but after I was the last man standing I'd see for myself.

"IT'S HIM DEVILKAZ!" said a soldier.

"SURROUND HIM!" said another.

All thirty soldiers came and surrounded me in a giant circle.

"Surrender DevilKaz, and we promise your death will be quick and easy" said a soldier.

"I could promise you the same thing, but it would be a lie!" I said drawing Ebony and Ivory.

"FIRE"

EVENT: SIMPLE BATTLE
TRACK: NELO ANGELO 12 (DMC)

I leapt into the air and turned myself down so that I was facing downward. I aimed my guns in the air and fired so rapidly that I was able to get a bit of hang time. The bullets rained down upon the ill-favored soldiers and I was able to kill fifteen soldiers outright. I landed perfectly on my feet and the rest of the fifteen began to take aim again.

I decided to be a little less merciful with these soldiers. With haste I pulled out my necromancy skull, and quickly poured a vial of red liquid and another of black powder into the hollowed innards of the skull. Using my dagger, I mixed it together. And before another 'fire' command was given I splattered the contents of the skull around and it struck each one of the remaining soldiers.

"What was that all about? Our armor protects us against all liquids and acids" one soldier asked.

What idiots, they didn't even notice the foul liquid seep through their armor and into their skins. It took less then five seconds to realize what happened, for I had raised my hands and clenched my fist. As I did the soldiers felt immense pressure on their bones. As they howled in pain, I heard one of them ask.

"What did you do to us?"

"It's quite simple really. I now have control of your very skeleton. I can crush each one of your bones, one by one until there is nothing left to support your miserable bodies. And that's only using my fist. Imagine what I could do if I moved my arms in the right direction?"

I sensed immense fear from these soldiers, actually at first I thought it was anticipation. To see what would happen if I did such a thing, too bad I didn't think of that sooner.

"What's that? You want to see what would happen? Very well!"

I raised my arms and then in a rapid motion I brought them across my chest. And in less then a second, a skeleton erupted from the fifteen soldiers in a shower of crimson plasma. There was not even enough time for a scream… God how I loved necromancy!

(End Event)

With no more soldiers to play with I decided to inspect the chambers in the room and hopefully find the source of that mysterious power. I looked carefully into one of them and saw a human like shape. Within I sensed the same feeling I did when I fought the super soldiers. So, this was were they were created. Perhaps I could find out how within this room.

I walked along the steel floors. I indeed was alone in this room because my footsteps echoed throughout the entire level. CLANK, CLANK, CLANK, CLUNK…

Wait a minute…I thought upon hearing a different sound. I tapped my foot on the floor…

CLUNK, CLUNK…was all I heard. This did not sound like steel, it sounded more like glass. I looked down and saw that there was a large glass circle upon the floor. This was no doubt a gigantic containment chamber for the power I felt earlier. The glass was ridged, red tinted with golden supports. I decided to peer into the glass and see what was in there. I kneeled down, and I tried hard to see anything, but I could not. The glass was non-transparent, which was quite odd indeed, because I never thought it could be. I rose to see if there was another way to see inside, when all of a sudden I had a very weird thought. I wanted to feel the supports of this giant circular frame. I knelt again and carefully placed my hand on it. But the supports were completely flat…no…they were not supports at all…I then felt one of the ridges on the glass, and they too were on the other side of the glass. I knew why this was, they were not part of the glass at all, they were the part of a giant wing! I followed the wing to the back of the creature inside the chamber and followed that along to the other side of the circle. Whatever this thing was, it had it's head curled under it's wing. I saw it move again and I stared deep into the glass.

Out of nowhere a giant head sprang from under the wing and took me by complete surprise. It was a large green, scaly head with bronze horns and red eyes. I fell back in suspense and could not believe what I was looking at. It was a Dragon!

"It is quite a marvelous beast, isn't it?" a calm yet unknown voice said.

"Who's there?" I asked.

A man stepped from the shadows. He was clad in an azure robe and he looked as if he was an old karate sensei.

"Please do not be alarmed. I mean you no harm" he spoke.

I knew this man was telling the truth.

"As I said it is indeed beautiful to behold. The Dragon is the most benevolent creature on this earth, the most destructive and most loyal. But to see it imprisoned is quite sad indeed. A creature such as this should not be perverted to serve such a beast as Heihachi".

"You are Opal, are you not old one?"

"I am, DevilKaz. And I know Red Tiger is here as well. I knew before you set foot in this room. And I know of that which lurks within you"

"And yet you'd still befriend me? Do you think it wise?"

"I know your true self DevilKaz, others may not see it but I do. You know in your heart what's right, yet the rage in your heart destroys you internally. Therefore I judge it best for you to be the one whom I give these warnings to!"

EVENT: DEVILKAZ'S FINAL WARNING
TRACK: SHIN-RA CORPORATION (FFVII)

"I have no time for this elder!"

"You see? Even now your hatred is keeping you from receiving very helpful advice, it hinders even the simplest act of listening. You can not hope to succeed if you let your anger become your master. That was why Kazuya suffered much in his life in the first place, and that is the downfall of the human race"

"Tell me Opal, is the dragon blood what Heihachi uses to power the super soldiers?"

"No, that comes from another far terrible source, one which you are very aware of. Perhaps during your search you will find the answers you seek. But beware! While you search with the intention of destruction, your enemies are plotting your demise at this very moment. You must clear your mind and be well prepared. For there is a traitor amongst your ranks"

"What?"

"There is one who seeks to destroy you and then willingly turn you over to Heihachi as soon as the vile act is finished"

"Well that person is in for a rude awakening, I will not be so easily vanquished"

"DevilKaz, you must not be so confident! The traitor I speak of will not be easily spotted and it will strike at the most critical of moments! You must try to destroy the traitor before all is lost!"

"Listen old man, I appreciate the pep talk but I really should be going"

"Ah yes, you wish to kill your rival do you not? Very well I shall tell you then, of the unknown levels. The floors above contain the truths of Heihachi's evil plots. Level 9 is the place where the Tekken Force become one with the elements, Level 10 and 11 are floors for those who seek the comfort of hell's touch, Level 12 and 13 contain the truths that must be divulged to you. And Level fourteen is the threshold to the lair of the beast himself! But know this DevilKaz and know it well, then when you reach the highest floor you had better be armed with the answer to what I am about to tell you. As you ascend to the heights of this building consider very thoroughly this fact. You, Mo, Kazuya and Jin all have what you believe Heihachi is after, but only you carry what the beast truly desires!"

I stood utterly baffled at the amount of info bestowed upon me by this man. There was indeed truth to everyone of his words. I could not believe that one would actually defy Kazuya and sell out to Heihachi. I've seen it happen before, but to know that one of us would do it, was now gnawing away at my very soul! Who, I wondered. Who would commit such a heinous act?

(End Event)

"Master Opal?" I heard a faint voice cry out.

I turned and saw the group of Ken, Stu, Red Tiger and her pet emerge from the south east stairwell.

"Red Tiger! My child!" the old man gleefully said.

They embraced each other in a joyous reunion that would probably have made my stomach turn, if not for the fact that I had respect for this old man.

"DevilKaz! Thank you so much for helping him!" Red Tiger said.

"Yeah, you ain't such a bad guy after all" Stu said.

"Yeah man you rule!" Ken said.

I turned around and headed upstairs only saying "Whatever, just be careful not to get yourselves killed…and your welcome…"

That said, I ascended once again.