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Chapter 42
Close to Death
Both helicopters, Delta 1 and 2, lowered stairs, so they could climb up.
Steve, Christie, Ling and Julia were on board of Delta 1.
Nina, Lee and Exathora were already in Delta 2. Hwoarang was climbing the stairs when he saw that Jin wasn't with them.
I'm going back for Kazama!'-he yelled.
'Hwoarang! Don't…'-Julia yelled, but it was too late, he was already on the floor again.
'I'll be back!'-he shouted from the ground.
Jin was trying at all costs to open the door.
'Mother! Father!'-he yelled.
'Go now Jin!'-Jun said behind the door.
'We have to go!'-Hwoarang said grabbing his arm.-'There's nothing you can do!'
'They're my parents!'
A couple of seconds later a huge explosion threw the helicopters away. The pilots managed to avoid the worse. Christie closed her eyes, because she didn't like to fly.
As for Ling and Julia, their hearts had just stopped. They were terrified. Minutes later, the two helicopters returned and there was a huge hole on the ground. There was no sign of the complex. Both girls knew that no one could survive that.
Delta 1 landed on a free space, a few kilometres from the crater. There were some trees still burning. That part of the forest was completely destroyed.
Delta 2 was landing, when something happened.
Lee didn't want to answer the police questions and he had to protect Nina and Exathora, so he forced the pilot and the other police officers to leave the helicopter and left with no warning.
'Sir…Delta 2 left!'-an officer said.
'I'm not blind!'-Migaru announced.-'We'll search for them later! We are going to set some tents here…this is going to be our provisory headquarters!'-Migaru ordered.
While the police forces were building a tent, Lei took the others closer to the crater. They found some bodies from the tekken forces.
'They didn't manage to escape on time.'-Lei said.
Julia started crying and she felt Ling hold her hand.
'This is horrible!'-Christie said closing her eyes.
'Who was in there?'-Lei asked.
'Jin, Hwoarang, Dr. Abel and Heihachi Mishima!'-Christie answered lowering her eyes. She decided not to mention Kazuya.
'And Bryan Fury.'-Ling added.
'I want to go now!'-Julia said turning back.
Lee had contacted Kira and she had sent someone to pick them up. In the G Corp.'s base, Lee ordered Kira and Dr.B to follow him and he explained everything that had happened. Dr.B and Kira were in shock.
'They're dead?'-Kira asked.
'Probably!'
'The devil gene saved Nina and me three years ago…they can be alive!'-Dr.B said.
'That's not possible! The explosion was huge!'
'What are we going to do now? We lost the devil gene!'-Kira said.-'And your family is dead…'
'We still have Exathora…'-Lee announced.
'But we don't know anything about her!'-Kira replied.
'Then we'll have to find out!'
'What about Nina?'-asked Dr.B.
'I'll talk to her…'
Minutes later, Lee joined Nina, who was drinking a cup of tea.
'Hi…'-Lee started still unsure of what to say.
'Hi…are you ok?'
'Yes and you?'
'Fine…'
'Look…thank you for going there for me…and Jin, of course!'
'It's ok!'
'I know that you must be confused with all this!'
'I remember…everything, Chaolan!'
Lee looked surprised. Except for Kazuya, Nina was the only person who he allowed to call him Chaolan.
'Your memories are back? All of them?'
'The most important ones are…'
'I heard in the chamber that Fox is…your…'
'Son. Yes, he is! If you want to know about his father, I have no idea!'
'I was going to ask if you don't prefer to be with him…to see if he's ok.'
'He's fine…I saw him in the other helicopter…he's alive and he has friends!'
'So you don't want to tell him?'
'No…there's no point in doing that!'
'What are you going to do now?'
'I don't know! What should I do?'
'You can stay if you want…think about it, ok?'-Lee said leaving.
'Chaolan? Were we good together?'
Lee looked at the wall and sighed.
'Yes, we were!'
Kira and Dr.B were watching the satelite images from the explosion. They were also connected to the latest news network.
At the time, many people knew about an explosion in Mount Fuji, but no one knew its cause.
The police was trying to avoid the media to go there, only the firemen were allowed to go there for obvious motives.
'I knew about Exa…but I never thought that Heihachi would call her after what happen seven years ago!'-Dr.B. said watching Exa.
'What happened seven years ago?'-asked Lee.
'Remember the explosion in the Water Station Treating in Kyoto? It was Exa…we had a lab there…she was starting to control the devil gene, but she lost control…'
'Many people died!'-Kira said.
'I know…Heihachi had to put her in cryosleep again. That's why she looks so young. Just like Jun…'
'What should we do with her?'-Lee asked.
'Exa is experiencing a trauma. She was programmed to obey only to Heihachi and now he's gone. Besides she's confused after meeting Kazuya.'
'Lets see what the police is doing right now!'-Lee ordered, turning on the cameras.-'Turn the satelite on!'
In the police camp it was the chaos. One tent was serving as a morgue. Until then, they had recovered thirty bodies, all from the tekken forces.
The problem was to identity them to warn their families. The police had also captured ten tekken soldiers who were trying to hide in the forest. They were arrested and they had refused to talk.
In the meanwhile, Lei and the others were reunited. Ling and Julia were in silence since they had arrived from the crater, which was now being secured by the rescue teams. No one could go there, it was an order.
'There's something going on…'-Baek said.-'Paul was right!'
'What do you mean?'-asked Steve confused. He was a bit shaken after what happened to Jin and Hwoarang. He didn't know them as well as Ling and Julia but he had spent a nice time with them.
'Why aren't they sending more detectives and police officers?'-Baek asked.
'When we were in Fuji-Nion, in Heihachi's room, I saw some files in the lab…I got the list of some of his associates…I recognise some names…they are important people!'-Lei announced.
'How important?'-asked Steve.
'From the government!'
'Really? That means that the government knew Heihachi was alive!'-Christie said.
'Probably! Heihachi is a powerful man, and he has many ways to make you work for him…'-Lei said.-'But I have to speak to Captain Migaru first!'
Lei left them and the silence returned. No one knew what to say.
'Who are these people?'-Lei asked, referring to the rescue teams who were arriving to investigate the crater.-'I know they're not from the police or from the Public Security Patrols!'
'That's confidential, detective Wulong!'-Migaru said.
'You knew this would happen!'
'No, we didn't!'
'You're hiding something!'
'Detective…your mission was to protect a contestant…Fox is fine, so your mission was a success and it's over, I think you shouldn't stay in here. You should return to Tokyo immediately!'
'After what happened? You must be joking! People have to know the truth!'
'This isn't of your concern! I have orders to send you home!'
'What?'
'This fax arrived just now!'
'This is more important than I thought. Tell me, who is giving the orders?'
Migaru pulled Lei and whispered.
'The Defence Ministry! Honestly, I have nothing against you…and I also think this should be investigated, but I can't go against the Minister!'
'Is the army implied?'
'They will arrive soon…the police is only here to keep the media away, but once they arrive, the case will no longer belong to us!'
'What will happen?'
'They will say that this explosion was caused by a factory that was being built here…no one will know about Heihachi Mishima!'
'But we have witnesses!'
'They will deny everything! They will use blackmail if they have to. I think it's best for the girls and Steve Fox to revise their stories and keep their mouth shut!'
Lei left Migaru knowing that the Mishima case would never be solved, but he had decided to investigate at his on risk. For that he needed to collect Ling and Julia's stories.
When he joined Baek and the other he told them what Migaru had said.
'That's why I need your help!'-he said to Ling and Julia.
But in that moment, the rescue teams had recovered a corpse, and it wasn't a tekken soldier. Ling and Julia were horrified and they refused to go identify the body.
Baek had to do it.
'It's a young scientist.'-Baek said when he returned.-'He was shot after the explosion!'
'What? That means that he survived the explosion!'-Lei announced.-'Which means…'
'Which means that Jin and Hwoarang can be alive too!'-Steve said.
An hour later, Law, Paul, Eijiro, Yuu and Miharu arrived the police camp to join their friends.
They were shocked when they heard about Jin and Hwoarang.
'The rescue teams are now searching for possible survivors! But they have to be careful because the crater is unstable!'-Christie said.
'They found two more scientists dead…they were shot too.'-Lei announced.-'Their killer is probably alive…it's just a matter of time!'
'Steve is gone!'-Yuu announced all of a sudden.-'I think he went to the crater again!'
'I'll get him!'-Lei said leaving.
Christie had seen Steve leave and she had followed him.
'This area is forbidden, you know that!'-Christie said when she spotted Steve.
'I feel something weird!'
'We have to go back…'
'I need to know why I was captured…I mean why they thought I have that stupid gene…I'm not a Mishima!'
'I can't answer your questions!'
'But Jin can…I mean he's a Mishima…They have to find him!'
'The rescue teams are searching!'
'When I was in that lab…I heard a doctor saying that my mother was coming…my real mother!'
'What do you mean?'
'I was adopted when I was a baby…I never knew my real parents!'
'Hey…you two!'-Lei yelled.-'Back to the camp now!'
'But I feel something weird!'-Steve said.
'You can't be here! Besides the Army arrived just now and they'll seal this area!'
Captain Migaru wasn't joking when he said that the Army was going to interrogate all the witnesses. But before the questions they had all to be seen by a special medical team.
Lei had told them not to tell the whole truth, especially everything concerning the devil gene.
Steve was the last one to be examined and questioned.
Their stories were all the same. They explained why they went to the tournament and that they had been caught by Heihachi's soldiers, because he wanted revenge for what happened three years ago.
In the G Corporation, Nina was trying to have some rest when she felt something strange.
'He's alive!'-she announced joining Dr.B, Kira and Lee.
'Who?'-asked Lee.
'Kazuya!'
'How do you know?'-Kira asked surprised.
'The explosion destroyed everything around! They are all dead!'-Lee said.
'No! I know he's alive! I can't feel it!'
'Nina is right…she has a bond with Kazuya…we should believe her!'
'But if Kazuya is alive the other might be too. Including Heihachi!'-Kira said.
'Lets check with Exathora.'-Lee suggested.-'She has the devil gene too, she must feel something!'
Exathora was in a room, waiting alone. She seemed distant from the reality around her and when Lee and Nina arrived she didn't even look at them.
'We need to know if you're feeling something…something at all!'-Lee said.
'Your brother can be alive, and we need to be sure!'-Nina added.
Exathora remained in silence, and then she looked at them.
'Why am I here?'-she asked.
'Because we brought you with us!'-Nina said.
'You're my family…'-Lee confessed.
'What's a family?'
Lee remembered that Dr. Abel said she had been raised in a lab, so she didn't know anything about emotions.
'Look…you were being used by Heihachi! Now you can do whatever you want…and you can help us!'-Lee said.
'Heihachi was my father! He wanted me to be strong!'
'I know…he was my father too, but he was a liar!'
'Do you feel something? Just answer this!'-Nina asked.
'Yes. I feel a presence…'
'Lets go, then…lets go find the others!'-Lee announced.
In the meanwhile, Jin and Hwoarang were waking up in a hot and dark place.
'Kazama? Is that you?'-Hwoarang asked getting up.
'Yes…it's me!'
'Where the hell are we?'
'Probably in a cave…'
'I remember an explosion! Why are we alive?'
'The devil gene must have saved us…'
'I'm beginning to like that gene! Now, how do we leave this place? It's getting really hot in here!'
'That's normal…we're in a volcano!'
'I don't care…I just want to go!'
'I won't leave without my parents!'
Jin and Hwoarang started walking until they heard voices.
'It's my father!'-said Jin.
In the end of the tunnel, Jin saw Kazuya, Jun and Heihachi. They were preparing themselves for a fight.
Hwoarang was going to join them when Jin stopped him.
'Stay here! I want to see what happens first!'-he said.
'Whatever.'-Hwoarang replied remaining with Jin in the shadows.
'Saved by the devil gene again, right?'-Heihachi asked ironically.-'I was saved by a vest!'
'Where are we father?'
'Below the chamber…I built this part of my complex safe from all dangers…the self-destruction explosives were programmed to be set only on the first levels! No one knows about this cave!'
'Very intelligent! But I'll kill you anyway!'
'No!'-Jun said.-'I don't want you to become a murderer!'
'He deserves to die!'
'I'm ready for you, Kazuya! Lets see what you can do! But don't forget that now I have half of you!'
'No you don't! Can't you see it? You don't have the devil gene!'-Jun explained.
'I took it from Jin!'
'Jin has it! The devil gene will never be yours, because you only want it to give you more power! You might have it for a couple of seconds, but it didn't last!'
'That's a lie!'
'No, it's not! Search deep inside of you, and you'll see that I'm right!'
'I hate you…I will love to see you dead! I just hope you have a very painful death!'
'Don't worry about that, Heihachi…I'm dying already! My body will not resist too long in the outside…but first I need to make sure you will never hurt my son!'-Jun said.
'What are you talking about Jun?'-asked Kazuya.
'My body is dying slowly; because I'm exposed…I was in cryosleep for thirteen years Kazuya…you need to take care of Jin for me!'
'I hope you burn in hell!'-Heihachi said.-'You destroyed my son!'
'No! It was your fault, father! Jun saved me!'
'Ungrateful bastard!'
Kazuya and Heihachi started to fight fiercely.
'I taught you, Kazuya…you will never win!'
'I'm not the same man you won thirteen years ago!'
Jun had fallen, because she was starting to feel weaker and weaker by the minute. Her end was near, she could feel it. Her last hope was to be put in a cryosleep again, but she didn't want it anymore.
In the G Corporation, Kira had found out that there was still a level in the B complex who was intact.
'If they are alive they must be in there!'-she said.
'Is there any entrance?'-asked Lee.
'The level seems to have an emergency exit in the west…but this exit is about six meters from the ground…I mean from a lake.'
'Which means they could have left that place by now!'-Lee said.
'Only if they went for a dive on the lake!'-Kira said.
'Heihachi has a small helicopter for only a person…he could have used it!'-Dr.B. said.
'We have to go…Heihachi may have escaped but the others may still be there!'-Lee said.
'There's another problem, Lee…'-announced Kira.-'Mount Fuji is unstable!'
'The satelite pictures show that it can erupt soon!'-Dr.B. said.
'Mount Fuji is sleeping almost for eight decades…'-Lee replied.
'And it's waking up now!'-Kira said.-'Our radars show that the temperatures are rising!'
'Great! We have to hurry! While we go there, warn the authorities, they might want to evacuate the three nearest cities!'-Lee ordered.
In the police camp, the rescue teams had stopped the search because two persons had been hurt going down in the crater, besides it was getting hot.
'Here you are again…'-said Miharu joining Steve.-'Christie told me you want to go to the crater again…I think you shouldn't!'
'I need answers and I want to help!'
'We all want Hwoarang and Jin to be alive! But we must let the experts do their jobs!'
'Yes, but I have a feeling that these people are not interested in finding Jin and Hwoarang…know what I mean?'
'Sort of…'
'I think they're not searching on the right place!'
Kazuya and Heihachi were still fighting. It seemed that after all those years, things hadn't changed much, because Heihachi was winning.
Kazuya was in a difficult situation, and then, Hwoarang decided to interfere. He left Jin and attacked Heihachi with a high kick, sending him to the ground and allowing Kazuya to rest a bit.
Heihachi cleaned the blood from his lip with his hand and got up. His eyes spotted Hwoarang ready to fight.
'You? What are you doing here?'
'I'm here to defeat you old man!'
'I suppose that Jin is here as well…'
'That doesn't matter!'
'Do you really want to face me?'
'Yes.'
'Then lets see what you have to give, kid!'
