Chapter Seven: Awakening.
Author's Note: Hey again! Oh, something I want to say…I just got Tekken 5…and although my previous story wasn't anything like the game…and Xiaoyu is nothing like her character in my stories…I'm kinda gonna keep it that way, cause, while Xiao is cute and all…I think it's time that she grew up (although I've been told that when I spar in real life I'm like a guy version of her…the whole :gasp: "Oops…I won!)…anyway, enjoy, and don't hate me for changing around the story too much! After all, some Tekken 5 people are going to be making appearances…as well as…get ready for it…MORE OC'S!
Jamie Parker hated hospitals…he always had, and probably, always would. Xiao and Jamie had that much in common. The entrance to the Parisian hospital was actually dangerously quiet…and suffocatingly dark.
"I don't understand…that one vampire said that he sent a whole entourage of people down here…I don't see them…" Jamie murmured aloud.
"Just because you don't see them doesn't mean that they're not there Jamie." Xiao chided gently.
"Hai domo sensei-sama." Jamie responded with a grin.
"Shut up!" Xiao smiled wearily.
Even though Jamie smiled, he was worried about his friend…she had been running for three days (or was it nights?) straight. She looked exhausted, tired, and weary to the bone. Several bruises graced her face, while a few shallow cuts graced the exposed arms of her tank top. Her flared jogging pants were torn at the knees and frayed at the ends with the extreme use and wear.
Xiaoyu had been drained…both emotionally and physically. There was absolutely no way that Jamie was going to let her fight tonight…he had to get her somewhere safe…somewhere where she could hide out…at least for a little while. Jamie would find Jin, Hwoarang, Julia…and find someway to get Kazuya's comatose body out of harms way…then, they all would leave.
However…first thing's first.
Where in the hell were Julia…Hwoarang…or Jin!
Jamie could only describe the hospital as the calm before the storm. The police hadn't come yet…but Jamie knew that it would be a matter of time before they would make an appearance.
It would prove problematic when they did, and so Jamie had to move and move fast.
"Power's out…never a good sign…" Xiao murmured, clutching her chest tightly.
"Don't worry, we'll find someone soon."
And they did…the nurses station of the reception hall had light seeping from it, and to Jamie and Xiao it emanated warmth and safety. Slowly, Jamie opened the door and found a startled Julia tapping at a computer. Words and symbols flashed across the frames of her glasses.
Quickly, she whirled around.
"Wait!" Jamie eased.
Julia stopped immediately.
"Jamie! Xiao! Oh God, I was so afraid!" Julia gushed.
She and Xiaoyu embraced in a deep hug. Jamie let the two friends have their moment.
"Have you heard from Jin?" Xiao asked desperately.
"Yeah…Hwoarang met up with him in the coma ward…but Kazuya wasn't there…but…it's weird…Jin can sense that Kazuya's near…but he just doesn't know where." Julia stated.
Xiao breathed a sigh of relief at the news that Jin was still alive.
"What about the vamps? I ran into that one from the man bitch dimension and he told me that he sent a whole army over here?" Jamie questioned.
"There's a lot of them…and they're smart…they've taken out a lot of the hospital staff…" Julia lowered her eyes. "Even some of the sick and wounded…"
"Well, where did Hwoarang and Jin go? I'll go back them up. If Jin can sense Kazuya I probably can too…but I need to get a feel for the area first." Jamie stated.
"The only other place that they haven't checked is the children's ward," Julia said.
"All those kids…" Xiao interrupted.
"I'm going! Tell me where those leeches are and point me at 'em!" Jamie exclaimed.
Julia glanced at the computer. "Well, the security system has been breached, and all the doors are magnetically locked. The vampires, and Tekken Force got in through the windows. The security network is completely trashed…but I've managed to unlock every floor…by the time you get up there, I should be able to have the door unlocked." Julia explained.
"Fine. I'm going. You guys stay down…we'll be back in a sec!"
Jamie quickly walked out the door and down the hall…completely enveloped in the darkness.
Meanwhile…
Awakening.
The awakening process came to him in stages. First, came the memories, which rushed through his mind in painful, explosive flashes…like flashbulbs on an old camera. His life flashed by…Jun's loving, soothing face…little Jin…and then…and then…Devil.
Everything he saw in his mind's eye was in blood red and black…screams echoed through the recesses of his mind. Pained, tortured, death yells.
And he watched…watched it all unfold…
Helpless.
Helpless and powerless as the demonic entity that had always been within him controlled his body like a puppet. He could still think…could still feel…but was powerless to stop the demon.
Memories of the Iron Fist tournaments passed by…and he saw the competitors…his son…the fiery haired Korean Hwoarang…the Native American girl Julia, Ling Xiaoyu with her bouncy pigtails and bright smile…and…the boy…
He had known everyone else's relatives from the previous tournaments…but the boy was new…he hadn't known any of his family before…but he could sense that the boy was connected…connected to something not only ancient as time itself…but something powerful.
Kazuya remembered him…his cheeky grin and sarcastic retorts…he had watched him thwart his demonic counterpart's vampiric hordes…watched him trash Lee's Combots…he remembered fighting the boy in the tournament…Devil had commissioned for the fences to be electrified…and even though he had won the fight in the end, the boy had flung him into the fences.
He even had the audacity to make fun of evil incarnate.
"Careful whatcha wish for Kazzy! Betcha you're really hating those electrified fences right now!"
After the memories he began to sense a sort of emptiness within his body…no longer was a voice speaking in his head to maim and kill…no longer had he lost control of his body.
He became aware suddenly of people standing over him…murmuring as if he were asleep.
"…that's the one…this is who the master wants…"
"…can't we have a little taste? I'm starving?"
Vampires…
Slowly, with great effort, the coma patient opened his eyes and sat up with a start. Quickly, he assessed the situation. Three vampires and three Tekken Force were in the room. They all wore shocked expressions…obviously, his reputation preceded him.
Quickly, he ripped the wires and I.V.'s out of his body and leapt out of bed. Shots were fired, but he took the Tekken Force out easily. He crushed their skulls as easily as rotten mangoes.
And now for the vampires.
One leapt onto his back, but he quickly flipped the menace off. While on the enemy was still on the ground, he brought his foot down on the exposed neck…shattering it…then finishing by stomping on the vamp's head. The second and third one were dealt with by a blinding, spinning hook kick that ripped their heads clean off their shoulders.
Azure flames erupted around the room as he watched them burn slowly to embers…Kazuya Mishima thought that he had never seen anything so beautiful.
He looked around the room, and found a young male nurse. He was dead…drained of blood…he was young, maybe in his mid twenties…with shaggy brown hair, and seemed to exude a soothing bedside manner.
Kazuya couldn't get far in a hospital gown with his ass sticking out…he was given a second chance…and even though it was not him who perpetrated the heinous crimes that Devil had done…he still felt responsible for them…he needed to use this second chance to gain vindication and atonement.
The nurse's scrubs fit him fine…except for the shirt…but it didn't really matter…he could sense that there were more enemies here…he could hear the screams and shouts of fear and terror…if he were ever to attain redemption then he had better start here…as he calmly walked out of his room, he destroyed about three vamps in the halls.
Devil may have been permanently exorcised from his body…but some of the residual powers were left in his body…he could still sense auras…and right now, he could sense another Devil Gene sufferer enter the hospital…it had to be…his…son.
"Jin…" Kazuya whispered.
His voice was hoarse and scratchy from lack of use. He could also sense the boy…the boy from the tournament near the vicinity…and something else…some kind of abomination coming this way…
Kazuya Mishima grinned…of course he was going to save these people…but this could also be a wonderful opportunity to test his newfound abilities…and he was only more then happy to do so…
Author's Note: Hey! Hope you liked it! WOO-HOO KAZUYA WOKE UP! Isn't that awesome! Anyway, read and review please! Once again, sorry it took so long to update…I haven't been near a computer in a week so when I finally got to one I had get my write on! PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!