Chapter Thirteen: Original Sins

Author's Note: Okay, this chappie takes place during the events in England…the following two chapters will set the stage for the raid of the Zaibatsu…they'll explain why certain characters will be at the Zaibatsu…wait…I'm confusing myself…sorry it's late, and I just took my sociology exam…I think I did good on it, but my brain's kinda fried…but anyway, this chappie delves more into Jamie's personal/romantic life and stuff…anyway, please read and review!

Treasure Island Florida

3:45 pm

The gray mid afternoon thunder grumbled into Mina's bright bedroom as she sat on her bed. Strewn around the rumpled sheets were countless vials of make up, lip gloss, eye liner, and various other beauty products. The nineteen year old Korean girl had pulled her black, red streaked hair into a lop-sided bun, and wore a pair of Jamie's old basketball shorts and a fitted tank top.

She was bored…anxious…nervous and tired all at the same time…and, whenever she felt this way, she tended to do annoyingly girlish things…like her make up…and give herself a pedicure.

Jamie had left about two days ago.

Hasn't called either…wait…don't do that Mina…don't be a bitch…he's the Nephilim he's saving the world and all… he probably can't call because he's been so busy…or dead…NO! STOP IT!

She sighed angrily…deciding it was best not to let her mind wander, she began to focus on painting her toenails a dark red…the label on the tiny bottle read: Worship Me Wine…and she applied the polish with expert care.

Mina knew that it was impractical to spend so much time "beautifying" herself. After all, she had Tae Kwon Do classes to teach at 4:30. Her parents had left on a business trip earlier that day, leaving her to run the family business. Wearing make up and sparring were never good combinations, but she felt that if she didn't busy herself then she would worry about Jamie…and that was something that she really didn't want to do.

"And look what I'm reduced to," She murmured. "I'm no better than those stuck up bitches from high school that spent class time doing hair and makeup."

Mina never saw herself as overly girly…she knew that she was pretty, but not in a stuck up way. She never spent hours looking in the mirror, and she never thought that the world revolved around her. She took care of herself, kept active, and had the body to prove it…fifteen years of ballet, six years of hip hop and modern dance…and, well, nineteen years of Tae Kwon Do had given her a tight body.

When she had met Jamie, she felt immediately drawn to him…she knew that they clicked…Jamie knew that they clicked. They definitely had a chemistry…but it always seemed like right before the two would ever step up in a relationship…something would come up.

Right before one of the many Apocalypses that she and Jamie always seemed to get involved in, the two had had sex…it was consensual, and done with that desperate "we're all gonna die, the world is going to end" scenario.

Of course, they had survived the battle, but Mina and Jamie simply labeled the incident as a fluke…a mistake…and left it at that. Mina never had any regrets over it and the two remained great friends…although recently, she began to develop feelings again for the Nephilim…and she was pretty sure that Jamie was beginning to feel that way as well.

"But of course, once again, the world is going to be sucked into Hell unless the Nephilim does something about it…" Mina paused…sat up and stretched. She sighed and shook loose her ponytail. "I guess there's no use bitching about it…" She looked at herself in the mirror. "Jamie'll be back soon and maybe then…well, maybe we'll get a chance to talk."

She sighed and changed into a pair of dark blue flared jeans, and a fitted, black t-shirt. The t-shirt was a simple one…it bore a small caption of Orlando Bloom in full Pirates of the Caribbean regalia. Like most girls, she loved that movie, when it had come out, she and Maureen must have watched about ten times in the theatre.

Mina thought that Orlando Bloom's character in the movie had the personality of Jamie, and that only made her like the actor more.

She walked into her kitchen and was about to make herself something light to eat but she never got the chance…suddenly, the sliding glass door to her porch shattered open and dozens of armed men in biker helmets rushed into the kitchen.

Mina screamed in terror, but quickly tried to fight them off.

After all, she was Kim Seung Mina…the daughter of a well known martial arts champion…fourth degree black belt in tae kwon do… demon hunter two years running…and an official "sidekick" to the Nephilim.

She unleashed a flurry of kicks, punches and grapples…she had managed to take down about five of them, but they just kept coming.

Don't know how long I can-

She didn't finish before one of the Tekken Force members smacked her in the back of the head with his rifle. Mina screamed in pain as she fell.

She tried to move, but she could feel herself slipping into the soft warm waves of unconsciousness…they crashed against her mind like waves against the coast.

As Mina lay there struggling she noticed a pair of somewhat familiar pair of black boots.

"…Hello lover." His velvety smooth voice echoed through her mind.

He picked her up, and Mina realized to her horror that it was the same vampire that attacked her neighborhood a few days before. She looked into his cruel, cold eyes and realized something…it was…it was Jamie…

"…Jamie?" She asked.

"In my dimension you're still alive but in hiding…maybe we can fix that…maybe we can be together…together for eternity…" He craned his neck lower and lower until Mina felt his fangs graze her neck.

"…help…" She gasped.

"Surely you can trouble me for one last kiss…" Jamie murmured, his black hair tickling her face.

"Sir," A Tekken Force member interrupted. "Sorry to interrupt but we need her for the ritual at the Zaibatsu."

"Right," Jamie grinned, turned, and snapped the force member's neck. "I wish people didn't exist."

He kissed her then, longingly and fiercely…and even though Mina was fading she could feel the kiss was without love…during it, Mina finally passed out, the roar of her head was the last thing that she heard.

Jamie…plea-

Author's Note: 'kay, I know I'm evil for not making this chappie necessarily about Tekken…but this chappie needed to happen…next chappie will be about Asuka so stay tuned! And PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!