Chapter Sixteen: Hunted
Authors Note: Okay, Jamie fell, and the Jacks attacked…but who else is having trouble with these menaces? And who's behind their rampage? Can they be stopped and just what's so secret about those secret labs?
Karisan- Hey! Summer's here for me so my exams are over…I'm so glad you got a chance to read some ficcies (and made it a point to read mine, I'm honored)…I hope everything's cool with you.
Shadowsin-The latest chappie was awesome! Hwoarang makes a badass warewolf, and I'm honored that Jamie's in the totally kickass story! Anyway, Jamie and Kyo tag team represent!
Element6- Yeah, you're right, Jamie's gonna have a helluva headache…read on and thanks for reviewing!
Asuka Kazama sat in the darkness of the third floor's employee lounge and sighed. She passed the time by checking her inventory and performing a comprehensive damage assessment on herself. Her kitana had a couple of scratches on it…but it would hold up. Her hunting knife was still in relatively good condition, and she had four more clips for her submachine gun.
"I should be fine…just need to stop wasting ammo…need to avoid more conflicts then fight 'em."
By all means Asuka should have left…Tekken Force she could handle but not these robot monsters with 'roid rage.
"Death by bludgeon was never on my list of fun things to do…well, neither was this…" She mumbled to herself.
But, if Asuka left now she'd never get into the labs…or find out how to cure her brother and her own…perhaps…cursed blood.
If she was to die tonight then fine…but she absolutely refused to do it in vain. She was going to find the answers she needed…come hell or high water.
"Jacks or no Jacks…" Asuka finished the thought aloud.
She sighed and groaned as she stared at her uniform. The sweater vest had a rip in it, the white t-shirt was rumpled, and the skirt was frayed at the edges. The principal would kill her when she walked the halls in that…thank god she had a two week vacation starting tomorrow.
"And when I get home I am taking a long…hot bubble bath…and ordering a pineapple pizza."
With the doors locked…and still no way to open them Asuka thought that she might be able to go through the air ducts. They were small…but she was a tiny girl, she'd fit…but just barely.
Unfortunately, the lounge's air duct was way too small…she thought she saw a duct big enough for her in the nurse's center. The air conditioning system was a complicated network of twists and turns…but she was sure that one of those ducts would lead to the labs…and she wasn't going to stop until she found them…
(…meanwhile…)
Mina trembled in fear as she walked down the shadowy recesses of the Mishima Zaibatsu. She had been wandering around these halls for what seemed like hours and she was exhausted.
Her terror was what kept her moving.
It had been four hours since the violent earthquakes had gone through the building…they were so violent and so frequent, that they had actually opened her prison cell. At first, she wasn't sure if she should stay, or brave the unknown…if she stayed, then she would surely get sacrificed…in fact; she had heard the eerie chanting through the airshafts below.
The ritual would begin soon…and if she didn't get out, then she'd be dead. Hands down, she decided to leave.
She knew what they had planned to do, that evil, alternate reality Jamie had told her on the helicopter ride here. Mina was to participate in a ritual called the Angel's Lament. A ritual that called for the sacrifice of someone "precious" to the Nephilim; it involved alchemy, and asked the performers to kill the offering by bleeding them to death.
The participant's life blood would be gathered in a sacred chalice…blessed, then consumed…making the end user unspeakably powerful. Apparently, just being around the Nephilim would hurt the chosen warrior.
At first, she had thanked her lucky stars that the freak earthquake had happened and had loosed her from her prison…but slowly, she was beginning to think that she wasn't out of the woods yet.
First off, in the four hours that she had been "escaping" she had only managed to move from sub-basement 3, to the actual basement…the one that most of the low level employees saw…all that was here were generators and storage.
All the main doors were locked, so Mina had to find "creative ways" of maneuvering through the mezzanine basements. She had crawled through cracks, shafts, holes, and small windows, and now, she was trying to make her to the first floor lobby…and hopefully a means of escape.
"Of course I probably just can't walk right on out the main doors…they're probably in lock down too…but there's gotta be some windows or something…at least they'll lead outside…" She found herself muttering.
Not only was she lost, exhausted, and thirsty she was vaguely aware that something was after her…at first she only thought that it was watching her, but for the last twenty minutes she began to think that maybe it was passed watching mode and now it was going to come after her.
Mina wasn't exactly sure what it was…she would only see a pair of red eyes through a shadowy corner for a second, hear heavy boots clomping on the floor…and once, she heard a shrill, robotic scream pierce through the basement.
Whatever it was, she was sure that she didn't want to cross paths with it, and she sure as hell couldn't fight it.
She had seen bodies that were twisted and broken nearly beyond recognition…after fighting demons for the past three years, Mina had seen many dead bodies, and unfortunately, she had gotten used to seeing them…well somewhat…
But what had happened to these poor soldiers was…
No, she wouldn't dwell on it any longer.
Get a grip girl…focus…if you don't want to turn out like them then you'd better keep going and get out of here QUICK!
Mina held an official, Tekken Force submachine gun in her hands. Although right now, it was slung across her chest. She carried as many ammo clips as she could, which, unfortunately were three.
She was still wearing the clothes she had gotten captured in, and her flared, low rider jeans weren't well equipped for carrying much. The clips that she had, were sticking garishly out of her pockets. She had found a pair of slip on tae kwon do shoes in the janitor locker room.
As she continued to walk she heard the footsteps again…at first she paused, cocked her rifle, and aimed in the darkness…the footsteps soon broke into a run…and they were right behind her!
Mina fired off a few rounds into the shadows, but that didn't stop her pursuer…and he was gaining fast!
Mina turned, and quickly broke into a sprint, her gun clanging against her hip…she came to a door, but before she could hit it, the pursuer actually flipped through the air and stood in front of her.
The black hair gave it away…as did the ice blue eyes.
"Where are you going lover? The party's this way." Jamie purred.
"Let go of me!" Mina screamed.
"Oh don't be that way…it will hurt a little, but you're no stranger to that then are you lover?" Jamie's breath was hot on her breath…and it smelled like breath mints. "After all, we did fuck once upon a time…"
"Please…" Mina whimpered.
Jamie tried to hold her tighter, but quickly, Mina grabbed his shirt, planted her foot in his chest, sat down, and flipped Jamie off her.
Quickly, she leapt up, and cocked her rifle at the vampire's crouched form.
"Don't you dare speak to me like we know eachother…you're not the real Jamie, you're just a cheap knockoff! An echo of the real one…"
"You bitch," He snarled. "I'll kill you!"
In the blink of an eye he got up and ran at Mina. He was fast and she didn't have time to fire the rifle…in a split second he had disarmed her and decked her across the face. Not expecting the blow, she fell.
"Now! You're coming with me whether you-"
He was interrupted by a fist flying into his jaw…suddenly, out of the shadows stepped Kazuya Mishima.
"Young people…" He said, shaking his head.
Mina knew who he was…he was the one who had the Devil Gene…but, hadn't Jamie saved him from it? Wasn't he in a coma?
"You…you…" Vamp Jamie sputtered.
Once again, he was interrupted, this time it was by Mina's stalker…a Jack!
Jamie and Jack began to fight.
"Come with me if you want to live…or die…but it'll break a certain Nephilim's heart if you do." Kazuya said offering his hand.
It went against everything she believed, but at this point she wasn't going to care…quickly, she took his hand, and the two escaped from the basement's hell.
Author's Note: Okay, next chappie will feature Asuka and Jamie…followed immediately by Steve and Dimitri, and another Tekken Character! READ AND REVIEW PLZ!