Strategizing
Authors Note: Yeah, I know the chapter title isn't exactly original…or y'know, catchy…and one of my other chapters was called Theorizing…but coming up with cool titles is HARD! I had some great ideas for some…but they fit towards the last couple of chapters (which, coincidentally, you'll be reading soon:) But first, it's time to give my shout outs!
Shadowsin: Hey! Thank you so much for the nice things you've said! And isn't it weird that we get "called" to read the Tekken fanfic cuz we have a feeling that one of us has updated? I thought I was crazy in thinking that…and you're ideas are totally awesome! At least Shugo has more dimensions to him then vamp. Jamie did (he wasn't a well developed character in my opinion). By the way, you're writing style is awesome and doesn't hold a candle to mine…at least when you have so many ppl in an area, you can have them all included and stay true to their personalities…and when you crank out chapters, their long and awesome! You've also got Jamie and Mina's personalities down pat too and it's awesome! But to be honest with you, when I started writing the last chapter I had to go through Tournament of Fate again, to make sure I got the look and persona down right…thanks for saying I did good! Can't wait to read Revolution again! Whenever you update, I do a happy dance at my comp.
Element 6: I'm glad that you like my speedy updates…but there's a hidden motive to it…ya see, I'm headin' back to Tennessee soon, and I wanted to get this story done before I left, so now, everyday I schedule in some time to write…and crank out chappies! But thanks for reviewing…please keep it up.
DevilBillyKazama: Hey, thanks for the reviews! You're stories lookin' good and I can't wait to read the next chapter…thanks for showing concern about me giving it a rest, but I'd really like to finish this before I leave for Tennessee, b/c if I don't finish it by then, it'll be a long time until I update it again…so…wish me luck k? Oh, and sorry if some of these chapters are rushed…but a lot of the time, I start writing and lose track of time, and by the time I actually finish them, I realize that I have fifteen minutes to shower, change, and get to work!
Karisan: Good! You're done with your exams, hope you did great, and you're stories looking good!
Thee slushee: I like your story a lot, it's really cute…and I'm sorry if my story was a little too dark and gory…really, I'm not mentally disturbed or anything (please don't think that) but I'm trying…thanks for your kind words and please keep reviewing…I guess the last few chappies were a little dark b/c that's what the characters were feeling at the time.
Okay, these have taken up a page, so I'm just gonna make a new one and start the chapter…
The halls of the Pentagon were as Jamie remembered them…dull, plain, and identical to the ones before them. He had been here before…about ten years ago to be precise…back when his parents were still alive. After their stint overseas, Jamie's family was finally moving back to America. They had to report to Washington so his father could find out which base he was assigned too, and while here, Allen Parker had taken his family to the White House, The Smithsonian, and The Pentagon.
Jamie also seemed to remember that it was incredibly hot that day and he threw up all over the floor of the Oval Office in the White House. Afterward, his family found out that they were to be stationed in Florida…it wasn't until a year later that his parents died in an armed robbery and the police, and Justin found a nine year old Jamie crying in the rain at the scene of the crime.
A bullet had grazed his arm and he was bleeding from it…but that didn't compare to…
The robber got away, and to this day, he has never been found. The murder case had been closed after only six months of investigating…but that was bureaucracy for you…
It was times like these that Jamie wished he could cry…and he wished he could've taken those pills that repressed that horrible day…and the vivid nightmares that he had later on in life…and still plagued him.
He sighed, as he felt his eyes get blurry with unshed tears…he discreetly wiped them away by first taking out his ponytail, and while shaking out his hair, he quickly brushed the liquid from his eyes.
"So…is this where you guys keep the alien?" Steve asked, jarring Jamie away from his painful memories.
"What?" Jamie asked with a chuckle.
"The alien…y'know, it crashed in the desert or something?" Steve queried.
"No," Jamie began, looking at his British friend. "That's Area 51 in Roswell New Mexico."
"Oh…so what's this then?" Steve asked.
Jamie laughed, while Raven only gave an annoyed grunt.
"The Pentagon is the countries main area for defense…everything on the offensive comes and goes through here." Raven said.
"And it also makes for a very boring tour." Jamie added.
At first, the group was going through the areas that most tourists go through…but eventually, the corridors got smaller and smaller, and less people filled them. Finally, they came to a pure white hall, where two double doors stood. They included a retina scanner, palm scanner, voice recognition unit, and two imposing, armed guards.
"You all are lucky, most people who try to get through here wind up shot." Raven said.
No one laughed at his joke.
He performed all the required tasks, while Hwoarang whistled in approval.
"This is like, all James Bond and shit right?" Billy wondered.
"It's like the security we have at the Zaibatsu." Kazuya replied.
"This technology is incredible…I've taken this tour so many times and I've never been back here." Julia marveled.
They stepped through the door and found themselves in a new room…this one was rather large and was dimly lit. The low clicking of computer keys could be heard and several wide screen televisions were placed around the room.
Most showed video clips from different places in the U.S. while others showed photographs of the various land rovers on Mars, and satellite feeds and such. Julia squealed in delight at the various bits of technology all around the room.
"Geez Jules…contain yourself." Hwoarang said sarcastically.
"It really is neat though….look, there's Mars!" Asuka said enthusiastically.
"Look at all the stars…that's so cool." Christie added.
Suddenly, a man dressed in the full regalia of an army major came in the room. Jamie recognized the patches and metals on his suit, that he had served not only in Vietnam, but also in Desert Storm.
"Sir," Raven saluted. "These are the ones I told you about…they want to stop Jinpachi also."
The major glanced the group over critically. Jamie didn't know exactly what else to do, so he saluted too, Julia did as well, and Xiao smiled and waved.
"At ease." He said. "Greetings. My name is Major Hamilton and I am honored to meet all of you…."
Hamilton…where have I heard that before?
"Unfortunately, I haven't had time to exactly place names with faces," The Major began. "So, I'll start at the top, which of you are the Mishimas…and the Kazama's?" He asked.
"I am Kazuya Mishima, Jinpachi is…was my grandfather." Kazuya said stepping forward.
"I'm his son Jin Kazama…I go by my mother's maiden name." Jin added.
"I'm Asuka…Jin's little sister."
"I'm Kyosuke…" He scratched the back of his head nervously. "Nice to me you." He added nervously.
"Hey, I'm Billy Kazama." Billy said coolly.
Seeming satisfied, the Major turned to the others.
"'Sup, I'm Hwoarang." He said with a nonchalant nod.
"Julia Chang sir…" She said in a sort of breathless whisper.
"Oi… 'ello boss, name's Steve Fox." He said with a trademark smirk.
"Hi," Christie said in a friendly voice. "My name is Christianna, Julianna Monteiro…but you can just call me Christie!"
"Name's Dimitri." Dimitri replied.
"I'm Mina."
Finally, the Major looked at Jamie. The Nephilim had his hands crossed against his chest, and he leaned against one of the tables.
"You? I've met the Mishima family, and some of the best fighters in the world…a famous adventurer…so…who are you?"
"I'm Jamie…Jamie Parker…and I'm the Nephilim…" He sighed, judging by the Major's expression he'd have to explain it. "You'd better pull up a chair…a Nephilim is…"
"A teenaged male with divine powers to destroy the forces of darkness. They are typically the youngest in their family, and are not to be confused with the Successors…while they contain the angel gene, they do not have the powers that a full Nephilim has. Once the Nephilim dies, one of these Successors takes his place."
Jamie and the others were shocked…finally, Dimitri broke the silence.
"Well, that saved a good twenty minutes."
"Yeah, and that's just the condensed version." Mina added.
"But," The Major said. "More importantly, you're Jamie Parker."
"That's the name they gave me…" Jamie answered uneasily.
"And you're the son of Allen Parker."
Jamie felt his heart leap in his chest at that comment…Major Hamilton…now Jamie remembered, in old photo albums he had seen his father and the Major as young soldiers in Vietnam…they were old war buddies…and Jamie remembered that he would come visit from time to time.
However, since his parents died and he had lived with his brother for so long…Jamie found it hard to remember many of the good times he had shared when he had a normal family.
The Major smiled and chuckled.
"I'd imagine you wouldn't recognize me Jamie…it's been longer then ten years…"
"How…why…how did you know about…" Jamie couldn't get the words out. "Me?" He finished weakly.
"You're father expected great things from you Jamie…" Major Hamilton began mysteriously.
"Jamie…this is big…" Mina whispered excitedly.
"Did…did he know…did he know what I…I could be?" Jamie asked.
"He knew…we…we knew a Nephilim during 'Nam…when you were born he knew that you would become one…call it father's intuition or whatever you want…but he knew that you were destined for greatness."
Jamie didn't know what to think…he was speechless he could only stand with shocked silence.
"I don't mean to break this up…but we came here for a reason didn't we?" Raven asked tempestuously.
"Of course," The Major answered.
"You alright Jamie?" Kyo asked.
This was a lot of information for Jamie to undertake…they understood his stunned silence. Mina and Xiao put their arms around him in comfort.
"Yeah…anyway," Jamie crossed his arms again. "What's the sitch?"
"We know that Jinpachi and his Tekken Force have made it into the labs…it seems that he has found a way inside without the orbs."
"And…that's bad on soo many levels!" Christie began.
"Not necessarily…he needs to harness their powers in a chamber called the Hall of Cleansing. The ritual is very archaic and very precise…it takes days to complete it…our spies have told us that he is trying to complete it without combining the orbs into the Philosopher's Stone…so far, he hasn't had any luck…the orbs need to be placed in the Hall to merge into one stone…Jinpachi must then ingest the orb to make it become one with him…then the main power source will bow to him."
"Eeeww…" Mina shuttered.
"What about the…Keepers…that's what they're called right? Do they work for him?" Jin asked.
No," The Major began. "In fact, they are creating problems for him and his Tekken Force…it's an ongoing war with them…and those little bastards may provide the help we need…"
"So, what's the plan then? Are we just going to storm in and kill him?" Hwoarang asked.
"We plan on launching a full scale attack once we're in the ruins…there are an estimated 40,000 Tekken Force soldiers, and we have ten times the amount of soldiers assigned to this mission. We storm the ruins, take out the Tekken Force, the Keepers, the power source…and then Jinpachi…we will divide the soldiers into specific factions of course."
"It won't work…" Jamie stated simply. "An army can't defeat Jinpachi…and he needs to be our top priority."
"Even the mightiest will fall under our weapons." Major Hamilton said.
"If you launch a full fledged attack like this you'll lose men…and eventually the war…you need to divide up two teams…one to attack the power core, and another to attack Jinpachi." Kazuya said with his arms folded.
"Only certain people can really defeat Jinpachi…Jin, fath…I mean Kazuya, Billy, Jamie, and me." Kyosuke said.
"I'm not sure I follow." Major Hamilton said.
"Jinpachi Mishima has essentially OD-ed on the Devil Gene…the only people who can defeat him are people infused with supernatural powers." Jin added.
"We need to get into that chamber…thing…and I mean, it's near the power core right? So we'll all just stick together and break off." Billy said logically.
"It probably won't be that easy Billy." Asuka advised.
"What we should do is divide the soldiers into two teams," Hwoarang stated (after all, he had been in the army before). "I'll take the one going to the core, and shut the bastard down…Jamie and the Kazama family reunion over there, can take care of Jinpachi."
"It does make logical sense." Xiao said.
"Fine," Julia said. "Hwoarang takes the soldiers to destroy the core, then Jin and the others take out Jinpachi…but with what? Raw enthusiasm?"
"I agree, I mean, no offense …but they can turn into Devils and that's all well and good, but what about Jamie?" Mina asked, concerned for her friend.
"Nephilim remember? I'm tricked out with enough skills to take out a demi-god…I've done it before."
"It's settled then…I suggest that everyone get some sleep tonight…we leave at dawn tomorrow for the Amenes fortress…" Major Hamilton said.
Murmured conversations flitted amongst the friends uneasily as they went to the barracks where they would be staying the night.
So it's come down to this…the final battle…Mina's right though, I am ill equipped for this…what am I gonna do?
Jamie sat on his cot with his thoughts to keep him company...of course, a dead Nephilim was no good to anyone…and he knew that unless he thought of something, Jinpachi would kill him just by thinking it…true, Jamie was afraid of dying…but this wasn't the only reason he was scared…if he were to die in the heat of battle then he couldn't contribute his part to the death of Jinpachi…what was he going to do.
Ascending Angel…
The thought occurred to him randomly…almost as if someone whispered it into his ear…he sighed…he knew that he shouldn't attempt it anymore…true, he had cheated death before, but…death could only be cheated so many times…he still wasn't exactly clear on how he survived it the first time.
He sighed, and knew that this was the only way…he had experienced first hand a fraction of Jinpachi's power…and he had probably grown considerably powerful in all those years of captivity…only a pure angel…just like a pure devil could defeat this evil demi-God.
Jamie placed his head in his hands, and rubbed his eyes until they felt raw…he needed to make the preparations for the ritual now if they were leaving by tomorrow…he didn't have their personal items with him…but he had a feeling that he wouldn't need them…
For some reason he had a feeling that if he tried to contact these spirits then they would listen.
He groaned as he stood and locked the door to the barracks…the others were going to get something to eat…they wouldn't be back for some time…
And besides, he had a lot of catching up to do with some old friends…
Author's Note: Alright, sorry it took so long to update, but I'm in the process of reformatting this computer…it's like a million times faster so that's awesome! I hope you enjoyed this chappie, it was really hard for me to write…okay, action time next chappie…the actual final battle will probably span a couple of chappies…and don't worry, Julia, Xiao, Christie, Asuka, and Mina will do their own part in a BIG way! Please read and review! Much love to everyone!