Authors notes: (Sigh), sorry for taking so long. I really wish I could get the chapters of Nina out faster. I hope I can do so next time.
Quietly, Nina, along with Steve following in from behind, managed to sneak into the Zaibatsu without attracting any means of attention. The lights on the ceiling inside were slightly dimmed, giving the area a bit of a shaded dark look. The only noise present was the sound of the already active computers that sat together in rows. Across the tables draped over with white sheets of cloth stood dozens of chemicals all poured in glass tubes and bottles. When Steve took notice of the bottled chemicals, he broke every last one on the table by shattering them on the tiled floor. Everything inside the room disgusted him from the strange bottled substances to the creepy capsules that sat in the far corner over by the walls. Nina had to restrain him roughly before he nearly destroyed anything else.
"Hey! Calm down! I know your angered by what you see, but we came here to look for things…not destroy them," she said, reminding him.
"After our search is finished, I suggest we burn this place to the ground. What they're creating here is horrible," Steve shuddered.
"Whatever you want, but lets not destroy what we came to find. When our search is finished we can torch the place, ok?"
Steve gave a slight agreeable nod as Nina slowly unwrapped her hands from around his muscular frame. Going over to the nearest computer and sitting in the softly cushioned, height adjustable chair, she searched the files for any obtainable information that would prove to be useful. To no surprise, this wasn't the first time Nina had broken into a building having to scan computers for important information. During her past jobs as an assassin, she had also done it, but not before learning how to use the computers properly.
Twenty minutes had past with no luck so far of finding anything significant. Steve watched patiently against one of the desks as Nina fiddled around with the keyboard and mouse, streaming all the data she could. The dim lights suddenly flickered on, brightening the room up as Nina continued searching.
"What did you turn the lights on for?" she questioned, looking up at Steve.
"That wasn't me," the boxer replied in an irritable tone.
"Ahem!" said a voice from the entrance to the room.
The two turned their heads to see Heihachi and a few armed security guards standing by the entrance. The old man looked rather pleased to see Nina, seeing as how this saved him a lot of trouble of having to send another hit man to try and take her out. Now he could do it himself and be rid of her once and for all.
"Ah, Ms. Williams, its so nice to see you again. The last time we met I believe you tried to kill me."
"My goodness, how old are you, old man? Shouldn't you have died a long time ago?" Nina said, jokingly.
"Regardless of my age, I can still squash you like a bug! There's no escape route for you to run away to like last time. Let's settle this assassin, you and me, right now!"
Heihachi was eager to fight Nina since the day she tried to kill him, now was his chance to return the favor. Little by little, he unbuttoned his dress shirt and threw it on the floor, exposing an old but well-defined figure. The fight was going to be very intense. Heihachi never removed his shirt unless he was expecting a brutal and deadly battle. Blood was bound to be drawn somewhere down the line and he knew this. Nina sat up from the computer chair, hoisting her sharp katina blade in hand.
"If you're a real fighter you won't have any need for such a weapon!" Heihachi cracked. "Or are you much too weak without it?"
Nina glanced at the sword for a split second and dropped it on the ground. Whether it was the use of weapons or hand-to-hand combat, it didn't quite matter to her which one it was. Steve wasn't very familiar with Heihachi's background, so of course he didn't know what the elderly Mishima was capable of. He believed Nina could take him down with no problem. But Heihachi was no ordinary human being. The elderly Mishima possessed great strength and power. Sure he was old, but not so old as meant to be underestimated.
Nina started the fight off with a split kick to the ribs of Heihachi, but he easily shook it off and knocked her down with heavy right hand to the cheek. She fell, but didn't quite hit the ground. Before touching the floor with her body, Nina pressed down on the floor to hold herself up and leg sweep Heihachi. With a loud thud, the whole room shook from his massive weight. He couldn't believe he had been put down on the floor so quickly. It seemed embarrassing, even having it done by a woman. Even though he was down, Nina wasn't going to give him a chance to recuperate.
Heihachi sat up, only to have his face suppressed between Nina's thick, curvy legs and be flipped straight over on his back. The security guards offered to give their assistance, but Heihachi refused it, wanting to beat Nina on his own without any outside interference. The two wrestled on the floor and around the room, smashing each other into capsules, walls, and computers. Recklessly, they were breaking everything in sight, but neither of them gave any mind to it. Heihachi blocked a few of Nina's stingingly painful jabs and countered with a few hard kicks that sent the Irish woman flying across the floor. She sprung back up on her feet, and tackled Heihachi into one of the still active computers on one of the nearby desktops.
Sparks of electricity flashed with the table and chairs crashing down on each other from the sudden impact. Steve was surprised to see how brutal both Heihachi and Nina fought. They came off as more tough than the fighters he encountered in the boxing ring. As the two separated for a moment, leaks of blood could be seen dripping from various places. Nina's left arm had a few bleeding scars as did a small portion of her face. Heihachi's chest had a few blood wounds here and there, but nothing too major.
Nina seemed to be wiped out. She was breathing heavily from exhaustion and didn't seem to be able to carry the fight on for much longer. Heihachi took advantage of the moment when saw it and struck Nina with his fist to knock her backwards. Before she collapsed, he grabbed her by the neck and laughed manically in her face.
"You fool! Did you actually think you could defeat me, Heihachi Mishima?"
Strangling her by the neck, Heihachi delivered a harsh kick to Nina's ribs and dropped her. Steve became infuriated by what he saw when he watched the elderly Mishima stomp the Irish woman while she was down. With a quick swing of his fist, Steve cracked Heihachi right in the skull and sent him flying into his own security.
"That's it! Get them!" Heihachi yelled, ordering his security to attack.
Steve took hold of a wounded Nina Williams and dashed out of the room before bullets were fired. Dozens of armed security forces came from everywhere ranging from stairways, to offices, to bathrooms. Luckily, Steve found a shadowed area in one of the offices Nina and him could hide in for the time being.
The guards broke into groups, searching the whole entire building. Steve and Nina had no idea how bad they had it. If they were spotted, they were as good as dead. It was going to be quite hard to escape the building with all the advanced security roaming around.
"Nina, are you ok?" Steve whispered with concern, eying Nina's blood wounds.
"Do I look ok to you?" She angrily snapped. "Damn, what a stupid question."
"Hey, don't get upset at me. I just wanted to know your condition that's all."
"My condition? Well, you know how crap feels when its stomped on and thrown against the wall? That's how I feel."
Steve was happy that Nina could still joke around, even intense pain. But wisecracks weren't going to help either of them with the bleak situation they were in. Suddenly, they could hear the sounds of security forces moving around inside the office. Steve hushed Nina's mouth from her constant moaning, so she wouldn't grab any of the guards attention. But it became harder and harder as Nina couldn't control herself. The wounds hurt so much it was becoming difficult to maintain the moaning.
"Hey, did you hear something?" one of the guards said, asking the others. "I think it came from over here."