Chapter 13: Breaking and Entering.
Author's Note: Okay…first thing's first…I wanted to apologize for the last chapter if I offended anyone…I'm really, and truly sorry…it was something a friend of mine challenged me to write…I personally am not a big fan of yaoi…or whatever the hell it's called…it doesn't mean I'm dumping all over yaoi writers…if that's what you like and that's what you write then I'm all "GO YOU!" My friend writes stories like that and wanted to see if I could do it…but that's as extreme as it's going to get…again, if I offended anyone, then I am truly…deeply sorry…also, the last chapter that I did write was indeed written in an incredible rush…so please…I really don't want anyone mad at me…so I'm very, very, very, sorry…anyway, on with the story I guess…PLEASE DON'T HATE ME!
Thee Slushee: Yeah I know that this last chappie was…interesting…looking back on it I never should've written it and I'm sorry if it was offensive.
Astral Slayer Asuka: I figured out a way to put in Asuka's romance! It should happen pretty soon.
Karisan: You're story is great and I hope to hear from you soon! I'm trying to review when I can so please keep bearing with me!
Shadowsin: Computer trouble can be a real bitch! I'd offer to help but I'm not much of a computer whiz kid LOL…all I can do is check my mail, surf the web, and write my stories…I usually have friends do it for me…but I'm really looking forward to reading more of your story, and I'm flattered that you still have an interest in mine and keep reviewing.
Devil Billy: Hey, did I use your signature move from def jam? I own that game, my friend Gabby and I love it…any game where I can have Lil' Kim smack Sean Paul upside the head with a beer bottle is okay by me!
Okay…I'm excited are you excited? On with the story!
"Isn't this dangerous?" Kyosuke Kazama shouted as he leapt another rooftop trailing behind the Nephilim.
"Yeah," Jamie said…he landed on a rooftop and skidded to a stop. "But it's really fun huh?" He finished with a grin.
"No…complaints…there…just gimme…a second…too catch…my breath…" Kyo panted.
"No worries, take your time."
As Kyo regained composure Jamie reminded himself that the next time he brought someone out on patrol…he'd be sure to break them in easily…rooftop jumping wasn't exactly great for newbies to the Nephilim world.
Truthfully, Jamie only "roof hopped" when he was alone, or chasing something…most of the time (since he patrolled with Robbie, Maureen, and Mina) he stuck to the ground…but after all, Kyo was part Devil…and he had held up pretty well.
Jamie wrapped his arms around his chest and glanced around…
"I guess this is uptown…I mean, the houses and apartments look nicer."
"Yeah, this is the Shinjuku District…" Kyo cocked his head and looked at Jamie. "Hey, I thought you lived in Japan before."
"Yeah, but I left when I was like, four…we lived in Yokosuka on base…but just because I was born here doesn't mean I really know where everything is."
"Well, dad said that Abel lived in the penthouse overlooking the park…over…there!" Kyo pointed down the street and a couple of blocks over.
"Okay…sounds good." Jamie said.
Mentally, he charted a clear path towards their destination…a couple more buildings to hop and they'd be all set.
"You ready?" Jamie asked with a grin.
"Race ya there!" Kyo challenged.
(New Scene…)
Breaking into Abel's penthouse wasn't hard…after landing on the roof to his building, and going down the stairwell, all that was left was to break the lock on the front door…the lock was relatively simple, and all Jamie had to do was exert a little of his Nephilim strength and turn the knob…with a crunch the door opened.
All the lights were off inside, bathing the area in moonlight from the big, open windows. Surprisingly, it was a rather nice place…what wasn't cluttered with files, papers, and various other odds and ends gave way to stylish furniture and modern décor.
"I wasn't expecting this…I figured he'd live in some hole in the wall apartment or something…"
"He's on the Zaibatsu's payroll as one of the top researchers…they make more then a couple of dollars."
Jamie whistled. "Swanky…maybe I should get a job there…y'know, when your dad reinstates his position and the Zaibatsu isn't such a conglomerate of evil."
Kyo chuckled. "I hear that…so let's get to searching…I mean, we probably don't have a lot of time until he gets back."
"Right," Jamie began, stepping forward…he began to walk towards the stairs until Kyo stopped him.
"HEY WAIT!" Kyo pulled the Nephilim back, and gestured to a pair of red eyes in the corner.
It took Jamie a second for his eyes to adjust to the darkness…but then he found the culprit behind the scary eyes…a Combot…
"Be careful; we don't know what kind of crazy fighting styles that thing knows."
Jamie sighed in annoyance…walked over, and before the robot could activate, the Nephilim focused all his strength into a devastating roundhouse kick to the mechanized monster's face. Sparks flew as it's neck snapped and a sound not unlike a crunching soda can echoed through the vacant apartment.
"And now we never will…one of those great mysteries of life that I've never been too curious to solve." He said mildly, staring at the robot as its eyes slowly faded to black.
"So…now what? There's a lot of stuff that we can go through." Kyo asked.
"I'll take the downstairs…and you take the upstairs…and we'll go through as much as we can." Jamie said with a sigh.
It was late, and the Nephilim was drained both emotionally and physically from his fight today…he'd rather be back in his hotel room…holed-up under the blankets and watching some crappy movie on HBO like all the other fighters were probably doing tonight…and instead he was here, on some kind of reconnaissance mission of the damned.
"What if Doctor Abel comes?" Kyosuke asked.
"Then we'll deal with him…I'm a pretty good judge of character and I think I've got a plan that will work against him." Jamie said.
"You've met him before?"
"No…not officially…but just…just trust me okay?" Jamie asked.
"Okay…" Kyo sighed. "I'll go see what the upstairs is like."
"And I'll tackle," Jamie turned and made a broad sweeping gesture over the mountain of clutter that made up the downstairs. "This."
(New Scene)
"I can't find anything! Just invoice stuff!" Kyo called from the upstairs.
"Well keep looking." Jamie called back.
He sighed, stretched, and popped his knuckles…he needed a break…a tension headache had begun to form at the back of his brain because he had been straining his eyes, trying to read in the pitch dark…but he knew he had to keep reading.
Prior to becoming a Nephilim, Jamie had been a big dork and loved to read…he had learned at an early age, and he remembered that in 1rst grade he was in the A reading group (a prestigious honor for a six year old)…in fact, he was so good that the teacher…Jamie struggled to remember her name…made Jamie read the stories in front of his class as an example of good reading.
God I was such a dork…wait…I still am…
He smiled a bit at that memory…and tucked an arrant wisp of blonde hair behind his ear. He forced himself to keep looking at files…so far, he had been disappointed. The experiments proposed within were mainly menial ones…and they often ended up in failure.
Science was never something Jamie was good at…and the chemicals listed in the writings were ones that he was unfamiliar with.
"Hey Kyo?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you any good at science?"
"No why?"
"Nevermind!"
Jamie looked around at the room…he had spent so much time reading…that everything besides the papers appeared smudgy and blurry…he blinked several times, and began rubbing the back of his neck…and that's when he saw a light…a tiny one.
Curious, The Nephilim stood, and walked carefully towards it. It was easily to miss really, as it was buried under a mountain of paper work. Jamie callously, brushed the papers aside, and they landed on the floor in a muffled "THWAAP".
With the debris cleared he saw what the source was…it was a laptop! Dr. Abel's laptop…well probably not his only one, but a laptop just the same!
And judging by the looks of things it's still on…
Jamie cautiously opened it…and sure enough, the main desktop screen was portrayed…several programs were listed, and Jamie knew he didn't have time to check them all…however; something drew him towards an icon marked "Triumvarence"…his instincts told him that this was something of importance…and he was always a big believer in trusting his instincts.
He double clicked on it…and was immediately asked for a password.
"Damn…" He muttered.
Of course...everything was way too easy…Jamie sighed, he wasn't sure what he was going to do…until an icon popped up informing him that the program was running on a recordable CD.
He grinned and hit the copy button…he may not be able to read all this right away…but something like this would be a breeze for Julia to crack. Just then, Kyo came downstairs.
"Jamie! I just found this weird file and it's dated way back in February of 2000! It's from the 3rd tournament and it's got genetic information on every fighter who participated…and on Jin, Xiao, and Hwoarang it says 'possible candidate'." Kyo said.
"That's so weird…let's take it with us…I found this program…I don't know the password but I'm recording it onto a disk so Julia can-"
Suddenly, the door opened, and Dr. Abel stood in the threshold…Jamie had never seen him before, but he had heard fairly accurate descriptions…and they certainly did him justice.
He was an older man with a pinched, sour expression on his face…his lithe, hunched over frame was covered in a lab coat that smelled of formaldehyde and various other aromas that reminded Jamie of death and disease.
Like the labs he worked in, he gave off an aura of sterility and cold hearted cruelty…Jamie imagined that he treated people more as experiments then human beings…hopefully, Jamie's plan would work.
"Wh…wh…what are you two doing in here!" He barked angrily.
He stammered though…Jamie caught that.
"Jamie…" Kyo whispered, ready to leapt into action.
Jamie glanced up coolly and returned his gaze to the computer…the file was almost down downloading.
"I'm going through your files…Triumvarence huh? Now that's a word I've never heard outside of the SATs."
"You…you can't go through the passwords! I'll…I'll…" He reached for the phone on the wall across the room.
With Nephilim speed, Jamie reached the phone before the scientist could and ripped it out of the wall…he still had a look of cool indifference on his face.
"You'll do what? Y'know what I want?" Jamie asked…walking back towards his space near the computer. "All I want is to be in bed…or maybe by a roaring fire…reading a book with a tea cozy…" Kyo looked at Jamie strangely…as did Doctor Abel.
Jamie too, began to question the integrity of his rant…but it seemed to buy some time so he went with it. "I don't even know what a tea cozy is…but I want one…but y'know what I don't want? I don't want to have to deal with you, or Grey, or Lee, or Anna, or Heihachi FUCKING Mishima…but guess what? Since you people have decided to screw with me again I guess we'll keep this up until one of us are dead."
"You…you…won't live to see a victory this time Nephilim." Abel said with a cruel smirk.
"I'm sorry," Jamie pretended to be confused. "Would this be the apocalypse after you tried to have Devil kill me…or was this when you sent my vampire double after me? After so many failed attempts they all tend to run together."
The disk drive opened loudly, and Jamie grabbed the CD and placed it in a spare case laying next to the laptop.
"No…this time you'll be helping us!" Abel said with a smile.
"Doubtful…highly doubtful." Jamie responded, although he was thoroughly freaked out.
"So you think you've won…" Abel began…he reached into his lab pocket and pulled out a remote. "It's far from over."
"Jamie…" Kyo began.
The remote clicked…and sprinkler heads came down…and suddenly, yellow gas started to fill the area.
"Nerve gas…spend a minute in here and your insides turn to mush!"
"You…you BASTARD!" Jamie coughed.
"NO TIME! JAMIE RUN!" Kyo called.
Quickly, Kyo grabbed at Jamie and pulled him towards the windows…Jamie allowed himself to be lead…his senses were overloaded…and everything was spinning…his eyes stung as if they had been sprayed by kerosene and already, his insides felt as if they were being attacked by invisible, gaseous knives…the gas tasted acrid…and vaguely reminded Jamie of the anesthesia used by hospitals…all the more reason for the Nephilim to GET OUT!
Jamie had a phobia of hospitals…but perhaps the main thing that bothered him about them was the whole process of going into surgery…particularly the part when they put the mask on your face and make you go to sleep…
The very thought pumped a primal fear instinct in the Nephilim and everything else shut down…thank God Kyo was leading him out.
Jamie's mind went blank…but he was briefly aware that he was flying through the air…and the sound of shattering glass. And then…for an instant, through grainy, black and white he saw a castle under siege…and saw a young man with braids callously run a guard through with his sword…
The image promptly shifted as Jamie and Kyo landed on the balcony of an apartment about five floors down. Jamie was part angel, Kyo was part devil…so their bodies absorbed the impact with little complaints.
"Jamie…don't pass out now…I need you to jump again can you do that?" Kyo asked.
Through a fit of coughing Jamie nodded his head, and the two jumped again…this time landing on the cool, sweet, onion smelling grass of the park.
Kyo got up quickly enough…Jamie tried to, but staggered and coughed violently…before vomiting on the grass.
"Jamie…"
He spat and vomited again…this time his shoulders were heaving.
"Jamie…what's wrong are you okay?"
Jamie wretched a final time…and shakily stood.
"Aw what's the matter…someone not feeling too good?" A voice purred from the darkness.
"Who?" Kyo began.
"Lee…" Jamie muttered hoarsely.
He wasn't barfing anymore but his head was spinning and he still felt a little shaky…there was something in that nerve gas…something that Kyo didn't feel…but Jamie did…and if he survived this latest encounter then he'd look into it.
"I believe you have something of mine?" Lee asked stepping out from behind the trees.
"Uncle Lee…how…" Kyo began.
"Hell must've realized how much of a douche bag you are and sent you back up here…no worries…I'll kick your ass right back." Jamie wheezed.
"Not likely…you may have killed my vampire double but as for me…you'll find that I'm a lot more difficult." Lee began to run at the two.
Kyo dropped into a fighter's stance…while Jamie attempted too…but only wound up stooping on one side and having his arms hanging limply at his sides…despite all his willpower…he felt as if his limbs were incased in concrete.
Lee rushed at them and launched into a flying side kick…the blow was aimed at Jamie…and he knew it was going to hurt…and in his weakened state, possibly kill him.
And he was powerless to stop it…
And suddenly, the attack never came…and in Lee's place stood Jin. Jamie glanced over and found Lee sprawled on the grass. Kazuya, Hwoarang, and Billy stood off to the side.
"Get…out of here uncle…" Jin said through gritted teeth.
"This doesn't concern any of you! LEAVE US!" Lee spat.
"Hell to the no!" Billy said angrily.
"I'll KILL ALL OF YOU!"
Hwoarang snorted. "You can try…but I'd seriously doubt it."
"Best you leave brother…and send my regards to our father." Kazuya said with his arms crossed.
"You mess with one of us you mess with all of us!" Billy called as Lee slinked away.
"Jamie…you're the Nephilim, how many times do we have to save your ass?" Hwoarang joked.
"Guys…something's seriously wrong." Kyo said.
And that's all Jamie heard before he passed out.
Author's Note: Okay…I've noticed that Jamie hasn't done many Nephilim activities that we're all so fond of him doing…but don't worry, after this next round of fights he'll be back to the old Jamie we know and love! I hope you enjoy this chappie please read and REVIEW!