Chapter Twenty Seven: House Arrest

A/N: Okay people, new chapter up, this one will focus on what happened to Mina and the girls while Jamie fought Lee and got ambushed by the Tekken Force (or Shu, depending on how you look at it). Thanks for all who review and read I really appreciate them!

They had stayed for far longer then they had anticipated…to say the mansion was a maze was a gross exaggeration…every hall, door, and alcove seemed to lead them deeper and deeper into the manor with no exit in sight.

Finding the disk itself had truly been like finding a needle in a haystack, and by the time they found it (sitting atop a stack of Zaibatsu invoices) it had been way too late…lock down had initiated.

"I can't believe we fell for this!" Christie wailed.

"Lee's a lot smarter then he looks…but we'll be fine, we just need to get out of here." Kaori said rationally.

"Yeah, but we've got the disk we need remember ladies? All that stands in between us and the exit is…" Julia didn't get to finish before a door slammed shut…all it took was the simple slamming of a door and suddenly, Kim Seung Mina was completely cut off from her friends and trapped alone in the labyrinthine mansion. As the door slammed shut, a metal shutter slid down over the simple oak door.

"Damn it!" Mina muttered as she slammed her hand against the door.

"Mina!" Christie's muffled voice called from behind the iron shutter.

"Are…are you okay Mina?" Julia asked.

"Yeah…I mean yes…I'm fine." Mina nervously tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and looked around.

"Can you find a way out?" Kaori called. "Like maybe a window or something?"

Mina took her friends' advice and frantically looked around…the windows had been barred shut! Mina told her friends this…only to find Julia's voice come through again.

"The locking mechanism must be somewhere around here…"

"No, you've got to get the disk out of here!" Mina interrupted.

"But Mina…" Christie began.

"No buts…I'll find my way out don't worry," She smiled wryly to herself. "I've been through worse things…like the end of the world…this'll be a piece of cake."

"We'll go get help we promise!" Kaori called before Mina heard the footsteps run off.

"Ookay…that's cool!" Mina said loudly, before lowering her voice. "So now my priorities have shifted…get out of here and try not to die…alright, let's do this."

But for some reason, Mina couldn't get her black sandals to move her forward…she wished she could be as brave as the show she put on with her friends.

Well…if they could see how terrified you looked when you tried to sound all big and bad they might not have believed you…c'mon girl…at least this isn't a sewer or graveyard…it's a big, palatial mansion…sun's out and dusk won't be for another four hours or so…so it's not like any vampires'll pop out…hopefully…

Preferably, Mina didn't want to deal with any kind of threat…realistically, she was a one hundred and ten pound Karate Master's daughter with a black belt, and a passion for dancing. She was a second year criminology major who enjoyed Taco Bell, a good latte on a rainy day, shoe shopping, and reading Cosmo magazine with her roommate and best friend Maureen. She wanted Jamie, she wanted her friends, and most of all she wanted to throw down, lose it, and have a huge balls to the wall temper tantrum.

Although the thought was tempting (she even looked at the tiled floor longingly) she knew she couldn't have it…she'd have plenty of time to freak out later tonight either curled up in her bed or soaking in the tub (Jamie was optional in both scenarios…depending on how this whole situation played out).

But what to do? There were so many rooms…she had no idea how Jamie navigated them all those months ago…that's when she remembered something…Jamie had been trapped here too during the fifth tournament…alone, after Lee had tricked him…and he had temporarily lost his Nephilim powers…Jamie had gotten out, and there was no reason that she couldn't either.

Bravely, she found the courage to put one foot in front of the other…then another…then another…until finally, she was walking down the hall.

"That's one small step for Mina…one giant leap for Mina-kind."

As she walked, she heard the loud slapping of her feet against the sandals…they echoed loudly down the halls and she figured that anyone could hear them a mile away.

"…these were cute too…" She said mournfully as she placed her shoes under the stairwell. "Guess we've all gotta make some sacrifices."

Mina knew very well that if it came right down to a fight, that she'd have at least a bit of a chance…after all, she had been taking Tae Kwon Do since she was a little girl! She had taken down her fair share of demons and vampires before…however, this didn't mean that she actively went searching for trouble.

She was no Nephilim, or any other kind of super hero. She knew her limits when it came to fighting…being in karate and dancing had made her keenly aware of her body and it's limits. Granted, she always pushed these limits to get better; but she knew that when it came to fighting that she was fast…very fast and hard to catch…but two or three good solid smacks and she'd be flat on her ass…not dead, but on the ground.

"But that's only a problem if they can catch me." Mina muttered pridefully.

In fact, that's how she had met Jamie, he had been out on patrol hopping rooftops when he found her in an alley fending off three Screaming Howlock Demons…and while he had saved her, she had put up quite an impressive fight considering she had never seen a demon before in her life.

She wasn't even carrying a weapon with her…with the bikini and the sarong where could she keep a knife?

'No place I'd wanna know about' Jamie'd laugh.

She'd always admired his joking demeanor during brawls…she wasn't too bad at dishing out insults either…but unlike Jamie, she couldn't take a crow bar or a lead pipe to the head and still be standing.

As Mina's sojourn led her deeper into the mansion she was on the lookout for weapons…but all she could find were musty old books and heavy busts. She figured her best bet would be to try for the bedrooms…this security system was good, but she doubted that it covered the entire estate…there seemed to be a separate system for each wing of the house…and maybe if she could find a bedroom that wasn't shut tight, she could make an escape to the roof.

So absorbed was she in her thoughts that Mina completely forgot where she was…and that three Tekken Force soldiers were ambling her way.

"So…um…I like, played my level three fire card and…hey!" One of the guards called.

Immediately, Mina looked up to find three sets of cold, bike helmets staring at her.

"The master-I mean, Mr. Chaolon would prefer it if all the guests remained downstairs madam." The second one said cordially.

"May I escort you back to the party miss? You don't want to miss the big surprise do you?" The third asked.

Now Mina had two choices…she could go with them and get out of the mansion, but she noticed the Tekken Force issue Carbine Rifles…and maybe this was a trick? She could go with them, and wind up kidnapped and used for Lee's twisted experiments!

"Oh I was just leaving!" She said with a smile.

That comment went over like a lead balloon, immediately, they raised their rifles…quickly, Mina glanced to her right and found a bust of Beethoven…or someone famous.

As fast as she could, she grabbed it, and threw it with all her strength…she wasn't sure if she aimed properly, but fortunately, luck was on her side, as it hit the soldier who asked to escort her directly in the face. He slumped to the ground as his helmet unleashed a fine, spiderweb pattern of cracks.

Not wasting anymore time, Mina ran to the next one with a jumping side kick…the blow knocked him into a book shelf which toppled over him…that left a third and final soldier…who Mina was reminded was still in play when she felt a bullet whiz inches past her face.

She knew she wouldn't have time to get to him before he turned her chest into Swiss cheese, so she grabbed one of the discarded books and threw it at him with all her might, she would have preferred the book to hit him in the face, but instead, it clocked him in the shoulder with it's spine.

It stunned the soldier, giving Mina ample time to run at him with a jumping front snap kick. The soldier fell, and Mina fell too, using some of her judo training, she put him in a sleeper hold…once he was out, and she collected a gun and some ammo she couldn't help it…she had to look.

Gingerly, she picked up the book she had used and read the cover.

"Hm…Three Hundred and Thirty One of the best Erotic Fiction…God, who needs all that porn." Suddenly, the little lightbulb inside her head went off and she realized who. "Must be getting close to Grey's room…phft, it probably looks like a dungeon."

She turned and walked further down the hall and with each footstep, feeling braver and braver.

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Mina was a bit disappointed at Grey's room…it actually looked…well…nice. Granted, it was big enough to where she could probably fit her father's karate school in it. But the walls were a rich dark color, and the floor felt soft with gorgeous Persian rugs.

He had a fireplace, and a beautiful bed with red silk sheets. Of course, he added his own personal touches to the room. On the vanity table were all of the things that she supposed Grey needed for his life…different piercings (which Mina found absolutely disgusting) lay strewn across the table. The only thing Mina had pierced was her ears…and even she kept her earrings in a box, out of plain site; but the ones that lay across the table looked like they belonged in more…exotic places.

Next was Grey's hair glue, which was what he used to give himself that long piece of hair that covered three fourths of his face, and what was used to spike out the short parts in the back. Followed immediately by his temporary dies in every color under the rainbow…used eyeliner pencils, a pack of Marlboro extra mentholated cigarettes, a cheap lighter, and a half box of condoms…which Mina found absolutely repulsive.

She was by no means a neat freak…in fact, she seemed to recall that her room looked like a tornado most of the time when she left it in a hurry…but all her personal, private stuff was always kept out of plain view…it wasn't the condoms that bothered her either, she was happy that he was at least practicing safe sex…it was just the fact that they were out in plain site that bothered her.

But what was perhaps the best thing about this room was the fact that unlike every other room in this godforsaken mansion, the windows weren't barred! She could get out!

But how?

Mina looked around, there really wasn't a ledge she could grab on for the roof…the pool was directly beneath her, but with all the people crowded around (they were watching something and cheering, but Mina couldn't tell what) she wasn't sure if she could make the jump…and it was a relatively steep drop…she'd probably break something if she landed on the concrete.

Maybe she could break the window and tie the bed sheets to make a rope? An old trick, but a good one none the less…she moved to the bed and was about to grab the sheets when she noticed Grey leaning casually against the threshold.

"Well well well…look who's ready to jump in bed…no talk, get down to business girl? I like that."

Mina was secretly terrified and somewhat repulsed at the same time.

"You've got a nice room here Grey…bet I'm the first girl to see it by choice huh?" Mina said with a smile.

"Jesus Christ you too? I was hoping that those lame ass witty puns were only used by that Angel Retard boyfriend of yours…anyway, you wanna get this over with? I've got a huge load to blow so you ready?"

"To fight? Yeah." Mina dropped into a stance.

"Bummer, I was thinking of another word that began with 'F' but the lady gets what the lady wants." Grey added.

And the two ran at each other. Mina swung a punch that connected, but Grey kneed her hard in the stomach…Mina doubled over in pain, and Grey quickly hit her with an uppercut. Mina groaned in agony as she fell hard to the floor.

"Y'know I'm a little disappointed in you. They tell me you've killed a bunch of demons and vampires, but you can't take me out? That's sad…but y'know what? I'll do you a little favor-"

Mina slowly got up in time to see Grey push a button by his bedside…suddenly, the oak walls slid back to reveal a row of snarling, chained, vampires.

"What the…" Mina began.

"I really want to see you fight Mina!" Grey began in a mock sympathetic tone. "I mean, they tell me that you're just as dangerous as Jamie and his band of wacky pals…but you're really letting me down. Let's see, we've got the middle weight champion of the world, four of those Devil Gene carriers, those girls who can do anything…and then there's you, the dead weight. So I thought, that maybe if I send these vampire's after you then you'll actually prove that you can prove your weight in battle."

Mina stood and stared at Grey directly in the eyes…hatred filled them.

"Grey…"

"Sorry, can't hear you over the rattling chains and the roar of the starved vampires what were you saying?" He smiled and leaned his head closer to hear her. "Probably something lame like," Grey mocked her voice. "Grey stop, Heihachi is just using you for evil…join up with us we're your real friends, it's not too late."

"It's far too late," Mina said. "You had the opportunity to help people…after all the tragedy you suffered you have the ability to use your powers for good…instead you just use it for yourself and that's…that's selfish."

"Sorry Mina, can't hear you," Grey slammed another button.

The chains were unfastened and the creatures lunged at Mina…they were fast, too fast for Mina to do anything but raise her arms defensively. Suddenly, the creatures hit her like a wave, and Mina felt herself being lifted off the floor and into the air…the glass shattered, and Mina felt herself falling…falling rapidly towards the ground…and screaming all the way down.

Author's Note: Sorry for the delay everybody, but school's been crazy and I've had a lot of tests and projects to do…but I hope everyone can forgive me and please read and review.