No Hard Feelings

Back in Tokyo, Japan, Mishima Zaibatsu Headquarters…

After some days of preparation, Edgar flew Steve, Leo & Nina back to Tokyo from where they initially escaped from some time ago. Once they landed in an area a couple of miles away from the headquarters itself, the group would try to find a vehicle to steal using Nina's makeshift car lock key. They eventually found a Honda car that could be stolen to drive a little closer at the HQ. Nina opted to drive since this area was familiar for her. On the way there, Leo insisted on coming with Nina, but Nina said the Central Tower would be way too dangerous for her, even if she was an above average fighter in combat.

Nina: "If look for your mother's office, then that's fine, but coming with me along the way is too risky."

Leo: "What if something were to happen to you? How am I gonna know that you left out of the building?"

Nina: "Don't be. I know that place like the back of my hand now. You better cover your own *ss."

Leo (Annoyed.): "Suit yourself." (Arms folded.)

Steve (To Leo): "Just come look for us after you find out about mother's death."

Leo: "Yeah I might do that."

Edgar: "We are almost there. Whatever happens, I just want to tell everybody what a fine group of people you all are."

Nina: "Don't be so dramatic please."

Edgar: "That means good luck Nina."

Nina: "Hmph."

Nina stopped the car not too far from the frontline of a Zaibatsu blockade. Nina instructed her group to follow her under the sewers to avoid detection by the Zaibatsu soldiers who were currently in battle against G Corp forces trying to enter the complex. The sewers was like a secret passageway that very few people knew about, except for someone like Nina. Eventually, Nina found the manhole that lead to the courtyard of the Central Tower Complex. She looked out first from the manhole cap, the coast was clear.

Nina: "Everybody come on!"

Once the group left out of the sewers, it was then time for them to go their separate ways. Nina allowed Leo to go ahead of her so she could quickly find her mother's office located somewhere in the 50th floor of the Central Tower. Edgar and Steve went around the Central Tower towards the West Tower where the genetic research was being conducted. Now with the distractions out of the way, Nina could go inside and find Claudio to get those pictures deleted.

From a distance, Nina could see some figures going inside the main entrance of the Central Tower. She carefully followed their trail while entering the building. When Nina got closer to them, she hid herself behind a desk at the lobby floor. Even in the darkness could recognize the voices of Lucky Chloe, Bruce Irvin, and her sister. They were already in pursuit to rescue Kazuya Mishima. Then once the trio made it to the third floor, Anna Williams decided to have them split up. Anna must have realized she was being followed. The younger sister wanted to get rid of whoever was watching them. Then Nina eventually spoiled the suspense by revealing herself to Anna as both women drew guns at each other.

Nina: "Sister."

Anna (Smirk.): "What are you doing here? I didn't think you'd be stupid enough to come back and get those pictures. Just forget it! What's done is done!"

Nina: "I can't do that! I'm not leaving this place until those filthy photos are gone!"

Anna (Sighs): "Sister all you had to do was call me and I could have deleted them for you. Maybe it's not too late."

Nina: "I don't believe you! All the more reason why I needed to come back here!"

Anna: "Hmmm. Why do I get the feeling that you are not here for Jin Kazama? I thought he was here too right?"

Nina: "I'll deal with him after I handle this matter first. I know you are here for Kazuya."

Anna: "You betcha! Bruce and Chloe are on their way to find him right now. But you Nina, you gotta do everything by yourself. Because no one likes you!" (Laughing.)

Nina: "Are you done?"

Anna: "Huh? F*ck no! Why?"

Nina: "Because there is one more man standing between us."

Anna: "Oh that's' right! Claudio! Dammit! He better not be here!"

Nina: "Unless you want me to embarrass you right here and now, we should find his office and delete the photos."

Anna: "Well…I guess I can tag along and help. Claudio is powerful and I rather rescue my guy before he catches on. So lead the way sister!" (Puts down her pistol.) "And I won't kill you behind your back."

Nina: "We will walk side by side. I don't trust snakes!"

Anna: "Hmph. Suit yourself."

With that said, Nina and Anna ventured up the Central Tower staircase to find Claudio's office located on the 39th floor. In due time, they made it to the Sirius Marksmen Office level. Nina turned on the circuit breaker for power in order to access the computers. After looking in room and after room, Nina finally found Claudio's office as she could see his fancy coats hanging along the side of the room and the various books shelves surrounding the computer desk.

Nina: "Anna! Get over here!"

Anna: "Ugh. Did you finally find it?"

Nina: "This has to be it. I see more journals and binders here than any other office space on this floor. Now let's get the computer on and find out where he has my pictures."

Anna: "Doesn't his computer have a password?"

Nina: "It does, but I still know the Zaibatsu's access code for all of the computers here at HQ. This will override anything Claudio has restricted on his software." (Types in the password.) "Good. I'm in." (Gasps.)

Anna: "What's wrong?" (Eyes pop open looking at the screen.) "Damn!"

The sisters were looking at photos of women Claudio escorted in a private folder that he did not even try to hide. There were many pictures. Some women had individual folders dedicated to them alone. Most of the photos were naked as well. And then at last, Nina discovered a folder with her name on it. She clicked it open to find the pictures she despised so much. Anna looks on trying really hard not to burst out in laughter by holding her mouth. Nina got out of the folder and right clicked to place the folder with her name inside the recycle bin. When she accessed the Recycle Bin folder, Nina wasted no time deleting the photos from Claudio's computer.

Nina: "There. It's done."

Anna: "Ummm…sister."

Nina: "Yes."

Anna: "Did Claudio use a smartphone to take those photos of you?"

Nina: "No. I don't think so. It had to be a hidden camera he used when he captured me."

Anna: "Well…that could be the case, but if Claudio has photos of you in his office computer then I'm sure he copied them on his phone too."

Nina: "So you're saying he has a backup copy on his smartphone? Uggghhh…dammit!"

Suddenly the lights went dark inside the office…

Anna: "Hey! The lights are off again!"

Nina: "So is the computer. Someone is here."

Laughter could be heard from the hallway…

Anna: "Oh sh*t! That's him! He's here!"

Nina: "Lower your voice." (Gun drawn out.)

Claudio (Echoes): "Buongiornio Williams sisters! What brings you into my space?" (Silence.) "Have nothing to say? I understand. It's been a crazy day here I must admit. Now I wonder why you are here in my office of all places?" (Laughing again.)

Anna: "Why don't you come closer and maybe we can tell you!"

Nina (To Anna.): "Anna."

Claudio: "With pleasure! OSEN!"

Anna gets hit by an energy wave going past Nina to her left side…

Nina: "Anna!"

Anna: "Agggccch!"

Anna hit the window of the office but it did not break on impact thankfully. Anna hit the carpet floor writhing in pain after Claudio gave her a light ki blast from his palm. Nina then shoots her pistol 5 times at the front door opening, but she did not hit Claudio who has hiding in the darkness. Another ki blast was shot in a different direction but Nina avoids it by rolling to the right side. Then Claudio walked faster in the darkness but Nina still could not see him. Where was he? But then…

Claudio: "I am right here Nina." (Showing himself within the daylight in the office.)

Nina: "Put her down monster!"

Claudio (Holding Anna by his side, with an energy knife aiming for her heart.): "Or what? You want be like this? If the world is going to end, why don't we all enjoy our last moments together? I really am attracted to you ladies. Let's leave here alive and spend our remaining days back in my country Italy or maybe Fiji."

Nina: "Cut the bullsh*t! You're not even going to avenge Heihachi after everything that has happened?"

Claudio: "Heihachi was a good partner, no question, but not even he could stop the devils. You are intelligent enough to realize that fact too, right? As we speak, Kazumi is siphoning the power of her son Kazuya. So not even I can kill her at this time. For now, all I can do is run and buy more time to figure out the next course of action."

Nina: "You do realize Kazumi plans to nuke most of the planet with the missiles from Zenisu island right?"

Claudio: "I know."

Nina: "Well let go of Anna and we can still stop the launch!"

Claudio: "We of the Sirius Marksmen have a different opinion."

Nina: "What?"

Before Claudio could answer back, Anna regained consciousness and took a small hidden knife from her pantyhose and tried to stab Claudio, but she only scarred the right side of his shoulder as the man had to let go. Anna stood back up and tried to shoot at Claudio with her gun but the man was fleeing.

Anna: "Bastard!"

Nina: "Don't lose him!"

Claudio made his getaway escape as he tried to avoid the Williams sisters. He rushed for the stair case just past the skyway of the 39th floor, but shots were being fired by both sisters with their pistols reloaded. As Anna fired her pistol at Claudio, she managed to finally hit Claudio from the back of his left shoulder. The impact of the bullet forced Claudio to slow down and he grabbed it in pain. When he got down on one knee Nina attempted to rush ahead of Anna tried to wrap him up using her rope launcher. But…

Claudio: "Spargere!"

Using his right hand, he summons a circle of fire to briefly protect him as the rope began to burn as soon as it touched the flames. After the attack dissipated, Claudio though he had time to run again, but Anna jumped in the air for a flying style sidekick that hit Claudio right in his chest! The impact made Claudio hit the window but it was not strong enough to completely break away.

Anna: "We got you now sucker!"

Nina: "Don't get cocky."

Anna: "I'm not."

Claudio (Struggles.): "You are…very persistent women. But I must…see this plan through."

Nina: "Gimme your phone and maybe we won't kill you."

Claudio: "My phone! Not a chance!"

Nina: "Pathetic."

Nina began the beat down on Claudio by smacking him with a strong right slap across the face. Anna follows up with a right lef front kick on Claudio's stomach. He tried to defend himself, but with a shot left shoulder, that proved to be useless. One after another, the Williams sisters exchanged blow after blow to Claudio. He could not defend all of the attacks. When Nina used her patented Blonde Bomber hand technique, the impact sent Claudio several feet back as he hit the floor hard. He wasn't getting back up anymore.

Anna: "That'll teach him not to mess with us anymore!"

Nina: "Search his pockets. His cell phone should be on him."

Anna: "Yeah Yeah."

Anna kneeled down and search the pockets of Claudio who was knocked out. Eventually Anna, felt something hard under the left side of his coat pocket. Once Anna pulled out what was felt, it was indeed Claudio's mobile phone. Thankfully, there were no cracks or scratches on it.

Anna: "Found it!" (Nina snatches it off Anna's left hand.) "Hey!"

Nina: "I wish I knew that bastard's password so I could erase all of that garbage for good!" (Puts the phone in her utility pouch behind her butt.)

Anna: "Don't you go breaking the phone then!"

Nina: "Trust me I won't. Let's get out here."

Anna: (Whispers.) "Such a nuisance." (To Claudio.) "See you around *sshole!"

Back on the staircase, rumbling vibrations could be felt from above…

Anna: "Sh*t! What was that?"

Nina: "It could be Kazumi fighting someone, but who?"

Anna: "We need to hurry and find Bruce and Lucky Chloe!"

The Williams hurried their away upstairs. Once they reached the Control room on the 60th floor of the Zaibatsu Central Tower, there the two found the very people they were looking for. Anna gasped in fear for the worse. Nina remained stoic but she was also surprised to find Bruce and Chloe lying of the floor defeated. Anna ran to Bruce first. She checked his pulse. He was still alive, but was still very weak.

Anna: "Good he's alive, but Chloe." (Anna does the same thing with Chloe.) "They are both alive. I'm calling a medic team to fly and these guys for me."

Nina: "You do that and I will try to stop the missile launch."

Nina went over the Main computer of the command center. She was able to turn on the generator power within the room itself for additional power. Then she typed in her password open up the desktop screen. From there it was a matter of accessing the security protocol of the missile base on Ito Island. When she type in her password again to access its page, the password was denied. Nina did it over and over but no luck.

Nina: "Dammit!"

Anna: "What's wrong?"

Nina: "That damn bitch must have locked all of the passwords to access the missiles! I can't make mine work!"

Anna: "Huh?"

Nina (Hits the desk with both closed fists.) "And we were so close!"

Anna: "Is there no other way to shut off the countdown?"

Nina: "Either we fly directly to the island where the missiles are located and detonate the place or we force Kazumi to tell us the real password before the launch happens."

Anna: "Well sh*t. I already called a chopper to get my guys. I dunno if we have any more that will pick us up."

Nina: "Then we have no choice. We must confront Kazumi ourselves."

Anna: "Alright. I know for a fact she won't tell us kindly."

Nina: "At any rate. I guess I wouldn't have it any other way." (Smiles.)

Anna: "Why are you smiling?"

Nina: "Because if I die, I know you will die right after me."

Anna: "Like bloody hell I would die after you!"

Nina: "Just admit that you will miss me."

Anna: "No I won't!"

Nina: "Yes you will!"

Anna: "No I won't!"

Jin Kazama could be heard yelling from the rooftop level…

Nina: "Jin? He's here?"

Anna: "Let's go find out!"

Anna and Nina rushed back to the staircase heading towards the rooftop helipad area. It was here where they witnessed a stunning scene. Kazuya Mishima was indeed alive, but he was strapped by a machine with suction tubes covering his body. He looked to be in bad physical condition. However, Jin was fighting Kazumi!

There were other bystanders watching as well. A Saudi man, wearing his traditional headdress covering over his head was looking on at the fight. Ling Xiaoyu was here too, standing not too far from him. She pleaded to both Jin and Kazumi to cease fighting, by they did not listen. It was until another fighter made a shocking entrance. Asuka Kazama came out of nowhere with a power never seen before.

Feeling the danger by this sudden appearance of Asuka Kazama, Kazumi Mishima decided to deal with Jin on her own by summoning a portal leading into the Astral Plane. The Williams had no idea what that portal was or did. However, they witnessed Kazumi drag Jin inside the portal. Ling Xiaoyu and Asuka Kazama both ran inside the portal before it completely vanished.

Anna: "What just happened?"

Nina (Shaking her head in disbelief): "I have no idea."

Anna: "Sh*t! Kazuya!"

Shaheen blocks her path to Kazuya…

Anna: "Who are you? Out of my way!"

Shaheen: "Kazuya must pay for his crimes!"

Anna: "No he's not! Step aside! I see your arm is bleeding so you are in no condition to fight someone like me!"

Shaheen: "Why work for such a fowl spirit! He would kill us all if given a chance!"

Anna: "Because it's all about survival of the fittest boy!"

Anna quickly threw a pocket knife tucked under her left thigh as it hits Shaheen in the injured arm he was holding. He yelled in pain as he took a knee but Anna knock's him out with a Webster style kick attack as she lands on her back. Shaheen hits the ground face down, no longer moving.

Anna: "Kazuya! Kazuya!"

Kazuya was still unconscious, but he was alive with a slow and steady breath.

Anna: "I gotta get him out of this thing!"

Nina didn't care about Kazuya's condition since they both had bad blood against each other since the 2nd King of Iron Fist Tournament. She did however help Shaheen by picking him up after seeing her little sister escape the Central Tower through the G Corporation medical choppers. Anna also declared that she would stop the missile launch before the countdown expires. So after Anna left, Nina carried Shaheen over her shoulders as she descended back down from the rooftop all the way back down at the ground level. Midway down, Nina calls Edgar Grant. He responded to the call but he was occupied fighting the Spetnaz along with Steve Fox and Hwoarang. She got very tired over time, but then Nina made an encounter with the Rebel Troops that were escorting Julia Chang, Forest Law, and Tiger Jackson. The troops drew guns at her and an unconscious Shaheen. And then Julia spoke out to her.

Julia: "Are you leaving this place? What happened to Kazuya? And who is that over your shoulder?"

Nina: "Kazuya is gone. I'm just leaving here to give this guy some medical help. I'm in no position to fight an army."

Julia: "Can one of you guys carry him? Take him to the nearest medical tent!"

Rebel Soldier: "Yes Ms. Chang."

Nina gives Shaheen up to the Rebels…

Nina: "Now what?"

Julia: "We will move on and go to the control room. See if I can't stop those missiles from launching."

Nina: "Tch. Good luck, you won't be able to stop that launch."

Julia: "Why?"

Nina: "Kazumi changed the passwords. I have no way of cancelling the launch."

Julia: "That's ok. I'll figure something out. But…"

Rebel Soldiers surround Nina Williams with their rifles drawn…

Julia: "We can't let you go away either."

Rebel Soldier speaks: "Nina Williams, we will take you to see Lars. Try anything funny and you will regret it!"

Nina (hands in the air.): "If you insist." (Sighs.)

Nina was too tried from carrying Shaheen to try and make a daring getaway. She would play nice and let herself be captive. Nina was curious as to why Lars would want to speak with her. At the same time, Nina had no plans to become a prisoner either.