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Chapter 36 – Darkness Ahead

As a fierce battle was about to start, Hwoarang and Julia were trying to leave the basement with Michelle. The explosion had caused many damages and the tekken forces were on their way. Unfortunately they were seen when they were leaving the building.

-'Here…take her. I'll deal with these guys.'-Hwoarang ordered.

Julia didn't oppose. She had to take Michelle out of that place; she wouldn't let her down.

Hwoarang faced ten armed men, but he also had a gun and he proved he was a top shooter. He didn't miss one single shot, but the gun had only six bullets. The other four men were knocked out by powerful kicks, and fortunately Hwoarang didn't get too hurt. He had a scratch on his left arm from a lost bullet, but it wasn't serious. When he joined Julia, she had already passed the fence, but she was having some problems carrying an unconscious person.

Hwoarang took Michelle again and Julia started to go up the small hill ahead. Then, they heard more shots.

-'Are they shooting at us?'-Hwoarang asked.

-'I don't think so…'-Julia answered turning back.

-'Lets leave then…this is our chance.'

-'Oh no! I think Ling is in there!'

-'What?'-Hwoarang stopped suddenly and followed Julia's finger pointing out to some people.

-'And I think that Jin is going to face Ogre.'

-'Wasn't that thing a spirit…like a ghost or something? How can it have a body?'

-'I don't know…but Jin won't be able to defeat Ogre all by himself. I'm going to help him.'

-'WHAT? You said you were coming for your mother.'

-'Yes, I know. Now she's safe. I only need you to take her back to the hotel. There's an airplane from the G Corporation already waiting…tell them I'll meet them home.'

-'Are you crazy? You can't go!'

-'I have to.'

-'That Ogre thing is going to kill you, besides your mother needs you!'

-'Just take her, please…and for your own sake…don't come back.'

-'I told you before…I don't follow orders from anyone.'

-'Look, my mother was captive for years. I finally managed to free her and now I need you to make sure she'll get home safe. Can I trust you to do that, or will I have to leave her here in the woods while I help Jin and Ling?'

Hwoarang clenched his fists and looked closely at Michelle. He didn't doubt that Michelle had been kidnapped and kept captive by the Mishima old man, but he didn't want to see Julia risk her life like that.

-'Fine…I'll take her.'

-'Thank you…I owe you a lot.'

-'I'll make sure that one day you'll pay for this!'

With this, Hwoarang and Julia followed separate ways. Julia was going to help Jin and Hwoarang would have to make sure that Michelle wasn't caught by Heihachi again.

While he was going back to the hotel, Hwoarang couldn't remember why he had decided to follow Julia Chang and help her. Usually he didn't care about anything but himself. Because of Julia he had witnessed the weirdest things and now he had to take this woman all by himself and she was heavy.

Hwoarang was already seeing the hotel when he heard voices and steps coming in his direction. He put Michelle on the floor, behind a tree and took his gun out. He didn't have any more bullets, but as long as he was the only one to know that, he wouldn't have problems.

-'Who the hell are you?'-Hwoarang asked, holding the gun firmly. The two men were definitely foreigners, probably Americans.

-'We don't want any troubles…'-one of them said in English.

-'We're just trying to find someone…a friend.'-the other one explained.

-'You're from the G Corporation?'-Hwoarang asked when he noticed their clothes.

-'Yes…we're waiting for a friend.'

Hwoarang put his gun down and went to get Michelle. The two men were shocked when they saw Michelle lying on his arms. They understood that Hwoarang was probably trying to help.

-'Where's Julia Chang?'-one of the man asked taking Michelle from him.

-'She's still back there…she said that you should take her mother and leave immediately and she'll meet you later.'

The two men looked at each other and then they faced Hwoarang. Could they really believe that guy?

-'If I were you I would do what she wants…things around here will be pretty messy in a few moments.'-Hwoarang declared.-'And I'm going back too, so just hurry up…'

Without even looking back, Hwoarang left immediately. What he found when he returned to the Mishima Headquarters was a bit confusing.

Several men were surrounding Jin and Ogre. They all had guns but it seemed that Heihachi had ordered them a cease fire. Jin was looking a bit strange; he had tattoos on his forehead and chest. Julia wasn't there and Ling was with Heihachi and Dr. Abel a couple of yards away from Ogre and Jin.

It seemed that Ogre was winning because Jin was bleeding. In that moment, when he was going to show himself, someone grabbed his arm. It was Julia.

-'Where's my mum?'-she asked.

-'I left her with two American guys…they were wearing some clothes with the G Corporation logo…'

-'Thanks.'-Julia sighed because for a moment she had thought that Hwoarang had left Michelle alone in the forest.

-'What's going on? Aren't we going to help to destroy that green thing?'

-'We can't…Jin's not in his real self right now. He's as dangerous as Ogre.'

-'What?'

-'His devil gene is consuming him…'

-'Devil gene? And what the hell is that?'

-'It's too complicated to explain right now…lets just wait and watch.'

Soon Hwoarang understood that Julia was right about Jin. He did seem different and Ling was absolutely terrified. Deep inside the Chinese girl was praying that Jin could defeat Ogre and return to normal.

-'Please…we should help him.'-Ling said to Heihachi.

-'We have to wait. Jin can kill us too…in this state he doesn't recognise any of us.'

-'I'm sure he remembers me.'

-'Don't be a fool. Jin is completely out of control. Look at him, look the way he fights…'

Ogre and Jin were fighting brutally and they were so fast that it was difficult to see everything. Though Ogre seemed to be stronger, Jin wasn't too badly hurt and he was hanging on. Ling could feel the darkness coming from both of them, but she knew that Jin wasn't an evil person.

-'Why is this happening?'-she asked with tears rolling down her face.

-'Jin couldn't control his devil gene from the moment that Ogre released himself from the labs. It's called darkness attraction. They're both creatures from darkness and they have to compete with each other.'-Dr. Abel explained.

-'Jin's not a creature; he's just trying to have a normal life.'-Ling objected.

-'He's half-devil…he will always be this way.'-Heihachi said.

In that moment, Ogre groaned loudly, he had been hit and for the first time, Jin was now taking over the fight.

A dark aura was showing around all of his body and everyone knew that he was preparing his final attack. This time, Ogre wouldn't be able to predict his strike.

Terrified, Ling watched has Jin's right arm got through Ogre's chest. Something similar to blood was spilled all over Jin's face. Then he removed his arm and watched the blood coming out of Ogre's body with a grin on his face.

-'No!'-Heihachi yelled.-'I need Ogre alive! Open fire!'

The shock was like ten thousands of thunders hitting her heart at the same time. Ling couldn't believe that Heihachi was ordering his soldiers to shoot his own grandson.

-'What are you doing? He's your grandson! You can't shoot him!'-she yelled.

-'No he's not! He's a monster! He has to be put down!'

The tekken forces shot Jin without mercy. But while Ogre's body was turning into ashes, Jin's body was repelling all the bullets.

His eyes were glowing in a dark red when he suddenly attacked the armed men. Many of them ended on the floor unconscious, and the others decided to run away. Now, Jin was once again face to face with his grandfather.

Heihachi knew that this time he was going to a battle that he couldn't win. Jin was too strong. He had defeated Ogre, the God of Fighting and there weren't any chances for an ordinary human to win.

Since he wasn't completely recovered from the pervious fight, Heihachi was easily defeated and he blacked out. If Ling hadn't put herself in front of Heihachi, Jin would have killed him.

Dr. Abel decided that since Ogre was gone, Heihachi's plans were ruined and he wasn't going to risk his life staying there, so he left just like a scarred rabbit running away from the fox.

Ling was now completely alone.

-'Jin…stop…please.'-she begged. Heihachi's body was bleeding on the floor and she could feel Jin's eyes on her.

Suddenly, he grabbed her neck and she started to suffocate. Hwoarang decided that he had been hiding for too long.

-'I'm going to help her. You stay here.'-he said. Julia didn't even have the chance to stop him.

The next thing that Ling saw was a redhead guy coming in her direction. Hwoarang hit Jin's arm, and he released Ling's neck. While Jin was now fighting against Hwoarang, Julia joined Ling and tried to wake her up.

-'Come on Ling…wake up…we need you.'-she said shaking Ling's shoulders. After a few seconds, she opened her eyes.-'I was worried about you…stay here while I help that jerk.'

Julia left immediately since Hwoarang was having some troubles. She managed to get Jin's attention, but she soon regretted it when he hit her with a kick in the stomach.

On the floor, Julia was now vulnerable. She closed her eyes when she saw him coming closer, but she didn't feel any pain.

When she opened her eyes, Hwoarang was in front of her, trying to stand up after a punch that had enabled him to breathe.

-'Hwoarang! Are you ok?'-Julia kneeled down next to Hwoarang when he fell.

-'I'm fine…Just take Xiaoyu and get out of here.'

Jin was preparing his final attack again and Julia didn't know what to do. She didn't have enough strength to defeat Jin, she didn't want to die but she couldn't leave Hwoarang behind.

Unable to see Jin attacking his own friends, Ling started to call out his name to make him stop and he turned around.

This gave time to Julia to kick Jin on the back, but it wasn't enough to knock him out.

-'Ling…run!'-Julia said.-'Don't worry about us.'

Jin charged again against Julia and she blocked his first punch, but a second one threw her against a wall. Hwoarang got up in that moment and tried his best to get Jin away from Julia. He managed to avoid some of Jin's attacks but he was growing weaker while Jin was unstoppable.

Despite the efforts, Jin grabbed Hwoarang by his neck and seemed quite amused watching him struggle. Julia tried to help him but Jin kicked her and she ended up on the ground a couple of yards away. While she was lying down, helplessly watching Hwoarang loosing his strengths, she thought that it was the end for all of them. The Devil inside of Jin's body had won.