Chapter 14:
Ghasiun ran down the hall as fast as he could. He had slipped out of the fight during the chaos, but was sure at least someone was after him. He looked at each door he saw until he found the right one.
He punched in the code, feeling lucky it was the same, and then stepped in the door. This was the room with the paper copies. He quickly looked for the right cabinet. When he did, he opened it up and searched for the blueprints for the mecha.
He saw the door open up, grabbed the blueprints, and ducked behind the cabinet. The man walked across the room with a flame in hand and quickly noticed the open cabinet. Ghasiun snuck up behind the man and lifted up the papers.
He swung them as hard as he could. The man grunted and turned around. Ghasiun ran away as fast as he could. He turned and threw the papers at the man. Reflexively, the man threw fire which burned the papers to a crisp.
Ghasiun exited the room and locked it. He was about to sigh in relief, but more White Lotus soldiers stood outside. He raised up his hands and they approached him. A soldier grabbed him and wrench his arms behind his back.
The wall burst open and resistance fighters charged through. The soldier grabbing Ghasiun loosed his grip, and he slammed his elbow into the soldier. He whirled around, punched the soldier, then ran to the resistance fighters.
Ghasiun scurried into the mass of resistance fighters as they exchanged blasts with the White Lotus soldiers. They formed a short wall and threw blasts of fire and air at the White Lotus soldiers. "Where is Kuma Beifong?" one resistance fighter asked Ghasiun.
"In the storage room," he replied. "It's crazy in there."
The resistance fighter threw several gas grenades and more of them sent a powerful breeze and the White Lotus soldiers. The soldiers struggled to breath, and many of them passed out.
The resistance fighters pushed onwards battling past the remaining soldiers. Soon they breached the door and came into the storage room. Incomplete mecha lied in pieces and White Lotus soldiers battled the resistance among the scaps.
Kuma Bei Fong was at the center of it all, throwing around broken pieces and chunks of rock. She glanced back and noticed the reinforcements. "Fall back" she shouted.
The resistance fighters moved towards the doors, covering for each other in the meantime. Ghasiun moved to the back of the group, but knew not to make a break for it. The resistance fighters moved through the halls and onto the street.
On the streets the resistance fighters dispersed. Ghasiun ran as fast as he could to keep up with them, and so they could protect him.
Isuel and a group of Red Monsoons exchanged shots with various Agni Kai Triads. They seemed to be growing in number and Isuel was losing support. He and his formed a large watershield that blocked various blasts of fire.
They then froze the water and sent icicles towards the Angi Kais. Some of them backed down, but they soon came at them more aggressively. Isuel and his group backed off, continuing to exchange fire.
After backing away, the shots came less frequently. Isuel looked back and forth at his group. He swore that at least one of them was missing. He wasn't sure, so he focused back on the fighting.
An Agni Kai member jumped down from a roof. Isuel reached out a grabbed his leg, and pulled. The man fell and slammed into the ground. Soon more of them came down. They threw blasts of fire and broke there falls.
Isuel lashed at the nearest member and struck him hard. He prepared another lash, but a blast of heat flew by him. Seeing his men outnumber, Isuel ordered them to run off. They dashed down various streets, hoping to return to friendly territory.
Isuel then did another headcount. He was sure this time that some men were missing. All that remained was Qing and a few more men. The Agni Kais caught up to them soon enough. More blasts of fire came from around them. Qing and the men ran in various directions. "Guys!" Isuel shouted. "Guys!"
Isuel darted down the alley with Agni Kais in pursuit. He had searched as much as he could, but he could not find any of his fellow gangsters to support him. He ducked around a corner only to be confronted by more Agni Kais.
Isuel threw the whips up at the wall and froze them against it. He threw himself upwards, but got hit by a blast of fire in the process. He fell to the ground and landed on his back. He cringed in pain when the burns rubbed against the rough ground.
He stood up but another blast of fire knocked him back down. More blasts came at him, and the pain grew more intense. He tried to use whatever water he could find, not to fight back, but to soothe the pain.
The pain then stopped. Isuel lied in confusion, wondering what was going on. He then jumped up and saw the Agni Kai Triads walking away. He ran towards them. "You flamers!" he yelled out. "Don't you just walk away from me like that!"
He formed an ice spear as he lunged towards the man in the rear. The man turned around but it was too late, the spear plunged into him. He formed claws with the other hands and swiped at the other gangsters.
The claws slashed into the nearest gangster, and Isuel swung at the impaled him with the spear. A fireblast hit Isuel, but he ignored it and came at the Triad who sent it. He slashed furiously at him. "You flaming wimp!" he snarled.
Another Triad hit Isuel with a flaming punch, but he turned around and stabbed the man. The rest of the Agni Kais ran away. "That right cowards!" he declared. "You run away you flaming..."
And just like that Isuel fell over dead.