At that moment, Ivy waits patiently for her sister to call back but realizes she has not make contact with her and becomes worried.
“Oh, man…I bet something it’s not right. Oh, what shall I do?”
Ivy becomes anxious and decides to call Michelle but at the last moment she stops as knowing if Michelle is indeed compromise then the enemy may have her radio and probably could know her location.
“If sis is captured then the enemy may have her walkie-talkie…I guess I shall do exactly what she told me. Hang on, sis…I will get help. Don’t you worry.”
Ivy then gets out her cell phone and calls Sophie’s number and she instantly gets a response.
“Hello?”
“Sophie…Thank goodness.”
“Is something wrong?” asked Sophie as she clearly could tell from Ivy’s voice that something was not right.
“Yes, yes.”
“What is it?”
“Michelle has been…”
“What has happen to Michelle?”
“She has been captured.”
“Captured? How?”
“I will explain…Come to Chinatown on the double. Please hurry, I fear Michelle could be…”
“Okay, Ivy…We will be with you shortly.”
At that moment, Sophie was with Chris as they were having a cup of coffee together and observes from a distance of Shirley and Simon spending some quality time together.
“Chris.”
“Yes, Sophie?”
“I might need your help.”
“Anything.”
Sophie then whispers to Chris what has just transpired and Chris was too determined to go and help.
“Then let’s go.”
“Yes…But let’s tell Shirley and Simon first.”
“You sure?”
“They are our friends, Chris…They have a right to know.”
“Of course…I was just thinking we should use another excuse to try and not spoil their night.”
“I concur…But this is a matter of life and death.”
Sophie and Chris then approaches both Shirley and Simon both sitting at a table close to the glass windows of the Starbucks coffee café.
“Ahem.”
“Sophie, something wrong?”
“We have a problem?”
“A problem?” asked Shirley sounding quite curious.
“What kind of a problem?” asked Simon who too was curious to know.
“Michelle has been captured.”
“What?”
“No.”
“Yes, Ivy told me.”
“Where is she? Is she all right?”
“She is, Shirley.”
“Well, that’s some comfort.”
“So, what are we going to do?”
“Chris and I will go and help Ivy and figure out a way to help Michelle.”
“Right.”
“Well, we should come too.”
“No!”
“No?”
“I do not want to spoil your romantic night, Shirley.”
“Well…Thanks for your kind concern, Sophie. I really appreciate it.”
“Simon.”
“Chris?”
“Take care of each other.”
“I will.”
“Chris, I think we better get going then.”
“Of course…Time is of the essence.”
“I will call Veronica and Anna and have them come to you…Just to be safe.”
“Thanks, Sophie.”
“Let’s go, Chris.”
“Right behind you.”
Sure enough, Sophie and Chris heads off with Shirley and Simon watching the leave.
“So, there they go.”
“Yep…I hope everything will work out all right.”
“Me too.”
Along the way, Sophie gets out her cell phone and calls Veronica who quickly picks up.
“Veronica, this is Sophie.”
“What is it, Sophie?”
“No time to explain…Michelle is in trouble.”
“Trouble?”
“Go to the Starbucks coffee café near Park Street and keep an eye on both Shirley and Simon.”
“Uh, right…Anna and I will be on our way.”
“Thanks.”
Sophie then disconnects the call and puts her mobile in her pocket.
“Chris.”
“Yeah?”
“See if you can text Ivy to tell her to meet us outside the Asian DVD store.”
“Good idea.”
Chris then gets out his cell phone and starts to send a text message to Ivy’s cell phone.
“You think she would know?”
“Without a doubt.”
“Okay.”
Chris then finishes typing in his text message and then sends it to Ivy’s cell phone as his phone indicated that the text message has been send.
“Done.”
“Good…Hopefully we can get there fast enough.”
“Let’s use our special ability.”
“Of course…Let’s go.”
Apparently, both Sophie and Chris use their ninja jumping abilities and quickly hustle over to Chinatown. They use the rooftops as a ways to travel to avoid being seen and Sophie wonders if Michelle and Ivy would be all right but she stays positive and knows thing would be just fine.
Sure enough, they arrive at Chinatown and spots Ivy hanging about near the front entrance of the Asian DVD store. They both head straight for her to see if she is okay.
“Ivy.”
“Sophie…Chris.”
“You okay?”
“I am fine.”
“What happen?” asked Chris.
“Well, the two of us spotted Hwoarang walking by and in a grumpy mood about…”
“About?”
“About the time Alex made a fool out of him and now he wants to get his revenge.”
“I see.”
“So, Michelle followed him to Marshall Law’s place and told me to wait at the Capitol Theatre and then I grew concern for her for not contacting me for quite some time.”
“I see.”
“So, did you manage to find out what they have done to Michelle?”
“Not really…I peeked inside and there wasn’t anything of interest.”
“Hmm…Sounds fishy.”
“Sophie, what shall we do?”
“I think I will go in and ask some questions.”
“Well, Ivy and I will be outside asking the locals.”
“Okay, we will meet back outside here in ten to fifteen minutes.”
“Sure.”
“Say, aren’t we going to meet up with Shirley, Simon, Xiaoyu, Alisa and the others?”
“We will, Ivy…But first things first…”
“Of course.”
“Good luck, Sophie.”
“You too, Chris…Look after Ivy.”
“I will.”
Meanwhile, Michelle was starting to wake up as her vision was kind of blurry and dark as she feels a terrible headache as being hit by a tire iron and her forehead was bleeding but not severely. She then finds herself tied up with cable ties and was gagged with duct tape.
“What the…I am captured?” she said to herself as she looks around and finds out she is in the back of van and was moving at a considerable pace.
“Where are we going? God knows where? I must figure out a way to get out of this.”
Eventually, the van stops at a red light at a busy intersection and the passenger who was one of Marshall Law’s goons glances back through the small back window and sees their captive has come back to the land of the living.
“Say, our captive is back with us.”
“That blow must have knocked her out badly…So, you feeling okay, babe?”
“Mmmmmmmm.”
“There’s no need to get all grumpy…Pretty soon, you won’t even feel a thing.”
“Yeah, so sit quietly and enjoy the trip.”
“Damn…I must figure out a way to get out of this. I can only hope Ivy is all right but I have total faith in Sophie as she will make sure she is safe.”
Meanwhile, Sophie was interrogating Marshall and Forest Law and at first she uses the gentle approach but afterwards she uses a little physical force by grabbing Marshall by the neck and uses the other with her gun drawn and points it at Forest, which stops him dead in his tracks.
“I know Hwoarang was here…I know my friend was here and what have you done with her?”
“I um…Hwoarang wanted to take care of the little loose end and I offer my help to have my men do it.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well…”
“Answer me!” said Sophie putting pressure on Marshall with her tighten her grip but remains with a calm and collected expression.
“Okay, okay.”
“Dad, there’s no reason to…”
“Please, son.”
“Uh, okay.”
Marshall does not make a move as knowing Sophie meant and he has no idea who she really was.
“Well?”
“Okay, I have guys taken her to a secure location located at Rodd Park.”
“Rodd Park?”
“Near the yacht club at Drummoyne or something.”
“Fine…You better not lie to me or else.”
“Not at all…I will be waiting for you.”
Sophie then loosen her grip on Marshall and hoists her gun back in her jacket and walks down the stairs and out of the restaurant. Along the way, she places a twenty dollar bank note on the cashier register.
“It’s for my friend…Hope this covers.”
“Thank you, ma’am.”
Sophie heads outside the restaurant and was reunited with Chris and Ivy as Sophie asks them first whether they have something.
“So, any luck?”
“Nope…Chris?”
“We ask some of the locals around but they didn’t see anything nor heard anything.”
“Well…I have something.”
“You have?”
“After Marshall Law cough up some information on where they might have taken Michelle.”
“You rough Marshall Law up?”
“Yes, it doesn’t matter if Paul finds out. All that matters is finding Michelle.”
“Do you know where they are taking her, Sophie?”
“Yes, Chris…Rodd Park.”
“Rodd Park…I see.”
“Where is that?”
“That is located near the water basin close to the district of Drummoyne.”
“Then we shall need to get there.”
“And may need a vehicle.”
“Let me take care of it.”
Sophie then heads out onto Goulburn Street and stands right in the middle of the street itself with a white Toyota Corolla stopping just a few yards in front of her.
“Police…We need to commandeer your vehicle.”
“Uh, okay.”
“Guys.”
“Coming!”
Both Chris and Ivy hops in the car with Chris sitting at the front passenger seat and Ivy takes the back and Sophie herself gets straight into the driver’s seat and once they were on board Sophie drives off and heads down the street through the intersection and goes up Pier Street towards Harris Street.
“Boy, I didn’t know you could drive, Sophie?”
“Had a couple of lessons from my master.”
“Master? Of course…But still you are underage, yes?”
“It’s a long story, Ivy.”
“Right.”
“Well, Rodd Park is located to the west. We may need to go to the Anzac Bridge.”
“Indeed, Chris…We will go through Pyrmont and work our way there.”
“Good.”
“Say, can we get there in time?”
“I am not certain, Ivy…But first things first.”
“What?”
“Chris, send a police car to Goulburn Street and have the driver of this vehicle to be picked up.”
“I will do that.”
“Hang in there, Michelle…We are coming.”
Meanwhile, the van makes it way to Rodd Park with Michelle sit bound and gagged in the back as she tries to break free of her bonds but it didn’t do much good.
“Well, little girl…Here we are.”
“Looks like this is the end of the line.”
Michelle then thought to herself as knowing she would meet her maker very soon so the only course of action was to make her escape when the opportunity presents itself.
“The end of the line…I will make sure I will get out of this.”
“Ah, here we are.”
The van drives into the parking area of Rodd Park as there weren’t any cars parked nor was there anyone about.
“Hey, this place is as quiet as a grave yard.”
“Good for us but bad for her.”
“Come on, let’s take care of this.”
“So, we are going to…”
“Yeah, hope she could swim and all. Make it like an accidental drowning.”
“That’s what you think.” said Michelle to herself as she could hear them coming and prepares to open the back. The back door was open and Michelle could see her two captors both looking rather pleased with themselves.
“Hey, time to get off.”
“Yeah, anything more to say.”
“Mmmmmmmm.”
“Let’s go…Grab her feet.”
“Okay.”
The moment one of the goons grabs Michelle’s feet she performs a quick kick to the head knocking him flat on his back while the other pulls out a hammer and prepares to hit her but Michelle quickly does the same thing and kicks the second goon flat on his back on the sandstone surface of the empty car park.
“Damn that girl.”
Michelle manages to get out of the van with her standing firmly on her two feet and she first kicks both her captors in the face knocking them spark out and at the same time gave them both a bloody and broken nose.
“That’s done it…Now, I better get myself out of this bindings.”
Michelle tries to break her bonds but the more she pulled the more it hurts her.
“Ugh…I wonder if they have a sharp object or…”
Michelle then bends down and uses her bind hands to search her unconscious captors and eventually she recovers her own cell phone.
“What luck.”
She then has to do the almost impossible task by dialing Ivy’s number on her number pad with her facing away. It was not easy for her but Michelle knows her cell phone functions and number pads back to front so figuring out which numbers was easy and she commits Ivy’s number to memory.
“Almost…Got it. Now, I can only hope they could answer it.”
Michelle then drops her cell phone gently on the ground and turns her body with her facing her cell phone as it was still dialing.
“Come on, Ivy…Pick up.”
At that moment, Ivy feels her cell phone vibrating as she previously switched to vibrate only mode.
“Hmm, I wonder…”
“Wonder what, Ivy?”
“Could it be…”
Ivy then takes out her cell phone and looks carefully at the caller ID. She was most relieved to know it was her sister.
“It’s from Michelle.”
“Michelle? Well, that is good news.”
“Perhaps.”
“What do you mean by that, Sophie?” asked Ivy.
“It could mean that her captors are calling us using her own cell phone.”
“Then what should I…”
“Let me answer it.”
“Uh, okay…Here you go, Sophie.”
“Thanks.”
Ivy hands Sophie her cell phone and she presses the green phone icon to answer.
“Hello.”
“Sophie…That you?” asked Michelle as she easily knew that was Sophie.
“Michelle, you okay?”
“I am fine…I am at Rodd Park.”
“Fear not…We are on our way.”
“Yes…You might want to go some backup to take my two captors into custody.”
“Okay, we will be with you in five minutes.”
“Thanks…I will sit tight until you come.”
“Michelle…I am glad you are okay.”
“Thanks, Sophie…Tell Ivy I am fine.”
“Sure.”
Sophie then presses the end call button and afterwards she hands the phone to Chris who then hands it back to Ivy.
“So?”
“Michelle is fine, Ivy.”
“Really?”
“From what she told me she took care of her captors.”
“Really? Well, I am most relieved to know.”
“We would reach her shortly. No need to worry, Ivy.”
“Indeed.”
“Chris.”
“Yes, Sophie?”
“Call for some police backup and have them meet us at Rodd Park.”
“Understood.”
“Hmm…I wonder how things are back at the city?”
“Who knows, Sophie? Who knows.”
Chris gets out his cell phone and dials the number connected to Police Commissioner Z.W.E.I.
“Yes, sir…This is Chris Peasley, Badge A22.”
“Ah, Chris…How can I help you?”
“Could you send one or two cars to meet us at Rodd Park?”
“Sure, why may I ask?”
“I will fill you in later, sir.”
“Of course…They will meet you there in five minutes.”
“Thank you, sir.”
“Glad to help.”
Chris then ends the call and Sophie asks him what has just transpired.
“So…”
“Commissioner Z.W.E.I. will send two cars to meet us there.”
“That’s good. We are almost there.”
Sure enough, they arrive at Rodd Park and sees Michelle sitting at the back of the open van with her hands still tied behind her back.
“At last.”
Once Sophie stops the car, Ivy comes out and rushes straight towards her elderly sister and hugs her.
“I am glad you are safe, Michelle.”
“Me too…Uh, could you um…Loosen your hold a little?”
“What?”
Ivy was hugging Michelle so tightly that she finds it a little difficult to breath.
“Oh, sorry.”
Ivy then withdraws away from Michelle as she asks her younger sister does she have anything sharp to cut her bounds loose.
“You’ve got a knife?”
“Uh, no.”
Sophie and Chris comes out of the car as Chris immediately secures the two goons with Sophie too most relieved to see Michelle okay and ironically she retains hardly any expression of emotion on her face.
“I am glad you are okay, Michelle.”
“Yes, could you untie me?”
“Sure.”
Sophie always carries a combat knife hidden somewhere in her body and she quickly cuts Michelle’s bounds loose.
“Ow…That’s much better.”
“So, sis…Your wrists are…”
“They will be fine.”
“Sophie.”
“Yes?”
“Are we going to head back and join the others? Remember that dinner…”
“Of course…We will head back as soon as our backup arrives.”
“Very well.”
Meanwhile, Xiaoyu and Alisa were back at the Queen Victoria statue outside the QVB building as Xiaoyu looks at her watch.
“Hmm…Where are they?”
“Give them a few more minutes, Xiaoyu.”
“Okay.”
Suddenly, Xiaoyu gets a call on her cell phone and she checks to see who was it that was calling her.
“Who’s calling me?”
“Could it be Sophie or…”
“Nope. It’s Miharu.”
“Miharu?”
“Yeah. I wonder what she wants?”
“Why not answer, Xiao?”
“That’s exactly what I am going to do right now.”
Xiaoyu then presses the green phone icon to answer the call.
“Hello, Miharu.”
While Xiaoyu was chatting with her best friend on the line, Alisa looks around and was quite taken in by the surroundings. Panda eventually joins them as it decide to do a little sightseeing on Pitt Street.
“Panda.”
Panda looks at Alisa with a smile and gentle smile.
“So, you like this city?”
(“Indeed…It is quite intriguing.”)
“That’s good…I am glad to hear that.”
Alisa understands what Panda is saying as her computer can translate it for her.
“So, tomorrow after school…We go to the library and look up some good movies to borrow?”
“Yeah…I will see you tomorrow then.”
“Tomorrow it is…Bye, Miharu.”
“Later, Xiao.”
Xiaoyu looks quite pleased with herself as it always makes her happy to talk with her best friend that she made since the 4th Iron Fist tournament.
“Ah, move night…I like it.”
“Remember it’s Monday and school day tomorrow, Xiaoyu…There’s homework and…”
“Don’t worry about it, Alisa…I will do homework first and then do the movie night with Miharu.”
“Good…That is good.”
“Say, where’s Sophie, Shirley and the others?”
“Perhaps you should give them a call.”
“I will.”
Xiaoyu takes out her cell phone and checks her phonebook as she has only a few number of contacts on it.
“Hmm…I only have a few contact numbers.”
“Like?”
“Shirley’s.”
“Well, try that.”
“Sure.”
Xiaoyu then dials Shirley’s number as at first all she could hear was the dialing tone.
“Come on, come on.”
“Be patient, Xiaoyu.”
“Okay, fine.”
“Hello, this is Shirley speaking.”
“Shirley, it’s me.”
“Who is me?”
“Come on, you don’t recognize my voice?”
“Oh, sorry about that, Xiaoyu.”
“Well, what’s up? Where’s everyone?”
“I will explain. We are on our way back.”
“We? As in Sophie and Chris?”
“Uh, no…Sophie, Chris are with Michelle and Ivy as Anna and Veronica are with us.”
“I um…I see.”
“We shouldn’t be too long.”
“Okay.”
At that moment, Shirley and Simon were strolling in the northern area of Hyde Park as the peace and quiet scenery makes them feel right at home.
“This place sure is peaceful.”
“You can say that again, Shirley.”
Both looked at each other right in the eyes with Shirley staring into Simon’s handsome eyes while Simon stares back at Shirley’s attractive and alluring eyes. Veronica and Anna both find them to be rather amusing.
“They sure make a good couple.”
“I couldn’t agree more, Anna.”
“Hey, girls…Why don’t you head on back to the QVB…We will join you later.”
“Okay, but…”
“But what, Veronica?”
“How long would that be? I just need to clarify.”
“Oh, ten to fifteen minutes tops.”
“Thank you.” replied Veronica in her cool and collected voice.
“You are welcome.”
“Well, girls…See you later.”
“Later.”
Simon and Shirley make their way up north and Shirley decides to go and check out the St. Mary’s cathedral on College Street.
“Say, why don’t we go over to St. Mary’s?”
“The cathedral? I think that might be a good idea.”
“Then let’s go.”
Meanwhile, Anna and Veronica heads back to Elizabeth Street as they decide to go meet Xiaoyu, Alisa and Panda back at the QVB building close to where the Queen Victoria statue is located.
“Say, Veronica?”
“Yeah?”
“You have anyone you fancy? I mean, like?”
“Not yet.”
“Uh, I see.”
“What about you, Anna?”
“Well, same as you. Nobody I fancy…Yet.”
“Right.”
Suddenly, Veronica stops as she feels something bad and ghastly close by with her putting arm in front of Anna who too stops and asks if there was something here.
“What is it, Veronica?”
“I sense something.”
“What?”
“I cannot say…It’s bad and evil.”
“Evil, you say?”
“Yes, it has the presence of a…”
“A what, Veronica?”
“Like that of a devil.”
“A devil? That would mean…”
“Ha ha ha…So, you’ve noticed me, girls. I hope you both would provide me with some enjoyable entertainment.”
“Is that who I think it is, Veronica?”
“Yes it is, Anna.”
Eventually, someone leaps back and lands right behind them both with both girls turning around and were flabbergasted and quite astonished to see Kazuya Mishima himself in his purple full lounge suit with him cracking his fist knuckles together.
“Girls, girls…I can see why Lee was quite taken with you.”
“You…You were behind that?”
“Oh, yes…Anna O’Connor is it?”
“That’s right.”
“Well, you are almost like my Anna…Almost that is.”
“Kazuya Mishima…You have some nerve showing your evil face here.” uttered Veronica sternly as Kazuya turns and looks at her right in the eyes.
“My, my…You are quite the natural cool and collected one.”
“That’s right.”
“So, is Veronica Li, right?”
“Yes.”
“Well, I am looking for someone…Perhaps you can direct me.”
“Who are you looking for?” asked Anna sounding serious in her tone.
“Simon Law…He’s an old acquaintance of mine. So to speak.”
“Really? Because you are here to kill him, right?”
“Smart girl, Veronica Li…Those who spill my secret shall pay the ultimate price. Death.”
“Well, we are not going to allow that! Anna!”
“Right with you, Veronica!”
“So, two against one…This shall be quite pitiful for someone such as me.”
“You still gloat and mock us even you are still a villain with a gentleman style.”
“Remember, girls…Villains are unpredictable!”
Kazuya then lunges at both girls with his hell spin kicks as both girls quickly blocked them all and then Kazuya switches to some punch attacks, which of course are extremely powerful and packs quite the punch.
“Behold the power of a Mishima!”
Kazuya strikes a powerful punch right into Anna’s abdomen that really hurts her bad as Veronica angrily moves to reiterate.
“How dare you…”
Kazuya anticipated this and evades Veronica’s kick as Veronica then pulls out her ribbon and lassos it around Kazuya’s right hand holding it tightly.
“I will not be intimidated.”
“So will I.”
Kazuya and Veronica pulls their hardest with both pulling from different directions and eventually Kazuya inputs more power and pulls Veronica straight towards him. He then performs a powerful uppercut punch that hits right underneath Veronica’s chin and knocks her spark out with Kazuya standing firmly on his two feet and didn’t even break a single sweat.
“There…You both still have a lot to learn.”
Veronica was knocked unconscious as Anna was struggling to get back on her feet.
“Damn…”
“Now if you excuse me…I have to go and meet an old friend of mine.”
“You won’t…You won’t get away with this, Kazuya.”
“Ho ho…There is one thing you can do for me.”
“What?”
“Give my regards to my daughter.”
“Daughter? Who do you mean…”
“You don’t know?”
“No, enlighten us.”
“Well, I will tell you.”
At that moment, Shirley and Simon reunites with both Xiaoyu, Alisa as well as Panda as all three were quite happy to see them.
“Well, we are back.”
“I am glad…Aren’t we, Alisa?”
“Indeed.”
“So, where’s Anna and Veronica?”
“Well, they are not here.”
“Strange…They should be here before us. Isn’t that right, Simon?”
“Yeah, we told them to come here while we had a little alone time near the cathedral.”
“Cathedral? What cathedral?”
“The St. Mary’s one…Near College Street.”
“Oh, that one.”
“You know it, Xiaoyu?”
“Well, I read it on the map.”
“Okay.”
“Say, why don’t we both go and get some ice-cream?”
“Ice-cream now, Simon?”
“Well, to help pass the time.”
“I suppose so…I think there’s still an ice cream shop right beneath us close to Town Hall station.”
“That’s right…Let’s go and we will be back before you know it.”
“Good idea…Girls, you coming?” asked Shirley referring to Xiaoyu and Alisa as Panda was busying looking at the traffic flow in the busy intersection.
“We will wait here…I prefer to have ice-cream after dinner.”
“You, Alisa?”
“Same.”
“Okay, we shan’t be too long.”
“Right.”
“And hopefully Sophie and the others will be back soon.”
“Yeah…We shall remind right here. As solid as a rock.”
“Glad to hear it, Xiaoyu.”
Therefore, both Shirley and Simon heads into the quiet Queen Victoria Building as there weren’t too many people in the building itself.
“Gee…There’s no one in here. Hardly anyone.”
“Yeah…Let’s head down to the ice cream store as quickly as we can.”
“I concur.”
Suddenly, Simon senses something sinister in the building as he turns to find the hallway behind them was completely deserted.
“Hey, Shirley.”
“What’s up?”
“There’s no one behind us.”
“Well, that is usual on a Sunday, yes?”
“No, I feel some evil here.” replied Simon looking at Shirley in the eyes as he is clearing feeling anxious and a little scared.
“Evil?”
“Like the devil himself.”
“The devil? You don’t mean…”
“He’s here…Let’s get out of…”
“Simon Law!”
Simon stops dead in his tracks as he knew that voice anywhere as he turns around and sees a man strolling towards him wearing a white lounge suit and his left eye glows red.
“Oh no.”
“Is that…”
“It’s Kazuya, Shirley…Kazuya Mishima himself.”
“The devil?”
“Yes, the devil. He merged with it and now his heart is truly corrupted and evil.”
“Evil is only a point of view, my dear Simon…Deflector and traitor to say the least.” replied Kazuya sounding quite charming in his tone of voice.
“You have some big nerve showing your face here, Kazuya Mishima!”
“Shirley Nguyen is it? My, the reports about you are indeed true.”
“How do you know all of this?”
“I have my sources.” replied Kazuya showing an evil grin on his face.
“Well, I can think of many reasons why you are here in person?”
“Yes, but can you guess which reason is that?”
“Well…”
“You can run but there’s no way you can escape the devil.”
“He’s got a lot of evil air in him.”
“Shirley, let’s go…We are no match for him.” uttered Simon urgently with him grabbing hold of Shirley’s arm and pulling her but Shirley refuses to move.
“I will not run from an enemy as evil as he is.”
“Simon is right you know…You both are no match for the likes of me.”
Kazuya then focuses his devil aura as there was now a set of purple flames surrounding him. Simon knew that Kazuya is focusing his Mishima powers and ready to fight them.
“Shirley, let us go…Now!”
“Okay!”
“Ha ha…I will give you a head start.”
“Let’s go!”
Simon and Shirley runs with Kazuya laughing out loud as he then goes after them. Simon holds Shirley by the arm as they run without looking back and Kazuya laughs as they can run but they cannot hide from the devil.
“Run…It is impossible to escape me.”
Kazuya’s phone then rings and he answers it.
“Yes?”
“Kazuya, it’s Paul.”
“Go ahead?”
“My men and I have sealed the building perimeter.”
“Good, very good.”
“And we have a few down in Town Hall station as well as the plaza beneath the Japanese bookshop.”
“Excellent.”
“But…”
“But what?”
“The south entrance to the building is still not manned.”
“Well, take care of it…I do not want them getting out onto the street.”
“Understood.”
Kazuya then puts his phone back in his pocket and now he uses his devil sense to locate his enemies.
“Harken to me…I seek my enemy. Show me…Show me where you are.”
Meanwhile, Sophie along with Chris, Michelle and Ivy drives back into the CBD itself as Sophie was driving quite fast and reckless after she got an urgent call from Anna telling her that she and Veronica were just beaten down by Kazuya Mishima, her old man.
“He’s here...How could he do this to my friends?” said Sophie to herself as Ivy feels quite uncomfortable with Sophie driving like a maniac.
“Sophie. Sophie! Could you slow down?”
She does not answer as Chris and Michelle grab a hold of something and hangs on tight with Sophie moving left and right between moving cars.
“Man, I am getting car sick.”
“Roll out the window!” uttered Chris. “We do not want to dirty the ordinary owner of this vehicle.”
“Okay.”
“Sophie, what’s wrong?”
“My old man...Kazuya Mishima is here.”
“You can sense him?” asked Chris who was not surprise at all upon hearing this.
“Yes...We have to get back there and hurry...Our other friends could be in danger too.”
“I know. We will get there, Sophie. I am certain of it.”
At that moment, Xiaoyu, Alisa and Panda find themselves surrounded by bikers that were under Paul Phoenix himself.
“Girls, prepare yourself!”
“Ling Xiaoyu...You are coming with us!”
“Like hell...Panda!”
(“RIGHT!”)
Panda then charges straight at two of the bikers and knocks them spark out with his tackle. Alisa helps as she activates her jet systems and charges at a biker with lightning speed and knocks another out after a couple of fast and swift punches. Xiaoyu handles against her opponents well as she uses her speed and flexibility to get the best of her foes and eventually defeats them all with powerful kicks to the head.
“Okay, that should be all of them.”
“Suppose if they are here, Xiaoyu then...”
“You are right, Alisa...Maybe our friends, Shirley and Simon are in danger.”
“Then let us hurry.”
Panda stands up and literally begs to go with Xiaoyu but she wants Panda to stay.
“No, Panda...You stay here and tell Sophie and the others when they arrived. Point out to them where we are going. You point into the building, okay?”
(“Okay.”)
“Thanks...Let’s get going, Alisa.”
“Right behind you, Xiaoyu.”
The two head inside with Panda keeping an eye on the unconscious bikers as at that moment, Shirley and Simon make their way to Town Hall station as they decide to use the train as their escape route but much to their surprise no one was here, the whole station area itself was deserted.
“Something is not right here.”
“I get that feeling too.”
“This place is supposed to be filled with people.”
“Yeah.”
Suddenly, some of the doors in front of them open and out come a dozen G Corp soldiers armed with stun batons and were fully dressed in their battle fatigues.
“Oh no...G Corp soldiers.”
“Your former buddies?”
“In a way.”
“There’s the traitor...Get him!”
“Sorry, major...If you want mercy you have got the wrong guy! Now face me!”
“Gee, your former friends are pretty happy to see you.”
“No time for sarcasm, Shirley...We have to get to platform 3.”
“Right.”
“Surrender!”
“I don’t think so.”
Shirley and Simon fights their way through the G Corp soldiers. Eventually Simon knows how to deal with them since he trained them and knows their attacks and strategists. Shirley follows Simon’s example and everything goes well.
“I can only hope our friends get here.”
“They will be here, Shirley...Trust me and...”
“Trust in them, right?”
“Right.”
At that moment, Sophie parks the car outside the south side of the QVB as Chris, Michelle and Ivy accompanies her.
“No time to waste.”
“Right.”
“Hey, isn’t that...”
“Panda. Yes it is, Ivy.”
“Wonder where’s Xiaoyu and Alisa?”
“Let’s ask Panda, Ivy.”
“Of course, sis.”
Panda was quite pleased to see Sophie as the large panda eventually wants to hug her but Sophie tells the large animal that she is quite grateful and wants to know where are Xiaoyu and Alisa.
“Panda, listen to me...Where’s Xiaoyu and Alisa?”
(“They are in there.”) growled Panda pointing at the building itself as Sophie easily understood what Panda meant.
“They are in there.”
“Then we have no time to lose.”
“Ow.”
They are spotted a couple of bikers are starting to get back on their feet after being knocked out earlier by Xiaoyu, Alisa and Panda.
“Looks like some of our foes are getting back on their feet.”
“We will handle them.”
“Uh, yes...We will. Panda, you with us?”
(“Indeed!”)
Panda was quite happy and was in agreement with Ivy and Michelle.
“Okay, you three stay here and might want to call Sam and Joey. Tell them to inform General Alcazar of what has happen.”
“And to send some backup, yes?”
“Yes...The sooner the better, Michelle.”
“Consider it done.”
“Leave it to sis and myself, Sophie.”
“Good...Chris?”
“Shall we?”
“Let’s go.”
Both Sophie and Chris heads into the QVB building as Michelle suggest to both Ivy and Panda that it was time to make sure their biker guests remain quiet and all.
“Okay, let’s make sure these bikers are continuing with their sweet dreams.”
“Hear, hear.”
(“Yes!”)
“I will call the cavalry...You both keep an eye on them.”
“No sweat, sis. You with me, Panda?”
Panda nods in response as Ivy gently rubs the large animal on the cheek as Ivy kind of likes large and cute animals.
“You are so cute. And well muscular too.”
This made Panda blushed as the large animal gives Ivy a big hug.
“Whoa...There, there. Would you loosen your hold a little? I am having trouble breathing!”
Meanwhile, Shirley and Simon made it down to the platform where there were confronted by a few more G Corp soldiers as Kazuya himself was there.
“Show them no mercy, men!”
“AYE, SIR!”
Kazuya just folds his arms and watch while his men take a beating and was rather amused by the proceedings.
“Most impressive.”
Eventually, both defeated them all as Kazuya then makes himself scarce as part of his cunning part.
“Hey, where’s Kazuya?”
“Beats me.”
“DO you think he’s...”
“I am not sure. Maybe we should leave.”
“Yes.”
“Let’s wait for the train.”
“We can’t wait...Who knows when the train gets in.”
“You are right.”
Shirley then unexpected gives Simon a kiss on the cheek as this made him jump and astonished.
“What...What was that for?”
“If we don’t make it...I just want to say this.”
“Say what?”
“I...Love...You.”
Simon fell silent as he was quite touched and replies back to Shirley.
“I love you, too.”
“HA HA!”
Both finds Kazuya Mishima was hiding behind a wall and claps his hands with an evil grin on his face.
“My, my...How romantic is that.”
“So, you were stalking us?”
“Watching you would be a more appropriate term, Shirley Nguyen.”
“Kazuya...You won’t laid a finger on her.”
“Indeed. You are quite the gentleman. But do you think you can stop me?”
“I will die trying.”
“Indeed...Exacting what I was thinking.”
“Damn.”
“Hold it right there!”
Kazuya looks up and sees Sophie, Chris, Xiaoyu and Alisa as they have arrived at a propitious moment.
“Well, well...Sophie Barkman. My beautiful daughter has arrived at last.”
“WHAT?”
Xiaoyu was clearly speechless as Alisa was surprised as well.
“What?”
“Daughter? This can’t...Can’t be.”
“Ah, Ling Xiaoyu and your so-called android friend are here too.”
“The name is Alisa, Kazuya Mishima.”
“For a robot. You certainly know anger.”
“I do.”
“Indeed.”
“Sophie, you are...You are...”
“That’s right, Ling Xiaoyu...The girl before you is one of us. A Mishima.”
“It cannot be. It can’t be.”
“Face it, girl...You just have to face it.”
“Sophie, why didn’t you tell me?” asked Xiaoyu starting to feel despair.
“I am sorry, Xiaoyu...Sometimes telling the truth makes it worse.”
“Well, it is worse. I cannot believe it.”
“Father, what brings you here?”
“Well, I will be glad to answer that.” replied Kazuya sounding most sarcastic. “I am the devil and I seek those who betray me.”
“I see.”
“Simon Law...You have betray me and my forces. For this, you shall die.”
“I won’t let you...” began Shirley as she charges forward ready to attack Kazuya but he was more than prepare for her reckless attack.
“Stand aside, girl!”
Kazuya literally knocks Shirley aside with a strong and powerful blow that causes her to slam into the wall next to her, which left her immobilize. This no doubt made Simon really angry and outraged.
“Shirley! KAZUYA MISHIMA!!! YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!”
Simon charges straight at Kazuya as Chris tells him not too as it was suicide.
“Simon, no!”
Kazuya evades his fierce blow and grabs a hold of Simon by the neck and holds him up high.
“You are weak...Nothing but a pile of shit.”
“YOU! You dare mock me?!”
“There! Now you see who is weak! I am the devil and those who stand in my way shall die!”
“No! Simon!” uttered Shirley trying to stand back up despite being in a lot of pain and agony.
“Shirley...I am sorry.”
“Say your goodbye, yes? Good...Now, Simon Law, I , as the devil declared that it is time for you to...DIE!”
Kazuya with his strength breaks Simon’s neck with a crack sound as Shirley and the others all flabbergasted and shocked of what had just transpired. Sophie remains calm and collected as she feels angry and sorrow on the inside.
“NO!”
“Here’s the corpse...Keep it if you like.”
Kazuya throws down the corpse of Simon Law with Shirley rushing straight toward it with her crying out loud and tears dripping down from her eyes.
“No...No, Simon.”
“Simon.”
Chris was quite upset to see his friend die as were both Michelle and Ivy.
“Simon.”
“He’s dead.”
“It can’t be.”
“More blood has been shredded. I must put an end to this.”
“Why, Kazuya? Why did you have to kill him?!” yelled Xiaoyu angrily and totally upset.
“Why? He spills the beans of who I am. I made a vow to myself that whoever spills my secret must die.”
“You had to kill him!”
“You have gone too far, father! You shall pay for this.”
“Is that anyway to talk to your old man like that? I need to teach my little girl a lesson.”
“You will be shown justice.”
Sophie clutches her fists tightly as electric sparks began to show themselves symbolizing that she was indeed a Mishima herself and light blue flames appear around her body as a sign of her battle aura is now active.
“The devil shall be judged.”
“Sophie!”
Xiaoyu moves in front of Sophie with her arms stretched as she attempts to tell Sophie not to fight much like she did to stop Jin a year or so ago during the incident when Jin became angry for the death of his old friend, Shin Kamiya at the hands of the back then power hungry Heihachi Mishima.
“Sophie, please...No more fighting. It will only change you.”
“I am sorry, Xiaoyu...But Simon was my friend. I cannot bear myself to see another friend gets hurt at the hands of the devil.”
“Sophie...”
“Please, Xiaoyu...I must do this.”
“Uh...”
“Stand aside, Ling Xiaoyu...Once I give my daughter a lesson in manners then I will come for you as we still have a little score to settle.”
“You won’t harm her.” replied Sophie sternly as this made Kazuya smirk with him folding his arms.
“Just like Jin...Standing up for little girl. I wonder how do you feel that your good brother is now dead? He thought starting a war would save the world. Only a fool could think of such things...”
“Enough!”
Sophie’s aura ignites as Xiaoyu moves back and this is exactly what Kazuya had wanted.
“So, my little taunt has worked after all...Now show me what you can do and try not to disappoint your old man.”
“I won’t...Trust me.”
“Good.”
“Let’s fight.”
Shirley then suddenly stands up and stood right next to Sophie as she was clutching her fists tightly too.
“You will pay for his death, Kazuya Mishima.”
“Shirley.”
“Sophie, allow me to help.”
“We must be cautious.”
“I am taking him now!”
“No, Shirley! No!”
Shirley recklessly charges forward straight at Kazuya who easily strikes Shirley in the stomach with a powerful blow that sends her flying and slams into a vending machine that knocks her spark out. Sophie feels remorse for Shirley and now she focuses on facing her old man.
“As you can see my powers are as strong as ever. Now prepare yourself.”
Kazuya once again strikes at Sophie with the same move he had used on Shirley but Sophie blocks it and when Kazuya made contact with her right arm both his and Sophie’s shows electric sparks meaning that blow was nowhere enough to determine the victor.
“I do not think so.”
“Okay, time to get serious.”
Kazuya then takes off his lounge coat and lunges at Sophie with his hell spin kicks with Sophie blocking all his blows and literally lands a blow on her face.
“Too slow.”
Despite being hit and her face slightly bruised Sophie hangs in there and appears to be unfazed by the blow.
“I am not afraid to face you, father.”
“That’s my girl...Now let’s continuing fighting.”
Sophie and Kazuya struck at each other and both landed on a blow on one another but both were unfazed by it as Kazuya continues on the offensive and forces Sophie to block his fierce attacks. Alisa and Chris go to help Shirley as Xiaoyu watches in awe of the bloody fight between Sophie and Kazuya.
“Alisa, how’s Shirley?”
“She’s all right. A concussion is all.”
“That’s good.”
Chris then notices Xiaoyu was looking sad and in great misery.
“What’s wrong?”
“Would this carnage between the Mishima family stop?”
“You want to stop this?”
“Yes, Chris...It is my destiny. I have been thinking how many more blood has to be spill?”
“I don’t know.”
Chris then gets a call from Michelle topside and tells him that Veronica and Anna have been taken back to the school and both Samuel and Joey have been notified.
“Chris, Anna and Veronica are safe and both Sam and Joey have been notified. General Alcazar has mobilized a task force and is heading to our position.”
“Good...Better tell them to hurry because...” began Chris as Sophie and Kazuya struck at each other with a powerful attack the impact of it created a small explosion that made all nearby fell down on the ground.
“Whoa!”
“Chris, you okay?”
“I am fine, Sam...Just a little shaken up.”
“Okay...You guys all right on your end?”
“Uh, pretty much, Sam. You might want to bring a body bag along too.”
“A body bag? Did someone...”
Chris takes a moment as it hurts him to say it but says it anyway.
“Simon is dead.”
“Dead? How?”
“Kazuya killed him.”
“Kazuya...Kazuya Mishima?”
“Yes.”
“Okay, we are on our way. Try to make sure no one else suffers the same fate.”
“Don’t worry. I am sure Sophie has everything under her control.”
“Good...I will see you later.”
“Later, Sam.”
At that moment, Sophie manages to gain the slight upper hand and struck a few precise and powerful blows at her old man leaving bruises on his face and chest. In a way, Kazuya was both angry and impressed.
“You are indeed a Mishima. A strong one I might add. Compare to your brother he is just a pile of garbage.”
“That’s enough!”
Kazuya’s taunt angers Sophie as she lunges at Kazuya with a powerful kick but Kazuya catches it with lightning speed.
“What?”
“Now your daddy is going to teach you the strength that I possess!”
Kazuya then performs a tornado throw as she throws Sophie from the platform and down onto the train tracks below.
“Sophie!”
Sophie lies on the train tracks not serious hurt as she gets back up on her feet.
“That’s my girl...Never giving up. That is the true spirit of a Mishima.”
“I shall put an end to it.”
“Sophie, stop!” yelled Xiaoyu begging not to fight. However, Sophie like Jin is determined to fight Kazuya as Jin wants to pay for what Kazuya has done and Sophie wants to bring him to justice for what all he has done including the death of Simon Law.
“I shall bring you to justice.”
“Justice? I will like to see that.”
Sophie then leaps back onto the platform and resumes her fight with Kazuya as Sophie’s determination manages to strike through Kazuya’s defenses.
“Most impressive...But I too have a few tricks up my sleeve.”
Kazuya’s red eye then glows as he was prepared to fire his devil beam.
“No mercy!”
Kazuya fires his devil beam from his devil red eye and hits Sophie squarely in her chest sending her to the ground.
“Sophie!”
“Let me help.”
“Chris, be careful!”
“So, who might you be?”
“Chris Peasley is the name, Kazuya Mishima.”
“Hmm...You show courage. I will give you that but do you really think you stood a chance against me?”
“We won’t know until we find out, right?”
“Of course...Let’s get started.”
Chris strikes with fast and flexible kicks as Kazuya was able to block and evade every single one of his blows with no trouble at all.
“You are fast. I give you that.”
“My friend deflected because of what you are...He is a righteous man.”
“Of course...But such words are meaningless to me to one such as myself.”
“Simon’s death will not be in vain. I swear to it.”
“Such words won’t bring him back.”
Kazuya then strikes a fast combo at Chris knocking him down to the ground with Kazuya strolling towards him and then he towers right over him with him looking very pleased with himself.
“Time to join your friend in the afterlife, Christopher Peasley.”
“I won’t allow you!”
“Huh?”
Sophie tackles her old man to the ground as she got back up from being knocked down earlier. She makes several punches onto Kazuya’s face as after being struck four times he puts his arms in a cross position to shield himself from more injury.
“The devil shall not be forgiven for his actions.”
“I see...Well, as your old man you have been a very bad girl.”
Kazuya head butts Sophie in the head knocking her stun as after that Kazuya kicks her away sending her down to the ground in slight pain. Kazuya gets back on his feet and he strolls towards Sophie who too gets up on her feet.
“I will not give up.”
“Good...A Mishima never gives up.”
Sophie and Kazuya strikes at each other once more as both land blows on one another and their fighting continues. Xiaoyu who could bear to watch anymore turns around and cries out in tears with Alisa doing her best to comfort her.
“Would this fighting ever stop? It is pointless.”
“Xiaoyu, stop it...I can tell Sophie is different. She doesn’t really want to fight.”
“But why is she?”
“I do not know...I honestly don’t know.”
Sophie and Kazuya were quite evenly matched as Sophie was taking numerous deep breaths and had a couple of bad bruises on her face and body she still was hanging in there. Kazuya was almost like Sophie as he only suffered a few bruises and they were starting to heal because due to the power of the devil inside him.
“I have to say...It has been a while since I had a good work out.”
“That makes two of us.”
“Well, let’s end this.”
“I agree.”
“I won’t allow you, Kazuya!” uttered a loud voice that sounds like the voice of an elderly man.
“What? That voice?”
Kazuya glances back and sees a very familiar face that he dislikes.
“YOU!”
“You are a bad son of mine, Kazuya.”
The elderly man smacks a powerful punch straight into Kazuya’s face knocking him down to the ground and for Sophie she show a small smile on her face.
“Grandpa.”
“Sophie. Allow me to help.”
Kazuya was furious and speechless too as wondering why is his old man being nice and sweet to her daughter as knowing the Mishima family is literally enemies to one another.
“This is not right...Not right at all.”
“You are still living in the old times, my son...You have to face with reality.”
“Reality? You think you can just forget the past? I think not!” uttered Kazuya angrily with him clutching his fists tightly as electric sparks begin to ignite.
“Well, let’s like ‘daddy’ has to teach you a lesson.” said Heihachi sarcastically as he mocked the exactly words that Kazuya said to Sophie.
“Sophie.”
“Yes, grandpa?”
“Let me handle this.”
“Understood.”
“I will enjoy this.”
Heihachi then focuses his power too as he was more than ready for Kazuya.
“Come!”
Sure enough, Heihachi and Kazuya clashes fists with one another and but impacted right into each other and the result was the same as what happen with Sophie and Kazuya earlier. Both opponents were unfazed as they knew a fight between Mishimas ain’t going to be short.
“You know this is not enough?”
“I know.”
Heihachi and Kazuya spars with each other like in the old days where both father and son draw out their hatred and shows determination to finish off their opponents. Sophie watches as her grandfather and father were fighting like two titans of the age and was inspired that despite his grandfather’s old age he was more than capable of holding his own against Kazuya.
“Say, your grandfather is strong indeed.”
“He is, Alisa.”
“Grandpa.” said Xiaoyu as she calms down slightly as seeing Heihachi too was fighting to protect them all and after five minutes or so, Kazuya knew that he was outmatched by Heihachi like in the old days.
“Damn. You are still as strong as ever.”
“So, it would seem.”
“However, I will not give up...Not as long as I breath.”
“I will be waiting for you.”
“Well, I have to say, Sophie...You are quite a natural and your friends are still weak as ever.”
“Weak?!”
“How dare you!”
“Therefore, in order to prove to me that what I say is wrong I have decided to organize the 7th King of Iron Fist tournament.”
“The 7th King of Iron Fist tournament?”
“Yes.”
“When will it begin?” asked Chris.
“You will know I am sure...Later.”
Kazuya then makes his escape as he leaps from platform three to platform two before he darts up the stairs and back up to the station area.
“Whew...I guess that would hold him off for a while.”
“You okay, grandpa?”
“I am, Sophie...You okay?”
“Uh, yes.”
“Better have Chloe take a look at you when we get back.”
“Uh, okay.”
“You...You really are a Mishima too, Sophie?” asked Xiaoyu staring at her in disbelief.
“I am.”
“I never would have believed it? Someone as beautiful as you could be...”
“I want to tell you but...”
“But what? Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Sometimes telling the truth is worse...You live long enough and you find it out.”
“Well, now I know...I don’t believe it.”
Xiaoyu was clearly in distress and stun by all that has just transpired as Heihachi recommends they should all head back to school right away.
“I think we should all head back to school.”
“What about our dinner together, Mr. Mishima?”
“You have something planned tonight, Alisa?”
“Ah, yes...Yes, sir.” replied Alisa in a straight forward manner.
“Well, I will make it up to you...All of you. I know a place back at Milson’s Point that would cheer you all up.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Sophie...Let’s go.”
“Yes, grandpa.”
“Hey, Sophie...Would you help me with Shirley?”
“Of course, Chris.”
Sophie helps Chris with the injured Shirley as she was still quite angry and furious with the way Kazuya killed her beloved Simon in cold blood.
“He’s a heartless man...A heartless devil.”
“He merged with the devil, young Shirley...All he knows is to do bad things.” replied Heihachi as he knew of the time when Kazuya himself merged with the one all-powerful devil.
“Bad things...If only you are come sooner, sir. You could have...”
“I know, I know...I am truly sorry, Shirley.”
“Shirley, understand what grandpa said. He feels bad of letting someone die someone who has turned from the wrong path.”
“Of course, Sophie.”
When they all reach the station area, Xiaoyu wants to go and use the bathroom and calls out to Heihachi.
“Ah, grandpa Heihachi!”
“Yes, Xiaoyu?”
“I need to go and use the bathroom.”
“Ah, okay...But I think someone will stay with you just in case.”
“I will stay.”
“So will I.”
“Sophie?”
“I want to make sure no harm comes to any of you.”
“Uh, okay.”
“Thanks.” replied Alisa sounding happy.
“I will send someone down as well, Sophie.”
“Thanks, grandpa.”
While Heihachi along with Chris and Shirley make their way Heihachi meets up with Kuma waiting topside and Heihachi tells him to go down and secure Simon’s body. At that moment, Xiaoyu goes into the ladies room with Sophie and Alisa waiting patiently outside and while they wait they have a nice conversation with one another.
“The 7th Iron Fist tournament...You think it’s a trap, Sophie?”
“Obviously...But it is an opportunity for something else?”
“Like?”
“To face my old man...Bring him to justice for his crimes.”
“I see.”
“Hey, Sophie!”
Sophie sees both Michelle and Ivy coming down from the steps leading up to George Street as both were asked by Heihachi to come down and help Sophie and Alisa keep an eye on things.
“Sophie, Alisa.”
“Michelle, Ivy.”
“Mr. Mishima send us to keep you company.”
“He did.”
“So, where’s Xiaoyu?”
“She ‘s in the girl’s room.”
“You mean ladies, Alisa.”
“Of course.”
“So, I guess our dinner together is off, right?”
“Not really...Grandpa just told me that he will find some way to make up for it.”
“Really? I am surprised.”
“Well, we shall let him take care of that and in the meantime we will meet them all back up topside.”
“Of course, Sophie.”
“She’s coming out now.”
“Thanks, Alisa.”
Xiaoyu comes out as she was cleaning her hands with a paper towel and once she was done with it she crunches it together and throws it in the rubbish bin beside her.
“Okay, we can go now.”
“Let us go then.”
As they were all about to go two mercenaries with well-built muscles appear right behind them as both laughed like a pair of hyenas.
“Ha ha...If it isn’t Kazuya’s beautiful daughter.”
Sophie turns and finds the two newcomers are not particularly friendly and look much like very bad people. So, she decided to go and face them as to her it was her duty to help protect her friends.
“My father send you?”
“He hired us as a matter of fact...He wanted us to make sure you are who you say you are.”
“I think I know what he is trying to do.”
“Well, let’s see if you are truly a Mishima. Your friends there would be good hookers for his prostitution group.”
“ENOUGH!”
Sophie angrily charges forward with Xiaoyu, Alisa, Michelle and Ivy watching as Sophie quickly kills them without remorse nor pity as she cracks the neck of the first one and then she first breaks the leg of the other with the mercenary bellowing out in great pain as Sophie finishes him off with a kick boot to the head so hard that it literally crush his skull and all. Xiaoyu was shocked and all as she finds Sophie was emotionless and just stares down at the two enemy thugs she had killed in brutal efficiency.
“She killed them...She killed them without remorse.” muttered Xiaoyu sounding greatly despaired.
“Father...He is so cruel.”
“No, more blood being spill...I cannot take this anymore!”
Xiaoyu then runs out of the station with her crying as Alisa calls after her trying to get her to come back.
“Xiaoyu, wait!”
“I will go, Alisa.”
“Thanks.”
“Okay, let’s go, Ivy.”
“Coming!”
Michelle and Ivy goes over the upset Ling Xiaoyu as Sophie was stunned and yet remains emotionless.
“Xiaoyu.”
“You okay, Sophie?”
“Alisa...I can sense there is something troubling Xiaoyu.”
“You guess correctly, Sophie...It is the Mishima family war that troubles her. She hates the fact of more bloodshed. She feels it is her destiny to stop it and now from what I have witness Heihachi Mishima has walked the right path and who knows others would do the same.”
“That is except for my old man...He is the devil and thus cannot turn back on the right path.”
“Indeed.”
“Well, Alisa...I am going to prove to Xiaoyu that I am different. I maybe a Mishima but I have a good heart and a soul.”
“I see...I will help you.”
“Thanks...Shall we go?”
“After you.”
At that moment, Xiaoyu make her way up to George Street as she was still very upset and heartbroken. Eventually, both Michelle and Ivy were with her as they did their best to calm her down.
“Xiaoyu, you okay?”
“Yes...Yes, I am.”
“That’s good...If there is something on your mind then don’t hesitate to tell us.”
“Ivy is right. We are friends and friends like us would be more than happy to help you.”
“Thanks...I appreciate it.”
“Say, where’s Mr. Mishima and the others?”
“I don’t know, Ivy...They said they will meet us up here.”
“That’s odd. I wonder where are...”
“Well, well...Ling Xiaoyu! I have found you!”
Xiaoyu turns around as do Michelle and Ivy to find none other than Hwoarang standing before them and in his nice dashing purple coloured pimp suit.
“This is a small world.”
“Hwoarang...You big bad wolf! I have no time for this!”
“Big bad wolf?! Now just wait a freaking minute...No one such as yourself would dare to call me that.”
“Well, I just did.”
“Ha ha...What are you going to do now? With that Jin Kazama gone you must be crying your socks.”
“Don’t you say a bad word about Jin!” shouted Xiaoyu angrily as her earlier sorrow was replaced by rage.
“I mean it.”
“Oh, what are you going to do? Fight me?”
“I will certainly like to try.”
“Okay, let’s rumble...One on one.”
“Fine.”
Michelle and Ivy stood aside as Sophie and Alisa joins them and asks what just happen.
“What did we miss?”
“Hwoarang showed up and mock Xiaoyu about Jin.”
“I see.”
“And now, Sophie...She’s downright furious.”
“I would too...No one talks about Jin that way.” replied Sophie angrily and yet she remains calm and collected.
“Where’s Mr. Mishima?”
“I don’t know...Can you find him and the others, Alisa?”
“I will try.”
“Thanks.”
Alisa then heads off to find Heihachi and the others as Xiaoyu and Hwoarang square off with one another and both were quite evenly matched as Xiaoyu’s speed and Hwoarang’s kicks were consider equal and therefore no victor could be decided.
“You are fast and agile, little girl...I have a lot of kick power up my sleeve.”
“I bet you have.”
“Come on.”
Suddenly, a dark green Patriot jeep vehicle arrives and pulls up near the kerb and literally Samuel Wong, Joey Houston steps out from the front seats.
“Well, well...Looks like we have just arrived in time. Wouldn’t you say so, Joey?”
“Yes.”
“HEY, WHAT GIVES?!” yelled Hwoarang as he feels now he was outnumbered as Xiaoyu backs away and stood beside Michelle and Ivy.
“Hey, I thought you were going to wait for us back at the school?”
“Who said we did, Ivy?”
“Uh, I think Chris did.”
“Well, we had a gut feeling that something was amiss and we decided to come and investigate. Our suspicions were right after all.”
“I see.”
“Anyway, we didn’t come alone.”
“You didn’t?”
“Yes...Guys, you can show yourselves now.”
Eventually, the back doors of the Patriot open and Andy Zhang, Michael Mendez and Alex Choi comes out in their casual clothing and Hwoarang was particularly both happy and jealous to see Alex Choi as he has a personal score to settle with him.
“Well, well...Look what crawl out of the woodwork.”
“Hwoarang. I have to say you are looking well.”
“The feeling is mutual.”
“So, you want to get me then come...Leave the girls alone.”
“Well...If you put it that way I will be glad to take you on.”
“So be it. Sophie.”
“Yes, Alex?”
“Get the girls out of here...Andy, Michael and I as well as Sam and Joey will take care of this.”
“If that is what you wish, Alex...I will do as you say.”
“Thanks, Sophie.”
Alisa then comes and informs Sophie and the other girls excluding Joey that Heihachi and the others such as Kuma, Chris and Shirley were waiting outside the KFC building at the corner of George and Bathurst Streets.
“Mr. Mishima along with Kuma, Shirley and Chris are waiting outside the KFC building at the corner of George and Bathurst Street.”
“Okay, Alisa...Lead the way. Michelle.”
“Sure...Let’s go.”
Michelle along with Xiaoyu and Ivy follows Alisa to where Heihachi was as Sophie asks Alex about Anna and Veronica.
“Alex, about Anna and Veronica?”
“Oh, Pat and Ross have taken them back to the school.”
“Right...Godspeed.”
Sophie then heads off as now Alex along with Michael, Andy, Samuel and Joey confront the ‘big bad wolf’ Hwoarang.
“Okay, Hwoarang...It would seem you are outnumbered. There’s no point resisting.”
“Yeah, listen to my best friend, Alex there, Hwoarang. Surrender immediately! We can do this the easy way or the hard way.” uttered Andy sounding grouchily.
“The easy way or the hard way, right?”
“That’s right.” replied Michael with his arms folded.
“Well, I don’t how to say the first one so I chose the second.”
“The hard way, right?”
“Yes, Alex Choi...Bring it!”
“Okay, let’s team up, guys.”
“RIGHT!”
Therefore, Hwoarang strikes with several kicks at Alex who blocks it as Michael counters it with his ‘Rising Dragon Punch’.
“Take this!”
“Ugh.”
Joey then takes the chance and grabs a hold of Hwoarang by the hand and performs a fast judo throw throwing Hwoarang to the ground with him lying flat on his back.
“Boy, you are one tough chick.”
“Give up yet, Hwoarang?” asked Joey towering over her with her arms tucked beside her hips.
“Never!”
Hwoarang gets back on his feet and tells Joey that he will never go quietly.
“Listen to me, girl...I, Hwoarang would never...” began Hwoarang as he eventually realizes Joey was as tall as he was and this made Hwoarang trembled with slight fear.
“Oh my...Since when girls like you are that tall?”
“That’s something you will never know.”
“Oh yeah...I am going to show you how strong I am.”
Hwoarang without hesitation strikes at Joey who dodges the attack and Samuel himself steps forward.
“You won’t get any pity from me.”
Samuel specializes in both Karate and Kempo and he has some aspects of Taekwondo, which no doubt made Hwoarang slightly jealous and Samuel strikes at Hwoarang with a couple of Taekwondo kicks hitting him squarely in the chest and it hurts him badly too.
“What? How do you know Taekwondo as well?”
“Does that bother you?”
“Yeah! I am the one true master of Taekwondo! I will show you!”
“We shall see.”
Samuel’s taunt made Hwoarang more furious as he lunges at him with fast and fierce attacks as Samuel blocks them with relative ease. Alex and Andy tag teams him from behind as Alex struck a blow to Hwoarang’s stomach and Andy continues with an elbow attack straight into his face and literally left him with a bruised bump on his jaw.
“Ow!”
“Hey, is that a bump on your jaw?” asked Andy sounding quite sarcastic.
“What?”
Hwoarang then feels the area around his jaw and indeed there was a bump of some sort and he eventually become even more irate. Fortunately for him, there was no dislocation so his bruise would eventually heal.
“Damn...Damn you!”
“Face it, Hwoarang...You cannot beat all five of us.”
“Is that true, Alex Choi? Well, I am going to get my cavalry.”
“Your cavalry?”
“Yeah...Give me a sec, will you?”
Hwoarang takes out his cell phone and text messages to one of his men but what he texts remains a complete mystery and once he was done he puts his cell phone back in his pocket.
“Done.”
“So, shall we continue?”
“Sure, Alex Choi...We got a minute or two to spare.”
“Very well...Guys, I got this.”
“All yours, Alex.”
“Yeah, buddy...Kick his ass.”
“I certainly will, Andy.”
“COME ON!”
Hwoarang then strikes first as Alex moves to intercept and blocks Hwoarang’s kick.
“I warn you...My skills in Taekwondo are as sharp as ever.”
“I like to see that.”
“Oh, you will...Right in the face!”
Hwoarang then quickly lunges another strong kick at Alex who manages to block the blow but not without a cost. The force of the blow injured his arm as he grunts in pain.
“Ugh.”
“Alex!”
“I am fine, Michael.”
“Hang in there, mate!”
“Yeah...Don’t give up!”
While both Andy and Michael gives him moral support Joey shows a little concern for Alex.
“Sam, you think he will...”
“I am sure he will be, Joey.”
“Right...I know he will.”
Hwoarang meanwhile continues to go on the offensive as Alex waits for just the right moment and strikes him right in the face hitting him squarely in the chest.
“Got you.”
“Damn...You got through my attacks? How could you do that?”
“It’s natural instinct.”
“Beat that, sucker!” uttered Andy mocking him.
Hwoarang then gets a SMS message on his cell phone as he checks it and once he read it he smirks with an evil smile on his face.
“You just wait, chumps...I will be back with my cavalry.”
“Cavalry? You are bluffing.”
“I do not bluff...Ta ta!”
Hwoarang then heads off as Andy decided to go after him.
“You are not getting away!”
“Wait up, Andy!”
“Yes, it might be...”
It was too late as Andy was already out of hearing range and hot on Hwoarang’s tail.
“Well, I guess we will wait right here.”
“I will go.”
“You sure, Michael?”
“Yes.”
“Okay, be careful.”
“Thanks, Sam.”
“I will go too.”
“You sure about that, Alex?”
“Why um...Yes.”
“Okay, Joey and I will wait right here.”
“Good...Let’s go, Michael.”
“After you, Alex.”
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