Tekken Fan Fiction ❯ The Untold Tekken Story 1: Gifts Of Death ❯ Saving King ( Chapter 19 )

Chapter 19: Saving King             Through The Eyes Of Julia           &nb sp;   I hold on to Peter’s hand. He’s been in and out for two days now. I was touched to find out that King had stayed by his side ever since the end of the match. He took little breaks, of which Armor King took over. I did not want to disturb King, so I gave him all the time that he needed. Now, King is on his way to his final two matches.              ;  Peter is in a deep sleep. I wonder what he is dreaming about. Looking around, I saw no one. So I took my tribal pendant off my neck and held it over Peter’s forehead. “Show me what’s troubling you Peter.” I whispered.            &nb sp;  Suddenly, I was in his mind. It was a dark and frightening place; I wasn’t sure if this was the same Peter that I had fallen in love with. Everything was black, hidden in shadows. “Peter?!” I called out. I heard the sound of a devious growl. I turned around to see a horrible monster. It was covered in thick black fur and had sharp claws.             & nbsp; “Oh God!!What is this?!” I fell to my back as it swiped at my head. I reached up for it’s hand, grabbed it, and then threw the beast over my head. Once the monster hit the ground, it let out a double voiced scream. One sounded like Peter’s.             ;   “Peter, is that you?!” I jumped to my feet and ran over to it. “Peter, can you hear me?” I was answered with a smack across my face. I fell to my knees, holding my cheek. The monster stood in front of me, ready to kill. Suddenly, there was a white flash. After the flash died down, a woman stood before me. She was beautiful with her brown almond shaped eyes. Her raven hair reached just below her shoulders and she wore a white head band. Her white dress was shimmering with hope.             &n bsp; She offered me her hand. I took it and stood up. “Thanks” I said. She smiled and nodded. I looked over her shoulder and screamed. The monster was heading for us. In what seemed like slow motion, the woman turned her head. Her raven colored hair whipped around her shoulders gracefully as her bangs bounced on her forehead. With one fluid movement, she placed both palms into the beast’s stomach. A white flash burst forth with little hints of red, blue, and yellow. The monster collapsed immediately.            & nbsp;  “Wow! What was that move?!” I asked. The woman turned her head slightly and answered “I call it Inner Strength.” She then walked forward gently, and she began to speak.             & nbsp; “Peter. This is not you. Fight the evil inside of you, you can beat it. Don’t let it destroy the good in you.” I stepped forward past her and said             &nb sp; “Peter, listen to her. You aren’t this ugly creature. Please come back to me. I love you and I don’t want to lose you, please.” I began to cry softly to myself, the thought of Peter being lost was too much.             &n bsp; The creature stood up and whimpered as a light began to shine forth from it’s chest. We watched as the beast shattered to pieces like glass in a brilliant explosion of snow colored light. Peter stood in the center of the light, falling to his knees. I ran over to him.             &nb sp; “Julia, I’m so sorry… I couldn’t control it.” I smiled and wrapped my arms around his head. Peter looked over to the woman and said             &nb sp; “Thank you Jun. You’ve always been there to help me.” Jun smiled and said “I was glad to see you again. But King is in trouble. A great evil is waiting to destroy him.”            &n bsp;  “Ogre.” Peter said. Jun nodded. “You must go.” She said. I looked at Peter and he agreed with Jun.             &nb sp; “Julia, let’s get out of here.” I nodded and held on to my glowing blue pendant. Above our heads, a white portal beckoned us. We both stood up and before we knew it, we were being lifted off our feet and brought towards the portal.                “Goodbye Jun.” Peter and I said. She smiled and relied “Peter, remember everything that I told you.” Peter nodded and grabbed hold of my hand. I looked down to Jun. Her hair and dress were blowing around gently as we left her in the darkness. I felt guilty, but Jun didn’t appear to care much. Soon, we had faded into the white light, leaving Jun behind. I opened my eyes to see Peter stirring from his sleep. I put my pendant back on and welcomed him. I already knew what he was going to say.             &nb sp; “Julia, I need to break out of here. Please help me.” I nodded and said “Lucky for us that I’m already going to see the final fights.”             ;   Peter looked at me in confusion. “Heihachi told me that he would hand over Michelle to me once the tournament was finished. King and Armor King already left, but I’m taking a jet plane to arrive before them. All we have to do is get out of here and then we can save King.”            & nbsp;  Peter hopped out of the bed and ran into the nearby changing room. I patiently waited as I looked myself in the mirror. I was wearing my traditional Native American fighting outfit, the skirt was just a little too tight. I readjusted my headband just before Peter stepped out of the changing room. He was wearing a loose, sleeveless black silk body suit. He wore red and black sneakers and black cut off gloves to match. The red zipper of the suit was unzipped down to just below the collar bone. He also wore a red cloth belt that hung down both sides of his thighs.                “You look very…cool.” I said with a giggle. He frowned and said “Well it was all I could find in there that actually fit. Better than that teal gown I was wearing before. Let’s go.”            &nb sp;  With that, we both walked to the door and left. Just as we were about to leave the building altogether, several security guards ran up to us. “Excuse us, but Peter, you cannot be released yet! King ordered us to keep you here until he got back.”            & nbsp;  Peter turned around and continued to walk for the door. I soon followed. One of the four security guards ran forward and grabbed Peter’s arm. “You CAN’T leave!!” Peter just exhaled and said “You know, I was hoping you wouldn’t say that.” After that, Peter spun around and pulled the man into a headbutt. Once the man hit the floor, Peter grabbed his forehead in pain. The other three ran at us and Peter and I dropped into our stances. I used my Heaven Shatter Kick on the first man and Peter hop kicked the next. The last guy backed up in fear. Suddenly, three more guards appeared behind him.             &nb sp; He snickered at us and the four of them dropped into various stances. Just then, the back two guards were beat down by two figures. They pushed the other two towards us and Peter and I knocked them both out with high kicks. We stood facing our saviors. They turned out to be Jin Kazama and Ling Xiaoyu!                “Don’t worry Peter, I already know what’s happening. My mother told me as well.” Jin said.             &n bsp; “Yeah and I’m coming to help.” Xiaoyu added. I looked over to Peter and smiled as he appeared happy.             & nbsp; “Thank you guys so much. You don’t know how much this means to me.” He said. Jin nodded and Xiaoyu tilted her head and smiled.                “Let’s go!” I yelled as I opened the door, running to the jet plane that was now loading it’s passengers. To others, we must’ve been a funny sight. All four of us running to the plane as if our lives depended on it. We jumped up the staircase, past the stewardess.            &n bsp;  “Um excuse me, do you all have tickets?” She asked. We all looked at her and answered in unison.                “We’re fighters.” The woman nodded as she stepped inside to shut the door. The four of us sat next to each other. Peter sat next to me, looking anxious. Ling Xiaoyu sat on the other side of me. She wore a green version of her battle dress. Next to her was Jin Kazama. He was shirtless, wearing a pair of black pants with a flame design running up his left leg. We waited patiently as the flight progressed. Peter continued to mingle with his red cloth belt.             &n bsp; I placed my hand over his, attempting to calm him down. He looked at me and smiled “I’ll be okay.” He said. Soon, we were landing. The four of us were ready for anything, or so we thought. Suddenly, the flight attendant spoke into the speaker. “We are now landing, so make sure that your seat belts are fastened.”           &nb sp;   The jet plane landed within a few minutes. Peter looked out of the window and grabbed hold of my hand as he said “What the hell?!” I looked outside and saw that the ground was on fire. The flight attendant ran out of the cockpit and grabbed the microphone. “Everybody, we are sorry about this inconvenience but we have to leave immediately.”                Peter jumped out of his seat and walked over to the stewardess. I got up as well, then I was followed by Jin and Xiaoyu. “Listen, we need to get off this plane.” Peter said as I walked over. The woman said something back just before I reached Peter.             & nbsp; “Yes, I know it looks like hell out there, but someone’s life depends on it!” He yelled. Peter walked over and forced the door open. He turned to the three of us and said “You guys can stay if you want, but I’m leaving.” With that, he jumped out of the plane and landed on the ground, rolling as soon as he landed. I followed without hesitation as did Xiaoyu and Jin.             &nb sp; “You’re ALL crazy!!” the flight attendant yelled. She slammed the door shut and the plane began to take off. The four of us stood as it left, it’s harsh winds putting out many of the various fires.             & nbsp; “King didn’t arrive yet.” Peter said. I walked forward a little and said “Yes, but he should be here in a few minutes.” As the four of us looked forward, we saw the ancient temple in which the final two battles were to be fought. Xiaoyu stepped past me and so did Jin. We began to walk forward. I stopped when I realized that Peter wasn’t with us. I turned to see that Peter was kneeling over on the ground.                “Peter?” I called to him as I walked over to aid him. He shook violently as he answered “Ogre, he’s in there. I can feel it.” I tried to calm him down as I rubbed his shoulders. “It’s going to be okay. Come on, let’s go finish this.” I REALLY wanted my mother back. Peter stood up and completely shook off his nervous attitude.            &nbs p;  He cracked his knuckles and walked past the three of us. I could obviously tell that he was determined. Peter began to walk up the stone stairs, giving us a look that helped us to have his same courage.              ;  “Wait up!” Jin yelled as he ran up the stairs to Peter. Xiaoyu and I followed, being careful not to step in any of the stray fires. We walked into the entrance and took in all our first sights. The temple was large and lit by a series of monster shaped statues which blasted forth fire. We spotted a body on the ground down there. We all kept our guards up as we walked down the steps and made our way to the body.             &n bsp; Xiaoyu knelt down and pushed the body over. “It’s Heihachi!” She exclaimed. Jin stepped forward with a fist as he said “Who did this?!”                Peter became silent, suddenly directing his attention to the large opening of the temple. I listened as I heard the sound of a helicopter become audible.              ;  “They’re here.” Jin said. Peter looked at me as I felt his hand grab mine. I squeezed his hand back with tender affection. We watched as two shadows skid across the floor of the temple’s entrance. In a matter of seconds, King and Armor King walked in.             &nbs p; “Peter?! What are you doing here?!” King questioned as he jogged down the steps. Peter let go of my hand and approached King. “I’ve come to stop you.” King looked at everybody, then to Heihachi’s body.             &n bsp; “What happened here? Did you guys do this?” king asked. I shook my head as I said “Everything was like this when we arrived.” King walked closer to Peter and put a hand on his shoulder.            &nbs p;  “Peter, I’m glad you’re okay. Do you forgive me?” Peter smiled slightly as he said “I never blamed you for anything. King please, do not fight Ogre. He-“ Suddenly, Peter stopped talking as he looked around. “He’s here.” He said.             &n bsp; Suddenly, a laugh echoed through the temple. Everybody dropped into a defensive footing as Ogre came from around a pillar.                “Welcome, to my place.” He said as he looked at King and Peter. “I believe that you still have a portion of my powers.” He said as his red eyes glared at Peter.             & nbsp; Peter stepped forward, dropping into his fighting stance. Ogre appeared angry. Just then, he put his hand forward and blasted an invisible shield of energy towards Peter. Peter flew backwards into a wall, slumping down afterwards. King turned to Ogre, growling with anger as Armor King and I helped Peter to his feet.             &n bsp; “As you can see King, I have finished your first match for you. Now, you will only have to fight me. Win, and you will be the tournament champion.” Ogre said. King nodded, dropping into his fighting stance.                “King no!” Peter yelled out. “Please don’t fight him!” King glanced over at Peter and said “He has to die today; he’s killed too many, including your own family as well as Jun.”            &n bsp;  Jin looked down to the floor as he heard this. Peter looked at me in despair as King used his Head Spinner attack. Both hits landed on Ogre’s chest, causing him to stumble backwards. Suddenly, Ogre lunged at King with a fist, knocking him to his back.