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[It was a fairly quiet day in the halls. Nothing was stirring really. The water had drained and everything was back to normal. We couldn't have that last, could we? As if in response to the quiet that had set in over the area, one of the cots in the Nurse's office could be seen flying through a wall. Through the wreckage stomped what seemed to be the angriest old man to ever be angry. Heihachi was not pleased with being here.]

Is this another one of your tricks!? Kazuya! Jin! Whichever one of you is behind this, I will find you and I will kill you with my bare hands!

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[Lee was casually strolling by, in which case he's not too familiar with how things worked around here just yet, when the wall is broken through yet again by a flying cot. He backflips out of the way just in time from getting struck by the flying object. That would have really ruined his day in a heartbeat.

He coughs on the landing, waving away the dust that clouds the air, Lee's eyes are closed at first. Then the voice...that voice...his heart freezes and the hair on the back of his neck raises. Oh shit-

His eyes open and his worst fears are confirmed. Yep, it's Daddy Dearest. Lee sets himself to stand up and with a sarcastic expression both visual and verbal, Lee is not entirely without his own ammunition.]

Ah, and here I thought this place couldn't get any worse. Hello, Father.

[Heihachi throws a glare at Lee that would have made lesser men tremble. But not Lee. Heihachi knows full well that Lee stopped reacting to that glare years ago. Just as it should be. Still, he growls a bit before actually speaking.]

You. No wonder this place reeked of failure.

[Oh, he had to say that. Well, at least he knows better than to give in to petty insults. He still keeps his grin and doesn't flinch. Not this time. He's not the scared little boy he once was and failure, that's his path to success and he knows just how to use it.]

Ah, at least I know what I can do to correct my mistakes and I certainly won't repeat yours.

[He doesn't bother taking those steps forward. He knows better than to lend a hand. It's not one of those times. It's a subtle jab to the reveal of Lars and a few others that remain unsaid.]

As foul as this place is, you may want to consider the alternative. And I might add, you're trapped. Have fun~.

[He grins and waves his fingers.]

[Heihachi just rolls his eyes.]

Typical. You ungrateful brat. I taught you how to survive in this world, gave you the skills to make you great. And how do you repay me? Insults and betrayal. That's one thing you have in common with Kazuya, even if you are grossly inferior.

When Death itself cannot keep me caged, this mockery of a place won't fare much better.

[His inhale sounds like a soft hiss while keeping everything bottled up to the point that he just wants to tell this man to go off somewhere else. Still, he had a point but that didn't mean that Lee has to listen to it. Instead, he turns his attention from the past issues to the present.]

I never said I was ungrateful. I learned my lesson. Seeing that we're here for a while, if you see fit, why don't you break it down?

[He wanted to add 'just like everything else you touch', but he knows better. He knows he'll be bested by his father and seeing that Heihachi saw fit not to train him like his brother, Lee reserves his opinions.]

A word of caution, if I may. After a day, the walls repair themselves. I know. I broke it down too.

You didn't need to say it. You've done enough to disappoint me already.

[He scoffs.]

I will find where you, Kazuya, or Jin is running this place and I will get my freedom back. Mark my words.

[Lee has to laugh, then waves it off dismissively.]

Oh, I have no doubt you will, although you'll be very disappointed. Sorry to burst your bubble, but I'm not working with either of them. For once, I wish I could claim this as my idea, [sighs] alas it's not.

Of course.

[He starts to survey the rest of his surroundings.]

This is far too sophisticated for you to orchestrate.

[There's a moment where Lee starts to think that an insult then smirks. He's enjoying the banter too much.]

Oh-ho! So you do have a sense of humor after all. Seriously, I hadn't seen either Kazyua or Jin around. There really is no telling, unfortunately.

[Which, seriously makes him think that Kazuya is here too. Oh, boy has he seen Anna. It's a good thing he knows not to bring up certain things.]

[Heihachi is sure trying to insult. He takes a moment though before saying anything, taking a deep breath and closing his eyes in thought for a moment.]

Kazuya is here, somewhere. I can feel it in the air. ...My father is as well.

[Why can't people just stay dead when he tries to kill them?]

[His smile drops. This isn't something he wants to hear and Lee knows just how powerful Heihachi's connection is to his family. Lee could never have that. His connection to the family is only to be used as a tool and nothing more.]

Tch. It would stand the reason you're here.

[While Lee might not like his father, he at least has to remain civil.]

So, what's stopping you from getting to them?

[Didnt these people ever learn how to use any doors?! For ~~Ra's~~ Heaven's sake he was just about to walk leisurely past the corridor in question when someone just had to go and catapult a bed through the wall. He stopped dead in his tracks to narrow miss being hit, though unfortunately coated in a layer of plaster and dust that had him almost choking.

He coughed and cleared the air with a wave of his hand, trying to dust himself off. While this was enough to make him quite ill-humored, the man in question didn't exactly look to be as chipper as a breath of spring air, himself. And after what he just saw happen, as a bit unbelievable as it was, Pegasus was no fool enough to want and go and anger him further.]

Ojiisan, I beg your pardon but I haven't heard of anyone with those names at all, I'm afraid.

[Have a glare sizing you up. ...You look like you shop at the same place as Kazuya did when he was at the helm of the Zaibatsu. What is it with people and frilly suits?]

And just who the Hell are you?

[With silvery hair, frilly shirt, and foppish manners to boot. Hmm, who could that remind you of.

My, he was rather brutish for a man who just found himself in a place where he couldn't escape from. However, Pegasus could fake a maintained politeness when it suited him. His expression did grow a bit dark at being addressed in such a manner but he'll answer the question.]

Pegasus Crawford. CEO of Industrial Illusions. Hm, I have to wonder the same question about yourself, Mister...?

[Lee would never let his hair get that long. If nothing else, Heihachi managed to teach him that you need both eyes un-obscured for a fight. For his part, Heihachi just crosses his arms.]

Mishima. Heihachi Mishima. Founder of the Mishima Zaibatsu.

[Well, perhaps that was being too generous, given that was where the similarities ended in terms of fighting ability...Being half-blind never helped that factor either. At least he has the Eye to make up for his...apparent lack however.

In all honesty despite the lack of a suit, Heihachi reminded him very much of a man infamous for his brute power, the original founder of Kaiba Corporations, Kaiba Gozaburo.]

I see. [If he was a business tycoon you'd think he'd have heard of him.] A pleasure. [Though honestly he can't say if it is or isn't.] No doubt you have your fair share of questions then, Mishima-san. The nurse may have explained things, but personally I haven't found her to be anything but vague.

In short we've been kidnapped and there isn't an escape, so far as we've been able to tell.

[Heihachi and Gozaburo would get along great. They're two peas in a pod. Both of 'em ruling over a weapons manufacturing company, both deposed by jackass sons, both of 'em even adopting.]

I have a hunch as to who is behind all this... one of my sons or grandson. The ingrates...

[Their similarities are indeed what bothered Pegasus most. Gozaburo would have scoffed at a man like Pegasus, an "artist" and a CEO of games when he'd looked on Kaiba's ideas with such scorn.]

And what, may I ask, gives you such a hunch, Mishima-san?

[If indeed that were the case Pegasus was going to have to keep his eye out for them. By no predetermined force that he could name however did he know how he'd come here. For now he's merely suspicious of most people or things here.]

[Yuj is on his way to the clinic when the wall crashes and a bed is thrown across the hall. The sudden movement makes the young man duck and cover his face with a turn of his torso away from the plaster dust. He coughs and waves the dust away. The Grav-con is on his wrist and he's ready to use it at anytime should there be a threat. Thankfully, he left his rifle in his room.

He looks up and sees Heihachi emerge. Yuj instantly starts yelling.]

What the hell is your problem?! You could have hurt someone!

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