Introduction: Peace in coldsleep.
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The girl awakened...slowly. Her head ached, and her joints felt stiff which wasn't surprising, given the awkward position in which she had lain for ...for how long? How did she get here? Where was here? What had happened to her...?
Slowly, she got to her feet. Still a bit woozy, she tried to discern her surroundings. At first she thought that it was her disconcerted state that caused the area to appear pitch black... But when she heard distant thunder and felt a gust of wind, she realized that the area WAS that dark...and indeed she was outdoors.
Vaguely aware of the tall grass about her feet, the girl began to walk, slowly, not at all sure about where she was going. And then the lightning flashed, briefly illuminating the area... giving it an air of eerie desolation. She realized that she was in an open field of tall grass... and a familiar one at that. That was all it took. The memories came flooding into Chun-Li's mind...rushing like so many waterfalls... though they were jumbled and confusing.
"Oh my God...I...He...Bison!!" she said aloud, her breath quickening. As she mentioned his name she glanced about her furtively, as though she expected to see him lurking somewhere in the shadows. "It was him! He was here... Oh my God, what happened?" she half-said, half-thought. She tried her best to remember what had happened as she stumbled in the dark. Not one to fear the night, Chun Li nonetheless felt a sense of dread...especially when she thought about him... about Lord Bison.
In the darkness, she almost stumbled over something lying in the grass. Something soft... and warm. She quickly regained her balance. What was that she heard? Was it breathing? She got down onto one knee and felt about her with her hands. Sure enough, there was someone there... and, worse, she knew who it was. "Rose!" she said aloud. "Thank God she's breathing!" she muttered under her breath as she knelt beside her. "Rose! Can you hear me?" she asked, a little bit frantic, despite herself. Rose moaned softly. It's as though she's trying to say something to me, Chun Li thought to herself. "Rose," she asked, "What happened to you..." what happened to me? Chun Li wanted to ask herself. She remembered a terrible battle with the devil Lord Bison... and she vaguely remembered doing battle herself... but not with Bison. Then, suddenly, Rose's eyes shot open. "Aaaaaagh!!" she screamed, sitting up and clutching her head. "What is it?" Chun Li asked, glancing about her. The wind suddenly began to blow, and lightning began to flash, briefly illuminating their surroundings. Rose clutched at Chun Li's arm. "I'm feeling it again!" she said. "What?" asked Chun Li, trying to raise her voice above the howling of the wind. "Is it Bison? Is he still here?" she clenched her fist and looked about her, ready for anything. "No!!" said Rose. "It's the other power... the one I felt... when we were... Aaaaaaaagh!" The scream was piercing, and shrill. Chun Li's mind began to work quickly. There was only one time before when she had seen the calm, mature Rose ever lose control of herself, and that was one day in Japan... a long time ago.
"Not even Bison's aura makes rose behave like this..." Chun Li said to herself. "If there really is one out there who is THAT powerful... can we hope to defeat him? Is he here, now?" as she said that, she glanced around her and, when the lightning flashed, she gasped in amazement. The source of the storm was a single man, and the lightning was emanating from his body! The jagged streaks of blue lightning crackled around his body as the air swirled about him, creating a whirling vortex of power... and Chun Li's body froze as she heard a voice cry...."SHINKUUUUUUU......... HADOOOOOOOOKEN!!!" A blast of energy leapt forth from the man's arms and streaked towards...
Towards who?
As the blast of energy lit up the area, Chun Li heard the demonic laughter, saw the massive frame of the man she hated the most in this world... "Bison!!" she cried, forgetting her aches and pains and springing to her feet. Bison, not even hearing her, instantly dematerialized and appeared behind the man. His fist glowed brilliantly as he delivered a devastating blow to the man's back. The man was pitched forward several feet, eventually landing on his face in the grass. As the man staggered to his feet, Chun Li forgot everything else and charged for Her foe, ignoring Rose's warnings. "Don't, Chun Li!" she cried. "You don't know what lies there..." But Chun Li was deafened by rage. Bison was flying towards the man's back...his body glowing with flame, ignited with the power of his deadly psycho crusher. She didn't know why, but she was determined to save the strange man from the master of evil... as though her mind had suddenly given him the face of the man Bison had killed... her own father. But as she ran towards the fighters, a powerful wind sucked her off her feet. She yelled as she was involuntarily yanked towards the strange man, carried at breakneck speed by a powerful wind. She was vaguely aware of Bison, suffering the same fate. As she zoomed towards the man's body, the wind blasting in her face, she heard him cry, "SHINKUUUUUUUUU............" She screamed as the man rose into the air, crackling with power. "TATSUMAKISENPUUUUUUKYAKUUUU!!!" A million cannonballs slammed into her face as she was juggled through the air, kicked viciously several times by a devastating attack, feeling the man she hated the most sharing her fate. In no time she was face down on the ground. As she faded out of consciousness, she was barely aware of Bison's evil laughter. As she fought the darkness, she wondered how could he take that attack so easily? And then... even more confusingly, she heard Bison scream in pain, and a sound like so many firecrackers filled her ears. Then she heard Rose yell, as though in mortal fear, and she heard the strange man cry, "Come back! It is not finished..."
Utterly confused, Chun Li welcomed the darkness, and the peace it brang.
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The girl awakened...slowly. Her head ached, and her joints felt stiff which wasn't surprising, given the awkward position in which she had lain for ...for how long? How did she get here? Where was here? What had happened to her...?
Slowly, she got to her feet. Still a bit woozy, she tried to discern her surroundings. At first she thought that it was her disconcerted state that caused the area to appear pitch black... But when she heard distant thunder and felt a gust of wind, she realized that the area WAS that dark...and indeed she was outdoors.
Vaguely aware of the tall grass about her feet, the girl began to walk, slowly, not at all sure about where she was going. And then the lightning flashed, briefly illuminating the area... giving it an air of eerie desolation. She realized that she was in an open field of tall grass... and a familiar one at that. That was all it took. The memories came flooding into Chun-Li's mind...rushing like so many waterfalls... though they were jumbled and confusing.
"Oh my God...I...He...Bison!!" she said aloud, her breath quickening. As she mentioned his name she glanced about her furtively, as though she expected to see him lurking somewhere in the shadows. "It was him! He was here... Oh my God, what happened?" she half-said, half-thought. She tried her best to remember what had happened as she stumbled in the dark. Not one to fear the night, Chun Li nonetheless felt a sense of dread...especially when she thought about him... about Lord Bison.
In the darkness, she almost stumbled over something lying in the grass. Something soft... and warm. She quickly regained her balance. What was that she heard? Was it breathing? She got down onto one knee and felt about her with her hands. Sure enough, there was someone there... and, worse, she knew who it was. "Rose!" she said aloud. "Thank God she's breathing!" she muttered under her breath as she knelt beside her. "Rose! Can you hear me?" she asked, a little bit frantic, despite herself. Rose moaned softly. It's as though she's trying to say something to me, Chun Li thought to herself. "Rose," she asked, "What happened to you..." what happened to me? Chun Li wanted to ask herself. She remembered a terrible battle with the devil Lord Bison... and she vaguely remembered doing battle herself... but not with Bison. Then, suddenly, Rose's eyes shot open. "Aaaaaagh!!" she screamed, sitting up and clutching her head. "What is it?" Chun Li asked, glancing about her. The wind suddenly began to blow, and lightning began to flash, briefly illuminating their surroundings. Rose clutched at Chun Li's arm. "I'm feeling it again!" she said. "What?" asked Chun Li, trying to raise her voice above the howling of the wind. "Is it Bison? Is he still here?" she clenched her fist and looked about her, ready for anything. "No!!" said Rose. "It's the other power... the one I felt... when we were... Aaaaaaaagh!" The scream was piercing, and shrill. Chun Li's mind began to work quickly. There was only one time before when she had seen the calm, mature Rose ever lose control of herself, and that was one day in Japan... a long time ago.
"Not even Bison's aura makes rose behave like this..." Chun Li said to herself. "If there really is one out there who is THAT powerful... can we hope to defeat him? Is he here, now?" as she said that, she glanced around her and, when the lightning flashed, she gasped in amazement. The source of the storm was a single man, and the lightning was emanating from his body! The jagged streaks of blue lightning crackled around his body as the air swirled about him, creating a whirling vortex of power... and Chun Li's body froze as she heard a voice cry...."SHINKUUUUUUU......... HADOOOOOOOOKEN!!!" A blast of energy leapt forth from the man's arms and streaked towards...
Towards who?
As the blast of energy lit up the area, Chun Li heard the demonic laughter, saw the massive frame of the man she hated the most in this world... "Bison!!" she cried, forgetting her aches and pains and springing to her feet. Bison, not even hearing her, instantly dematerialized and appeared behind the man. His fist glowed brilliantly as he delivered a devastating blow to the man's back. The man was pitched forward several feet, eventually landing on his face in the grass. As the man staggered to his feet, Chun Li forgot everything else and charged for Her foe, ignoring Rose's warnings. "Don't, Chun Li!" she cried. "You don't know what lies there..." But Chun Li was deafened by rage. Bison was flying towards the man's back...his body glowing with flame, ignited with the power of his deadly psycho crusher. She didn't know why, but she was determined to save the strange man from the master of evil... as though her mind had suddenly given him the face of the man Bison had killed... her own father. But as she ran towards the fighters, a powerful wind sucked her off her feet. She yelled as she was involuntarily yanked towards the strange man, carried at breakneck speed by a powerful wind. She was vaguely aware of Bison, suffering the same fate. As she zoomed towards the man's body, the wind blasting in her face, she heard him cry, "SHINKUUUUUUUUU............" She screamed as the man rose into the air, crackling with power. "TATSUMAKISENPUUUUUUKYAKUUUU!!!" A million cannonballs slammed into her face as she was juggled through the air, kicked viciously several times by a devastating attack, feeling the man she hated the most sharing her fate. In no time she was face down on the ground. As she faded out of consciousness, she was barely aware of Bison's evil laughter. As she fought the darkness, she wondered how could he take that attack so easily? And then... even more confusingly, she heard Bison scream in pain, and a sound like so many firecrackers filled her ears. Then she heard Rose yell, as though in mortal fear, and she heard the strange man cry, "Come back! It is not finished..."
Utterly confused, Chun Li welcomed the darkness, and the peace it brang.
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