"Who are you? Why do you disturb my sleep?" he yelled at her as he brought to bear his own defenses.
"I'm merely curious. I discovered that someone was rashly using the psycho power, and that person appears to be you."
"Well, you have me at a disadvantage madam. If you show yourself, I might not hunt you down as soon as I awaken." He briefly tried to break her disguise. No dice.
"I think not. I merely wished to confirm a hunch. I would, however, ask you who is really behind all of this. You don't seem the type to come into such power accidentally."
"You really want to know? Well, he's coming here right now! I informed him of this meeting as soon as you appeared," and as soon as the words left his mouth, a red fog began to intrude on the dream. It crept up behind the woman and enveloped her legs as she screamed in pain. Then, suddenly, she was gone. The fog began to coalesce into a vaguely human face that Bison came to recognize immediately.
"Well, now that that's taken care of, we can get down to business. Greetings my pupil. How fares your experiment?" the ethereal being intoned.
"Well enough. He is under my control, but occasionally tries to break free. I rather enjoy it, but his struggles get weaker and weaker....I'll almost miss them."
The face chuckled. It was a dry sound, like wind through autumn leaves. Any other human would have found it unsettling.
"That is good. You shouldn't break his will......yet. But, when you do, he will be brought directly to me."
Bison didn't like the sound of that. If Ryu became his master's star pupil, that wouldn't leave much use for Bison. "I'll hand him over when I'm ready. In the meantime, I want some......guarantees."
"No deals. You are in no position to bargain, your soul is already mine. Of course, you could try....taking it back."
"Maybe, old one. I just might surprise you."
"I hope so. It would be incredibly disappointing if you didn't."
And then Bison awoke.
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Streetfighter: The Animated Movie 2 by Eric J. Schepers schepps@hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________
Sagat entered the condemned building and took off his coat. It was bad enough that it was raining outside, but this place had to be in one of the more run down parts of town. He just hoped this wouldn't take all night, he had a job to do after all.
"I know you're here, you might as well show yourself," Sagat said. A shadowy figure stepped out into the light. He was of average height and wearing an orange gi that closely resembled Ken's or Ryu's.
"Hello Dan. I trust you're well?"
Dan snorted with derision. "I didn't call you here to discuss pleasantries Sagat! I'm going to pay you back for what you did to my dad."
"So it's going to be like that huh? Well, let me tell you something. His death was ordered by my boss, Bison. You really should take it up with him," Sagat said as he smiled with thinly veiled contempt.
"I will, you can bet on that."
"Oh, somehow, I doubt you'll be in any condition to do anything. I plan on taking care of this tonight. One way or another."
Dan nodded ,"I wouldn't have it any other way!" Then he leapt at Sagat and kicked him in the chest three times, driving him back into the wall. Sagat fell forward, onto his knees. "Come on old man! Don't tell me that's all you have!" Dan taunted from a couple feet away. He was just about in range......
"TIGER KNEE!!!!" Sagat yelled as he leapt up from his crouch and drove his knee deep into Dan's stomach. The force of the hit caused Dan to fly back several feet until he flipped around and landed on his feet. Blood trickled from his mouth as he snarled at Sagat.
"Nice move gramps. Maybe I should stop under-estimating you."
Sagat just gazed at him without saying anything.
Dan ran at him with his fist pulled back. Energy began to form as he brought it forward and opened his palm. The fireball left his palm as he reached Sagat who immediately ducked. The fireball traveled a couple inches and dissipated as Sagat yelled ,"TIGER BLOW!" Sagat connected with a solid uppercut to the bottom of Dan's jaw. As Dan's head flew back, Sagat landed and kicked him across then face and hit him with it again on the way back. Then he punched him in the stomach, lifting him off the ground. Sagat then grabbed Dan and threw him into the wall. Dan slowly slid to the floor, blood spreading in a puddle below him.
"Looks like your father won't be avenged after all," Sagat said as he turned to leave. He didn't notice Dan getting back on his feet.
"It's not over yet," Dan said as he stood back up. Sagat slowly turned around, expecting Dan to be lying in a puddle of his own blood. He was surprised to see that Dan was actually standing.
"You have courage for one so young. I almost admire you," Sagat chuckled as he moved in for the final blow.
"You ain't seen nothing yet........SHINKU HADOKEN!" Dan brought his hand from behind his back as massive energies swirled around his fist and smashed it into Sagat's face. The taller man was flung back, smoke emanating from his head.
"How do you like that old man? Is that how my dad felt when you blasted him from existance?!" Dan limped over to the still-standing Sagat.
"Maybe. But I'm far from dead," Sagat gasped ," Tell me, did you study with a man named Ryu?"
"The name means nothing to me gramps."
"Good."
Sagat leapt away from the wall and toward Dan. His feet were blurs as they pounded into Dan, forcing him back. Then Sagat leapt into the air as his leg became covered with fire and drove it directly into Dan's chest, causing him to literally fly through a boarded up window. Dan smacked into the wall of a neighboring building and slid to the ground. The fight was over for him.
Sagat leapt out of the hole Dan's body made, and walked over to him to finish the job. "Still alive huh? Not for long." Then a hand settled on his shoulder.
"Bring him to me Sagat. I could use him," Bison's voice said, but there was something.......metallic about it. Sagat turned to face the observer cyborg and looked it square in the eye.
"Are you certain master? I would hate to let this opportunity pass."
"Don't question my will Sagat. It will be the last thing you ever do," with that, the cyborg wondered off to observe other fights and collect it's information. Sagat didn't really trust them since they gave him a lower power rating than Ryu, anybody could tell he was the more powerful just by looking at him.
Sagat slung Dan over his shoulder with some disgust and walked away.
Rolento lowered his binoculars. "Here he comes. Get ready."
His target, a yellow cab drove down the deserted street. It's occupant had a plane to catch. Rolento waited for just the right moment.........
"NOW!"
The street under the taxi seemed to bulge up and then burst into a ball of light. The car was launched into the air and landed several hundred feet away, it's sides scraping against the wall of a building. Rolento leapt off the roof where he observed the cab's approach, and slowly walked over to the taxi. He stopped several feet away from it and motioned his men to check it out. His loyal foot soldiers searched the cab and made their report in record time.
"We only found the driver. H-he wasn't in this one," one of his cadets informed him. Unfortunately, Rolento was an adamant believer in shooting the messenger.
"Are you saying I have erred, Private?"
"Uh, no sir. Of course not, s-sir."
Rolento smiled a cruel smile as he stared into the frightened soldier's eyes. "That's good. Because if you were, well......I don't really know what I'd do to you. But since you didn't I won't be doing that." Rolento's hand moved so quickly none of the cadets saw it. What they did see was a steel cable cutting into their hapless comrade's windpipe. Rolento applied more pressure and looked at the other recruits.
"Anybody else have something to report?" His men looked at each other and didn't say a word. "Good."
By now his victim's hands had let go of the cable and hung limply at his sides. With a casual flick of his wrist, the cable returned to Rolento's hand and released the soldier who promptly fell to the ground.
"Pick him up and get back to your barracks," Rolento ordered as his gaze moved over the alley.
"Sir, are you coming back with us?"
"No," Rolento said as he faced the soldier who asked that question.
"Very well, good hunting sir."
Rolento returned to studying the alley and muttered ,"Not yet. But there will be."
The soldiers left as quietly as they had come and Rolento waited patiently. He didn't have to worry about cops, since this was a pretty rough part of town and the law was quite a rarity in these parts. Also, any cop that tried to arrest him wouldn't walk away like the private.
Finally he tired of waiting and yelled ,"Alright! I know you're there so come on out!" Rolento suddenly felt a presence behind him and turned to meet a Bushido kick face first. "How's it hanging Rolly? I see you still get your jollies from picking on subordinates," Guy taunted him as he warily circled out of Rolento's reach.
"None of that compares with pounding your head in, Guy. But I guess I'm just a simple guy at heart," Rolento growled as he whipped out his knives and flung them at his opponent. Guy dodged the first one and jumped over the second one. Rolento used Guy's forward momentum against him as he tuck and rolled backwards, laying grenades as he went. Guy landed in the middle as they went off with a huge bang. Rolento smiled as chunks of pavement fell around him.
"I finally got you punk."
Suddenly, a blackened and very pissed Guy leapt out of the conflagration. As soon as he was directly over Rolento, he seemed to stop in mid air and landed on the military man's head. The impact drove Rolento's head deep into the already damaged pavement as Guy shakily regained his feet.
Guy glared at his opponent as Rolento pulled his face off the ground. "Grenades?! And Mike says I'm nuts." Rolento was back on his feet, but was listing a little to the left.
"Want more? You got it! BUSHIDO RAMPAGE!" with that Guy leapt forward and hit Rolento in several spots, seemingly at once. He finished up with a roundhouse to the jaw, causing an audible crack as it slammed shut. Rolento's battered body slumped to the ground.
Guy watched him warily as if he expected him to jump back up. Then after a few minutes, he turned and left.
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Two major fights in this one, but Dan and Rolento are not out of it by a long shot. E-mail me at schepps@hotmail.com and give me C&C, flames, or suggestions. Let me know whether you like the shorter versions more! Oh, and I used Dan Well's Streetfighter Alpha 2 guide to name all the moves (So, you could blame me, but you'd be wrong :)
