A/N: Hey, guys! So, I forgot to mention in this in the last chapter. For those of you who watch Cowboy Bebop, yes, Vicious is a direct adaptation of that character in the anime with the same name. I used his design and character for this version of Vicious because, quite frankly, Vicious in Cowboy Bebop was one of the most cold characters I'd ever seen and I always thought he was a total badass! I just wanted to show my respect to him in another way and I thought he would be a perfect addition to Guerrilla's team.

As usual, DISCLAIMER: I do not own the rights to Vicious or Cowboy Bebop. Those rights belong their respective owners.


Chapter Six

Just two hours after the H.A.T.E. Company's attack on Fenix Corporation found some of the team at a nearby hospital, Chun-Li was getting her cuts and fixed up by a doctor while Ryu watched with his arms folded. Ken sat backwards in chair, leaning his chin on the back of the chair. Cammy and Guile had gone back to Fenix to check on the damages and to get any more information that they could. The doctors tried to check Guile in but he convinced them that that he didn't need it. As the doctor continued to work, Chun-Li just sat with a faraway look in her eyes, kicking herself for what happened. She was so close to Guerrilla, to ending this nightmare. But he got away. Unlike before where that left her in tears, she was in a quiet rage now. Ryu felt the exact same way. Cammy and Guile walked in and surveyed the scene to see that they didn't feel any better than they did when they left and, in truth, that wasn't unexpected.

"Are you okay?" Cammy asked Chun-Li.

"Fine," Chun-Li said, quickly. They could all hear her anger beneath her calm exterior.

"Ryu?" Guile asked.

Ryu just heaved a hard sigh. That was all the answer he could muster. That was all the answer Guile needed to hear.

"Where is he?" Chun-Li asked.

Cammy sighed and put her hands on her hips. "We lost track. He goated out of the area and we lost track of him. He must have his own private plane or something."

"And let me guess," Ken spoke up, "there's no chance of tracking him?"

"Bingo."

"That was crazy," Guile grunted. "That attack was so damn systematic! It was like he waiting for us to get there before he made his move!"

Chun-Li paused. "That's exactly what he was doing."

Ryu looked up. "Yeah… yeah, he tends to do that."

"Great…" Ken groaned. "Guy's tough as nails, smart, knows he can back it up, and waits to prove it. Nothing worse."

"Well, that does settle one thing," Cammy spoke up. Everyone looked at her. "We need to ditch the phones."

The group all looked, unsure.

"Look, whether he tracked us or not, this next step has to be done as quietly as we can."

It wasn't what anyone wanted, despite it being the most logical step. No one liked it but they all knew it was the best move to make.

"Alright," Guile agreed. "We get rid of 'em. So, what then?"

"The good thing is that Red Eclipse is useless without the processor that's able to read all the satellite data the same time," Cammy explained. "Narang told us that it's still being tested. We have to get to it before Guerrilla does."

"He probably already knows about it," Ryu said.

"Knows about it, probably doesn't have it."

"Wishful thinking."

"Granted. Still… it's our best plan. Especially since it's our only plan."

"What company is it locked under?" Ken asked.

"Not company. Persons. Doctors Bernard Bordeaux and Amit Sharma."

"That first one sounded French."

"Good guess."

"I'll give you one more as to where he lives and where we're going," Guile smirked.

Ken smiled. "New Orleans?"

"Good guess, again, I'll give you that. But nope."

"We're off to Paris!" Cammy said with some joy, hoping to continue to help lighten the mood.

Chun-Li and Ryu didn't feel much like being brought out of their mood but, all the same, they appreciated the effort. Even if it didn't show. Chun-Li stood up. "Let's go." Ryu followed right behind her. The others looked at each other and shrugged, following right behind.


The team went to their hotel to pack up and get ready to go. As everyone else was getting ready to go, Cammy pulled out her laptop and set it on the bed among the other four, who looked at her, curiously.

"Call them," Cammy ordered.

They knew who she meant; everyone in Los Angeles, their families.

She checked her watch. "It's 9 o'clock here. So it's about 7 or so in the AM there." She lowered her wrist. "Wake 'em up."

"Cammy…" Chun-Li was about to argue.

"That wasn't a request, Chun-Li. Call your family while I call Selina. My phone's encrypted so Guerrilla won't be able to know what I'm talking to her about."

"While he might be watching us on a video chat?" Guile asked.

"Exactly. Let him see how determined you guys are to end this. Oh, even better, forget all about him. Don't even bring up the bastard. Say hi to your family, laugh with them. Just don't say where were going."

Ryu and the others couldn't lie to themselves; they were dying to speak to their loved ones. But it just seemed too risky.

"Are you sure about this?" Ken asked.

"Positive." She turned the laptop and got the camera chat started. "Call them. Right now."

A half hour later, the team had established contact with their families in Los Angeles. They were welcomed by a chorus of cheerful greetings, led by Mei, Mel, and Sakura. The happiness on Mei's face brought joy to Ryu and Chun-Li; first time they had that feeling since all this started.

While they had their moment with their families, Cammy went in the hallway and dialed Selina.

"I figured I'd be hearing from you soon, Chief," the other agent answered.

"Any word?" Cammy asked.

"None, Mum. Guerrilla hasn't been seen near a camera since Mumbai, hours ago. I've put out a BOLO with every organization that will even halfway pay attention to it but, really, it's a crapshoot. At this point, he could anywhere."

"Like France."

"Huh? What's in France?"

Cammy paused. Her suspicion of who to trust was growing, especially after the attack on Fenix. It wasn't like Selina was an unsavory individual but the problem was knowing if she could fully trust her or not. Cammy had known many good liars in her life. She didn't know Selina all that well, as they had only been partners for just over a year; so, she couldn't be sure if Selina was genuine or not, especially now.

Taking notice Cammy's long silence, Selina asked. "Chief?"

"Selina. I can trust you, right?"

Selina was surprised. "Chief, come on!"

Cammy immediately chided herself for the unfounded accusation she just made. "I know, I know. Just… this thing with Guerrilla. It's leaving a lot of questions."

Selina paused. "I get you Chief." She sighed. "I don't want you to think you can't trust me, Mum. But… I don't know how to prove that you can."

Cammy let that thought twirl in her head for a second. "Get me the phones, credentials, at least, two good service weapons, and five tickets to Paris. Set us up with a good hotel, there. In fact, the best. Give us the works."

Selina paused. "You didn't have to tell me where you were going."

"I know. But I've decided to keep trusting you, Selina. You haven't given me any reason to not."

Selina smiled. "Thanks, Mum." She was quiet for a second as she typed. "Phones will be waiting for you with our man in Mumbai in a little while. Get the phones to him before you leave for your flight."

"When is our fight?"

"Three hours."

Cammy checked her watch, "Got it. We better get moving, then." She paused, realizing that she should probably apologize. "Selina…"

"I understand, Mum. I wouldn't know who to trust, either. But, believe me: I've got you covered. I swear it."

Cammy didn't know why but she knew that Selina was trustworthy. "Thanks, Selina. Stay safe."

"You, too, Mum."

Cammy hung the phone up and walked back into the room and she saw her friends laughing and smiling. It had been a while before she saw genuine smiles on Ryu and Chun-Li. She hoped everything would end well but she had her doubts. Though she did her best to keep the couple's spirits up, she knew good and well why Ryu and Chun-Li feel as they did when it came to Guerrilla. If the Neo-Shadaloo Incident and the battle at Fenix had proved anything, it's that this battle was far from over and everything was still at stake.


Guerrilla was sitting on his private plane with Lana and Vicious when Lana's cell phone rang.

She answered, "Hello?" She was quiet for a second. "Hold on." She moved the phone down. "Sir, it's our contact with news."

He motioned for the phone and she handed it to him. He greeted, "What is it?" He was silent for a while. "Paris, I know. That's what you said. And that is where Bordeaux and Sharma are hiding the processor, yes?" He grimaced. "What do you mean 'you think so'? I told you to confirm it." He leaned forward. "An educated guess is not good enough for me. I'll tell you this: if Chun-Li and her little friends hinder my plans because of your incompetence, I will burn you. Horribly. So much so that no coroner on the planet will be able to ID you." He was silent for a second longer. "Find out. Now!" He hung the phone up. He started to get a little irritated as he looked out of the window.

"Sir?" Vicious asked.

Guerrilla looked at them both. "Changes of plans. We're going to Paris to aid Kirill in handling this last bit. I don't trust that idiot to get this done, especially if the only information we have is that processor is in Paris."

"With all the money we are giving…" Lana began.

"Money doesn't cure stupidity," Guerrilla interrupted. "In most cases, it just breeds it." He looked at Vicious. "You and Kirill will find Bordeaux and Sharma. I want that processor."

Vicious nodded in agreement, "Sir."

"And Lana?"

"Yes, sir?" she replied.

"Call our newest addition. Tell her to meet us in Paris. I have a feeling we may be needing her skills sooner than expected."


Just over twelve hours later, the team landed in Paris and went to a very luxurious hotel to stay at. As they were checking in and checking out their extremely impressive rooms, the team started to feel like this part of the mission might not be so bad.

Ken whistled. "Nice digs."

"How did we afford this?" Guile asked.

"I pulled some strings," Cammy setting down her bags. She noticed that Chun-Li and Ryu were setting their bags down, as well. "Uh-uh!"

They looked up.

She pointed across the hall, "Your rooms are over there."

They looked at each other confused then back at Cammy.

"Like I said: pulled some strings. Everyone, get some rest. We'll handle this all tonight. We're too tired and jet lagged to be of any use now."

"Tell me about it," Guile agreed. "My ears are still ringing from the damn grenade."

"And I'm still aching from that tramp and damn flipping," Cammy rolled her shoulder.

Ken chuckled. "Bitter?"

"Shut up."

After a few hours of much needed sleep, food, and relaxation, Cammy started a very general search on the new encrypted laptop sent to her by Selina on Bordeaux and Sharma. It was just her, Ken, and Guile in the room with the trio figuring Ryu and Chun-Li were still wiped out and none of them would even dream about waking them.

"Anything?" Guile asked Cammy as she searched.

"Nothing outside of the ordinary," she answered. "These two are world class computer experts. They just like living here because, well, from what interviews say, they like it and can afford it."

"Can't blame 'em," Ken remarked.

"Finding them is easy, which is what I'm afraid of, but we have no choice. We have to ask them where the processor is and get them and it to a safe house."

"So, we won't bring them back here?"

"No chance. Too many people in this area and I'd rather avoid a gunfight in the lobby. If they are somehow aware we are here, they might just keep an eye on the place. Taking the doctors to a different location will, hopefully, throw them off. I'm stressing 'hopefully' so much, here."

"We noticed," Ken and Guile said.

"You already have a place?" Guile asked.

"Yeah. Selina set is up."

He noticed an edge to her tone. "Something the matter?"

"Maybe it's just paranoia. But outside of us, I don't know who we can trust."

"Ever had a reason to not trust her?"

"No. Just jitters, is all."

"Save the willies for when we need 'em," Ken said. "If Selina seems trustworthy, let's just stick with her for now. After all, it's better than nothing."

Cammy shrugged, "That's a good point." She closed her laptop. "Okay, I have their addresses. We need to get moving."

Guile and Ken nodded in agreement. Just then, the door to their room opened and Chun-Li and Ryu walked in, dressed and ready to go.

When Cammy saw them, she put her hand up, "Uh, where are you two going?"

"With you," Chun-Li answered. "Wherever you're going."

"No, you're not."

"Yes, we are."

"You aren't, actually."

"We are," Ryu insisted.

"No."

"Cammy…" Chun-Li began.

"Look, it isn't going to happen. Okay? Get over it."

"You two need some rest," Guile replied. "We got this."

"We've been resting all day!" Chun-Li argued.

"We can help!" Ryu declared.

"Yeah, you can but not now," Guile said.

"Remember what you guys went through two years ago?" Ken asked. "Well, then, it was just the two of you. Now, it's on us. And we got this. You guys may be dealing with the brunt of this but you don't have to do this alone."

"Truthfully? You never did."

"It's why we're here," Cammy added. "Guerrilla may have gotten our attention but, once he did, there was no way in hell we were letting you guys do this alone."

"You two got married and you shoulder each other's problems," Ken said. "That's a good thing. But you both think that you're alone together. And you're not. We came here because this is not your problem. It's ours." He smiled. "Because that's what family does. We stick together. If one member of the family is going to war, the rest of us are in there, too. From start to finish, no matter what."

"Damn right," Guile nodded.

"Couldn't have said it better," Cammy agreed.

The married couple understood that and calmed down. They looked at each and realized that they did get caught up in their emotions; all they thought about was how Guerrilla showed up affected them and how they had to stop him. They kept forgetting the three other people who were putting their lives on the line to help stop this madman and keep them safe. They felt terrible, like they had let down their friends.

"Everyone, listen," Chun-Li said as she and Ryu looked back at them. "We… we-we just…"

"Have history with this guy," Guile finished. "We all know that and we all get it. There's no one standing here who doesn't have some kind hatred flare up with the name 'Bison' is spoken out loud."

"Yeah, but…" Ryu started.

"Forget it," Ken waved it off. "We'll get the docs. You two rest. As much as you can. Order some room service." He looked at Cammy. "We can afford that, right?"

Cammy rolled her eyes. "Yes, idiot."

Ryu smirked. "We couldn't ask for better friends. Thank you, all."

"For everything," Chun-Li said.

"Don't thank us yet," Guile said. "We haven't caught the son of a bitch."

Ken made a fist. "But we will. Speaking of that, let's get the good doctors and work on that part next, shall we?"

"We shall," Cammy nodded.


A/N: So, the plot thickens. Who is Guerrilla's contact? Who is the newest addition? Is the team a step ahead of Guerrilla? If they are, how will the terrorist react?

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