Chun Li, after screaming and crying wildly in her cell, collasped on her cot and fell into a deep sleep.

Nightmares.

Chun Li saw Bison everywhere-she couldn't run away. At her father's house, he was there, holding out his arms. At the field where she first fought him, he was there, levitating above her head, hand outstretched. At her apartment, Bison stood in moonlight that streamed through the windows, smiling wickedly at her, motioning her to come to him. He was in the stores, resturants, street corners, at work, at the park, at her father's grave, always in the shadows, always beckoning her to come to him.

She ran whenever she saw him. Running as fast her body could, trying to hide within the shadows that protected him, praying that it would do the same for her.

Chun Li didn't want to face him. She was afraid of him, completely terrified of him.

"Don't think you can run!" Bison's voice echoed, laughing manically, crazliy. "Don't think you can get away that easily! You're mine, Chun Li, all MINE!"

Pushing away the darkness, she realized where she was. The fortress. The one where he caught her for the last time. The one where Chun Li's chains were linked together for the first time.

Searching for escape, her worst fear was confirmed: there was no way out. Bison was right, there was no way out.

"You're a naughty girl." his voice slithered into her ear, mocking her. "You've been very, very bad. You need to be punished."

"I haven't done anything wrong." Chun Li defended herself, her voice slightly quivering.

"You were going to. You were going to dream of him, weren't you?" Bison accused her, "Dream of that therapist because he was so nice to you?"

"No, I wasn't so make it stop." she contridicted him and felt his touch caress her neck.

"You underestimate your powers, Chun Li. You could make this stop yourself. You've always had the power to, don't doubt that. You choose not to use it." Bison told her, "Always had the power to make yourself a happy, satisfied woman."

"You speak of a sacrifice, not a power."

"Sacrifice? SACRIFICE?! I give you the pleasures and the happiness people have strived for, died for. There is no sacrifice, that is a fallacy in your head." Bison corrected her, kissing her head. "Your beautiful, naive head."

"I must give myself to you every night, obey your every whim and worship you like my god. I have to repay you for your so called 'kindness' with my body, that's sacrifice." Chun Li hissed, making him laugh.

"No, that's marriage." Bison answered and grabbed her, staring amused into her eyes. "You can't avoid punishment, Chun Li, no matter how hard you try to."

He disappeared and in his place were mirrors surrounding her, creating a cold hallway. Confused, Chun Li could see her reflections all throughout the mirrors, showing her frightened face.

Walking slowly, she saw that the reflections were changing shapes, colors...creating images. Sort of like a sick, twisted House of Mirrors.

The first mirror she saw was her and Bison strugging against each other over her spiked bracelets:

"Give them back! My father gave them to me!" she wailed, wrestling beneath him.

"You don't need them. You have no use for them and they are not safe to be around. I'll buy you new bracelets if you hurt that bad." Bison argued, keeping them out of her reach.

"Please! Just give them back, I won't wear them...!"

"No." Bison refused and pinned her down so she couldn't move. She was crying, tears spilling over the carpet like rain. Her head was spinning, the last object her father gave her was going away forever...

The second mirror showed her in Bison's embrace, glaring hatefully at him:

"Let...me...go." She demanded, her eyes locking on to his. Bison pulled her closer.

"Kiss me and I will." He calmly said, "One kiss. That's all I ask."

"I'd rather kiss a cow." Chun Li rejected his advances before adding, "Though the difference is quite small."

He smiled slightly, tightly holding her. "Clever. Though I'm a bull if you call me a cow."

She rolled her eyes before Bison tried to take her again but he was unlucky. "Don't make me have to force it from you. I'll get my kiss whether you like it or not." he warned her, grabbing her by the chin. Unable to move away, Bison roughly kissed her, pushing her head onto his. "I always win." He stated in her ear afterwards.

The third mirror showed her in bed after intercourse, lying there and looking up at the ceiling with quiet resent. Bison, who was up drinking scotch, laid back down with her, still having a drink in his hand:

"You're quiet tonight. Usually, you have a few words to say." Bison pointed out the obvious, taking a drink. "Mostly sighs and snide remarks but still..."

Chun Li turned over away from him. "What would I have to say to you?" she inquired hatefully. He sat up slightly, looking at her. "I hate that bitchy attitude sometimes, Chun Li. Either you talk to me in a respectful tone or you say nothing." Bison angerily ordered and she shrugged.

"Fine. I'll say nothing." She replied, "Easier for me."

Bison gave a irritated groan and laid back down, setting the glass on the table next to him. "We just had sex and you're being extremely rude."

"If you so recall, I didn't want to have any tonight." Chun Li reminded him before he turned her over. "You face your husband after sex. You do not turn away from me after sex, got it?" Bison commanded, pulling her close. "You still touch me after sex, understand?"

"Having emotional problems, Bison?" Chun Li said in a deadpan voice. "No, having wife problems." He retorted, "But problem solved. Stay like this the entire night or else."

Fourth mirror showed her and Bison having a drink by the gardens:

"Chun Li, look at me when I'm talking to you." Bison interjected, staring hard at her. "You have gotten worse in attitude and lacking appreciation."

"Really? Thanks, I was hoping someone would notice." She dryliy said, rearranging her hat. Bison grabbed her by the wrist, spilling some of her drink. "You do not mock me again, Chun Li...or else I will find a much worse punishment than before." He warned her.

Swallowing, Chun Li stared lifelessly into his eyes. "You've already given me the worst punishment: marrying you."

His mouth twitched into a smile. "Soon, Chun Li, you will fall desperatly in love with me. You can't resist me for long." Bison predicted, letting her go.

"I will and I can." She vowed to him.

Chun Li walked the mirror hallway, watching the images disappear and fade into nothingness. However, there was one mirror she did not look at, one mirror that was saved for last:

"Wear the red dress."

Chun Li flinched slightly when she heard that. Bison was up to something. He was ready to humilate her again. Though she did not want to do this, Chun Li had no choice anymore- Bison already punished her today and she was so tired. She had to be his slave waiting hand-and-foot for him all day long.

Bison wanted a lot of things for her to do.

"Put it on and wait for me in our chambers," Bison instructed her, grinning devilishly when she wasn't looking. "And...don't wear your hair up. I prefer it down with these situations."

Chun Li numbly walked to their room, sighing unhappily. "God, please let me stray away from my body for this session." she prayed as she changed into the red dress.

It was a sleeveless, tied at the back of the neck. It went down to her knees, puffing out slightly. Putting on red lipstick, Chun Li stared in the mirror. All set for one trip to hell.

Waiting, she fiddled with her strands of hair, silently crying out for help. Bison must want her bad, he never asked her to put on the red dress unless he was in dire need of sex.

"Chun Li," Bison called out, opening the door. She stood up, slowly so Bison could have a good look at her. "I see you're all set."

"What do you want?" She asked bitterly.

"You, naturally." Bison answered, moving closer to her. "However, I needed you more than ever today...have no idea why, just do."

Fear crept into her spine...someting about Bison's words and grin made her scared.

"Such a mystery." She tried to act sarcastic.

"And it's about to be closed." Bison retorted before trying to grab her. Chun Li, now completely convinced that Bison was not a normal man tonight, dodged it.

"Ah, a chase? I do enjoy them!" He laughed and lunged for her, grabbing her from behind but strangely did not turn her around to face him. "Now for my prize."

A scream nearly escaped from her lips. Bison was...hurting her! She was nearly bent over, hands on the wall and in complete shock/pain.

Chun Li begged him to quit. Her dress end was up her ears, her undergarments around her ankles. She started to cry halfway through it.

But, like always, her pleas fell on deaf ears.

XXX

Bison looked at the picture of him and Chun Li, a rare one that she allowed to be taken. They were outside in Kyoto, Japan, in a zen garden.

She was so sorrowful in that picture, he almost pited her. Almost.

Chun Li was his wife. His faithful, beloved wife. She needed time to realize that she was always going to be that. There was simply nothing else.

Bison made absolutely sure that there was nothing else.

He wanted to be her whole world. Patiently waiting for him to come back, enjoying the time they spent to the full extent, trying everything to keep him to stay with her...

Bison wanted to see in her eyes that he was all that mattered, he was the only person Chun Li cared about. He wanted her to be so desperately in love with him and so dependent on him so she could never ever run away or even think that.

Now the problem with being captured can be fixed...but maybe if she saw what the world was like now, Chun Li will never run away from him.

Maybe she would even see that Bison wasn't the villian after all.