Street Fighter: Endless Path
Chapter 18: Assault at Vega's Sanctuary
Guile, Cammy and Alex have arrived at the ball from the entrance. Just before them, Gudelia meets up with them, wearing her black evening dress with a thigh slit on the left. Her long black hair in a bun.
"Hola."
"You must be Gudelia," Cammy said.
"I am."
"Are you here for the ball?" asked Guile.
"No. I am here for the same purpose."
"Vega has done really well for himself with this whole Secret Society money lining up his pockets," said Cammy.
"Some kind of event is wrapping up," Guile noticed. "We may have underdressed, well, except for Gudelia, of course."
"Gracias."
"If it gets us any closer to Tom, I'd say we crash this party," Alex suggested, referring to his mentor Tom, who had gone missing.
On their way to the ball, Guile sees a dead body being carried away in a white sheet stained with blood, possibly the work of Vega.
"What the hell happened at this party?" asked Alex.
"My apologies, but the event has ended," said an orange-haired lady.
"We're here on business," Guile replied. "Balrog sent us."
"Follow me."
The lady led them to Vega's chambers. Alex noticed a lot of Vega statues.
"Is that Vega?"
"The one and only," Guile answered.
"This Vega must be really into himself?"
"You can say that."
As they approached the chambers...
"Sir, these guests have arrived for you, sent by Balrog."
"Strange," said Vega, cleaning his claw. "I received no word from him."
Vega then turns around to see the familiar faces, except Gudelia's.
"Ah, Guile, the Killer Bee... you're new."
Vega walks up to Gudelia.
"Quite a stunning lady..."
Gudelia was not buying his charm.
"You and your new friends should have been here sooner. You missed the unveiling of my latest masterpiece. What do you think?"
"I think you're one sick freak!" Guile replied with authority. "But that's not why we're here."
Gudelia began, "We know you are in league with the Secret Society. Balrog has already sold you out. Make it easy for yourself and tell us everything you know about the Society."
Vega laughed. "My apologies, madam, but your intelligence is so laughably outdated. Regrettably, my dealings with the Secret Society has already been completed. Like agent Chun Li. You are already too late to change anything."
"Where is she?" Guile demanded. "If you hurt her..."
"Now, Guile, would I sully such an exquisite beauty such as hers unless absolutely necessary? Lola, please reunite Chun Li with her colleagues."
"Right away, sir."
A few moments later...
"Cuile, Cammy!"
"Chun Li! Are you ok?" Guile asked.
"I'm fine, besides having been around that scumbag for too long. Who are you?"
"I am Gudelia Ramirez of the Mexican Rebellion Command."
"Are you military?"
"Military police. The Mexican government needed a more exclusive police force. We excel at homicides, espionage and other forms of crime prevention."
"Gudelia joined us for this mission," Cammy said. "With her background, she was of great help with her intel."
"Listen, Vega's got a security system here," said Chun Li. "Watch your backs."
"Don't worry about us," said Guile. We need to get these things off and..."
The wristbands snap off by themselves, courtesy of Vega.
"I would love to stay and continue enjoying your conversation, but I have other responsibilities. I would be a terrible host if I left you without company."
Suddenly, the Vega statues from earlier came to life.
"You handsome devils. Finish them."
"Is this the security system you mentioned?" asked Cammy.
"Yeah. I was blindsided by a pair of them."
Cammy, Guile, Gudelia and Chun Li fought the Vega clones. Suddenly, one of them was ambushed by none other than Melody with Chris knocking out another.
"Melody!" Gudelia joined Melody. The Vega lone's skin started peeling, revealing a white... whatever it is, and there's a whole army of them saying zeroes and ones the whole time.
"What the hell are those?" Chris asked.
"Just another day in the office for you guys?" asked Alex
"This is new even for us," Guile replied.
Meanwhile in Vega's limo...
"I had some more unexpected guest arriving at my event today, Mr. Urien. Apparently, they were very familiar with our arrangement," said Vega in his limo phone with Urien.
"Where are they now?"
"They are being dealt with as of this moment with our little toys."
"It matters not, even if they survive. Lord Gill has already given the order from on high, and the gears of the machine that will bring about the new age have already been put into motion. There's no stopping it now."
"I thought as much. My guests' situation should be getting quite lively at this very moment. If you care to watch, you can patch into the Twelve's video feed."
"Thank you, Vega. I will contact you if I need anything further."
Urien watched the video feed. "Interesting. Alex? And who are those three?" Urien sees Chris, Melody and Gudelia aiding Guile, Chun Li, and Alex combating the Twelves.