Chapter 8:
Chun Li woke up on a small bed, she looked up and wondered where she was. She saw she was in a small room with a metallic sliding door with a camera watching her every move. She remembered that Sagat and Vega had taken her prisoner. I must be near Bison if his two goons nabbed me. I've got to get out of here. Chun Li got into her meditation stance. She channeled everything around her, trying to wield it to her will. A blue light began forming in her hands, she had to hold her concentration very high and steady. Feeling the power flow through her, she condensed the power to her hands and threw the blue ball of energy toward the door. The door blasted away from its track and hit the wall behind it. Yes! Now I can get out of here.
Chun Li ran from the holding cell and tried finding her way out. She discovered she was on Bison's airship. It's too quiet…where is everyone? She made her way out to an opening and just when she was about to get out, she felt something knock her down. She turned around to see what made her fall and to her horror, she saw Bison standing over her.
"Well, well ,well, Ms. Li, how you've grown. I hope you liked my little game of cat and mouse," Bison said looking down at her.
"Bison, you bastard. What do you want from me? I'll never surrender to your psycho power." Chun Li stood up and prepared to fight.
"Calm yourself, Ms Li, I'm not here to challenge you, although you have peaked my interest when you broke apart my door without even touching it. Such raw power! A power I want."
"Cut the crap, Bison, what do you want?"
"Your child!"
"What could you possibly want with my baby? You cannot possible love it, you're too sick and twisted. I'll never stop until your head is rolling."
Bison let out an evil laugh. "You carry the child of one of the most powerful fighters in the world. Your offspring would have the genetic material for super soldiers. Imagine raising it from infancy to perfect ultimate fighters."
Horrified, Chun Li yelled, "Never! You'll never have our child!" She tried running away but it was useless, Bison was too strong for her to fight on her own.
"Be careful how you act before I rip that child from your womb. You are disposable but since the child isn't ready to come out, you'll remain unharmed for the time being."
What am I going to do? Ryu! Ken! Please hear my call for help…
Guile and Cammy looked everywhere they possible could, called the hotel, and put out the word to find Chun Li. They finally went out to the spectator box while Ryu and Ken were fighting. Ryu looked over and saw Chun Li wasn't with them.
"Ken, hold on!" Ryu yelled before Ken threw another punch. "Chun Li is still missing. She not in the box with Guile and Cammy." The crowd booed them for stopping mid-fight.
"Where could she possibly be?" Ken wondered. They ran over to the spectator box.
"There's no sign of Chun Li anywhere! We even checked the local hospitals in case she went into labor, there's no trace of her." Guile said. Ryu began to worry.
"There were many guys here affiliated with Shadowlaw, they could have taken her," Ken said.
"We have to find her. Ken, if anything happened to her, I'd never forgive myself," Ryu said while grabbing Ken's shoulder.
"We'll find her, Ryu. Come on, guys!" Ken began to lead them out of the arena but heard a booming voice on the intercoms.
"Not so fast, Ryu!" The voice said.
Ryu instantly recognized that voice. "Bison!"
"If you want to see your precious Chun Li again, you'll come alone to the abandoned airfield atop of the southwest peak within the hour." The intercom turned off.
"He-he has Chun Li!" Ryu fell to the ground. Ken ran over to him.
"We'll get her, Ryu! We'll find a way," Ken reassured.
"We'll have to call in backup, Guile. Immediately!" Cammy said. Guile nodded.
"Listen everyone! Bison challenged me. If we don't play by his rules, he might kill Chun Li! I can't have that. I must go alone." Ryu turned to walk away.
"Wait! Ryu, wait! We can do this together," Ken tried holding his attention. "We have time to formulate a plan. Let us help you."
"We might not have that kind of time. I'm leaving. You can think of something with Cammy and Guile, but Chun Li needs me. She's probably terrified right now." Ryu quickly left.
The three fighters let Ryu run off. "We need to help Ryu and Chun Li. Last time Ryu and I fought him, Bison nearly killed us and we both were fighting him." Ken explained. Continuing to talk, the three fighters thought up a plan to aid Ryu with the impending battle with Bison.
At the abandoned airfield…
Bison was standing outside his airship with Chun Li tied beside him. Ryu walked toward them with caution. His heart sank at the sight of Chun Li next to such an evil man.
"Finally decided to show up, Ryu? Come to save your damsel in distress?" Bison said.
"Ryu, run away! It's a trap!" Chun Li tried warning him.
"Let her go, Bison! Your battle is with me. Leave her out of this!"
"Ms. Li is now my temporary guest. She won't be going anywhere anytime soon. You two have made the perfect specimen for me and once Ms. Li has proven useful, then she may go…on the condition you join Shadowlaw on your own free will."
"What the hell do you mean, Bison! Let her go or I'll rip you to shreds." Ryu yelled out.
"You're in no position to be giving the demands. Meet my requests or I'll have to beat you to come to your senses."
"Ryu, please, get out of here!" Chun Li began to say but Bison knocked her back.
"Bison! Don't touch her, you bastard!" Ryu charged him. He jumped up high and came down to kick his face but Bison teleported out of the way. Balrog, Sagat, and Vega walked out of Bison's airship and toward Chun Li. Sagat roughly handled her.
Chun Li called out, "Ryu!" She knew she was in a bad predicament. She was terrified they would get Ryu and turn him evil with psycho power. She knew she would have to try channeling her inner chi again if she wanted to break free from Sagat's clutches. She felt angry every time she saw Ryu hit the ground while battling Bison. I have to help. There's got to be something I can do!
Ryu could feel himself growing tired from his fight with Bison, but he kept trying to attack him and gain any type of advantage he could.
"Feeling tired, Ryu?" Bison taunted him. "Release your true potential! Fight me on fair playing grounds, bring out your inner demon dying to kill me. Show me the dark hadou!"
"Be careful and you just might get what you wish for!" Angered, Ryu wanted to bring out his inner demon, especially when he saw Chun Li in the grasp of Sagat, knowing he could snap her neck at any moment. Ryu began to glow dark purple, his eyes turning into an empty soulless person.
"Ryu! Don't give in! Don't give in to the dark hadou!" Rose appeared in front of him.
"Rose! Nice of you to show up but stay out of my way!" Bison yelled.
Rose turned back to Ryu and pleaded with him again, "Think of everything you have been training for. Don't let yourself get consumed by your hatred."
The purple glow dissipated around Ryu. He mustered a new strength, one that he wanted to give all to his fight.
"Fool! You'll never defeat me without the dark hadou! You just dug your own grave. Die!" Bison rushed toward Ryu again, battling ensued.
Meanwhile, Ken, Cammy, and Guile flew high in a helicopter heading toward the abandoned airfield. Hold on Ryu, Chun Li. We're coming. Ken tightened his fists.
Back at the airfield as Bison and Ryu battled, Chun Li gathered her strength. She knew she had to break away from Sagat, Vega, and Balrog. Again, she tried channeling her chi, concentrating her thoughts on all living things around her. Vega noticed Chun Li trying to energize herself, so he attacked her and knocked her to the ground.
"Try something again, wench, and I'll cut that child out of you!" Vega held his claw to her stomach. Suddenly, Vega flew back by a flying ball of blue light. Everyone turned around to see Ken, Cammy, and Guile. Chun Li looked up and felt relieved help had finally come.
"Balrog, Sagat, Vega…nice to see you again. Prepare yourselves for the fight of your lives. Nobody messes with my friends and gets away scot free."
"And here I was thinking Bison was going to have all the fun," Balrog said.
"Don't worry, Chun Li. We're here now," Cammy said reassuringly.
"I get the big one," Guile called out. "I have unfinished business with Sagat."
Running toward each other, the 6 fighters began an all out brawl. Rose teleported herself to Chun Li's side, checking on her and the baby.
"Get me closer to Ryu, please! I have to help him. I've got to do something." Chun Li pleaded.
At the same time, Bison gathered a lot of strength and punched Ryu, he went flying across the airfield with a loud noise and dust clouded in the air. It was loud enough to stop everyone in their tracks. Ryu lay on the ground, badly bruised and bloodied. He let out a cry of pain. He knew he needed help. He called out to anyone that could hear him. Bison stood across the field and laughed evilly, thinking the battle to be over.
Chun Li heard a cry for help. She could tell it was coming from the direction where Ryu was. Then she flashbacked to her reoccurring dream: She heard someone calling out to her, someone badly hurt. She ran toward the call of help.
It was Ryu. My dream, it was Ryu calling out for help. In an instant, Rose's spell broke from Chun Li's mind, she remembered everything. "Rose! Get me to Ryu, quickly!" Rose teleported her to Ryu's side. When she got there, she looked at Ryu on the ground and began to cry. "Ryu! Ryu! Get up, please!"
"C-C-Chun Li," Ryu said weakly, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I couldn't protect you."
"Don't worry about that now. None of that matters. Before any more time passes, I have to tell you...I remember! I remember everything! I love you."
Still weak but warmed by Chun Li's affection, Ryu said, "It was you…in my dreams. You are the one who comes to save me." Chun Li hugged Ryu and helped him stand up.
"Such a sweet reunion, but I'm getting tired of this. I'm sick of waiting, I want that child now!" Bison yelled to them
"I'll give you two some time, muster all your strength and release it to kill Bison!" Rose said.
Chun Li grabbed Ryu's hand and put it to her stomach. "There's one more thing…Ryu, the baby…it's ours. We are going to be parents."
"How can that be?" Ryu was stunned.
"I'll explain everything later. Right now, let's make sure our child has a future."
"Right. Let's do it!"
With renewed energy, Ryu felt on top of his game, "I don't need the dark hadou for this." Chun Li smiled. Both fighters stood tall and began to summon the life force of everything around them.
Ken and Cammy had crippled their rivals, leaving them unconscious by the airship. Sagat managed to flee from his fight with Guile but leaving hurt in the process. They all looked over to Chun Li, Ryu, Rose, and Bison's direction.
Continuing to gather a blue force of energy, the ground shook around them, electricity came down from the sky, powerful winds blew around them. They gathered all their strength and felt the flow of chi coursing through their bodies. Power and more power flowed to their hands as they charged their flaming blue balls of energy. Until they couldn't harness anymore power, Rose was able to throw Bison directly in front of them. Ryu and Chun Li released their energy toward Bison with mighty screams of power, their hands moving rhythmically.
Bison looked at the force of energy flying at him, "No!" he screamed out. He was hit by the immense power of the two lovers, no physical being could escape. His body disintegrated into nothing.
Chun Li and Ryu embraced, "We did it. We finally got rid of Bison!" Chun Li said weakly.
"We did it together." Ryu replied. He grabbed Chun Li and passionately kissed her. Tears flowed from her eyes, she was so happy.
"My father is finally avenged. I am free."
Ken, Cammy, Guile, and Rose gathered around the two lovers. They commended them on the defeat of Bison. "Shadowlaw will fall for sure!" Guile said.
"Let's all get out of here" Ken said. A police helicopter hovered above them, picked them all up, and flew them away.
To be continued…