Chapter 2: Violated by the devil
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Chun Li closed her eyes and took a deep breath. These were the worst of her memories... and when she found out that they would not go away, she learnt how to control them, and to use them to keep her burning drives alive. For these were the memories of Bison's greatest sacrilege ever... his desecration of the thing she held the most dear- the memory of her father.
After receiving the psycho crusher, she lay on the ground, In terrifying pain from the waist up, and feeling nothing below that. She realised in shock that her spine must be broken... she couldn't even move her legs! All she could do was shut her eyes tightly, and bite her lip as the pain seared through her body. It was made worse by the feeling of Bison's evil presence lurking above her. She barely heard his voice. "Fool. You will be dead in a few moments. But I am not finished with you yet. You must carry something with you to your grave, and join your father with even more shame than you otherwise would."
As Bison grabbed her round her shoulders and dragged her up towards himself, she realised at once what he was about to do. "Oh my god, no..." she muttered, struggling to see Bison's evil grin through her tears. She could smell his acrid breath... charged with static electricity that leapt from his glowing eyes. However, as he noticed legs hanging limply beneath her, Bison cursed under his breath. "Hmmm... your spine I snapped.", he muttered. "But not even that can save you now." Chun Li was about wondering what he meant when he grabbed her forehead in a vice-like grip. "Your father..." he said, chuckling. He had barely finished talking when Chun Li's mind exploded, and she screamed out loud. Enjoying her pain, Bison laughed. Her legs buckled beneath her... did she just feel them move? She wasn't quite sure... and she didn't care much at that time... for then Bison's power invaded her mind.
Twisted visions appeared within her mind... evil twin images conjured up by the abomination that was the merging of Bison's mind and hers. She saw her dear father... one moment smiling lovingly at her, a memory of her early years that she treasured, suddenly become a twisted vision of grimacing death. She saw him wave goodbye to her as he had done on the fateful day he died... and then she saw him throwing his hands in the air as he took Bison's psycho crusher in the chest. As each of these visions occurred to her, the previous memory was erased, never to return, to be replaced permanently by the demonic desecrations of M.Bison. She was barely aware when she was flung to the ground like a piece of rubbish. As she lay on the ground, sobbing with fear and in despair, she was barely aware of Bison roaring out loud in anger. She almost did not hear the devilish wails of his cape as he flew through the air repeatedly, utilising his deadly psycho crusher. And if she had not forced her eyes open at the last moment, she might not have seen what happened next.
Bison was glowering at an assailant who stood before him on the ground, staring defiantly into his eyes. "I will destroy you now like the worm you are!!!!" he roared in wrath. "You are whatever you call me, cousin..." she replied. "SHUT UP!!!!!" Bison roared. "PSYCHOOOOOOOO.......CANNON!!!" His sinuses were strained to their limits by that cry.In his hand was an enormous glowing ball of power. Tearfully, Chun Li realised that it made her kikoken seem very insignificant. Bison leaned back to hurl the blast, then, faltered slightly, seemingly causing it to lose some power, before hurling it as a streaking comet of fire towards the lone woman. Chun Li braced herself for the murder that was sure to follow...
"Reflect!!!!!" In amazement, Chun Li saw the woman reverse the power of the blast, sending Bison's shockwave right back at him. Then she energised it with a blast of her own..."Soul spark!!!" The megablast through right through the spot where Bison was standing, and exploded in the distance, lighting up the area. Bison reappeared suddenly beside the woman, apparently having teleported. He swung a fist at Rose, but she dodged it, then suddenly it looked as if four versions of her were standing there, returning the attack!! Bison unbelievably dodged the various punches and kicks that the four 'women' launched at him, then grabbed one of them. The others immediately stopped moving. Perhaps they are all the same person.. Chun Li thought, her pain not so great now she was engrossed in the fight. Bison hurled the woman away, but she simply flipped over in mid air and landed on her feet. Barely wasting an instant, Bison cried, "SCISSOR KICK NIGHTMARE!!!!" miraculously, the woman skilfully blocked the rain of deadly frontflip kicks delivered to her. As soon as she saw an opening, she retaliated. "Aura assault!" Bison was hit by a deadly rain of kicks, punches and slashing attacks that the woman made with her strange glowing scarf."Soul spark!!!" The master of destruction was sent flying, blazing with flames....
Bison recovered in mid-air and remained there, floating, his arms crossed. "I would stay and finish you." He said. "But I have business to attend to. Goodbye!" " You shall not evade me for long, cousin." The woman said. "DON'T CALL ME THAT!" boomed Bison.... And then he was gone.
As soon as Bison left, the woman dropped to her knees. Breathing heavily, she remained like that for a long time... long enough for Chun Li's pain to return. She moaned softly. The woman suddenly looked in her direction. Her blood froze. She remembered her calling Bison "cousin". But there was something about her that was as good as Bison was evil. So she called out to her, despite herself. "h...help...." The woman gasped in surprise. "Oh you poor child...." She whispered. In a trice she was by Chun li's side. She closed her eyes and laid a hand on Chun Li's head. Her touch seemed to ease the pain. Chun Li felt so peaceful... in fact she would not have minded dying at that moment. When the woman opened her eyes there were tears in them. "If only I could be there for all those who my cousin hurts..." she said. She shook her head, and sat in the grass beside Chun Li. The clouds were dissipating, and the sun was beginning to penetrate into the darkness. A bird sang in the distance.
The pain was gone. Chun Li felt grateful, at least now she could die in peace. And the violated memories were not quite gone, but not so vivid anymore. Chun Li was about to close her eyes and sleep , finally, when she heard something... she heard sobbing. She got up on her knees and turned to the woman beside her. She was weeping quietly... the tears ran freely down her face. Chun Li felt for her. In that instant she knew... somehow this woman who seemed so strong as to face Bison and survive... was forever condemned to hunting him down and witnessing his evil deeds... and all the guilt meant for the monster would come upon her when she wasn't quick enough to stop him. This made her hate Bison even more, and she felt closer to this strange woman at that point than she had to anyone since her father's death.
She walked over to the woman's side and knelt beside her. With hatred for Bison, came Chun Li's strength and she was no longer the sobbing wreck she had been minutes before. "Don't let him hurt you..." she whispered. "He does that to us all..." The woman looked up at her and smiled through her tears. "I'm happy you try to understand..." she said. "But you can't ever fully understand." Chun Li stood tall, barely remembering that her spine was supposed to be broken. As she looked out towards the now barely visible shadow that lay in Bison's wake, she spoke in a voice that bore strength that even she did not know she posessed. "Bison's evil has caused my life to become what it is now..." she said. "And no one has ever understood or felt what that means." She looked at the woman, whose name she now knew instinctively. "Will you help me find him, Rose?"
A day ago, Chun Li would never have asked anyone to help her find Bison. At this moment she would have probably given up if Rose did not accept. Thankfully the woman called Rose smiled even wider and nodded her head at Chun Li. Chun Li nodded back, then for the first time in several years, she smiled because she was happy.
And now, as she walked out of the interpol building, she closed her eyes and wished that the only ally she trusted in the world would hear her call... and be there when she opened them.
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CHAPTER THREE:Demon seeds
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Chun Li closed her eyes and took a deep breath. These were the worst of her memories... and when she found out that they would not go away, she learnt how to control them, and to use them to keep her burning drives alive. For these were the memories of Bison's greatest sacrilege ever... his desecration of the thing she held the most dear- the memory of her father.
After receiving the psycho crusher, she lay on the ground, In terrifying pain from the waist up, and feeling nothing below that. She realised in shock that her spine must be broken... she couldn't even move her legs! All she could do was shut her eyes tightly, and bite her lip as the pain seared through her body. It was made worse by the feeling of Bison's evil presence lurking above her. She barely heard his voice. "Fool. You will be dead in a few moments. But I am not finished with you yet. You must carry something with you to your grave, and join your father with even more shame than you otherwise would."
As Bison grabbed her round her shoulders and dragged her up towards himself, she realised at once what he was about to do. "Oh my god, no..." she muttered, struggling to see Bison's evil grin through her tears. She could smell his acrid breath... charged with static electricity that leapt from his glowing eyes. However, as he noticed legs hanging limply beneath her, Bison cursed under his breath. "Hmmm... your spine I snapped.", he muttered. "But not even that can save you now." Chun Li was about wondering what he meant when he grabbed her forehead in a vice-like grip. "Your father..." he said, chuckling. He had barely finished talking when Chun Li's mind exploded, and she screamed out loud. Enjoying her pain, Bison laughed. Her legs buckled beneath her... did she just feel them move? She wasn't quite sure... and she didn't care much at that time... for then Bison's power invaded her mind.
Twisted visions appeared within her mind... evil twin images conjured up by the abomination that was the merging of Bison's mind and hers. She saw her dear father... one moment smiling lovingly at her, a memory of her early years that she treasured, suddenly become a twisted vision of grimacing death. She saw him wave goodbye to her as he had done on the fateful day he died... and then she saw him throwing his hands in the air as he took Bison's psycho crusher in the chest. As each of these visions occurred to her, the previous memory was erased, never to return, to be replaced permanently by the demonic desecrations of M.Bison. She was barely aware when she was flung to the ground like a piece of rubbish. As she lay on the ground, sobbing with fear and in despair, she was barely aware of Bison roaring out loud in anger. She almost did not hear the devilish wails of his cape as he flew through the air repeatedly, utilising his deadly psycho crusher. And if she had not forced her eyes open at the last moment, she might not have seen what happened next.
Bison was glowering at an assailant who stood before him on the ground, staring defiantly into his eyes. "I will destroy you now like the worm you are!!!!" he roared in wrath. "You are whatever you call me, cousin..." she replied. "SHUT UP!!!!!" Bison roared. "PSYCHOOOOOOOO.......CANNON!!!" His sinuses were strained to their limits by that cry.In his hand was an enormous glowing ball of power. Tearfully, Chun Li realised that it made her kikoken seem very insignificant. Bison leaned back to hurl the blast, then, faltered slightly, seemingly causing it to lose some power, before hurling it as a streaking comet of fire towards the lone woman. Chun Li braced herself for the murder that was sure to follow...
"Reflect!!!!!" In amazement, Chun Li saw the woman reverse the power of the blast, sending Bison's shockwave right back at him. Then she energised it with a blast of her own..."Soul spark!!!" The megablast through right through the spot where Bison was standing, and exploded in the distance, lighting up the area. Bison reappeared suddenly beside the woman, apparently having teleported. He swung a fist at Rose, but she dodged it, then suddenly it looked as if four versions of her were standing there, returning the attack!! Bison unbelievably dodged the various punches and kicks that the four 'women' launched at him, then grabbed one of them. The others immediately stopped moving. Perhaps they are all the same person.. Chun Li thought, her pain not so great now she was engrossed in the fight. Bison hurled the woman away, but she simply flipped over in mid air and landed on her feet. Barely wasting an instant, Bison cried, "SCISSOR KICK NIGHTMARE!!!!" miraculously, the woman skilfully blocked the rain of deadly frontflip kicks delivered to her. As soon as she saw an opening, she retaliated. "Aura assault!" Bison was hit by a deadly rain of kicks, punches and slashing attacks that the woman made with her strange glowing scarf."Soul spark!!!" The master of destruction was sent flying, blazing with flames....
Bison recovered in mid-air and remained there, floating, his arms crossed. "I would stay and finish you." He said. "But I have business to attend to. Goodbye!" " You shall not evade me for long, cousin." The woman said. "DON'T CALL ME THAT!" boomed Bison.... And then he was gone.
As soon as Bison left, the woman dropped to her knees. Breathing heavily, she remained like that for a long time... long enough for Chun Li's pain to return. She moaned softly. The woman suddenly looked in her direction. Her blood froze. She remembered her calling Bison "cousin". But there was something about her that was as good as Bison was evil. So she called out to her, despite herself. "h...help...." The woman gasped in surprise. "Oh you poor child...." She whispered. In a trice she was by Chun li's side. She closed her eyes and laid a hand on Chun Li's head. Her touch seemed to ease the pain. Chun Li felt so peaceful... in fact she would not have minded dying at that moment. When the woman opened her eyes there were tears in them. "If only I could be there for all those who my cousin hurts..." she said. She shook her head, and sat in the grass beside Chun Li. The clouds were dissipating, and the sun was beginning to penetrate into the darkness. A bird sang in the distance.
The pain was gone. Chun Li felt grateful, at least now she could die in peace. And the violated memories were not quite gone, but not so vivid anymore. Chun Li was about to close her eyes and sleep , finally, when she heard something... she heard sobbing. She got up on her knees and turned to the woman beside her. She was weeping quietly... the tears ran freely down her face. Chun Li felt for her. In that instant she knew... somehow this woman who seemed so strong as to face Bison and survive... was forever condemned to hunting him down and witnessing his evil deeds... and all the guilt meant for the monster would come upon her when she wasn't quick enough to stop him. This made her hate Bison even more, and she felt closer to this strange woman at that point than she had to anyone since her father's death.
She walked over to the woman's side and knelt beside her. With hatred for Bison, came Chun Li's strength and she was no longer the sobbing wreck she had been minutes before. "Don't let him hurt you..." she whispered. "He does that to us all..." The woman looked up at her and smiled through her tears. "I'm happy you try to understand..." she said. "But you can't ever fully understand." Chun Li stood tall, barely remembering that her spine was supposed to be broken. As she looked out towards the now barely visible shadow that lay in Bison's wake, she spoke in a voice that bore strength that even she did not know she posessed. "Bison's evil has caused my life to become what it is now..." she said. "And no one has ever understood or felt what that means." She looked at the woman, whose name she now knew instinctively. "Will you help me find him, Rose?"
A day ago, Chun Li would never have asked anyone to help her find Bison. At this moment she would have probably given up if Rose did not accept. Thankfully the woman called Rose smiled even wider and nodded her head at Chun Li. Chun Li nodded back, then for the first time in several years, she smiled because she was happy.
And now, as she walked out of the interpol building, she closed her eyes and wished that the only ally she trusted in the world would hear her call... and be there when she opened them.
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CHAPTER THREE:Demon seeds