(A/N: This chapter might be confusing, but it is the best that I can
explain)
Chapter Four
Loud dance music blast throughout a very big room filled with hundreds of people. Colorful lights and a disco ball in the middle of the dance floor swirled around.
The eight friends enter the large club. Chun-Li smiled. "A great way to loosen up after all that fighting." She nudged Fei-Long and Veronica.
Fei-Long looked at Chun-Li. "You're doing what I think you're doing, are you?"
Veronica laughed. "What's wrong Fei-Long? Afraid to dance with me?" She gave him a seductive look.
"No, that's not it!" Fei-Long cried.
"Ha, you don't know how to dance!" Veronica grabbed Fei-Long's hand. "Come on, big boy, let's dance."
"I hate it when you call me 'big boy.' You've been calling that since we were thirteen."
Veronica smiled. "I know that's why I call you that." The two of them went off to the dance floor.
Chun-Li watched them dance for a few moments. She wished that her husband Liang was with her, but he was in a big mission somewhere in Taiwan.
She felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and saw Guile. "Say, how about we dance since we're both married and all?"
Chun-Li smiled. "Sure." They walked next to Fei-Long and Veronica onto the dance floor.
Wagner grinned. "I didn't think my trainer had the guts to ever dance."
Ken turned to the young Air Force trainee. "How long has he been training you?"
"About five years now."
"Wow, that long?"
Wagner nodded. "Long story."
"Do you mind telling me?"
"Sure."
They walked over to the bar area where there was less noise.
This all left Ryu and Jasmine alone. "Well, looks like it's you and me now," Ryu smiled at her.
Jasmine only smirked. Ryu noticed a change in her a bit. He noticed that when both Chun-Li and Veronica left to the dance floor before, Jasmine's eyes widened a bit and it looked like she was about to burst into tears.
"Jasmine?" Ryu asked. "Is everything all right?"
Jasmine looked up at him. "Yeah, I'm all right. I'm guess I'm just tired."
"You were pretty hyper at the tournament, I could just imagine."
Jasmine only nodded.
Ryu looked over at the bar area where Ken and Wagner were. Then, he turned back to her. "Do you want me to get you a drink?"
Jasmine shrugged and began to walk towards the drinks.
"(That's strange)" Ryu thought. "(What happened to her 'happy-go-lucky' mood?)"
Meanwhile, at the bar area, Ken and Wagner sat on stools drinking bottles of water. Wagner looked at Ken. "I was an orphan since I was eleven, going through different foster homes and everything. Then, when I was fourteen, I got into series of trouble, and one day, it got out of hand and I was first send to the military. When I was there, William F. Guile observed me and believed that it would be good for me to train with him in the Air Force. It was the first time I flew in any type of planes and ever since I was seventeen when I flew by myself for the first time, I've became so fascinated with flying and I hope to make the Air Force a career for me one day."
"You're nineteen, Wagner," said Ken. "You've got plenty of time to do all the things you want to do, and I wish you the best of luck in the future."
"Thanks," Wagner replied. "And you're how old?"
Ken smiled. "Twenty-four, I'm one of the richest men in the world and I'm going to be a father this winter."
"Congratulations."
"Thanks."
"One of the richest men in the world, hey?" Wagner said. "Guess Bill Gates still beat you to it."
"Yeah," Ken said sighing. "Damn Gates."
Wagner laughed. Then, he said, "I need some fresh air, I'll be back."
Ken nodded. Wagner gets up and leaves. Ken takes a sip of his water. "(Hmm)" he thought. "(How did he become an orphan?)
Fei-Long and Veronica get off the dance floor just after Guile and Chun-Li, who both went off to rest on chairs for a while. Veronica spots Jasmine and Ryu sitting on the stools drinking water and talking. They go up to them.
A big grin spreads across Jasmine's face. "Hey big sis, you all sweaty."
"Am I?" Veronica said, looking down at herself. "Eck! I am!"
"No big deal," said Fei-Long. Let's go outside and cool off for a while."
Jasmine gets up. "Good idea."
Ryu looks at her in confusion. "(All of a sudden, she's giddy and happy? What the heck?)"
He gets up and follows the three outside.
When they get outside, they find Wagner outside.
"Hey Scottie boy," said Veronica smiling.
"Scottie?" asked Fei-Long in confusion.
"Yeah," Veronica replied. "He told me his real name on our way here."
Wagner shrugged. "Scott is my first name. Guile calls me Wagner and I've been used to it since."
That's when they heard a loud scream from down a nearby alley. "Sounds like trouble," said Ryu. The five of them dashed to where the scream came from.
When they got there, they see a man in his forties holding a pistol at a young girl not much younger than them. She was holding something gold in her hand.
"Give me the necklace," said the man. "It's sacred."
"Why do you think I have it?" the girl said. "Faxon always gave these to his warriors when the warrior reaches her sixteenth birthday. It's rare and I'm never giving it up."
"You better, or else your life is the one that's going to be taken." The man leaned his gun towards her closer.
The Brewer sisters nodded and Veronica jumped forward. "Leave her alone!" Veronica called.
The man looked at her and aimed the gun at Veronica. "What are you going to do about it?"
Suddenly, the gun was knocked out of his hand. He looks up to see a girl with long, silky brown hair flipping over him. She turns to him and lands on her feet and bends down a little.
"Go Jasmine!" her friends cry out.
Jasmine smirks evilly and jumps in the air again. She lands on the man's shoulders and then plants her feet just under his jaws. Then, she did a backward flip, sending the man flying the air. When she finished her flip, the man landed hard on his back.
"I call that the Head-Flip," she said.
The man got up and Jasmine threw series of punches at him. The man obviously didn't know a thing about fighting since he was only swinging his arms around like a monkey. Jasmine began to get frustrated a little, but she continued to punch.
Then, she attempts to elbow him in the face. As she does, she ends up stepping into a patch of pebbles making her slip.
Veronica sighed. "Her clumsy self has played its role for the night." As she begins to run to help her little sister, she suddenly stops. Everyone looks at what Veronica stares at.
Jasmine's hair has been tossed to her left side, exposing her back. On her right shoulder blade is a picture of a blue monarch butterfly.
"Wow, you didn't tell me your sister got a tattoo!" cried Fei-Long.
Suddenly, the man bowed to her. "You must be the one! Please forgive me!"
Jasmine turned to the man and raised her eyebrow. "What the hell are you talking about?"
The man looked up at her. "You have the marking of Faxon's Princess Warriors. I know that maybe it can be a tattoo, but the design of the wings and its green eyes prove it. You must be the one who went through the time machine."
Jasmine stared at the man in confusion. "(Veronica and I are adopted)" she thought. "(Is this where I really came from?)" She's had the monarch butterfly on her back since she could remember.
"Maybe I was wrong," the man said. He got up and runs off. The young girl runs the other way. Part of the gold jewelry falls from her hands revealing a gold butterfly. Jasmine gasped a little and touches her necklace, which looked exactly like the girl's necklace.
"(My stepmother told me that my real mother has put this in my carriage before she send me away)" she thought. "(If only I could ask her about this now)"
She was a bit startled when she saw Ryu bend down to her. "Jasmine. Let me help you up." He took her forearm.
Jasmine jerked her head at him. An image of a man in dark clothes appeared in front her. The man too grabbed her forearm. She could hear her own screams in her head.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!!!!" she cried. She backhanded Ryu so hard it felt more like a punch. This surprised Ryu as he fell back. A big red hand mark was printed on his face.
"Jasmine! What the hell?" cried Wagner.
Then, there was silence. Jasmine looked at Ryu with anger in her eyes. Ryu only looked down and held his cheek where he was hit.
Then, Jasmine's eyes welled up into tears. "What have I done?!" she cried as she got up. "Ryu, I'm so sorry! Please forgive me!" She began to run away.
Ryu looked up and saw her run out of the alley. He got up and began to run after her. "Jasmine! Wait"
Suddenly, Veronica puts her arm out, blocking Ryu. "Let her go!" she said with anger in her voice. She looked at him seriously. "I know that you were only helping Jasmine, but Jasmine NEVER lets a man touch her, no matter how nice he is."
"Why is that?" asked Wagner.
Veronica looked down. "Do you really want to know?"
Fei-Long looks into her blue eyes. "Does this have something to do with five years ago?"
Veronica nodded.
"What happened?" asked Ryu. "Did someone hurt her?"
Veronica closed her eyes. "When Jasmine was sixteen, and I was visiting here at seventeen, she....she...."
She took a deep breath and looked up at the three men. "A man drugged her and nearly raped her."
The guys looked at each other in shock.
Veronica looked at them with sad eyes. "Please don't let me explain any more."
Fei-Long nodded. "You don't have to. Let's go find your sister."
Veronica hugged him for a brief moment before the four ran out of the alley.
Chapter Four
Loud dance music blast throughout a very big room filled with hundreds of people. Colorful lights and a disco ball in the middle of the dance floor swirled around.
The eight friends enter the large club. Chun-Li smiled. "A great way to loosen up after all that fighting." She nudged Fei-Long and Veronica.
Fei-Long looked at Chun-Li. "You're doing what I think you're doing, are you?"
Veronica laughed. "What's wrong Fei-Long? Afraid to dance with me?" She gave him a seductive look.
"No, that's not it!" Fei-Long cried.
"Ha, you don't know how to dance!" Veronica grabbed Fei-Long's hand. "Come on, big boy, let's dance."
"I hate it when you call me 'big boy.' You've been calling that since we were thirteen."
Veronica smiled. "I know that's why I call you that." The two of them went off to the dance floor.
Chun-Li watched them dance for a few moments. She wished that her husband Liang was with her, but he was in a big mission somewhere in Taiwan.
She felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and saw Guile. "Say, how about we dance since we're both married and all?"
Chun-Li smiled. "Sure." They walked next to Fei-Long and Veronica onto the dance floor.
Wagner grinned. "I didn't think my trainer had the guts to ever dance."
Ken turned to the young Air Force trainee. "How long has he been training you?"
"About five years now."
"Wow, that long?"
Wagner nodded. "Long story."
"Do you mind telling me?"
"Sure."
They walked over to the bar area where there was less noise.
This all left Ryu and Jasmine alone. "Well, looks like it's you and me now," Ryu smiled at her.
Jasmine only smirked. Ryu noticed a change in her a bit. He noticed that when both Chun-Li and Veronica left to the dance floor before, Jasmine's eyes widened a bit and it looked like she was about to burst into tears.
"Jasmine?" Ryu asked. "Is everything all right?"
Jasmine looked up at him. "Yeah, I'm all right. I'm guess I'm just tired."
"You were pretty hyper at the tournament, I could just imagine."
Jasmine only nodded.
Ryu looked over at the bar area where Ken and Wagner were. Then, he turned back to her. "Do you want me to get you a drink?"
Jasmine shrugged and began to walk towards the drinks.
"(That's strange)" Ryu thought. "(What happened to her 'happy-go-lucky' mood?)"
Meanwhile, at the bar area, Ken and Wagner sat on stools drinking bottles of water. Wagner looked at Ken. "I was an orphan since I was eleven, going through different foster homes and everything. Then, when I was fourteen, I got into series of trouble, and one day, it got out of hand and I was first send to the military. When I was there, William F. Guile observed me and believed that it would be good for me to train with him in the Air Force. It was the first time I flew in any type of planes and ever since I was seventeen when I flew by myself for the first time, I've became so fascinated with flying and I hope to make the Air Force a career for me one day."
"You're nineteen, Wagner," said Ken. "You've got plenty of time to do all the things you want to do, and I wish you the best of luck in the future."
"Thanks," Wagner replied. "And you're how old?"
Ken smiled. "Twenty-four, I'm one of the richest men in the world and I'm going to be a father this winter."
"Congratulations."
"Thanks."
"One of the richest men in the world, hey?" Wagner said. "Guess Bill Gates still beat you to it."
"Yeah," Ken said sighing. "Damn Gates."
Wagner laughed. Then, he said, "I need some fresh air, I'll be back."
Ken nodded. Wagner gets up and leaves. Ken takes a sip of his water. "(Hmm)" he thought. "(How did he become an orphan?)
Fei-Long and Veronica get off the dance floor just after Guile and Chun-Li, who both went off to rest on chairs for a while. Veronica spots Jasmine and Ryu sitting on the stools drinking water and talking. They go up to them.
A big grin spreads across Jasmine's face. "Hey big sis, you all sweaty."
"Am I?" Veronica said, looking down at herself. "Eck! I am!"
"No big deal," said Fei-Long. Let's go outside and cool off for a while."
Jasmine gets up. "Good idea."
Ryu looks at her in confusion. "(All of a sudden, she's giddy and happy? What the heck?)"
He gets up and follows the three outside.
When they get outside, they find Wagner outside.
"Hey Scottie boy," said Veronica smiling.
"Scottie?" asked Fei-Long in confusion.
"Yeah," Veronica replied. "He told me his real name on our way here."
Wagner shrugged. "Scott is my first name. Guile calls me Wagner and I've been used to it since."
That's when they heard a loud scream from down a nearby alley. "Sounds like trouble," said Ryu. The five of them dashed to where the scream came from.
When they got there, they see a man in his forties holding a pistol at a young girl not much younger than them. She was holding something gold in her hand.
"Give me the necklace," said the man. "It's sacred."
"Why do you think I have it?" the girl said. "Faxon always gave these to his warriors when the warrior reaches her sixteenth birthday. It's rare and I'm never giving it up."
"You better, or else your life is the one that's going to be taken." The man leaned his gun towards her closer.
The Brewer sisters nodded and Veronica jumped forward. "Leave her alone!" Veronica called.
The man looked at her and aimed the gun at Veronica. "What are you going to do about it?"
Suddenly, the gun was knocked out of his hand. He looks up to see a girl with long, silky brown hair flipping over him. She turns to him and lands on her feet and bends down a little.
"Go Jasmine!" her friends cry out.
Jasmine smirks evilly and jumps in the air again. She lands on the man's shoulders and then plants her feet just under his jaws. Then, she did a backward flip, sending the man flying the air. When she finished her flip, the man landed hard on his back.
"I call that the Head-Flip," she said.
The man got up and Jasmine threw series of punches at him. The man obviously didn't know a thing about fighting since he was only swinging his arms around like a monkey. Jasmine began to get frustrated a little, but she continued to punch.
Then, she attempts to elbow him in the face. As she does, she ends up stepping into a patch of pebbles making her slip.
Veronica sighed. "Her clumsy self has played its role for the night." As she begins to run to help her little sister, she suddenly stops. Everyone looks at what Veronica stares at.
Jasmine's hair has been tossed to her left side, exposing her back. On her right shoulder blade is a picture of a blue monarch butterfly.
"Wow, you didn't tell me your sister got a tattoo!" cried Fei-Long.
Suddenly, the man bowed to her. "You must be the one! Please forgive me!"
Jasmine turned to the man and raised her eyebrow. "What the hell are you talking about?"
The man looked up at her. "You have the marking of Faxon's Princess Warriors. I know that maybe it can be a tattoo, but the design of the wings and its green eyes prove it. You must be the one who went through the time machine."
Jasmine stared at the man in confusion. "(Veronica and I are adopted)" she thought. "(Is this where I really came from?)" She's had the monarch butterfly on her back since she could remember.
"Maybe I was wrong," the man said. He got up and runs off. The young girl runs the other way. Part of the gold jewelry falls from her hands revealing a gold butterfly. Jasmine gasped a little and touches her necklace, which looked exactly like the girl's necklace.
"(My stepmother told me that my real mother has put this in my carriage before she send me away)" she thought. "(If only I could ask her about this now)"
She was a bit startled when she saw Ryu bend down to her. "Jasmine. Let me help you up." He took her forearm.
Jasmine jerked her head at him. An image of a man in dark clothes appeared in front her. The man too grabbed her forearm. She could hear her own screams in her head.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!!!!" she cried. She backhanded Ryu so hard it felt more like a punch. This surprised Ryu as he fell back. A big red hand mark was printed on his face.
"Jasmine! What the hell?" cried Wagner.
Then, there was silence. Jasmine looked at Ryu with anger in her eyes. Ryu only looked down and held his cheek where he was hit.
Then, Jasmine's eyes welled up into tears. "What have I done?!" she cried as she got up. "Ryu, I'm so sorry! Please forgive me!" She began to run away.
Ryu looked up and saw her run out of the alley. He got up and began to run after her. "Jasmine! Wait"
Suddenly, Veronica puts her arm out, blocking Ryu. "Let her go!" she said with anger in her voice. She looked at him seriously. "I know that you were only helping Jasmine, but Jasmine NEVER lets a man touch her, no matter how nice he is."
"Why is that?" asked Wagner.
Veronica looked down. "Do you really want to know?"
Fei-Long looks into her blue eyes. "Does this have something to do with five years ago?"
Veronica nodded.
"What happened?" asked Ryu. "Did someone hurt her?"
Veronica closed her eyes. "When Jasmine was sixteen, and I was visiting here at seventeen, she....she...."
She took a deep breath and looked up at the three men. "A man drugged her and nearly raped her."
The guys looked at each other in shock.
Veronica looked at them with sad eyes. "Please don't let me explain any more."
Fei-Long nodded. "You don't have to. Let's go find your sister."
Veronica hugged him for a brief moment before the four ran out of the alley.
