Chapter Twenty

Jasmine wakes up in a pitch-black room. She tries to see where she is, but could only see darkness.

"Where am I?" she asked herself. It was then that she hears a PA system come on.

"Greetings Jasmine," a booming, demonic voice said. "So glad that you are finally awake."

Jasmine looks up, her long hair flipping back. "Who are you? What do you want?"

The person in the PA system laughs. "I'm guessing that you don't recognize my voice. Let's just say that we met not too long ago."

Jasmine's eyes become wide.

Bison.

"You bastard!" Jasmine cried out. "You better show yourself so I can kick your ass!"

Bison only laughs. "I'm afraid that can't be arranged at the moment. But, I do have something special for you."

It was then that the lights in the room turn on. The brightness of it causes Jasmine to shield her eyes for a minute. Then, she peaks over her arms. She was in a room that looked like a sparring room. The walls were made out of glass except for some knee-high concrete.

Then, Jasmine noticed a figure standing in front of her. She gasped knowing who he is. His long blond hair was tied to a loose braid, his blue eyes stare at her coldly though his mask, his shirtless muscular body tattooed with a snake. She sees the claw on his left arm, which terrified her a little.

Jasmine stares at the man who attempted to rape her so many years ago. She would never forget the claws, the mask, the cold blue eyes.......and the shot he gave her.

"Well, it's been a long time," the man said followed by a feminine-like giggle. "Allow me to introduce myself incase you have forgotten. My name is Vega De La Cerna."

Jasmine narrows her green eyes. "You.......you were the one who hurt me."

Vega laughs. "So, you do remember who I am. It seems so long ago that I came to America to compete in a Bullfighting tournament, which the country rarely holds, and stared into your lovely face."

Jasmine growls a little. "When I was sixteen, I was nothing but a weak, defenseless teenager. It's been five years Vega, people change."

Vega only laughs. "Maybe so, but it doesn't mean that you will live through all of this. It was a good thing I escaped the country before the police caught me."

Jasmine looks down. Despite being a famous bullfighter, Vega managed to get away.

Then, she looks back up at Vega. "The police may have not been able to catch you, but it's me who is going to make sure that you suffer."

She stands on her feet and gets into a fighting stance.

Vega gets into his fighting stance as well. "You think that you can fight and beat me?"

Jasmine says nothing as she jumps in the air and prepares to battle with Vega. This was the battle she was always wanted.

Meanwhile, Ryu, Veronica, and Fei-Long watch as Jasmine jumps in the air and flies towards Vega.

"Jasmine, no!!" Ryu cried.

It was then that some guards spot the three of them.

"Hey, here are some!" one said. They bring up their rifles and run towards the fighter.

"Great," said Fei-Long as he and the others get ready to fight.

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When she was close enough, Jasmine extends her legs out and performs a scissor kick at Vega. Vega dodges out of the way and rolls backwards. Jasmine lands on the ground and then jumps towards the wall. He bounces off of it and flies towards Jasmine with his claws out. Jasmine duck and rolls onto her back. As Vega passes her, she extends one leg, catches him by the stomach with her foot, and pushes him upward causing him to fall hard onto his back.

Jasmine jumps back on her feet as Vega does the same. Vega runs towards her with a battle cry. He starts throwing kicks and punches at her, but Jasmine manages to block them......until he slashes her face with his claws.

"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!" she cried out. She pulls back as she feels her own blood fall down her face. "Damn you!"

She runs over to him and throws her own punches and kicks at Vega.

Meanwhile, Ryu, Veronica and Fei-Long are doing a pretty good job beating up the guards.

Then, Veronica looks over at the men. "You two go!" she cried out.

Fei-Long looks at her, his brown eyes wide. "Veronica, there are like ten guys here! You can't take them on by yourself."

"I'll be fine!" Veronica cried. "Just go! Find the others!"

Ryu and Fei-Long finish up with beating their guards before running down the hall, but not before Fei-Long looks back at Veronica for a moment.....

***

Jasmine manages to finally find an opening and give Vega a hard slug in the stomach. Then, she performs a cartwheel kick knowing Vega down to the ground. As he falls, Vega manages to slash her leg.

"Damn!" Jasmine cried out jumping back. Vega flips backwards and stands up.

"Seems that you have some very good fighting skills," Vega replied. "But I'm afraid that I can't let you live. You are an interference to Shadowlaw and they want you and your friends disposed of."

Jasmine narrows her eyes again. "So that's why you captured us. You took us here so you can kill us because you knew that we would foil your plans."

"Clever, my dear."

Jasmine growls. "But we will not let Shadowlaw interfere with innocent people and their futures!" She runs over to him again. She jumps in the air again with her legs extended. Vega blocks his face knowing that Jasmine would kick him there, but she kicks him in the neck instead causing him to gasp for breath.

(A/N: Ouch!)

Vega falls down to his knees as Jasmine knees him in the stomach. He stumbles towards the wall.

Jasmine stares at him with anger. "What was that chemical shot you gave me?"

Vega slowly looks up at her. "It was a poison that was supposed to make you weak, but it gave you more power instead. That was why you managed to free yourself from my grasp and run off." He lets out a sigh. "Unfortunately, I have forgotten about it and I've underestimated you."

Jasmine begins to let her guard down a little.

Vega looks up at her. What Jasmine doesn't realize is that Vega is grinning underneath his mask.

"But I'm afraid, my dear," Vega continued. "You are not strong enough to beat me."

He suddenly leaps in the air and flies over her. Jasmine dodges out of the way. Vega slashes his claw, but only ends up cutting off the edge of her hair.

Jasmine looks at her hair. It was still very long, but an inch of it is gone. "Thanks a lot, I needed a trim."

Vega growls and runs over to her again. Jasmine jumps in the air and manages to stand on his shoulders and grabs on to the bottom of his jaws. Then, she flips herself over sending Vega flying in the air......and crashing through the glass wall.

Jasmine looks over at Vega. He lies there unconscious. Then, she notices Veronica and about three guards looking over at Vega.

Jasmine jumps through the glass and then brushes herself off. "That was easy. Heh, and he said I wasn't strong enough to beat him."

Then, one guard says, "I got this one!" He runs over to Jasmine, but Jasmine easily knocks him out with one punch in the head. Veronica finishes off the remaining two guards with a scissor kick.

The sisters run towards each other. Veronica smiles. "A job well done, little sister."

"Good to see you again, big sister," Jasmine replied. "But right now we have bigger problems."

"You're right," Veronica replied. She quickly explained everything that has happened. Jasmine explains her story afterwards.

"So let's go find the others," Jasmine concluded. "We have a world to save and we can't do it by ourselves."

The sisters begin running down the hall with Veronica leading the way.

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I know, the fighting scene could've been better, but I had a lot of trouble with it. Four more chapters to go!