Guile dammed Shadowlaw as he watched Charlie, his best friend, lift his own daughter off the ground.

"Cammy!"

Guile moved forward but it was already too late.  Charlie had flung Cammy's small body aside as if it were a meaningless nothing.  The young boy, Ken, who had been standing behind him, pushed past him and ran to Cammy's side. Good thought Guile, I don't think Charlie is going to let me alone right now.  Guile was right.  Charlie, or should he say the man he had become, spoke.

"Let's make this quick and well…not so painless."

Before Guile could speak in protest Charlie rushed him and Guile narrowly dodged his punches.  He twisted around and aimed a low kick towards the side of Charlie's knee in hope of dislocating it to end the fight, but Charlie moved with a speed he didn't have before and grabbed his leg before it made contact.  Charlie pulled Guile's leg upwards, forcing his body to fall facedown onto the floor.  Before Guile could begin to raise himself up, Charlie delivered a hard kick directly to Guile's stomach.   It took all of Guile's strength not to retract into the fetal position cradling his stomach.  Instead, he bit his lower lip and caught Charlie off guard with a swift leg sweep.  With in seconds Guile was the one standing above the fallen Charlie.  Guile allowed Charlie to stand.  The two men faced each other, both breathing heavily, rethinking their strategies.

"Charlie, stop this, it's me, Guile, your best friend, your brother."

"You must be destroyed to please the master."

After speaking those words, Charlie ran towards Guile again.  Guile prepared for the onslaught, however Charlie flipped his body over Guile's.  Before he could turn around, Charlie roughly shoved his foot into Guile's spine.  Guile fell forward and tucked his body into a roll to stand.  Guile then used a roundhouse kick, knocking Charlie's body to the side.  He crashed into a small table near the door forcefully.   Guile slowly made his way towards the fallen Charlie.

"I'm going to find out what has happened to you buddy."

He picked up Charlie's limp body, and as soon as he sighed a breath of relief, Charlie grabbed the sides of his head and rammed their heads together.  Guile released Charlie's body and stumbled backwards, dazed.  Charlie then pulled Guile's arms behind him and pinned his body against the wall making sure that Guile's head made a loud thump against the wall.  Normally Guile could have broken Charlie's hold, but he was so strong.  Charlie spoke.

"You are supposed to die now."

After saying this Charlie pulled up violently on Guiles arm, dislocating his shoulder with a loud crack.  Guile cried out, he hated himself for that because he knew it would give this man a sick sense of pleasure.  His body slid down the wall and he was now on his knees with his arm lying limp at his side.  Guile looked up only to see Charlie's foot making contact with his chin.  He tasted blood in his mouth.  Guile used his good arm to keep from falling over due to the force of the blows Charlie was performing.  Charlie backhanded him.  Now Guile was becoming too weak to even attempt to block these quick attacks.  Before he knew one had come, another was coming.  Guile watched through blurry eyes that were stinging with blood and sweat as Charlie reared his arm back to deliver the final, fatal bow.  It never came.  Guile looked past Charlie only to see Ken holding Charlie's arm.

"Not so fast.  How about equal playing time for me?"

Charlie turned yanking his arm away from the young fighter as Ken took his fighting stance.

                Ken moved to the side but only slightly as to keep Charlie in his field of vision, something he usually did not do.  However this fight wasn't very usual.  He took a deep breath and lowered his eyebrows in concentration before darting forward to attack Charlie with a flurry of punches and kicks, all of which Charlie dodged easily, before delivering a solid kick to Ken's chest, knocking the wind out of him.  Ken was doubled over, but still quick enough to narrowly dodge Charlie's knee as he tried to catch his jaw.  Ken retaliated with a quick right cross that clanked off Charlie's cheek, staggering him slightly.  Now on the offensive once more, Ken followed up with a quick succession of jabs, a few of which found their mark.  Charlie managed to catch one of the jabs, using Ken's momentum against him, he flipped him over his shoulder to land roughly on his tailbone.  Ken quickly rolled out of the way of the axe kick Charlie aimed directly at his face, and sprang to his feet with much less poise than before the flip.  Each fighter once again took a moment to size up their opponent and then were back into it.  They exchanged blows for another minute, Charlie's superior strength giving him the advantage.  Suddenly, Ken knelt down on one knee, before leaping high into the air leading with his fist shouting,

"SHORYUKEN!"

Ken's fist connected directly with Charlie's jaw.  Ken's body propelled upwards as Charlie's flew up only to come down to the ground with a loud thud.  Ken landed and immediately took a knee, pushing the loose hair that had become tangled with the blood on his face out of his eyes.  Charlie was defiantly down for the count.  Just then Ken felt a hand on his shoulder, it was Guile.  He looked pretty beaten up but Ken was assured by Guile's confidant tone that he'd be all right.

"Thanks kid, you saved me and Cammy."

"Guile, we need to get her to a hospital."

                Guile rubbed his shoulder and gave a short sigh of relief.  He had relocated his shoulder while Ken was busy fighting Charlie.

"Me too.  Let's hurry before Charlie wakes up.  You pick him up since I'm a little out of order right now and I can help Cammy out of here.  I'll call my commanding officer on the way to the hospital."

Ken nodded and slung the limp body of Charlie over his shoulder as Guile walked with as much stability as he could muster toward the silently crying Cammy.  When he reached her side he gave her the gentlest smile he could amidst the swelling of his face.

"Come on.  We can piece this all together once we're all patched up."

Cammy carefully stood with Guile's help and embraced him at once.  He yielded to her hold as she whispered softly in his ear,

"I'm sorry.  I'm just so lost."

Then her body went slack in his arms.

Wow this one took me a long time.  Sorry for that.  I hope the fights turned out okay.  Please tell me what you think; any tips are welcomed with open arms and mind.  I HAVE to get better at writing action scenes, this was the first of many to come =)