Spawn dimension

            An elderly old man stares into the darkness of the night from a small hill.  A wind blows pass him, causing his black coat fly behind him.  He has a large, white beard and an angered expression on his face.  A weak, leafless tree bows away from the wind.

            "It is time."  He turns around and walks away towards a large city that was behind him.

            Moments later, the man walks into poor, rundown, old church which is miraculously still standing.  He walks in a few yards and the large wooden doors close behind him with a bang.  It is silent for a few seconds after.

            "What do you want, old man," says a deep voice in the darkness.

            The man continues forward, pass the missing benches.  "A new evil has risen."

            The voice sighs, "Why should it be my concern?"

            "You should care.  This evil is much stronger than your master."

            "I have no master.  Neither Heaven or Hell is my domain."

            "Someone has called for you.  They want you to go fight in the war to end all wars."

            "For all I know, this can be another trap.  God and Malebogia both want my head."

            "I doubt that God even knows about this war," says the old man as he stops near the front of the church where a broken stain-glass window of Christ shines darkened light.

            A pair of green eyes open up, casting an eerie glow from an adjacent corner of the church.  "Then why should I be a part of it."

            "There are questions which I too don't know the answers to, you know."

            "Then go resurrect your Knights of the Roundtable and go fight them yourself."  The figure moves away from the corner and the old man, Cogliostro who was once known as the legendary Merlin.

            "Hold it, Hell-Spawn!" yells Cogliostro as he turns around.  Spawn stops, "There is a war going on here for you and I will not rest until I cure you from your curse."

            Spawn turns towards Cogliostro and advances towards him, "Again, why should I?"

            Cogliostro sighs again, "It has been a thought for sometime but never proven.  There is a possibility that Malebogia had a secret alliance with something not of this realm."

            Spawn stops a few feet in front of him, both with their eyes aimed at each other's.  "And?"

            "And by fighting against them you can get attention, showing that you are no longer a Hell servant."

            "Or give them the wrong idea.  Making them send more bounty hunters."

            "ENOUGH OF YOUR ARGUMENTS!"

            Spawn is silent for a second.  "And how am I supposed to get there, by a way that God doesn't know about."

            "He may also be aware of everywhere, but that's not the case now.  You must go to this 'parallel plane of existence' and stop all with the scent of evil on them.  You'll be your own army and remain that way until you know who can be trusted."

            Spawn bends forward and places his face only a few inches for Cogliostro's.  "And how am I supposed to get to this… 'parallel plane'?"

            "I will lead you to an entry point, another will guide you through."

            Spawn moves his head back and stands upright.  "Sounds like a trap."

            "You must trust me if you want to succeed in removing your shroud."

            "I'll trust the alley-trash before I'll trust you."  Spawn walks towards the wooden doors.  The doors open before him and he exits the church.  When Spawn leaves does Cogliostro start to walk out the same way.

M.U.G.E.N dimension

            "So, Sally, how's life been on your end?" asks Sonic.

            Sonic, Knuckles, and Mario are standing in front of the MK medallion viewing-window.  Rotor, Bunnie, Princess Toadstool, and Luigi stand on the other side in their world with Sally Acorn as the main speaker in front of all of them.  "Not as exciting as you had it," she replies.  "Everyone has allied nicely.  But there were a few difficulties."

            "Like what?" asks Knuckles.

            "Well, Robotnik hasn't been cooperating…"

            "Not to mention Bowser," adds Princess Toadstool.

            "What has he done now?" asks Mario.

            "He has been recruiting people," replies the Princess, "we don't exactly why.  Probably to secure himself from any threat."

            "What's happening in Robotropolis now?  Ro-butt-nik reconstructing?" asks Sonic.

            "That's another thing we have to show you."  Sally lifts up her hand-held computer, "Nicole, show them the video."

            The view-screen blinks for a second.  Then there's a security camera's view of a control room in one of Robotropolis's buildings.

            "It'll come from the top-right and move across the screen," says Sally's voice.

            A few seconds pass, then a tall humanoid-shaped creature enters their view.  The figure walks up to a computer and types a string of letters which show up in censored code on the camera.  More code comes up as a reply, the figure then moves over to a different computer terminal, flashing his metallic armour and dark cape.

            "I already know who it is," says a voice.  The three turn around and see Cable and Fujin watching the screen as well.

            The figure reaches into a computer terminal and pulls out several small objects as electricity swarms around him.  Suddenly the screen begins flashing red and 'ALARM:  Unauthorized Entry' appears on the screen.

            "Psycho Shredder?" asks Fujin.

            "It makes sense," replies Cable.  "That's why he wasn't around when we were rescuing Sailor Moon.  He's probably with Bison and Doctors Doom and Octopus."

            Shredder gathers everything he tore out of the machines and then… the screen goes to static but the words remained flashing.  The screen slowly returns to normal as Swat-Bots enter the room but Shredder is gone.

            "Static from a dimensional teleport or portal.  He left when the static was at its worse."

            The screen returns to Sally, "Who is this 'Psycho Shredder'?"

            "One mean, ugly dude," replies Sonic.  Cable nods to Fujin to talk privately away from their conversation.

            "Is this the first incident?" asks Knuckles.

            "Sadly, no," she replies, "There are a couple of unexplained break-ins.  This is the only footage but can be linked to the others."

            "I just wish we were there to help you guys," says Sonic.

            "We can allow that," says Cable who is now back behind them with Fujin.

            "Is that what you wish?" asks Fujin.

            "No!  Well, yeah," replies Mario.

            "We understand why we're here," says Knuckles, "but we feel as if we are still not protective enough to protect our own realities."

            "We can send you back, you can be an outside defence like Mugena," says Fujin.

            "As we all can see, Robotropolis is now a target for their materials," says Cable.  "You can stop them before they succeed in their business and give us the advantage."

            "But Robotnik will still not cooperate with anything we have planned," says Sonic.

            Cable smiles, "And has that ever stopped you before?"

            Sonic smiles back, "No one can beat this hedgehog.  So open a portal, we're going back!"

            "No portal this time," replies Fujin.  There is a pause then, one-by-one, Sonic, Knuckles, and Mario notice a MK symbol underneath each of their feet.  "Teleportation," says Fujin as a wind begins to swirl around the small fighters.

            They watch the suddenly appearing sand swarm around them.  The winds of sand block them from sight.  The funnels suddenly disperse and all three are gone.

            Cable and Fujin are the only ones on their end.  "They will outside now," says Fujin.

            A few people leave the room to go get them.  "Princess Sally," says Cable, "use your palm-computer to download our frequency and trajectory."

            "It will not look right," interrupts Fujin as Sally uses Nicole to download information, "it may even look like a paradox to mathematics, but I assure you that it is correct."

            Nicole beeps upon completion, "Okay, got it."

            "You can reach us in emergencies and we will contact you with updates," says Cable.

            "Okay, see you later then," she replies.  Princess Toadstool gives a queen's wave and then the view-screen shrinks back into the MK medallion.  Fujin grabs the floating medallion and places back on his mid-waist where it could have been a belt buckle.

            "Who's next?" asks Fujin.

            "I think Cyclops and the other X-Men are next.  But Spiderman needs to—."

            Cable stops when he sees Mugena standing a few feet away.  Mugena has a confused expression on her face, "…Palm-computer?"

            On the grassless clearing where Chun Li, Spiderman, Cyclops, and others came into the MUGEN reality, the air is silent with the exception of an eerie wind.  The sky is scattered with clouds in the afternoon daylight.

            Slowly and inch-by-inch, a long string of black material materializes along the clay ground.  It then connects along the edges and accelerates in creation to a large crooked edge.

            It moulds into a large hump.  The top layer begins to flutter in the wind.  It unfolds upward, revealing it to be Spawn with his shroud surrounding all of his limbs.

            Spawn quickly shields his eyes from the sunlight.  He moans in the pain from eyes.  "Why is it afternoon here but late evening back at the church.?"

            "You have cross the thresholds of the defined time and space that you knew," says a woman's voice in his head, "time is constant in length to yours but it could be faster or slower than your own."

            "That doesn't make any sense," says Spawn as he head for the tree-line, his chains shake noisily along the way.

            "It will soon enough."

            "All you do is speak in riddles.  How do you expect me trust you?"

            "You wouldn't trust me even if I were truly honest."

            Spawn gets to the shade of a tree and lowers his arm that was protecting his eyes, but continues inward.  "And now what do I do?"

            "You must seek out the dark lord's minions and stops them from doing anything to win the war."

            "That's all your going to tell me?"

            "That's all I can tell you.  You must figure out the rest on your own."

            Spawn continues along the shade in an angry mood.

            "However…"

            Spawn stops as well as the chains.  "What?"

            "There is one called Scorpion, a spectre warrior who could easily take your place, Hell-Spawn."

            "So I should seek him out."

            "No.  Scorpion may be one of Hell's top picks but he has feud with Quan Chi, a servant to Shinnok, God of the NetherRealm."

            "Is that Malebogia's ally?"  There's no reply.  He continues on into the forest.

            "There will for sure be a dark energy present in them."

            "And that will be your last useless hint," says Spawn as he continues on, "I will search for the ones that I was sent here to kill.  I will determine who it is without any more of your help."

            There is no reply, Spawn is satisfied.  He continues on with only one thought:  the possible beings and demons that the thing can be.

            Rose chuckles…

            It's a cloudy afternoon when Fujin, Cable, and Mugena walk back from where they were to the clearing where the others were constructing the temporary shack.  The shack has the outer sides completed with a one-way sloped roof but the interior and parts of the roof are still incomplete.  However, the unconscious Sailor Moon lies on the ground inside while the constructors take a break.

            Trunks talks to himself, while concentrating, as he puts together a puffer-like medical device.  Sub-Zero's touch to his bloody wound, from Cyber-Smoke's spear, stings him as he sits on the ground and applies new dressings and bandages.

            Trunks places the device on Sub-Zero's neck, "This should be the last one."  There is a small hiss as the medicine is injected.  Sub-Zero then rubs his neck which is a normal reflex for the first several experiences.  Trunks dismantles the device and places it in the med-kit.  Both of them look up together at the approaching group.  "You're missing a few," says Trunks.

            Cable stops near Trunks and Sub-Zero, and then does Fujin and Mugena.  "Sonic, Knuckles, and Mario went back to their reality as outside defence," replies Fujin.

            "Apparently, Onslaught and his men have been stealing items from Robotropolis for their own needs," adds Cable.

            Trunks and Sub-Zero stand up, "Would that be enough?" asks Trunks.

            "It's been mostly 'grab and runs'," replies Cable.  "They'll be fine."

            Others sit around in circles as they talk to each other.  Michelangelo uses the fire nearby for an experiment.  He rushes over to his brothers with the results.

            "Dudes!  Dudes!"  He stops behind them with a hand behind his back, "Yeah, I know that you thought that I was even crazy for thinking it up.  And that I shouldn't even try.  And—!"

            "And what!?" says Raphael.

            "… And here's what I have made."  He reveals the delicious-looking, cheese-less pizza and lowers it into the group.  "Everyone, have a slice.  You'll be thanking me later."

            Kung Fu Man raises his hand to stop them, "It may taste delicious at first, but the poison in some of the fruit that you added will not delicious for too long after."

            "What!?  Oh, man!"  Michelangelo throws the pizza into the trees, hitting the ground with a splat and just missing Piccolo.

            At that moment, Gohan, Rini, Pikachu, and Kirby come around with the Gods' fruit.  Gohan offers him a tomato-like fruit by handing it to him.

            Michelangelo takes it and says, "Well, I'm not going to be eating just fruit.  I'll make a pizza to show you all that I can."  He takes the fruit and goes back to the fire to experiment.

            "I just won't ask how he made the dough," jokes Raphael.

            Meanwhile, the two Sailor Scouts, Amy and Raye, stay by the temporary shack where Sailor Moon rests.  Sakura hasn't left her new friends at their difficult time.  All three been together since the CyberNinjas' attempt of getting Sailor Moon back.

            Rini walks up to them with fruit while Gohan, Pikachu and Kirby go serve everyone else.  "Here you go," she says as she hands them each a fruit.  She pauses at each one for a second to see if her question has gotten a different answer, they each give a reply of 'thanks' also giving her the sign that nothing has changed.  She sighs after giving the last fruit to Amy and goes to join Gohan, Pikachu, and Kirby.

            "Well, it's nice at least to see that she has made a lot of new friends," says Raye.

            Amy replies with a disappointed sigh.

            "She has had many friends ever since I first saw her," says Sakura.  "She's really nice around people."  She tosses the fruit upward from her hand, catches with the same hand but closer to mouth, and begins to eat it.

            While everyone chats amongst themselves, Spawn cautiously spies on the group.  These men… these men seem to be lost, disorientated.  They hide their fears in talk.  They must know something is coming for them, thinks Spawn, They seem peaceful, but ready for a violent war.  Even with a sense of Holiness in the air, I still smell an evil nearby.  Malebogia's goons must be close, maybe hiding within the group.

            Sakura takes the last bite out of the fruit.  She suddenly gives a quick cough, but keeps most of the food in her mouth.

            "Ate it too fast?" asks Raye.

            Sakura quickly spits out the fruit in her mouth and shakes her head but collapses to her knees and palms.

            "Something wrong?" asks Amy with concern.  Other fighters' attention is drawn towards them.

            Ken nudges Ryu to look over, "Hey, Ryu."

            Ryu looks pass Ken and at Sakura who is now is showing the first sighs of the Dark Hadou transformation.  "Oh, no," he says as he gets up and runs over to her, Ken follows close behind.

            Amy and Raye cautiously back away because this is the first time they heard or even thought of Sakura having a transformation ability.

            "Sakura!" says Ryu as he kneels down to her.  A wind surrounds her and accelerates in velocity.  "Sakura, you got to snap out of it!"

            As Sakura's skin darkens and her eyes redden, she lifts herself up and stands upright.  The wind causes her bandana and clothing to flutter in the wind.  She then lifts he head upward and gives an angry roar, creating a large wind knocking both Ryu and Ken away.

            Dark Sakura looks forward and advances towards the group with an angered expression.

            Ryu and Ken get to their feet.  Suddenly, Ken jumps outward towards her.  Dark Sakura watches him come down, knowing that he is going to attack.  She readies to block a falling kick, but Ken fakes the attack and instead lands on the ground right in front of her and punches her in gut, knocking the wind out of her.  She collapses but Ken catches her and gently lowers her to the ground.

            "That was a close one," says Ryu as he runs up to them.

            Spawn thinks about what he just witnessed, A child!  She is the one?  She does have the dark energy.  An ingenious way to disguise a demon, but inside an innocent-looking girl.

             Amy, Raye, and Chun Li run over to her.  "Will she alright?" asks Amy.

            "She'll be just fine," replies Chun Li after searching for any sighs of injury.

            "What happened to her?" asks Raye.

            "Oh, that's right," says Ken, "You weren't here when it happened before."

            "Well…" starts Ryu.

            While some, like the Ninja Turtles and the Sailor Scouts, pay close attention to the story, others just keep to themselves.  B.B.Hood examines her artillery which she has had very little usage of.  She suddenly has a strange sense of something behind her.  She quickly turns around and sees a large, dark object blocking her view.  She slowly looks upward and sees Spawn's skull belt buckle, his black outfit, and his black-and-white face with green eyes.

            Spawn stares down at her, she slowly backs up and to the side.  Spawn walks forward towards the rest of the group.

            One-by-one, everyone hears the sound of dangling chains from behind them.  They each get up at the surprise, cutting Ryu's story short.

            "Oh, my God," mutters a few.

            "Stop!  Who are you!?" questions Cyclops.  Everyone is now waiting for an ambush.

            Spawn stops a few feet away from them but doesn't reply.  B.B.Hood still stands behind with her guns drawn.

            "What do you want here, Spawn?" asks Cable.

            Spawn turns his head towards him, "I've come for girl."

            "Well, you're not taking Sailor Moon either!" yells Rini.

            "Sailor Moon?  I've come for the dark one.  The one who called 'Sakura'."

            "Sakura?" says Ryu.  "Why do you want her?"

            "The Dark ones are what will cause Malebogia to gain the advance in my reality."

            "Hey!" yells B.B.Hood.  "If you want to fight, why not fight me first!"

            Spawn turns his head around towards her, "Only a fool wishes for death."

            B.B.Hood readies to fire her two handguns.  Just as she's about to fire, Spawn's shroud or cape reaches out along the ground and grabs her ankles.  She fires when she is pulled down but misses.  B.B.Hood is then dragged on the ground, lifted up, and thrown with the others.  "Hand the girl over to me!" orders Spawn.

            "You like to fight some dark ones?" asks Lilith.

            "Why don't you fight us?" adds Morrigan.  They stand side-by-side in an identical stance, both with their arms stretches upward.  Their bodies begin to flash as their spirits merge into Morrigan's body.  "Are you ready now?"

            Morrigan goes into to attack Spawn, Spawn prepares to end it quickly.  "WAIT!" yells Fujin as he steps in between them with his hands in the air.  "Look, there must be some mistake," he says to Spawn.  "We are only here—!"  Spawn backhands Fujin, knocking him away.

            Goku is the first to jump in at Spawn.  He catches Spawn's fists and battle for control of situation.  "Man, you are strong," says Goku.  "But let's see how strong you are."  With a quick flash, Goku transforms into Super Saiyan Goku.

            With a great increase in strength, Goku is starting to get the upper hand.  But then Spawn's chains come out of his shroud and wrap around Goku's body, tightening.  Goku moans in pain and starts to lose the test-of-strength battle.

            Super Saiyan Gohan comes flying and kicks Spawn in the face, releasing Goku for his chains and hands.

            As Goku recovers, Piccolo jumps in to attack.  But before he can laid on hand on him, Spawn grabs Piccolo's arm and squeezes, breaking the bones.  He moans quietly but not enough to satisfy Spawn.  "Stop toying with me," says Spawn.  He then throws Piccolo by the broken arm and smashes him on the ground.

            Morrigan jumps in a Spawn with a combination of kicks.  She then splits into two mirror images then repeats the same combo plus a Soul Fist attack.  Each attack hits Spawn but there is very little damage.

            "Regroup," yells Captain America so they can do a group attack.  Most join him, but others like Piccolo are still unable to help.  The Sailor Scouts have yet to transform while they protect their sleeping leader.

            The Earth warriors prepare for a group attack.  They fire from Hadou-kens to missiles but, before the projectiles reach Spawn, he uses his shroud to wrap tightly around him.  The attacks connect but when it's all over, Spawn stands in a dark casing of his cape.  The shroud returns to a more material-like state, revealing that the team attack was ineffective.

            Spawn's chains dangle from under his shroud.  He throws them at them to knock them down.  WarMachine, IronMan, Cyclops, Leonardo, and others are knocked down by a direct blow to the chest.  Wolverine however uses his adamantium claws to tangle up the chains.  Sub-Zero jumps in near Spawn and freezes the chain.  The frozen chain links shatter from Wolverine pulling and then chain flies back towards Wolverine's feet.

            Rogue flies in at Spawn, "I think it's time to put you to sleep, Sugar."  She removes a glove and flies around to behind Spawn.  She places the hand on the top of his head, and the energy begins to drain into Rogue.  But evil energy is too much and she flies back hollering in pain.  Gambit quickly catches her before she hits ground.

            "Hey, you!"  Spawn turns around to the voice, and there standing a few feet away is a pink-haired Sakura.  "You still want to fight Sakura?"

            "You are not her."

            Sakura-Mugena chuckles, "You will that I am every bit like her!"  She rushes in for to do a Shou-ou-Ken (rushing uppercut), hitting Spawn in the chin.  As Spawn flies back and Mugena lands on the grounds, Spawn's chains suddenly pop out and grabs her.  The chains retract and Spawn grabs hold of her face then slams her into the ground.  When Spawn releases her, she changes back into her normal, yet dizzy, 'Mugena' form.  "A… one… hit… wonder."

            Pikachu gets an idea and taps Kirby's side.  Pikachu points at the chain that was severed from Spawn.  Kirby understands and quickly runs up to it.  No one notices when he stops and inhales it.  With a flash, Kirby transforms into a darken-pink skinned, black caped, mini-Spawn Kirby with a matching face paint of Spawn's mask.

            "What sorcery is this?" asks Spawn.

            B.B.Hood suddenly steps in front of Spawn-Kirby, "Eat lead!"  She fires her two uzis at Spawn, spraying bullets into him.  The bullets dig into Spawn, spilling out green ooze.  His cape flutters out making him look even larger.  B.B.Hood empties both rounds but continues holding the trigger.  To everyone's surprise, the slimy green bullet holes begin to retract and disappear, healing Spawn from the attack.

            Spawn-Kirby's cape begins to flutter out as well as he gets his chains ready to strike.

            "Hold it!" yells Fujin as he steps in-between Spawn and the others.

            Trunks runs and stands beside Fujin and facing Spawn with his sword drawn.  "That's enough!" he yells at Spawn.

            "Out of my way," says Spawn.

            "You're not going to hurt anyone," says Fujin.

            A few people gasp, attracting others' attention, at Sakura who is now starting to stand up again under the control of the Dark Hadou.  She stands up and stares at Spawn, ready to fight.

            Without warning, Cable suddenly appears from behind her and places the puffer-like device on her neck, giving her a drug to calm her.  She collapses onto her knees soon after the injection.  Ryu, Ken, and Chun Li run over to her.  Surprisingly, she's still conscious and the Dark Hadou still had a hold on her.  Cable prepares for another injection but before he does another dose, Sakura's grunts turn into gasps and she shakes her head in saying 'no'.  Cable stops the injection knowing that Sakura is regaining control.

            "It's another trick," says Spawn.  "Malebogia is deceiving you all!"  He suddenly jumps high into the air, over Fujin, Trunks, and most of the group, and lands near Sakura's position.

            Ryu and Ken go in to attack but Spawn punches them both away.  Super Saiyan Goku and Gohan and Piccolo fly in but Spawn quickly grabs Piccolo and throws him at the Saiyans.  He then grabs a few others and throws them into the group, knocking them down and disorienting them.  He then uses a chain to knock Cable's gun out of his hand, then swings the chain back to knock away Cable and Chun Li.  He then swings the chain up to slam it down on Sakura's head, killing her one blow.

            BANG!  A bolt of lightning hits the chain and deflects it away from Sakura and back at Spawn, pushing him back.

            BANG!  Another bolt hits the ground in front of Spawn and there stands the Elder of Lightning himself, Raiden.  "That's enough, Hell-Spawn!" orders Raiden.  "You have caused enough pain here."

            Spawn is speechless for a second, "Who or what are you?"

            "I am Lord Raiden, the Elder God of Thunder and Lightning.  I am the leader of this group which are here to battle the Dark forces lead by Onslaught and Shinnok."

            "There's that name again.  What the Hell is going on here?  Are you with God or Malebogia?"

            "I know it will be tough to understand…"

            "No more riddles!"

            "We are not allied with Malebogia but our enemy is.  Malebogia is better known to us as Satan or Lucifer.  He is being controlled by Shinnok, God of the NetherRealm."

            "And her?!"  He looks at Sakura, "She is not a servant of his?!"

            "We could have told you that!" yells Ken.

            Ryu stands up beside Ken, "Sakura is experiencing a side-effect of learning a fighting style of Hadou, called 'Dark Hadou'.  She must learn to control it before it destroys her."

            "Then… I was mistaken," says Spawn.

            "It appears that we shared a common enemy," says Raiden.

            Spawn interrupts him again, "No, I will not join you.  We may have a common enemy but Heaven's bounty hunters have showed me that I am not your ally either."  Spawn turns towards nearest side of trees as the darkened, cloudy sky begins to brighten.  "I am only here to try and relieve myself of my curse, my shroud.  I am alone.  If we meet again, you better pray that I am not against you."  He begins to walk into the trees and disappears in the shadows.

            Kirby spits out the chain, changing back into normal, pink Kirby.  Pikachu stands beside him and pats Kirby's back as Kirby displays a sick expression.

            "It's nice to see that you back, Raiden," says Fujin.

            "Only temporary," he says as he watches move away and then turns to Fujin.  "I thought you would need my help."

            "Well, it was a good thing you came," says Kung Fu Man.

            Raiden looks down at Sakura who is back to normal but still kneeling, "Are you alright?"

            Sakura breathes deeply, "I'll be fine."

            "Good.  I'll stay here for a little while."

            Amy and Raye suddenly rush inside the shack.  A few seconds later, Raye exits with a disappointed face.  Everyone is looking at her, "Is something wrong?" asks Gohan who is back to normal.

            "We thought we heard something."

            Suddenly Amy cries out, "Guys, get in here quick!"

            Raye and Rini are the first to go in.  "We all can't go in," says Cable.  "Trunks," we waves for him to follow him inside.

            Inside, Amy, Raye, and Rini kneel down beside Super Sailor Moon who is still lying on the ground.  Cable comes and waves them away from her body which is moaning as if holding back pain.

            Trunks comes in and kneels down beside Cable.  Cable takes out a scanning device and scans her body while Trunks prepares for another injection.

            Suddenly, Sailor Moon stops moaning.  Cable is confused with the readings and tries again.  Trunks waits for something as well as the three Sailor Scouts.

            Cable shuts off the scanner, "She was almost out, but she's now back in it.  She could be dreaming something."

            "Can you wake her up?" asks Rini.

            "Not yet, it's too dangerous."

            Trunks falls back and slides down the wall and gives a deep sigh.  He looks up at the girls, "She should wake soon."  He then turns Cable, "Seven days."

            Cable is silent for a second.  "Well, right now, I like our chances."  He packs up the medical supplies, "Let it come."

Capcom dimension, Street Fighter realm

            Several computer screens show static images and bright colours.  The screens flash different images, from street, buildings, and rooms to familiar faces, pets, and recent memories.

            Bedroom.  School.  Amy.  Serena.  Sailor Scouts.  Park.  Luna and Artemis.  Raye.  Park.  Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini Moon.  Boys.  Sailor Scouts.  Sailors Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto.  Sailor Saturn.  Park.  Rini.  Amy, Raye, and Serena.  Sailor Saturn.  Hotaru.  Sailor Scouts.  Hotaru.  M.Bison.  Then the images begin to alternate in recent memory of Hotaru, the park, and Bison.

            Bison stares a blank stare at the computer screens over two chairs with two girls locked tightly, Sailors Venus and Jupiter.  They moan in concentration as the brain control takes affect.

            "Are they ready yet, master," says a voice from behind Bison.

            "Not yet."

            The figure walks out of the shadows and stands beside him, revealing her Sailor Scout outfit to the light.

            Bison and the Scout stare at the other two Scouts whose moans grow louder in pain.  "I would like to thank you for releasing me," says the Scout.

            "I'm sure that you be one of my greatest servants, Mistress 9."

            She bends down to his head level, "Oh, please. Call me Saturn."