::Chapter 3 ~ Unlearned::

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A few hours after her talk with Vega, Cammy went to spar with Juni and Juli. This was a daily occurrence to her, for reasons she didn't understand. Fighting felt as natural as breathing did to her. She felt like she had a place in battle, she had no place in her life outside of it, she had no purpose. She never cared much is she lost, but she had a desire to win. But that desire was more of a desire to be thought of. She couldn't remember the last time she felt like an individual. She was one of the many dolls in Shadowloo, and usually they were discarded by Bison.

Hours after their sparing, Juni managed to win against both herself and Juli. After the battles, she walked to her cell, and sat upon her bed for what seemed like hours. She waited nervously, thinking about Vega and how Bison would react if he found out about them. Her thoughts started to take over and her nerves gave in. She decided to pace through the hall ways until she realized it was getting close to 9:30pm. She readied herself for a shower, and pulled out short black spaghetti-strapped dress which she had for certain missions when Bison required a low profile. She didn't have much casual or dress wear, most of the clothing she owned were uniforms and sleep wear. She locked the door of her cell before she left.

After showering she dressed herself in the doll's stalls and tied her hair back in a tight bun instead of braiding it. She wore the same combat boots she always did, sighing as she tied them. She cursed herself when the realization hit her that she had no other shoes.

She shrugged, and nervously thought "This isn't a date…"

As she put on the boots, she noticed they looked surprisingly good with the dress. She grinned, whispering. "…Not that it matters."

As soon as she opened the door to her cell, she saw the familiar face of Vega, standing against the wall of her cell. He wore a black trench coat, and black pants. He was also holding a red rose, which he planted in Cammy's hand soon after.

"Thank you." She said looking at the rose, her cheeks turning just few shades above the rose's color.

He looked down at her and smiled, "You're very welcome."

"How... did you get in here?" She looked up at him curiously.

"The same way you got in. I used the door." He winked taking her hand.

He opened her cell door, and walked quietly down the now non-crowded floor of Shadowloo. She wondered how they weren't going to get caught walking down the hall, but then she saw the guards fast asleep at their desks as they usually were at that hour of the night. To her surprise he walked her to the sparring arena.

"Where are we going?"

"Shhh," He placed a finger to her mouth, making her blush more fervently "You'll find out soon enough.".

Vega walked to a computer at the side of the arena, and turned on it's monitor, creating a light for the pitch black. He typed in a password that opened the exit door next to the computer. The door opened quick and quietly, allowing their escape. He ran to the exit with her, which led to a parking lot, and they walked to a beautiful sports car.

"How did you manage to get the password?" Cammy said, looking over at him, astonished.

"I usually get out that way," He opened the door for her, "They just don't know I took you with me." He said, sitting in the driver's seat and starting the engine.

Though the car was very comfortable, Cammy's nerves were starting to get the best of her.

"So how long have you been here at Shadowloo?" She said, trying to make conversation.

"Not long. I used to be a matador... But my father wanted me to work where he did when I came of age, it was one of his wishes for me to live out his legacy here." He looked as if he'd all ready known the question's answer to the question her was about to ask, but Cammy was too nervous to notice. "… And yourself, beautiful?"

"I don't remember to be honest with you. I figure about two to three months." Cammy scratched her head.

"Hmm...it all goes by rather fast, doesn't it? I remember first meeting Bison when I was around six. Now I'm working for him." He stopped the car, at a Thai restaurant.

As he got out of the car with her, he looked over his shoulder, thinking he saw a red lights.

"What the hell was that?" He thought to himself, shrugging as he took Cammy's hand and they walked into the restaurant.

They sat in the back. Vega ordered for her, since Cammy wasn't familiar with Thai food, even though the base of Shadowloo where she stayed, was in Thailand. They talked mostly about Vega's fights and matador skills during their dinner. He was very arrogant, but Cammy found him mostly entertaining. She was envious and intrigued with his situation. Though arrogant, Vega found time to complement her very often about her beauty. She had never felt as valuable as she did tonight…

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After they left the restaurant, Vega drove to a stone bridge accompanied by a large waterfall, about ten to fifteen minutes away from where they were.

He left his car, and walk to the other side of it, escorting Cammy out and taking her hand while walking her across to the edge of the bridge.

Cammy stood there in amazement, a hand raised to her slightly open mouth, as she watched the sparkling clear water dance gracefully down the rocks.

She had never seen such a thing...

Yet deep down inside, seeing the waterfall made her hear voices, not her own voice, but another female's voice, crying, for an unknown reason. She had thought maybe it was an indistinct memory of her past that she had secretly yearned for. Within a few moments she had reasoned with herself to drop the issue, but it still showed on her face. Soon the cries were her own.

Maybe she had seen something like this before...

Vega only smiled at her amazement, but inside he couldn't help feeling sorry for her- He deceived her. He knew what Bison had done. He knew what her life was like before.

He longed so much to give her the answers….

He watched her...

She lowered her hand to her side. The tears were transparent to her eyes, yet he could sense they were there, she knew it.

"Damn it." She thought to herself.

"What's wrong?" Vega said in a sympathetic tone.

"N--No, nothing's wrong." Cammy said with a weak and fake smile.

"You know, you aren't a great liar," He said. "You can tell me..."

"Well..."

"Well?"

"Fine, fine. I just feel a slight déjà vu." She smiled, her smile even more weak and fake then before, but he could tell she was telling the truth somewhat, though he didn't know why she looked so upset about it.

"As long as you're all right..." He said in a delicate tone, looking over at her, his eyes longing for her pale eyes.

Cammy looked down at the water, trying to avoid his gaze, she knew he could read her like a book, and it made her feel slightly uncomfortable. She hugged herself tightly not only to keep herself warm from the cool autumn air, but it made her feel more secure.

Vega took his coat off at her action, and placed it lightly on her shoulders, he took the opportunity to touch her bare shoulder's skin. Doing so made Cammy shiver more and blush a pale pink. But she knew this wasn't Vega's last move, he had been rather friendly with her since the day he'd met her and she had guessed he didn't alwaysinflict the charm he had shown in the past few hours to many.

Before she knew it, he'd pulled her around to face him. Cammy's eyes opened slightly with shock even though she knew what was coming, though his were closed. His lips moved closer to hers...

Their lips were only a centimeter away before Vega was pushed back by a whack to the mouth from a cold black boot. Decapre stood in front of both of them, her eyes gleaming even redder than before, in a fighting stance.

"Decapre?! What are you doing here?! And what the hell was that for?!" Vega looked enraged at her, wiping the blood off of his lips.

"Executing a mission at mode 056."

Cammy looked over at Decapre first with wide eyes, raising a brow at her robotic speech, then looked over at Vega with a frown on her face. "You know her?!"

She looked back at Decapre, and noticed her hair and uniform were the same as hers. "Who are you-", she was stopped as Decapre screamed "Cannon Spike!", lifting one leg solidly into the air, and flipping backwards.

Her heel had just missed Cammy by a few inches, Cammy had blocked fairly quick taking a step back. As she landed Cammy finally realized that they were under attack and grabbed her from behind and threw her backwards in a german suplex. After doing so, they both flipped up simultaneously. Decapre ran toward Cammy with incredible speed. Cammy stood still waiting until Decapre was near enough to her, then she flipped up on to Decapre's shoulders, and forcefully bent backwards sending her crashing down to the ground, she flipped up again, and immediately formed her fighting stance. Decapre did the same, and sent a punch to Cammy's midriff, which Cammy blocked, but she did many more, but Cammy's reflexes were faster, though the punches hurt her bare arm, with the solid metal in Decapre's gloves. Upon one of the punches, Vega grabbed her to restrain her, it worked for a moment and Cammy positioned her to do a Cannon Drill, but Decapre extended her leg high in the air and kicked him hard in the jaw, very hard.

"You bitch! My face!" Vega blurted out, holding his hand to his jaw with a look of horror. Cammy liked him and all but she did notice that he was a bit of a pretty-boy.

Vega decided that that was the last straw, and grabbed a pocket knife from his pants. Decapre decided to stop targeting Cammy and take out Vega first, so she straightened her body with her hands extended to the air, and jumped towards him, shouting "Cannon Drill!", her voice identic to Cammy's which she'd noticed, Vega fell backwards, after landing she did an uppercut, which hit Vega's jaw, knocking him out cold.

"Target: Killer Bee." Decapre said quietly, getting in her fighting stance again.

Cammy looked over at Decapre enraged, and soon ran towards her, but Decapre did a round house kick which hit her in the ribs. Cammy clenched her fist, and held her side tightly in pain with one hand. Decapre used this against her, and punched her right below her shoulder, which sent her flying back a few feet because of the metal in Decapre's gloves. Decapre quickly sent another punch, which hit the same part of Cammy's ribs as before.

"What... do you want with me?!" Cammy said through gritted teeth at the masked woman in front of her. She'd never gotten an answer, only a punch directly to the face, which sent her trembling to the stone ground.

Cammy felt the world start to spin as she looked over at Vega's unconscious body, a faint sadness on her face.

The last words she heard as her world started to blur came from a voice very similar to her own…

"Mission Complete."

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::Author Notes::

Sorry it took such a long time for this chapter. Well, I know this chapter was pretty corny at first, but I just love ruining romantic scenes, don't we all? I'm also sorry that my fighting scenes lack. Hope you like it so far. Please leave me a review and tell me your honest opinion ^_^.

Also I want to thank everyone who reviewed my story. I really appreciate it!