Spider-Man/King of Fighters CH.13

The Limosuine drove to the intended destination containing both K and Maxima in it.

When the limo finally arrived at where they were headed,both k and Max got out. Then,another of the Kingpin's men got out from the driver's seat and approached them.

"Before you go,let me make aware of what you are instructed to do in the tournament supreme finals."he said. "The both of you are to head down that subway entrance there across the street and find a single subway train that has the initials KOF on it. Once you are both inside,it will take you both to a secret location. Once you get there,you will both find yourselves face to face with a mysterious opponent. He is all that stands between the both of you and the grand title of KOF champion this year. Are you both ready?"

"Just point us in the direction man."said K as he slipped his shades on. "Yeah,we're ready!"said Maxima.

"Very well then."said the man. "Go now,and best of luck.you'll need it."

K and Maxima turned to the subway stairs and ran for it. The man then got out his cell phone and contacted the Kingpin. "They bought it all sir."said the man. "They're on their way."

"Most excellent!"said Fisk on the other end. "Head back to base." "Yes sir."said the man.

While below in the subway entrance down below,K and Maxima found a few subways parked on the tracks.

"Which one could it be?"said Max. K then saw a subway train with the initials KOF painted in gold plate upon the side. "Just a hunch but.let's pick this one."he said. "You da boss."said Maxima.

Both fighters entered the train and both doors automatically shut behind them. Then,the train hummed to life and took off down through the dark tunnel ahead.

"Talk about travellin'in style."said Maxima. "Mind you this is the first time I ever rode the big apples subway trains.and I hear not too many nice things happen on them."

K sat down in a seat and leaned back. "Not too worry Max."said K. "Who in their right mind is gonna mess with us?"

"I can tell ya a lot of hoods and punks who couldn't care less even if ya were both KOF champions."said a voice above them.

Looking upward they found Spider-Man himself hanging on a webline from the ceiling. "You again..?"said K. "Yeah,little'ol me."said Spidey as he landed onto his feet from where he hung. "Nice work out there in the arena by the way. I see you let nothing stand in your way."

"When it comes to getting something we want or need,nothing does."said K. "I'm sure."said Spidey. "Now-would you both mind telling me what the hell is this all about really?"

"Uhmm..Maxima.you'd best do the honors."said K. "Yeah,as usual."said Maxima. "Okay web-man. Pull up a chair and listen to the tale of woe I'm gonna tell ya. Ya see first off-K here---is an advanced clone of the last KOF champion Kyo Kusanagi."

"You don't say."said Spidey. "That's why he's able to weild flames the same way he always did eh?" "That's right."said Maxima. "He and I entered this contest to find out whether or not NESTS may be up to no good again. And for your earlier inquiry,NESTS is or perhaps was now-a top secret terrorist organization that swept the four corners of the earth with their schemes of power."

"Hmmm.I bet even SHIELD has never heard of this place then?"said Spidey. "That's right,NESTS was so submersive even SHIELD never knew of our existence."said Maxima. "Our---you mean you were a-member."said Spidey.

"Right on the money."said Maxima. "I,along with three other individuals named Whip,Seth,and Vanessa were once some of their best operatives. That is until the events of KOF.1999. After the events of KOF'97-98,NESTS decided to hold a KOF of it's own for a grand scheme of world domination. Especially after they captured him and extracted some of his DNA-in short- voila' instant clone army. And in a nutshell,the first team who would make it to the hidden base of the finals and fight the man in charge would empower the army with enough battle data to unleash them upon the world.

K and myself along with that Shingo kid you saw earlier and a guy name Benimaru were the ones who made it to the finals. After all,he and I were ordered by our master at the time,another twisted clone of Kusanagi,named Krizalid. We defeated him eventually and shorted out the power supply to the clones. Their plan was foiled,mainly because K couldn't stand being their guinea pig any longer. When Krizalid was killed by a mysterious NESTS assassin who also caused the base to self-destruct,we all had to make it out. K and myself were taken on by some IKARI soldiers,but shook them off easily.

The next couple years of our life were on the run from NESTS and the military. We along with other fighters entered the next two KOF's in hopes of taking down NESTS and clearing our names before the IKARI warriors. After KOF'01 we took on the head of NESTS himself, a madman called Igniz aboard his space station. It wasn't easy but we defeated him and he and everyone aboard the station was destroyed.or maybe we thought so far."

"You have suspicions that someone in NESTS power could be holding this tourney as a certain means of power or revenge?"said Spidey.

"You could say that."said Maxima. "NESTS is also responsible for ruining a lot of people's lives that K and I know. Not only is he a clone,he was also once a normal human being. He was taken from his family as a baby and later on infused with the power of the Kusanagi from Kyo's DNA. We have a couple of friends and associates who were created by them from their own dastardly means of science. I was once a normal human as well-but an accident on a mission they implnated cybernetics into my body as well. We want to put our own bloody pasts behind us all and make sure no one suffers the same cruelty and sin that NESTS cursed upon us."

"Sounds pretty noble."said Spidey. "But uh-why doesn't your friend there want to talk about it?" "I'm afraid after learning the total truth about himself has somewhat embittered him in a few ways."said Maxima. "He doesn't like talking about it understadably,but.he's somewhat mellowed after 01,if I may say so myself."

"I'm sure."said Spidey. "Well,as for what I can tell you about my enemy,Wilson Fisk,the man who is holding this contest.is really a crime lord known as-THE KINGPIN OF CRIME!"

"Never heard of him."said K finally turning his attention to Spidey. "Not suprising."said Spidey. "Since you both spent your time in doing away with an organization named after a bird's home."

"Don't rub it in web-head."said K. "What else do ya know about this..Kingpin?" "He's bad news like you wouldn't know."said Spidey. "I fought him and his money entrusted Enforcers a while back. I sent him on the run-but I knew he'd be back someday."

"He might just be in charge of the contest anyways."said Maxima. "Those clones and that robot we fought just might be from NESTS after all."

"Yeah,maybe Fisk didn't know about them after all."said K. "Maybe."said Spidey. "But if I know Fisk,he may have had a few of his fat massive fingers in some part of this pie."

"I guess we won't know till we get there."said K. Suddenly,something hit Maxima right in the back,causing him to fall to the floor. "Spider-Sense tingling!"said Spidey. "Who th---?"said K.

"You're in for the long haul mate."said an australian laden voice. "And we're here to make sure ya don't make it to the finals in one piece."

A pair of hoodlums stood before the trio. One was a man dressed in blue jean jacket and pants,a red and white bandana was on his head and he weilded a red wooden staff.

The other was a large and muscled man wearing a black short sleeved shirt,matching slacks and gloves and had a blonde and black dye hair atop his head as well as crazed look in his eyes.

"Hey,I've seen those two before."said K. "Same here."said Maxima. "They were in the KOF'97 and the Real Bout contest in Southtown."

"And who is they exactly?"said Spider-Man. "Billy Kane and Ryujji Yamazaki at your service mates."said Billy. "We overheard your conversation and it just so happens we were hired by the same fella you was spouting about wall-crawler."

"Yeah,Fisk invested us with some mucho dinero to make sure we kept you guys on your toes before the final match."said Yamazaki.

"Well,wasn't that nice of him."said Maxima. "That and the fact we're also to bring you all to the real man behind this contest-dead or alive!"said Yamazaki clenching his fist.

"A man.?"said K. "Someone like-Igniz or Zero maybe?" "Like we're gonna tell ya that."said Yamazaki. "All you need know is this--- prepare yourselves would be heroes-cause this is your last stop!"

"You guys think you can scare us?'said Spidey. "In the end,you're just a couple of cheap thugs!" "I've been called a lot of things over the years."said Yamazaki. "But never- --ever-a cheap thug!"

"And as for you.Spider-punk."said Billy. "You have no place here in the tournament anyways,you're an illegal entry. So why don't you leave the train and we'll forget this ever happened?"

"Nice offer aussie,"said Spidey."but the answer's no---and I'm gonna help these guys kick your cans to jail!"

"Have it your way but---."said Yamazaki as he snapped his fingers. Suddenly,a group of armed and black garbed and masked thugs entered from the other side of the train. "---you may wanna think of surrender as an option you can afford."

"Man,we're in it too deep this time!"said Maxima. "C'mon Max."said K. "A little army never stopped us before." "How do I get myself into these things?"said Spidey.

MORE ACTION AND MAYHEM TO COME IN CH.14!