Spider-Man/King of Fighters

Ch.15.

The dark maksed fighter jumped high into the air and came flying straight at K as if to do some deadly elbow drop on him.

But before he could exact vengenace,K rolled out of the way and just as the warrior slammed both feet on the arena floor,K swung his feet into the man's backside,pushing him forward.

"NOW I GOT YOU!"said K as he unleashed his Flame Drive. "FWWOOSH-WHAMM!"the impact caused the masked man to go sailing into the air and crash back down to the floor.

"ALRIGHT K!"shouted Maxima. "That's the way to show'em!" "Heh-you go snow hair-you go!"thought Spidey.

The masked man cralwed abck to his feet,ready to really dish out some blows and deliver some more. K saw his chance and thrust forward like a bat outta hell at the opponent.

K thrust and swung many punches and kicks at the fighter,but the gargantuan blocked each and every one of them off with his pair of massive yet super- fast hands. But,K noticed that the titan was beginning to tire,he could sweat drops form on his face and heavy breathing was heard as well.

"I know of a way to slow this geekoid down."he thought as a smile formed on his bronze skinned face. K did his Blackout move,appearing right behind the brute.

Before the mystery man could make a move at K,he disspareared again,and again and again,dissapearing and reappaeraing all around the fighter until he drove him nearly dizzy!

The fighter then shook his head wildly to regain some composure of some sort.

The masked man obviously had enough as he then clenched both of his fists and orange flames began to form from them.

"What th---is that-----?"said Maxima. K then stopped to see what the fighter was doing,he was forming a kind of Kusangai flames in his fists.' "Is-is this guy another clone of----?"he began to ask.

But before K could further his suspisions,the fighter raised both of his hands into the air and a blast of crimson flames erupted from both of his hands straight up,like a geyser!

"Whoa-wicked!"said Kong looking at the screen. "This guy makes the human torch look like a match." "Flames?"said Maxima in disbelief. "That can't be!" "Not good huh?"said Spidey.

The flame geyser rose to the very top of the ceiling and large cinders of fire began to fall down to the floor of the arena where K stood.

"YOW!"he said as he began to make a run for it. Maxima and Spider-Man ran back into the threshold of the doorway as the entire room was covered in flames.

"K GET OVER HERE NOW!shouted Maxima. But it was too late,the entire arena room was covered in a blast of white hot flames.

Finally,after nearly a whole minute,the flames from the man's hands died down,and the entire arena floor as well as almost everything in it was burnt like toast.

"Man!"said Spidey looking around through the doorway. "Look at what that freak did to the room!" Maxima began to walk up towards the maksed man.

"Pal.if K's dead-you're gonna get squashed so hard you'll---." "Chill out Max."called a voice. "Huh-K is that you?"said Maxima. K emerged from around a corner,and his red gloved hand was still lit up. "K-you didn't get burned after all!"said Maxima.

"WHAT?"replied the mysterious onlooker in the monitor room. "IMPOSSIBLE-the Flame Geyser was fullproof!"

"At the last minute when I dove for cover,I ignited a sort of flame shield from my own powers."said K. "It was the last thing that came to mind ina situation like that."

The masked man growled angrilly in a rage at what happened. "Now---it's my turn ya big lumox!"said K.

The masked man charged at K with superhuman speed like a human bullet train. But little did he know,that K was way ahead of him.

The clone threw his shades at the fighter which allowed K to do his powerful Chain Drive. The fighter was taken by surprise as K slammed into him with a fury of punches and kicks at a superhuman speed and power.

The last hit ended with a hard Flame uppercut that sent the titan falling to the floor. But K's opponent was down,but not out yet.

"Looks like he's still got some fight left in him-Maxima would you do the honors?"said K. "It'll be a privellage."said Maxima as he stepped out into the arena.

The masked man was about to get to his feet,but before he could,Maxima sprang into action with his Bunker Buster Ball---and fell right upon the would-be warrior with a loud thud!

He was now-out cold. K and Maxima had won the final match,they were the champions.

The entire crowd saw what had occurred and were waiting for the Kingpin to announce the victory.

"Uhmmm..K AND MAXIMA HAVE WON THE FINAL MATCH! THEY ARE THE WINNERS OF THE KOF TAG-TEAM TOURNAMENT!"

The crowds of people cheered and hollored for the reigning champion of the KOF. "K,K,K,K,K---YEEEAHH!"

"MAN,HE RULES!"said Flash. "YEAH-K'S DA MAN!"said Kong.

The screen then went blank and shown the symbol of KOF on it. Fisk spoke again into the microphone. "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,WE HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED THIS GALA EVENT AND ADVISE YOU TO TAKE SPECIAL CARE IN HEADING HOME TONIGHT. THIS IS YOUR HOST WILSON FISK AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE NEXT---KING OF FIGHTERS!"

WHILE BACK DOWN IN THE ARENA.

Both K and Maxima stood overtop of the fallen fighter they had faced. "Man,you guys did great!"said Spider-Man. "Now I can see why you've been the reigning champs of the KOF these past years."

"Yeah,we do all right-so far."said Maxima. K then bent down to get a good look at the face of their would-be assassin. He then grabbed the top of the mask,removed it and it was revealled that the fighter's face was none other than---

"KYO---KUSANAGI?"said Spidey in awe. "It can't be the real Kyo."said Maxima."I mean,look at his body mass and height. Not to mention the crazed fame move he just did."

"That's right."said K. "He's---obviously another clone of the original Kyo." Suddenly,the face of the Kyo clone began to twist and melt away,revealling a steaming grey pile of goop. "Yuck---what'd it do that for?"said Spidey.

"Clone degeneration."said Maxima. "It happens whenever a clone is defeated or it's programming is terminated. And this one lost badly to us enough to be cut off."

"Well,that clinches it,NESTS has got to be behind this."said K. "And I'm willing to bet that whatever's behind that door,is the answers we seek."

"Now that the contest is officially over-I can move more easily now as well to help you guys as well."said Spidey. "Hope you're ready for whatever's up ahead Spidey."said Maxima. "Cause I have a feeling it's gonna get ugly."

"Hey,I'm ready for anything."said Spidey. "just lead the way."

The trio then ran up to the double doors and K tried for the handle. "Locked."he said. "Not suprising."

"Allow me."said Maxima as he went up to the doors and cracked his knuckles. He then thrust his Vapor Cannon punch,causing both doors to splinter apart.

K then lit up his red glove and was the first to walk in. Suddenly,Spidey's warning sense went off.

"Guys-look out,there's danger in this room!"he said. "Tell us something we don't already know web-head."said K.

"I'd listen to him if I was you---clone upstart!"said a voice. "That-that voice---it can't be!"said Maxima.

"Oh but it is Maxie,it is!"said the voice.

Emerging from the darkness was someone seated in a solid crome throne,and in that throne was someone dressed in a long lavender overcoat with spiy fur trimming on it's sleeves and collar.

The lower part of the man's face was concealled by the top of the coat's collar,but his head shown that it was the same facial and hair color that K himself had.

"Hey-who is this guy?"said Spidey. "Krizalid...!"breathed K in anger.

"That's right---brother of mine."said Krizalid. "We meet again at last!"

"But it can't be!"said Maxima. "We saw you die back at KOF'99!"

"Appearances as they say can be decieving Max."said Krizalid. "And yes the finals are at last over,but this is where the contest ends--- and the real battles begin---WITH ME!"

NEXT IN CH.16:K,MAXIMA AND THE EVER AMAZING ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN MUST FACE OFF AGAINST THE ALL-NEW AND DEADLIER THAN EVER KRIZALID!

BUT, WHILE THEY FACE OFF IN THIS CLIMACTIC FINAL BATTLE-THE KINGPIN AND HIS MEN BEGIN TO CLOSE IN ON ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THE KOF IN HOPES OF SILENCING THEM!

IT'S DANGER ON BOTH ENDS IN THE NEXT INSTALLMENT!