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Dramatis Personae
The Alliance
Saisyu Kusanagi - Kusanagi Clan PatriarchKen Masters - (so far) 2 time US Martial Arts Champion and heir to Masters Corp.
Angel - ex-NESTS Assasin
Rose - Fortune Teller/half of M. Bison's soul
K' (Kay Dash) - Mercenary
Maxima - Mercenary
Diana - Mercenary
Eiji Kisaragi - Ninja for hire/Mercenary
Benimaru Nikaido - Narcissist, 'Shooting' Muey That Warrior
Kyo Kusanagi – Kusanagi Clan heir
Shen Woo – Fighter
Duo Lon – Hizoku Clan ninja
Gen – Ex-Master Assassin, Restaurant Owner
Ash Crimson - ???????
The Underground
Geese Howard – ex business tycoon
Rugal Bernstein – Super Terrorist
Ryuji Yamazaki - Gangster
Vega – Spanish noble
Mr. Big – Gangster
Chun-Li – Interpol (ICPO) agent
Colonel William Guile – Air Force Commander
Commander Heidern – Ikari Force Commander
Private Sarah 'Whip' Machiko – Ikari Mercenary
Rugal's Base – West Sector
Angel charged through the door right into the arms of yet another team of soldiers. She did her trademark cow pose before teleporting away, just in time to avoid a volley of shots. Suddenly, Shen appeared on the left side of the troops with his 'Setsu! Geki-Ken,' blowing all but one of the soldiers away. Angel reappeared behind the survivor, placing him into a sleeper hold as she carried him away with her.
Hearing the footsteps of another team of henchman approaching, Angel waited behind the door and pulled out one of her Uzis. When she felt the henchmen were close enough, she teleported right in front of them, holding out her Uzi and using the soldier as a shield. The poor henchman took all the shots intended for Angel as she let loose with a volley of shots that decimated the crew of soldiers.
In another room, a group of soldiers were attempting to blast Gen with their machine guns, but Gen kept jumping around with his 'Kouga SC lv-2.' The soldiers simply couldn't hit the swift master assassin, and every time Gen bounced off the wall, he would charge in and plant a savage kick to the back of some hapless soldier's neck. By the time he finished his move, all of the soldiers had their necks broken by Gen's brutal assault.
Down the corridor, Duo Lon was sprinting around with his 'Himou Kyaku'; all that was visible of him to the naked eye was a blur of embrodied robes. As he encountered yet another team of soldiers, Duo Lon simply rushed past the henchman as if they weren't even there. The speed that Duo Lon was travelling at caused the soldiers to stumble back as if they were hit by a huge gust of wind.
While they were distracted, Duo Lon reappeared in the middle of the group and performed his 'Hiden: Genmu Onryouheki DM.' The attack shredded the henchmen into chunks of gore, and the walls were splattered with the blood of Duo Lon's victims. Duo Lon however, didn't seem to get a drop of blood on himself.
Angel, Gen and Shen appeared together and were greeted with the grisly scene of bones and gore lining the walls and ceiling of the corridor. Angel and Gen were stoic about the lethal ninja's brutality, but Shen threw up at the horrific scene before him. "God Dammit Duo Lon, that's one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen in my life! You went really overboard dude, and the smell, ugh!"
"Enough talk, where's Ash?" said the Hizoku ninja. With perfect timing, a flash of bright green light came from beyond the corridor. The companions continued on to where they saw the light, with Shen momentarily slowing as he walked on the blood of the fallen soldiers. Shen had to spit on the ground to stop himself from heaving, but caught up with his companions.
They found Ash leaning back casually on a chair, inspecting his nail art for any minor damage. Around him were skeletons of a group of soldiers he had taken out with his green flames, the bones and the surrounding area still glowing green. "Well, at least it's not as sick as Duo Lon's handiwork," was Shen's comment, "Hey Angel, what's your count at? I've taken out 32."
"I got 39, yay!" cheered Angel.
"I've lost count," Duo Lon admitted.
"I'm not even counting," Gen said, disinterested in the little game being played.
"Who cares, these are all small fry. We should only count the important people. People like him," Ash stated, pointing at a closed door. Just as Ash finished the sentence, the door opened, revealing none other that the mighty Geese Howard.
Rugal's Base – East SectorChun-Li finished off the last soldier standing with a 'Sou Hakkei,' sending him flying right into the other side of the room. The main attack force had worked their way through the base and was looking for the Psycho Drive.
At this depth, the team could not get any reception from the co-ordinators, since Saisyu had only equipped Guile with second-rate communicators. It was hoped that this would mean that neither Heidern nor Guile would be able to interfere with the team's actions. Luckily, Maxima's communicators enabled the two teams to keep in contact despite the depth and electrical interference.
"How big is this base? We've been fighting for hours, and we've seen no sign of Geese or the other important guys, and we've no idea where the damn Psycho Drive is!" said a frustrated Kyo.
"Kyo is right, how big is this ugly base anyway?" enquired Benimaru.
"Diana says ten kilometres wide and long, and one k deep," Chun-Li said grimly.
"God Dammit, if I knew before I would have traded placed with dad. This is too much work," said the irate Kyo. Eiji appeared from behind the team and held out his communicator for all to see. Maxima's face was on the screen, and he looked serious as he announced some findings.
"Our team's made it to a control room, and I've hacked into the system and found the location of the Psycho Drive. Our team is closer, so we'll head over and take them out. We've also found the location of Rugal, Big, Yamazaki and Vega, and we think your team should take them into custody." Ken looked over at Kyo, who seemed to agree with the plan, Ken himself nodded his consent.
"One more thing," Maxima added, "I located Angel and her friends when I took over the security cameras. They've just encountered Geese Howard, but they look like they're talking. She's got Master Gen with her."
"Master Gen!" the alliance members all said in unison. Gen was a legend by now, and had even trained a very young Chun-Li a little. With the powerful assassin on their side, it looked like the alliance might win after all.
"She's also got a tall man with robes that look like Hizoku ninja wear," Maxima added, which caused Benimaru to bristle with irritation. "I also see a very built man and a really scrawny girl with the same hair as Angel."
"Which of those oafs is Angel's boyfriend? The ninja or the obese thug?" Benimaru demanded to know, "How dare she date such ugly people whe she could look good next to me!"
"Who knows? Maybe that other chick is her sister?" Kyo said, knowing perfectly well from Angel's earlier description what Ash looked like and that he was a guy. Benimaru didn't however, and smiled very slyly at this.
"Who cares? We need to move now!" cried Rose, "Bernstein's got to have put in place some sort of emergency exit and we need to beat them to it!"
The heroes ventured forth, making short work of Rugal's henchmen as they followed Maxima's directions.
Rugal's Base – Launch Bay
Angel's crew were all in battle stances, ready to battle one of the greatest warriors in the world, except Ash, who was casually leaning on his chair. Geese looked at his adversaries with contempt, but made no move to charge up or put up a fighting stance.
"I knew someone would come looking for us, but not this early. They tell me you people are coming from both sides at once, so that tells me you're an organised group instead of a last ditch effort by Masters and Kusanagi. I'm just surprised they got so many fools together.
"We've already got the Psycho Drive packed away in the ship behind me, so you people might as well just let me crush your throats and die easy. Just tell me one thing before I kill you – who are you?"
Angel strode forward with confidence and seriousness betraying her usual repressed and happy-go-lucky personality. "We're the Alliance, Geese Howard. And we're different people here for different reasons, wealth, justice, pride, and for some of us, purpose. We don't follow the rules, and we don't back down for anyone – and we're the ones doing the killing today!"
Geese Howard merely grunted at Angel's heroic spiel, and threw a 'Renppuken,' dispersing the companions. "Master Gen, here's your big chance for an 'honourable death, take him by yourself" commanded Angel, "Ashy-poo, stay here and take over if Master Gen doesn't win. Shenny, Duo, let's go!"
"But I wanted to beat down Howard's ass!" complained Shen, prompting Duo Lon to drag him along.
Ash nodded to Gen, and rested his head in his hands. Gen beckoned Geese on, then assumed his 'Ansatsu Ken: Ki-ryuu' stance.
Geese charged up his powers. Despite his cocky attitude, Geese knew Gen's ki power was incredible, equalled only by his ability and technique. Gen had sixty years of battle experience, comprehensive knowledge on pressure points and ungodly speed.
Gen knew Geese's skills were as widely hailed as his own. Gen might have been respected as a master warrior, and Geese regarded as a sadistic murderer, but they had one similarity. They were both cold-blooded killers. Geese's depravity would be a balance for Gen's finesse killing arts, and Geese's control of the Scrolls of Immortality gave him a slight power advantage, but Gen was confident in his own abilities.
Both combatants were world famous killers, countless victories, countless deaths to their names. Both had inhuman power and ability, both had decades of battle experience. And both - though proud and arrogant - had unwavering respect for the other's ability.
"Master Gen – a worthy opponent if I ever saw one. Someone I can finally fight with respect," praised Geese, something he had never done to someone before.
"Geese Howard, you indeed are a man who deserves his reputation. And someone who can perhaps preserve mine. Perhaps a man of your power and experience can take my life in battle?"
"Definitely old man, I am the epitome of fighting power. It would be best if you just stood still and let me bring the full power of Haikyokuseiken down upon you."
"Hahaha young Geese. Your fear tactics will never work on one who fears not death."
With that, Gen leaped in the air with his 'Ouga' technique, bouncing off a wall, and springing towards Geese. Gen used his ki to stop himself right above his adversary and, crossing his arms, made to stomp Geese's head. Geese predicted Gen's starting move and charged up his 'Raging Storm DM.' Gen however, had moved so precisely, that he passed narrowly through the blasts of ki to smack Geese right in the forehead.
Gen rolled away before Geese could recover, and changed to his 'Ansatsu Ken: Sou-ryuu' stance. Geese pulled himself up and quickly rushed forward with a spinning high kick, performing his 'Raikou Mawashi Geri' attack.
Gen attempted a block but the sheer power of Geese's attack allowed Geese to knock aside Gen's feeble arm. Geese then performed his 'Hishou Nichirin Zan', launching both himself and Gen in the air, before doing a swiping ki slash, sending Gen into a hard landing.
Before Geese could continue his assault, Gen sprung up from the ground into his 'Gekirou' kick combo, attempting to hit Geese while he was still in midair. Geese took the first hit without flinching, but caught the second with his 'Joudan Atemi Nage', throwing Gen again onto the ground.
Gen quickly sprung himself away from Geese, on the defensive against Geese's sheer strength. He spat out some blood, internally bleeding from Geese's attacks, and wiped his mouth before assuming the 'Ansatsu Ken: Sou-ryuu' stance
Geese attempted to crush Gen with his 'Jaie Ken' shoulder charge, closing in on the distance that Gen had retreated to, but Gen was ready with his 'Shitenshuu SC lv-2.' Gen's SC was so strong that it halted Geese in the middle of his move. Geese was hit with a flurry of hand strikes before Gen charged his ki into two fingers and struck Geese on a pressure point right above his collarbone.
Geese stumbled away, using his rage to ignore the pain that welled up in his neck. Geese and Gen were trading blows, parrying and countering each other's moves, while Gen was counting down from ten in his head.
Geese's discipline allowed him to ignore the pulsing pain that increased every second from the 'Shitenshuu SC lv-2,' and he failed to notice that after each wave of pain, his power was dropping down significantly.
When Gen counted to zero, Geese suddenly convulsed, as if bewildered. Gen's 'Shitenshuu SC lv-2' cut a person of from their own ki, and Geese, though powerful, was not immune to its affects. Capitalising on Geese's confusion, Geese used his greatest move – the 'Zan'ei SC lv-3' – to hopefully finish the match.
Gen certainly looked for a death match, but death in battle was only honourable if Gen had tried his best. Gen wasn't going to lose just to die honourably, and if Geese lost against him, then he would have to find someone even better to give him the fight of his life.
Gen passed through Geese, and for a moment time stood still. Then Geese convulsed several times, as if hit from something, before crumpling onto the ground.
Gen grunted, expecting more of a challenge from the legendary Geese Howard. It looked like Gen would have to look for the fabled Akuma again, but after blowing Geese away so quickly, he wasn't sure that even Akuma would pose a threat to him anymore.
"Don't get carried away old man, he's still good for a fight," called Ash from his seat, "He's just still shrugging off that pressure point attack of yours."
Gen noticed that Geese's power level was rising again, and Geese was stirring. Gen couldn't believe he had missed that, it was not like an assassin to leave his target alive unawares. Gen assumed his 'Ansatsu Ken: Ki-ryuu' stance, ready for round two.
Ash looked glum, putting his chin in between his hands and sighing. 'I should have left this mop up job to Shen, this is so boring. I guess Angel was good on making sure me and Kusanagi won't meet too soon, but she's failing in keeping me interested. Who want's to see two geriatrics going at it?'
Despite Ash's boredom, the battle was beginning to become very fierce indeed, with two of the world's most experienced warriors giving their everything in a death match worthy of legend.
Rugal's Base – Psycho Drive Hanger
Whip had a trooper trapped, her whip around his neck, closing off his oxygen supply. She performed her 'Strength Shot Type B "Code: Strength"' to drag the hapless soldier closer to her before pulling out her 'Desert Eagle' and blasting the man in the forehead.
Whip noticed another squad of troopers, and launched the dead soldier at them with her 'Boomerang Shot "Code: SC."' The dead soldier landed at the front of the formation, breaking up the troops and allowing Whip to attack with her 'Strength Shot Type A "Code: Superior,"' attaching her whip onto a soldier's neck and then pulling herself in the middle of the squad. Whip let loose with her 'Sonic Slaughter "Code: KW SDM,"' knocking out the entire squad in mere seconds.
She caught up with K' and Maxima, who were just around the corner. The two men were in front of a steel door, attempting to find a way in. If Maxima was correct, the Psycho Drive would be just beyond this door.
K' was on the lookout for any soldiers, while Maxima had connected a few cables from his body to the control panel of the door. Maxima looked very frustrated, as if he was having a lot of trouble. Whip was just about to ask if Maxima wanted any help when he all of sudden pulled himself up, roughly pulled the cables off the panel, and charged up his arm cannon. Maxima let loose with his 'MX-II Final Cannon LDM,' and left a gaping hole in the solid steel door.
The three companions ran into the room but were surprised to see the entire room empty. There was no sign of any machinery that could be the Psycho Drive, and there wasn't a single person in sight. K' led them in, cautiously looking around for any signs of danger.
Maxima activated his intercom, informing the rest of the team on their findings. "Kusanagi, Masters, there seems to be no sign whatsoever of the Psycho Drive here."
"What the hell do you mean no sign?" came Ken's outraged voice, audible even to K' and Whip who were far away by now, "What the hell's going on?"
"They must have loaded it up already. As I recall, Angel's team is at the docking bay, so they're probably in the best position to neutralise the Drive. Our team's just going to make a sweep around this area"
"Our team will head over to the docking bay to support Angel's team."
"Roger," Maxima clicked off his intercom before addressing K', "Hey Dash-man, the Psycho Drive's gotta be loaded up already, we've got to move quick or they'll get away with the damn thing."
"Quiet, someone's here," K' roughly said.
Maxima went on the alert and tried scanning the area for any life signs, but he couldn't seem to pick any up. Still, K' was not one to be paranoid about some threat, and Maxima kept scanning for any signs of an opponent. Whip had Voodoo out ready to slash anything even close to moving, but K' simply had his eyes closed.
"Move." K' commanded, as he moved back in an Emergency Evasion. Maxima and Whip followed suit, and narrowly missed Vega, who came in with his 'Flying Barcelona Attack.'
Whip narrowly missed Vega's fist, feeling the force of the attack on her face. If that hand held the claw, Whip would have been dead by now. Maxima however, could not move his bulky cybernetic body in time, and the claw slashed through some of his armour, frying a few of his lasers and scanning systems.
K' tried to kick Vega's face in with his 'Minute Spike,' but Vega ducked under the attack with his 'Rolling Crystal Flash,' too quickly for K' to cancel into the 'Narrow Spike.'
Whip tried to hit Vega out of his attack with her 'Whip Shot,' but the swift Vega evaded the attack while still rolling. He proceeded to stab Whip with his claw, completing his 'Rolling Crystal Flash,' catching Whip in the upper thigh. The sadistic Vega Super Cancelled the move into his 'Red Impact SC lv-3,' hurling Whip into the air before catching her on his claw, impaling her right through the stomach.
Rugal's Base – Launch Bay
Gen was hurled right next to Ash, courtesy of Geese's 'Rashoumon DM.' Ash merely moved his head a little, and Gen crashed right into the wall, leaving a significant dent on the steel wall. Gen struggled to pull himself up. Geese had made a huge comeback, and Gen was having the time of his life in what might be his final battle.
"You know, you could let me finish the American. This is getting tedious and tiresome," cut in Ash, disrupting Gen revelry. Gen looked at him and snarled, leaping to the nearest wall with his 'Ouga.' "Well, today is quite a good day to die anyway," Ash lamented, as he pulled himself off his chair.
'Angel you silly Latina vixen, I'm bored senseless babysitting the elderly,' Ash thought in his head, as he started moving off, 'There simply is no excitement in my life waiting for events to occur.' Ash looked around him, and headed for the docking bay, unnoticed by the combatants.
'Well, I might as well go home. By my predictions, the Chinaman will win anyway. I wonder if anyone will realise the thing they're looking for is in that airship over there?' Ash left the base through the docking bay, not caring about who was in possession of the Superweapon.
Rugal's Base – Psycho Drive Hanger
"WHIP!" cried an outraged Maxima, letting loose with a volley of bullets from his arm. Vega leaped impossibly high in the air, easily dodging the shots, before unceremoniously hurling Whip onto the ground. Vega landed ironically on the same staircase that Rugal dumped the engineer from earlier.
K' performed the 'Blackout,' and reappeared right under Whip, catching his sister's clone in his arms. K' carried her over to Maxima, who's chest was still shooting sparks from the damaged equipment.
Whip had her eyes gaping open, her skin a sickly pale hue. She didn't appear in pain, so her body was probably in shock. The cut on her leg was bleeding more than the cut in her gut, but the liquid seeping from her stomach was a thick black. Whip was surely dying, both from internal damage and from blood loss.
Maxima held onto Whip and squeezed hard with his robotic hands on her leg and abdomen, eliciting a shriek of pain from the young woman. Despite this, Maxima succeeded in stopping the bleeding, albeit momentarily. Maxima tried comforting his friend with words, but Whip simply mumbled and drooled, her eyes starting to glaze over.
"What a shame that such a young beauty shall die. But what do you expect with such brutes as company and such a vulgar job in the Ikari forces," was Vega's insane musing. K' looked at Vega with murder in his eyes, though that was his regular look to all people.
"Maxima, go back to that first aid centre with the girl and do all you can. Let Kusanagi's team handle everyone else in the base so don't get distrated. I'll handle the narcissistic faggot here. He's one of the main targets."
"If I can contact Kusanagi or Angel's teams, I'll send you some backup," Maxima solemnly said as he activated his foot motors and powered off.
Maxima knew K' was a team player, despite his antisocial behaviour. K' always used dirty tricks and didn't care about dishonour when he used his Striker attacks for victory at KoF. His loss when battling Sagat alone conformed that.
Still, there was no other option due to his onboard weapons malfunctioning and Whip dying in his arms. He sincerely hoped that the terrorists cared enough about their cronies for some basic first aid.
Vega was licking Whip's blood from his claws, purposefully cutting his own tongue. "I can taste the young woman's purity, perhaps I can absorb her beauty as I devour her blood hmm?" the handsome Spanish noble explained.
"Perhaps you can absorb my foot in your ass! Come down here fag boy and I'll burn those ugly looks right off your face!" taunted K'. K''s insult of Vega's looks had the right effect, as Vega turned pale, recoiling as if he had been hit by a train. Vega quickly flushed red, murder and madness in his eyes as he put on his mask and dropped to the ground with his 'Sky High Claw.'
"You ugly, disgusting brute. These walls will be stained forever by your blood. For saying such appalling things about my looks I will gladly send you to the depths of hell."
K' leaped up with his 'Claw Bites,' attempting to hit Vega first. Remembering how much faster the Spanish noble was, K' didn't even try to hit with his flaming fist. Instead, when Vega got close enough, he simply twisted in midair, evading Vega despite the narcissist cancelling into his 'Flying Barcelona Attack.'
K' performed his 'Claw Bites Plus,' kicking Vega right in the mask and sending Vega careening towards the ground. "How's your face pretty boy? Bruised and ugly yet?" taunted K'.
Vega shrieked in a shrill, insane voice, leaping towards K'. K' let loose with an 'Iron Trigger,' and followed up with a 'Second Shell.' The arc of fire caught Vega in midair, and K' comboed in his 'Minute Spike,' cancelling into his 'Narrow Spike' to recover faster (NB. he lost this combo in 2003. I am writing it in because I miss it, I used to rule with the use of this simple yet insanely effective combo.)
Vega recovered impossibly fast, and did his own sliding kick, hitting K' roughly in the shin. K' felt the pain, as Vega had almost broke his leg, but K' put the pain away and comboed in a few light punches and kicks, before hitting a close hard punch for two hits, cancelling into his 'Knee Assault' and cancelling into a 'One Inch' right onto Vega's mask.
Vega was sent hurtling back onto the bottom of the staircase, on the defensive. The mask had fallen off his face, and K' walked over to pick it up. K' pointed to a hole his punch had caused in the mask, and Vega felt his face and found a bruise right below his eye.
"Now, you're one ugly mother fcker," K' casually said, setting the mask on fire. K' figured that he could keep Vega off guard as long as Vega was in a fit of rage. K' figured that without any focus, Vega wouldn't stand a chance against him.
Vega began spasmming, his already unstable personality driven over the edge. In truth, the bruise was the size of a pea, but for the narcissist, he was scarred for life. Leaping insanely high in the air, Vega lunged at K', screeching, "the ugly can't defeat the beautiful. It is the law of nature for you to die before me! I will paint all of France in your blood!"
Vega hit the 'Flying Barcelona Attack,' but K' leant back, missing most of the attack, and only receiving a glancing blow to his suit. He wasn't cut though, and came in with a series of relentless attacks.
Vega countered with his own attacks, and got the slight upper hand. Vega kicked K''s head with an 'Ushiro Geri,' before leaping back into the air. K' leaped up and tried his 'Claw Bites,' but Vega closed in on him and suplexed him with the 'Flying Barcelona Izuna Drop.'
On the defensive, K' performed an 'Iron Trigger,' and threw a 'Second Shoot.' Vega simply jumped over the attack towards K', but the cunning K' had prepared for this. The 'Iron Trigger' he threw was an extra powerful one, and some of the swirling flames were still in front of him. When Vega was almost on top of him, K' hit the 'Second Shell,' and kicked away Vega's claws.
Reacting on instinct, Vega performed a 'Backslash,' away, before coming back at K' with the 'Rolling Crystal Flash.' Vega hit K' several times, before doing a straight jab right into his gut. Though it was a very effective move – causing K' to stumble backwards with his wind knocked out of him – it was severely hampered due to Vega not possessing his claws.
K' threw an 'Iron Trigger' before stumbling backwards, trying to get himself a breather. Vega would have none of that, leaping over the flames and performing his 'Scarlet Mirage SC lv-3,' kicking K' in the face with a blazing fast series of somersaults.
K' collapsed on the ground, Vega's powerful attacks overpowering him. Vega took this opportunity to do a 'Short Backslash' backwards and picked up his claws, putting them on again. Vega did a 'Wall Leap,' and started doing multiple 'Triangle Jumps' up the wall. When he got near the ceiling, Vega dropped down at the still recovering K' with his 'Sky High Claw.' Vega was laughing maniacally, aiming straight for K''s heart.
K' stared defiantly up at Vega, waiting for the sharp pain in his chest to arrive. It never did; instead, Shen was there with his 'Setsu! Geki-Ken DM', hitting Vega right in the side of the fist, simultaneously breaking his hand and knocking away his claws.
Angel was there, teleporting in and grabbing the claws before teleporting out. Duo Lon appeared right behind Vega, and performed his 'Shaki Juuryuu,' 'Onpei Ryuujin Ha,' and 'Shiryou Hatsu Seikin' combo. The last hit stunned Vega long enough for Duo Lon to kick the ground and send Vega into the air with his 'Genmu Kyaku: Uchikiba.' Duo Lon evaporated and reappeared in the air, kicking Vega down with his 'Genmu Hishou Keikou.'
And then Angel was there with her 'Cosmic Futen Swing,' Vega's claw in hand. Angel went for his face, and the Beautiful Spanish noble was no more. The gruesome scene of Vega's own claws slicing his head into three meant that none would ever understand the beauty that Vega once possessed. Vega had died with his own claws destroying the only thing he truly loved in the world – his face.
Sorry for the late update, I've been lazy as anything. I was going to conclude the France battle but the picture of Vega dying the most ironic of deaths imaginable was what I believed the best way to finish the chapter. And I've got more assignments on the way so expect and even worse time for the next update. I think 1 or 2 more chapters and an epilogue will be enough for this the first story.
Even though I prefer KoF so much to SF, I've been really eager to start the next story. I think because I've been working on this one for so long that I've become bored and as a result sparingly update and spend more time planning the next story than writing. I've decided that my KoF stories will be more about epic events that have an effect on the entire world balance, while my stories about this crew in the Street Fighter section will still have adventures, but more small scale and personally affecting the Alliance members. Kind of like how the respective game stories are like (KoF has always been about huge events and Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting and Street Fighter are more about the lives of many different fighters.).
The easiest way to imagine it is that my CvS Alliance stories published here will be more like movies and will be accentuating the epic storyline aspects, while my Street Fighter CvS Alliance stories are going to be about villains who personally affect the members and will accentuate the Drama aspect.
Stayed tuned for the next chapter – The Psycho Sunrise. With only Geese, Rugal, and Yamazaki left in the Underground, is the Alliance really victorious? Where are Ryu and the Psycho Drive? Will Whip escape death and will Gen die the death he truly wants? Plus the introduction of two people very close to Rugal and the return of K9999!
Give me constructive criticism, your thoughts on the story and any advice you can give people!