STREET FIGHTER:METRO CITY MAUL!

by Dune7

Alex and the rest of the Street Fighters travel to Metro City to compete in a brand new fighting tournament,friends and foes meet and beat alike in the streets of the tough as nails city.

4. Training for the challenge

STREET FIGHTER:METRO CITY MAUL!

Ch.4.

The Street Fighter heroes continued their training in the Metro City gym as did the Final Fight crew and the former Mad Gears.

Dudley was busy punching a sandbag when one of the boxers adressed him.

"Hey man!"he said from the ring. "If you're so good at punching da bag--let's see how well you punch a reaaall fighter!"

"Is that--an invitation my good man?"said the englishman.

"It means come up and get ya ass punched,capeche?"said the boxer.

"Very well."said Dudley as he stepped up to the ring and entered.

The boxer he was facing was tall as him,muscualr,black skinned and bald with a moustache.

He wore blue boxing shorts and red gloves and had a scar across his forehead.

Dudley adjusted his gloves and got into his fight stance.

"Let's fight--like gentlemen."he said.

"Ha,whatever ya say limey."said the boxer. "YAAAH!"

The boxer charged at Dudley doing a charge punch at him.

Dudley simply dodged it and did a Rocket Upper on him,knocking him down,and out.

The trainer who was with the boxer looked him over.

"He's uh--out."said the man.

"Oh dear."said Dudley. "Looks like I put a tad too much pepper in my punch eh?"

"Sure looks like it."said Alex. "But don't get too confident,cause when we go out there in the arena of the streets,there may be other fighters with better skills than the ones we faced in this gym."

"I'm well aware of that,Alex."said Dudley. "I just hope they're better than---that chap down there. Ah well,back to the bags so to speak."

While out on the streets,the festivites were in the planning stages as construction workers and designers placed the decorative flags and banners that were commemerating the event.

The words:METRO CITY BATTLE TOURNAMENT were seen on flyers and signs across the city as well as the day and time.

A group fo skate boarders were looking at the flyers and posters of who was going to be at the tournament--namely some of the heroes of Metro City.

"Yeah,that Cody dude's gonna kick some major ass!"said a kid with a red skateboard.

"No way man!"said another kid. "Guy's way faster and tougher than him,I heard he took him down easy once when they left Metro City once."

"No way,Haggar's gonna take'em both on!"said another youth.

"But he's not fighting in the tournament!"said another kid.

"Yes he is!"said another kid.

Whilst the group of kids were arguing,we turn our attention back to the same building where the same two mysterious backers on some of the tournament were watching and waiting for the time to come.

"I admit."said the man in a suit."I'd never thought that my plans would involve anything less than Metro City."

"Metro City is not something made lesser."said the man in the wheelchair. "It is a city filled with vast power and riches for those who are in a high position.

And i'm sure that's what a man like you desires more of--an even higher position than your brother---right Mr.Urien?"

The man in the suit emerged from the shadows.

He was tall and sturdy and had a bush of snow white hair upon his head.

His skin was a bronze color and had a strange jewle affixed to his forehead.

He was the brother of the aristocrat element being known as Gill,

he was also known as the man of iron and the last known egyptian,he was URIEN.

"Indeed I do."he said. "I wish to surpass my own army to completly usurp the title of emperor from Gill. Being 'president' is not enough for a monarch such as I. If only I was sucessful in my brother's tournament against the Street Fighters,his follwers would have handed the scepter of power to me. But when this is over,I promise you--the Illuminati will at last be mine---and of course the metropolitan empire of Metro City shall be yours!"

"That's what I like to hear."said the man in the wheelchair.

"Well then,may the best warrior win in the tournament."

"Hear,hear!"said Urien. "Personally,I hope to take either Alex or the mayor himself---HAHAHA!"

Later that evening at a local cafe and night spot,Alex and the rest of the gang were resting after a hard day's worth of training.

"Man,i'm beat and starving!"said Yun. "But I kinda hope we'd go back to Shoney's ya know?"

"Cody told us this one of the better night spots in Metro."said Yang. "So let's get it while we can."

While the fighters looked over the menu,a trio of fighters came upon them.

"Hey,you some of those Street Fighters from the last tournament?"said a voice.

"Hmmm...?"said Alex looking up from his menu.

They were a trio of Metro locals.

One was dressed in dark blue duds of tank top,pants,brown boots and a samurai sword attached to his back,and had shoulder length brown hair.

The second one was female,had cropped short red hair,wore a pair of sneakers,blue jean shorts and matching vest jacket and an orange tank top and fingerless gloves. Her figure was lean and shapely in her attractive appearance.

The third was a young man who was bulky and tall.

He had spiked up blonde hair with a black headband on.

He wore a light grey sleeveless shirt with black cargo pants and matching sneakers.

"And you guys are--?"said Alex.

"I'm suprised that neither Guy or Cody didn't tell ya amigos."said the man with the sword.

"The name's Carlos,this is Lucia and Dean,we're legendary Metro City hero fighters as well."

"You are huh...?"said Yun. "How come we never heard of ya?"

"Word doesn't---travel around too much I guess."said Dean.

"Wait a minute."said Sean. "I think I remember reading something about these guys once a few years back. I rememb er hearing that Carlos here and a woman named--Maki teamed up with Haggar against a new crime gang,but that's it."

"A bit of a long story there,muchacho."said Carlos. "But yeah,it was a dream teaming up with the legendary Street Fighter himself."

"I think I now recall hearing about the other two in the news once."said Alex.

"Another new terrorist gang held Metro City for ransom and both Haggar abd Guy teamed up with you both to stop him."

"That's right."said Dean. "It was quite a trip for us as well."

"Well,at least if you're in the USA,you get some degree of fame."said Dudley. "But--is there anything we can do for you chaps?"

"Sure is,amigo."said Carlos. "You can face us in this weekend's tournament,cause the three of us as well as Maki and the others are gonna be there to rock you one!"

"Oh,you are eh?"said Remy. "I wouldn't get too comfy with your confidence right now."
"Huh,you gettin' cocky with us,frenchy?"said Dean. "You think you're so hot,then come right up and get whupped!"

"Sorry,monsieur,"said Remy. "not until the contest starts."

"Yes."said Dudley. "This is a break night for us,I suggest you all do the same right now,and continue your own training."

"Oh,we'll be sure to do that,trust me."said Lucia. "Just wait till you see our stuff!"

"See ya later,amigos."said Carlos. "Just watch out for us in the tournament!"

"BET ON IT!"said Dean.

"Sheesh!"said Necro. "Americans like them can be so---competitive."

"Tell me about it."said Alex. "I guess when Haggar needed other fighters to help him defeat the Mad Gears and their ilk,he wanted the roughest around."

Suddenly,a group of biker thugs came storming into the joint,and they were being led by an all too-familiar face---BIRDIE!

"Ah,would ya smell that home cookin'mates?"said Birdie. "About as good as Shephard's pie that."

"Who's the beefcake with the swiss cheese piece on his head?"said Yun.

"Hey,i've seen him around in my country of England."said Dudley. "He's called Birdie,a common street fighter punk and once operative of the terrorist cartel callled Shadowlaw."

"That flunkie worked for the M.Bison?"said Yang. "Huh,must've been a bad time."

"Well,if he's as troublesome as he is now,"said Alex. "I think we'd better put a stop to him,before he does something really unnessecary."

"Right with ya big guy."said Yun.

"Ditto."said Yang.

The trio began to walk over to the group of troublemakers.

Birdie saw the head waitress,a tall slim,and cutey of a blonde.

"Hey,hey,what's a bird like you doin'in a place like this?"he said as he placed his arm around her shoulder.

"Hey,hands off,turd breath!"she said shoving him off.

"Ooo..fiesty!"said Birdie. "Don't really like'em that way,but hey,take what ya can right?"

The punk grabbed the blonde and threw her over his shoulder.

"HEEEEY--LEMMEE GOOO!"she screamed.

"Shut yer cakehole,baby."said Birdie. "As for the rest of ya,hand over what ya got and ya just might get your asses home intact."

"I think not."said a voice beside his thugs.

Birdie and his troupe turned see the form of Dean,and the last thing some of them saw was him doing a Shock Spin.

"ZZZZT!"

Several of Birdie's punks were zapped hard by his attack and fell sideways to the hard floor.

"Next...?"he said smirking.

One of the punks pulled out out a switchblade from his leather pants and was about to lunge at him with it.

When suddenly,his pocket weapon was knocked away by an even larger bladed weapon.

Namely,the sword of the man called Carlos.

"Not nice,senior."he said. "Not nice at all."

The punk then charged at his opponent,growling angrily.

Carlos simply did a jump kick and knocked him across the floor.

The rest of the thugs were madder than hell and were about to take on their enemies.

But that was all a lost hope cause as they were all slammed by a force of fiery ki and all fell down to the floor like ninepins.

"Huh...?"said Birdie.

Standing overtop the fallen thugs was Lucia herself.

"Flame kick."she says. "Gets'em every time."

Birdie was awestruck and speeechless,he could barely hold onto his hostage.

"Uh--uh----!" he replied.

"Well,gruesome?"said Dean. "You gonna put her down,or are we gonna have to get ugly?"

Birdie hesitated for a moment,and then placed the girl back down.

She then kicked him in the shin.

"OW!"he said.

"CREEP!"she spat and then walked off.

"You--you think you jerks have gotten the better of ol'Birdie?"he said. "No one gets the better o'me an' gets away with it! And if ya's takin'part in the tournament,ya can bet i'll be there to smash every one of ya asses!"

And without another word,the thug fighter bolted to the right to the nearest window,and crashed right through it!

"KRASSH!"

"He's getting away!"said Yun.

"Let him go--for now."said Alex. "If he's going to be where he says,we just may get a piece of him yet."

"Good to hear."said Dean. "Sorry if we---beat ya to the punch,but--we were seated closer to the action."

"Yeah,and managed to get some last minute training in too."said Lucia.

"Looks like you guys better do the same."said Carlos. "See you then."

The trio returned to their seats and their food.

Alex simply shrugged his shoulders.

"C'mon guys,let's eat and then we'll get some more training first thing tomorrow."

"For a group of street kids,they're pretty good."said Yang.

"Nah,just lucky."said Yun. "They don't know real 'art' like us."

NEXT IN CH.5:AT LONG LAST,THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS AND THE STREETS OF METRO CITY WILL BE TORN ASSUNDER AS FIGHTERS FROM STREET FIGHTER AND FINAL FIGHT BASH IT OUT TO CLAIM THE TITLE OF SUPREME STREET FIGHTER. ALL THE WHILE,URIEN AND HIS MYSTERIOUS PARTNER CONCOCT THEIR SINISTER SCHEME!