Metro City Maul Ch.12

ALEX VS HUGO!

The next match of the tournament was well underway.

This time,it was gonna be a battle of sheer brawn and brutality.

The limo dropped Alex off at the subway entrance that led downstairs.

He then descended the aged and littered steps that led to the subways.

Once he got there,he found that the subway was strangely deserted.

"Hmmm...I guess Haggar ordered everyone to steer clear of the contest activities."he thought.

Suddenly,Alex saw someone in the distance waiting for him.

It was a huge man and a slender woman standing up against one of the support pillars.

It was Andore Hugo and Roxy Poison.

"About time ya got here,blondie."said Poison. "You're two minutes late."

"Hey,c'mon,"said Alex. "the limo driver had a bit of a problem finding a subway entrance for me to get to.

But i'm here and that's what matters right?"said Alex.

"Right."said Hugo and then cracked his knuckles.

"You don't know how long Hugo here has waited to take ya on in a rematch,Alex."said Poison.

"I got plenty of wrestling challenges and calls from major agents after Gill's contest."said Hugo. "But getting beat by a newcomer to the circuit wasn't something I was prepared for."

"Hey,defeat is something that happens to everyone."said Alex. "It helps us try to improve my potential."

"Maybe."said Hugo. "But I won't be satisfied till I have a re-match with you,and beat you as well."

"Suit yourself."said Alex. "But i've trained twice as hard since the last tourney,so you'd better be ready."

"Same here."said Hugo. "You'd better be ready as well."

He then began looking around at the subway station,and started to fell a bit nostalgic.

"Having a flashback there,sweetie?"said Poison.

"Mmm..."replied Hugo nodding. "This is also where Poison and me fought Haggar and the others when they first fought the Mad Gears."

"So it has a history eh?"said Alex. "Then should be quite an interesting arena match to fight in."

"And what exactly are you gonna do,Poison?"said Alex.

"Not much except maybe play referee and of course warn you both to not to fall onto the tracks,unless you wanna get shocked to death or flattened by anyy oncoming trains."

"We'll be careful,Poison."said Hugo.

"Ditto."said Alex.

Hugo then flexed his muscles and began to stride forth towards his opponent.

Alex flexed his legs up and down and cracked his knuckles,he was ready for anything this time!

Hugo then ran straight at Alex,and swung out one of his arms,attempting to mow him down.

Alex saw it coming,ducked it and faced Hugo to his back.

Hugo then swung his body around and slammed Alex in the neck with a one-arm lariet!

Alex staggered back from the blow,but wasn't the least bit shook up from the move.

Hugo then ran at Alex again,and attempted another attack.

Alex then grabbed Hugo by the belt around his pants,pulled it upward and slammed an open palm into Hugo's face.

"WHAMMM!"

Hugo fell backwards by the blow and crashed to the floor.

"Hugo!"said Poison. "Man,he's a lot faster than we remember!"

Hugo managed to jump back to his feet and was ready for more action.

"Ya got me in the start there,blondie."he said. "But i'll be the one to finish it!"

Alex swung his right arm in a clockwise motion.

"Come on,come on!"he said.

Hugo ran and jumped at Alex,and then thrust both of his feet at him.

Alex managed to block the assualt with his amrs crossed upwards,but the weight of Hugo's body was so great,it caused Alex to fall backwards.

Hugo then landed on his feet and saw an opening as Alex tried to keep himself from falling.

He then rushed at Alex again and slammed an arm strike into him,knocking him across the room.

Alex went flying into a nearby support pillar,causing the entire room to shake.

"Whoa there!"said Poison. "I sure hope they don't cause the whole ceiling to come undone!"

Hugo then ran and jumped into the air at Alex again.

"This time,I crush you!"he said.

Alex grinned and saw an opening.

He launched his air knee bazooka and slammed his knee into his gut,and weighed him down to the floor with a loud thud!

"AH!"said Poison in suprise.

"Man,unless Hugo thinks up a new attack,this match is gonna be over sooner than we think!"

Alex then jumped off Hugo,hoping that he was down for the count.

But to his suprise,Hugo was far from being out cold.

The german wrestler crawled back to his feet,ready for either more action or punishment or both.

"It'll take a lot more than what you got to take me down,american!"he said.

"Well then,looks like i'll have to put on a little more 'pepper' to take you out!"said Alex.'

A loud slamming noise was heard throughout the entire subway system as the two musclebound titans collided with each other.

The pair then began to shove at each other like a pair of sumos.

Their massive hands were locked into an iron grasp as they both tried to gain an advantage.

Alex then saw how to gain one as he then broke free,grabbed Hugo by the shirt top and slammed him with a fast and hard head-butt.

"UGHH!"said Hugo as he staggered backwards.

Alex then was about to rush forward,but before he could Hugo did a counterrattack on him.

Hugo unleashed his Hammer Frenzy and slammed Alex in the head and face several times with a fury of hard punches.

Once Alex was stunned and staggering,Hugo then grabbed him by the back of his arms and did another slamming move.

He jumped high into the air,spun both him and Alex around and came down with Alex facing front upon the pavement.

"WHAAAM!"

"Haha!"said Poison. "Meat slammer gets'em every time!"

Hugo jumped off of Alex,and then raised an arm in the air for victory.

"I'M...NUMBER ONE!"he shouted.

Suddenly,Alex scrambled back to his feet and managed to stretch out the kinks of pain he got from Hugo.

"WHAT?"said Hugo.

"IMPOSSIBLE!"said Poison. "You should be out cold from that!"

"Well just call me mr.Impossible!"said Alex."It's amazing how training your stamina can make such a difference.
Now let's see if the same can be said for you!"

Hugo growled in anger and then lunged at Alex again.

Alex then jumped into the air and flew down at Hugo,hitting him in the face with a flying cross hand dive!

After that,he then grabbed Hugo by the waist and lifted him into the air.

"HYPER BOMB!"said Alex.

He then slammed Hugo on his back to the floor once and then did it again twice as hard!

"WHAAMM!"

Hugo was out cold this time for good.

"Aw man!"said Poison. "Not again!"

On the tv and video screens it said that Alex was the winner of the latest match!

"ALRIGHT--HE DID IT!"said Sean. "Alex is da man!"

"Yes,he's not the current Street Fighter champion for nothing!"said Yang.

"He's the champion?"said a guy in a coors hat and cigar."I thought it was Ryu who was always the champ."

"Dumbasses."said Sean. "They always think it's him."

"Da,he didn't come close last time."said Necro.

"Well,at least Hugo didn't win this one."said Lucia.

"Yeah,Mad Gear or not,he's still trouble."said Dean.

"I'm sure Cody will be mucho pleased to hear this one anways."said Carlos.

"Now only four finalists will be left."said Dudley. "I wonder who'll be left in the final match?"

"We can only watch and see."said Yang.

While back at the subway...

Poison helped Hugo up.

The iron giant rubbed at his head and groaned.

"Looks like--you win again,Alex."said Hugo.
"Aw don't feel bad,Hugo."said Alex. "Like I said,defeat can be a way to learn from your mistakes.And I gotta admit,you were a lot stronger than last we fought."

Hugo nodded.

"You as well."he said. "I'll try to work on my stamina,you called it next time."

"Yeah,but just remember,Allie boy."said Poison. "You may have won this round,but don't get too comfy about it,cause you'll still have to face the other finalists in the battle. And if you do get to face Haggar himself--WATCH OUT!"

"I'll keep that in mind okay?"said Alex. "Now take a hike and rest up will ya?"

The strange pair then nodded and left for the upstairs leading to the street.

Alex then dusted himself off.

"I may have won,but he was a lot tougher than I remember."he said. "Now,what's next and where to?"

Suddenly,as if in answer,a single subway train came rolling in and stopped before Alex.

The front doors slide open as if it was an invatation to something.

"Hmmm..."he thought. "...should I take this train?

Alex then remembered that the limo that dropped him was long gone before he went underground.

He then shrugged,got in and the doors closed in behind him.

"I guess there's nothing to do---except wait for what's next."he said.

The subway train then went down the tunnels and was taking him to a secret rendezvous for the next match.

Meanwhile,back upstairs near the streets.

Hugo and Poison made their way across the street and were about to find the nearest bus when suddenly...

Someone then jumped down from a nearby lamp post and landed in front of them.

"ROLENTO!"said Poison."You again?"

"Yeah,me again,short jeans."said the commando madman.

"I see your little big man lost the match."

Hugo growled.

"Don't you start with us!"he said. "We said we're not gonna re-join any Mad Gears again!"

"Oh,you'll join all right!"said Rolento as he took out a grenade. "Even if it's by force!"

Rolento then jumped away and threw a grenade at the pair.

Once it hit the ground,a green spray of gas exploded from it!

"GAS!"said Poison.

The two ex-criminals tried to shield themselves from the gas,but it was too strong to resist.

Within seconds,both Hugo and Poison fell to the ground.

"Like I said."said Rolento. "We don't take too kindly to traitors."

Sodom along with a couple of men wearing black masks and coveralls then came up to Rolento.

"Good job."said Sodom. "They didn't know what freakin'hit them!"

"Yeah,with these two with us on the bos's team,it'll be just like old times."said Rolento. "Now--load these two up in the van."

While back underground,Alex was headed for his next battle,and the battle was to be---with HAGGAR!

NEXT CHAPTER:ALEX FACES OFF WITH HAGGAR!

AND ONCE IT'S OVER,THE NEXT TWO MATCHES ARE REVEALLED WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE FINAL BOUT. BUT WILL THE REMAINING FIGHTERS GET TIPPED TO THE SINISTER SCHEME OF URIEN? FIND OUT NEXT CHAPTER!