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.

13. HAGGAR!

Street Fighter:Metro City Maul

Ch.13:HAGGAR!

Alex rode the old subway car down through the dimly lit tunnels.

"Hmmm..."thought Alex. "..I wonder where this car could be taking me to?"

Suddenly,after several minutes of waiting,the subway car came to a screeching halt and the front doors slid open.

Alex got up,strode towards the open doors and looked to see what was waiting for him.

There,standing before him was another set of double doors,both all painted gold and brown with door knobs on them.

"Wh-where am I?"said Alex.

"You're at a secret loation that was once used by the Mad Gears."said a voice above him.

It was coming from a speaker system above the doors.

"Who..?"said Alex.

"You'll find out soon enough."said the voice. "Now,if you'll please,open the doors and step inside,we'll begin. And do please hurry,we have a schedule to keep on the tournament you know."

Alex still didn't recognize the voice,but knew it was male.

Maybe this is where he would face the next finalist,or maybe this is where the grand final match would take place.

Alex opened the doors and stepped inside.

Once in,he saw a large room with many bleechers,stands and a large square fighting ring in the center.

Alex stepped towards the ring and examined it.

"What is this?"he said.

Stepping out from the shadows was none other than Mayor Mike Haggar himself.

He was still wearing his suit and he walked towards Alex.

"Nice to see you made it."said Haggar as he shook Alex's hand.

"Uhm...likewise Mr.Mayor."said Alex scratching his head. "Uh...mind telling me what all this is?"
"Most certainly."said Haggar. "This is where you'll be facing me in the bonus match I mentioned earlier."

"Me---facing you?"said Alex. "I actually got to face you after all."'
"You sound so suprised."said Haggar. "I planned this match for a long time to see who was worthy to face me in a one-on-one grappling match.

You see,Alex...this is where Cody,Guy and myself first faced off with the samurai criminal called Sodom once. And if you recall,he and Rolento were in the elimination matched earlier."

"Yeah,I remember seeing them."said Alex. "But what else was this place used for?"

"It was once--a hideout for illegal matches for the Mad Gears years ago."said Haggar. "Belger would have some of his men kidnap certain experienced fighters from the streets and bring them here to face Sodom in bloody death-matches.

And every single time,Sodom won as he cut them to pieces with his deadly katana blades.

However,that all changed when the three of us went looking for Jessica and shutting down the Mad Gears.

In the end,it was Guy who fought and defeated Sodom. Once they were finished,I called the police to shut this place down for good,and that was the first of us destroying Crime Lord Belger's crime rings."

"So,now you want to use it as a ring for the bonus match you got for me."said Alex. "But why me?"

" I wanted to see the last person who not only defeated Andore Hugo,but also see who was the last World Warrior champion. And it's nice to see it's someone other than Ryu,Ken,or Chun-Li for a change."

"Well,yeah I won the last contest."said Alex. "Even though it was for personal reasons. But,do you really want to do this,Mr.Mayor?"

"Oh most definitely."said Haggar. "And if you think i'm too old now after all these years,well...you'd better think again."

Haggar then flexed and stretched his muscles so hard,that the two piece suit he wore,literally ripped apart,revealling not only his primed physique of muscle hard skin,but his famed fighting togs as well.

He wore dark brown pants,brown bracelets and a single belt sling that wrapped around his shoulder and chest in a diagnal fashion.

He was no longer Mayor Haggar,he was once again Mike Haggar,preffessional wrestling champion and street fighter extrordinaire!

"Wow..."was all Alex could say.

"Yeah,I knew you'd say that."said Haggar. "But--don't tell Miss Ringwood that I ripped up that suit just to reveal myself for the match,she'd be pretty ticked about it."

"Uh..sure."said Alex.

"Now,you have the right to decline this match if you wish."said Haggar. "But,if you win it,you may have the better chance of winning my contest and perhaps get the publicity of letting folks know you beat a Metro City Legend,so how about it?"

Alex couldn't believe what he was in now.

He heard and seen the legends of Mike Haggar's strength and power,and also knew that he needed a chance to be better recognized as the world's greatest street fighter since Ryu himself. And this may be the chance he needed.

"All right then."said Alex. "You've spiced me into it."

"Good to hear."said Haggar. "Now,into the ring!"

The two grapplers then walked up to the ring and preapred for the match.

While on a nearby video camera that hung down from the ceiling the match was being televised.

"Hey,look!"said Sean. "It's Alex,and he's facing Haggar himself!"
"Our honored mayor is fighting again?"said the bartender.

"Yeah,and he's fighting that Alex guy."said another patron.

"This should be quite a show."said Dudley.

"Let's just see if Alex is up to facing the mayor himself,eh amigos?"said Carlos.

"Yeah,Haggar's fists are legendary in this town."said Lucia.

The two titans of strength faced one another in the ring,both ready to pounce.

Twice now,Alex took on the dreaded Hugo and won,but would he be able to defeat Haggar himself?

Only way to find out.

Suddenly,a loud beep noise went off in the distance.

"That's the signal...and now we begin!"said Haggar. "LET'S GO!"

Haggar and Alex charged at each other like a pair of mad bulls about to head-butt one another.

"WHAMMM!"

Both men collided with each other's shoulders with a loud thud,and the entire ring shook from the impact.

Haggar then shoved Alex away with both of his hands and then thrust forward with a lariet arm thrust.

"UGGHH!"went Alex as he was slammed in the side of his neck and nearly fell down.

Haggar then grabbed Alex by his legs and tripped him down on his back.

"UNNG!"went Alex as he fell on the tarped floor of the fighting ring.

"Come on blondie!"said Haggar. "You can do better than what I did,right?"

Alex rubbed at his back and then jumped back up.

"Just gimme a chance and you'll see,old timer."he said.

Alex then jumped at Haggar,swung his arms around his side along with the rest of his body and brought Haggar down to the floor in turn with a loud slam.

Alex then jumped off his opponent and grinned.

"How's that?"he said.

"Unnnhh....not bad."said Haggar as he got back up.

"But the best is yet to come!"

The two hopped around the ring in front of each other,both waiting for the other to make a move.

Alex then made his next move as he thrust forward and did his Burning Elbow.

But as he did it,Haggar caught the elbow move right in his hands and then shoved him back.

Alex kept on his feet,and tried to do another attack.

Haggar then moved in and did his spinning lariet.

Alex ducked as Haggar did his most powerful attack move.

"Man!"he thought. "That's one flight of fists I don't ever wanna get hit by! Now I know how the Mad Gears must feel."

Alex then jumped up and did a rising shoulder ram into Haggar's chest,knocking him away.

Once he got enough distance,Alex then jumped again into the air and began to come down with a flying cross chop.

But before he could inflict any further damage,Haggar swung into his spinning lariet and this time went twice as hard.

"WHAMMM!"

Alex was hit in the sides and head by Haggar's flying fists.

The impact then sent Alex flying across the ring and into the ropes.

He then tumlbed out of them and fell sideways to the floor.

Haggar then grabbed ahold of Alex and then placed him in a sort of upside down throwing position.

"Uh-oh..."said Necro. "...this doesn't look good."

"Is he gonna do what I think he is?"said Dean.

"We fought with him before,remember?"said Lucia. "He's gonna piledrive ol'blondie there into submission!"
"I--I thought only my country's champion,the great Zangief was able to do that."said Necro.

"Well,this guy here was doing long before that super ruskie showed up in the Street Fighter tournaments."said the bartender. "I guess it's either coincidence,or ol'muscles just learned it from seeing him in action somewhere."

"I see."said Dudley. "The only worst our boy Alex has gone through is Hugo back in the tournament Gill held. I just hope he can hold through this one."

"What I don't get is,how the heck did he get the chance of fighting our main muchaco Haggar there?"said Carlos.

"Just lucky I guess."said Yang. "Alex packs quite the whallop ya know."

"Yeah,we'll just see how much his whallop does against his in the end."said Dean.

Haggar,still holding onto Alex,jumped high into the air as far as the ceiling.

Alex woke up just to see his whole world upside down from where Haggar was holding him.

"Hey---what?'said Alex,just before Haggar came flying downward to the ring,and landed with a hard thud.

"THUD!"

The entire ring and room shook as if an earthquake hit it.

"WOW!

said someone in the bar. "Haggar still knows how to slam'em!"

"Alex!"said Yang. "Hang in there!"

Haggar then got up from where he slamed Alex.

He looked down at Alex's bod,he was breathing,but not moving.

It looked like it was over.

Haggar then looked over at the camera,and was about to declare the winner of this match,when suddenly..

"UHNNN....I'm not out yet!"said Alex as he painfully got back up.

"WHA--?"said Haggar turning his head,a suprised reaction was across his face.

"Not---not bad there."said Alex as he flexed and stretched out his sore muslces.

"But as you can see--I was trained by the very best to increase my stamina and strength to withstand almost anything. And that man to thank for that--is a man named Tom."

"So you survived my most powerful moves eh?"said Haggar. "Well,don't get too comfy now,young man. Cause it's about to get even harrier!"

"Yeah,right!"said Alex as he resumed fighting stance.

Haggar then rushed at Alex and did another spinning lariet.

Alex dodged it and then got behind Haggar.

Haggar spun back around just as Alex did a super move of his own,and Haggar was gonna get it face first.

"BOOMERANG RAID!"

Alex slammed several hard punches in Haggar's face and then slammed a Flash Chop at him,knocking the mayor around to his back.

Once his back was turned again,Alex then grabbed ahold of Haggar by the waist and brought him down with a suplex.

"WHAMMM!"

Alex slammed Haggar so hard,the mayor was out cold and down for the count.

The newest street fighter had just claimed another victory.

Alex then looked at the camera and nodded.

And acorss the screen,the words:ALEX:WINNER OF THE BONUS MATCH!

"Alright yeah!"said Yang. "He did it!"

"Yes,he is truly the world warrior of today!"said Necro.

"Hear,hear,bravo!"sasid Dudley.

"Well..i'll be."said Dean.

The same guy with the beer then said:

"I don't know who this Alex guy is,but he looks plenty cool to me."

"Yeah,maybe he'll win the whole tournament after all."said another patron.

"Let's hope so."said Yang. "It's time Metro City made way for some new heroes."

"They still have to face Cody and Guy."said Dean. "Just you wait!"

While back in the ring,Alex helped Haggar up.

"Sorry I had to get really rough there,Mr.mayor."he said.

"S'allright no harm done,aside from the physical sense that is."said Haggar. "You--you won the better chance of winning this contest. But--remember it's not over quite yet."

"Yeah,I still have yet to see who's left in the finals."said Alex.

"So what's next from here?"

"You'll see once you get back out there."said Haggar. "I admit,you also remind me a lot of myself when I first became a street fighter. You've got a lot of promise for out there in the fighting world."

"Thank you sir."said Alex. "And it was a great honor to fight one such as you."

"You as well,Alex."said Haggar. "Now you'd better get a move on. Oh,and the exit is through there."

"Sure thing."said Alex as he ran out of the ring and towards the exit.

"Quite a fighter."thought Haggar. "Looks like Cody's really got some competition going for him."

Suddenly,just as Alex left,nearly all the lights went out in the room,except for a single strobe light attached to the ceiling.

"Huh?"said Haggar. "What-what's going on here? McCarthur,is that you?"

Suddenly,Haggar heard a voice in the shadows below the ring.

"I'm afraid your room supervisor won't be here to assist you right now,Mayor Haggar."said the voice.

Haggar jumped out of the ring and confronted whoever it was that was going to menace him.

"Who are you,how'd you get in here?"he said.

The person was the same man in the wheelchair that was with Urien earlier.

But when he shown himself in the light that came down from the strobe.

He was short,pudgy and wore a blue and white suit.

His head was placed in a clamp around his head and neck for support.

His hands were covered in a pair of grey steel chrome gloves.

He had light grey hair,a balding head and a beard.

His eyes were of a dark blue but reflected pure wickedness through them and had a wicked grin that stretched out across his face.

Haggar recognized the man at first sight.

"Belger...."said Haggar,his eyes wide with disbelief.

"You remember me,i'm so moved."said Belger still grinning.

"You're--you're alive?"said Haggar. "But that's impossible,I saw you dead."

"That was of course years ago,Haggar."said Belger. "Now,my time of vengenance is at hand,and your time is at end--now!"

A large lead pipe came down on Haggar's head,knocking him down to the floor.

Carrying it was Abagail,who was in the tournament earlier.

"Good job there,Abby."said Belger. "Now,take him back with the others. We still have much to plan and work towards,before this city is mine once again,HAHAHAHAHA!"

NEXT CHAPTER:THE GRAND FINALS BEGIN AS BOTH ALEX AND IBUKI BEGIN TO FACE OFF WITH GUY AND CODY,AND ONCE IT'S DONE,THE TWO REMAINING FINALISTS WILL STAND REVEALLED TO FACE OFF IN THE SUPREME FINAL MATCH! BUT WILL ANY TIP OFF TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH URIEN AND BELGER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! FIND OUT NEXT CHAPTER!