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.

16. Alex VS Guy!

Street Fighter:Metro City Maul Ch.16:Alex VS Guy!

Cody re-emerged from the left side hotel tower he was in and headed off for City Hall where Jessica and Haggar would be.

When he got there,he saw a whole crowd of people in front of cthe building,they were all waiting for the next match to commence.

"Hoo boy..."he thought. "....well,i'm not really in the mood to deal with any crazy crowds right now. But,i've been to city hall enough times to know all the ways in.

Cody then sneaked into a nearby alley,jumped onto the fire esape and crawled in through an open window into an empty office room.

Once inside,he made his way to the main hall where Marcea Ringwood was talking with a couple of security men on the whereabouts of Haggar.

"Hey,there Marcea!"said Cody walking up to her.

"Cody!"said Marcea. "How did you---oh,I see,used the fire escape again did you?"

"Yeah,"said Cody. "I didn't want to be met with a mad crowd for autographs."

"I see."said the assistant. "Anyways,have you seen the mayor around anywhere before and after you won your match?"

"Haggar...?"said Cody. "...uh--no,I haven't. Is he missing or something?"

"So far,it looks like it."said Ribngwood. "Even these twos ecurity officers have searched high and low and still no sign of him anywhere."

"Gee,that sounds pretty suspicous."said Cody. "Maybe he did get kidnapped after his match with Alex."

"Maybe."said Marcea. "I'm afraid I may have to postpone the next of the final match until this is resolved."

"No no!"said Cody. "We don't want to dissapoint the crowds out there do we? I'm sure Haggar would've wanted you to complete the finals. I mean,after my bout with that Ibuki chick,i'm still ready for anything,and we gotta see this through,no matter who wins."

"I suppose."said Ringwood. "But,when Guy's done,you both gather the rest of our allies to find him,all right?"

"Will do."said Cody. "Now go get'em."

Marcea and the two guards went off to the main doors to attend the final ceremonies.

Cody was then about to go back to the gym for a change of clothes,when suddenly,Jessica showed up.

"Going somewhere Mr.Street Fighter?"she said.

"JESSICA!"said Cody startled. "I see you're here."

"You'd think i'd miss you in action on this?"she said.

She then threw him a white piece of cloth.

Cody caught it and saw what it was. It was a white tank top shirt.

"I brought it along for you,just in case you're own shirt got trashed."she said.

"Thanks,baby."he said as he put the new shirt on.

"I saw--your little bout with that ninja girl up there."she said. "And I was afraid you were gonna do something if you beat her ya know."

"Aw come on,Jessie."said Cody. "You've known and loved me for like forever and you still don't trust me?"
"It's not that I don't trust you,I just don't know what you're gonna do next."she said. "I know you've changed your life around since getting out of prison,but I still wonder and worry about you sometimes,Cody."

"I'll be careful,and do my very best,I promise you."he said.

"That's good."said Jessica.

She then went over to him,and placed a big kiss on his lips.

"Now go out there and win this one for Metro City!"she said.

"YOU BETCHA!"he said and then ran for the doors.

Cody went through the restroom and got out through another window.

He then ran into someone.

It was Dean.

"Cody!"he said. "Aw,i'm glad to see you!"

"What's up now,Dean?"said Cody.

"Did Ringwood tell ya that Haggar's missing?"he asked.

"Sure did."said Cody. "And that's not good news."

"Not only that."said Dean. "But our girl Maki,as well as those other fighters,Yun,Sean,Remy,and even Hugo and Poison are missing as well."

"Huh,that's not good."said Cody. "I'm beginning to smell a big rat here,and Mad Gears are obviously their name."

"Yeah,but where exactly could any of them be?"said Dean. "The cops have cracked down on all their used hideouts since they were used as weapons and drug houses. And the old HQ of that Belger guy was turned into a luxorious resort complex."

"Hmmm..."said Cody. "Then where the hell could they be?"

Suddenly,a black limo came driving past them.

Ringwood came running out to wave to the limo.

"Hey,stop here,HEY!"she hollered.

The other street fighters came running in.

"What's going on?"said Dudley.

"That's Mayor Haggar's limo,i'm sure of it!"said Ringwood. "But--it's not stopping!"

"I'll stop it!"said Necro.

The Russian cyborg lashed out his right hand and it's length began to stretch out.

It's length quickly stretched after the limo till it snatched the rear bumper,stopping it momentarilly.

The driver of the car then began to accelerate the car's gas,but couldn't break free of Necro's strong grip.

"He's not going to stop!"said Necro. "So I guess i'll have to give him a charge!"

Necro activated his Electric blast,shooting a slight charge of magnetic energy.

The charge was great enough however to short out the car's systems,leaving it immobile.

Once it stopped,the driver jumped out to reveal...a Mad gear thug!

It was the leather jacket and pants one called Axl.

"Hey,that's AXL,one of the Mad Gear's goons!"said Carlos.

"Aw,shit!"said Axl as he attempted to run away.

"I'll get him!"said Necro.

"Allow me this time,Necro."said Yang.

The chinese warrior sprinted forward and disappeared in a slight blur.

He then re-appeared in front of Axl.

"Stop right there!"said Yang.

"You gotta be kiddin'me!"said Axl. "Outta my way!"

Axl threw a spin kick at Yang,but he simply ducked it,rolled forward and slammed the punk with a rising kick!

"KRAKK!"

Axl flew to the ground by the impact of the kick.

The others came up to Yang and the fallen thug.

"I uh--think ya hit too hard,Yang."said Dean. "He's out cold."

"Uh...oops."said Yang. "Guess I did."

"Well,at least we know something's afoot."said Ringwood. "I'll have my men escort him to a holding cell,and call the tow truck for the limo. But when this tourney's over,we've got to find the mayor and the others before something else bad happens."

"I couldn't agree more,ma'mm."said Cody."I just hope we find out soon before it's too late."

"All right then."said Yang. "Cody,you've got to stay behind and fight the remaining rounds. The rest of us will try to watch for any more limos containing Mad Gears."

"Right then."said Cody. "Good luck!"

"You as well,Cody."said Dudley. "Just watch out when you fight Alex."

"Yeah,I gotta admit Alex is a good fighter,but we're hoping you'll win this one,Cody."said Dean.

"I'll do my best."said Cody.

The group of fighters then went their seperate ways for the time being,both hoping for a resolution to the mess that's just started.

While back in the cage,Alex was leaning up againt a cage pole while Guy sat cross-legged across from him.

"Huh,will ya check that out."thought Alex. "I never really went for meditation,takes up too much time."

Suddenly,the siren buzzer went off and the cage lit to life.

"That's or cue!"said Alex.

Guy jumped to his feet. "All right then."he said.

The screen came to life showing both Alex and Guy face to face.

The crowd then began to cheer them both on.

"COME ON GUY,WHIP MUCLE HEAD THERE INTO SHAPE!"

"GO ALEX!"

"WHOEVER WINS,THIS IS GONNA BE ONE HELLUVA MATCH!"

"NEXT MATCH!"said Marcea. "ALEX VS GUY!"

Many people watching cheered and booed at the same time for the two latest combatants to duke it out.

Both Guy and Alex stood face to face with each other.

Guy bowed to Alex,and Alex did the same.

"Ready to go for it?"said Alex.

"And how."said GUy grinning.

The two got into their fight stances and Marcea Ringwood gave the word.

"BEGIN!"

Guy made the first move as he spun his body around and slammed an elbow thrust into Alex's chest,knocking the grappler backwards.

Alex managed to stay on his feet and was about to do a counterattack.

Guy was one step ahead of Alex as he did his triple spin kick.

Alex ducked from the first two kicks and then blocked the last kick with a backfist parry.

Guy then landed on his feet,but Alex then caught him b y suprise with a Brandishing Elbow.

Alex hit Guy in the side of his head by the blow,causing him to stagger backwards.

Alex then saw his chance and jumped at Guy.

He then grabbed him and did his Power Bomb,bringing the ninja up into the air and slamming him onto the floor.

Alex then jumped back and struck a pose with his arms in the air.

"YEAH!"he shouted.

Guy then jumped back to his feet,and rubbed at his back.

Alex was amazed at how quickly he recovered.
"Not bad."said Guy. "But it'll take a lot more than a few body slams to slow me down!"

"So I see."said Alex. "Well then,let's really get dirty!"

Guy then ran and jumped at Alex,doing a jumping roundhouse at him.

Alex managed to block it off at the last minute.

Guy then saw another opening as he did a dashing leg-sweep,knocking him down to the floor in turn.

Alex then rolled on his side and got back up.

"Sneaky,"he thought. "this guy could give Ibuki a run for her money.

Guy then jumped away from Alex,then ran up the cage bars and then jumped right off them.

His intention was to do a really hard flying kick at his opponent.

But Alex saw what was gonna happen and then launched his air Knee Bazooka.

"WHAMM!"

Guy was slammed in the gut and brought back down to earth hard by his knee slam and got trounced by both of his boots

"SLAMM!"

Alex then jumped off of Guy as the Bushin then painfully got back to his feet.

The blonde haired fighter then saw his next chance to hopefully finish him off.

He began to race at Guy and do another Banishing Elbow,but Guy then saw his own chance and did a move of his own.

"BUSHIN DASH!"

Guy thrust at Alex and slammed several punches and elbow strikes at him,literally finishing him with a flip kick and turn kick.

Alex went flying into the cage bars.

Guy now had him where he wanted him.

The Bushin then thrust at Alex again,preparing to finish him off.

But once he got close enough,Alex grabbed him by the top of his shirt and slammed his massive forehead into his own!

"KRAAKK!"

Guy was stunned so hard by the blow he fell on both knees in a completly dazed state.

Alex then grabbed Guy again and ironically finished him off with the first super move he started with before,THE POER BOMB!

Except this time he slammed him on the floor once and raised him into the air again,only to slam twice as hard on the floor!

"WHAMM!"

Guy was the latest to be down for the count.

On the screens,it said that ALEX was the winner of grand finals match two.

"Aw man,I was hoping Guy'd win."

"Man,I lost fifty bucks,but it was worth a fight to see."

"Man,Alex is da champ no doubt about it."

Were several replies from the crowd.

"Well,at least we now know who's left."thought Ringwood. "That gives me time to think."

"I'm going up against Alex huh?"said Cody. "This may be more interesting than I thought...well maybe."

NEXT IN CH.17:THE REMAINING STREET FIGHTERS COME ACROSS BELGER AND URIEN'S SECRET HIDEOUT,BUT A TERRIBLE PRICE AND IT'S UP TO BOTH ALEX AND CODY TO STOP THE EVIL MADMEN FROM TAKING OVER THE CITY! AND ONCE THAT'S OVER,WHO WILL BE THE CHAMPION OF THE METRO CITY MELEE TOURNAMENT? THERE'S ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT! BE THERE FOR THE NEXT INSTALLMENT!