Street Fighter:Metro City Maul
Ch.18:STORMING THE CASTLE!
Meanwhile aboard the left side tower of the local hotel,Guy had awoke from the knockout rest he had received from fighting Alex.
He got up and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Hmmm...he was a lot stronger than I had heard or imagined."he thought. "No wonder he won the last tourney.
Well,i'd better get back to the others and see how the last match turns out,and see who'll be the champion of Metro City."
But suddenly,just as Guy exited from the cage ring,something came down and wrapped itself around his waist.
"Wha--HEY!"said Guy.
The rope that coiled around him was a pale white color and appeared to be an elastic goo of some kind.
It then tightened itself around Guy,not wanting to let him go.
"HEY--WHAT IS THIS?"said Guy. "LEMME GO!"
The goo coil then lifted Guy up and slammed him against the concrete,knocking him out.
The coil then retracted and showed who it belonged to.
It was a five foot tall creature that was slightly hunched.
It resembled humanoid form,but was not human at all.
It's skin was the same color as it's retractable limb,a pale white.
It was a bio genetic android created by Gill known simply as Twelve.
Rolento then showed up near the cage.
"Good work,12."he said. "Couldn't done it better myself."
Rolento then took out his own cell phone and contacted the bosses.
"Mr.Belger..?"he said. "Rolento here,we captured the cream of the crop,Guy.
Yes sir,I think they've all definitely begun to suspect something. Yes sir,i'll take him there immediately."
The pair with Guy then boarded a helicopter and took it to the Trumpet building.
Meanwhile.back out on the streets,Cody and Guy were rushing through the crowds of people and cars to make it to their destination.
"Man,I liked it better when they had the streets cleared for the tournament."thought Cody. "A lot more elbow to smash room was appreciated."
Suddenly,Cody heard his cell phone go off.
He and Alex stopped and Cody spoke into it.
"Yeah,what?"he said.
"Cody,this is Marcea."said Haggar's assistant. "I just got word,Guy was just kidnapped from the hotel and was taken off in a helicopter."
"Guy,NO!"said Cody.
"What is it?"said Alex.
"Right,right,we'll get on it!"said Cody.
He then placed the phone back in his rear pocket.
"Bad news Al,"said Cody. "I just got word that Guy was the latest to be kidnapped,and was taken away by a chopper!"
"That's not good."said Alex. "That proves the bad guys are closer than we think!"
"Yeah,but if we could at least a chopper from here,maybe it could lead us to where they were heading."said Alex.
As if on cue,a red and white helicopter appeared,and it was headed for the Trumpet building.
"You thinking what i'm thinking?"said Cody.
"Sure,but I do more acting than thinking when it comes to bashing bad guys."said Cody.
"Not suprising."said Alex shrugging. "Well,come on!"
The pair of heroes then ran off towards the helicopter,trying to not let it out of their sights.
They both ran past and nearly into cars and pedestrains,avoiding and ignoring cries of foul language and such.
While back inside the trumpet building Belger was watching the surveillance monitors that led to the street,and saw Cody and Alex coming this way.
"At last,they are coming."said Belger.
"Not yet!"said Urien who was still at the controls of his transformer machine.
"The process must take a little while longer to transform the fighters into my follwers!"
"Don't worry."said Belger. "I'll send some of the boys to keep them occupied until they arrive."
Belger then pressed a green key that would send a signal to them.
Finally,they both came across the deserted trumpet building.
And when they did,they saw the chopper land atop it's roof.
"Well i'll be."said Cody. "So the place is being used after all."
"What do ya mean?"said Alex. "Who did this building belong to?"
"Haggar told me and Guy once on a visit to his office."said Cody.
"This first rate office building once belonged to a millionare named Dan Trumpet,but a few years later,he was involved in a major fiasco concerning his company and holdings.
Before the police could apprahend him,he emptied out his savings,left town and no one's seen him since. After he skipped town,the firm was closed down and condemned,and it hasn't been used ever since."
"Until now,no doubt."said Alex. "So that's gotta be where the bad guys are holding our pals!"
"So what are waiting for,christmas?"said Cody. "Let's go!"
Suddenly,before they could venture to the building,something of a bright light shown on them from the other side of the street.
"Hey,what's going on?"said Cody.
A series of whooes,laughs and chuckles were heard from the same two lights that shone on them.
The two lights then began to move towards them and revealled it's shape.
It was a semi-truck with a trailer cart attached to it.
It was filled with the same group of Mad Gear thugs that Alex and the others fought in the tournament.
"Aw man,not them again!"said Alex.
"Believe me,I know exactly how ya feel at this moment."said Cody. "Guy,Haggar and myself had to go through the same shit even back then!"
At the wheel it was revealled that Sodom was driving the truck rig.
"Sodom?"said Cody. "I shoulda known!"
The samurai bandit peeked his head out of the window.
"HAHA!"he said. "I wouldn't go there if I were you!"
"And give us a damn good reason,helmet head!"said Alex.
"Let's just say,our employers wouldn't like you to disrupt their work till their done,okay?"said Sodom.
"Employers?"said Cody. "Who--who is that's leading the Mad Gears this time?"
"Is it Gill?"said Alex.
"That'd be pretty telling wouldn't ya say?"said Sodom. "Besides that,your main concern right now is to try to avoid getting splattered---by us!"
"Ha!"said Cody. "If you think you're gonna run us down with that stupid jalopy,you're even stpider than I remember! Ya with me Alex?"
"All the way!"said Alex.
"HA!"said Sodom. "So heroic,so foolish,so gonna be flattened!"
The samurai then revved up the motor and took off after his quarry.
Both Cody and Alex scattered just as Sodom's truck came flying past them.
Sodom then rapidly turned the wheel to turn back around.
"YEAH,GET 'EM SODOM!"shouted one of the Gears. "TURN'EM INTO ROADKILL!"
Cody then ran for the double doors,but when he pulled the handles,they were locked tight.
"What,ya think they'd have them unlocked?"said Alex.
"It was worth a try."said Cody.
Suddenly,Sodom came rolling after them again in his truck.
"LOOK OUT!"said Cody as he and Alex dove for the pavement.
Sodom couldn't stop in time,and crashed right through the doors and into the lobby.
"KRASHH!"
"Well,at least that's over."said Alex.
"Don't bet on it."said Cody. "We're not out of the woods yet!"
Several of the Mad Gears came running out of the smoke cloud,swinging their bats and weapons.
"Ready for some real street fighting,Al?"said Cody.
"Believe me,i'm in my element here as well!"said Alex grinning.
The two fighters then began to deck it out with the swarm of thugs.
Cody ducked the swing of a bat by a thug and then slammed a Criminal Upper into him.
He then did his Dead-End Irony and slammed a series of spin kicks into the rest that came at him.
Alex dished out the rest of the competition in his own usual fashion.
He slammed several with his massive punches,and took out a few with his head-butts.
The entire troop of thugs were laid out on the ground.
"Yeah,we did it!"said Cody.
"NOT SO FAST!"said Sodom as he emerged from his damaged truck.
"Oh,we almost forgot,didn't we Alex?"said Cody.
"Yeah,who could forget ol'bucket head?"said Alex.
"No one ever forgets the might of Sodom!"said the samurai."And lives to tell about it!"
He then reached for his weapons and drew them.
This time,instead of his usual sai weapons,he drew a large pair of katana blades.
"Whoa,got a little more--defensive have we?"said Alex.
"It's not the first time he's used them,believe me."said Cody.
"Well then,let's get cracking!"said Alex.
Suddenly,a thin wire line came out of nowhere and wrapped itself around Cody's throat,bringing him upward to the ceiling,and began to choke him.
"HEY,WHA?"said Alex.
The person who was threw the line jumped from the shadows and was Rolento himself once again.
"You're in both too deep this time,blondie!"he said. "Now either surrender,or we slaughter you both like lambs this minute!"
Alex clenched his fists in rage,he had to find a way to fend of these two pain in the ass thugs and save Cody,before all was lost.
NEXT IN CH.19:THE SHOWDON BETWEEN AND THE MAD GEARS CONTINUES! THE TWO HEROES MAKE THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE FRONT DOOR OF BELGER AND URIEN ONLY TO BE FACED WITH AN EVEN WORSE PERIL AND CHALLENGE! FIND OUT WHY NEXT CHAPTER!