Metro City Maul Ch.19:
Closing in!
Alex was faced with a tough choice,he had to save Cody from being strangled by Rolento's wire choke hold,and get past a furious and lethally armed samurai.
He then quickly thought up a strategy,made a choice,and made his move.
Alex sprinted forward,did a Burning elbow into Sodom's chest,causing him to drop one of his swords.
Once it was out of his hand,Alex caught the sword and threw it at the wire,cutting it in two!
Cody crashed to the floor,gasping for air.
"Hey,he was mine!"said Rolento.
"The only thing that's gonna be yours scar-face,is a hell of a lot of pain!"said Alex.
The grappler then rushed at Rolento,but before he could lay a hand on him,Rolento jumped backwards and then rolled away.
"HEY!"said Alex.
Cody managed to catch his breath and get back up.
"Watch him,Al!"he said. "Rolento uses deadly roller and jump attacks when he fights!"
"Anything else I should know?"said Alex.
"Yeah,we're not in the tournament this time,so he may use his knives and grenades at full force,so watch out!"said Cody.
"Perfect..."said Alex grimly.
Sodom picked up his second katana and confronted Cody.
"I'd worry more about my ass if I were you,Cody!"he said. "Cause i'm gonna make long awaited coldcuts outta you!"
"Well,bring-it-on!"said Cody as he resumed fighting stance.
Rolento then jumped and rolled forward,then jumped again overtop Alex,bringing down his combat baton.
Alex blocked off the baton and slammed a punch into the side of Rolento's face.
Rolento jumped away from the punch and kept his distance.
"Not bad---for a street lurchin."said Rolento.
"I'll have you know,I was in the army myself under Sgt.Tom."said Alex. "He taught me the best about grappling!"
"Huh,maybe grappling and close combat was good for some military men."said Rolento. "But you know nothing of commando warfare!"
Rolento then rolled forward and then threw a trio of grenades at his enemy.
"OH BOY!"said Alex.
Reacting quickly,Alex saw a nearby table and threw it at the three bombs,causing them to explode on contact.
"Clever."said Rolento. "But you've still to compete with my bag of tricks."
"We'll see about that,c'mon!"said Alex.
Cody and Sodom started to deck it out.
The blonde hero swung a roundhouse kick at the samurai,but Sodom ducked it and then slammed a knee into his gut.
Cody staggered back and tried for another attack.
He jumped forward and thrust a pair of lunge punches,but Sodom blocked them off with the blades of his sabers and then shoved forward.
Cody was shoved so hard,he lost his footing and fell to the floor.
Once he was down,Sodom saw his chance and began to thrust both his swords down for the kill at Cody.
Cody managed to side dodge the first thrust of the left sword,and then the right.
He then thrust his right foot---up into Sodom's groin!
"ARRRRR!"cried Sodom as he staggered back and clutched the spot between his legs.
"YOU DAMN---!"he began to say.
"Save your cursing for a jail cell!"said Cody.
The fighter then thrust forward and slammed a flying kick right into Sodom's head,knocking him down to the floor.
Once down,Cody jumped upward and came hurtling down upon Sodom,slamming his feet into the side of his head,knocking him out cold.
"GOTCHA!"said Cody.
"Hey,Al---how ya fairing?"
Rolento took out a few knives and threw them at Alex.
Alex managed to throw up a chair and catch them with the padded seat.
"Oh---so and so..."he said.
Rolento then jumped into the air again and then began to bring down his baton for a sweeping kill!
Alex saw it coming and then launched his air knee bash.
"UUGHH!"Rolento cried as he was hit in the gut hard by Al's knee attack.
Alex then brought his weight down upon Rolento's body,literally slamming him down to the floor with both feet!
"WHAMM!"
Once Rolento was down,Alex brough down an air chop on the side of the militarist's neck,knocking him out.
"At ease,loser."he then said.
"Yeah,that was awesomely good!"said Cody. "He didn't know what he was dealing with!"
"Glad you approve,Cody."said Alex. "But remember,you'll have to deal with those kind of moves if and when we get back to the tournament."
"Hey,no worries."said Cody. "This little excursion is just the thing for a good warm-up for tomorrow."
"Yeah,you could say that."said Alex. "Let's go."
"Waitaminute."said Cody.
The metro man took one of Sodom's swords and then checked over Rolento's body.
"Here,we may need some of Rolento's weapons when we get up there."he said.
"Good idea."said Alex.
They opened up Rolento's vest and found a few more grenades and knives on him.
Alex took the grenades and placed them in his pockets while Cody placed the knives in his back pocket.
"Yeah,it's not like we're gonna just find weapons on the ground right?"said Cody."Now,let's go get'em."
The two heroes then sprinted out of the lobby and headed for the nearest elevator.
Suddenly,a hail of gunfire stopped them short at their feet.
Looking up at the stairs across from them was a pair of dark clad and masked gunmen,weilding uzzis pointed at them.
"Not another step!"said one of them.
"Wanna bet?"said Alex. "Get back Cody!"
Alex whipped out one of Rolento's grenades and threw it at the stairs.
Once it hit,the stairs the thugs stood on exploded beneath them.
"BOOM!"
The pair of gunmen fell in with the rubble,and lost consciousness.
"Good throw."said Cody.
"Thanks."said Alex. "Learned a lot about throwing from my foster dad and sargent Tom.
Now,let's take the elevator to---wait a minute where exactly could they be in this building?"
"Where else would they be?"said Cody. "This is obviously---a 12 floor building,so..they'd be at the top floor."
"You sure about that,Cody?"said Alex.
"Maybe,and maybe not."said Cody. "I'm reminded about the Mad Gears old hideout and hq,and the top floor of Belger's high rise building was where we fought him."
"So,you honestly think they'd be up there huh?"said Alex.
"Yeah,but....in case you're not up to date,we're running out of time here,if we don't find and stop these creeps,the last of the tournament'll be ruined,and there's no telling what they'll do to the city if they succeed!"
"Okay,okay,I get the point."said Alex. "Let's go get'em!"
Cody pressed the button marked up and the door systems hummed to life.
"It's operative all right."said Cody.
The door hissed open and the pair then walked in.
Alex pressed the button for the 12th floor and the lift doors closed and it began to take them upward.
"Nervous...?"said Cody.
"Uhmm..no,maybe anxious."said Alex. "Belive me,i've been in plenty of street fights and contest matches,but...i've never been in a crime busting mission before."
"First time for everything."said Cody."And..if we don't get out of this...it's been a great pleasure fighting alongside a fighter like you,Alex."
"The pleasure's all mine,"said Alex smiling."for fighting alongside and against legends like Guy,Haggar and yourself."
Suddenly,the lift reached the 12th floor with a loud ping sound.
"This is it."said Cody."Ready?"
"And willing."said Alex cracking his knuckles.
The doors opened and both warriors carefully stepped out into the open hallway.
The hallway's lights were lit on and everything inside was cleaned and organized as if the building was still in use.
"This place definitely has got people inside it."said Cody."Otherwise the elevators wouldn't be working and this place would be dark."
"There's folks here all right,Cody!"said a voice behind them.
Turning around,they saw a lone policeman in blue and armed with a magnum.
It was Eddi E.
"And the next folks here will be dead ones!"he said and started firing his gun.
Cody and Alex dove to the floor and then ran around the corner.
"I take it he's not a law-abiding cop is he?"said Alex.
"No way!"said Cody."He's an enforcer for the Mad Gears,and I personally trounced his ass the first time we fought."
"Huh,typical scum-corruption."said Alex.
He then reached into his pocket and took out a knife.
"Allow me."said Cody as he took the knife.
Eddi E then ran around to the corner and was about to close in on his quarry.
When suddenly,Cody shot out around the corner and threw the knife,hitting Ed in the right shoulder.
"GAH!"cried Ed as he was hit in the shoulder by the blade.
"Got'im!"said Cody.
Ed then pulled the knife out of his shoulder,just in time to see Cody come at him with a flying kick,knocking him to the floor.
Cody then grabbed the corrupt cop by the collar of his shirt and punched him out!
"Good job!"said Alex.
"Thanks,now---"said Cody. "----LOOK OUT!"
"Huh..?"said Alex as he turned to see what was happening.
A lone man dressed in a green sweater and cargo pants and hat was about to throw a pair of foot long blades at him.
Alex jumped behind a nearby desk just as he threw them.
"EL GADO!"said Cody."We must be close if the last of the Gears are trying to smoke us out!"
Gado then was about to pull out another pair of blades when suddenly,Alex picked up the desk he was behind,and threw it at him.
"WHAM!"
Gado was hit hard by the metal desk and was out cold like those before him.
"This is getting to be a bit too easy ya know."said Alex dusting his hands off.
"Yeah,I know."said Cody. "But we must be nearing the place now,let's go!"
Cody and Alex then turned to the pair of double doors that stood before them.
"Ready?"said Cody.
"Yeah,let's do this!"said Alex.
The pair then thrust their feet forward and kicked the doors open.
But as they got inside,they found themeslves standing before...a man in a white suit with snow white hair.
Alex recognized him off the bat.
"URIEN!"he said.
"You remember me,i'm touched."said Urien.
"You--you know this guy?"said Cody.
"He's the brother of the man who held the last Street Fighter competition,and even I fought him once to get to Gill."said Alex.
"So,you're the one who's behind bringing back the Mad Gears and this rash of kidnappings?"
"Well...partly guilty so far."said Urien. "But,if I was you i'd be more concerned about what's going to happen next."
"What do you mean?"said Cody.
Urien grinned wickedly and then snapped his fingers.
From out of the shadows behind him,a group of fighters emerged.
Cody and Alex recognizzed them instantly,they were their friends from the tournament.
HAGGAR
YUN
MAKI
HUGO
REMY
GUY
IBUKI
POISON
Even Dudley,Sean,Yang,Dean,Lucia,Carlos and Necro were there with them.
Except,there was something different about them all.
Their skin was a different color,it was the same color of Urien's a gold bronze and a single jewel was affixed to each of their foreheads.
"Allow me to introduce,my dedicated followers of the Urien movement."he said. "And my first order is,ATTACK THEM!"
Before either man could make a move,both Yun and Yang jumped at them both at the same time.
Alex and Cody were knocked down by twin flying kicks.
"NO!"said Cody. "IT CAN'T END THIS WAY!"
"NO!"said Alex.
The gang of brainwashed minions ganged up on our heroes and then forced them into submission.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"laughed Urien.
NEXT:CAN ALEX AND CODY FIGHT THEIR WAY OUT OF THIS ONE,OR HAS URIEN AND BELGER FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN SNATCHING METRO CITY?
FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT CHAP!