By: Ominae
Rating: T
NOTE:
All characters of Martin Mystery are under the copyright of Marathon; all characters of Striker/Spriggan are under the copyright of Hiroshi Takashige and Ryoji Minagawa; all characters of Street Fighter are under the copyright of Capcom. I exclusively own the rights to the characters Mark Sy and Patrick Chan.
Previously:
With a strike first made by Killer Bee, Bison's personal bodyguard within the Psycho Dolls, Martin Mystery and Mark Sy has realized that Shadowlaw has made its first move against the Center. With that in mind, the two Center operatives have now prepared to step up their investigation as they try to uncover the motives of Shadowlaw's plans to attack and sack one of its secret research facilities in Britain. As a side note, Bison has personally ordered Juli to conduct a background check on Mark Sy. What has Bison planned in mind and will the Center be able to thwart Shadowlaw's action in British soil? Stay tune to this chapter to find out.
Chapter 4: Under Attack
Bison's Office, Covert Shadowlaw Base, Somewhere in Ireland - 7:00 A.M.
It was now morning in both Ireland and Britain. Bison was now at his desk inside his personal office, waiting for Juli to arrive. While doing so, he tapped his fingers on the table while reading a report that he had obtained from a covert Shadowlaw base somewhere in Canada regarding about the extent of their firearms smuggling activities.
"Master Bison, Commander Juli of the Psycho Dolls has arrived." Bison's tranquility in his office was interrupted by the voice of the Shadowlaw trooper guarding the doors to his office room.
"I see." Bison slowly stood up from his chair before he said, "Send her in at once, Corporal."
"Yes sir!" The trooper opened the door and held it with his free hand. Juli of the Psycho Doll commandos went inside, manila envelope tucked under arm as she walked towards Bison's black table.
"You may leave us at once, Corporal." ordered Bison to the Shadowlaw trooper.
"Of course, sir!" The trooper gave a military salute before Bison returned his. After the exchange, the trooper slowly closed Bison's office door, restoring the harmony that Bison's office had.
"What do you have right now from your research, Commander? It better be important for your interruption at my work." inquired Bison sternly as he returned to his office chair.
"My sincere apologies Master Bison, but I was able to conduct a background check on Mark Sy and..." was Juli's answer as she handed the folder to Bison, who gladly took it from her.
"Yes, yes. Go on. Don't waste my time." insisted Bison as he placed the folder near his computer.
"Well, one of his relatives is currently working for Interpol. Our mole in the Center has managed to research the rest for us."
"Of course. Good work, Juli. I'll see to the rest myself." Bison immediately smiled at her words.
"Yes sir, Master Bison!" Juli quickly gave a salute; Bison immediately stood up from his chair and saluted her in return. She then took her leave and walked out of the office and opened the door before exiting his presence and slowly closing the door, all of this was done with Bison observing her casually.
"Now let's see what our little friend here has to say." said Bison with glee as he opened the folder and flipped through the pages to find some interesting data.
"Well, well, well." Bison's page flipping activities came to a halt when he realized that he had found the main source of information that he was looking for all along with an evil smile trailed across his face. "At last, this is quite interesting for me to see who is related to him from Interpol."
Bison then began to laugh a menacing laugh, which was soon heard throughout the entire Shadowlaw base. Civilians and soldiers alike soon cowered in fear after hearing a single sound from Bison's menacing voice, which they do not want to know about nor do they want to figure out why he laughed his menacing laughter.
Underground Garage, Delta Red Headquarters, MI-6 Building, Britain - 9:00 A.M.
When the two Center field agents woke up in the morning, they had a message on their hotel telephone, informing them that two MI-6 government agents would meet up at once at the lobby area. Mark and Martin took a quick shower before changing their clothes.
Mark was wearing a Johnny Bravo shirt with a black Polo Golf jacket on with brown Gap pants on and he wore his white Nike rubber shoes on. Martin, on the other hand, was now wearing a plain red shirt with a brown jacket. He had his black Kirkland pants on and had red Nike rubber shoes.
When the two agents arrived at the lobby, they were escorted by two MI-6 agents, wearing black business suits, to a waiting 2002 Land Rover Range Rover SUV parked at the hotel driveway. As soon as they were all in, they departed from the hotel all the way to the MI-6 Building's Underground Garage. Waiting for them was veteran Delta Red operative Matthew McCoy.
"I'm glad you're here, mates. Commander Watson and Colonel Wolfman would want to hear your full debriefing on the Psycho Dolls." Matthew opened the elevator lobby doors for the two agents as soon as they disembarked from their Range Rover SUV.
"Ok, Mat." replied Mark as he entered the lobby with a manila envelope on his hand. Martin pressed the up button next to the elevator doors. Soon, the doors opened itself up to the waiting trio and when they got inside, the elevator consumed them inside as they were taken to the main floor of Delta Red Headquarters.
Briefing Room, Delta Red Headquarters, MI-6 Building, Britain - 9:40 A.M.
"Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the 12 members of the elite Psycho Doll commando unit."
Mark had taken the opportunity to debrief the members of Delta Red and his partner, Martin Mystery, in explaining to them the members of the mysterious group. On the projector screen were 12 females, dressed in black Shadowlaw garrison uniform with East German-like garrison caps in black color. They all had red gloves with matching black boots. All were standing next to the Shadowlaw flag.
"Let me introduce you to each of the Psycho Dolls." Mark pressed a button on the projector's remote, showing each of them individually.
"Enero, Spanish for January. Specializes in communications." He then pressed a button and showed Enero communicating to an unknown party with her headset.
"Fevier, French for February. Specializes in firearms." A photo showed on the projector with Fevrier armed with an IZHMASH AK-74 assault rifle.
"März, German for March. Specializes in information and recon." A photo showed März surveying an unknown military base with her laptop.
"Aprile, Italian for Apri. Specializes as a combat medic." A photo showed Aprile treating Fevrier for a scratch on her arm.
"Satsuki, Japanese for May. Specializes with a katana." A photo showed Satsuki holding her katana in a Kendo Chudan No Kamae stance.
"Santamu, Vietnamese for August. Specializes with a spear and has a Golden Lion Tamarin Monkey." A photo showed Santamu posing with her spear on her hand with her pet on her shoulder.
"Xiayu, Mandarin for September. Specializes with a nunchaku." A photo showed Xiayu in a Bruce Lee pose with two ends of the nunchaku held with two hands clenched at the handles.
"Jiayu, Mandarin for October. Specializes with a quarterstaff." A photo showed Jiayu with her quarterstaff held close to her chest.
"Noembelu, Spanish for November. Specializes with twin hatchets." A photo showed Noembelu with twin hatchets held near her side. What makes her remarkable from the other Psyco Dolls was with a feather tucked near her garrison cap.
"Decapre, Russian for December. Rumors have abounded that our Russian Doll here looked similarly to Killer Bee." He pressed a button in the projector remote to show off a comparison between Decapre and Killer Bee. "Now, if you look at the two photos on the projector, you'll see that they have almost everything in common, with the exception of uniforms and that horrible mask on her face. No one has ever come close to removing that mask from her face. Some analysts even say that Vega made that mask for her since she looked like our Killer Bee friend here."
"Decapre sure looks creepy." blurted George Ginzu in fright.
"So what else is new?" remarked Rita Luwanda as well.
"Before I end this briefing, I want to introduce the two leaders of the elite Psycho Dolls." Mark humbly pushed the projector remote button again and showed two Caucasian women, side by side, with their backs to a Shadowlaw flag.
"Juli and Juni, German for June and July. Specializes in various forms of martial arts and hand to hand combat. Juli is the Commander of the Psycho Dolls while Juni is the Vice-Commander of the Dolls."
"These psychos have created a martial art for themselves? It's quite interesting." said Martin while grinning to himself.
"Of course, you must all know that we can't let our guard down against the elite of Bison's Shadowlaw forces. While these girls were brought into the terrorist group through brainwashing and mind control, we must nevertheless do our best to be careful at all costs. They have a martial art that they have made exclusively for their own unit, which could spell trouble for all of us." explained Colonel Wolfman as he stood up from his chair.
"Thank you very much, Lieutenant." Commander Watson stood up and shook hands with Mark, with Colonel Wolfman behind. "I'll need a copy of your report."
"You can have mine, sir. I have copies with my superiors." Mark said with a smile before he gestured to Martin to get up from his seat.
"If you don't mind sir, we'll take our leave now." Mark casually walked out of the briefing room with Martin Mystery next to him.
Shopping District - 10:00 A.M.
The agents had requested their driver to drop them off at their hotel first. Upon approaching the front desk, one of the hotel employees had informed them that M.O.M. had left them a message, urging them to be careful as they had received some intelligence reports that Shadowlaw has planned to attack them.
"Strange. What does M.O.M. mean anyway?" Mark took a look at the message that M.O.M. had directed to their hotel.
Agents,
Be on your guard right now. I have received some credible intelligence reports that you two may be targeted by Shadowlaw forces.
M.O.M.
"Hey man, what's wrong?" Mark's train of thought was interrupted when the Canadian Center agent came to question's Mark thoughts.
"I'm kinda wondering on who would attack us today?" answered Mark.
"I know how worried you are. Heck, I'm kinda asking the same questions as you are." Martin gave him a soft pat on the back.
"Thanks, I guess." wondered Mark in confusion.
"Oh, look! The Shopping District's main area. Bet they got some video games in there." Martin hastily grabbed Mark's arm and ran all the way to the first electronics store that Martin was able to get his eyes on.
"MARTIN!" shouted Mark in hesitation. "I CAN'T RUN THAT FAST, YOU KNOW! GIVE ME A BREAK!"
Hidden Urban Observation Post - 10:05 A.M.
"Juni, do you copy? Over."
"Juni here. What is it Commander?"
"Have you observed the two Center agents in the Shopping District already?"
"Yes ma'am! They've just arrived in the Shopping District. Orders?"
Juli tweaked a bit of her headset before she grabbed her binoculars. Fevrier was beside her with her Heckler and Koch MSG-90 sniper rifle on hand as she watched the agents with her Stinger Gen 3 Day-Night vision scope on. With them were Enero, Aprile, Satsuki and Noembelu. Juni, on the hand, had März, Santamu, Xiayu, Jiayu and Decapre.
"Let's wait for a while. I'll give you the signal when the time is right."
"Of course, Commander." Juni then closed her radio unit and resumed conducting surveillance on the two Center agents.
"Mark Sy. Today, you will be mine." smirked Juli to herself as she maintained her part in watching the moves of Martin Mystery and Mark Sy.
Street near Shopping District - 10:10 A.M.
On a street nearby the Shopping District, three teens were seen walking around with various kinds of brown jackets on. Two of them had Asian characteristics while the third had Caucasian features on with a ponytail on as well.
"So tell me again why we're dispatched to Britain?" asked one the teenagers, who grumbled while shoving his hands onto his jacket pockets.
"Because Werewolf Boy!" said another in his almost angry voice, "We need to investigate why some mysterious group attacked one of our research offices in Britain a few months ago!"
"Why here? We got other leads from the other places, ya know?" answered the third.
"Almost all of the clues that Yamamoto gave us leads us right here in the good 'ol United Kingdom of Great Britain, so no complaining." shouted the first back at the other two.
"OH BROTHER!" answered the other two in unison.
Hidden Urban Observation Post - 10:15 A.M.
"Juni, come in."
"I'm here as always, Commander. What are your orders?"
"Launch the attack, now!"
Juni, from the other hidden observation post, jumped out and landed near the two Center field agents with some of the Psycho Dolls. As Martin and Mark tried to run back, they were halted by the appearance of Juli and the remaining Psycho Doll commandos. Behind them, for a few feet near the entrance to the Shopping District, were the unconscious bodies of two Metropolitan Police officers next to their 2002 Vauxhall Astra squad car.
Street near Shopping District - 10:30 A.M.
"Hey, did you guys hear that?"
"Sure did, Yu."
The sounds of people screaming their lungs soon filled the morning air. With that in mind, the three teens began to run towards the source of the sound until they came near a British Metropolitan Police squad car.
"Jean, check these guys out?" said the first teen.
"It's alright, Patrick." Jean proceeded to check on the knocked out officers. "They're just knocked out cold."
"Yu, we need help here." shouted Patrick.
"Yea, yea! I'm comin'." answered Yu as he ran for a few minutes, barely enough to reach the squad car.
"Sir, what happened?" asked Jean as he tried to revive the downed cop.
"Woman...wearing black..all over.." muttered the officer in reply.
"Shadowlaw." said Patrick under his breath when he ran towards the Shopping District.
"Hey, wait up!" shouted Jean as he also ran behind Patrick with Yu following close behind.
Shopping District - 10:50 A.M.
"HA!" shouted Martin as he used his quarterstaff to block an attack from Noembelu, with one of her hatchets aimed for his face.
"Good one, Martin!" Mark swinged his own quarterstaff to counter attacks from Satsuki, Jiayu, Xiayu and Santamu.
Decapre appeared behind Martin and performed her Spinning Knuckle move at him, but he ducked underneath it at the last minute and countered it by executing a foot sweep, making her fall on her feet.
As Mark was able to keep his opponents away from him, he made a side glance to notice Juni preparing to launch her attack. Mark cooly engaged her by launching himself with the help of his quarterstaff and like a pole vaulter, leaped a short distance off the ground before delivering a kick to her chest.
"This is going to take some time though." Mark raised his quarterstaff just enough to block an attack from Satsuki's sharp katana before he kicked her chest with his two feet before twirling his legs to help him stand up.
"So who's next?" Mark asked in a challenging tone as he detached his quarterstaff to turn them to dual ballistic arnis sticks. "I believe this is a good exercise for me." mumbled Mark to himself as he entered into a double sinawali stance, ready to take on the other Psycho Doll commandos with Martin.
Chapter 4 END