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:
As the two teams continue with their attempted raid on the Shadowlaw-occupied Center research facility hidden in the British countryside, more of Chun-Li and Hiryu's relationship continue to spring about. As the Psycho Dolls have kept the two forces busy in their attempt to dig up some secrets of the complex, an enigmatic figure makes his own personal appearance for the first time in British soil? Just who is he anyway? Stay tune to this chapter to find out.
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Chapter 10: Warning
Unknown corridor, Center Research Facility - 1:35 P.M.
An armed Shadowlaw trooper was roaming alone in the corridor toting a SIG 550 assault rifle in his hands. Patrolling the unknown, he didn't notice a lone shadow moving fast in the area, which made him stop and aim at the direction of the presence of the possible intruder. Seeing nothing, he resumed his duty.
From out of nowhere, two gloved hands grabbed the lone soldier by his neck and began to place him in a choke hold. The soldier desperately tried to call for help, but his mouth was silenced by a hand covering while it snaked on the soldier's neck with the other wrappedon his headin order to make him stop squirming.
Soon, a faint sound was heard to those who were nearby,
"SNAP!"
Within minutes, the trooper laid on the ground after being released from his killer's grips. With some dragging, the unknown man took the carcass away to another part of the corridor and was being assisted by another person in heaving the body in a hidden place.
"Looks like the Angel of Death did his thing, huh?" smirked Patrick, who dragged the body into a dark area of the corridor since the lights were not working.
"Heh." grinned Hiryu. "All in a day's work."
"You're the Angel of Death?" inquired Martin, eyebrow raised up.
"Hai!" answered Hiryu, still grinning under the cover of his scarf.
"Maybe we could tell you some other time about his Striker days." interrupted Yu, who ditched the dead trooper's automatic rifle. "But right now, we better search for some clues around here."
"I heard that each research facility should have a some sort of backlog room or something. We should be able to get some clues to see what this place recently had what artifact in custody."
"Okay." Jean cocked his shotgun to chamber a round before leading the others. "Let's go. Martin, Hiryu, you two better show us the way around."
"Sure. Even if we haven't been around here, we know some parts of this place." answered Martin, dashing a bit towards the other end of the corridor, followed by Hiryu and the Strikers.
In another corridor somewhere in the complex, the street fighters and their Delta Red allies have been skulking the interior of the research facility ever since their battle with the Psycho Dolls. So far, they have not meet resistance from armed Shadowlaw troopers.
"This place sure is big." commented Guile, who was eyeing the corridors with his Heckler and Koch MP5A4 submachine gun.
"You could say that again." muttered Matthew.
Charlie gave a low whistle and pointed to Guile something interesting up ahead. "Shadowlaw troopers at 12 o' clock."
"Really?" Chun-Li gave the eyebrow raise in suspicion. "What are they doing there?"
"Better find a place to hide." suggested Cammy, pointing to the open door of an office room.
Once they were inside an office and the lights were immediately switched off, they waited for the Shadowlaw troopers to pass their position.
Rita and Chun-Li leapt out of the office and began to place the two soldiers in a choke hold before breaking their necks. Once that was done, they silently took their bodies away into the interior of the office, where the teams stripped the corpses of anything that may be useful to them.
"Hey guys, better take a look here." said Cammy, typing away at a booted computer.
"What is it?" asked Charlie, hands on his glasses.
"The complex apparently holds..." said Cammy, not finishing her sentence.
Office Room, Center Research Facility - 2:00 P.M.
"The Excalibur." said Yu, unaware that he had blurted the same thing that Cammy had said somewhere in another part of the complex.
"Anything else?" asked Patrick, checking his Norinco QBZ-97/Type 97 rifle. Yu hammered away at the computer's keyboard.
"It's been stored right now in the third floor of this complex, in the holding room apparently." replied Yu, pointing the location on the computer's screen. Right now, we're just in the first floor. Hiryu readied his Howa Type 89 assault rifle.
"Let's hop to it then!" blurted Martin, activating his U-Watch to obtain his X-Staff and changing into his quarterstaff.
Stairway Landing A, Center Research Facility - 2:10 P.M.
"Phew! We made it!" said Martin, using his hand to clean some sweat from his head.
Jean aimed his weapon on the left and right sides of the stairway. "No soldiers, so far."
"Good." whispered Hiryu. "We need this tranquility to head to the holding room."
The others nodded in agreement, slowly walking on the corridor to make sure no hostile forces are seen, on the way to the holding room.
Stairway Landing B, Center Research Facility - 2:15 P.M.
On the other hand, a Shadowlaw soldier was guarding the stairway with his back facing the good guys. Matthew immediately lunged at him silently and broke his neck before grabbing him by his waist and dragged him quietly down one level, disposing of his body.
"Just one soldier? Something's not right." suggested Chun-Li, scanning the immediate area.
"So far, so good." exclaimed Cammy, also looking forward.
"I suggest we better hustle right now before more of Shadowlaw's goon squads decide to drop by and say hi to us." suggested Charlie.
"Good idea." replied Guile, leading the way to the corridor with his MP5A4 submachine gun.
"Okay." added Rita in support.
Holding Room, Center Research Facility - 2:20 P.M.
A metal door gave way to the agents automatically, leaving them free access to the room.
"Wow! Look at this room." whispered Yu, scanning the area with his G3A3 assault rifle.
"You guys never tell me that the Center makes facilities this big." commented Patrick, who was also checking the room with his QBZ-97/Type 97 assault rifle.
"I didn't even hear about this facility anyway." sneered Hiryu, grabbing his slinged Type 89 assault rifle.
"Is that the Excalibur?" asked Jean, pointing to the direction with his SPAS-12 shotgun.
Unknown Office, Center Research Facility - 2:25 P.M.
"Sir!" said the Shadowlaw trooper, running inside the semi-dark office. "Some of the intruders have managed to enter the facility's holding room."
"Excellent!" The strange man flapped his cape to his side and readjusted his red cap before ordering the trooper to rally the others and wait for his signal.
"At last." murmured the man. "I've lured both the street fighters and the Center's finest into my trap."
He cracked both of his knuckle and had a wicked smile on his face. "Soon, Hiryu will know my true strength."
Holding Room, Center Research Facility - 2:30 P.M.
"Man, there it is." said Jean, pointing the mythical weapon, which was encased in a special glass, to the group.
"Strange, I thought that Shadowlaw troopers would have moved in by now." pondered Hiryu.
"I would agree as well. Problem is we didn't expect any major resistance." explained Patrick.
"Meaning that we could have walked into a trap." suggested Martin.
"Look, the intruders are here. Get them!"
From the entrance, hordes of Shadowlaw soldiers were rushing inside with SIG 550 rifles at their hands.
"Come on!" shouted Hiryu. "Let's get 'em!"
BRRRRRRRTTTTTTTT!
Hiryu had fired his Type 89 rifle at the incoming Shadowlaw troopers, his 5.56 NATO bullets made their mark into the chest of 4 Shadowlaw troopers.
"Want some of this?" barked Patrick, firing his QBZ-97/Type 97 rifle at the intruding enemy.
"Say hello to my little friend, Shadowlaw scum!" cried Yu, who opened fire with his G3A3 rifle.
Jean, meanwhile, heaved his SPAS-12 to hit one of the Shadowlaw troopers on his head with the shotgun's solid butt and proceeded to slammed the weapon's buttstock onto the chin of another soldier. Martin clubbed two troopers with his quarterstaff onto their chests before he turned around and twirled the weapon to sock another trooper in the face.
Corridor, Center Research Facility - 2:33 P.M.
BRRRRRRRTTTTTTTT!
"Gunshots!" shouted Rita.
"It's coming from there!" suggested Charlie, pointing the way with his finger.
"It must be the Center agents!" commented Guile. "We better help them!"
Guile was the first to lead the way, discharging his MP5A4 submachine gun at the rear of Shadowlaw troopers.
"Look out! More intru.. AAGGGHHH!" yelled one of the troopers, who was shot in the throat as some 9mm Parabellum bullets pierced it.
"Sonic Boom!" cried Charlie, emitting a yellow disc-like projectile from his arms, hitting two unprepared Shadowlaw soldiers at their backs.
"Kikouken!" shouted Chun-Li, hurling a blue projectile from her palms, hitting a single Shadowlaw soldier getting ready to aim his SIG 550 rifle.
"Cannon Spike!" yelled Cammy, kicking a Shadowlaw trooper into the air by landing her foot under his chin and propelling herself into the air.
Rita did a flying kick move and made her attack land in the chest of a Shadowlaw trooper before doing an elbow attack on the chest of another trooper and finished her combo with a foot sweep on another trooper, who tried to swing his rifle's butt onto her head. As for Matthew, he lunged at one Shadowlaw soldier, who was surprised by his actions before he was used like a giant baseball bat to whack the other troopers away from them.
"MOMMY!" yelled the trooper who was being used like a bat.
"Heh! Does Shadowlaw recruit pansies?" murmured Matthew as he continued his assault on the enemy.
Holding Room, Center Research Facility - 2:40 P.M.
"WHACK!"
Hiryu had just disabled the last armed Shadowlaw trooper with his Type 89's solid rifle butt by swinging it to the trooper's head, snapping his neck in the process. With that done, the other agents were busy eyeing the room to make sure no trooper was still alive.
"That's the last of them." commented Martin, kicking the carcass of a dead Shadowlaw trooper.
"Wonder where did their boss went to?" inquired Jean, loading some shells into his SPAS-12 shotgun.
"He shouldn't be far away, right?" commented Yu, reloading his G3A3 rifle.
"I have a feeling that he's somewhere in the complex." explained Patrick, who was also reloading his QBZ-97/Type 97 rifle.
"But where is he anyway?" retorted Hiryu, eyeing the room with his Type 89, already reloaded with a fresh 30-round magazine.
Purple lightning soon answered their concerns; it zapped near the feet of the agents. The teens, in reaction, jumped a few feet back. After experiencing the near fatal attempt, they turned their focus to where the purple lightning came from as the guys with the firearms aimed their weapons at the darkness since half of the holding room was lit.
"Where are you, dammit?" snarled Hiryu under his scarf.
"My, my! Aren't we impatient?" said the voice.
"Show yourself!" demanded Hiryu, now threatening to fire his Type 89 rifle.
Complying to his demands, the man stepped out of the blackness. The agents were stunned as they saw the man was wearing a red officer's cap with the emblem of a skull with angel wings on, gray metal shoulder guards with a red uniform on, accompanied by a dark blue cape. The man was now grinning with his arms folded across his chest, floating on air.
"It's you, Bison!" hissed Hiryu.
"Indeed dear boy." answered Bison gleefully before taking a look at Martin and the Strikers. "And I see that you've brought your friends along."
"Dammit, Bison! You're responsible for leading that raid on us in Canada, weren't you?" snarled Jean, aiming his SPAS-12 shotgun at Bison's chest.
"What's with this raid? Are you planning to nab the Excalibur?" retorted Martin.
"I did plan to, but I changed it now since it's meant to get the attention of you Strikers and the Center's finest." grinned Bison. "But since you're all here with Mr. Mystery here..." Bison's hand began to generate some energy from his clenched hand. "I need to eliminate some competition."
Bison leveled his arm towards the agents and in an instant, purple energy began to zap them as Martin, Yu, Jean and Patrick were caught in the blast. Hiryu, thanks to his psychic sense, was able to detect it much earlier than Yu, even if he also had some psychic sense as well. Thanks to his martial arts training, Hiryu dodged it by performing a flip in the air before landing on his two feet.
"What's the meaning of this?" hissed Hiryu, who was now angry at Bison's actions.
"Hmmm. My sources are right, you did exceed your training in the ninjitsu arts." Bison grinned even more after seeing Hiryu evade his attack. "Besides, I personally want to test you to see if you really are dangerous, as what my operatives have been saying."
"My training is nothing compared to your insidious Psycho Energy that flows in your body." retorted Hiryu. "And didn't you get to listen to your wussies about me?" Hiryu then smirked under his balaclava.
"Really?" Bison thought about his words before thinking about his next move. "Then have a taste of this..."
Outskirts of Holding Room, Center Research Facility - 2:40 P.M.
"I hope we're able to stop Bison in time." said Matthew.
"I hope so too." added Cammy in support.
"Wonder if anyone's in here?" pondered Guile, who was about to get inside the room when the door automatically opened.
"Then have a taste of this..."
"Who the hell is that?" asked Charlie, stunned.
"It's Bison." hissed Chun-Li. "Now's my chance to avenge Papa's death."
When the five went inside, they were amazed at the sight of the room. Bison was now facing Hiryu, his rifle was slinged on his shoulders, with an energized hand in front of him. Nearby were the unconscious bodies of Martin Mystery and the Strikers, who were posing as Center field agents. The five sneaked down from the stairwell all the way to the ground floor.
"Bad news. Bison's cornered Hiryu." Guile focused the MP5A4's sights on Bison's head.
"PSYCHO SHOT!" yelled Bison. A electric purple ball emerged out of his palm and it went straight for the military-trained Center agent.
"HIRYU!" shouted Chun-Li, who wanted to get his attention in order to get him to safety.
Hiryu didn't move from his spot. Instead, he waited for the projectile to come near him for a few minutes before he negated the attack with a swipe from his Fairbarn Sykes Commando Pattern 1 knife that he drew from his Kydex Nylon Black Military sheath.
With a quick slash, the Psycho Shot soon became non-existent.
"Wow!" murmured Matthew.
"Imagine." added Charlie. "He was able to cancel Bison's projectile attack with a commando knife."
"Awesome." commented Rita.
"I see that we have more guests too." Bison looked up and saw the street fighters and the Delta Red commandos. "It seems that the former Killer Bee has joined up with Delta Red. But no matter, I have no need for all of you." With those remarks. Bison raised his arm again and purple lightning emerged from his fingertips, giving the other intruders a short jolt before they collapsed from the pressure of the energy.
"I guess the Omihalcon metal did its job on my attack." Bison grinned, having a sort of premonition over Hiryu's tactics. "Have some more of this!" Two more electric Psycho Shot purple balls came hurtling towards the masked agent.
In response, Hiryu waited for one of them to come near before he swatted it away with his hand like it was nothing to him as his suit nullifies projectile charges if touched with his hands. As for the second, he engaged in a stance that made some of the street fighters, who were recovering from Bison's attack, wonder in awe.
"No way.." stuttered Bison.
"That stance..." said Guile.
"Is..." added Charlie.
"Meant..." commented Cammy
"For the..." said Chun-Li, finishing the sentence.
"HADOKEN!" shouted Hiryu. A light blue projectile charged out of Hiryu's palms. With fast speed, his projectile collided with Bison's own, neutralizing it.
"WHAT?" blurted Bison. "It can't be."
"Heh." grinned Hiryu, doing an "I don't know" gesture in a cocky manner. "Maybe I'm just too good for you, huh? I guess you're right, The Omihalcon did a good job on your so-called Psycho Shot."
"Really now, Hiryu?" Hiryu's remarks got the better of Bison. "We'll see about that."
"What do you mean?"
"Watch." Bison immediately snapped his fingers. "To me, Dolls!"
From the entrance of the holding room, 12 mysterious figures dashed inside and were behind Bison. With another snap, the Dolls got into position, forming two groups of six Dolls each, forming a semi-circle.
"The Dolls!" hissed Hiryu. "What's with them? And how did they recover so fast?"
"Don't worry about them." grinned Bison. "They're here to witness your, shall I say, your untimelely death in my hands. Besides..." Bison cracked his knuckles. "They're here to make sure that no one interferes in our match. And to answer your second question, all of them have underwent genetic enchancement for that."
"Fine." Hiryu got into a Kokutsu Daichi (Rearward Lunging Stance) Stance. "Guess I'll have to give you a match to remember me by."
"Let's start then. Psycho Shot!" yelled Bison, launching another electric purple ball. Hiryu responded by launching a Hadoken to it, neutralizing the move.
The Dolls simply stood in their position with their hands at their side. Hiryu used his psychic sense and found out that some of them are sorry to "see" him die in the hands of their own master.
"Houzanto!" yelled Hiryu, who managed to nail a direct hit in Bison's chest. The Shadowlaw dictator staggered for a few feet after being hit in the gut.
"You seem to have excellent strength. But don't fear any longer, I'll make it all gone when I'm through with you."
"Let's go! Rising Upper!" shouted Mark. Unfortunately, Bison blocked his attack and countered with a Double Knee Press.
"UNGH!" shouted Hiryu.
"HIRYU!" yelled Chun-Li, who was slowly standing up onto her feet.
"Heh! Try this!" Bison immediately teleported behind him and when he materialized, the terrorist leader landed a strong punch onto his chest. Even if the Center agent had the Trident Armored Machine Suit to help ward off heavy injuries, Bison's punch was strong that even blocking it was not good enough. Within minutes, he was hurtling towards a wall.
"Damn! Bison's gonna win!" muttered Charlie.
"BWA HA HA HA HA!" Bison was laughing on his initial success.
"Heh! I'm too strong to be killed." came a voice from the smoke.
"Eh?" Bison's eyebrow went up in curiousity.
Within minutes, Hiryu assumed the same stance and charged forward with his clenched fists at the ready.
"Psycho Fist!" cried Bison, jumping up to the air before heading to the ground and getting ready to release his energized clenched fist at the masked agent. Hiryu quickly countered his move.
"What?" muttered Bison.
"Take this! Senpuuken!" Hiryu executed one of his self-taught techniques. A whirlwind appeared after the Center agent punched him in his face, sending his body to the stairway's metal frames.
"Good one, young fool!" said Bison, standing up after suffering the impact. "I'm just getting warmed up."
"Dammit! Did he take steroids or something?" Hiryu raised his guard up, changing his stance from a Kokutsu Daichi to a Shizentai Daichi (Natural Stance) stance. "Come on. I can still take you on!" shouted the masked agent.
"See if you take this! Psycho Crusher!" Bison hurled himself towards the shocked agent as a living projectile, with his body encased in Psycho energy. Hiryu, in turn, raised his arm to cover his upper body from the impact. It was too late for him; he was now caught in the attack as the Psycho Crusher drove him fast and hard towards some computer monitors, smashing them in the process.
"Oh no!" Martin couldn't believe that his comrade was easily beaten by Bison.
"Dammit!" Yu snarled under his teeth, who was trying to stand up.
"What the?" Patrick rushed to Yu and Martin's aid to help them get up.
"No!" Jean was at shock that his friend could have been killed.
"Mark!" Cammy began to cry as her savior was possibly killed by the Shadowlaw dictator.
"Hiryu!" Chun-Li pinned her hope on the masked Center agent would get the upper hand.
Guile, Charlie, Rita and Matthew were simply speechless as the tide simply turned to Bison's hand.
"Now who's next to have the opportunity of being killed by my hands?" Bison began to grin as his hand sizzled purple energy. The Dolls were still in their position with their orders not to move.
"Hey!"
"What?" Bison turned to the source of the voice, but was too late to put his guard up.
"Denkô Sukuriyu Kyaku!" (Lightning Screw Kick). Hiryu leaped into the air, tucking his legs near his body with his hands. When the flip sequence ended, his body was spinning around with energy building up on his left foot. He soon kicked Bison in the chest, his foot emitting lighting all over him, sending the mad terrorist leader into a form of shock.
"GACKK!" shouted Bison, who took the brunt from another of Hiryu's self-taught techniques and crashed into some tables.
"Hah!" Hiryu tilted his head on one side. "Who's being killed now?" mocked the masked Shadow agent, raising his fists in defense.
"We will meet again, agent Hiryu!" Bison snapped his fingers, sending the Dolls on their way before he teleported out of the holding room, exiting with a menacing laughter.
"You have been marked, Hiryu. Remember, we will meet again! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
Bison slowly faded as he mocked Hiryu for another challenge.
As Hiryu saw the agents completely get to their feet, wandering what to do next, the masked operative went to his silent monologue. He began to reflect on Bison's threats before he chuckled on his remarks and grinned.
"Not a bigger day that you get to hear things like that."
Chapter 10 END
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